Monday, May 19, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The American Indian
My grandma was a champion for the American Indian. She always said that they were the most unfairly treated people in America. The other day, I really wished she were still around to have a deep conversation with her great grandson on this issue.
We just went over how the first Thanksgiving came about and how the Indians came to celebrate with the Pilgrims. That night, Zach was looking at his very favorite book on Indian history. It depicts some of the wars in American Indian history. After looking at the book, he came out to me and said, "Mom, did the fightings with the Indians happen first, or did the Thanksgiving happen first?" The next question was, "If we started off friends with them, then why did they start fighting us?" I told him, how we started taking their land and not keeping our promises with them, thus making them dislike us.
His reply was, "Well, that wasn't right! If we wouldn't have done that, they would have been nice to us."
I can only imagine my grandma's reply.
We just went over how the first Thanksgiving came about and how the Indians came to celebrate with the Pilgrims. That night, Zach was looking at his very favorite book on Indian history. It depicts some of the wars in American Indian history. After looking at the book, he came out to me and said, "Mom, did the fightings with the Indians happen first, or did the Thanksgiving happen first?" The next question was, "If we started off friends with them, then why did they start fighting us?" I told him, how we started taking their land and not keeping our promises with them, thus making them dislike us.
His reply was, "Well, that wasn't right! If we wouldn't have done that, they would have been nice to us."
I can only imagine my grandma's reply.
On Star
We have On Star in our vehicle. One of the perks is a built in telephone system.........supposedly a perk. You have to call out each number you would like to dial. The only problem is that the stupid thing can't understand me. It always repeats back to me something other than what I said. It makes me so mad. It doesn't even understand when I say the names of people that I programmed into the system. Spencer thinks it's so funny because he has absolutely no problems calling whoever he wants to call.
Anyway, those Ford commercials that show a woman saying, "Call, Mom." and the car calls Mom and makes the girl happy.........well, let's just say that when I try that, the system calls home, and when my husbands sees the commercial, he just looks at me and laughs.
Just so you don't think that I absolutely hate On Star, I will have to say that it has come in handy for us quite a few times. It's helped us when we got a flat tire as well as when I have lost my keys and needed something out of the vehicle before my husband got home. All in all it is a good system. I just wish the phone portion could understand me.
Anyway, those Ford commercials that show a woman saying, "Call, Mom." and the car calls Mom and makes the girl happy.........well, let's just say that when I try that, the system calls home, and when my husbands sees the commercial, he just looks at me and laughs.
Just so you don't think that I absolutely hate On Star, I will have to say that it has come in handy for us quite a few times. It's helped us when we got a flat tire as well as when I have lost my keys and needed something out of the vehicle before my husband got home. All in all it is a good system. I just wish the phone portion could understand me.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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