Entries from October 2008

October 31, 2008

Shane Scott for President – Debt Plan

In this video, Shane explains how he would get us out of debt and improve the education status of Alabama all in one easy step.

Say “nyet” to debt and get on the Shane Train.

October 30, 2008

Shane Scott for President

If you have decided that you won’t vote for President this year because all of the candidates are horribly bad, then I ask you to consider write-in candidate Shane Scott.  He is 100% American for 98% of America.  See what I mean here:

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October 29, 2008

Joke Time: Political Campaign Time*

While walking down the street one day a politician is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the  entrance.  ‘Welcome to heaven,’ says St. Peter.  ‘Before you settle in,  it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these [...]

October 24, 2008

Everyone Gets to Have Their Own Context in Life

I had an appointment to have a lunch meeting with some friends today.  When I arrived at our chosen rendezvous point, one of the guys was nowhere to be found.  He has a tendency to occasionally be flighty and forgetful.  I found out that he just wasn’t coming to the meeting from one of [...]

October 24, 2008

Everything* I Know About Baseball I Learned From My Mother

The quintessential adage about how life was so much harder for parents than their children is the “walking to school, up hill, both ways, in the snow (with numerous variations and additions) story”. But when I was a child, what impressed me more that any tales of having to walk anywhere was when I found [...]

October 20, 2008

The Dreaded Four Letter “F” Word

It took awhile to get my act together. I knew it would. I’d let it go for too long.
“I’ll get to it later”, I thought.
“No one will notice right away”, I rationalized.
But once the ball got rolling, I was then faced with a large, daunting pile.
And there was only one thing left to do.
Fold.

October 19, 2008

All Things Blissful

In addition to life being the normal buzz of craziness and busyness and utter chaos, there are also times of bliss.
Last weekend, DB and I went to New Orleans to celebrate, albeit belatedly, our thirteenth wedding anniversary. Four days of just being together, enjoying food, music and culture was indeed, very blissful. You can see [...]

October 19, 2008

I intended to make this…

But it turned out like this…

Not exactly a viable replicate but it sure was tasty!
{Recipe here}
Thanks to my sister for the recipe tip!

October 4, 2008

Happy Fall, Y’all!

Autumn is here. We had a beautiful Spring. Summer was a blast and much fun was had. But all year my heart longs for Autumn. It’s in full force now. Leaves are changing and the weather has cooled down. I even wore long sleeves a couple times this past week!
I’ve pulled out all the fall [...]