the pollitzer sisters

• http://www.c4women.org/news/news_post_060322.htm
• to anita, mabel and carrie who worked to gain me the right to vote, to visit a library and to attend college. i though about them a lot yesterday as i drove to the little school where i vote.
• the democratic primary being held in south carolina where the rebel flag issue is still being debated each day in our statehouse, in our schools, at our dinner tables and in our churches. where the defense of good decent people is that it is our heritage, it's not about hate. where other good decent people say it hurts them to their core - it is our heritage and it's all about hate. where in the naacp boycotted state of south carolina, a visionary man with an african father and white mother from iowa can win a presidential primary over an incredible hometown boy and an amazing woman of passion. yes, the change is here.
• the changes in our own family as big d and shelbs voted yesterday. not last saturday in the republican primary, but in the democratic primary for many of the same reasons i did. yes, change is here.
• and on a lighter note, for maternity clothes that don't have poofs and bows. so that i can look like me while i'm the size of a car instead of like me with bows and butterflies while i'm the size of a car! yes, change is here.
• for the birth of phenix rose campbell and the changes he's brought about already in his daddy.
• for the 'big ultrasound' being scheduled for feburary 4 at med u. a meeting with a fetal maternal specialist that day as well.
• lunch with chandler and elizabeth and a surprise visit with melinda yesterday after we all voted.
• elizabeth's face lighting up when she sees me.
• a good week with the bigwigs in the office being over! being over budget for the first time all year. the stress relief that brings. the wisdom of janet and maryanne and the gentleness of their delivery.
• holland house special last night the way daddy used to make it - simple, no frills. yum.
• a quick chat with michelle yesterday.
• time with my mama at the maternity and infant boutique. how sheeshee. somehow i don't see this child wearing hundred dollar outfits. . . but she does. and that's cool.
• poppie being back in the woody bilton ford saddle again and enjoying his work.
• uncle greg being home from the hospital after a bout of pneumonia.
• aunt viki being happier than i've heard her in a long long time.
• my 3 girls - miss peabody who makes me laugh, abbie who cuddles, and sandy who is the steady sweet one here to protect me from any child on a bike riding down the street on the other side of her fence.
• you my slobbery one, you.

birthday week!

• perhaps the best birthday of my adult life - lots of calls and cards and emails.
• a wonderful treat at the 'mom spa' in mt pleasant, courtesy of the people that clean my house and my husband. he called and added on to my service as a surprise!
• dinner at fig - finally - four years in the making and worth every minute and dollar. yummy food, quiet time with david. the perfect dinner.
• a productive week - having 3 new employees start on monday which i recruited. haven't had to do that in a while and i didn't forget how!
• a hard move into our new office. it's over!
• a trip to houston planned for tuesday of this week. getting to see how another office is run as a step closer to my new role.
• david showing up on friday afternoon and helping with the move.
• benjamin spending the night friday night and having fun squirrell hunting with david. gross, eewww, yuck and all of that - he seems to be learning the respect that comes with holding a gun and hunting.
• david going with me yesterday to set up my new 'cube'. his good ideas for space efficiency (sp) with the small small space and all my stuff to make the office 'homey'.
• researching the world that is the ipod and how to get it hooked up in my car for less than a million dollars and with clear sound. it may not be possible, but i'm learning something so that's to be grateful for!
• plans in a few minutes to go to a movie with karen and candice at the terrace on james island.
• the cowboys for entertaining david at 4:30 today.
• david doing laundry and helping me get the house ready for it to be cleaned on thursday.
• purging more junque! to goodwill.
• less than 24 hours to baby campbell! kevin and cynthia doing the belly caste on saturday night. how much fun is that?!
• the eyes this child will have from his daddy!
• you, my clear sounding ipod, you!

happy new year!

• an oyster roast at the pond house with some of my favorite people last night. uncle john cookin' up some nice oysters. although i couldn't eat them, the smell was quite satisfying.
• sparkling pomegranate juice.
• mom's 7 layer dip
• a day off on friday with david to just be together. lunch and visits and a movie to reconnect.
• 2007 and all the joy that it brought. reconnections and reunions, trips and visits.
• january to indiana to celebrate dad's big birthday. some stolen time with craig and michelle and some 2 buck chuck at a pottery place.
• april to sedona with denise to celebrate 20 years of friendship. more 2 buck chuck - massages from the massage school, a bit of hiking, a bit of sleeping late, a trip to the grand canyon, a kiss from a giraffe, vegan food and the pool and hot tub at the resort that rocked! 'upgrading' the rental car to a corolla! we were styling! fancy coffee everyday.
• a july 4th week at edisto.
• a floatilla down the river. out with the tide, in with the tide. lemoncello and boiled peanuts. the best day!
• july and august to park city for training and connections with amazing people.
• 100+ club and a diamond for my watch from last year.
• august to atlanta for the braves game with brad, denise, amelia and wesley for david's belated birthday.
• tyler's 2nd birthday. good conversations with cindy this year about him and them and wisconsin. more reconnection time in 2008.
• labor day to hendersonville.
• the move into the new room and the first fire in the fireplace!
• october to orlando for craig's race. holy cow.
• dad and chris visiting in november.
• a quick trip to asheville in november for a baby shower for kevin and cynthia. reconnection with vance! nicholas, craig and michelle and bird (ha) and ani difranco! and dennis kuchinich. amazing. the house, the food, the company.
• mom's wedding in april. the surprise and delight of that day.
• mom in her purple dress. recently at her all girls' xmas party - a woman said to melinda - 'gasp, did she wear black to her wedding?' 'no,' melinda said,' PURPLE!
• melinda.
• angel oak in all its glory.
• my new family - melissa and jimmy and the kids - justine, caden, little jimmy and shaelyn, sam and jilly bean, whitney. my new aunts and of course - poppie.
• monthly gastronomic delights with chandler, melinda and nicole to discover new restaurants in the city.
• david - in all his forms - david. he's quite bossy right now, but i know it's just because he wants to keep us safe. that is a good man.
• hunting season being over today!!! the wind is up so he might not even hunt tonight!
• my 33rd year being quite nice.
• chandler's principalship track - there's light in her eyes and she's a 4.0 nerd! a masters from the citadel - and she says she's not a feminist!
• nicole's first year of nursing school being over and her being a nerd too.
• michelle's orca summer
• craig's triathalon - 15 hours 23 minutes. we're still in awe.
• benjamin going hunting with david and liking it.
• big d and shelbs big adventure - 8000 miles in a car across the country and back.
• kevin and cynthia's big adventure!
• our big adventure
• dr hargrove
• dr hargrove
• dr hargrove
• the support and love we receive every every day through this pregnancy
• an easy and happy pregnancy
• lexapro and its benefits and its graceful exit from my body.
• a 2008 full of a whole new adventure
• june 2, 2008 when baby smoak shows up - hargrove said there's too much junk 'down there' for this to be a girl. so we'll see. . . .
• weekly ultrasounds
• weekly hugs from her and demands and ultimatums she puts upon david. told him friday it was none of his damn business what my weight looked like - i'm doing perfectly!
• a new year's day planned with family and friends and collards and hoppin' john for a prosperous new year.
• dinner reservations at fig next week for my birthday - food is good - fig!
• the christmas tree being down yesterday when i got home from work! all i did was put the rest of the stuff in boxes and 'poof' - the house is back to it's normal - lived in messy self.
• the new room!
• fires in the new fireplace
• david glowing as he shows off the fireplace to all who enter!
• judy blume
• 2008 being a year of new promises to see if delivered in january 2009. january 21, 2009 to be exact.
• a christmas card from angie saying, 'we are thankful to be a member of a community that supporst us and looks forward to more rational national leadership. we are happy to live in a place where the women are strong, the children are children and the town mechanic is everyone's best friend.' may we be blessed with this in the new year.
• and i could go on and on, but most importantly. . . you. may the new year bless you with tidings more than you could ask for, laughter from the soul, joy in your eyes and plenty of collards and hoppin' john to keep your wallet full and your belly content.