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My First 100 Days of Obama's Presidency

posted April 23, 2009 - 9:16pm
My First 100 Days of Obama's Presidency

I know President Obama has had his work cut out for him since taking his oath of office, but let me tell you, I've been busy as well these last 100 days. Here are the highlights:

1. I changed my user icon from the green eye to the green apple and I had a good reason for doing that. Change is good! wHATUP seems to think it's because I'm "sour". Not even close buddy! Well...sometimes.

2. I did not get a new dog. I have my hands full with my cat. He's been on a tear and I mean that literally. A month ago, I came home from work and the carnage was everywhere. He "played" with all 8 rolls of Bounty paper towels that I had previously set down next to the pantry and it looked like it snowed in the house. These were the good towels, too, that you can tear off in small, medium or large pieces. That option doesn't matter anymore when they're shredded.

3. I made a controversial decision. Our analog television will die as expected in June and I will not be buying a converter box. Pleas were made but I will stand firm. It's for the greater good.

4. I worked on the economic situation. Of my checking account. I have got to gain control of my coffee habit. The paper trail leading back to my debit card is damning evidence. I had previously promised to stop buying coffee shop Americanos but have failed to uphold this policy.

5. I've improved foreign relations. My in-laws live on another continent and I always try to avoid the Skype camera when they are online. Now, I'm making an effort to communicate more with them, even when they ring through very early...on Sunday mornings...on my only day off.

So, Mr. President, it looks like we've both faced challenges this past 100 days. Of course, at the end of your four to eight years, you'll leave behind a legacy that will be written about in history books. I'll have a diary that I've kept, unless the cat gets to it.

Author: Mia Northwest
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Mia this is funny! Join

Chris Crow - Wed, 2009-29-4 1:03 pm
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Mia's 100 days

Idlewild - Wed, 2009-29-4 12:32 am
Memo to Mia: Please do NOT have your private 747 circle around my house so that you can take photos of it. The other 100-days dude did it the other day, and a lot of people got rattled (literally).

Mia's Green apple icon

kjhack - Mon, 2009-27-4 11:11 pm
Your user icon always reminds of Apple Records. If we flip it around, will we see the inside of the apple, just like the flip-side of Abbey Road? :) ↑ Grab this Headline Animator

 
 

Challenges

champagnedreams - Mon, 2009-27-4 10:59 pm
Sure had your challenges. Hope the next 100 will be better. Enjoyed reading this. Make a lot of money writing on Xomba. Join Xomba here. View My Profile.

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First 100 days

Idlewild - Sun, 2009-26-4 1:08 pm
Those are some solid achievements, Mia. Hope your coffee habit doesn't cause your family "deficit" to balloon like the Federal govt's! So you're not getting the DTV converter... don't you want to watch those PBS dramas, and let your kids watch their nature specials? Anyway, congrats, and we'll all look forward to your next press conference or State of the Household address!

I have to say this was

johnnyg456 - Sun, 2009-26-4 5:45 am
I have to say this was pretty funny. Thx for sharing +1

100 Days!

mamamia07 - Sun, 2009-26-4 3:38 am
That sure has been a busy 100 days! Maybe you could write your semi-annual, annual, 500 days, 1000 days exp. as well - at least would make more interesting read than ... !!! Am sure no need to tell you I enjoy whatever you write:-) My Xomba Page

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How to make your next 100 days happier - Solutions for 1st 100

Joseph E Howard - Fri, 2009-24-4 3:17 pm
Aside from reading minds (Xomba Credentials) I have answers for you on the first 100 day run (and you did run, right?) 1. I love your Green Apple icon! As, far, as, wHATUP, well, just consider the source for start. Poor wHATUP. He needs to get a mirror, stand in front of it, and realize the big question is where is his head? He might have to turn around, and try and see wHATUP is his head? It's pretty dark where it's at, but, at least he'll know "what-up" space his head is in. (sorry wHATUP) 2. Let's not beat the cat. He just wanted to help you really focus on spring cleaning really well. And, it wasn't just to reduce the towels to smaller pieces either. You, know, about those places we can never really get clean because it just takes something like a cue-tip to reach. Those big bounty towels would never be effective in their current size, and your cat realized it. But, real small towels would. You can now take the itsy-bitsy towels and wrap them around a small stick or bobby-pin and reach those hard to get places. Now, you can really spring-clean. See, the cat knew it was spring, and here you thought he was being mean. Enjoy those towels. 3. No HDTV? I bet that didn't sit well with the Girls of Summer. Tell them not to worry, they can watch many current shows at the websites of the television networks, CBS, is exceptionally great and easy. 4. Listen, Mia, I, too, once had this problem with coffee. There's no reason to lower the grade. About 4 years ago I was spending a lot too. I went to Overstock.com and checked their auctions for an espresso machine. I was able to win-a-bid on a $169.95 Delonghi (3rd largest Espresso machine manufacturer in the world) for a mere $38. It still works today. It was a demo. It has 20 lbs of pressure to make the coffee, and all the goody coffees, espressos, and teas you could ever imagine. Buy a machine Mia. Another good place to check out is fortunaenterprises.com It was Fortuna's auction on Overstock where I got my machine. If you do this BUY THE BEST COFFEE. I recommend Stumptown. You can buy it at New Seasons. right in Beaverton. Oh, my, gosh, my brain is tingling, and when that happens I lose my powers, so, I can't help you with you in-laws - sorry +1 _____________ It does matter what you believe, but, what you believe does not matter if you do not act upon your beliefs. you can not vote on the truth --Pope John Paul II, 1995

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#3. Practice. Take a hammer to the screen.

Les Porter - Fri, 2009-24-4 2:28 am
You might want to set is outside to hammer it. Otherwise just unplug and practice the future without tv. use your Xomba earnings to buy a box. watch cnn? probably not. . . I am watching cnn's "lifting the veil," and I see no reason for the Taliban to be allowed to exist among mankind. Islam has several bad memes, is itself unable to fix itself. This illness of mankind has been staging its own death dance for about 700 years. that is not the perspective of CNN. But if you saw it you might learn from it. And maybe not, too. I do not need coffee. Your cat sounds full of life and fun. Learn the time zones. Exploit them as they do you. Change is inevitable. With no change, physically, time stops. Hmmm? I wrote about Time long ago for Cory. Learn about changes. You would be pretty dull if you did not change. Green is a good color. Fried Green Apples? We need a ten-fold increase in photosynthesis. And we need that for quite a number of years.

That's a tough 100 days

taprial - Fri, 2009-24-4 1:24 am
four to eight years later Obama will be a "used to be" but you will still be around. You do have a love-hate relationship with words beginning with the letter C. Change, Cat, converter box, coffee and camera. Nice. Liked it. + 1 Bare Essentials

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