Yes, it is that time of the year again. All hell will break loose tonight with bonfire parties and fireworks going off all around us. Last night was bad enough but tonight will be worse.
I wonder how different things would have been had Guy Fawkes actually succeeded in blowing up parliament and killing the King and all his ministers those hundreds of years ago? We shall never know. Strange though that we still celebrate this failure of a possible devastating explosion by making millions of explosions of our own!
So, America has a new President. Congratulations to Mr. Obama. Let us hope and pray that he will be a good leader. The reputation of America suffered greatly throughout the world under the leadership of George Bush. Bridges need to be built, damage repaired. We need to work together in harmony and trust. With good advisors around him, a dedication to hard work - and providing he keeps promises made during the campaign, he might just be the man to do that.
To those that did not vote for him. Now is the time to put differences behind you, stand as a nation and give the new leader your support. Change is often a good thing.
Thank you for all your good wishes. I shall be back commenting on your journals - yes journals, I hate the word blog, when I am fully over this bug and feeling better.
To those in the U.K. please keep your animals safe, make sure they are indoors, draw your curtains, shut all your doors and keep the noise to a minimum for them.
I was happy to see that I had been chosen as the weekly winner for Val's sentence competition, here is the link - There is a Season Thanks to the judges for picking me, I know there were some great contributions.
I hope you are all having a good week.
I am happy to see an entry from you and continue to wish you well on feeling better.
ReplyDeleteGood advice for those with furry kids tonite while your fireworks are booming.
Take care.
In my trivia for the day I read about your holiday today. I'm sure people are still celebrating it because they love fireworks. We have them here the 4th of July and it's the same for the animals. Hope you are feeling better and thank you for the kind words for our President elect. He has a big job ahead of him if he does it right. 'On Ya'-ma
ReplyDeleteI'm in mourning right now. I will likely get over it but it is so hard. I think the most disheartening thing for me is that Mr. Obama was largely voted in because of his race. I think it is wonderful that we now have a black president. I just don't think this man is the right man. Hope that makes sense.
ReplyDelete(((Jeanette)))
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for your kind and open minded comments about our new President that I worked so hard for on the campaign. And you are right, people who did not vote for President Obama need to come together as a nation to start our hard journey on repair. This morning I'm still very emotional and quick to tear over this amazng victory. Las Vegas is still celebrating, along with the rest of the world and USA.
Today: YES WE CAN!
Congradultions on winning :)
Huggers,
Gayla
I am glad your feeling better. I am not very excited about Obama but now will pray all my fears do not come true.
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better. I dread bonfire night. I do not like the noise and our hamster is terribly afraid! Congratulations for the Award. Well done. Look after yourself. Ciao. Antonella
ReplyDeleteGlad your getting better and able to write an entry, my cat will probably spend the evening hiding behind the sofa, as there will be quite a few Fireworks ging ff around us. Congrats on your weekly sentance award.
ReplyDeleteTake care
Yasmin
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Congrats on the award.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Rose
Congratulations!!! and THANK YOU for this entry. well said. may we go forward as a nation together~kbear
ReplyDeleteChange is good! :) I'm glad to hear you are feeling better! Hugs - Julie
ReplyDeleteHi Jeannette, I hope you will soon be over your bug and feeling much better. I`m glad Obama won the election as his ideas seem good. Let`s hope he lives up to his promises and that he can repair some of the Bush administrations mistakes.
ReplyDeleteLove Sandra xxxx
Congratulations on your award Jeannette ,Poor Kizzie is trembling here because of the fireworks she hates them ..love Jan xx
ReplyDeleteHi Jeanette. Glad to hear you're on the mend. I guess any excuse for fireworks but they do nothing for me. Yes, this new president has his work cut out for him and I do hope he has plenty of honest people to help him :).......
ReplyDeleteOh Jeanette I hope you feel better soon. I really appreciate your comments on our new President. I'm of the same mind if he can keep his promises we will be on the right track. It does help that we have friends across the pond pulling for him too...love, Sandi
ReplyDeleteBarrack Obama would have got my vote too. It's like being in the middle of a war zone here tonight! Eileen x
ReplyDeleteI hope you're feeling a lot better now Jeannette. I'm afraid if there's a thunderstorm or fireworks both my cats are up at the window to watch! No good pulling curtains, they pull them back to get their grandstand seat! Lol! I'd much rather them be like that than afraid of the noise. I always call my journal a journal. Blog is only a corruption of web log; I don't like it either! Jeannette xx
ReplyDeleteHope the evening wasn't too traumatic Jeanette
ReplyDeleteGlad you are feeling better. Hope the dogs were not too upset last night it was very noisy here more than usual. Love Joan.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on winning Sentence of the week Jeannette. Well done. My furry babies were all tucked up cosy last night listening to a very loud television! lol. Love Pam xx
ReplyDeleteCongrats Jeanette on your award - had trouble finding you, there's a group blog with the same name so of course I got lost lol. Hope all's well and we hear more from you, I like the voiceover! http://cathy-daretothink.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteHi Jeannette I am here at last reading up your entries ,sorry to hear you are not well ,hope you soon feel better .We have had lots of rain so its dulled the fire work displays ,still plenty of noise from the bangers ..poor pets , they will be glad when its over and done with ....love Jeanxx
ReplyDeleteI'm a few weeks behind in reading my email and my alerts-and decided to stop and comment right here-that was nice, Jeannette! I did not vote for Obama, but I know I must give him a chance! We need change-NOW! ~Diane~
ReplyDeleteJust dropping by to deliver some hugs!
ReplyDeleteI surely hope that Obama could turn our nation around. We need it.
Dee