Say Hello to my Senator . . .

SENATOR AL FRANKEN!!

Lord it sounds good to say that for real this time. Can't wait to see him take on the GOP lie machine. This is just so completely great that I can't stop grinning.

Norm Coleman can please just disappear now, OK? I have a feeling Minnesota, and the entire US, haven't heard the last from his lying mouth and his giant white teeth.

There's a celebration rally tomorrow at noon on the Capital steps. I might cancel a few things, load up the kids, and GO!!!!

Randomness

1. Our weather yesterday was drop-dead gorgeous. I mean GORGEOUS! Dry air, sunny, temps in the low 70's. The kind of weather that shows up on Minnesota postcards. We opened every single window.

2. Hubby made the most amazing cucumber trellis from scrap wood, nails, and twine. I mean this thing is a beauty. He and I could go into business building vegetable gardens. Both cameras were out of the house yesterday. I'll get some pictures soon.

3. Due to the heat last week, my spinach has bolted. It was going to happen sooner or later. So I picked it all and made pesto from it. I stirred some with leftover bow-tie pasta, and the rest filled a jelly jar with green gold. Recipe below.
4. My raspberries are coming along beautifully. Six years ago my dear friend Diane literally stuck a twig in the ground behind my shed and now the whole corner is full of raspberry bush.

5. I'm sick of hearing about Michael Jackson. He was great in the 80's but a sad pedophile at the end. He's dead and that's all I need to know. Can we put any further news on the back pages please?

6. My husband is one lovely man, let me tell you!!!

7. We're having our annual potluck on the 4th of July at our house. If you're around it's at 6pm. Bring your own table service, meat to grill, a side dish, and a lawn chair. My backyard has the perfect view of the town fireworks.

SPINACH PESTO
About 5-6 cups of spinach
3 cloves of garlic ( or to taste)
1/3 cup Nuts - pine nuts or walnuts, again to taste or you can omit them
1/2 - 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Extra virgin olive oil

In a food processor, put the garlic cloves & nuts and give them a whirl. Stuff in the spinach and cheese. Process a few times. Now with the blade running, pour in the oil in a thin stream until the pesto has the consistency of very wet mud.

This is great of course on pasta, but we also like it on pizza, bruschetta, veggies, etc. It's as versatile as marinara sauce. And it freezes just fine.

Thank You Jenny Sanford

"His career is not a concern of mine," she (Jenny Sanford) told reporters as she departed the family's vacation home in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. "He's going to have to worry about that. I'm worried about my family and the character of my children."

Thank you Jenny, for NOT being one of those horrid spineless twits that stand behind their lying-ass cheating jerk of a husband at his press conference, while he tells the whole world that he's really a great family man and his loving wife doesn't deserve this and that nothing means more to him than his spouse and children. He had to face the press alone, like he should. I hope she takes all her money back, then cleans him out but good.

I hate those adulterer apologies - how come they aren't that sorry BEFORE the tryst? We all know he's only sorry he got caught.

And Larry Craig is only sorry there was a cop in the next bathroom stall. And Newt Gingrich is only sorry he's not on his 5th wife. And Rush Limbaugh is only sorry that one of his wives wasn't a pharmacist. And Giuliani's only sorry he can't date all the Rockettes. And Ted Haggard is only sorry he ever pretended to be straight in the first place. And John Edwards is only sorry that everyone likes his wife. And Eliot Spitzer is only sorry he paid so much.

I'd say they are just a sorry group of men.

Come again?

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford

Rudy Giuliani

Rush Limbaugh

Newt Gingrich

Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada

Hey, guys, can any of you remind me again why it destroys traditional marriage if John and Steve get married and stay together for 32 years? Explain to me again how gay marriage is the biggest threat ever to traditional family values? Tell me that story again about how you are the champion of fidelity, commitment, and about God's special love for the conservative white man. I love that story.

sweaty

It's a scorcher here.

My daughter had a soccer game tonight. I watched with the intense sun pounding on my backside, while seated in a folding chair made of kevlar. By the end of the game my shorts felt like I'd spilled a few beers, but spilled them down the back of my pants.

The only other place on earth with such extremes of temperature is Siberia. Just a few months ago we were whining about 40 below windchills, and now we're sweltering with temps in the 90's and 80% humidity.

Have I really just blogged about the weather? Am I really that dull?

World unites for democracy in Iran

My first ever swag!!!

I am a swag-virgin no longer. Our dear Dr. Monkey has sent me my first-ever piece of swag and it's a doozy! Thank you so very much Dr. Monkey.

He sent me the Jesus Christ Superstar DVD. He and my readers must have picked up on the fact that I just love this movie and it's music.

In the 1970's, my mother brought home the Broadway soundtrack on vinyl. We moaned and groaned about the "church music" she had purchased. But then we listened and we were hooked on the hard driving bass and screeching vocals. Very soon after, my sisters and I had memorized every single note and lyric. Unbeknownst to each other, we were each putting on the entire show in the living room, playing every part, when we had that rare hour alone. Now we sing along together with abandon.

I know Melinda June also shares a love of this movie. The dancing is worth every minute. If you've never seen it, what in the WORLD are you waiting for? You don't have to be a Christian to love this interpretation. I think it's time for a sing-along-JC-Superstar night at my house.

THANKS DR. MONKEY!