Month: August 2008

1) Put down a deposit on a new Honda Civic Hybrid, to be delivered in November or 2) Adopted a dog or 3) Donated a large sum of money to Sarah Palin, to assist in name recognition (ok, enough politics …

That was one hell of a speech, one our children will be studying in school for decades to come. As I watched it, I felt an unusual sensation. It was warm and tingly…it was hope. I felt hope for this …

Hoooo-eeee! Hillary gave the speech of a lifetime last night. Impressive. She said exactly what she needed to say and it was good to hear. Now, if tonight’s speeches go as well (yeah, I’m looking at you, Billy Boy), I’ll …

Well, we chickened out and didn’t take the boys down into Denver today. Too much chaos and uncertainty to feel comfortable taking them. If it was just the two of us, we would have been down there in a heartbeat, …

And I still don’t have tickets to Obama’s speech on Thursday. Sigh… We are thinking, however, of heading downtown tomorrow with the boys for a little hands-on civics lesson. Or not. I’m all for the education of my sons, but …

See, I come through! And eventually I’ll get the Pancake Puffs post written. No, really, I will. Someday. 😉 I couldn’t find any pictures of our crapalicious patio, and I went back two years in PSE. My eyes are bleeding …

I’m sick of sitting on top of my cell phone, waiting for the text from Obama and instead getting oh-so-hilarious prank texts from my husband. Doodoohead. So I was thrilled to get a lurvely award from the delightful Mrs. V …

All summer long, day in and day out, A was up with the sun. Sometimes before the sun. Sometimes the sun would just look at him and think, “Why the hell are you up? I’m not even up yet. The …

There’s green crayon melted inside my dryer and laundry is stacking up like planes over Ohare the day before Thanksgiving. Ahh….so good to be home. Sigh…

Well, not really. A starts on Monday, J a week later. But tomorrow early am I leave for four days, so that makes today the last day of the summer!!! Can I have a hallelujah? Thank you. I needed that. …