Dear Republican National Committee:

Please stop spamming me.
You're barking up the wrong tree.

Thanks.

we went to california (sacramento) last weekend so that zoe could meet more family. it was a nice trip, but it was even nicer to get back home. miss zoe was a champ and did really well with all the time on the plane.

we rented a car, which we took back on sunday morning. yesterday afternoon, the rental company calls up rob & asks when he's going to turn the car in. eh? he faxed them a bunch of the paperwork, so hopefully they'll get it figured out here soon.

AUSTIN -- Same-sex marriages or civil unions will not be recognized in Texas under legislation that Gov. Rick Perry signed Tuesday.

whew! it's good to know that went through.

Perry signed the measure in a private meeting in his Capitol office, where he was joined by backers of the bill. News reporters were not allowed to attend.

"Like the vast majority of Texans, I believe that marriage represents a sacred union between a man and a woman. With passage of the Defense of Marriage Act, Texas now joins more than 30 states in reinforcing that basic belief," Perry said in a prepared statement afterward.

oh cease it with your 'basic belief' nonsense. why didn't they just draft a bill that says "gay people are bad"? that sure seems to be their point.

"It defends and protects the institution of marriage that candidly has been under attack the last 25 years," Wentworth said.

it's been candidly under attack for the last 25 years? wow. regardless, Mr. Wentworth was also busy with this legislation:

Public school students will observe a minute of silence to reflect, meditate or pray and recite pledges of allegiance starting next school year under a bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Rick Perry.

Unless their parents submit a written objection, students, regardless of citizenship status, will be required to participate in the pledges and moment of silence. However, the bill provides no penalties for students who fail to do so.

what in the hell is that all about? argh. perhaps i should write entries when i'm more coherent.

miss zoe went to her first hockey game last night.

she laughed.	she cried.

aeros lost 5-4 in double overtime. boo! oh well, they still lead the series 3-2, so now back to grand rapids for game 6 (and perhaps, game 7).

i've been not updating. i've been not writing and/or answering emails. i use the computer daily, but generally, i read some stuff and that's about it. then later i think about how i should have wrote about this or that, or how i should have answered that email from weeks ago. blah. i don't know what my deal is. part of the reason i set this thing up was because i thought i could find the time & motivation to write short bursts of my babble rather than trying to sit down daily, collect my thoughts and put them into words. i'm not doing that, though.

i also forgot to write an update about miss zoe's 4-month checkup (which was nearly a month ago now as she'll be 5 months old on monday). she was up to 14 pounds, 14 1/2 ounces and 25 1/2 inches tall. of course she's even bigger now. some of the 3-6 months clothing is already getting too small. apparently baby clothing is like adult clothing in that the same size in different brands is not the same size at all. good thing they start 'em out young with that.

i don't know what my problem is lately. i'm just horrible about updating this thing. it's not as if i have absolutely no time. granted, it's here and there around miss zoe and other business, but still. it's not as if i have nothing to talk about. i guess part of it, though, is that most of what i'd sit down and write about is just my ranting on about something or other. and that gets old.

my brother is here visiting from japan this week. i think we're going to go out tomorrow night and do something. i suppose one of the grandmas will babysit for us. see what a great mom i am - i haven't even figured that out yet.

i updated miss zoe's photo album today. my favorites are here, here, and here.