Re: FW: FW: Divorce Agreement

You won't be able to afford the alimony.

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Aaron Clark <aclark@candcfireprotection.com> wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: russarp44@cox.net [mailto:russarp44@cox.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:09 AM
To: Aaron Clark
Subject: Fwd: FW: Divorce Agreement


> From: "Dave Rice" <rangerbass@cox.net>
> To: "Dave Rice" <rangerbass@cox.net>
> Subject: FW: Divorce Agreement
> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:02:41 -0700
>
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> DIVORCE AGREEMENT
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>
>
> THIS is SO INCREDIBLY WELL PUT AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S BY A YOUNG
> PERSON, A STUDENT!!!      WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR, I'LL VOTE FOR HIM.
>
>
>
> Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists,
Marxists
> and Obama supporters, et al:
>
>
>
> We have stuck together since the late 1950's for the sake of the kids, but
> the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want
a
> divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of
> future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its
course.
>
>
>
>
> Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on
what
> is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile
> and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.
>
>
>
> Here is a model separation agreement:
>
>
>
> Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking
a
> similar portion.  That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two
> sides can come to a friendly agreement.  After that, it should be
relatively
> easy!  Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets
> since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.
>
>
>
> We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome
to
> the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take
our
> firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military.  We'll take the nasty,
smelly
> oil industry and you can go with wind, solar and bio-diesel.  You can keep
> Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible
for
> finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.
>
>
>
> We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies,
> Wal-Mart and Wall Street.  You can have your beloved lifelong welfare
> dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal
> aliens. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.
> We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood.
>
>
>
> You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to
> invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and
> war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault,
we'll
> help provide them security.
>
>
>
> We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam,
> Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can
> also have the U.N. but we will no longer be paying the bill.
>
>
>
> We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks and over-sized luxury cars. You can
take
> every Subaru station wagon you can find.
>
>
>
> You can give everyone health care if you can find any practicing doctors .
> We'll continue to believe health care is a luxury and not a right.  We'll
> keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem."  I'm
sure
> you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to
> Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or "We Are the World".
>
>
>
> We'll practice trickle down economics and you can continue to give trickle
> up poverty your best shot.
>
>
>
> Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our
> flag.
>
>
>
> Would you agree to this?  If so, please pass it along to other like-minded
> liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit
delete.
> In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us
will
> need whose help in 15 years.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John J. Wall
>
> Law Student and an American
>
>
>
> P. S.     Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara
> Streisand, & Jane Fonda  with you.
>
>
>
> P. S. S.  And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our
> country.
>
>
>
> Forward This Every Time You Get It!
>
> Let's Keep This Going, Maybe Some Of It Will Start Sinking In.
>
>
>
> FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME, RE-ELECT NO ONE IN 2010.
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>   _____
>
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FW: FW: Divorce Agreement

-----Original Message-----
From: russarp44@cox.net [mailto:russarp44@cox.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:09 AM
To: Aaron Clark
Subject: Fwd: FW: Divorce Agreement

> From: "Dave Rice" <rangerbass@cox.net>
> To: "Dave Rice" <rangerbass@cox.net>
> Subject: FW: Divorce Agreement
> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:02:41 -0700
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> DIVORCE AGREEMENT
>
>
>
> THIS is SO INCREDIBLY WELL PUT AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S BY A YOUNG
> PERSON, A STUDENT!!! WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR, I'LL VOTE FOR HIM.
>
>
>
> Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists,
Marxists
> and Obama supporters, et al:
>
>
>
> We have stuck together since the late 1950's for the sake of the kids, but
> the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want
a
> divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of
> future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its
course.
>
>
>
>
> Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on
what
> is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile
> and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.
>
>
>
> Here is a model separation agreement:
>
>
>
> Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking
a
> similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two
> sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be
relatively
> easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets
> since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.
>
>
>
> We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome
to
> the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we'll take
our
> firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military. We'll take the nasty,
smelly
> oil industry and you can go with wind, solar and bio-diesel. You can keep
> Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible
for
> finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them.
>
>
>
> We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies,
> Wal-Mart and Wall Street. You can have your beloved lifelong welfare
> dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal
> aliens. We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.
> We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood.
>
>
>
> You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to
> invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and
> war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault,
we'll
> help provide them security.
>
>
>
> We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam,
> Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and Shirley McClain. You can
> also have the U.N. but we will no longer be paying the bill.
>
>
>
> We'll keep the SUV's, pickup trucks and over-sized luxury cars. You can
take
> every Subaru station wagon you can find.
>
>
>
> You can give everyone health care if you can find any practicing doctors .
> We'll continue to believe health care is a luxury and not a right. We'll
> keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem." I'm
sure
> you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World to
> Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or "We Are the World".
>
>
>
> We'll practice trickle down economics and you can continue to give trickle
> up poverty your best shot.
>
>
>
> Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our
> flag.
>
>
>
> Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded
> liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit
delete.
> In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you answer which one of us
will
> need whose help in 15 years.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John J. Wall
>
> Law Student and an American
>
>
>
> P. S. Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara
> Streisand, & Jane Fonda with you.
>
>
>
> P. S. S. And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our
> country.
>
>
>
> Forward This Every Time You Get It!
>
> Let's Keep This Going, Maybe Some Of It Will Start Sinking In.
>
>
>
> FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME, RE-ELECT NO ONE IN 2010.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 10.0.1153 / Virus Database: 424/3233 - Release Date: 11/02/10
>

Tristan's Field Trip

Okay, okay, so it has been like a month and a half since I updated this site.........but
I assure you that it is not for lack of trying! Where does time go? I really
wanted to get these pictures on here sooner because it was really awesome that
Tristan had the opportunity to spend some time with his class, Mrs. Mize's class,
at a school function and participate with all of his friends and have some fun!
The beginning of December found us traveling on the school bus with the entire
first grade class from Cimarron Springs to see a Junie B. Jones play at the
Tempe Arts Center! It was SO great to see Tristan back in his classroom getting
ready to go with all of his friends.........and to see his friends rally around
him and be so excited to get to see him again! He must have felt very special!
And a special thank you to Mrs. Mize for making sure that we knew about ALL
of the exciting projects that were going on in her class and at the school during
the Christmas season! Over the last month and a half Tristan was able to see
his friends at the school for the Thanksgiving lunch that we attended with his
younger brother Wyatt, at Wyatt's Kindergarten Christmas program, at the Junie
B. Jones field trip and at the holiday party before school let out for Christmas!
He was able to stay involved with activities and projects and even got to make
Christmas gifts for mommy and daddy in Mrs. Mize's class while mommy built a
gingerbread house with Wyatt in Mrs. Boehlert's class! I am including a few
pictures from the field trip and when I get a chance I want to post a few of
Tristan enjoying Christmas and his 7th Birthday at RideMakerz! Stay tuned.....................
........

Thanksgiving and Then Some

Hello Friends and Family!  I fear I have not done a very good job updating blog lately but for those that know me...........life just gets away from me sometimes!  Always a thousand other things to do!  The best news that I can report is that Tristan is doing remarkably well!  He attended a physical therapy session on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and we were told by his therapist that he was doing so much better she thought that she would only see him one more time and then discharge him from all therapy!  A far cry from being told that he would need inpatient therapy on a daily basis for up to three weeks just a short month ago!  God has worked wonders in this boy which just tells us more and more that He has big plans for Tristan!    The Sunday before Thanksgiving we were invited by Pastor Mat to share our testimony about being thankful for what God has blessed our lives with even though we may be facing struggles on every front of our lives...........personal, professional, financial.......and his message Sunday was just so powerful.  It is so true and I can tell you from our personal experiences here in the last year that it really is a choice to be thankful and content and happy with the blessings that we have and somehow learn to just lower the importance of the other things that we cannot control.  We were excited to get the chance to share our testimony even though it turned out that only I (Shannon) could get up in front of the congregation as Aaron had to work that Sunday and I still want to apologize for crying through the whole first service testimony and half of the second service testimony!  I made a liar out of myself when I said I could do it without crying :-)   Speaking of Thanksgiving.........we hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year and it was our pleasure as we are just bursting at the seams about what we have to be thankful for!  Lots of family and friends turned out at our house to help us eat turkey on Thanksgiving and we ended the day eating pie and playing Catch Phrase.........wow, two of my favorite things to do!  Tristan had a great time playing with his cousins though "playing with his cousins" doesn't entail what it used to .........like wrestling, trampoline jumping and yes, swinging!  But he did get to play Wii and PSP with his cousins and he seemed pretty content over all!  Let me tell you, trying to keep a 6-year old from being a rambunctious precocious 6-year old is a FULL TIME JOB and I feel BAD having to do it..............but it is a small small price to pay for having Tristan here with us today!   After Thanksgiving we spent the next 3 days at Cibola Vista Resort and Spa with Chad, Tina, Gavin and Sidney (friends from our church for those of you Wisconsinites who don't have a clue who I am talking about :-)  (Don't worry........I've attached pictures of them to help you put a face with a name!).  We had a very relaxing weekend swimming (the weather was a bit chilly and even rained the second day we were swimming, but the pools were heated and the kids didn't seem to mind at all), eating out, going down to the fire pit to roast a few marshmallows and just overall being lazy!  It was everything I hoped it would be...........just nice downtime away from the phones and business and time to relax and spend time with the kids and some good friends!  Tristan enjoyed himself immensely as did all the kids!  Check out the pictures attached hereto and you will see how well Tristan is doing!  I've attached a few other pics as well just for fun!    Well, time for bed.  Until the next update..................   Shannon

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One Month Ago Today...............

So I was just finishing putting a few ornaments on the Christmas tree (yes, it is before Thanksgiving, but the boys begged me and I love Christmas, so I wasn't too hard to sell :-) when I realized that it was one month ago today that Tristan had his accident.  I have to be honest.........I don't spend much time thinking about the accident but rather I focus on the fact that God healed Tristan's little body and he was able to walk out of that hospital side by side with Daddy and I...........but as I was sitting here tonight I found myself thinking back and realized that it had been one month ago today that our lives changed profoundly.  Wow, have we come a long way in one month or what?   For those of you that get to see Tristan on a regular basis, you can agree that he has come quite a long way since one month ago.  Tristan is now running around, jumping around, trying to wrestle with his brothers and sister and buddies (much to Mommy's dismay and SCOLDING!) and he is walking, talking, thinking, arguing, speaking and behaving just as he had before the accident!  Praise God!  He does not seem to be experiencing any long term effects of the traumatic brain injury.........at least as near as we can tell.  Just one week ago today the physical therapist told me that his balance was off as well as a list of activities that a 6-year old boy should be able to do.  She requested that Tristan be scheduled for at least the next 5-6 weeks for therapy with her once per week.  Today after Tristan's therapy I was told by the same therapist that he did SO MUCH better today than he did just last week that she thinks she will only need to see him one more time and then we will be able to cancel all the rest of his appointments!  Tristan may be bummed about that as he told me today when we were driving home from therapy that he thought his therapy was fun that morning because she let him run and jump and play................something Mommy hasn't been doing!  Oh well, I'm sure we can find other activities that he will enjoy to occupy his time until he goes back to school.   And speaking of school...........Tristan's teacher, Mrs. Mize, had been working with the principal, Mrs. Heatherly, toward getting a homebound teacher to visit Tristan while he is off school to ensure that he is keeping up and not falling behind on anything.  The neuro doctor had completed the paperwork and everything was turned in to the corporate office at Dysart District and then today I get a call right after therapy from the Principal stating that Tristan is approved...............BUT there is no one in the position of homebound teacher!  Uh oh!  No tutor available!  I guess that means Mommy will just have to continue playing tutor which is totally fine...........I just wanted him to receive all the academic attention that he could and get the full benefit of having a teacher visit him several times per week.  With any luck they will fill that position before he returns to school and perhaps he will still get some benefit there............maybe we could pray about that :-)   Tristan accompanied me to have lunch with Wyatt at school for Thanksgiving last Thursday and a lot of people were sure excited to see him!  Mrs. Boehlert (Wyatt's teacher who was also Tristan's kindergarten teacher) and Mrs. Mize (Tristan's 1st grade teacher) both wanted Tristan to stop by their class after the lunch and recess, so we stuck around for a while.  Mrs. Boehlert's class had made a book for Tristan a while back and was just waiting for the opportunity to give it to Tristan!  She had Wyatt and Tristan take a seat at the front of the class next to her and she read the book out loud to Tristan and had each kid in class raise their hand when she read their letter.  He was just beaming!  It was priceless!  Then we stopped by Mrs. Mize's class so that Tristan could say hi to all of his old buddies and pick up his Boo-Gram that some little boy had bought for Tristan on Halloween while he was in the hospital.  It was a very moving day...........Tristan must have felt like royalty with all the attention!  He is very lucky to be missed by his teachers and good friends.   We are looking forward to having Thanksgiving at our house this year......we have a LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR!  It seemed only appropriate that we offer to host since our traditional plans weren't going to be possible this year.  Tristan's cousin, Carter, showed Emily (Aaron's sister) a project that he did at school with his teacher and it was showing what he said he was grateful for...........and Carter said he was thankful for his cousin Tristan feeling better and being out of the hospital!  AWWWWW!  How sweet is that?  I told Emily to bring it over and we can display it for Thanksgiving and then put it away in the "Tristan accident box" which is filled to the brim with cards and letters and drawings and mementos from all of Tristan's family, classmates and buddies!   Well, it is officially past my bedtime..........more updating to come after Thanksgiving!  Our family will be going to spend the weekend at the Cibola Vista Resort & Spa for some R & R with the kids this coming Friday and I am sure we will have some cool pictures of Tristan to post after that!  Until then, have a wonderful Thanksgiving and much love to all!   Shannon

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A Day in The Park..............Well Sort of..............

Tristan, Wyatt, Bella and I had a lovely day outside yesterday!  It was our first real journey out into the big world.........outside of church last Sunday.............it felt so good to get back out into the mix of things!  We went with the Riehles over to Asante (spelling?) at 163rd and Grand and took some cool family pics.............well, kind of pics of everyone.........and some mixed family pics!  Tristan enjoyed wandering around and seems more and more like his old self every day.........much to our delight!  Well actually, Wyatt and Tristan and Bella enjoyed wandering around a bit too much...........I thought one would end up in the water with the fishies for sure!   After pictures we had some lunch and did a bit of shopping (at Ulta..........the ultimate boy's store, right????) and then headed to the doctor.  Tristan had his first follow up with is own pediatrician, Dr. Serrino.  Doc didn't know what to say except WOW!  He had only read partially through the 29 page discharge report from the hospital, so Mommy had to give him the short version on Boy Wonder.  He was as relieved as anyone to see Tristan sitting in his office fighting with his brother and sister...........a wonderful change from just a few short weeks ago..........Tristan for his part was NOT happy to be going to the doctor.  He told me he didn't want to see any doctors and he didn't want to go back to St. Joe's!  (Sorry any St. Joe's nurses or staff..........nothing personal I'm sure........)  I assured him he was just going to have a check up.  But then he ended up getting the swine flu shot.  Oops.  Guess he got more than we bargained for.  Oh well, nothing an Otter Pop wouldn't fix when we got home.   You would think after his big busy day out that he would have been ready to go home and crash........but no.........on to video games when we got home!  He can't seem to get enough of playing PS3 with his Daddy!  And Daddy can't get enough of Tristan.  He calls home during work to see how his boy is doing.......can we all collectively say, "Awwwwwwwwwwwww!"  All things considered, this has been a pretty life altering event for all of us...........it isn't just Daddy that is uber-sensitive now :-)   I'm posting a few pics so you can see how great Tristan looks now..............and a few just for fun!  Until next time........................   Shannon

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Paramedics Came By to Check Up On Tristan!!

It was a great Sunday!  The Clark Family was finally able to return to our church for services this morning with our boy by our side!  We have really been missing our church and services (though many of our friends from church have been by our side for the duration of this crisis!) and were anxious to return this week to get pumped up for the week ahead.  Tristan was very excited to go and see all of his friends............though Mommy and Daddy did not allow him to go to his children's class with Miss Abby.........we made him sit next to us during service and I can't say that he enjoyed himself (sorry Pastor Mat).  He drew pictures........he asked if he could play his PSP........he made thank you's for his PSP.......all during service.  Well, at least he was productive!   After church we returned home to a great surprise..........the Surprise Fire Department crew of EMT's that had been here the morning of Tristan's accident on October 24 were coming for a visit!  Four EMT's in all came by.......Jesus Rivera, Jason, Ronnie and Randy wanted to see the miracle boy in person!  They stayed for a good 45 minutes to an hour visiting and were SOOOOOOOOO nice!  They spoke with Tristan and Wyatt and Bella and gave them stickers and hats and posed for pictures on the big fire truck!  Tristan didn't hang out with them for long as he was pretty pooped from being at church for most of the morning.  When he went into the house the EMT's were discussing details of the morning of the accident with Mommy and Daddy.  Pretty heavy stuff.  They also told us that they could not stop thinking about Tristan as all four of them have small children, two of whom had 6 year olds just like Tristan (I think)..........it certainly personalized this accident for them.  He was just weighing heavy on their hearts and they were extremely excited to hear that Tristan had been released from the hospital and was now home.......they said they don't often get the chance to come and witness the great outcome that we had experienced after they are an initial part of someone's care.  We were more than happy to let them come over and meet Tristan on a better day and give them many many thanks for their quick, decisive action that ultimately saved Tristan's life.  Thank you's certainly didn't seem like enough.........so we gave them big hugs on their way out as well!   Tristan is doing well.  Walking better.......talking better........all things better every day.  We do not have a therapy schedule yet, so Mommy will be on the phone with Outpatient Rehab center tomorrow to get that going.  Kind of enjoyed the last few days of last week off!  Tristan will not be returning to his class at school until after the Christmas holiday so his teacher, Mrs. Mize, is working with Principal Heatherly to arrange a tutor for Tristan to ensure that he does not fall behind.  That is awesome and we are most appreciative for that!  Mommy can use all the help she can get!    Tristan and Aaron and I and the whole family just want to THANK everyone for all of the wonderful things that you have done for us since the day of the accident.  It feels like the longest two weeks in eternity to me........BUT.........we felt so loved and surrounded by people that were lifting us up and just never felt lonely throughout the whole ordeal.  We are just so grateful for all of the prayers and for people that even made a point to put Tristan on prayer chains at other churches!  The power of prayer is amazing!  We thank God for saving our boy........and the Surprise Fire Department for the ways in which God used them to help saveTristan!   Shannon