Sky of Steel

Geez, it's a gray day. The temp has been running at 70+ for 3 or 4 days, very odd in January, even for NC. Today it's warmish, 55, and the sky is one solid color, a whitish-gray. It has drizzled off and on. The birds are quiet and even the squirrels are not playful. They are slinking out on their bellies as if to say, "I really didn't want to come out at all, but I just had to pick up a nut..."
The house is as clean as possible, considering that there's demolition going on. Fortunately hubby has decided NOT to saw bricks out of the kitchen wall (can you spell d-u-s-t?) and says it's getting time to wrap this thing up. Good idea. After 16 months the patience is wearing a little thin. :
A friend from church is coming for lunch today with her 4-year-old daughter, for whom we got a Christmas present. We are giving it to her late due to all our respective trips at Christmas time. I am making a banquet of peanut butter sandwiches, carrots and grape juice. Good china, multi-tiered platter, and good music on the cd player. Ought to be fun.
Two weeks til the Inauguration. spelling? hold on -- I'll look it up -- well, it's right. Didn't look right. They are POURING money into the festivities and Asia is a mess. So's Iraq and Afghanistan. Criminal. Seems to me, a President ought to have decent celebrations the FIRST time he's elected, and the second time, it ought to be a quiet ceremony. Wouldn't it be gallant of old W to say, "You know, we are basically in TWO wars now, the war on terror in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, and the tsunamis devestated so much of Asia, I'd like to request that all monies that WOULD go into a big Inaugural event, be donated to the respective causes, and let's just get on with PEACE FOR A CHANGE. I'll swear in and there's no need for a big deal. "

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