Welcome to the Family!

A week ago today, we adopted a new member of our family- Sarah Tedesco Perez! Our little Madeleine had been quite sad and in need of a new guinea pig friend. So, after some exhaustive searching and planning, we drove down to the Cavy House rescue in La Honda with Madeleine so she could pick out a friend. We were hoping she'd be a match with Ernie, but alas no.

Madeleine and Sarah seemed to take to each other at the rescue- Maddie would follow Sarah and they sat in a little hiding spot together and ate some lettuce. However, things went sour when we got home. Since both piggies were used to being by themselves, there was some disagreement as to the hierarchy. It was a total guinea pig throwdown. A lesser person would've filmed it and put it on YouTube.

Long story short, the pigs spent a bunch of time in side by side cages but are now in one big (divided) open air pen. They are together during floor time and get along alot better, although there still is chattering and it is our hope that they will get used to each other and be buddies soon.

I must admit, the picture is misleading. Politely put, Sarah is not that petite in person. She's big. I mean Biiiiiig. She has been nicknamed "Chubs" and "Fatty". She is however super sweet and easy to handle and just chill about everything.

Madeleine seems happy to have friend and Sarah, well, Sarah likes to eat. Jen and I however, are quite happy and feel our little pig family is complete.

Scratch that!

When I said that I didn't have a big problem with McCain, I hadn't yet read this. So........ Yep, it's a problem. A big one. Definitely. A biiiiiiiig problem. Huge.

Quote:

"Q:President Bush believes that gay couples should not be permitted to adopt children. Do you agree with that?
Mr. McCain: I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no I don’t believe in gay adoption.

later in the interview........

Mr. McCain: I encourage adoption and I encourage the opportunities for people to adopt children I encourage the process being less complicated so they can adopt as quickly as possible. And Cindy and I are proud of being adoptive parents.
Q: But your concern would be that the couple should a traditional couple
Mr. McCain: Yes. "

Well, I'm going to go and give Madeleine some treats. That is, unlike John McCain doesn't feel that I am good enough to have guinea pigs either.

@#$!!%$!

Overall, I don't have that big of a problem with John McCain. There are of course some issues that were we disagree and I liked him a whole lot more when he was metaphorically giving Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell the finger. I also find it really unfair that while Obama was nearly derailed by the whole Rev. Wright thing, McCain sucking up to John Hagee (a nutball the-world-is-ending pastor who claims that the Catholic church is the literal anti-Christ) received relatively little attention.

But now, I'm pissed.

It was reported this week that despite on/off sanctions on Iran, we are still selling them a bunch of stuff-including cigarettes, which I oppose. I do not believe it is in any way right to subsidize tobacco farmers because fewer Americans are smoking (yay!) and dump cigarettes overseas because they aren't American so who cares, right?

So, when asked about this report, John McCain replied that it may be "a way of killing 'em".

Needless to say, I find the remark cruel and tasteless and in the spirit of my Dad (Bob from Glendale!), I wrote him to tell him so.

Bad Little White Girl!

This is the official Olympic photo of diver Kelci Bryant. I don't know where to start to describe how inappropriate and offensive this is. Yeah, I'm trying to form a coherent argument but all I can say is this is a big ball of wrong.

My Prayers Have Been Answered!

Words cannot express how happy this made me. Ever since that fabulous day that I had my first Reese's Peanut Butter Big Cup, I have longed for the day that a King Size version of it would come out. Everybody said that it would never happen, that it was just too much candy and that it was a horrible idea. Fools! At last I am vindicated!! Sigh. Nobody understands me the way the Reese's Peanut Butter Big Cup people do.