Flat Stanley

We have decided to make it more palatable to continue doing my “job” we would make Monday, my day off, our day-o-fun, and do a different cool field trip every week. RC’s grand daughter has asked him to help with a school project called Flat Stanley. He is this little laminated guy that is assigned to get his picture taken in as many interesting places as possible. We thought that it would be a good idea for Flat Stanley to along go with us on our weekly adventures.

So far, we have been to the Beach in Daytona, a great Restaurant called the Salt Water Cowboy in St Augustine and to a Yankee’s game in Tampa. We are off to see the Manatees in Homosassa tomorrow.

Some proposed destinations on our list for future trips include the Sterling gambling boat, Siesta Key, the Webster flea market, an air boat ride, the Space Center, and Downtown Disney. We are looking for suggestions on other interesting fun day trips, so if you have been somewhere fun please share your finds with me.

Wayne has been busy with his little hobby business, repairing snaps on cart covers and replacing zippers. He doesn’t know what he is missing. I hope to coax him into taking a day off and joining RC, Stanley and I in the future.

Dear Barack:

I wrote the President an email today. I have heard that he has his staff pick a few constituent emails for him to read each day to keep him grounded. I doubt that mine will hit his desk but you never can tell. I waited 50 days to give him a chance to settle in.

I asked him not to allow my government to kick us little guys when we are down by taxing and penalizing us for our diminishing retirement savings. I asked him to renew legislative support for our unions and to protect social security. I also asked him to never abandon the next generation’s future, no matter how dire today seems.

I didn’t mention health care, although it is very important to me, as I think everyone else is in his ear about that subject. Unlike the last administration, I feel like someone in the Oval office may be listening to the pulse of this country.

I think my friend Cathy’s comment sums up the feelings of a great many Americans. She told me that despite the fact that she does not follow politics very closely, she feels like the President is doing exactly what he promised he would do. He promised the stimulus package by Presidents Day, and that actually happened. That meant a great deal to her and has restored some faith in the word of a politician for the first time in quite a while. God speed Mr. President.