That screaming sound you just heard? Was me discovering that DirecTV has added a UPN channel to their programming. A UPN channel. The channel that shows VERONICA MARS.

I can start watching VERONICA MARS AS OF TONIGHT.

Did I type that loud enough for ya?

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LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Jennifer Granholm will sign a bill requiring abortion providers to give pregnant women the option to see ultrasound images of their fetuses, a spokeswoman says.

I’ve started two separate posts on this and deleted both of them. The gist of both entries went something like this: I am Pro-Choice, I’ve never had an abortion, but I imagine it’s hard enough to drive to Planned Parenthood itself without being asked if you want to see your fetus on an ultrasound. I’m sure there were all kinds of reasons why the bill passed, but I still don’t like it.

That’s all I’m going to say about that. Here’s the complete link to the news story:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060320/ap_on_re_us/abortion_ultrasound

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I want to acknowledge and welcome two new commenters to the Table. First is Jenn of Jennster’s Blog. If you look at my comments from yesterday you’ll see her profile photo-she is a pretty lady I tell ya! And totally rockin’ that scarf. Her blog is excellent, I recommend stopping by.

Next is DeAnn of TV Goddess. That’s right, TV Goddess! A woman after my own heart! And she had a link to a Cafe Press page that sells “Serenity” and “Firefly” stuff. I wish that freakin’ money truck would hurry up and get here so I could buy everything they sell. A license plate frame that says “Wash is my Co-pilot”! A t-shirt that reads “Kaylee’s Spaceship Engine Repair”! Waaaaannntttt them! I may just love DeAnn a little now.

Thanks for stopping by, ladies. Always room for more at the Table.

Edited from the earlier post:My Mother-in-law is in the hospital. She is pretty sick and will need IV fluids and some tests, but she should make a full recovery. My sister-in-law and her family have driven up from Toledo to be with her and to talk to the doctors. Unfortunately this is my husband’s last week of work at his current job so he could only take Wednesday and Thursday off. We’ll go up Saturday and spend the night at Mom’s house. I’ll be doing some cleaning and getting her bills organized. Let’s hope I don’t have to use the word “hospital” again for a long time.

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Mrs. Fortune mentioned stopping by my blog to read my American Idol recap. Which is flattering, and now that I look back at my archives I realize I have been using Thursday to discuss “Idol” and other TV-related topics.

I did have Idol on the TV on Tuesday, but I was only half-watching. I know about Stevie Wonder, and it is pretty amazing that the contestants got to spend time with him individually having him help them pick a song to sing. I tried to explain to Ryan why Bucky was crying.

“Imagine if you sat down to write a story about Harry Potter, and J.K. Rowling was sitting next to you reading your story and helping you write it.” He understood.

As for the actual singing, I heard Ace and the first girl. They both seemed off-key, like they were having trouble finding the tune. I understood why on Wednesday night when Stevie sang. When he sings some songs he uses his voice to sing around the tune. His voice dips, and slides, always ending up back on key. It’s hard to sing something like that note for note. I read over on Ninja Poodles that “Doogie” (I think she means Kevin Covais) sang “Part-Time Lover”. I’m really glad I didn’t hear that. No disrespect to Mr. Wonder, but that song is annoying as hell.

What did Chris Daughtry sing? I can’t imagine how he found a Stevie Wonder song that fit his voice and style. And what the heck was up with Bucky’s hair? I assume they have hair and makeup people, one of them thought Bucky would look good with soft, shiny curls? Uh, no.

I also caught the opening number Wednesday. What does the song “All I Need” have to do with camping exactly? The set was wrong, the costumes were wrong, Ace wearing a MONSTER SUIT with a big scary head was WRONG.

As for why no complete recap, there has been a major crisis in my family this week involving my mother-in-law. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital yesterday, and my husband left work and drove up 3 hours to be with her. I want to say more, because it would be good to get the story off my chest, but I want to make sure it’s okay with Chris first. He might want to protect his mother’s privacy by having me not discuss it, I don’t know. But suffice it to say that Tuesday night was somewhat stressful, Wednesday morning was full-blown stress and panic, and the rest of yesterday was upsetting.

I do have good news, amazingly enough. Chris is leaving his current job on Friday and on Monday starts a new job that is more suited to his skills and interests and is paying him a LOT more money. He probably wouldn’t mind me revealing that he has been working for Electronic Data Systems, they used to be part of GM and then were spun off, and they provide GM’s Information Technology support as well as supporting other clients. The reason Chris is leaving? Most of the jobs are being outsourced overseas. His team will continue until Spring of 2007, but there’s no guarantee after that. And it was time for him to move on. This new company has great benefits, the only downside is that it is about a 30 minute drive each way, which means no more driving him to work so I can have a car. We’ll have to get another used one at some point.

So that’s the current news at this point. Now that the baby has gone down for her morning nap I’m planning to crawl into bed with “Outlander” and maybe even sleep a little.

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I took photos of the baby today, because she is too cute, and because my cousin sent me new clothes and it’s fun to play dress-up. Especially with hats, because if she’s anything like her brothers, she won’t keep a hat on for anything once she’s old enough to snatch them off her head.

I’m thinking this hat probably won’t fit her by Halloween, although she has a teeny head compared to some of the similar age babies I’ve met in the grocery store. And I’ve been waiting for months to put this cardigan on her, it is incredibly soft and just needed the right outfit to go underneath. Thanks again Kyle!

I took this picture on Monday while Chris was at work, because he is very much against baby headbands. But I think she looks really cute! Although I was surprised when I took it off and the gathered material had left marks on her forehead. Maybe it was too small?

This picture is actually from Sunday, I leaned her up against that pillow while I made a bottle (I know, I know) and she toppled over, fell asleep instantly, and then of course Blackdrop had to come and lay down next to her warm head. Ryan looked at this picture and said that with Kaitlyn in light colors next to the dark cat, it looked like Yin & Yang. I asked him where he learned about Yin & Yang and he said from the cartoon “Jackie Chan Adventures”. Hmmm.

The next set I post will hopefully be of Chris and the boys, because they’re cute too. They probably won’t be wearing headbands, though. Or pumpkin hats.

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