September 2009
Screening Liberally!
“Capitalism: A Love Story”
As promised, I have checked today’s listings for Friday, October 2. For now, the only Mid-Cities location showing “Capitalism: A Love Story” is Harkins Southlake Town Center, 1450 Plaza Place, Southlake (in the Southlake Shops, on the Hwy. 114 side). So, Southlake it is.
The move begins at 7:15 p.m. Please gather outside at 7:00 p.m. and...
Pen Pal's Response
This is the lovely letter I just received from my pen pal in Sierra Leone:
“31st July 2009
Dear Kathleen Thompson,
How are you. I hope this letter finds you well. My name is Monjama.
I am in class 3.
I am attending Zenith International Academy.
I am a girl.
I am nine years old.
I am short in height.
I am dark in complection.
I’m so very happy to write this letter to you.
My...
Our Pen Pal Letter
“Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Dear Monjama,
My name is Kathleen Thompson. I am a thirty-one year old mother of Owen and wife to Jeremy. We live in Grapevine, Texas and are members of First United Methodist Church in Colleyville, Texas.
Owen is four years old and he attends a nearby preschool. He likes to play baseball and help me in our garden. He knows how to write his name and is...
Testing...
Testing cross-posting features
"Birther" Informercial Airs in Texas... gag! →
Thanks to Jeremy.
“I promise all A’s if you buy a ticket from me. I have the winning ticket.”
– Owen’s guide, Miss Lucy, to us, in an effort to sell raffle tickets at the Barbara Gordon Montessori Fall Mixer.
If you know the Montessori Method, this is very, very funny.
“I can’t believe Miss _____ reads my blog!”
– Me to Jeremy after a Barbara Gordon Montessori guide told me she read about Baby Hale on my blog
“You’ve got the best accessory here!”
– Barbara Gordon Montessori School Fall Mixer attendee to me about Baby Hale in his sling
"Hot Milk Lingerie Makes Pregnancy Sexy" →
I think it’s really, really, really funny that one of my executive board members sent me this link. She said she thought of me when she saw it. Not sure Jeremy would be OK with sexy lingerie links from a male board member.
But, it’s just fine.
And I am fairly certain no board members read my blog, so it’s OK that I wrote about it too.
Letter to the Editor... That Wasn't Published
Submitted September 14, 2009 to “Star-Telegram” and “Grapevine Courier”:
As a 1995 Grapevine High School graduate and a Grapevine tax payer, I am embarassed and angry that Dr. Kay Waggoner chose to deny the school children of our community the opportunity to hear a message on personal responsibility and the importance of education from President Obama.
Since making the...
From MoveOn.org
No health insurance company should have to lose one cent of their billions in profits just because sick Americans need health care. If you agree with Will Ferrell, please post this as your status for a day: http://bit.ly/kNKpA
Diagramming The Proper Usage Of "Oh, Snap!" →
From a friend.
Nice!
Can't...breathe!
Some neighborhood boys came over and asked Owen to play. (I love it. He’s four and they are 14 and 9. They play a great kickball game.) But O asked them to come inside. Their stinky boy shoes are smelling up my house. I feel compelled to throw away their shoes and lie that I don’t know where they went.
It's Finished... Finally! →
My redesign of the Grapevine Garden Club Website is finished.
I am very proud and relieved.
Yea!
Gov. Perry on recession: 'We're in one?' →
Happy New Year!
May G-d Bless You, Your Families, and Your Friends, with Health, Happiness, Wisdom and Prosperity - and may You be Inscribed, and Sealed, for a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year!
Recent public apologies have been pretty sorry →
Starting Him Early!
Taking Hale to his first committee meeting tonight.
Hope it goes well.
Can't Recall Last Agreement with 5th Circuit... →
Court rules that KBR employee’s gang rape wasn’t a personal injury ‘arising in the workplace.’
*But why in God’s name would this be a 2-1 decision?
Jeremy, my hero
Jeremy 1, giant nasty man-eating water bug in the room with baby and me 0!
Season Finale
Exec. Board e-mails and jammed fax have me 30 minutes late to my TV date. Boo!
Home sweet home!
Home sweet home!
Home sweet home!
Headed home
On my way home.
I miss Austin already.
Denton ISD Superintendent Apologizes for not... →
Good!
Wee hours reading - Denton Record Chronicle follow up on Denton ISD not airing the President’s education speech live.
Arlington Superintendent Apologizes for not... →
Wee hours reading - Star-T follow up on Arlington ISD not airing the President’s education speech live.
Glad to see the apology!
“Are you the mother?”
– Strangest comment on Baby Hale at the Organizing for America meeting at the DNC.
Had lots of compliments on him.
But I guess that was a compliment for me since she followed, “You are so slim”.
All done
Enjoyed the meet and greet with Gov. Kaine. There were about 15 other Texas Organizing for America volunteers attending.
Kaine spoke about the DNC’s role in supporting President Obama in relation to healthcare reform, climate change and the importance of encouraging our Democratic lawmakers rather than waste time trying to change the minds of Republicans that vote against pay equity,...
Made it
Longest Austin trip ever!
Just arrived 9 minutes before the meeting.
Slow-going
Past noon and only to Waco.
It’s slow-going traveling with a newborn. Currently sitting next to the Brazos River, feeding Hale.
Austin-bound
Got a call from the Dallas OFA director late yesterday and he told me that I’d been selected to come hear from Gov. Kaine at a session for OFA volunteers in Austin - part of the big DNC meeting in our fair Capital City!
Jeremy could not take off another day of work, so Baby Hale and I are headed for Austin this morning.
Kinky's Coming to Town
Evening Democrats,
I have just received word that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman will attend the meeting of the Mid-Cities Democrats’ Colleyville-Grapevine-Southlake chapter, after an appearance at a Grapevine cigar shop.
We believe this is Mr. Friedman’s first visit to a grassroots Democratic club in our area.
Mr. Friedman will speak after our regular business...
So Far, So Good
Hale and I watched the President’s address.
So far, Hale seems OK.
The “liberal lies” have yet to have a visible affect on him.
11:00 a.m. CT yet?
Looking forward to the President’s education speech. I have constructed a tin foil hat to keep the socialist indoctrination out.
Thank you, Organized Labor!
Happy Labor Day.
The New Yorker's "Trial by Fire" →
During last night’s marathon feedings, I read this disturbing feature article on a Texas death penalty case in which a wrongly convicted man was executed.
Sorry I don’t agree with the summation. There will be no change in policy, unless the current leadership in the capitol and Governor’s mansion are changed.
“I love you, Mommy.
(PAUSE)
The baby is out of your tummy now, so you can pick...”
– Owen, after I scooped him up as we crossed a parking lot. I haven’t been able to pick him up in a long time.
Back in Democratic Action!
Sweated my way through the North Central Democrats Labor Day Weekend Picnic.
Great to be out and about.
Call Your School District!
The Dallas Morning News and The Star-Telegram cite vitriolic e-mails and angry phone calls flooding area school districts because our President will speak directly to students next Tuesday. The speech, to be shown on C-SPAN and educational stations will focus on the importance of education and the importance of staying in school. Other presidents, including George H.W. Bush, gave similar speeches...
High Fashion
Overalls are for babies and farmers.
My little one is wearing homemade blue cotton overalls, with little ducks, wearing sailor hats. Nice!
“How is it that your pix could easily be the photo shoot for beautiful people in...”
– Not everything is a contest… says Jeremy.
But. If this were, this congratulations on Hale from Jeremy’s co-worker wins.
Hale's fine
Baby Hale got the all clear from his pediatrician.
Headed home.
First Day Solo
Taking Baby Hale to his doctor by myself today to have him checked for jaundice.
It’s J’s first day back to work.
Health care branding →
So true.
Kennedy Documentary
Hale and I finished watching HBO’s “Teddy: In His Own Words” today.
If you take HBO, I highly recommend it.