February 2012
Home from a marathon council meeting in which more than a dozen residents spoke passionately for and against proposed changes to Nash Farm.
Among those speaking on the side of preservation, the co-chairs of the Nash Farm Capital Campaign — I was in the same second grade class as their son at Colleyville Elementary — and a father who brought along his two sons — the younger...
January 2012
Vice President Biden to Fort Worth luncheon attendees: “Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive.”
J and I just met VPOTUS. Told him about my council run. He said it’s a tough job and to try again!
Did my hair for a half-hour for Vice President Biden. It looks exactly the same.
Always a Mother
My mother, who spends her free time in the Dominican Republic and Uganda, just called to tell me to be safe in Austin. Ha!
My 2012 SOTU bingo cards. Enjoy! →
Didn’t like others I found in previous years. So now I make my own. (Obama photo credited to Wayne Besen)
Each printer is different. Choose scale to fit.
Something I’ve been thinking about this MLK Jr. Day, “If you do nothing, nothing happens.”
James 2: 14-17
15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
Grapevine Texas Online: "About the Petition for... →
Excellent editorial about the term limits petition circulating in Grapevine. Have you signed?
December 2011
Three e-mails and two calls from Grapevine residents wanting to sign the term limits petition. Made my day!
http://bettergrapevine.org
A Better Grapevine →
I’m proud to be working for a better Grapevine. For accountability in leadership, transparency in decision making and finances and for priorities that put families first. I campaigned on term limits this spring and I am happy to be working with residents across the city for term limits in Grapevine. Grapevine residents deserve citizen legislators, not career politicians, who will put the...
Merry Christmas 2011
We cherish our neighbors, our friends in Texas, and those across the globe. We hope you all find peace this Christmas.
WatchVIDEO: Piano Recital on Flickr.
I’m so proud of Owen. This was his second public performance ever. He told me, “Mommy, I’m scared”, but you’d never know it.
Met the First Lady. Told her I think of her as the “First Mom” and that I had two boys. She gave me a message for them: eat your vegetables.
“No Mommy, stop it. Hey! Put away that apple juice.”
– Hale’s longest sentences yet, spoken at breakfast.
My prepared comments for tonight's Grapevine City...
My name is Kathleen Thompson. I’m here tonight as a disappointed and concerned Grapevine resident, urging each of you to vote no on item 6 of the agenda, banning free speech and voter greeting at Grapevine’s municipal voting site, the Community Activities Center, during early voting.
This is a First Amendment issue. We all have the right to poll greet for any candidate or issue being voted on...
November 2011
Pray for Keith →
A fella we like a lot is in intensive care tonight at Baylor Grapevine.
Recycling Pilot Program
Last night after little discussion, the Grapevine City Council unanimously voted to approve a large cart recycling pilot program in two neighborhoods. (Maps here, http://1.usa.gov/utFyUq.)
Residents will begin receiving information from Republic Services (Allied Waste), including door hangers in December. Rollout of the program begins in January. This timing coincides with a much larger volume of...
My mother is in Tanzania for the next two months. Each time Hale sees an airplane he calls me and says, “Mimi! Airplane!”
A seven-year-old’s birthday: chocolate chip pancakes, Army men and bowling pin purchase at toy store, play at the train depot, cartoons, scooter racing and more!
Happy Halloween
Political block walking + costumes + candy - walk sheets = Trick-or-Treating
October 2011
O received his response from the White House today: two signed photos and a letter thanking him for sharing his art project. O asked if the President is using his tank design we sent. I said yes.
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WatchVIDEO: O plays “Jesus Love Me” on Flickr.
Owen’s first piano recital at First United Methodist Colleyville.