Honestly, I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 5 days (has it really been 5 days already?) making sure that the furry children wouldn’t kill each other, and that the two-legged child would live through the icks. She was much better today, but can’t seem to handle the current pet strife. So Mommy [...]
I have been doing a few fiber-related things lately; most of my craftiness has been February related, as there are a ton of school projects this month and somebody has a birthday at the end of the month. Right now we’re trying to figure out how we can fit a party, a family party, and [...]
I just got done watching the inauguration. Barack Obama is now officially the 44th President of the United States of America. I know it sounds sappy and all – and a little weird coming from someone who didn’t vote for the man – but it feels like the sun has come out after a horrific [...]
It’s official – the Illinois state House of Representatives voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich this morning. The vote was pretty overwhelming – 114 to 1 in favor; they only needed 60 votes for impeachment. Now there will be a trial in the Senate, but it’s unclear as to how soon that will start – [...]
The news about Obama’s future presidency just keeps getting better. As Mr. Obama prepared to make his first post-election visit to the White House on Monday, his advisers were compiling a list of policies that could be reversed by the executive powers of the new president. The assessment is under way, aides said, but a [...]