Tomorrow night President Obama will address the American people and a joint session of Congress. He is going to present his jobs plan to the American people and the politicos on both sides of the aisle. Why are we looking for the President to make a speech about jobs? Why are we waiting for him to create more jobs or at the very least, create
Back in 1987, Howard Mohr wrote a funny little book that taught non natives of Minnesota how to talk like us. Howard Mohr's How To Talk Minnesotan: A Visitor's Guide was a bestseller here in the land of 10,000 lakes, though no one would ever admit to actually purchasing the book. We all borrowed it from someone who was from out of town.
Image via Wikipedia I'm not a huge fan of the Gores, even though Al gave us the internet, but I am sad to hear that they have decided to get a divorce after 40 years of marriage. I try to stay away from politics on my blog, even though the first year I talked about nothing but politics. Blame it on the two year long
Yesterday, as I was writing my post about wanting to get the kids out of the house for an extended period, I was contemplating the fact that I haven't posted much and yesterday's post was simply phoning it in. I have nothing to bitch about I thought to myself. Which in and of itself is pretty good. My kids are healthy, my relationships with their
It was just reported that Natasha Richardson has been taken off life support. This is just such a horribly sad story.
I can't believe it has been a year already and yet at times I feel as if I have been doing this forever. When I first started this blog I knew very little about blogging. Actually I knew nothing about blogging and it is quiet evident if you read through the comments. It has taken me a while to find my voice on this blog
As my daughter and I were heading out to school yesterday, daughter asked if we could go on a bike ride before she was dropped off at school. I said "Not now but at the end of the day". "The end of today?" She asked. "Yes" I said. She immediately started to cry. This was not the I-want-what-I-want-now cry but a fearful, scared cry. I
