Puppets and Politics

I couldn't resist the title, but this is seriously what our week has been about! :)

Addie and I traveled back from Texas on New Year's Day, from warm 70 degree weather to a frosty 8, yes folks... 8 little ol' degrees. Thankfully it is in the 40s right now and we are thawing out a bit for the next 24 hours before we get more snow!

The scramble to recover from a never ending cold for me, a new cold for Addie, and a day of travel was complicated by the very exciting Iowa Caucuses this past Thursday night. I've posted the only picture Anthony got. It's kinda hard to see what's going on, but at the moment the man standing next to me was explaining why he was supporting John McCain (no comment) and I am looking so in charge there with my hand on my hip. I seriously never realize that my hand is on my hip, but this is not the first time I've gotten pictures back from an event I was in charge of where my hand is on my hip. Yick...I'm one of "those" hand-on-hip people.

Back to the politics...we had a great night. I was the chairperson for my precinct, so I was running the show. The turnout was twice my expectation, but not as bad as I heard others got. At least people showed up early & everyone was checked in by 7 so I could close the doors. It was a lot of fun and I was very happy to see my candidate (Romney) win my caucus as well as my county where we've been active supporters! I was very sad and frustrated to see that Huck beat Romney, but I'm still optimistic that Americans will wise up to the idea of nominating a "nice guy" who is also qualified for the job of leading the free world. (Please remember that any nasty anonymous comments will be removed prior to public enjoyment so keep them to yourself.) That's where I'll stop...Oh, and I am now a county delegate which is just the first step of 3 in getting to the National GOP Convention so that's kinda cool too.

As for the puppets...Really, we went to see a puppet show today and I'm not just poking fun at the politicians. It was "The Practically Perfect Frog Prince" and it was put on by a group of children at the library. It was pretty cute. The frog puppets kinda freaked Addie out now and then, but she enjoyed dancing to the music. The princess was Princess Adeline, so I think she recognized that her name was said a few times (no, we do not call her Princess Adeline...just Adeline!)

Addie seems to have had a switch flipped this week. Maybe it has something to do with being away from home for a few weeks or being sick and starting to feel better. She is truly into everything! It's so funny. After playing with Tiger, my mother's dog, she now now actually plays with her toy dog stuffed animals like they are dogs. She pets them, makes them walk, etc. So funny. Yesterday morning I was putting my makeup on in the floor of my room so that she could play around near me. She sat down in my lap, reached into my bag, pulled out the eyelash curler, and started pretending to curl her lashes!! So funny. I'd better watch it with this little copy cat!

Sorry about the not so great pictures. I left the cord to my camera in Texas so these are both taken with the iPhone.