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44’s wife is on the cover of People.  And who cares if Michelle Obama shows her upper arms?!!! Why is the media focusing on her upper arms?  Who can answer that?  Why does Kathie Gifford boast of showing her upper arms “to support the Fist Lady?”  What has happened to this country?  Has everyone lost their senses?  Rome is burning, and we are thinking of Mrs. 44’s upper arms?  Her husband is announcing that he is about to take a huge cutting whack at both Medicare and Medicaid, meanwhile, he is shoveling money to the US corporations – who can make sense of this???  OMG  And a $1.50 tax on every gallon of gas sold? OMG  44 lived in Chicago – never went to a gas station for himself it seems.  He is hitting us down here in the trenches!!! Does 44 remember who voted for him?  OMG Everyone, pace yourself and I’ll do the same.  Adios

Who else watches American Idol?  It seems the judges this year all criticize the songs selected! OMG  Last night /Wed it seemed over and over Randy, Paula, Simon and the new gal judge continued to complain ‘not your best choice of song’ and ‘didn’t do it for ya Dawg’ and ‘could it have been worse? I think not!, ‘did not show your range man!’and ‘that was too safe a song’ – OMG  Paula has a ‘do’ with her face almost totally engulfed in her hair and odd hair extensions!  Overwhelming hair it is!  I think that the talent this season #8? is great! It does show America’s Talent!  And I like Ryan Secrest too! LOL  Everyone, pace yourself and I’ll do the same.  Adios

Fat Tuesday is here!
Enjoy wearing those beads around the office! LOL Few know the meaning but the concept of FUN is there – no worries – be happy! LOL
So Prom time is coming our way.
Who else is being asked by the High Scholl PTA to donate gently used or new prom dresses?????????? OMG
Of course there are girls that are in need, but the PTA hitting the corporations in the school district to make the GUILT apparent is beyond belief. So of course we all will pull out a gown to ‘donate’ as the feel good factor for community awareness. Amazing just amazing – it never ends. We just got over the food drive for Thanksgiving and then again on Christmas for the poor in the area and now it’s Prom Dress Donation time. Oh, and don’t forget the school candle sales, gift wrap sales, magazine sales, and the Girl Scout Cookies! Everyone, pace yourself & I will do same! Adios

The New York Collection is here! My favorite Michael Kors is featuring a speckled tweed gray suit worn with a black cashmere sleeveless turtleneck!  Fabulous! 

 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/fashion/19FASHION.html?_r=1
Chris Benz has a stunning sheared mink double breasted pea-coat look in yummie butter yellow!  Worn over a yellow mini and same yellow hued tights and black pumps – WOW!  The hot orange / purple shaded knit fox bomber jacket of Thakoon rocks with the purple pencil skirt!  Seeing the designers debut is always a thrill!  Even if I cannot afford a Narciso Rodriguez designer cashmere coat, I am influenced by the couture!  Way to go!  Even in a horrible economy, we can still smile with the joy of something new to wear!  And something new to think about for the next purchase - -I am focusing on that tweed suit of my fav Michael Kors!  It’s the perfect match to my long adored perfume of his! 
Thank you for the mental lift in viewing the couture! 
For a short period, I can ignore the stimulus package and the peripheral nonsense of Capitol Hill behind the scenes trades underway.  Everyone, pace yourself & I will do same!  Adios

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Even if you are without a significant other today, ya gotta smile and rejoice in a day to celebrate love for one another!  I’ve been giggling over the Fox and Friends Saturday morning show… These are the co-hosts: Clayton Morris, Alisyn Camerota, Dave Briggs and the weather guy Rick Reichmuth.  Over the weeks I know they genuinely laugh at each other’s humor!  It is a refreshing show!  I look forward to them keeping me company over my leisurely morning coffee on the weekends!  Great chemistry! Go Fox!  So today they are chattering about odd Valentine’s Day experiences – too funnie!  Call up your mom and dad or grandmother and tell them you love them sincerely.  Remember, a parent forever loves his / her child not matter what forever!  LOL 

And on to Capitol Hill – are you as disgusted as I am?  What is this “reaching across the aisle” rhetoric?  How about EMPTY RHETORIC!  Again, why do the legislators struggle with the concept of putting money into our pockets?  It is so simple:  halt the payroll tax deductions from our paychecks and WE WILL SPEND!  It is not magic.  Maybe Capitol Hill has only the skill of writing a check – ya think? Maybe they need guidance in backoffice accounting mechanics to make that happen?  Just do it!  Halt the payroll tax deductions!  This stimulus is a joke.  It is NOT and never was destined for the common guy in the trench like you and me.  It is a PAYBACK for the years that 44’s supporters did not get what they wanted. 

Anyone else astounded by the unbridled ecstatic glee in the eyes of the billionaire Pelosi??  Disgusting just disgusting.  You think botox’d Pelosi of the Tahari silk suits understands living paycheck to paycheck?  No!!!!  Ask Pelosi what a gallon of milk costs?  Ask Pelosi what sliced sandwich cheese costs?  You know the answer: clueless.  She is galaxies away from what we do every week on our trip to the grocery. 

Very few if any of those Capitol Hill legislators understand our constant never ending “How much is my check this time?  So, then, can I get the new sewing machine in this check?  Oh… then, in 2 weeks maybe?”  We have to watch the fluctuation price of gas too – note: up 20 cents in the past 2 weeks!  44, are you listening?  We trade off $40 gas for a weekend ride as a mini escape for food and school supplies.  We manage on the level of less than $100 dollars “discretionary income” in a month!!!!!!! 

Please give us that 2 month tax freedom!!!!!!!!  We will spend if you give us a larger check!..Do this and it will happen.  So do a mental re-set and enjoy YOUR Valentine’s Day!  Everyone, pace yourself and I will do same.  Adios.

Ikram Goldman is in the news.  It seems the shop ‘Ikram’ in Chicago is reportedly the ‘gatekeeper’ between fashion and the First Lady.  Well that explains it!    No wonder Mrs 44 is so out of touch with what works in Washington DC.  No surprise:  what works in Chicago for Mrs. Ikram Goldman obviously is not even partially ready for Capitol Hill – no way!  How presumptuous for Ikram to think she could be a single point of contact to plan the wardrobe for the Inaugural from her throne in Chicago.  The NY Times reports that Ikram orchestrated “ALL details” for the inaugural wardrobe end to end.  OMG  The odd lime yellow ragged fabric that was lace but did not appear as such on TV should be blamed not on Isabel Toledo but on Ikram.  And the Jason Wu ragged dirty white ballgown with the totally horrible awkward train is now to be blamed on Ikram.  Thank you for the update!  We are supposed to see Ikram as a “stylist.”  OK – we got it!  Apologies to Jason Wu and  to Idabel Toledo.  Neither of you were supposed tohave any clue about what would work in Washington DC since YOU each were at the mercy of the “GATEKEEPER” to the White house fashion.  This is hysterical!  OMG Neither of you were supposed to know that clothes need to be media tested since Ikram knows it all!  Way too funnie!  So far the clothes are horrible.  Ikram better hire a consultant asap to educate her how cameras work on smooth fabrics.  We cannot look at even one more Mrs 44 outfit with supposedly high couture fabric that photographs as a rag.  Or another Donna Reed cotton day shirtdress with a gathered waist.  OMG  And how about those $17,000 earrings by Loree Rodkin that Mrs 44 wore?  So how do we see Mrs 44 as ENDORSING designers? Or not?  Were the earrings the first ‘gift’ to Mrs 44?  Let’s make a note to check the  ‘gift’ list that is published.  Remember the little charm bracelet that young daughter Amy Carter was given as a gift?  She supposedly cried that she had to return it.  Ya think Mrs 44 will return those diamond earrings after wearing them to “We Are One” concert?  Everyone, pace yourself and I will do same.  Adios

Obama made a hit in the Town Hall in Fort Myers Florida today most remarkably with Mrs. Henrietta Hughes.  So Henrietta spoke into the microphone delivering a teary-eyed plea in broken grammar:  “I have an urgent need, unemployment and homelessness, a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in. We need urgent. And the housing authority has two years’ waiting lists, and we need something more than the vehicle and the parks to go to. We need our own kitchen and our own bathroom. Please help!”  44’s reply: “Ms. Hughes, well, we’re going to do everything we can to help you, but there are a lot of people like you. And we’re going to do everything we can, all right? But the — I’ll have my staff talk to you after this — after the town hall, all right?” 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021001418_5.html

So the smart money says Henrietta will be on Oprah within the week, plus Oprah will buy her a vehicle as well as a house.  OMG  No surprise that many who voted for 44 want a ‘Kitchen and a Car’ and voted for him to make that happen – plus Obama will ‘make sure there is gas in the tank!’  We heard the exit polls!  Remember?  Also, UPDATE: movement from Mrs 44 and her long awaited agenda - Mrs 44 will be on the cover of Vogue magazine.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/39384977.html

 We are all surely at the edge of our chairs for her fashion thought leadership.  J Crew? Or perhaps another cardigan sweater and a cotton Donna Reed 1960’s dress again?  Everyone, pace yourself and I will do same.  Adios

Governor to Governor:  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin just endorsed Texas Governor Rick Perry.  Palin is endorsing former Texas A&M yell-leader Rick Perry at the expense of the female alternative: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.  Girl against girl!  OMG  

 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/palin-perry-201.html 

Incumbent GPO candidate Rick Perry has already launched his re-bid for 13 months from now.  And the sidebar chatter is a future Perry-Palin national Republican ticket!  OMG  Sarah:  “[Rick] sticks by his guns, and you know how I feel about his guns.”  OMG  Several news reporters altered her statement to ‘…how I feel about guns’  but she actually said: “… how I feel about HIS guns’”  And delivered it with a cute smile!  LOL From the gal who can see Russia from her porch!  The truth is way too funny!  And another Palin story:  she gave her red Naughty Monkey campaign shoes to her niece who just did not like the high style, so listed them on eBay – sold for $2025

 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.peopledigest29.10jan29,0,5010867.story 

OMG  The anonymous winner will get not only the slightly worn red heels but also an autographed photo of Governor Palin wearing those red heels.  Anyone else laughing at the ‘red shoes’ and a connection to Dorothy’s red shoes in the Wizard of Oz?  Click Click  Let’s go Toto!  LOL  Everyone, pace yourself and I will do same.  Adios.

Sunday is the day for me to catch up on re-runs on VH1 of Sober Living and on Bravo, The Housewives of Orange County.  These people are absolutely not living on the same planet I am.  Dr. Drew counseled a handful of folks through Rehab earlier on episodes of VH1 – and now a few are residents of a “sober living home.” 

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/sober_house/series.jhtml

In the re-run I caught today, Amber the model made a choice to go to a party to see a long time chum hockey player – of course there would be booze and whatever else.  She said she had “never been with a guy ‘sober’” – OMG!  So she felt compelled to go to the party – we’ll have to see the result in the next episode, but the teaser shows her hitting the vodka ice run at about 1:30am – way past curfew at the sober house.  Stay tuned.  And her new cell phone buddy at the sober house is none other than Andy Dick!  So the Orange County Housewives partying it up in Vegas was no surprise – those gals are extreme very simply – extreme bejeweled clothes, extreme lavish lifestyle – cars and vacations, and extreme relationships with each other.  But they are united in wanting to make a splash on TV!  LOL  Entertainment!  And now on to relax with my Sunday NY Times!  Everyone, pace yourself and I will do same.  Adios

The lights were on Friday evening on Capitol Hill amazingly enough.  Yes we all were rolling our eyes over 44 sporting his new Air Force One jacket – “spiffy” – is this the best adjective you can use 44?  So vocabulary is just not his strong point it seems.  Friday traditionally has been the day to wrap it up and fly back to the home district.  This stimulus bill has the Hill wired as it should!  However, those of us in the trench every day slugging it out in corporate America and – oh by the way! – paying our taxes, cannot understand why these elected officials cannot connect the dots of the ONLY way to get us peons to release more money into the economy – give us a tax holiday for 2 months.  Yes!  Trust us, if you quit yanking taxes out of our paychecks for 60 days, we’ll spend something for sure!  Now we don’t mind if you continue to yank it out of the company requirements for tax payments – after all, this is about Capitol Hill planning for money to be spent in the consumer segment! For sure, in the backoffice, the IRS will have to shift some money from one pocket to the other since zero will be coming in from our paychecks.  But I am sure they can figure it all out.  Just give us tax freedom for 2 months!!!  As we all now understand, the greatest Ponzi scheme of all is the Social Security fund.  The joke being the word ‘Security’ LOL  Any person today in their late 50’s is aware for sure that he / she will have ZERO Social Security money coming at age 70 – or whatever age – 75? – as they jack up the new age to qualify – OMG! -  It seems we’ll all be working until death do us part from the IRS.  There will be no Social Security within 5 years.  We know that.  So let’s get real:  halt payroll deducts for withholding and Social Security for 2 months and LET US SPEND!  Can this 2-headed leadership of the so far inept insensitive Tahari-suited-billionaire Pelosi and our vocabulary deficient 44 (did you have to use the verb “screwed” Mr. President?? OMG) keep the backoffice books on that ‘make them spend’ stimulus plan?  What is the real reason Capitol Hill continues to ignore this tax freedom plan to release funds to us peons?  Write your Congressman.  Everyone, pace yourself and I will do same.  Adios