Damn, I'm getting old....

Tomorrow will be my youngest child's first foray out into the world with just a friend. She's going to a concert. Now, don't get me wrong. She's been to lots of concerts. In fact, her first concert, at the tender age of 10, was Linkin Park. Her brother, then 16 promised her the show. He bought them both pit tickets, arrived an hour before the show and stayed at the barrier the whole time. She even touched the hand of one of the performers. At the time, I said that she was spoiled for any show after that. She's been to Warped Tour a few times and we even went to Edgefest last year to see My Chemical Romance and The Killers. Pit tickets, AWESOME show. But this time is different. She's going with her best friend. No brother, no parents....just her and BFF. I know they'll be okay. But still. *SHE'S JUST A BABY!* Of course, she IS 16, studying for her second SAT and working on her college app b/c she'll be graduating this year. And the show will most likely be full of several thousand other teenaged girls and not too many boys. It's Panic at the Disco/Dashboard Confessional. And her brother already had his license and a car and a job by this point and routinely headed out to see shows around the metroplex. So, why is this so different? Is it because she's a girl? Is it because she's my baby? Is it because I just don't want to admit that my youngest child is almost a grownup? I just don't get it. I'm dropping them off and BFF's dad is picking up. I'm sure I'll be waiting up for her, trying to figure this whole thing out. And she'll be fine and say "Aw mom, you didn't need to wait up for me".

I'll let you know how it goes. :)

best wishes!

Fabulous Friday

It's almost bed time and I'm watching the last period of the Dallas Stars hockey game. They're playing Anaheim and whomping them, 4-1. Picked up some pizzas on the way home from work and we watched Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull while we ate. Then watched a couple of shows, but not really and switched to the hockey game. The weather today was awesome. 75, clear and just beautiful, and then cooled nicely this evening. Had a real nice cozy fire cracklin' away. Hubby went to bed about 8:30. He's had to get up at 2:45am the past 3 days for work, so I don't really blame him. He'll be able to sleep in tomorrow. Kitchen's clean and the coffee pot is ready to be turned on when I get up. No automatic timer on Saturdays.

I got the top pieced of a quilt for my etsy shop. I'm hoping to be able to get a few more things up and posted before Thanksgiving and maybe make a few extra bucks.

And we just scored again! Go Stars! I do love me some hockey.

I'm the last one up, so I think I'll climb into bed and watch the rest of the game. I'll have to fight with the 2 cats that have decided to snooze with hubby. I'm bigger than them, I guess I'll probably win.

Y'all have a good night

Deb

The Day After

My daughter was shocked to see all the negative, hateful things that her Republican friends wrote on their Facebook pages about our new President. She said that she would never think of writing those things about McCain, had he won. My almost DIL was surrounded by hateful and racist opinions at work today. You'd think that in this country in the year 2008 that we would be above this type of behaviour. Ironic that it's coming from the so-called "religious" folks who just can't see above their own agendas to accept and at the very least, tolerate others. Perhaps, as parents, those people should take this event and turn it into a lesson in tolerance and maybe even change.

While I've never been prouder of our country for trying to right all the wrongs that have been done over the last 8 years, I'm deeply ashamed of those who refuse to accept that the world is changing and your thoughts and opinions could, maybe, need some adjusting.

Go Obama!

g'nite

It's Official!

Been holding my breath all day and trying not to be too anxious, but now I'm ok! Obama wins the Presidency! YAY! Truly an historic day in the history of this country. Maybe now things will start to turn around and we can return to being a proud, honorable country.

This Historical Day

I hope you're all out there rocking the vote today! I will be going with DH when he gets home from work this afternoon. My son already has voted, C is mad that she's not old enough to vote. She is doing her school work in my sewing room with the TV on CNN watching the election coverage. I think it's educational, don't you?

I'll be on pins and needles all day. Sure hope this turns out the way I want it to, but then again, don't we all?

Go VOTE!

Deb

October

Halloween has come and gone. *sigh* Our favorite holiday. We did drag it out through the weekend though. I had a Halloween party to go to Saturday and then my nephew, JT, came over last night to watch scary movies with us. A tradition of sorts. But today, all the jack o' lanterns got put away, the Headless Horseman was brought in and dismantled and the black candles left the mantle in the living room. So sad.

Yesterday afternoon, C and I went to a book signing of one of our favorite authors, John Green. His new book, "Paper Towns" just came out in October. We picked it up Saturday morning. I finished it yesterday and C finished today. John's brother, Hank (of Ecogeek.com) was there with him and together they make up Brotherhood 2.0 and lead the community of Nerdfighters we belong to. It's a great story, the Nerdfighters. 2 years ago, the brothers decided to go a whole year without any textual communication. They switched off making video blogs (vlogs) and posting them on their website and also on YouTube. People started watching, then more people started watching, then participating and a whole new classification of people was born. All the band geeks and Star Wars groupies and drama kids and everyone else who's ever been called a Nerd, all of a sudden had a community where they fit in and had folks to discuss the latest LOTR movie and Harry Potter book with others who also had the same interests. Nerdfighters fight injustices in the world and "decrease world suck". It's pretty cool. There is now a book club for Nerdfighters, since most of us are avid readers, and a message board and a forum "My Pants". Anyway, the booksigning was the first stop in the Tour de Nerdfighting that is going on across the country. We got our picture with the brothers. It was great fun!

I've got some stuff still growing out in the garden. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and okra. Lettuce and brussells sprouts. I've just sprouted some beets indoors that will be transplanted outside this week. I've also got some galvanized tubs ready for some lettuces and spinach and herbs to grow overwinter on the front porch. Weird fall, so far. Still in the 80s during the days. I did get all the sunflowers cut down and into the compost pile, plus a few other items that I had let sit.

Working on items to put up in my Etsy store. All I've got up now are 2 Doodlestein patterns and a Halloween trick or treat bag, but I've got 2 quilts almost done for it and some aprons that we need to photograph and post. It's a great site. I've taken the Handmade pledge, to give gifts that were handmade either by me or by another and to not shop the big stores. Time to give unique gifts, so I'm doing my best to decide what those that I love would like.

I guess that's about it for today. And no, I still haven't finished the hallway. :)

peace out,

Deb

ps: Don't forget to vote!