I don’t know if I’ve written this, but we’re facing a change in our child care situation July 1. Child care is amazingly expensive. I discovered that we are $1,000 per month short whether I work and the kids go to daycare or I don’t work and stay home with them. So I met with my boss and told her it was very possible I would need to quit July 1. I’d much rather be home and be here for the kids, and have the opportunity to build my business, than try to make up that $1,000 by working an insane number of hours (which I feel like I’m already doing).

This $1,000/month thing has definitely had me worried and praying… and guess what? In the time since we found out about this, I have been relatively bombarded with business. 10/20 I picked up a new bookkeeping cleanup client (in general a one-time thing, but could turn into something more later). 10/27 I had a tax consult/bookkeeping/payroll appointment, which looks like may at least be weekly payroll and business tax prep. 11/3 I have a tax appointment. Today I just booked tax consult appointments for 11/8 and 11/10.

Needless to say, I’m feeling confident that staying home is what I’m supposed to do.

I’m sitting here staring at my ballot for the primary. The only thing I know my position on is the city EMS funding proposition. While I had to do all of this research, I figured I’d post it 🙂

Here’s my voting approach (as scary as it is LOL):

The judges are easy. Here’s a website:

http://www.citizenreviewonline.org

If they refused to answer the survey, they don’t get my vote. If their response sounds bizarre, they don’t get my vote. Check out Joel Penoyar, who wasn’t on my ballot anyway:

As a lower court judge, he allowed a convicted sexual predator released from jail for a weekend fishing trip. (Source: The Oregonian, 2000)

The PUD Commissioner position was harder. This article made sense (even though it was written by a candidate):

http://www.edmondsbeacon.com/localnewsletters.html

I tried to find information on Michael Plunkett, but he appears to be an average politician. I’ll go with the environmental science guy.

Now the Senate position was much harder. First I had to decide if I was going to go Democrat or Republican. Being one that can never remember which is which, I had to Wikipedia both of them. I’ve discovered that at the moment, I’m leaning Republican. Here are the candidates:

http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/pamphlet/pamphlet.aspx?cid=17190&eid=1214

First, I had to employ my method of ‘If they don’t have a website, they don’t get my vote’. That ruled out most of them, actually, although some of them had some entertaining information on the web. Check out this site for (?) Gordon Pross:

http://www.struat.com/justin/gordonpross.html

This guy seems ok… I do like how many issues his website comments on. From the ‘pamphlet’ site above, though, it astounds me that he says he is ‘a full time law enforcement officer’ was a ‘Major and Pilot in the Army National Guard’, is a certified teacher, a graduate of CWU’s paramedic program who ‘worked in the medical field’ AND a licensed minister… how old IS this guy?

http://www.bradklippert.com/core.htm

Massoudi didn’t really leave much issue information on his site:

http://www.ussenatecandidate.com/issues.html

So we’re down to McGavick:

http://mikemcgavick.com/default.asp

I still hate politics.

Crystal forwarded this to me and I really like it:

A-lthough things are not perfect
B-ecause of trial or pain
C-ontinue in thanksgiving
D-o not begin to blame

E-ven when the times are hard
F-ierce winds are bound to blow
G-od is forever able
H-old on to what you know

I-magine life without His love
J-oy would cease to be
K-eep thanking Him for all the things
L-ove imparts to thee

M-ove out of “Camp Complaining”
N-o weapon that is known
O-n earth can yield the power
P-raise can do alone

Q-uit looking at the future
R-edeem the time at hand
S-tart every day with worship
T-o “thank” is a command

U-ntil we see Him coming
V-ictorious in the sky
W-e’ll run the race with gratitude
X-alting God most high

Y-es, there’ll be good times and yes some will be bad, but…
Z-ion waits in glory…where none are ever sad!