December 2008 ~ about actorcharles dance

Today I noticed that we're 40 days away from the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America. Yes, Barack Obama will take oath on January 20, 2009. And thus I dedicate this blogpost to him and a total of 44 things (some rough rounding used) he will be starting with when he inherits the White House from our current Commander-in-Chief.

Note: some of these weren't started by President George W Bush, but they may have been exacerbated by President #43.

1 -struggling economy

1 -energy crisis

2 -unpopular wars

3 -failing domestic auto manufacturers

7 -percent unemployment rate

8 -out of 10 Americans are overweight

10 -major global conflicts (according to cnn.com)

11 -trillion dollar national debt, AND

1 -heaping helping of HOPE!

Here is a great link that shows how he is an ordinary man who does ordinary things in addition to serving our country.

Note: I'm finishing this post in Jan 2012, so I'll keep it brief and use lots of pictures. Better late than never, right?

As I get older, I am getting more subdued in my birthday celebrations.

But I still don't want to get boring!

The birthday kids

So for the my 28th, I joined forces with two of my friends, Megan and Anne, since our birthdays are all in December and that way we could throw a good bash all together.

Mmm, Georgetown cupcakes!

Mostly it was a night to socialize and chomp tasty foods, which was what we wanted.
And that gave us all a good chance to catch up with the wonderful well-wishers that came by.