Enough with the Birthday Already

Hello, I was going to write something silly about the Woody family fleece competition, but with all the bad financial news today, it seemed disrespectful. Lots of people are getting fleeced, and lots more can't afford fleeces, so perhaps I should find another topic.

Briefly, since now your interest is no doubt piqued, I was shopping on Saturday (my president wants me to) and saw a nice chocolately brown fleece jacket, marked down, and thought "I'm going to buy this just to make Paul jealous. And it's kind of cute. And such a bargain."

My nutty, adorable husband loves fleeces and has a lot of them. Can't resist a bargain. Has more than needed in our temperate climate. And now he has me doing it.

I did buy it, and now I have the new chocolately brown one, plus my 2 reds, a lime green, and a dark green. Is that too many?

Just so you'll get your money's worth out of this posting, I'd like to share a writer I have discovered, Will Durst, whose work I found on a funny website called 23/6. Meet Will here.

Selfishly, I hope it gets cold soon so I can wear my new fleece.

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Hello all, today is my birthday, the day we get to celebrate me. All things me. Me Me Me. Get your own blog if you want to celebrate you.

I made a slide show of .... me.

Have a great day thinking about me.

Happy Days are Here Again!

I feel that I should give equal time to the Republican National Convention, in the interest of fair play and of course to show that there is no bias at the Empty Nest.

So, what about that convention!! My heart is still racing. Woo wee. Where to begin??

Oh, WTF, this says it all.

Janet for VP!

Well. I have been wondering lately what other kinds of work I might be able to do. I have worked as a librarian for 30 years and as wonderful as that has been (no, really) it might be fun to do something else.

I learned last week that I can be Vice-President of the United States.

How you say?

I was active in the Crestview Elementary School PTA for 15 years. I was president twice. I took just about any job that needed to be done, as we were a small but devoted group. I managed the Reading is Fundamental program for 15 years and did other PTA stuff simultaneously. Heck, I managed the school halloween carnival a couple of times, which must be equal to commanding a state national guard without the advantage of carrying a loaded weapon.

On the pro-life front, I declined to have amniocentesis as an elderly expectant mother. Thirty-five makes you elderly and at risk. Amniocentesis is scary business; they stick a big needle into your baby place at 20 weeks along. That is halfway to having a baby. The test itself has risks. I thought at 20 weeks, we are having this baby and we will deal with any complications as they are revealed. We were blessed with another healthy baby who just went off to college. So, come on, don't I get some family values credit for that decision?

So how about it: Janet for VP!

What's that? I have to be republican?

Never mind.