Politics, Tea, and Pee

     When we were at Sizzler yesterday Adam told me he needed to go potty.  This has happened only one other time.  We ran to the potty, waited our turn (of couse it would be in use) and had a successful void.  We went back to the table and he received a round of applause.  I think we are making progress.  Now we just need to work on number 2.  Ugg.
     I hate potty training.  I took a class in college and we talked about ways to train your children.  I have employed all of those tactics and invented some of my own and I still can't get my kids to use the toilet.  I am blaming this on Trent.  I was easily trained at 18 months, therefore it has to be his fault.  Someday I will look back on this time of life with less angst, but not until I never have to change another one of my kids' diapers.
     Today is Ava's authors' tea.  We are honoring her class because they wrote a book and are published authors.  Even though they published it themselves and we had to pay for a copy, it is still a big deal for the kids.  Ava wrote about killer whales and she is now an expert on the subject (she thinks) and is more anxious than ever to return to Sea World.  I told er we ave to wait until JD can enjoy the experience, too.  Really we are just waiting so we can save enough money to go.  I don't tink that will ever happen, but, hey, a girl can dream.
     I also made some jewelry for my sisters to mach their dresses they will wear to the wedding.  I think they are lovely, but, according to my sister, I am color blind.  I hope the ladies like them and I don't have to start over.  It took all afternoon.  I was so absorbed that I forgot to make dinner.  So I whipped up a batch of French Toast and then Trent and I ran to the caucus meeting.
     I have never been to a caucus meeting before.  The platform of the Utah Republican Party was read before the voting began.  I believe every one of the statements and I wonder what the Democratic platform is.  I wonder if they are the same and there is no reason for arguing.  Apparently I am a staunch republican.  I just wish people running who say they are staunch republicans actually followed the platform.  I wonder if people who say they are republican have heard or read what they say they stand for.
     That is why I hate politics.  People do things that they don't believe in so they can get elected and the people who should be in charge won't go anywhere near the campain trail.  I just hope that the over-handling of Mitt Romney stops and he scrounges up enough courage to be himself.  I think his business sense is what we need to help turn the economy around.  If the choice comes down to a mormon or a black man I hope people put away prejudices enough to see through all that and look at who would best lead our country in the hard times to come.