Posted on 10/15/2004 7:57:09 AM PDT by Billie
Sent out to my list Dubya.
Dubya, I like your philosophy on diets - you must have been taking lessons from Garfield!
Hey Dansy.
You may not have the ping list, Rus, but we'll always find you. You just can't hide.
Isn't that 'cause y'all are sextuplets?
Giggle, how'd you guess? Hi Billie. Just came back from babysitting two boys, 10 (just turned) and 11 (going on 35) year old! Spent the night and day recovering - where do they get their energy!!!!!
Nope, I wasn't... Hi, Amy!
:)
I was and I've been showing signs of that virus lately.
How are you? The weather is getting ready to change tomorrow. We may get some rain the next few days. We can use some to settle the dust. It will be nice; I'm ready for fall.
(((((Billie)))))) - you know how much I love that graphic - so much so that it is on my profile page. Thank you for your warm words.
(((((((Dixie Sass))))))))))
All: I have to share a tale from today's adventures. My daughter wanted to go to an indoor flea market on Sample Road in Coral Springs/Pompano Beach (FL) this morning. When we finished shopping and attempted to leave the parking lot at approximately 11:45, we queued up with about twenty other cars, but no one was moving when the light turned green.
I am not a very patient person and started getting very agitated when I saw the light turn several times, but no one was moving. I also was able to see that there were uniformed police officers standing in the middle of the 6-lane roadway, but couldn't see why. As others left their cars and migrated up towards the street, I could sense some excitement and decided to do the same, leaving .45MAN and daughter behind.
As I made it up to the street, several police cars, motorcycle police and three SUV's whizzed by at a high rate of speed. It suddenly dawned on me as I saw that the entrance to the Turnpike was blocked off and the traffic coming west was completely stopped, that something very big was about to happen.
Well, DUH! The President was in south Florida this morning and was supposed to travel up from Sunrise (west of Ft. Lauderdale) to West Palm Beach and then Daytona!
I motioned for .45MAN and my daughter to join me. They walked up to the roadway and the excitement among other bystanders was palpable. Mind you, this is not a pedestrian-friendly roadway, but a heavily-traveled east-west route. But, there was a small crowd eagerly awaiting a glimpse of President Bush's bus tour.
One woman griped loudly that it was "just silly" for 10 miles of roadway to be blocked for 30 minutes. I wanted to shout at her, "You FOOL - this is the man that has protected you and your family since 9/11. I think you can be inconvenienced for a few minutes while he passes on through." But, I remained silent.
Another woman said to those standing around her, "I know he's going to get re-elected no matter how I vote, so what does it matter?" My loud response to .45MAN and my daughter, "Then she might as well vote for President Bush!" My "Anyone-but-Bush" daughter was *not* amused.
:-)
At several-minute intervals, either motorcycle police or police cruisers would fly by at a high rate of speed. Finally, after about 30 minutes, we could see a lot of police cruisers, motorcycles and lights coming from the west.
President Bush's bus was preceded by two SUV's with armed men inside. The highly-decorated patriotic bus was next. Most of the people cheered and waved enthusiastically. Although it was impossible to see into the bus, we knew the president was there. Several more buses flew by, those carrying the media, we supposed. The drivers and passengers in the first few seats who were visible waved back to the crowd.
When it was all over, I floated back to the car. Even though I hadn't actually seen the president, I felt his presence. Even more astounding was the fact that *no one* in the heavily democratic (I assumed) crowd gave a thumbs-down or any other disparaging sign. All that were stuck there against their will still had the decency to cheer and wave for their commander-in-chief - at least those that bothered to leave their cars and wander up to the roadway.
My daughter was impressed, although she has met many politicians and public people where she works in Georgetown. I think she was secretly happy for me, knowing what a thrill it was for me.
Even though he was shielded by a bus going by at about 60 miles per hour, I still felt the very strong presence of our president - and that is probably the closest I will ever get to him. May God continue to bless President Bush, his family, our military and our wonderful country.
God Bless you all at the Finest, too.
She is a good daughter!!!
She truly is, even though we obviously do not see eye-to-eye politically. When I was her age (27), I was a registered Independent who leaned heavily to the left. As years went by, I straddled the fence, then was knocked clear to the right by the klintoon administration (and *gentle* persuasion from .45MAN - LOL!). I hope she will see the light one day, too.
I hope we get to see him when we go to the inauguration in January. It would certainly be a thrill.
I hope for the same for you, too. And, if you are so blessed, we expect to see pictures! :-)
Thank you ((((((Amy))))))))
(((Amy)))!
How y'all doing?
Hey ((((((Pipster))))))
Not bad for someone who came *this close* to the president today! LOL!
Lucky duck! ;o)
I have been debating whether to confess that I have to copy and paste the html to do it or not. I suppose as long as it works, it doesn't matter! I never did get photobucket to work though!
This morning started out dreary as well, but by lunch time the sun was starting to dry things out a bit. Tomorrow should be a wonderful fall day. The dogs should enjoy rolling in the grass a few last times before the dreaded white stuff gets here!
I have used Photobucket. It is pretty easy to use but there are some who cannot see the images. I think it has to do with firewalls.
Doing well here, Pippin.
Hope we get a chance to meet you when we get to DC in January.
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