what is wrong with people

this stuff is hilarious
http://o.bamapost.com/

Obama in town

Zach and I were lucky enough to see Obama in person for the second time in the past couple of years here in Las Vegas. This time was particularly exciting with the election so soon. Yesterday we both voted. Today we stood in the hot hot sun (it is the end of october, c'mon fall!!) for about 4 hours to see a brief appearance and ever familiar speech by the next President of the United States. We, as most people, have most of the facts that are mentioned in speeches memorized by now (with the exception of the latest mention of McCain comparing Obama to Bush!!! haha!) but what was interesting was just being involved in the movement. The protesters were fun to "take in". I have included some photos. wow. In the middle of Obama's speech he had to stop and ask a medic to go up to the balcony bc it seemed that someone fainted up there from the heat. It is almost November and we were sweating and I have a sunburn. Have I mentioned my love for Las Vegas lately? On our walk back to our car we happened to be blocked at an intersection that we needed to walk across by the motorcade which was quite a production. I spotted Obama inside on of the 3 identical tan SUV's smiling and waving at us from behind the window. very cool. The guy in the vehicle behind—not so cool. Very mean-looking holding a HUGE gun. So, Clayton, you still have me beat, you know with shaking his hand and all, but I got as close as i could:) I honestly cannot wait for this election to be over. It is such a stress-out not knowing the outcome for SUCH an important election. I am very happy that we are in a battleground state but I am not getting overly hopeful bc of what happened last time. I remember standing in my office in Winston-Salem, NC trying to fathom the fact that Bush had REALLY gotten re-elected. But, I am very hopeful. Very hopeful we will get a smart politician for President very very soon.

Zombie Pub Crawl IV: Spawn of Death

upon entering a bar in minneapolis we appeared to be the ONLY non-zombies. about 1500 people dressed as zombies overtook the city.

One Year Ago . . .

It has been a year since our wedding day! I was asked by my husband to take last Friday off. All I knew is that he had gotten plane tickets. We were going somewhere to celebrate this anniversary, although i had no idea where. I wrote down my top 5 ideas of possible places about a month ago. None of them were right! I actually got through security, holding the ticket and not looking at it. We got to the cul-de-sac part of the airport where our gate was and Zach said our gate was one the gates. . . . I walked around and the last one I came upon had a long name. I walked towards it until it came into focus. Minneapolis. He was taking me back to the bridge where he proposed! We stayed and the adorable (and very very nice) Nicollet Island Inn. Right on the Mississippi. Surrounded by autumn foliage. About a 5 minute walk to our bridge. It was SO SO nice to be back there! When i walked in the hotel room the first thing I saw was the very familiar top to our wedding cake which I had not seen since last October 20th. Next to it was an identical bottle of champagne that Zach proposed with and the T&Z napkins from our wedding. Unbelievable. So so sweet. We walked all around Minneapolis for the next couple of days. The cake and bridge were my favorite part:)

Zach's 35th

It was another Blue Hawaii Birthday for Zach this year. . . . Christian helped me organize a surprise event at our place . . . complete with Blue Hawaiis and Blue Hawaii. The next night (on his actual bday) I surprised him with a night at the Stratosphere. Perhaps the only casino we had yet to enter for one reason or another (it is the tall space needle looking one). The reason for our visit was to see an Elvis impersonator, since on his 30th I surprised him with an impersonator show as well . . . in Gatlinburg, TN! So, we have progressed from Gatlinburg to Vegas . . . the next 5 year tradition will be the big 40! i wonder what city we will be in then. Oh and we cannot forget to include in the cheesiness of 5 year increment bday traditions that we got another caricature. on the top of the stratosphere. which i will not include in the post.

SNL

The Fam Meets Barack Obama

An example of why I should live in Nashville and not Las Vegas. My family all headed over to Al Gore's home after the debate and hung out with Barack Obama! Here is a photo of Clayton and Sloan at Al's house. Sloan, I thought you were a republican!!

Tales from the Modern Housewife

My friend Carrie was kind enough to blog about Bluebird today on her blog (www.lifewiththebrocks.blogspot.com). yay!




http://lifewiththebrocks.blogspot.com/2008/10/bluebird-invitations_07.html

Palin Flow Chart

Seriously, if (heaven forbid) McCain became President and (heaven forbid) something were to happen to him, would we really want someone who winked at the camera 3 times during a national debate to be leading the country? Especially these days? Not to mention someone who JUST got her first passport and has never left the continent and "has been at it 5weeks"? I am confused why this is an option.

SAYHILL

September 20, 2008. Nashville Zoo. My prediction is that these 2 will be very very happy.