Happy Mothers’ Day to all the mothers out there.

This photo is my dad, my mom, my sister, and me. My sister’s the little one who looks like a baby doll, instead of a 6 month old. I was nearly 2-1/2.

The Little Guy lost a top front tooth today. The Tooth Fairy will be leaving him a Thank You card.

We were eating Cheetos and hadn’t yet brushed our teeth…

She has a quart of silicone in each breast and she wants to increase that amount. She’s 28 years old now, can you imagine her at 58? It sure would be hard to walk, what with bumping your breasts with your knees with every step!

Sheyla’s MySpace page.

Story at FoxNews, more at MyFoxHouston – with video!

Clinton loaned her campaign $6.4 million out of her pocket over the past month to try to keep pace with Obama, including $1.4 million in the past week, aides said. It was the second time she has dipped into her personal fortune to fund her presidential bid.

“She did this in order to remain competitive with Senator Obama on television,” Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said. “The loans are a sign of Senator Clinton’s commitment to the race, commitment to continuing the process and a commitment to being competitive with Senator Obama.” (emphasis mine)

That’s what Reuters reported today. I think, however, that donating to her own campaign would show more commitment. Mrs. Clinton expects others to donate to her campaign, those people are not “loaning” the campaign money, those people don’t get any money back.

If Mrs. Clinton really wants to show her commitment to her own campaign, she’ll donate to her own campaign, not loan the campaign money.

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UPDATE: NC voters chose Barack Obama to be the Democrat nominee for President. What does that say to you Mrs. Clinton?

Hillary Clinton said today,

By the time the polls close tomorrow, North Carolina voters will have helped to pick the next President of the United States of America.**

Actually, that won’t happen until 183 days from now, Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. That’s the day that North Carolinians will have “helped to pick” the next president. Right now, they’re helping to choose the democrat nominee for the office…

**transcribed off Fox News Channel.

There was a tragedy at the Kentucky Derby this weekend. The second place horse, a filly named Eight Belles, broke both her ankles and had to be put down on the track. Big Brown won and will go on to the Preakness. Now PETA is calling for the suspension of her jockey.

Friday was a very rainy day here in the Chicago area. Around 6 pm after a short but strong downpour, we saw a beautiful rainbow. Saturday was cold and rainy, a good day to stay in, but we had to take the truck to the body shop and pick up a rental to use while the Yukon is there. We are using a Mazda 6. It’s a nice car and with the Hertz rental is Hertz Neverlost, a GPS system. Of course we’re playing with it. We went to an IHOP for brunch on Saturday and then programmed in the Barnes and Noble at the mall across the street. It gave us good directions for the bookstore that was only .2 miles away… 😀

Yesterday was a bit breezy, but in the 60’s and sunny. We got the lawn mowed, but I was concerned about doing that because the Swiss are looking into the ethical treatment of plants… Eugene Volokh has the story and a lot of good commentary.

We saw a couple of DVDs over the weekend as well.Walk Hard – The Dewey Cox Story (Two-Disc Special Edition) story was raunchy and full of double entendres as might be suggested from the title, but it was very funny. We watched the unrated Director’s Cut version. John C Reilly was great in the movie and he can sing. The other movie was Lars & the Real Girl. It’s a story about relationships, family and friends. It’s also a story about love. The love that an entire community has for this one man. Ryan Gosling’s performance was brilliant.

This tulip fully ‘ripened’ only recently.