maximum caffeination

my favorite 20 oz weekend coffee mug....

anyone have a bridge they want to unload?

my dear sweet son's latest caper involves joining a band.
Evidently his only expected contribution is buying the instruments. The lead singer was going to hold onto the money. I only got wind of this because little Esmeralda's mommy called me asking if I knew anything about this because C gave up all of his cash.
all $180 of his cash
Oddly enough I would have discovered the problem on Friday myself because I was taking him to the bank to deposit his money into his savings account. His biggest concern last night was that he was going to get kicked out of the band. I pointed out that he already has a guitar and can start his own band.
Niece #1 summed it up well "it that was nice, dumb, cute and innocent all at once".

hope

I have all sorts of things whirling around my brain this morning not much of it cohesive at this point. I did not get enough sleep last night or enough coffee this morning. I hope and pray for President-Elect Obama he will have a difficult road ahead and like so many black men before him he will have to work harder and do it better.
For me one of the most moving parts to the evening was watching Jesse Jackson with tears running down his face witness to the very history he helped make possible. Somewhere along the line his thinking and path derailed into nastiness but last night all was forgiven and he was I hope remembering his roots and passion and all the sacrifice of so very many that made all things possible last night.

VOTE!

come on people not just a right it is your responsibility to vote today!
Plus you can get a free donut, coffee & ice cream. Unless you already early voted like I did and did not get an I voted sticker ahh well all of the shops would involve trips out of my way but I am thinking the Ben & Jerry's would be a worthwhile excursion.

it's beginning to look a lot like...

I was horrified at Wally-world yesterday to walk into the store and see smack dab in the middle of the entrance a decorated Christmas tree. And if that was not bad enough Christmas music was playing in the store. Now I love Christmas. It is by far hands down my favorite time of year but growing up Christmas was strictly forbidden until midnight on Thanksgiving. It is a policy I adhere to in my household but this morning I found myself looking through holiday cookbooks thinking about menus and perhaps a little cocktail party as well as the New Years Eve annual bash. At least I have resisted the urge to throw a Christmas CD on!

decent haul

considering halloween is on a Friday night this year. Come on folks we live in the south Friday night means high school football games, and there were lots of dark house along our normal route let me tell 'ya! But a good time was had by one and all, we hooked up with one of his buddies and walked with them for a bit & C got more than enough good stuff that mommy can pilfer he can enjoy!
btw helpful hint kids always say thank you it scored C an extra piece of candy at one house!

All Hallows Eve

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Happy Anniversary to my brother & his wife and here's to another 15!

Dewey defeats Truman

the latest scuttlebutt 'round the interweb is the fear that this election might turn out like the one in 1948. Had Dewey won our family history might have taken a distinctive turn. My great-grandmother was an early feminist, suffragette and all around incredible woman, widowed at a young age raising her daughter with her 2 sisters they ran the store as well as the newspaper in the little Missouri town of Martinsburg. Gran was very involved in politics and a frequent delegate for the Republican Party, nominating Dewey, Eisenhower & Nixon. Family lore has always been that if Dewey had been elected my grandfather would have become Surgeon General. What an interesting twist that would have been.

Jimmy Hoffa might be in there

really need to clean out the freezer this weekend. I am guessing we probably have enough meat I could do without shopping for a week or two at the very least, we have copious amounts of popsicles leftover from last year's tonsillectomy and several tubs of cookie dough from last year's buy cookie dough for the school or you are a bad parent sale. In an ideal world I would really like to inventory what we have and have it written down someplace so I can check my list before grocery shopping. hmmm that would work really nifty for my pantry stuff too. Can you imagine how much easier life would be if I would just try to be a little organized? and we might not have 20 cans of cream of mushroom soup on hand either.