January 7, 2009

  • Happy New Year everyone.

    Oh boy this is going to be one heck of a year too….
    This just in…
    The popular liberal website, “The Daily Kos” has tapped former
    Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta, age 70, to be the new the director of
    the Central Intelligence Agency.

    In a statement, Kos founder Markos Moulitsas said, “We are pleased
    that the president elect has entrusted us with this important choice
    before we were forced to make good on our threat to disable his
    transition website with an avalanche of negative comments and angry
    emoticons. We can assure our constituents — college professors, actors,
    illegal immigrants, college students, and greasy-haired slackers alike
    — that we have thoroughly vetted Mr. Panetta and determined that he has
    absolutely no political, ideological, philosophical, social or familial
    connection to anyone with the first or last name of Bush. Of course, if
    such a connection is ever discovered in the future we reserve the right
    to fire Mr. Panetta and promote deputy director Bill Maher to the
    director position. Mr. Panetta has also, in the past, displayed
    occasional intelligence which undoubtedly qualifies him for this
    important position.”

    Asked for a comment, blogger Andrew Sullivan said, “once again the
    president-elect has displayed his intelligence, wisdom, and political
    skill, underscoring the importance of legalizing same-sex marriage and
    the unquestioned illegality of water-boarding and other interrogation
    techniques.’ Another, lesser-known member of the incoming administration, vice
    president elect Joe Biden, added, “not many people know this but
    Panetta invented those delicious Panetones as well as the Pan-tone
    color system. It’s true, look it up.”

    When asked if the job of intelligence chief requires intelligence experience, Panetta replied simply, “no comment.”

    >>Don’t forget that Panetta Bread Company pioneered free wi-fi in their locations, without which most Kos readers would have to spend all day in Mom’s basement. That’s worth a cabinet appointment in my book.

    moving on, help me to understand this… a resealable bag of socks?
    (yes that is Pierro’s feets there beside the bag, my little helper always)

    What did they have in mind? that hubby store his socks in the bag?
    Why a resealable bag?

    I have been simply terrible, and complicatingly terrible too, about blogging. I am sorry. Life is busy.
    I hope all of you are well.
    Here it is pouring rain. I just returned from the rink.
    We have been busy.
    I have been VERY busy.

    Everything is going really well for us.
    A lot of stuff happened over that last few weeks. Christmas was wonderful. I have the annual photos I am too lazy to put them up.
    New Years Eve was great fun. We had Andrei over for a few days.

    He is such a great little boy and will soon be 11 years old. Wow.
    We went to the Udvar Hazy center in Chantilly. It is 20 mins from my house and quite cool if you go early.

    I have more photos of many adventures with Andrei. We had such a good time with him.
    He is a really a wonderful boy. I adore him.

    Blizzie is still home, she goes back to college in a week and a half. She is working at the hotel a few nights a week
    (piano/3 hours a night in the lobby/what a cushie job)
    Christabelle is doing so well on her own having her own place about 20 mins away.
    We are going to Annapolis on Saturday to celebrate my mom’s 84th birthday

    Pierro is good as gold. Prinnie is adorable very vocal (as usual) eating well and hobbling around the house.

    She will be 18 in April,
    so every day is a blessing with her. She is spoiled every day and treated like the princess she is!

    All of you would be well served to obtain some sound financial advice in the next few months. Things are going to get very bad.
    Also, any flying or traveling overseas, get that done now. Things are going to get ugly and dangerous with Panetta in charge of the CIA.

    I will try to update soon, but I have been in a mood and when I have not been in that mood, I have been in another mood.
    Presently, I am going to clean up Christmas in this house.

    Then, make some dinner foods, rearrange Blizzie’s bedroom while she is at her gig, then I have a zillion other things to think about.
    Blizzie and I are going shopping tomorrow. We are also going to JoAnn fabrics because Blizz wants some different buttons
    for this jacket she bought (she is addicted to clothes shopping and it does not help that everything she puts on, even a burlap sack looks adorable on her!) and I am going to buy some fabric to recover some bar stools of my parents. I love shopping…. I do need some new pants, hmmmm

    Oh yeah, and then we have to be all perky and happy for Thursday video-chat at 2:00.
    WE forgot last week!!! Oh gosh, the three of us were lazing around here doing Nothing of importance,
    feeling very drowsy, recovering from weeks of junk food and parties. The phone rings, I choose to answer it, no one at the other end, hello
    hello?? so I hang up. The phone rings again I say hello a couple of times…. and I hear my moms voice, saying something in the background
    so, I YELL hello?????/ and my mom says “hey, what is the matter with you people? What’s going on?” I say “huh? what do you mean?”
    and she says “what about video-chat?? you are not on-line!”
    “Oh, uh, mom, we are just setting up right now!” LOL


    sorry the screen shot is so crummy. I think their camera is just bad…
    I need them to take a screen shot so I can see if we look this fuzzy at their house.

    I must end here.
    Be well and happy.

    Success isn’t a result
    of spontaneous combustion.
    You must set yourself on fire.

    ~Arnold H. Glasow

    If you want to make your dreams come true,
    the first thing you have to do is wake up.
    ~J.M. Power

Comments (12)

  • I cannot tell you how many times the bag of socks I want to buy is ripped open….when there is a zipper!  I think it’s so people can take them out and see how big they are.  We did that when buying socks for Jacob.  But adults…all socks are the same basically.  Maybe some people want to check them out in the store…feel them n’ such.  Gotta make sure they are fluffy or something.  I hope nobody is trying them on!

  • @aliyagator - 

    but but but, the bag is completely SEALED on the very top, so you cannot just “unseal” and look at the socks. One must cut the bag at the top to then “unseal” that zipper thing.
    nutty.

    I know, maybe you are to “recycle” your olde socks in the bag and just toss the bag out on recycle day. you know, being “green” and save the planet.

  • @mommers - Maybe the company got the memo that zippered bags were cool….but didn’t quite get the part where they didn’t have to seal the bag TOO.  Do they also sell them in the refrigerated section?

  • @aliyagator - 

    lol sounds super comfy for those hot flashy moments. Maybe they could sell olde lady socks in the refrigerated section, OH! in the zipper bags of course!

  • Did you check to see if the tighty whiteys also come in a zip-lock bag????   I love your posts pretty lady and Andrei looks like a peach.   Happy thoughts to you today.

  • ziplock bag is the keep those socks fresh for the consumer, silly.   

    He’s a good boy…looks so sweet. 

  • I think it is for the business man who forgets his socks and only wants to take out a pair or two….

    Andrei is adorable…and looks very  bright. We need more bright  ones to counterbalance the idiots being put in office! HUGS

    Panetta in the CIA? Oxymoron? And Al Franken is senate material, too. Look out world!

  • This was  a fun post.  I guess I might be still recuperating from our Northern Trek.  Have been very lazy about Xanga lately.  Bored .  I actually have been getting some things accomplished now that I’m not on Xanga as much.

    Is that Blizzie I see with you?(it must be…what a silly question)  She looks like the gorgeous girl on NCIS!  My favorite TV program.  They are witty…and funny and make me laugh.

    I think we’ll be all doing wonderfully well since Obama has been elected.  Maybe one of the jobs he’s inventing is printing more paper money!  And…we’ll all be very safe and everyone will like us around the world now since we will put away our weapons and “be nice”  The same people who believe that the terrorist groups respond to “kindness” were teaching that concept in Education classes when I was in college.and that’s why kids are so out of control..plotting to murder teachers and fellow students because they respond to “niceness” and ego gratification.  When I tried the “niceness” to the kids in inner city Cleveland, I was practically eaten alive…I should have listened to my hubby who told me not to smile for the first 6 months…When I threatened to kill them and toss them over the bannister, they started respecting me and calling me “yes, maam” Shhhh, don’t tell anyone .  Our secret. ok?

      Dems., liberals…what can I say…..O well.

    The End.

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!

  • Fun and chatty update, m’am.  Thanks.  I enjoyed story about the video chat.  Just think, they are the oldsters and they remembered it….’Nough said.

  • I work in retail and the ziplock sock bag is because so many customers open the bags, the ziplock gives a way to seal the bag up. That doesn’t fix the problem of customers ripping the bags, the only way to correct that is to start keeping customers out of stores. LOL

    Happy Birthday to your mom! Glad things are going well your way. Busy can be good. Cold here, rainy with a promise of snow. I hope your travels are safe!

  • I like the way you ” arrange ” Mr Panetta !!

    I noticed on one of your pictures you have a bag with French words !( Pointure de souliers , chaussettes homme ). Bravo , Rosemary , the French is the bag !

    The photo of you with Andrea is very good .
    The photo of the cats is great . Does this means there are photo-cat and video-chat ?
    I hope you had a great skating recently . Some video-skat in sight ? I wish .
    For us we are in the dust !! Works have started today !!

    Have a great week
    Love
    Michel

  • The French is in the bag , I meant.

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