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I've had a really hard time feeling enthusiastic about this election. I watched a couple of the debates and thought, Obama is a good speaker. That's about it. The man can talk. Is that what's so great about him? I see all this talk about how great he is, and I'm wondering...why? So, Ljers, I know a lot of you are very into Obama, so please tell me why. Last election I couldn't bring myself to vote, which made me feel sick and guilty, but I almost feel the same way this time around.

I just have a weird feeling in my gut that I'd regret voting for Obama.

Kids Christmas stuff

I so want this for Topaz. I could do it for Christmas, but I need to get serious about saving.

Dollhouse, dress up clothes rack...then I'll need to make some dolls and accessories for the dollhouse, a waldorf baby doll for Philip, ballet slippers for Topaz, art supplies...the list goes on. It's easy to SAY I want to go minimalist for Christmas, but when I think about how each of these things will add to our "home school" environment, I want it all. I want to start moving things around for maximum enjoyment in our house. The green room upstairs is absurdly under-utilized, and it will be a wonderful play/school room if I put a little thought into it. If we can finally decide to get rid of the computer in the...computer room...it will no longer be a computer room, and we can just have laptops any old place. Having a guest room is fine, but we almost never have guests, so it's not worth having too much space designated.

this would also be very nice in the green room. Books are such a disaster in our house. No place to put them all.

And this toy fridge would be a solution to the play food mess.

Must find art supply cabinet. No luck so far.

Oh, no--more dollhouses:

http://thewoodenwagon.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=Prod&Product_Code=DHNV103

http://thewoodenwagon.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=Prod&Product_Code=DHNV150

Maybe we should just have a village of dollhouses--a whole room for it. Too many choices!

And of course, still love these: http://www.quiethourstoys.com/product_info.php?cPath=29_69&products_id=1114

Just about anything from here: http://www.atoygarden.com/
and here: http://www.stubbypencilstudio.com/supplies/index.htm
http://www.atoygarden.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=156