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Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that there has been a lot of sudden interest in Africa. There are a lot of shows on TV about the animals of Africa and expeditions there. Then there are all the pirates and the racial discrimination of South Africa.
I think the worst of it now is the ethnic cleansing and war and untreated disease. It is so unnecessary, yet thousands of people are being killed every day by rampaging militia groups and renegades, and the awful AIDS virus.
They were not kidding on the evening news last week, I heard a story telling how the flu has not hit us hard this year, as of yet. That being said, they stated that it is just getting a late start and how the state of Virginia was just now getting hit with this years flu, and it hit my family hard, just a few short days of the news story.
We were really running low on so many things around the house and the refrigerator was looking pretty bare, and hubby was still looking pretty piqued today, so I decided to go out and brave the world on my own, armed with a pretty long list and my debit card. I really wanted him to get another good day of some rest and possible sleep while he can.
It did not take long to spend over $200 at the supermarket, but by the time I got home and unloaded it all from the car into the house and put away, I was too pooped to fix anything for our dinner. My hubby, at that point, insisted that he was up to the task and managed to put together the first decent home made meal that we both have had and enjoyed the taste of only once, ha ha!
I’m glad that I got the opportunity to watch a good amount of today’s historical Inauguration on the television. They provided us with a TV at work, so that we would and could watch the events that were being televised, instead of on our computers that have Internet access, which I figured was a pretty smart move on their part. We continued to be productive at our desks while being given the chance to see history in the making during normal working hours.
Kudos to management for today’s effort, something that I generally don’t’ get a chance to say about most of them.
It seems that today’s kickoff concert today in Washington D.C. was a success and the start of the much talked about Inauguration is in full swing. After watching the games we settled in and watched the news, waiting for new on how our nation’s capitol was handling this event and it appears all is well and we have only just begun, this is going to go on for days.
The Steelers have been kicking butt all season long, so I’m glad to see that they are headed for the Super Bowl this year. The game tonight was a good game, it certainly ended with an interesting twist, with an pretty serious injury right in the very last minutes of an exciting action packed game. It’s all good!
It is sad news to hear that so many large established retail companies are going out of business, filing for bankruptcy, and closing their doors. Big companies like Circuit City and Linens & Things, sad and scary news.
The big story is that Wal Mart is the only store that is making money at this point. Retail sales are way down this holiday season, but good old Wal Mart is fairing better than the rest and making the all might dollars like crazy. That just doesn’t sit well with me for some reason, what a mess we have gotten into.
It is good to hear that the Walsh family will now be able to close the door (but not their hearts) on this unresolved tragic crime that was committed so long ago to their six year old son.At last they have finally closed the books and the case is now fully and completely through and done with. Too bad that the real criminal is all ready in Hell, I’m sure that they were plenty of people that would have liked to be there for his finale words and breath in this screwed up world.
This poor family has suffered for so long and have done such great things due to this horrific tragedy, I commend them all and wish them the warmest seasons greetings this year.
Once in a great while I’ll record our NBC’s program “The Today Show”, to that I can enjoy some of the stories and features that are some times really interesting, entertaining, and educational, later on when I get a chance.
I have been a fan of Marlo Thomas for as long as I remember, from the days of seeing her on “That Girl” and have tried to follow her career through out the years. This morning she was on “The Today Show” talking about the foundation that she has gotten so heavily involved in for many years, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I haven’t see her in some time and almost didn’t recognize her, but after she talked started in all started to fall into place, and still looking good, must be pushing 60 by now I’d think.
I think her Dad would be proud of all she has accomplished and has done with her life and talents.
The Olympics have come to an end, regular programing has resumed on NBC and I’m sure that we will be hearing a lot of interesting and exciting stories from many of the participants for the next couple of weeks. I’m sad that it has all come to an end, I enjoyed watching all of the events and hearing all about the wacky things that went down during all of the activities in China this time around.
On a much brighter note, school will be starting next Tuesday for our kids and we have survived another summer, and the kids are getting a bit nervous about the new school year. I have to admit I am a bit nervous also, since our youngest will be entering Middle School and I know it is a bit scarey and it certainly will be a challenge for him.
I love it when the Olympics come around, the gymnastics portion always seems to keep me on the edge of my seat and are so fun and exciting to watch each time.
Today when I checked my email I found the same old, same old, but I was happy to see that the Kodak Company had enclosed this wonderful picture along with their weekly emails that end up in my mailbox time after time in an effort to have me purchase more merchandise from them ever since I bought my digital camera and had to go online so that I could download my pictures into my PC and now they just love sending me weekly reminders to let me know that they are still around in case I need them. Anyway, hope you enjoy the picture and I hope you enjoy the Olympics as much as I do.