tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post1802515611880950498..comments2024-01-05T06:16:49.932+00:00Comments on Expat Mum: Just had to sayExpat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-15142723877608074742008-11-08T06:25:00.000+00:002008-11-08T06:25:00.000+00:00Quite. YAY! And huge sigh of relief that woman-wit...Quite. YAY! And huge sigh of relief that woman-with-brood-with-dodgy-names isn't going to have a hand in all our futures.A Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933820566793650208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-23896445820786393002008-11-07T16:08:00.000+00:002008-11-07T16:08:00.000+00:00I shared your suitcase idea.I was like: "This is i...I shared your suitcase idea.<BR/><BR/>I was like: "This is it, America. The chance to prove to me that you're everything I believe you are - or you're just a bunch of conservative hicks like all my snobboy, Eurotrash friends sneer."<BR/><BR/>The USA didn't disappoint, thank God!Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-26342264700531496832008-11-07T08:01:00.000+00:002008-11-07T08:01:00.000+00:00I am so glad. I have the 'yay' gene now as Miss E...I am so glad. I have the 'yay' gene now as Miss E is addicted to 'Suite Life of Zack and Cody' as are all her friends so they all say it. The sentiment is perfect though. Yay.Jo Beaufoixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957369658590225971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-31268174575784926992008-11-06T20:18:00.000+00:002008-11-06T20:18:00.000+00:00I thought about you - Chicago WAS the place to be ...I thought about you - Chicago WAS the place to be Tuesday night!<BR/><BR/>JanetJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494516976868488211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-1284984647402274742008-11-06T19:39:00.000+00:002008-11-06T19:39:00.000+00:00Oh have some more...It seems to be the trend!Oh have some more...It seems to be the trend!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-32415920021703050172008-11-06T18:06:00.000+00:002008-11-06T18:06:00.000+00:00Brilliant news! It was all so moving even from thi...Brilliant news! It was all so moving even from this far away, lucky you being in Chicago. I should have called my boys Track and Trig, too late now though...blogthatmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584817207287233580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-15288785518325830302008-11-06T14:18:00.000+00:002008-11-06T14:18:00.000+00:00yay! (and did no-one tell Palin what Bristol, well...yay! (and did no-one tell Palin what Bristol, well, OK, Bristols, means in English?? big mistake). Love Queenager, by the way.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-84446551436732710932008-11-06T13:47:00.000+00:002008-11-06T13:47:00.000+00:00Well, apparently I'm in the Chronicle today!Well, apparently I'm in the Chronicle today!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-78419381899547562092008-11-06T12:55:00.000+00:002008-11-06T12:55:00.000+00:00Damn! I was looking forward to welcoming you home....Damn! I was looking forward to welcoming you home. xStinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-77247501335593675562008-11-06T10:04:00.000+00:002008-11-06T10:04:00.000+00:00I really hope it goes well for President-elect Oba...I really hope it goes well for President-elect Obama. During the campaign I kept thinking about his first name. There is a bottled water in Egypt called "Baraka" and the meaning of that word, I think, in Arabic is: blessing or breath of life. Sure is.Hadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-67729147948381465182008-11-06T03:32:00.000+00:002008-11-06T03:32:00.000+00:00hahaha I'm glad Obama won though as well.by the wa...hahaha <BR/>I'm glad Obama won though as well.<BR/><BR/>by the way, I came across your book recently and it looks great! Hope to check it out sometime soon.<BR/><BR/>-Lauren<BR/>shooting stars zineShooting Stars Maghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074581473656321052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-89727670645199120722008-11-05T23:13:00.000+00:002008-11-05T23:13:00.000+00:00Here here. It feels like this campaign has been ru...Here here. It feels like this campaign has been running since I was a little girl myself so I relieved it's over for that reason too!<BR/>Plus if I see any more jokes or pokes at Palin I might just start feeling sorry for her and that just can't happen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124513427678555863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-21144051396814249282008-11-05T22:37:00.000+00:002008-11-05T22:37:00.000+00:00Just had to pop over and say "YAY" too. Have been ...Just had to pop over and say "YAY" too. Have been seeing the news this evening, and Chicago is where it's at! Wonderful news. I agree, Obama seems like a thoughtful and intelligent man. Chicago must be a very exciting place to be right now. M xxA Mother's Place is in the Wronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12383766405951386903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-85120816744015209312008-11-05T21:18:00.001+00:002008-11-05T21:18:00.001+00:00glad that you are glad! Enjoy your celebrations......glad that you are glad! Enjoy your celebrations...<BR/>OB seems like a canny lad eh?Lakeland Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263946096580997595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-46167888818982049162008-11-05T21:18:00.000+00:002008-11-05T21:18:00.000+00:00glad that you are glad! Enjoy your celebrations......glad that you are glad! Enjoy your celebrations...<BR/>OB seems like a canny lad eh?Lakeland Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263946096580997595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-15142897314835772252008-11-05T20:50:00.000+00:002008-11-05T20:50:00.000+00:00As a Republican, I am very pleased with the outcom...As a Republican, I am very pleased with the outcome. It's time to put the GOP on the naughty step so the can think about what they've done. And Obama was the better man in all respects.MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-12209649907389102782008-11-05T19:44:00.000+00:002008-11-05T19:44:00.000+00:00Brilliant! I think he was the best person to be pr...Brilliant! I think he was the best person to be president. I thought so all along!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-559467323071161922008-11-05T19:31:00.000+00:002008-11-05T19:31:00.000+00:00A wonderful and very historic day indeed!!! Now pe...A wonderful and very historic day indeed!!! Now perhaps there will finally be equal rights for absolutely everyone!<BR/>And let's hope that now all the chaos in the world can stop after all those Bush years... ;)® ♫ The Brit ♪ ®https://www.blogger.com/profile/07774871861232164725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-78354828631882193572008-11-05T19:29:00.000+00:002008-11-05T19:29:00.000+00:00Fireworks are going off here for Bonfire Night, bu...Fireworks are going off here for Bonfire Night, but as far as I'm concerned they're to celebrate Obama's -- and our -- victory.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-4986700597494004372008-11-05T17:32:00.000+00:002008-11-05T17:32:00.000+00:00I've been crying all morning but have now put on m...I've been crying all morning but have now put on my "face" so mustn't smudge anything. Whoopi Goldberg was really the one that got me. She said "I now feel like I can unpack my suitcase". Can you imagine being of a people who were dragged to a country in chains and then made to feel so unwelcome? Words aren't enough.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-23016881704224529732008-11-05T17:15:00.000+00:002008-11-05T17:15:00.000+00:00YEA!!!!!!! Did you cry during his speech? I did.YEA!!!!!!! Did you cry during his speech? I did.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443153003836499323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-19452807220773227582008-11-05T16:30:00.000+00:002008-11-05T16:30:00.000+00:00It's great news....LxxIt's great news....Lxxfamily affairshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17896692261265817869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-5109525568634250052008-11-05T16:06:00.000+00:002008-11-05T16:06:00.000+00:00I envy you being over there. This could be Camelot...I envy you being over there. This could be Camelot mk 2 (or 3, actually!)Tim Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858684167484655029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-35787961687855674382008-11-05T15:45:00.000+00:002008-11-05T15:45:00.000+00:00Ditto ditto ditto - just hoping he keeps to his pr...Ditto ditto ditto - just hoping he keeps to his promise of saving the auto industry out here, else we will have to be on the plane back to Blighty....Mom/Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00377035506718286960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-29765294132050767932008-11-05T15:39:00.000+00:002008-11-05T15:39:00.000+00:00Yay! I still can't work out why in the world anyon...Yay! <BR/><BR/>I still can't work out why in the world anyone in their right mind would vote for McCain, but he had a majority in my state, so there must be lots of them around.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.com