Jenny's American Slice

***Okay, this year I'm really, really, really going to do better at keeping up my blog. December was an especially busy month for Meditran. It has finally slowed down a bit. I am losing a big, I mean BIG, client in March and I'm sending out resumes left and right trying to replace some of that work. I hate it that I won't be able to keep my 14 girls busy, but I'm sure I won't be able to replace that much work by March. It took me years to build Meditran to this level. Mark & I are also looking into a Chick-fil-A franchise. We would love for that to work out, but they have a lot of applicants and it's far from a done deal, so we have to keep our options open. I interviewed at an Indianapolis hospital for a coding position on Friday, I'm anxious to see how I did on the test. I haven't been able to study very much in my coding books for the last couple of months. I feel pretty good about it. ***It's c-c-c-cold here in Richmond, Indiana! -1 last ti...

***Yikes, I've really been a blogging slacker. I keep saying...someday, I'm going to have time to blog every day! Ain't happened yet, obviously. My business has been incredibly busy - not uncommon for early December. People have their deductibles paid and try to get their procedures done before the end of the year. This next week things should start to slow down a bit...and boy am I ready! ***Found a really interesting site that has some great gadgets, check it out : I like this one: http://lifedailyinfo.com/techie/?utm_campaign=&utm_source=&utm_content=&s1= ***My annivesary gift (along with Starbucks cards and dinner at Olive Garden!): He done good! 33 years and counting. ***Mark and I are seriously looking into the possibility of opening a Chick-fil-A in Richmond (or nearby, depends on the franchise owners). We made it past the first application and are now working on the comprehensive one. Not a done deal, but we are really hoping to be able t...

***Today's the day we go and cut our Christmas tree with Johnathan, and then tomorrow we are going shopping with both kids...what a perfect weekend! We got our outdoor lights up this morning, now to have Johnathan help us drag all the Christmas tubs down from the attic. I'm starting to get in the spirit, all I need now is a little snow. :-) ***The Washington Post , as usual, is misrepresenting the GOP tax bill , claiming it, wait for it, benefits the wealthy more than the poor and middle class. Gosh, never heard that before, have we? In fact: What the Post reporters don’t tell readers is that other measures of the Senate tax cut bill’s effects contradict their chosen – Democratic – narrative. To cite just one example, the Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards looked at the aggregate percentage cuts by income range. Taxpayers earning $40,000 to $50,000 annually would see a 51 percent reduction. Similarly, those earning $75,000 to $100,000 would see a 17 percent aggregate re...

*** C.S. Lewis was right: The Abolition of Man, perhaps C. S. Lewis’s most famous book, was published 75 years ago. In that book, Lewis argued that modern educational theories on the subjectivity of knowledge and moral relativism would give us people lacking in character. Those theories continue to flourish throughout American education and are particularly virulent in higher ed. In honor of the anniversary of The Abolition of Man, Bloomsbury Press has published a book of essays on it. In a new Martin Center article, Raleigh-based writer Amanda Shreve reviews it. She writes,     Lewis’ cautions are even more needed today, as his warnings 75 years ago went largely unheeded. Now we find ourselves in the situation Lewis foresaw — men afraid of making moral judgments; people who will say ‘this is wrong/right for me, but who am I to say it is so for someone else?’ When objective truth is rejected, all foundation for virtue disappears. The liberalism of o...

***Apparently White House press secretary Susan Huckabee did something horrible that the Left is just losing its mind over... she asked reporters to name something they're thankful for . As you'll see in the link, it didn't take the haters on the Left long to show their, er, tolerance and love. ***Have you noticed that the vast amount of sexual allegations lately have been against liberal Democrats? I'll bet they're sorry they opened this can of worms against Roy Moore, whose "victims," by the way, are starting to recant their stories. Nobody doubts Democrats put them up to this in order to secure that Senate seat. Let’s take a look at this, Charlie Rose, eight women. Have you read that? That Washington Post story is about 5,300 words . It’s got graphic detail. It’s recent. The guy is 75 years old. The only thing they didn’t explain is where he stashes the Viagra, 75 years old, which I guess is not that big a deal. So 5,300 words, the detail in ...

*** Little known historical facts ... ***Apparently Harrison Ford is now a real life hero: Harrison Ford is living up to the heroism of some of his fan-favorite characters like Indiana Jones, Han Solo and more. On Sunday, the star reportedly helped a woman who crashed her car on a California highway. According to TMZ , which first reported the story, Ford was driving in Santa Paula, on Route 126, when a woman lost control of her vehicle and ran off the road into a small embankment. Ford was reportedly traveling behind her and immediately pulled over to lend assistance. He and a handful of bystanders rushed to the woman’s assistance, TMZ reported, and they managed to get her safely out of her car and keep the situation calm until paramedics arrived in the scene. The woman was reportedly taken to the emergency room with only minor injuries. *** Kids have it right: When Mrs. Klein told her first graders to draw a picture of something for which they were t...

***Rant Alert! I've kept my mouth shut on Facebook, but it hasn't been easy. I keep hiding the posts that come up about it, hoping to avoid seeing them because they irritate me so much, but one still pops up every hour or two. What am I talking about? The furor, the near psychotic hysteria over 7 dogs being euthanized at an animal shelter in Richmond. With all the crap going on in the world right now, with Democrats actively trying to unseat a fairly elected President on the grounds that they don't like him and what that would do to our Republic, with the pot-bellied dictator in North Korea rattling his sabers, THIS warrants day after day of hand wringing and righteous indignation? Really? They're dogs, people. Dogs. Shelters euthanize dogs that aren't wanted. It has happened for years. The Richmond shelter is supposed to be no-kill, but there are exceptions, such as a "bite risk." I thought the shelter gave a very reasonable explanation , but apparently...