I couldn't walk out of Target without spending less than $50 to save my life.

I seem to have insuted my MiL. No idea what I did because she stopped speaking to any of us after breakfast. We decided to leave a day early rather than deal with the silent treatment.

Dude--she didn't even say good bye to Owen & Olivia. Which pissed me off to no end. It will be awhile before we go back.

Dude--she didn't even say good bye to Owen & Olivia. Which pissed me off to no end. It will be awhile before we go back.

That's pathetic on her part, really. Whatever she may be upset about, why take it out on the kids?

I have big and small Target trips. I'll run in for one thing.

I'm sorry, Cash. How odd for the kids. Speaking of MIL, I need to call mine before I am in big trouble there...

I'm sorry, Cash. How odd for the kids. Speaking of MIL, I need to call mine before I am in big trouble there...

Echoing the weirdness-- I hate that kind of gamesmanship. Tell me what I did and then be pissed off at me and whatever you do, don't take it out on my kids. They don't know any better, but you should.

Speaking of which, I need to call my mother. Already spoke to MiL. I'm a good girl, I am.

I have picked up my copy of Bust with Jilli in it!

I went to the indie record store, which has all kinds of kick-ass magazines that are not really mainstream (BUST, Bitch, and Adbusters, out of all the magazines they have, might be the closest to mainstream), but they didn't have the new BUST yet. Feh.

Am making vegetarian chili for a party tonight, and the whole house smells yummmmmmmy. Need to shower as soon as The Boy vacates the bathroom.

Or maybe I'm mostly freaking out about this because of me, the control freak.

Shir, can you switch to softer food for a while? Peanut butter is soft (especially straight out of the jar) but calorie-laden. I think at least 25 pounds of my weight are due to peanut butter.

Also cheese? That's soft, in the sense of being not crunchy or hard like carrots. And has more calories than carrots.

From Obama's campaign stop in Jacksonville, today.

"I am running for president because we can't afford four more years of a do-nothing economic philosophy that works for Wall Street instead of Main Street, and ends up devastating both," Obama said. "This election is a chance to stand up and say, 'Enough is enough.'"

The Democratic nominee made a promise that if the people of the state support his campaign, "we will not just win Florida, we will win this general election, and you and I together will change this country and change the world."

Over 10K showed up and they had to turn away another 8K. Perhaps... just perhaps... there is hope.

Over 10K showed up and they had to turn away another 8K. Perhaps... just perhaps... there is hope.

Part of me thinks that the Obama supporters aren't getting polled. You know? So we see the latest numbers and they look grim, but -- like you said, if 10K showed up and another 8K got turned away, and they all vote (which is key, I know that), it seems like Obama has nothing to worry about.

But then I remember the debacle of 2004, with people turning out in record numbers to vote, and always, throughout history, people turn out in record numbers to throw the bum out, not keep the bum in -- but then...they did. (The Ohio results being rigged for Bush nothwithstanding.)

And so I'm still worried.

We'll see how Palm Beach County manages. The election a couple weeks ago was another disaster. They had a recount on one of the issues. First they couldn't find enough ballots, then they found a bunch somewhere else and had too many. We finally switched to character recognition, but the table they give you to use is half the size of the ballot.

I believed with every part of my being that the last 2 presidential elections couldn't possibly go the way it ended up. I just don't know anymore. The ad load here is insane too.

But then I remember the debacle of 2004, with people turning out in record numbers to vote, and always, throughout history, people turn out in record numbers to throw the bum out, not keep the bum in -- but then...they did. (The Ohio results being rigged for Bush nothwithstanding.)

Preachin' to the choir, sister. Given that my state doesn't exactly have a great rep with the last couple of elections.

But still... given how freakin' RED Northeast Florida is, to see those kinds of numbers at least out in support warms the cockles of my little black heart.

I'm also mildly amused that Palin's first campaign stop in Florida is at a retirement village north of Orlando.

Am making vegetarian chili for a party tonight, and the whole house smells yummmmmmmy.

Must be something in the air - I bought stuff to make veggie chili tomorrow night.