Bow Wow Wow Yippie Yo Yippie Yay

Helloooooooooo my avid 'WTF Have I Done?' readers!!! I have been
asked to provide a posting for ms. Julie since she is too busy living
the debonair life in London dropping 'bollocks' and eating fish &
chips with Gwynnie to her heart's content...

For those who don't know me, my name is Melanie and I am one of Julie's
bestests from college...she was kind enough to be one of my bridemaids
and help me sustain my sanity, so the least I can do is try to fill
her shoes while she's off spending Tim's paycheck at Harrods...

So, without further adieu, my post:

As many of you may have heard, we have a new president-elect…it is
kind of a big deal in that we seem to have finally broken the racial
barrier as to the leader of our country. Mind you, there is still a
lot of work to be done, but we are FINALLY headed in the right
direction!!!

I woke up first thing last Tuesday excited to have my voice heard –
this is the third presidential election that I have been able to cast
my vote – that makes me feel old. I did vote in the previous two but
alas, like Ben Affleck, whomever I voiced my support for seemed to
lose…(sorry Gore & Kerry). I may not have as an emotional story as
Julie (which was a moving one), but the same excitement coursed
through my veins as I walked with my husband to our polling station at
of 7:00 am. I am proud to say the nation finally seemed to agree with
me and we did it. :o)

So what to me is the most exciting thing about having a first family
that is adorable, compassionate, hardworking, dedicated (not only with
the nation, but with one another), and down to earth? The fact that
in his acceptance speech Barack promised his little girls a dog for
the White House.

To those who may now know, I am a HUGE animal lover (and thank
goodness Massachusetts voted to ban dog racing). This promise
prompted me to start a list of possible names for the first pooch.
They are as follows:

• Mobama
• Change
• Trigger
• Cali(fornia)
• Hope
• Virginia
• Equality
• Florida
• Hillary
• Russia
• Fred (Armisen)
• And my personal favorite: Maverick


Thoughts???


P.S. I think it's about time that Microsoft Word starts to recognize
Barack Obama…make sure you add it to your dictionary…