R.I.P, Grannies November 4, 2008

I’ve never really written about my own family, but I wanted to take the time to acknowledge the passing of my great-grandmother, Jewel Brewer, on Friday, October 31, 2008.

She was 90 years old and had 6 kids — 3 boys & 3 girls (one of which is my MeMe) — and was married to Rudy for almost 75 years.  She gets a gold star for lookin’ at the same man for that long.

She also never learned to drive.  Love that about her.  Grandpa & other family members always drove her up & down the Ozark Mountains.

Grandma hated Halloween.  I think her passing on October 31 was her way of giving the middle finger to Halloween…that is, *if* she were to give the middle finger, which I doubt she’d ever done.  Go Grandma!

In other passing granny news, Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, passed away in Hawaii today, the day before election day.  The 86-year-old had battled cancer.

(Photo:  CNN.com)

Nothing but good thoughts go out to the Dunham & Obama families.

And my loves goes to you, MoonKween’s fam — wish I was there!  muah!

First Presidential Debate Tonight September 26, 2008

I don’t consider myself to be a “political” person — I have other (smarter) blogger friends to cover the heavy shit.  But this presidential election will go down in history and I’m pretty excited about it.  I’m not “thrilled” about either candidate, personally, but I can’t wait to see how it all plays out.

 

Of course you’ve got your “less-experienced” African American candidate, Barack Hussein Obama II, for whom millions of rednecks won’t vote because “he’s black” (stoopid!).  Then you’ve got your pepaw candidate, John Sidney McCain III, who chose Sarah Palin as his running mate (why, God?).

 

I may not be the most politically inspired American, but I sure as hell ain’t votin’ for McCain just because his VP running mate has boobs!  If he chose Palin in an attempt to lure away the Hillary Clinton voters, it was lost on me.

I don’t know what to think about either of these yay-hoos, but I’ll be tuning into the debates at 9 p.m. EST tonight to witness the fireworks.

No matter where you stand on voter issues, peeps, read up, get educated & REGISTER TO VOTE!

Let the games BEGIN, America!