Obama! Obama! Obama!

Jennifer and Jeanine: Mom, this is just like a Christmas party. We come out and you feed us lasagna, tossed salad, garlic bread and mixed berries with bar cookies for dessert.

Mom: Well, it is not duck breast and molasses sweet potatoes, but I think Obama would like it.

Jack Aidan: Yes, this is my very first inauguration party. It is really cool. Grandma gave me a patriotic hat to wear that went well with my red, white and blue vest that I donned with Mommy's help.

Jack Aidan: I got chauffeured around the family room by Aunt Gigi and I waved my little flag proudly. I pretended I was in the inaugural parade and passing Obama and Michele in the reviewing stands. Take a look at the video Grandma made. By the way, my new word for the day is Obama.

My World Tuesday January 20, 2009

My World Tuesday

January 20, 2009

Jack and I will be in our family room watching and reading about this very historic event.

Now look below at the boat in swirling waters while the flag waves bravely.

My World Tuesday

As President Obama Enters The Swirling Waters of Today

Some Quotes From Former U.S. Presidents

Some day following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe. President George Washington of Virginia.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. President John Adams of Massachusettes.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not then an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital. President Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. President James Madison of Virginia.

We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. President Benjamin Harrison of Ohio.

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation. President James A. Garfield of Ohio.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois.

Leave the matter of religion to the family alter, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. President Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was not intended to be an oyster. President Teddy Roosevelt of New York.

Be sincere, be brief, be seated. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York.

It sure is hell to be president. President Harry S. Truman of Missouri.

The buck stops here. President Harry S. Truman of Missouri.

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. President Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas.

Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy of Massachusetts.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy of Massachusetts.

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say. President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table. President Ronald Reagan of California.

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Thank You!

Today's Flowers January 18, 2009

I chose to feature some lilies that blossomed in my flower beds last June here in Haymarket, VA. Why lilies? Because lilies are a symbol of rebirth and renewal and with the inauguration festivities starting this weekend and going thru Wednesday this is also a special time of rebirth and renewal for the United States of America.

So these flowers are for Obama and all Americans.

These six foot tall lilies cross pollinated with some pink day lilies thru the work of the little pollinating honey bees and big bumble bees.

This is a yellow daylily.
These are apricot daylilies with red center color.
And this last photo is of a large burgundy daylily blossom.

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Inauguration of Barak Obama and Joe Biden

The Inauguration of Barak Obama and Joe Biden

January 20, 2009

Washington D.C.

It's Been A Long Time Coming!

Note: The first twenty-five songs on my playlist now have something to do with Barak's inauguration. Sam Cook is gone now but one of the stars will perform this classic Sam Cook song: It's Been A Long Time Coming!

Most of the other 25 songs are performed here by artists who will be performing at the inaugural like Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Garth Brookes, Baby James Taylor, etc. Bruce Springsteen will definitely be performing The Awakening. Oh, June Hymas from California had to remind me that dear Aretha Franklin will also be performing. I bet she will be the artist to perform the Sam Cook song so I have added her version of a Its Been a Long Time Coming. And I bet she does Respect too. (Now maybe our country will get some respect in the world.)

Which version of Its been a Long Time Coming do you like best? I personally think that there is something about the Sam Cook version that just speaks volumes of the trouble that people of color have been thru in this country. The more modern version of the song by Aretha Franklin kinda sums up the Bush presidency.

Do you plan to watch the inauguration? Jenn's Terry has to work and so does Jeanine's beau Bryan. So the girls are coming out to spend the day with us and to watch all the action on our TV. What? You ask since we are only 45 miles from the White House why we are not trooping into D.C. to watch in person. Because...........

1.All the bridges from Virginia into D.C. are going to be closed.

2.You would need to drive to Maryland to get to D.C.

3.The metro is going to be a nightmare with so many folks on it.

4.Many metro stations in D.C. are closed so plan to walk a minimum of 2 miles to get to the mall area.

5.The security is really tight--don't bring anything with you.

6.The weather is going to be very, very cold.

7.With the huge crowds you will just encounter lots of people and never see Obama go by. (Especially if you are short, like me!)

8.TV stations have good coverage, lots of locations and different views.

9.They are predicting that there will not be enough port-a-potties.

10.Who wants to use a port-a-potty when its freezing outside?

11. No one is saying so, but the terror threat (domestic or foreign) is very, very high. I hope all goes off without any incidents.

12. Big crowds can quickly turn into stampeding mobs that can crush other people with just the mention of "There's a terrorist over there!"

13. If you stay home, you have at your fingertips, lots of TV coverage, food, potties and you can do it all in your comfy pajamas and robe. You also can do other things at the same time, like read, knit, play games on the laptop, etc. Pretty good idea, huh?

In The Dog House For Inauguration!

Here's the local D.C. news scoop. All the D.C. metro hotels, motels and inns are booked solid already for the Obama inauguration festivites. So it looks like people who have plans to attend are now scoping out dog houses like this cute little fellow here. Do you need a dog house for attending the January festivities? Hmmmmmmmm.....maybe Jack and I can work out a little deal for you. We live just 45 miles from two ground zeroes in D.C.--the U.S. Capitol Building and the White House. Maybe for a fee we can rent our home to you for the week.

This idea came to mind after our September trip to Louisville,KY where our friends Leon and Helen told us that their friends and neighbors were moving out for a week and renting out their homes for the PGA Golf Classic at the golf course next door to their community. Like some folks were getting up to $25,000 for a week's rental. Hmmmmmm----not bad, huh! And I just heard that some rooms with two beds in downtown D.C. are going for $1000 per night. And at our place you would have an entire 4200 sq. foot home with garden to call your own for inauguration. Of course, I may be overcharging for the garden since it is sometimes cold in January and not a very good time to explore my wisteria and rose covered swing in the backyard.

One more thought on this silly idea. In Louisville all folks who rented out their homes had to remove all their personal possessions from the closets and all personal photos from the walls. Sorry!
I'm not doing that! Baby Jack's photos will stay up on the walls as well as Fishing Guy's Buckeyes photo.