Iraq: National Sovereignty Day

The first step toward withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq officially started today. Iraq is celebrating the beginning of the end of six years of war. It is everyone's hope that Iraq will be able to maintain peace and order in their country without the help of foreign troops.

"While we celebrate this day, we express our thanks and gratitude to our friends in the coalition forces who faced risks and responsibilities and sustained casualties and damage while helping Iraq to get rid from the ugliest dictatorship and during the joint effort to impose security and stability," President Talabani said.

President Obama anticipates that all combat troops with be out of Iraq by August 2010.

For the Fashion Forward Man

Ewwwww! I'm going with hideous here.

From The Frisky:

Oh, Jean-Paul Gautier, you never cease to entertain. At his Spring 2010 menswear show the designer has a few of his male models strut down the runway in denim tube tops. While I don’t think this is a trend that will trickle down to the masses, will fashion-obsessed celebs like Kanye West embrace it? Guess we’ll see…

Dog Fest on Lambert's Cove

Beau, our old Lab grew up on Lambert's Cove. He has been rather ill lately and we've been hoping he'd have one more summer on Martha's Vineyard. There's still a lot of dog left in him this morning!

Ain't No Sunshine, but It's All Good

We're all falling into the summer groove despite the lack of sunshine on the vineyard. The bloghusband caught two giant blue fish while out on Osprey with friends. I did a four-mile run around West Chop. The boys took a 16-mile bike ride. Add some kayaking, Frisbee, beach paddle and we're off to a great start. Even Beau is feeling better now that he's home on the island.

Horizontal on the Vineyard

It's good to be on vacation.

Best Birthday Present Ever

Our very old Lab, Beau, had a messy accident in the house. The blogson cleaned it all up and said to me, "Happy Birthday."

New iPhone Comes to Market on my Birthday!!!

Friday is the big day for the arrival of the new iPhone. It just so happens to be my birthday, too. I told the bloghusband that my first generation iPhone is still perfect and still my favorite gift of all time. Why waste money on a new phone? It has voice command, a compass, the cut and paste feature, spotlight search, landscape keyboard and is really, really faster than that first dinosaur!

Bumper Sticker of the Day

House Hunting on Captiva

Public Remnants of a Dream

Blogs. According to a survey by Technorati, the NYT reveals today
that approximately 95% of blogs are abandoned over a 120 day period.
They cite a number of reasons for people simply losing interest in
blogging, but no where does it mention stalkers from San Mateo, Ca.

Changed and Confused

As I spend some some quiet time, with a cup of joe and the Sunday New York Times in Captiva, Fl, I can't help but wonder if world leaders are as confused as everyday Americans by Obama's policies bringing change and humility to world-power leadership.

Drama in Sleepy Town

My little Norman Rockwell town had it's first multiple burglary case in 75 years yesterday. Guess who was among the record-shattering statistic? Yes, indeed. The bloghome made news with an afternoon breaking and entering incident. The perp(s) entered the locked garage and my car before being frightened off. It was very unsettling to know that this was going on while I was in the house. The two leashes in my vehicle may have scared them away. Our ferocious Labs were sleeping soundly throughout the break-in.

RIP Old Yeller

Fainting Goats

So cute, and so silly.