It's been an interesting week . . .

I spent a good part of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening watching the DNC, drinking pinot grigio, and live blogging with Knitters for Obama. It's actually been alot of fun. As a democrat growing up and living in Orange County, I've always had to look elsewhere to find like-minded people, and blogging has been a great way to connect with my fellow Dems.

I thought most of the headline speakers did amazing jobs - Michelle Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore, Joe Biden, and of course, Barack Obama.

Since my life motto is expect the worst and hope for the best, I'm cautiously optimistic about the election.

McCain's pick for VP was an interesting and rather odd choice. If I was a qualified GOP woman, like Elizabeth Dole or Kay Hutchinson, I'd be pissed. While many women, myself included, are pleased to see a woman nominee, picking the inexperienced beauty queen for the second highest office in the land is a slap in the face of women who have worked long and hard to get where they are today. But I think what I find most insulting is that I believe McCain thinks picking any woman would do, and that female voters would flock to him regardless of the nominee's views or qualifications.

Mother Nature may get the last laugh over the GOP and its refusal to acknowledge global warming, when the GOP muckymucks abandon the convention next week to pretend they care about New Orleans drowning . . . again.

Hanna visited the vet today for a suture check and to have some fluid drained. She's getting her piss and vinegar back, and the surgeon referred to her as Super Dog. Here she is reflected in my rear view mirror as we drive back from the vet's.