Most importantly, my husband is on a plane to Singapore, the first leg of his journey home. :-)

But the icing on this week's cake:

Nancy Pelosi, the new Speaker of the House, yay!
The super-scary Rick Santorum---fired!
Current favorite buzzword of the press (and me, too): rebuke/d
Rumsfeld---fired! (cuz you know he was, although my Rep. neighbor here insists he has "retired")
George Allen---fired! (now he has plenty of time to reorganize his Confederate flag collection)
Remember Tom DeLay, the disgraced former Congressman and gerrymanderer extraordinaire who redistricted Texas so that it would be nearly impossible for a Democrat to ever win there again? Well, his former seat was won by a DEMOCRAT!
Karl Rove apparently learned "the math" on Bush's "No Child Left Behind" education reform program. ;-)

Oh, I could go on, but I have a curry to get in the slow cooker so it's ready by Big Jim's lunch-time arrival tomorrow. Seriously, though, I don't believe I have been filled with this much political hope since 1992. A heavy veil has been lifted, and I finally believe the United States is on the right track again. :-)

(Note to George: please tell your speech writers to stop using the damn cowboy references [I heard that ridiculous "rodeo" comment at your press conference yesterday]: the bull has more than thumped you, buddy; plus, it's just so lame, this faux rancher exterior you cling to. NOBODY believes you ever participated in a rodeo, except maybe as a clown, ok?)

Finally, perhaps one of my favorite 2006 voting stories, from my home county of Berks:

Content on voting, Pa. woman, 95, calls 911

Associated Press

READING, Pa. - Anna Urban has been voting since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president and wasn't about to miss an election.

When the 95-year-old Reading resident didn't have a ride to the polls Tuesday, she didn't hesitate. She dialed 911.

Dispatchers forwarded the call to the Berks County Election Services office, where it was considered a compliment.

"To call 911 and ask for help to vote really says a lot," said Deborah M. Olivieri, election services director. "It meant a lot to everyone in this office; it made us feel what we do is worthwhile."

County Commissioner Judith L. Schwank immediately picked up Urban, and Urban walked to the voting booth at Millmont Elementary School on her arm.

"All my life I voted," said Urban, a Democrat, who cast her first ballot in the 1930s. "You need to vote to be a good citizen."

Bless every Anna Urban who rocked the vote Tuesday. :-)

Now, I really must get to that curry.

hasta pronto,
mylifeinspain