The week in review

National News:
Scientists announced the discovery of a mummified dinosaur. President Bush put forth a plan to save or delay foreclosures and the US population revealed very split opinions of a govt "buy out" of the sub-prime mortgage market. The CIA destroyed video of "torture tapes" and Senator Kennedy, D (MA) compared the president's denial to the missing audio on the Watergate tape.

Entertainment news:
The president's daughter was promoting her book on the Ellen show and "called home" when Ellen asked her to.
Jodi Foster came out of the closet. I just said to Katy about a month ago... I'm about all done with Jodi, why is she so deep in the closet. You'd think by now, she would step out and act up a little...

The kid:
JB moved into his nursery last night... we are a little scarred, but I think he likes his new digs. He seemed to have some congestion all week, that I kept wanted to blame on his vaccinations last Friday. We have his tiny room outfitted with a space heater and a humidifier so that we can go back to keeping the house a little cooler during the night and still keep him blanket free. (lat year, the nighttime set temp in our house was 59 degrees and the 2 (future) mommies slept with 2 down comforters stacked on top of each other... when people ask what we do for the environment, that's what we should remember to tell them.

New on the home front: Stay at home mom's shirt count-
Monday: 2 shirts spit up on
Tuesday: 3 shirts spit up on
Wednesday: 2 shirts and 2 receiving blanket soiled
Thursday: 2 shirts
Friday: Wore the same shirt all day without any stains (so far)

The weather:
It's been cold here in the NE. It is finally winter... We had 2 small snow showers this week and as usual, people acted like they had never driven in the snow. It is snowing now.
There was a freak "blizzard watch" in Hawaii and an earthquake in North Carolina

Holiday preparations:
Shopping and gift buying- apx 1/3 done
Christmas cards- in hand, envelops all with stamps and return address labels, mailing label list nearly completed.
House decoration- we've been mid-decoration for about a week. Need to finish hanging lights outside, decorate the tree, etc. today
Food prep- kt and I have bought the ingredients to try some new holiday dessert recipes and I have started preparing my annual "Christmas homemade egg rolls" labor of love.