Crafty Valentine

So I heard alot of bitching and moaning in my world about Valentine's Day....that's what happens when y0u work with primarily single mothers. One friend thinks it is ridiculous (although I have to suspect that it is because she's only been in one seriously dysfunctional relationship for the past five years (but not really b/c he will never commit to her), another is single right now and can't see past it and the other is in a good relationship, but has two stalker ex-husbands. But I'm sorry, I like Valentine's Day, Hallmark holiday or not.



I got crafty for Valentines, making cards for the kids and Johnny, from a segment from what else, MSL. The directions are here.



The outside of John's card is the same as the kids, but you aren't allowed to see the inside because that's private;) I also gave him a picture of moi, since he lacked one. This picture is from my friend Marty's wedding in 2004, I think, on the coast of Mexico.

I also tried to make a paper craft for cutting out shapes from paper with an exacto knife, but I failed miserably.

My mother got crafty too, I received this in a package from her. God bless my mom, I just love getting packages, especially ones that contain gifts like these.

And she also made Valentines mobiles for the kids. She is just plain awesome!!

Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms

I have to admit, that to a degree, I've sheltered myself from a lot of the 'news' in the media since moving to NH. No news programs, no newspapers, unless you count the local paper that comes out twice a week, with no real national news. I do check out the headlines every few days as I log into an older yahoo email account. It just seems like an easier way to live, being slightly ignorant of all of the bad stuff that's going on out there and the media's take on it.

But I did receive an email from someone from the former Chris Dodd presidential campaign...yes, I was a supporter, but unfortunately, the campaign didn't seem to get too far off of the ground. By the time the NH primary rolled around, he was out of the race. Anyway, it mentioned that the retroactive immunity for telecoms passed in the Senate by a healthy margin. So it seems that the Bush administration is pushing for immunity for these large telecom companies that wiretapped us illegally, and the Senate bought it hook, line and sinker, with just 29 voting against (all democrat). It just goes to show, to me, how deeply congressman reside in the pockets of large companies, and that money just makes everything go away. Here's John Edward's take before the vote from reclaim the media and an article from the Minnesota Monitor, post-vote. *sigh*.

Snow Hampshire

It began snowing at the beginning of December and has been on the ground ever since. Here are some snapshots of my environment.

Our first snow in late November

And again in early December

The Nubanusit River

And even more snow...

John doing one of his favorite things, snow blowing the driveway (Not!), in mid-January

Downtown Peterborough

John's bird feeder

I love the snow and I love New Hampshire!