Amidst the madness of this election I keep hearing a phrase that is truly puzzling to me: “I don’t support _________.” But then I am told that they are supporting the candidate that DOES support what they don’t support.

This makes NOooooooooooo sense……period.

If you are choosing to support a candidate that supports what you are against and yet you still vote for them….you are contradicting not only your values and principles but you are putting into question your own moral character.

It’s literally like saying “I don’t support under-age drinking,” and yet you find yourself buying alcohol for minors.

It’s literally like saying “I believe in being faithful and loyal to my spouse” and yet you are having an affair.

It’s literally like telling your kid “Don’t cheat” and yet you are cheating on your taxes.

It’s literally like saying “I think eating meat is inhumane” and yet find yourself secretly ordering a “Big Mac.” 

It’s literally like saying “I believe in protecting animals” yet you place your bid in dog fights on the weekends.

It’s like saying “I don’t believe in abortion” and yet you are voting for the candidate who does………….

Literally……..

I love chocolate chip cookies and my husband does too, so when I make these I know they will be eaten! I like a cookie that is somewhat crunchy on the outside but soft and chewy inside. I found this recipe and thought I’d pass it along. Great for baking on a colder day 🙂

As my husband was leaving for work, he mentioned how he needed to stop at the Post Office today to mail out some packages…I said I would do it for him to save him some time…..
So I loaded up my seven month old son Bode, and away we went. My hands were full- one holding Bode and the other the packages as I entered the Post Office building. The line was long….ummm why are all these people here? It’s the middle of the day!
Bode also found this ridiculous, and began to continuously attempt to get out of my arms and high tail it out of there! I struggled to hold his cute, cuddly and very squirmy body and not drop the packages on the ground, all the while Bode expressed both our frustrations with loud but friendly screams….
Ahhh…..the front of the line…after what seemed like hours I was finally next up…I love being at the front…it’s such a great feeling. At that moment the woman, that would have called me to be next, walked away from her post. Where was she going….no no don’t leave please don’t leave…check me out and then leave….
So I waited as this woman meandered about…literally…I just watched her mulling around almost pacing back and forth behind the counters…she didn’t even attempt to look busy! After about 5 minutes she sluggishly walked back to her post…….I then got the “you have permission to approach halfhearted wave……”
As I walked out of that glorious Post Office, I thought to myself….how the heck could people possibly think the government does a better job at running things!?
If you don’t agree…just go renew your driver’s license 🙂

When it’s Fall I can’t get enough pumpkin bread! I get excited when I am in the grocery store and I see that they’ve put out the pureed cans! It’s my own personal Fall kick off!

I am always trying different recipes for Pumpkin Bread and I found this one-Loved it, so I thought I’d share 🙂

“Down East Maine Pumkin Bread”
(I halfed the recipe and only made one loaf but you could make the whole thing and freeze a loaf)

I was once that starry eyed little girl, when on a stage felt as though I could be anything I wanted to be…an actress with big dreams.
I loved performing at any chance I got, and I did.
I spent three and a half years of my early 20’s in the “Hollywood” scene. I even worked for a major celebrity and lived in her home. This made me see Hollywood from a whole other angle. The “red carpet” glitz and glamor…soon faded away and I was exposed to hard truths and the cold reality of the entertainment industry.
It’s so easy when I was there to begin thinking the way “they” think, to begin acting the way “they” act….
My values, morality and the very core of who I was and who I was raised to be were put into question. The journey is longer and much more detailed than what I can write in this short blog but I did leave, I knew I needed to leave, clear my head and re-group….and that’s what I did…..

Now years later….I watch and see the impact Hollywood has on the rest of this country. It has the ability to inflict “group think” so powerfully and intensely that it’s hard to escape-

With this recent election, Hollywood has played a major role-especially on women.

Declaring that we (women) will be sent back to the Stone Age if a Republican is elected to office.

I will say this:
My womanhood is NOT defined on whether I can abort my child or not.
My womanhood is NOT defined by insisting the government pay for my contraception and the contraception of others.
My womanhood is NOT defined by the mainstream media
My womanhood is NOT defined by Hollywood

I will NOT make and base my decisions based on fear but on faith.

My womanhood is defined by my Creator-
My womanhood is defined by the impact I leave on the community around me.
My womanhood is defined by what my great grandchildren will say of me after I have left this earth.
My womanhood is defined on the love that I give to those that have never known love.
My womanhood is defined by my ability to bring a different perspective.
My womanhood is defined by the leader I am to my peers.
My womanhood is defined by my ability to use my brain and not my body to make decisions.
And my womanhood is to take care of the “least” among us and that to me means those babies still yet in the womb who cannot speak for themselves-I will speak for them……

I am woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro27bPKGttg&feature=youtu.be