total bummer and totally awesome

I am totally bummed! I sat down, readied my camera and thought I uploaded all the pictures from the holidays. Nope. I didn't. And I already deleted a few of the originals from the camera. Way to go, me!
So, all of the pictures after Sunday night, including the super nice ones I took of Meg and I out in the snow, are gone. Deleted. And I am bummed and out of time to blog about our quick holidays. Ah well. I still have a few good pictures to show off, but you'll have to wait until tomorrow (I know, I know--tragic. Just try to hold back those tears!).

I was not bummed, however, when I woke up to find the results of the Iowa caucus! Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee?? Really? How exciting! What are all of your thoughts on the outcome? Are you surprised? Or did you think that was going to be the outcome?
Also, I'm sure you've heard of Ron Paul by now. How could you not see some wonderful graffiti or illegal sign stuck somewhere by the side of the road? Ron Paul is... interesting and intriguing. Sort of in a good way, but mostly in a way that really disgusts and disturbs me. For example, he seems to enjoy hanging out with white supremacists. Plus, the many other issues I don't agree with that he's voted on/taken stands on, but don't necessarily have time to sit around the list every single one of them out. It's funny, because he sounds like he has interesting/possibly useful ideas, but I don't quite think he means it the same way I do.
By the way, if you are on the fence, have no clue whose running, or want to make sure your gut feeling is correct, I have two different websites that might help. The first is On the Issues. My students used this one to start off their Presidential research papers and it helped them a lot. You click on their name or picture, up comes every issue and every stand and vote on that issue, broken down into small issues. There is also Project Vote Smart. They have voting records of everyone out there in the political world, which is very useful.