Weekend Update

I forget that when we have a liberal president, all of the hacks come out of the woodwork. We drove Mayumi to the Statehouse Convention so she could pick up her marathon registration package and there were protesters outside of the building taking advantage of the LR Marathon crowd. Their signs read "BLANK CHECK LINCOLN" or "BLANCHE LINCOLN, QUEEN OF SOCIALISM". They are so far off the mark, it's shameful. For those of you not familiar, Blanche Lincoln is one of Arkansas' U.S. senators. Now, I'm not a huge fan of the senator myself, but I wouldn't call her a socialist. UGH, I hate fear-mongering!  To me, it's harassment.  It's disgusting & rude. Also, to me, they really come off as not knowing what they're talking about. Too, if you're going to go after Blanche Lincoln, why not Mark Pryor, too? He is equally lame. I'm sooooo playing the sexism card here. Draw four & skip a turn. If I had the time (and the stones), I would've protested those protesters. It would involve cupcakes somehow.

Mayumi did quite well! So proud of her:

So, I've been tweeting more than I need to, but I'm just trying to get the hang of it. Pardon the transition.

Well, ATM is in Washington, D.C., so I'm a-takin' care of the homestead by myself. I was excited because I figured I could do "whatever I want", but I'm so busy, things don't feel different. The biggest difference is that I have more leg room in bed because SOLO sleeps on his side when he's away. Oh, I have noticed that I don't cook while he's gone. I'm hoping to correct that this evening because I am so tired of eating pita chips and hummus and peanut butter toast. Guh. Thankfully, this arrangement ends Wednesday evening.

On Saturday, me & KMHD made Mayumi a last-meal-before-the-marathon dinner. It was AWESOME! There was an egg scramble with corn & a whole package of Gimme Lean & some Monterey Jack cheese. We also had refried black beans & homemade corn tortillas. Top with cilantro & salsa and wash down with freshly juiced juice and GO TO TOWN. Yes, you DO wish you were there.

KMHD taught me how simple it was to make corn tortillas:




I gave General Change a grape tomato resulting in cute photos. I don't think he really liked it, but everytime I "threatened" to take it away, he'd quickly try to gobble it up. He ended up eating it.:

Eclipse Glasses/Velvet Kente on Friday:

This is a shot from the "stage". Too, it's my best photo of Zach, who is hard to get a good shot of otherwise:


Tomorrow eve, Jay Barth is kicking off his campaign. I'd like to go, but we'll file this under "We'll See". Maybe at Heather's birthday soiree this evening, I can score a date. BTW, Jay is running for Tracy Steele's position. Mr. Steele will be unable to run again due to term limits. It's good to get into and stay involved in local politics. I'm just sayin'.

Random end bits------------

I made a carrot cake & ATM actually ate some!  He is one of those non-sweet-tooth-havin' people.


Does anyone know how to make the shoes by the door less ugly?