I've been watching the Inauguration for most of the day and I just had to share a few more impressions with you. It's been an interesting day from the sublime to the plain ridiculous, but I can already see that this administration is going to be a lot of fun if nothing else. I was tickled that the girls are having a Scavenger Hunt in the new White House tonight. That's a fun way for them to get acquainted and start settling into their new home. Hope they get their durn puppy soon. My kids would never have been this patient!

I had a little chuckle over the stumbles in getting the oath given properly. Here is this big solemn occasion with the eyes on two of the most powerful men in the free world and they manage to muck up their lines royally. That's OK, it's still legal and it adds a nice touch of humanity to the day. They'll be replaying that one for about the next 50 years, I'm sure.

Did you see Muhammad Ali in the crowd? I just love that man and I break out in a grin every time I think of him. I so strongly remember him lighting the torch at the Atlanta games and even though his body is a mess, his spirit is still SO big! And Aretha Franklin - wow, that woman can sing. He couldn't have made a better choice to sing him into office and that hat was just TOO fabulous! Wasn't too impressed with the poet lady though and who was that old guy who gave the benediction partly in rhyme? That was a little bizarre, but kind of funny.

Oprah was surprisingly low-key. I recognized Steadman before I even saw her. You'd think at an event like this, she'd be more visible. I look forward to watching her show and seeing her impressions. I liked seeing all the Presidents too. Jimmy Carter is my favorite. I always liked him and he has gotten better and better with age. How did Bob Bennett get to be such a big deal? I know he's our Senator from Utah, but I had no idea he was such a big mucky muck.

I think the news people really blew it with the Ted Kennedy thing. The poor guy has a seizure in the middle of this very high-profile luncheon. Completely understandable - he's a million years old and he has a brain tumor, plus he's been standing around in the cold for hours, and they immediately start talking about him like he's dead. Seriously! Big difference between a mild seizure and dead, fellas! That's just tacky and very disrespectful, IMHO.

Did you get to see any of the parade? I don't think I've ever watched the parade before, but I was kind of expecting something on the lines of the Rose Parade. Something very fancy and very official and instead, one of the first things I saw was a bunch of people pushing dolled up LAWNMOWERS. I thought that was just priceless. I was expecting to see kids on bikes next. We have a parade like that on the 4th of July and I love it. It's just adorably hokey! It's the kind of parade where you dress up your dog in red, white, and blue crepe paper and anyone who feels like walking in the parade just gets up and does it. That's what America is all about!

OK, a word about the Neighborhood Ball. Sting with a beard - ugh! And a messy beard too. I kept looking at him and thinking he looked very familiar, but I had no clue until they introduced him. Beyonce and Mariah - hmmmm. That's not quite how I would have dressed to meet the new Prez. They were pretty dresses, but they didn't leave much to the imagination, I thought. OK, maybe I'm just a prude, but I wouldn't want my Mama and my preacher and my 4th grade math teacher to be seeing me looking like that.

And speaking of dresses - ohmygosh Michelle! I don't mean to nitpick, but out of all the dresses in the universe, why would you pick the one that makes you look like a mummy with little cottonballs stuck to your butt???


I got another chuckle as she and the President had their first dance. Looks like we managed to find the only black man in America who CAN'T dance? That's OK, we'll keep him anyway!

PS: Is it just me, or does Michelle walk like a linebacker? Shhhh. Pretend I didn't say that, but next time you see her walk, take a look and see what you think....


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