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I am not much of a sports fan, being a standard off the shelf geek and all. I don’t sit up for Monday Night Football, I don’t have a fantasy football league, I am not even part of the football pool at work. In fact, I am against the fact the professional Sports figures make so much money when many of our teachers are living below the poverty line.

I logged in this morning to see something that caught my eye instantly. A public school in Georgia designated a place 50 yards from the field for the display of religious themed banners. This came after the school ruled that the banners, a fixture at the school games since September 11, 2001, could no longer be displayed at the games. These banners were hand made by the cheer leaders of the school over summer brake.

The community and football players backed the cheer leaders with the right to show these banners. Displaying religious symbols and signs is a constitutional right, as is the right to practice our religion with out the interference of the government. These cheer leaders fought and won a small battle for there right to be proud Christians.

I give them props for that.

With the change from summer to fall comes the need for new coats. My family moved to Columbus, Ohio over the summer. Up till now my oldest daughter has been telling us how cold she is. Coming from the south this is not a surprise to me. They have been living in 90+ 90% humidity weather; you step out side and feel as if you have been sweating for hours instantly.

This past week the temperature has started its transition into fall and winter. We even had our first frost of the year the other day. My daughters, who is cold natured to start with, have been wearing jackets that they had for last winter in Alabama, my Wife does not have one. I took her to Burlington Coat Factory to try and find her a jacket to start off the cold season with.

As with everything, she could not find a jacket she liked, and many of them were passed over due to price tags. I keep telling her to find a coat she likes and not to worry about the price we can handle it, but she is still in the mode of a military pay budget, so we got nothing.

Late Thursday we ran into nothing at all for adults at Target. So the “Coat for the Wife” dilemma is still open.

With the really cold season coming proper clothing is important. When you have moved from one region to another, you may find yourself spending a lot on a new wardrobe even if everything you have still fits. Short sleeves and shorts don’t work as well in Ohio as they to in Alabama during the month of October. Our youngest (2 years old) has no long sleeves shirts that fit her.( they grow out of stuff so fast when they are young) Considering that this is their first real winter we are going to have to buy a lot of new clothing.

The joys of seasons that really change.

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