things on my mind...
so. there is a lot on my mind these days.
a whole lot.
lets start with "religious freedom" debate/discussion. the companies and restaurants that want to hang signs up that say "no gays allowed" ... really?!? oh man. so many things i want to say about this. and its christians that are fighting to kick these people out of their restaurant. i don't get it. i don't understand. its awful. makes Christians look awful. pretty sure we are called to love. not hate... and there is so much hate going on right now. but anyway. i can't go off on that... its an entire blog post in & of itself. and really, i would just copy exactly what rachel held evans says... so just read her post here.
next thing on my mind: taxes. i can't blog about it. im too furious. the gist of it is me & ryan get screwed because we are in a higher tax bracket than expected. apparently we make a lot of money. we don't have a mortgage. we dont have kids. you only can write of 2500$ in charitable giving, and only get 2500$ credit for your student loan interest. even though we have paid so so so much more to charities and toward our student loan.
screwed.
we are completely screwed.
so we are paying a hefty 25% of our income. paying. like despite the 1000's we paid throughout the year, we have 1,000's more to pay.
but ok. im not going to talk about taxes either. and how it infuriates me. i see where my tax money goes. i work in a local health clinic- that takes all forms of government funding. i also see coworkers who qualify for food stamps and they use it to load up on goodies that they want. then they give their food and goodies to other coworkers, just because its free. they have full time jobs. good jobs. but still manage to get aid, and use it just because its "free". it makes me frustrated and angry.
im considering writing a letter. just a letter to obama. im an obama fan. i just want him (well really capital hill) to see that me and my husband are hard working citizens. we have DEGREES FROM DUKE. one of the top universities in the country. we choose to work for non-profits, so we dont make that much. but we make "too much". so much so, that we figured it out and it would almost be better for ryan to NOT work at all. thats right. if we went solely on my income, he would have to NOT work so we could stay in teh lower tax bracket because if get bumped up, his entire salary would go to taxes. ((we are talking about a part time job. or anything under 30k/yr)) oh yeah. we did the math. lots of it.
oh my gosh. i wrote too much. obviously im on fire about this.
ok. the real reason i wanted to blog.
the real thing on my mind... our house!
so. we are trying and crossing our fingers to close on the house on my birthday! the 11th!! how fun is that!?!? to get a mortgage we had to get a finished floor put in, so the seller put in carpet. not my first choice. or my second. ok or my third... but it is the cheapest. and the seller paid for it... and in the end....
im a fan.
a whole lot.
lets start with "religious freedom" debate/discussion. the companies and restaurants that want to hang signs up that say "no gays allowed" ... really?!? oh man. so many things i want to say about this. and its christians that are fighting to kick these people out of their restaurant. i don't get it. i don't understand. its awful. makes Christians look awful. pretty sure we are called to love. not hate... and there is so much hate going on right now. but anyway. i can't go off on that... its an entire blog post in & of itself. and really, i would just copy exactly what rachel held evans says... so just read her post here.
next thing on my mind: taxes. i can't blog about it. im too furious. the gist of it is me & ryan get screwed because we are in a higher tax bracket than expected. apparently we make a lot of money. we don't have a mortgage. we dont have kids. you only can write of 2500$ in charitable giving, and only get 2500$ credit for your student loan interest. even though we have paid so so so much more to charities and toward our student loan.
screwed.
we are completely screwed.
so we are paying a hefty 25% of our income. paying. like despite the 1000's we paid throughout the year, we have 1,000's more to pay.
but ok. im not going to talk about taxes either. and how it infuriates me. i see where my tax money goes. i work in a local health clinic- that takes all forms of government funding. i also see coworkers who qualify for food stamps and they use it to load up on goodies that they want. then they give their food and goodies to other coworkers, just because its free. they have full time jobs. good jobs. but still manage to get aid, and use it just because its "free". it makes me frustrated and angry.
im considering writing a letter. just a letter to obama. im an obama fan. i just want him (well really capital hill) to see that me and my husband are hard working citizens. we have DEGREES FROM DUKE. one of the top universities in the country. we choose to work for non-profits, so we dont make that much. but we make "too much". so much so, that we figured it out and it would almost be better for ryan to NOT work at all. thats right. if we went solely on my income, he would have to NOT work so we could stay in teh lower tax bracket because if get bumped up, his entire salary would go to taxes. ((we are talking about a part time job. or anything under 30k/yr)) oh yeah. we did the math. lots of it.
oh my gosh. i wrote too much. obviously im on fire about this.
ok. the real reason i wanted to blog.
the real thing on my mind... our house!
so. we are trying and crossing our fingers to close on the house on my birthday! the 11th!! how fun is that!?!? to get a mortgage we had to get a finished floor put in, so the seller put in carpet. not my first choice. or my second. ok or my third... but it is the cheapest. and the seller paid for it... and in the end....
im a fan.
a) it makes the room look bigger.
b) its soft!
c) we can lay on the floor and read since this is our library
d) we have a dyson vaccuum!
e) when we do have kiddos--- this will be an area they will play and crawl and so a soft floor will actually be kinda nice
now this room with carpet... sadly... its coming up. asap.
its a mudroom for crying out loud.
its where the dogs are going to live.
its by the back door.
its NOT going to stay carpet for long.
but thats ok. maybe someone will give me a lil cash for it on craigslist!
and finally.
i just have to post this pic... because i am strong.
and i am so so so soooo proud of how far i have come.
and proud of what i can do.
this was 115 pounds.
one hundred and fifteen pounds.
i couldn't get it all the way over my head, but pretty darn close!
((i got 105 pounds above my head))
anyway.
BOOOOOM.
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