What a crazy month

Boy, has this been a crazy month. Or at least it seems that way.
Joe's been working a lot, which means I've been doing 90% parenting... it is very tiring.
However, Christian is at a really fun phase, where he is figuring out crawling and starting to pull himself up. It is all very clumsy still, but it is still lots of fun to watch.
Things are really going to change around here when he does get mobile. I'll have to watch him every second - he is going to be a climber I think. He already tries to climb on me all the time!
It is so much fun to listen to the noises he makes, watch his curiosity, and just watch him in general.

I'm reading Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover right now, and we are getting ready to start the baby steps. The hardest part really is changing your habits. It is true, we know all the things you are "supposed" to do with money, but the hardest thing is to not get your wants when you want them. It takes so much self control; we are really going to have to look at the end goal and work our butts off to get there.

This political season is just crazy as well. I was very disappointed for a while that John McCain was the rep. nominee, and am still not thrilled with the prospect, but he is growing on me; and I really like Sarah Palin, like so many other conservatives. She has so much to offer, and I think the Washington scene could really use some basic common sense. There isn't really anything "special" about her, other than the fact that she is pretty much a normal everyday person, with a good head on her shoulders who isn't afraid to work hard and get her hands dirty. She has common sense, and I think she would actually make an excellent President one day. There is such a stark difference between her and Hilary. Palin is warm, inviting, and seems like a "real woman" - she is feminine, successful, and has goals and ambitions. Clinton is cold, doesn't really seem happy to be a woman, is more manly than feminine, and is just ruthless and ambitious. Palin invokes trust and unites conservatives. Clinton divides and creates distrust.
It is also quite funny the way she is driving the liberals totally crazy. I'm amazed at how hateful some people can be, all towards someone they don't even know. I'm not surprised, but it is disturbing none the less.

I'm looking forward to the new tv season... namely a show called "Legend of the Seeker" that is starting in November. It is based on a series of books I loved...
With that... I'm off to take care of the more domestic things in life.