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Condemned "No More"

Crocheting Fool

Been crocheting a lot of gifts lately and I think it's probably time for me to put away my hooks. This was a house warming present for a co-worker's family. I hope they enjoy it.

Fun at Work - VBS Sets

This week I took a couple days to work on the VBS backdrops for this year. We're doing Submerged by Lifeway. Typically, they do a good job of providing ideas and resources for the set design for worship rally and the classrooms. I wish the pictures were bigger - it's hard to see many details in the tiny pictures they provide, but it's certainly better than having to start from scratch each time. Anyhow, the VBS director primed the foam board and used the hot knife to cut them out before I got to work. I think they turned out great. We're not quite done. I will try to remember to take a picture of it all installed so you can see all of the finishing touches and such.

Transgender Bathroom Policies: Compassion or Stupidity?

It's all over the news today - the nonsense that is the transgender bathroom dictate from the federal government . They've stated that all public schools have to allow boys and girls shower together or they'll pull federal funding. They know that they're declaring war on families and on women with this mandate, but they don't care about people's safety or their right to privacy. All of this stupidity over what is less than one percent of the population . Not only so, if they pull federal funding, it affects the poorest of the poor - it will take away those free school meals, cause that's what the majority of those federal dollars go to. There is more at stake here than just what they deem a compassionate decision in relation to the transgender community - this is something that puts people in danger. This is something that makes it easy for sexual predators to prey on others. Obviously the government believes that if you don't agree wit