[A Citizen Reporter]

I've decided that I'm not watching the results until after Dancing with the Stars is over!

[Holding Our Breath]

As much as I am "dancing" to get to the news tonight, I'm with you. I really hope Emmitt goes into the semi-finals....so there, the news is out - I'm an Emmitt fan!

[Miss Marple]

I am busy looking up recipes and IGNORING Fox and the networks. My husband will be eating chicken stuffed with spinach, ham, and cheese, braised in olive oil and simmered in white wine, a vegetable medley seared in oilive oil and garlic and dressed with balsamic vinegar, and wild rice.

You can tell I am REALLY sick of politics when I start cooking. I am known for my dislike of cooking...however, I CAN cook and it will keep me distracted and please my husband. Also, we are trying to diet and I need to make him a dinner high in nutrition but low in calories and fat, and this will do it (the olive oil is neglegible, as is the cheese).

I probably won't check in till after Emeril, if then. I am sick to death of democrats, weenie hand-wringing Republican pundits, and people who have caused this problem by their refusal to report things accurately.

In fact, this election has made me decide that I will be volunteering at Church more. I need to feel that I am accomplishing something, and while I will always retain an inteest in politics, I need to do more volunteer work and less watching of Fox News.

I volunteered to help at the Our Lady of Guadalupe mass in December. I figure it is probably more than half Mexican parishioners, but I can do basic stuff like help kids get in costume, and it is time I did something constructive.

I am also continuing my volunteer work at my grandson's school after the Spellbowl. The school has very few parent volunteers because most parents are both working. I can help with Science Fair, read stories, whatever. I like helping out.