Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses...

My computer screen is pink. There is something wrong with our poor little Mac. It is older than any of our children and has performed well, so I suppose we cannot complain too much. For the record, looking at the world through a rose-colored computer screen...not all it's cracked up to be. I can't see links if they are merely of a different hue instead of underlined - that's kind of frustrating. There are all sorts of other issues. Strangely enough, red looks like it might be blue in my pink computer screen. There's my latest excuse for being absent from the blogosphere. My own pictures look weird, so I don't feel a strong inclination to post them. Who knows if they have red eye or not???

That said, we went TOTALLY red yesterday (everyone in the family in red coats) to attend the Palin rally. It was within walking distance from our house, and we were politically motivated enough to brave a little wind to see Sarah herself. It was great fun! Spencer and his buddy "the other Spencer" from our ward hung out in the double stroller, pausing from their play to shout "U-S-A" and wave their red pom-poms. Emma loved the music and was rocking out. I thought it was pretty funny to hear Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" as Palin's theme song when she came onstage. Adam found lots of people with which to engage in politically charged conversation. We all had a good time.

A few photos from our going RED.

Emma and me
Spencer and "the other Spencer" (their title for each other)
Adam and Spencer
Sarah Palin and "Tito the Builder" - VA's version of Joe the Plumber

8 comments:

Celeste Elaine said...

At long last! It is good to have you back, Marie!

See you next week, apparently ;-)

Emily said...

Cute blog! I'm so glad we ran into you at the rally--it definitely made it better for my Spencer (and I enjoyed your company as well). We had fun at the park today and will have to do it again soon!

Just Katy said...

I never thought I 'd see the day, but it'll be fun to have some commies in the family.

Just Katy said...

Red = communism, right?

Marie W said...

In this case just Republican. :0) Sorry to disappoint, Katy.

Aaron said...

I've always thought it more appropriate for the Republicans to be blue given Democratic sympathies for socialism. "Red" and "blue" were actually only assigned recently to our respective political parties. I guess we got red as part of the vast left wing conspiracy. ;)

Melinda said...

I loved the birthday phone message, Marie! Cute family. Love you!

7Carters!E,H,V,B,R,C,E said...

Marie!! I met your sister Celeste in the aiport on the way home from your appointment in DC...need to hear all about that, it sounds like a dream!!