Well, as I sit at the computer tonight I'm not only trying to put my thoughts on this page for you all to read, but I'm also trying to sort out in my head who I'm voting for tomorrow. I don't know!! I am so sick of all the negative ads that have been running non stop. Thank God that tomorrow is Election Day and soon all these liars will be fairly quiet for a little while. It is so incredibly hard to know who to vote for. I'm currently checking out an informative website that is supposed to be non-partisan and is just a tool for informing the public on who is running for what and where they stand on the issues. The name of the site is www.Ohioroundtable.com . When you go to the site you will have the option of going to either AP Roundtable website, which deals with political issues on a more national scale, or to ivoter.com. Ivoter gives you a place to put in your address and then it shows you what races are going on in your neck of the woods. Once on Ivoter it has links to each candidates website where you can then go find out where the candidate stands on important issues in Ohio and a little bit about their values. I urge everyone to get out and vote tomorrow. It's a privilege that we Americans often take for granted. I know how frustrating it can be and honestly sometimes I wonder if my vote even matters anyway with all of the corruption that is in our government, both here in Ohio and those who represent us in Washington, but the right and privilege that we have to vote really is our voice. We must speak at the polls if we want this country to go in a positive direction. Again, I strongly urge you all to make it to the polls tomorrow and vote and please, please, please do your homework and be an informed voter.
Now for some lighter topics, Pop and I finished my truck on Sunday and I got the drive shaft put back on the truck and test drove it. Ran like a champ. Whew! That's one less thing I'll have to worry about with winter just around the corner.
Becky is getting closer and closer to her due date all the time and this week she is now only working half days and her sub is covering the afternoons for her. Friday will be her last day until she comes back after having the newest Drennen boy. She is very tired and sore, but all in all she's hanging in there quite well.
I"m reading another book right now. It's amazing how much I love to read these days. I used to hate it when I was in school, but I thoroughly enjoy it now. Anyway, the book I'm reading is called "Real Food- what to eat and why" by Nina Planck. It's great!! She talks a lot about the chemistry of our foods. By that I mean she talks a lot about vitamins and minerals and things like Omega-3 fatty acids, and Conjugated Lineolic Acid and a number of other things. She tells you what those things do for your body and shows you the difference between traditional foods and the foods that we more commonly eat today. It has really been eye opening to me. I'm about halfway through the book and can't read it fast enough. I just finished a section on real meat and the author refers to probably a dozen studies that have been done over the years showing that eating meat and particularly red meat isn't as bad as we've been led to believe. Studies are showing more and more frequently that it is the diet and living conditions of the animals that is changing the nutrients in the meat for the worse. Cows don't eat corn in nature. God did not design their digestive system to handle tons and tons of grain. I had better step away from this conversation until another day. I was about to be on a runaway train with the whole corn fed vs. grass fed cattle debate. So far this book has been very informative and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about the foods we eat and the health consequences associated with them.
Until tomorrow.....
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