Soundbites

I am not sure what to think of ongoing politics between politicians and the media’s inability to report accurately on it. At this point in time, I am almost embarrassed to call myself a democrat the way we have been at each others throats it seems. We have no back bone to support others (Durbin) including Howard Dean, the head of the Democratic Party. There was a reason he was elected to that seat because he had something new to say and could stir up the base. But it seems like some have forgotten about the base and distance themselves instead of supporting him. Do republicans bash Bush (other than recently)?

And why have the democrats not said more about Rove, and McClellan, and DeLay talking about how Democrats do not understand September 11. Iraq is NOT ABOUT September 11 and THAT is the point. The Democrats need to push that Iraq is a sidestep away from the war on terror. Al Queda is at least as strong as it was before.

And why has the media gone to sound bites that do not talk about anything? Why is it that when we have audio proof of contradictory statements do they not play them and talk about them and confront about them?

Sorry, small rant. I am off the soap box. It is just so aggravating.

ramble...baby...ramble...house

So we are discussing baby again and it just makes me think…what the hell am I doing? It scares the hell out of me to be thinking that we will be responsible for another life. How will we find the time? I know it will all work out but flipping out I think is part of the process….I hope.

We have narrowed down the agency search to two agencies and are trying to figure out when to start the home study. The thought of the home study scares us a little and I am not sure I am ready to dig that far into my subconscious to figure out what makes me tick…which is what it seems like we have to do. To air out ALL the dirty laundry as some would say…I guess I would to since I just did.

On another note, we have finally finished the front step rebuild (we started in April) and have finally started painting. Another couple of afternoons after work and we can cross this project off the list. Thank god. We have too many projects to handle as it is so crossing one off is a big accomplishment.

And on the topic of home improvements, has anyone seen the new show on TLC, called “Property Ladder?” It is about people who buy houses, renovate quickly and “flip” it to make a quick profit. The show makes me laugh. We have done enough remodel/renovate ourselves that I think we would do a pretty good job and figuring out what can stay, what needs to be renovated, and turning it around relatively quickly. The problem? Boston’s real estate prices are WAY too high. We cannot afford to buy the house to flip it…or the condo for that matter. Alas, there goes the quick money scheme. Baby takes priority…although that costs money too. It all comes back to money. I hate that.

I did not really think this was going to be such a bitch/ramble this morning but I guess something is better than nothing. More soon.

Heat up

It has been so hot here in Boston. While it has been nice, the humidity is what I do not like. So we went from having too much rain to too much heat, which makes it very hard to get any yard work done.

I did however get a little writing done and I am working on cleaning up the next installment of William which I will hopefully get up later this week.

Work has been a bore. I have been trying week after week to get motivated to push for more to do, to be more proactive, but alas, I just have no energy to do it. This is not good. I have been this way since almost the time I started this job. Part of it is I am not sure where or what I want to be doing in life. It sucks.

I did have some fun this weekend. Our Pride consisted of staying in the air conditioning and drinking frozen margaritas. Very nice. Sunday we spent a lot of time looking at and pricing cabinets for the kitchen. While it wont be remodled for a LONG time it seems, it is nice to plan and now I have a better idea of what we need to save to do it.

Working on loosing some weight and am down 4 pounds. Only another 16-21 to go. Few!

Kind of a lot in this one...shows you what my head is like this week.

hmm

Got to love Blogger. I posted something the other day and now it is not here. Hmmm. Anyway, it was about Pride. I am not sure how I feel about it. I have been a very downer person lately. Down with Pride, What's the point?; down the democratic party: Let's spend out time bashing our own why don't we?; And down with the "liberal" media: What is that again about the Dowing Street Memo?

Maybe a relaxing weekend will help my mood.