Gettin' tagged

Questions courtesy of Black Betty:

ONE word answers only... Here goes!

1. Where is your cell phone? unsure
2. Your significant other? fabulous
3. Your hair? blonde
4. Your mother? visiting
5. Your father? doting
6. Your favorite thing? relaxing
7. Your dream last night? several
8. Your favorite drink? DP
9. Your dream/goal? family
10. The room you’re in? den
11. Your church? OLD
12. Your fear? failure
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? together
14. Where were you last night? home
15. What you’re not? Republican
16. Muffins? thanks
17. One of your wish list items? basement
18. Where you grew up? Brandon
19. The last thing you did? 18
20. What are you wearing? pajamas
21. Your TV? one
22. Your pets? three
23. Your computer? pathetic
24. Your life? complete
25. Your mood? expectant
26. Missing someone? sure
27. Your car? cluttered
28. Something you’re not wearing? socks
29. Favorite store? Target
30. Your summer? pool
31. Like(love) someone? tons
32. Your favorite color? blue
33. Last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? dunno
35. Who will re post this? Rachel

The latest from JibJab

Check out the latest ditty from JibJab.com. It's pretty hilarious and doesn't let either political party have a free ride.
Time for Some Campaignin' | Funny Video Animation by JibJab

Nighttime nannies?

Thoughts on this trend? I suppose if you weren't a stay-at-home-mom and had the extra money to spend on a nighttime nanny, it could be nice... But isn't one of the "joys" of parenting getting up with your little one at all hours?

Bad news for some

Back in January, Mike took a new job with the WSJ (writing the US Watch and World Watch columns). Turns out that was a good decision. The Journal announced today that it is laying off all 50 copy editors in South Brunswick (as in, what Mike used to do). Those folks can apply for 12 or so available positions in NYC. It really stinks.
Thank goodness Mike's boss realized that, as of last week, Mike's job title was STILL copy editor. He had the sense to change Mike's title to "Special Writer" which could, very well, have saved Mike from this potential disaster. Several of Mike's friends/co-workers from South Brunswick are in a bad spot, though, which is really unfortunate.
Who knows if his job is safe in the long run from this "re-structuring" that's going on with Murdoch in charge. But for now, it's gonna be okay. Sigh.

Long time, no post

My in-laws have been here for the past week, hence the lack of posting. We had a wonderful time together and managed to keep ourselves quite busy. On Tuesday night, Mike, his dad and I went to a Phillies/Cardinals game. The Cards won, which was fantastic. The only other MLB games I'd ever been to were in St. Louis so it was a bit of a rude awakening to go to a game in "enemy" territory. It's not that the fans were rude or obnoxious necessarily, but they just weren't really watching the game. There was little cheering, and actually quite a bit of booing on the part of the Phillies fans for their own team! Unbelievable.
We left W at home with his Grammy Lynn--he was well-behaved for her, thank goodness!
LMSS with Darling Husband at ballpark
Our view. Our seats were waaaay up high, but they were actually decent. Good view, nice breeze. Once the sun set, it was even better.
I think Mike took this pic of the scoreboard right before Rick Ankiel hit his homerun. Check out the setting sun behind the scoreboard.
Loved this guy. Check out his shirt!!

My project this week was hanging pictures behind my sofa. That wall was so bare, but I couldn't come up with a good filler. Finally I had the genius idea to do a photo collage of the past two years. Most of the pics were taken by Mike's former co-worker Melanie, but a couple of them were taken by none other than Alice. Fab!

The goat did it

You know the saying "it takes a village"? Well, sometimes, it takes a goat. Click here to read this inspiring piece from yesterday's NYT editorial pages. It's truly an amazing story. And the charity mentioned (Heifer International) is similar to the one that my in-laws donate to (theirs is something through the Episcopal church). In fact, at Christmas, they got a goose for a family in some remote area in honor of W. Neat.
So after you donate to Rachel's Team in Training, or buy one of her Spirit Crosses, check out these charities that send animals to third-world areas. You could really have an affect on someone's life.

An analysis

Take a look at this interesting piece from today's NYT--it analyzes Obama's chances (or lack thereof) of electoral wins in the South. As a student of American studies and a political junkie, as well as being a native Mississippian, I find this kind of stuff fascinating.