We're In!

You wouldn't believe me if I told you how crazy this week has been. The buyers for our home were insane, inconsiderate, a**holes. It was unreal. In fact, though we signed the paperwork Tuesday and have actually moved in to our new home, their loan still has not been funded!!! I don't know what that means for us, as far as liability, but my husband says were in the clear so I'm just going to forget about them and focus on our new home!

It's an amazing house; two stories, 3/4 acre yard (fenced in back), with a gourmet kitchen and fantastic screened-in porch, as well as many other exciting features. We moved to this town a little over 2 years ago, and began looking for a home in October of 2004. We were forced to buy a home that needed lots of work in a neighborhood we didn't like, because pickin's were slim. But we've never stopped looking, so when this house came along we literally jumped at it! My husband contacted the sellers immediately and we began negotiating even before we'd secured the sale of our own home. Our crazy buyers finally signed an offer and we were off and running. Now we're in our new home and couldn't be happier! The dogs are a little sad because our yard is almost 1/3 what it used to be, but were on a safer street, and much closer to both of our jobs. I am certain they will grow to love it as much as we do.

I guess the only thing left to do is unpack and get pregnant! I have already started making plans for the baby's room, setting it up now as a guest room that will be easy to convert to a bedroom next year. I'm much more excited about having a baby than I thought I would be. I thought I would be scared, or nervous, but honestly I'm ecstatic. I haven't really talked with anyone in my family about our baby plans, but a few friends have commented that they too are excited about the idea of a little "neice" or "nephew," so it's all starting to become real.

On to more substantial topics. I have a grave concern for the welfare and safety of our country regarding the infiltration of Islamic idealists. Ibrahim Hooper, the head spokesperson of CAIR (Council on America-Islamic Relations), has said, "I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future...But I'm not going to do anything violent to promote that. I'm going to do it through education." Education? As far as I've seen, the only so-called "education" that CAIR has had any part in has been LITIGATION. Suing those folks, and that place, for not having Muslim-friendly this or that. CAIR, and other Islam-pushing groups, have used "separate but equal" to the point of forcing our government (primarily state, which is of course, funded by YOU and ME) to construct foot baths, change classroom schedules and cafeteria menus in order to prevent a Muslim from being offended. Excuse me, but whatever happened to the First Amendment?

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Don't misunderstand me, I am not one of the many mis-informed who believes the First Amendment equals the "separation of church and state." That, if you'll read it again, is not what the First Amendment states. It says the government will not ESTABLISH a state religion. The thing is, when the government pays for things for a specific religious group, that's EXACTLY what it's doing. Allowing a courthouse to display a Christian sculpture that was donated by a church, or allowing high school kids to meet after class for Bible study is not the same thing as using tax-payer money to establish Muslim-only areas, Muslim-friendly menus and other Sharia law-based regulations. Creating a prayer room at a manufacturing plant is one thing, creating a separate Muslim-only prayer room is unacceptable.

If you don't think CAIR and others are trying every day, little by little, to push and push their way into our legal system, than you are dangerously mistaken. Believe me, if such a thing were to happen at my workplace, or my child's school, I'd be gone in a heartbeat. It is not acceptable and should be watched more carefully. For our Country's sake.