Saturday

Hey Heather,

Went to the Nashville No on Prop 8 rally on Saturday. The brave 120 who showed up in the cold rain were a rag tag bunch and half of them were straight. Go figure. Saw my ex, but honestly, who cares anymore. She is so not relevant to me anymore.

Sadly, I didn't know anyone else there...except for the straight people. Wha?
Looking to get more involved on the local level in the LGBT movement.

Not sure if this will be our Stonewall, but we'll see...

Love, Bonnie Lee.

Sending pics by phone

Hey Heather,

I got some pics from you via my cell phone. The bad news is that if I want to retrieve them, I have to connect to Sprint's internet...which costs me extra.

So, I sadly ignore these photos. And I hate to ignore photos.

I am big on Facebook.com now, so look me up!

Bonnie Lee.

Done

Hey Heather,

Sorry for the delay on the post. Obama won, I took Wednesday off to glow in the warmth of our win. However, we did take a big loss. Propositions in 3 states to ban gay marriage and the ending of gay adoption in Arkansas. One big step forward and a massive punch in the gut. Aaarrgh.

To top it off, Tennessee's government actually added Republicans to its rosters and now have a majority in both houses. Eeek. We may very well be looking to move at some point. I keep telling Stephanie to hurry that schooling up so she can land a great job and plan an escape...

Let's just see how bad it gets here.

Working on the end of the year mix for the holidays.

This year is going to be the frugal holiday as we are paying a lot for plane tickets to Dallas for Michael's wedding, hotel for two nights etc. I will send you and your family my love, some tunes and lots of love.

Bonnie Lee.

Almost there

Hey Heather,

Sorry for the very long delay since my last blog. We are hanging in there and my fingernails are chomped to the nub waiting on this election to be over. I had to stop looking up updates on line because it was giving me the hives. Ugh!

Stephanie's birthday was on Halloween and we went lake kayaking and then saw the national tour of "Avenue Q". It was hilarious!!

We had her family over yesterday for pizza and cake. Lots of fun and merriment. Stephanie will be joining my family for Thanksgiving and I will join hers for Xmas. Just like a real couple! :)

Hope you are well. I love you,
Bonnie Lee.

We are voting this week!

Hey Heather,

We are early voting this week on Wednesday. Very excited to get that out of the way and watch the debate. Saw that McCain claims he will "crush Obama". That guy could not crush a saltine.

Saw "Religulous" on Saturday. It was really awesome and I feel a bit empowered in this loopy bible belt. Loved it. Laughed so hard that I cried.

We also got hooked on the HBO series "John Adams". Really good and well done. Just shows that we haven't come too far on the politics side. Very addictive.

I hope you and the family are well and go Obama!

Love, Bonnie Lee.

What the heck?

Hey Heather,

As you can imagine, the whole world is nervous.
Stephanie and I are eating beans and rice all the time, saving our nuts, I'm working late all the time as our business tries to turn jobs and bill as quickly as possible.

Crazy time.

Bonnie Lee.

Went to the dictionary

Hey Heather,

I looked up the definition of the word "Maverick".

1.	Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.

2.	a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.

3.	(initial capital letter) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km).

I think McCain is #3.

Love, Bonnie Lee.

The bar

Hey Heather,

Reading lots of stuff about how the Republicans want us to lower the bar to the ground on what our expectations will be for the Palin/Biden debate. Ugh.

I agree with this writer from Salon.com:

"So here it is, finally. And as unpleasant as it may be to watch the humiliation of a woman who waltzed into a spotlight too strong to withstand, I flat out refuse to be manipulated into another stage of gendered regress -- back to the pre-Pelosi, pre-Hillary days when girls couldn't stand the heat and so were shooed back to the kitchen."

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/30/palin_pity/

Would you believe...

Hey Heather,

Saw Suzanne Westenhoefer at the local comedy club last night. She was great as always.
I got called over to say hello to some local comedy sisters that I have known for years and who is with them? Paula and her girlfriend. I felt like I had been pulled into the lion's den. I ignore her and her girlfriend and just said hello to the sisters and their husbands. One of the sisters joked "Well you know Paula and Jessica...hahahha". Not funny.

Fortunately, my buddy, Wendy, was with me and Stephanie and immediately shook me out of my funk reminding me how much better off I was. How beautiful and kind Stephanie is. Very very true.

Here's the kicker. Paula's girlfriend was pregnant. Like big, huge, pregnant. I can think of no worse Dad than Paula. What. The. Heck.

My only theory is that she got bored. And I am sure however she got pregnant involved very weird circumstances and a turkey baster. Agree?

Love, Bonnie Lee.

Great night!

Hey Heather,

Went with my buddy, Wendy, to see The Swell Season at the Ryman. They were the musician/stars of the movie "Once". If you haven't seen that, you should check it out. Irish musician falls for Russian pianist.... Great music, great show.

Met prior at Mulligans, Nashville's first pub to have Guinness on tap...their claim to fame. Reminded me of you and Gus when everybody ordered the fish 'n chips, beer soup, sausage, Scotch eggs and I got the house salad. My stomach just can't handle that stuff. But, like a good lady, I did have a pint of Bass.

Love, Bonnie Lee.

Music and laughter

Tomorrow night, my buddy, Wendy and I are going to the Ryman Auditorium to see that couple from the movie "Once". Cool.

Then Thursday night, Stephanie and her buddy, Monique are joining Wendy and me to see Suzanne Westenhoefer at the local comedy club.

2 nights out in a row? Unheard of!

Bonnie Lee.

I'd give my right arm...

For some gasoline. Believe it or not the mid state of Tennessee had hardly any gasoline. Partially due to the hurricane in Texas, mainly due to the greedy SUV folk filling all the way up and panic. It was lovely. Weird to drive past gas stations and the sign area as empty where it should have said the $$ of gas.

So that was a nice chunk of the weekend....looking for gas. We got Kayla's ashes on Saturday and she is now on our mantle above the fireplace.

We are still in a funk and the economy issues aren't helping ease that.

Love, Bonnie Lee.

Oh yes it is!

National Talk a Pirate Day! Today!

Love, Bonnie Lee

A little ditty

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier.
I know that the clubs are weapons of war.
I know that diamonds pay money for this art.
But that’s not the shape of my heart.
That’s not the shape of my heart.

Don't you just love Sting?

This ain't New York.

Hey Heather,

I have been trying to look into our bus lines to see if I can commute into work via the bus to save money on gasoline. And, no, this ain't New York.

It would take over an hour to commute, what would be a 18 minute drive each way and cost about $5. But I am investigating further. At the very least, my co-worker, Brian and I could meet and car pool in, alternating weeks. Which is cool and I told him we could fight over the music.

Just like High School!
Love, Bonnie Lee.

Help! The sky is falling!

Hey Heather,

Thanks for you recent comment on the heady subject of death. True words, my friend.
I am currently wondering what the heck can be done about this economy and if I can survive it. Things are tough all around and I am getting very very nervous.

I am taking work home at night to get it done as fast as possible so we can bill as quickly as we can.

You know, getting older, freaks me out.

Love, Bonnie Lee.

SNL does it right

Check out the link below to watch the mighty Tina Fey do a spot on impression of that woman from Alaska. Brilliant.

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/palin-hillary-open/656281
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Love, Bonnie Lee.

A week ago yesterday

Hey Heather,

Saturday was one week to the day that we lost our dog, Kayla, to what appears to have been a tumor growing in her chest. It went so very quickly and we were left with her body and only memories. Stephanie is, of course, hit the hardest as this was her first dog raised from puppy to the 11 years that she reached.

I spent the last week going through my digital library of images, pulling every photo I could of her and printing them at the local Costco for Stephanie. Our dining room table is filled to capacity with her images and it has helped us both to look at her and remember.

I didn't realize how much it would effect me. I have never seen a pet die, let alone a relative, so it was a heady mixture jarring and unbelievable to see her alive and wanting to be with us to lifeless and gone. Not something I will forget any time soon.

Of course, my first thoughts went to my parents and what will inevitably be so so hard when their time comes and then later to when Stephanie and I have to say goodbye. It's almost too much to think about, but then again, we have to.

But the best we can do is to give the time we have to our fullest with those we love, right? Right.

Love, Bonnie Lee

Welcome to Hey Heather

Heather,

I decided to start a blog just for you and me in the hopes of communicating better.
For work, I need to get more involved with the blog world and through learning this stuff, I thought it would be a good way for us to chat.

It allows me to blah blah away and for you to just check in and see what the heck I am yaking about.

So, more to come.

Love, Bonnie Lee