LAST CHILD - Next year 'teenage wasteland'!

They call them the 'sexy six', Miles and his 5 close friends celebrated his 12th birthday on Friday November 21st (his bd is the 22nd). They came over around 5PM and played board games - mostly twister, went out into the cold night for man hunt (some crazy game of tag in the pitch black) and then we had pizza and watched Ironman on the big screen. When I say big screen I mean it. I hang a king size sheet in my living room and set up my Mac to a high end projector plugged into the stereo system. It is a great way to watch a film. They had cupcakes, popcorn and candy and later watched AppleTV (mostly YouTube into 3AM). He had a blast and I must say the kids are great bunch; fairly polite and most of all they seem to really care about each other. I had a martini or two:) on the couch as I watched the movie with the boys and really thought about how great this was - watching my kids grow up is amazing. Being happy from their happiness! Next year – he joins his sister as a teenager – and you know what that means? R rated movies;)

Historic Week!

I shed many tears Tuesday night watching the United States elect it's first Afro-American president. I can not remember any time in my life I felt so passionate and proud of who we elected. I am always hyper sensitive to how the world looks at us and how our leaders reflect my sentiments. I find it unbelievable that other countries sometimes have a better sense of who is the right choice then we do for ourselves. In any case, Obama is a polished speaker, incredibly smart and his values reflect how I would want a foreigner to view us. Will he be a good president? Time will tell, but for sure he will put face on our postage stamp that says we can play in the sandbox with others (and don't under estimate public relations marketing).

I am surprised that some people I know didn't feel the same way I did. I understand voting for another candidate, but this is so much more. I know that if a republican minority candidate (a Powell like person) or a smart poised woman won, I would feel so proud of my country. I suppose most of the people I have come in contact with that felt distrusting or had misgivings about Obama would be the same people that were anti The Beatles and rock n' roll revolution. They look at the cover and rarely read the book!