Oct 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
that was us, gracious party hosts, last year. this morning i woke up at SIX A.M., after going to sleep at midnight. i blame erica for this. she lent me her book “eleven on top,” a novel by janet evanovich. ok, she lent it to me last spring maybe and it...
Oct 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
last night i read about how the press is tired of covering the election. can you imagine being a reporter on a candidate’s plane for the past two years? exhausting. i thought it funny that i also found an article that was really just a bunch of photos of the...
Oct 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
the pettiness of my own issues can always be seen if i make the slightest effort to look around me. even just right next door. one of the messages i wasn’t able to retrieve was from amy, who had left her garage door open which i thought was odd and not like...
Oct 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
i turned the phone off and on a few times and that didn’t help. christine brilliantly wrote and said to try taking out the battery and NOW THE PHONE WORKS! but i wonder if because it stopped working that that means something is wrong with the phone. it’s...
Oct 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
help! my phone made a noise and i realized it was a message. i had TWO messages, but i can’t get to them. every time i dial the phone it cuts off. i tried turning it off and then on, but then for a while it kept saying “service unavailable.”...
Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
and i’m reading henrik hertzberg’s blog. he wrote about colin powell’s endorsement of obama, and gives this quote from powell, summing up why he decided he’s voting for obama: “So, when I look at all of this and I think back to my Army...
Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
after finishing the NY times article about mccain, i started reading the comments about the story. so many of them are so good that i kept reading…and reading… here is one of the best i’ve read so far. but i’m NOT reading any more right now. ...
Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
not that i’m concerned about this candy. here’s the recall notice that kevin sent me: There is a new warning put out by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency….Sherwood brand Pirate’s Gold Milk Chocolate coins are being recalled due to the fact...
Oct 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
…and i really need to get to sleep now. i’ve been reading election things for too long now. my computer keeps THUNDERING. i think it’s this stupid weather channel icon i have on my bar on the bottom. the weather channel is telling me it is only...
Oct 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
…feeling kind of crabby when i got up, so i had a half a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie that jim made yesterday. everything is now much better. here are three more photos from our trip.
Oct 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
first, here’s a funny funny link. erica sent this to me last week, but now a reader sent it to me again. it seems that it does more things than the one erica sent me, but i’m sure it’s just because i’ve scrolled around on it more. Palin as...
Oct 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
obama halloween pumpkins an excellent site, to get you in the HOLIDAY MOOD. we’ve been in DC. Washington, that is. we had a good time, but it reminded me how much I HATE TRAFFIC. how did i manage to drive around LA for six whole years? maybe it’s...
Oct 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
he said that joe the plumber has granted more interviews than sarah palin. funny but true.
Oct 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
and i’m finally sitting down, finally. i started the morning planting pampas grass. kevin ordered some and thought it would arrive in the spring. nope. had to be done this morning, no other time to do it. five pampas grasses, plus four ferns. i couldn’t...
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
ugh, john mccain had a snarky comment about obama, and an evil little laugh. ugh. IT’S OVER! WE MADE IT! WHOO, BABY!
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
they’re talking about education now. joe has left the room. probably drinking heavily.
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
this is from forbes.com: McCain And Obama Try For The Plumber Vote Joe the Plumber became the everyman taxpayer for the first exchange of the debate. John McCain said that Barack Obama would raise taxes on Joe. Obama said he would cut taxes for 95 percent of all...
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
i just typed in “plumber” on google and there are already ONE HUNDRED AND ONE related articles about JOE THE PLUMBER. what if you’re a plumber and your name is joe? i bet you’d get a lot of business tomorrow.
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
9:15 ONLY FIFTEEN MORE MINUTES. john mccain was sitting there making all kinds of faces as obama spoke. SMIRKING AGAIN. NOW IT’S THE LAST QUESTION. we’re very happy about that. winnie and mollie don’t care one way or the other. i wonder where...
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
mccain, as he talks about obama, is clenching his teeth as he talks. memo to mccain’s handlers: don’t have him clench his teeth as he speaks. does he even have handlers? are they allowed to have any opinions?
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
i think they should be talking about sally the secretary. she doesn’t make that much money. joe the plumber, he makes lots and lots of money. mollie is curled up in her bed sleeping. she doesn’t care about joe. the plumber. unless joe had a treat for...
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
this debate is all about joe. the plumber. i can’t remember the name of the guy who worked on our sewer last weekend. i don’t think it was joe. plumbers make a lot of money, don’t they? a lot of money. i don’t think john mccain is doing as...
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
i still can’t believe he said that.
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
kevin has got up off the couch to replenish my wine glass. he’s a very good husband.
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
have i mentioned that i hate to watch john mccain? smirking smirking smirking. 40 more minutes.
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
we had an obama sign in our yard. amy next door had an obama sign, as did their neighbors the kopeckys. also a couple of different people down the street. ALL THE SIGNS ARE GONE. SOMEBODY HAS STOLEN THEM ALL.
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
OH BROTHER. obama and mccain were just asked why their running mates would be better than the other guy’s if they had to run the country. obama is talking but i’m not listening because i’m typing. i can’t wait for mccain’s response....
Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
remember when i dropped the clippers in the lake this summer? i was talking to bev on my cell phone and trimming a bush on the end of the dock and plop, the clippers fell in the water. luckily i was wearing my swimming suit and i jumped in and felt around on the...
Oct 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
hmm, i have a vague memory of that last post, and how happy i became after getting out and exercising. this morning i practically had to force amy and jim to go walking. not that a person could actually force them to do anything, but they were both in their jammies...
Oct 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
that’s how i’m feeling this morning. sometimes mornings aren’t so good for me; i’m usually not fully awake for several hours, but sometimes i’m just so dang crabby… this is one of those mornings. i’ve been sitting her...
