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Posted on 12/10/2002 8:57:40 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Well those crazy kids bound for Louisiana are on finally on their way. They stopped by late yesterday afternoon for one last good bye, what a blubber fest.
They stopped in Pensacola for the night and called to say the trip was going well so far. They should arrive in Louisiana today.
Good News! My niece is finally out of the hospital and resting up at home. She wanted me to thank you all for the prayers. I haven't spoken to her yet since she got home but plan to call her today. I must fuss at her because my SIL told me she wanted to go back to work on Monday! Wacky kid!
Have missed you all, been very busy, but plan to do some serious freeping tonight (if there's Boxing on the telly hubby won't miss me) and tomorrow. Just wanted to finish up some Christmas shopping and preparations. I am not looking forward to trudging around out in the rain today but at least I have a cute new raincoat! :-)
Does President Bush ride horses?
Laura: No, he's what we call a windshield cowboy, he drives a pickup truck.
Question: Is President Bush a good dancer?
Laura: No. :-)
Question: If you had a super power what would it be?
Laura: I would make everyone well.
I burst into tears at that point. I'm so grateful for our lovely First Lady!
Ha ha, look at this news from the land of psychotics:
PROVING again that the Queen of Nice is dead, Rosie O'Donnell yesterday unleashed a profanity-laced tirade against Winona Ryder, saying the sticky-fingered starlet "has been stealing [bleep] -- for 10 years" and should be locked up because "her last film sucked."
Baby-dangler Michael Jackson also took a beating from Rosie, who was summoned at the last minute to serve as master of ceremonies for the New York Women in Film & Television's holiday luncheon at the Hilton in Midtown, replacing new grandma Linda Ellerbee.
The Post's Andrea Peyser reports that some 1,500 women, including actresses Frances McDormand, Alfre Woodard, Marlo Thomas and producer and former Woody Allen bankroller Jean Doumanian, laughed nervously as O'Donnell launched into an ad-lib spiel about how she'd like to open a "detox center for celebs who are not [celebs] anymore" - offering lessons in such skills as "standing on line."
Ryder would qualify, since her shoplifting conviction proves her fame has waned. "That woman has been stealing [bleep] for 10 years," O'Donnell cracked, joking that during Ryder's heyday as the star of "Girl, Interrupted" a publicist would call Ryder and whisper, 'Here's my credit card number. Shhh! Don't tell anyone.'
"Lock her up, man!" Rosie roared. "I don't give a [bleep]. It's too much money. Her last film sucked. If not, you wouldn't have heard about it [the shoplifting]." Clad in a white denim jacket, butch haircut and a carefully made-up face, O'Donnell insisted she was just telling the truth. "People got mad when they said Joan Rivers is a freak. It's just honesty! Look at her face!"
About baby-dangler Jackson, "What doctor would be saying, 'Take a little more off the chin?' "
O'Donnell, whose partner, Kelli Carpenter, recently gave birth, said she had to return to Westchester and her "weepy" gal pal for an hourlong fight over "how one bottle [for their child] won't keep her from nursing." She admits she's had difficulty adjusting to the lack of attention since her talk show ended.
She was recently stunned when she was barred from parking illegally at her kids' school. "You mean I can't do what I want?" she asked. "Your show's off the air," she imitated an official. "Move your [bleep]ing car!" Page Six.
Very strange.
My tree has been up for several days sans any lights or decorations. I told the kids I would start when I feel like it. DH bought some new patriotic decorations for the tree so I can continue my traditional red, white and blue theme. He even gave me an elephant ornament, there will be no donkeys on my tree! This weekend will be perfect for decorating, it will give us something to do during the winter storm we're expecting.
About fewer tree lots, we would never notice, our county is billed as the Christmas tree capital of the world.
I'd like to know what the average going rate is for a live tree in different parts of the country, just to see how what we're paying here stacks up to the rest of the US. For instance, here a 7 foot Fraser Fir will cost about 45 clams. I know that near the cities, the cost would probably be outrageous. Last year, we were really lucky and only paid $15 because someone we knew had a lot, this year we weren't so fortunate, so it was off to the tree farm.
I paid $24 for a nice, full, nearly-6 footer. They had others $27 and up, depending on the variety and size. There's a fellow over in Pa. fairly near here who cuts them fresh when you get there, and charges $19, regardless of size. On the other hand, I stopped at a nursery yesterday and they had them in the $40s and much, much higher.
I'm starting to contemplate the artificial tree, in my old age, but am still a sucker for that pine aroma!
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Ha, look at this:
Former president Bill Clinton will not speak at the university [U. of Maryland] in February and denies he ever planned to do so, despite top university officials' statements to the contrary.
Clinton has spurned the university's J.M. Burns Academy of Leadership in favor of Georgetown University, said Stefanie Weiss, communications director at the Academy of Leadership. Clinton is a Georgetown University alumnus and last spoke there Nov. 7, 2001.
"Clinton's people requested a renegotiation of conference specifics" that the university was not willing to accommodate, Weiss said, and that the points of contention included the content of the speech, cost and financial sponsorship.
University spokesman George Cathcart said he did not know why Clinton's spokespeople would claim the former president never planned to speak here. [Ummm, because they're freakin' liars just like their boss?]
"I don't understand why they're saying that," he said. "The things they were asking were not acceptable to us. They would have cost us more money. That's the bottom line." full story
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