Hillary's Here!

Well, today is windy and stormy. Hillary is arriving at the airport around the corner from my house and conducting a rally. We drove over there yesterday and saw a lot of action going on ... which I don't think is normal for a Sunday afternoon at our little airport. Secret Service was doing perimeter in a blacked out SUV and the boys were just amazed by that and how she used to be the First Lady. Would love to go but I feel like shit and it's stormy and rainy. They said you had to be there early to catch a bus to the private hanger where the event is to take place. I thought you could just walk up and listen but no .... it's something all confusing and security checkpoints ... whatever. I'll probably see it better on our local news website this evening anyway. It's supposed to get cold this evening so I made the boys chicken and dumplins for supper. They LOVE it. I never thought they would but the last time I made it they both wanted some in their lunch the next day. I was pretty happy since they hardly ever want to eat the food I make once, much less twice. Last full week of school and practice and CCD/church before Spring Break. Brent's taking off for a couple of days so we're going to try and find something fun to do -- thought about Houston (still want to see Lucy). Liam's class is going to the museum and other activities in Houston in about two weeks so I need to find out first so we don't take him to the same place he'll be going to the next week -- the Children's Museum is great if you haven't been there. Ian absolutely loved it. I'm sure it will be a torrential thunderstorm in another hour when it's time to pick up my children so I guess I better get there early to get at the front of the line. As you all know I have nothing better to do than wait an extra thirty minutes just so my child doesn't get soaked waiting for me to pull up in line. I wish I could be one of those carefree mothers who just lets their kids get all wet and wait until the very end of the line then just pull through without waiting but I can't. I always think if he has to wait a long time he's sucking up all the benzene and carbon dioxide the fumes from the engines are putting off and then I have to get there early and I have to be at the front of the line. If not the very front, then fairly close. Am I crazy?

Want to know what pisses me off? Complacency. Oh, and if you have an opinion, just back it up. Ciao.

Obama's On His Way...

MMMM, first Bill visits our little city then less than a week later Michelle Obama visits our little city and tomorrow, yes, yes, Obama will visit our little city. OK, Hillary? When are you coming? I have no idea what's going on around here but we were downtown yesterday getting boots for Brent and there were a lot of federal cars roaming all over and everything looked a lot more "picked up and neat" than our downtown usually looks, which is broken down and dilapidated to me. So by my estimation Hillary should be visiting sometime soon, as the Texas Primary is March 4th which is next Tuesday. Tried to go see Bill Clinton but everyone chickened out on me so I have two "maybe's" for tomorrow on Obama. Just keeping all of my options open. So who are you voting for? If you McCain I'll have to delete you from my comments because well, because I can since it's my blog and you can't do anything about it. Ha Ha Ha So my love goes out to all the Republicans in my life and there are a lot!

Brent took off yesterday so we could go spend time with our CPA and get all of our business and personal taxes taken care of and it feels good to not have that hovering over my head today. Hopefully we'll have good news soon and we can decide what we're going to do with our refund. Brent is working tonight so I'm cooking a roast and it just happens to be the boys favorite meal so I'm going to use Pioneer Woman's roast recipe so it'll be new but it doesn't look or seem too different from my version so I think the boys will enjoy it. (OMG did you see how long that run on sentence was? Oh well I can do that if I want to and I can end a sentence with a preposition too!) We have baseball and CCD tonight so I guess it's all up to me. We had fun yesterday. We went and ate breakfast and shopped at the Cracker Barrel and I tried to get toys for their Easter baskets. I usually do a theme so it's baseball this year. I know, not very inventive but I found some baseball soaps and cd holders to include so that's coming along slowly but surely. I analyze this crap so much that it becomes an obsession. I still have time to order stuff off the internet if need be so I'm going to do a lot of nostalgic candies and the Cracker Barrel has the biggest selection around here. The Candle Cottage on Boston has some taffy and stuff like that so I guess I'll include some of that. Any ideas on what to include in their Easter baskets this year??? Then we came home and enjoyed the peace and quiet and washed and cleaned and detailed my truck and then went to get Brent's boots. We drove around and looked at all the old buildings and I made the comment that I should have been an architect because I appreciate all the history and love that part of our city. A lot of the streets we went down were the stomping grounds of my dad when he was a young boy growing up and I just love remembering all his stories about how vibrant it used to be and how much fun he had. So I guess when I go downtown and see the federal building he worked in for 35 years and all the other sidewalks he walked down and buildings he stood in front of, it makes me sad because that's what I miss. I miss his stories. I miss his memories. All I can do now is pass them down to my sons so that's what I do, maybe not as much as I should but I do. I tell them stories and about their Italian heritage and one day they'll pass them down. Liam remembers them and tells Ian so I guess they'll go on ... even when I am gone.

Just saw there was an earthquake in Manchester so I hope everyone is alright. My people live there... my family that I miss terribly. The news said there were minor injuries and minor damage but I'm sending out my prayers anyway. Hope all is well and y'all are in my thoughts and prayers. Love to all. XXXOOO