Barbara J. Hamby

Random Observations

Today I heard on the news that President Obama is considering hiring his daughters out as babysitters at some time in the future. I wonder what the Secret Service thinks about that? I have a picture of a baby sitter arriving at a parents’ doorstep with a Secret Service agent in tow. I admire the concept of teaching the girls to earn some money of their own, but can’t imagine how complicated the details might be.

So far I’ve only turned on our room air conditioner for a few hours on one or two days this year. July is nearly over and most days I’ve worn sweaters indoors nearly all day. I’m also wearing a winter bathrobe. It’s too cold for the summer cotton version. However, we are promised a couple of 90 degree plus days this weekend. That would be good timing, since our indoor pool will be closed four or five days next week for repairs. The outdoor pools should be fairly well heated after a couple of hot days.

If all goes well, tomorrow my son-in-law will install our new television in the living room and put the relatively new one that’s in there now in the spare bedroom/office.  In the morning, I’ll need to start clearing space in the office for him to work. He’ll have plenty of room in the living room.

I’ve been enjoying movies and a few isolated television shows on Hulu, projected on my computer screen. My tiny speakers don’t produce wonderful sound, but it’s adequate. I’m not sure projected is the right verb in this instance, but I’m also not sure what the correct verb would be.

Today I read two interesting snippets on the internet. One reported, at some time in the past, that Kate Gosselin was feuding with Sarah Pahlin, vowing to sell more copies of her book than Sarah sold and bad mouthing Sarah’s writing. Next, I read that Kate and her brood will be camping for television in Alaska, at Sarah’s invitation. Can you believe anything you read these days?