sweetmercifulheaven

The fellow currently spending part of his days occupying the Oval Office in the White House, whether you like him or not, is having a rough go.

I SWEAR I'M NOT GOING POLITICAL ON THIS BLOG.

One of the president's tasks is presenting the face of America to the world. Many people thought his "Awesome speech" comment to the Pope was folksy, down-to-earth, and sincere. I don't know, nor do I know what I'd say if I got to meet a pope or comment on his comments. Anyway, yesterday on NBC's prime-time gameshow "Deal or No Deal," Mr. Bush made a cameo via satellite.

The contestant, a soldier back from his third tour in Iraq, was cheered on by the president, and then the president joked about his low approval ratings. Considering why his approval is low, it strikes me as sorta callous to joke about it with a soldier.

Anyway, there's a keen picture on the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ The site is constantly updated, so if you go there and don't see the link, I'm sure you can use The Google to locate it.

It snowed today, though not the storm we were expecting over the weekend. Just snow, and wind, and sunshine. Our concrete slab is complete, and now the process of moving the garage can begin.

Our beans and sunflowers quickly grew beyond their initial peat pellet homes, so this weekend we transferred them to 5" peat pots. I do not understand the back of seed packets stating "plant indoors 6-8 weeks before final frost." The bean plants grew three inches over the weekend!!! Six to eight more weeks indoors and they'll be climbing the stairs!