We got some bad news today. Ben has to take a 5% pay cut until at least March and he won’t recapture the lost pay. All the salaried employees have to take the cut and the non-salaried employees have had to reduce their hours. This is especially hard because Ben is the only one who brings in an income and because they aren’t cutting his hours it makes it impossible for me to get a job. This sucks but I’m choosing to be positive about it. At least he still has a job and health insurance. He’ll still make more than the minimum we need to survive. So we will just have to suck it up and hope it doesn’t last too long.

10 Ways to Make Sure You

I can’t win. This week is Catholic Schools Weeks so at preschool the kids are all dressing up. Yesterday, was mix and match day. Jaycie dressed all mixed up but when I dropped her off at preschool NO ONE was dressed up. So today was pajama day. Max didn’t want to to be the only one dressed in pajama’s so I told him it was fine if he didn’t want to wear them. When I drop him off at preschool EVERYONE is dressed in pajama’s but Max. My poor kids.

Oh yeah! My Superbowl predictions is Oakland over Tampa 28-24.

I beat Ben and Jodi at Trivial Pursuit last night. They tried to cheat their way out of it but I WON!!!! HA! Well I have to go to class soon. I have a test today. I’m still fresh from the whole Trivial Pursuit win so I think I’ll do ok.

From the NY Times:

The Bush administration plans to allow religious groups for the first time to use federal housing money to help build centers where religious worship is held, as long as part of the building is also used for social services.

The public has until March 7 to comment before the department is scheduled to issue its final approval. The change would apply to all HUD grants, including programs for economic development in low-income areas, emergency shelters and housing aid for single-parent families, young people and AIDS cases.

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The new Coffee n’ Creme Oreo’s are not as good as I thought they were going to be. I’m a little disappointed but I’ll still eat the whole package.

The Anti-Choice Bush Administration has managed to:

January 22, 2001- Reinstate the global gag rule. This rule prevents nongovernmental organizations in countries that receive U.S. international family planning assistance from using their own money

From the SAVE BURNT SIENNA campaign:

To make enough room in the Crayola box so our new colors can stay after the
party is over, four old colors have to go. Which four will fade away
forever?

What will happen to scenes of autumn days if Burnt Sienna is ousted? What
about horses? Brown haired people? Bridges, log cabins, amber waves of
grain? None of these will be possible without Burnt Sienna.

Raw Umber will not do. Brown is too basic. Bittersweet doesn’t cut it. We
need Burnt Sienna.

So my friends, I beg of you-help me save Burnt Sienna

My sister is begging everyone to log on to Crayola.com and SAVE BURNT SIENNA!

From NARAL about a New York Times Op-Ed piece:

“On the surface, the Bush administration’s war against women’s rights is a series of largely unnoted changes….In reality, it is a steady march…to a time before Roe v. Wade, when abortion was illegal and pregnancy was more a matter of fate than choice.”