It seems spouse is now coming down with the flu. He’s quite cranky feeling run down and worst, there’s flu at his work and myself and youngest son were struck as well. This flu seems to be taking lots of prisoners. And, according to a news report spouse forwarded me, Tamiflu won’t do any good because it doesn’t work against this strain. I feel badly for him and us because we depend so much on him.

Tags: annoyances, In Sickness and Health

When I think of designer handbags, I immediately think “Italian leather” and Bolzano Handbags are indeed a brand of luxury handbags and leather accessories that reflect the charm and elegance rooted in tradition that has made Italy one of the fashion capitals of the world.

Bolzano Handbags and leather accessories are now available in the United States. Though the variety of Bolzano handbags and leather goods is extensive, the superior quality, with each design’s combination of unique stitching and unique shapes never changes.

When I visited the Bolzano website it was really hard for me to narrow down my choices to a single favorite handbag, however when forced to chose–for today at least–I think this Limited Edition “Berry Lovely” handbag with it’s comfortable and casual look and charming strawberry pendant, made of twinkling genuine Swarovski Crystals in pink and green, would be my choice.

I’d also really love to get the matching wallet also featuring the twinkling pink and green Swarovski Crystals strawberry adornment.

Tags: Fashion

Michelle, Viewed– in this blog~ 06.26.08
Though we receive both Newsweek and Time magazines in the mail as well as the Chicago Tribune, I rarely read any of them. Instead, I get my news and feature stories from an eclectic mix of sources on the Internet.

Today though I noticed a cover story on Michelle Obama in Newsweek.

It was as expected a look at her current life with a long segment of how she got to this point.

She grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a “loving” 2-parent family with one older superstar-athlete-scholar brother and all of them crammed into a one bedroom home in a bungalow. She went on to Princeton and Harvard on scholarships and loans and met Barack not too long after being in the legal profession successfully, though not fulfillingly.

Michelle is currently in the news after having made a verbal gaffe whilst giving a speach in which it seemed she was saying that “now” was the first time she’s ever been proud of her country. The opponents have pounced on this with the conservative pundits and Billary and now John McCain, clawing away at her every word and second-guessing her meaning. Shame on them as this woman is not running for anything.

I’d just viewed a taped interview with Michelle Obama yesterday and it was the first time I’d ever seen her interviewed or heard her speak for that matter. She comes across as articulate, direct, maybe a bit “sharp,” which the angularity in her face accentuates.

I think she has her priorities straight and like most people, I base this on my own beliefs. She ’s highly committed to her two young daughters which I’ve witnessed through the press from their infancy, since Obama is a senator from my state of residence. She a staunch supporter of her husband but doesn’t mollycoddle, giving him the story straight instead of filtered through the gauzy or cracked lenses of those that surround him for good or ill.

I hope her verbal gaffe is something that we can get past because the election is not about her in any way. It’s about her husband and I can only hope that there will come a day when the majority of people tune out the pundits and spinmeisters and focus on the realities of the election. Until then, keep your chin up Michelle, and keep plugging along. It seems to have served you well thus far.

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