Debate Time Again!

The second of the Presidential debates is just coming on television. The "town hall" style might prove to be interesting. I am going to watch as long as I can before going to sleep. But these things just seem to drag on and my eyes can get glazed over...but I'll give it the ol' college try.

But the real question is - will Sarah Palin show up on SNL this week?

Happy Politics!

Put Up Your Dukes - Let's Get Down To It!

And the debate rolls on....

Quite honestly, they are one hour into it and they loosing my interest - and I have my candidate chosen already. I say put 'em in a boxing ring (gloves optional) and really let them have at it! A good friend of mine tonight mentioned she is looking forward to the VP debate - if and when it happens. Hey, they still believe in Santa Claus, don't they? Easter Bunny? Tooth Fairy? How about $3 gas again? Yeh, right.

Is it November yet?

Pond ering Politics

So, what is it all about? Who really knows. We are either brought up one way or the other or we learn along the way what values and issues are of most importance to us. Is one party really right or wrong? Who knows. Is it a choice by the head or the heart, or a combination of both? I gots my questions.

On to more important things, like the start of the new NCIS next week along with ER. About my two favorite shows with a close 2nd and 3rd being Jon Stewart and Bill Maher. What would we do without those two guys? Where in the world would we find a reason to laugh about all of this political mayhem, where would we learn to laugh at our candidates and ourselves and without them, where would we get tomorrow's water cooler conversation? We'd have nothing to talk about.

OK, it's late (for me anyway) and I'm going to call it a night. Good night and Good Campaigning! Let's keep it clean, honest and real (yeh, right - I am from another planet!). Ciao.

Get The Ballot Ready

We're just about two months away from the most historical election in history and I just can't contain all of my excitement! Especially for all of the annoying political campaigning telephone calls. What a shame that political endorsements, etc., are exempt from the Do Not Call Registry. Now we have to endure the endless telephone ringing and those terrible pre-recorded messages that take up the entire tape or disk space on our recorders. And then there are those who are brave enough to come knocking on doors - despite the No Solicitation sign on my front door. And yes, I believe they are selling something - they're selling their candidate. Same thing to me. You just gotta love, love, love election season. And we not only have the Presidential race, we have local competition as well for Council seats and our Mayor. Signs are already sprouting up on street corners and it's only a matter of time before the mud starts slinging. Oh wait - they've already started that on the national level!

It's gonna be a long 60 days...

Family and Politics

That's a loaded headline, isn't it?



This past weekend we went to the burbs of Philadelphia for hubby's uncle's 85th birthday celebration. On the way there, we decided to stop by another friend's house just a few miles from where we were staying. Said friend happens to live about 2 blocks from the Paoli Train Station that we drive right by. Little did we know that Barack Obama was having a "whistle stop" rally at the station when we arrived at the site. So we got to our friend's house and walked back over to the train station to listen to the candidate. Very exciting! I would have never guessed I would get that close to the man. We only caught about 10 minutes of his speech before he roared away on the train. But, how cool was that? Here's a picture I was able to snap before secret service men made me "keep moving."


The birthday celebration was wonderful. There were 12 folks at the dinner which was held at everyone's favorite restaurant in Paoli - San Nicola. We had a semi-private room in the back of the restaurant and were there for hours and hours. The chef himself came out to wish our guest a Happy Birthday. And of course, the red wine was flowing freely and the food was magnificent! The birthday "boy" was very touched by everyone being there (we surprised him - he didn't know we were coming) and really enjoyed his special night.

The road trip to Philly is never any fun. It took FOREVER to get up there Saturday - we've never seen traffic like that. Coming home wasn't as bad, but you're always ragged out on the drive home. You know the feeling - like you're never gonna get there. But we did so I'll stop whining now.


This weekend (if Mother Nature will cooperate) will be spent in the yard and the pond. I have some ideas for the front flower beds and I have a lot of work to do. And the pond still needs that final tweak on the waterfall. And we now have to fish out all of the pollen balls in the bottom of the pond too! It makes for very dark water and is not so pretty right now. As soon as everything is up and running properly and fish are thriving, I'll post some new pics.


Gonna check some email and get some dinner. Buon Appetito!