::Meditatio::

LA Times: Justice’s wife launches ‘tea party’ group

The gist of this is that Clarence Thomas’ wife is launching a “tea party” group and this is testing the idea of political impartiality for the Court.

For me, this is called N-O-R-M-A-L. After being a pastor’s wife for 6 1/2 years, I know that anything I say/do can be used against me in the court of public opinion. Whatever I say = the same thing as Jon saying it from the pulpit. It’s pretty irritating because I don’t agree with Jon on certain things and I may not agree with parishioners. Thus, it works out MUCH better if I do political things very quietly.

So we’re now down in southern California and have been here for about a week. The move did not go smoothly or as planned. We were still packing on Saturday when people arrived to help load the truck. We didn’t get to leave on Sunday as planned because of a flat tire (which led to the front two tires being replaced on the car on Monday morning) and this meant that we had to change the itinerary a bit and do three long days of driving instead of 2 short and two longer ones.

However… it all worked out.

We’re still getting unpacked in our cottage (which we refer to as the Snuggery), mostly due to the crib hardware disappearing during the move (and me having to make a trip to Orchard Supply Hardware to replace it today) and the fact that it’s… well… snug. It seems like every time we unpack a box, we have to create another box of things to go into storage because I didn’t quite pare things down enough. There’s also me dealing with a pinched nerve in my back (which decommissioned me for Saturday and Sunday), the massive amount of errands to do to establish residency, and just… stuff. Jon is sleeping down there and Daniel and I are staying with my in-laws who are graciously watching him while Jon and I unpack and deal with the whole “establishing residency” thing.

I do want to ask prayers for my father-in-law as he is dealing with health issues and is undergoing some rather painful diagnostic tests so that the doctors know how to proceed. Email me if you want the details on that.

NBCOlympics.Com: Plushenko rips Lysacek; Russia won’t challenge outcome

Plushenko has been so b*tchy about this that it’s actually pretty funny. First, he complained about his start time in the short program. Well… he got that late start time in the free skate and still managed to lose. If you compare his program to Lysacek, Lysacek wins in pretty much every way. He had artistry — Plushenko was robotic. Lysacek landed ALL his jumps cleanly. Plushenko — not so much.

I’d also prefer Lysacek as the gold medalist anyway — his graciousness and humility just adds to his medal while Plushenko’s unsportsmanlike conduct just detracts from his. Lysacek went in just wanting to skate his best — he didn’t go in with the attitude that he “deserved” a place on the podium. Plushenko, on the other hand, doesn’t “deserve” anything… other than maybe a swift kick in the pants.

I’ve got Headline News on while I take care of paperwork and attempt to clean the downstairs. They’re going to have Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat Pray Love) on to talk about love and marriage and her new book, Committed, where she examines marriage.

OK… this is the woman who wrote in a whining tone about OMG how she didn’t want to be married to her husband and so she had an affair in the first part of Eat Pray Love.  I’m really not thinking she’s the best person to talk about marriage?  Not to mention, she ended her first marriage for purely selfish reasons and people are actually *celebrating* this.

The fact that she’s being lauded for her second book gives me very little hope for my generation.

035: Do an independent blogathon for a worthy cause.

Did a 12-hour blogathon to raise money for Haiti on January 30th.

055: Write an “I Believe” statement.

Had to do it for a call interview.

Quoth my friend Sir Pisco of Sours:

Next time there’s a blizzard I’m seriously having a Donner Party. We’ll have spotted dick, charlotte russe, ladyfingers…

(The wiki on the Donner Party for my non-US readers…)

HT: Tracey

In no particular order.

01.) Daniel. He is the light of my life.
02.) Jon. We’ve been together for 10 years now, married for almost 8 of them.
03.) Smoking Gun: World’s Dumbest
04.) My cats. They’re my fur-kids.
05.) Iced vanilla lattés.
06.) My family.
07.) Lipton’s Pureleaf Raspberry Tea.
08.) Blogging.
09.) Facebook. Pathetic, I know.
10.) Crocheting.

Yes, I know I didn’t mention my faith. That one is assumed.