So living in northern Nevada on the edge of the Sierra Mountains doesn’t lend itself to pumpkin patches. In Idaho we would drive out to the pumpkin patch – you know, where the pumpkins are still attached to the vine in the field? – and take our pick. So the girls and I headed out [...]
Archive for October, 2008
27 Oct
Completed my civic duty
I love early voting. I think is better than standing in lines on election day with 3 kids who’d rather be anywhere else than standing in line waiting for mom to vote. Traveler and I tag-teamed the county clerk’s office so the girls didn’t have to stand in line even though it was short. We were [...]
21 Oct
Birthday Girl is 8!
Today is the official day that I gain an 8-year-old daughter.
Here’s a picture of her cake. She needed a horse cake. She wanted a horse-themed party, but I couldn’t find anything out there in various craft stores, Target, and even the dollar stores that conformed to her desires. So a horse cake was the extent [...]
20 Oct
Trying out the WordPress way
We’ll see how this works in comparison to blogger. Have heard good things.
17 Oct
Debate
I was stunned by what McCain alluded to regarding abortion last night in the debate. So much so that I actually barely caught what he said, in between shushing kids.
Many others have summed up my feelings. Here’s one. Here’s another.
I am going to try and add my 2 cents.
It makes me sad that there are [...]
10 Oct
Never Gonna Let You Down
This I love. Can’t figure out exactly what’s going on, but I love the shots from McCain, Sarah Palin, Cindy McCain, etc. Their faces? Priceless.
5 Oct
Race For the Cure
This morning we awoke before the sun, put on layers of clothes and head off for the annual Race for the Cure.
This was our 4th year doing it. We went for the first time 5 years ago because almost 6 years ago my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. (We missed going 2 years ago [...]
5 Oct
The New Yorker on Obama and McCain
This article via bitchphd.
This paragraph about McCain spoke to me:
The longer the campaign goes on, the more the issues of personality and character have reflected badly on McCain. Unless appearances are very deceiving, he is impulsive, impatient, self-dramatizing, erratic, and a compulsive risk-taker. These qualities may have contributed to his usefulness as a maverick senator. [...]
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