Booth @ MindSay

"WHAT IS THIS! I know! It is ridiculous! I became an "INDEPENDENT" so that I could vote for the best person, regardless of "Party affiliation!" The last two times that I found myself in the voting booths I was told that as an "INDEPENDENT" I could only vote for those in "these" parties... and they pointed to a list...  I thought perhaps it was a mistake, but sure enough, it was repeated again to me the next time I was there, by someone else in charge, that seemed knowledgeable! They advised me to switch over to the "NON-PARTISAN" party, if I wanted a free and clear choice! SO I DID!

PERSONALLY, I am sick of "ALL THE INFIGHTING" among all of the different parties! We spend more time "ATTACKING EACH OTHER" than paying attention to "WHAT IS GOING ON!" I really do believe that we would all be better off to join as "ONE" party! AMERICAN! Period!

Today, I called the Voters board and complained. They finally explained that I was registered as "An American Independent" rather than as an "Independent!" That is why I could not vote "freely!" I said that I want to be a Non Partisan, and should be registered as such now. She then told me that a Non Partisan, actually is the "Same" as an Independent! Holy C***! They must make everything so damn complicated!

Whelp, here I sit in the lobby of the Hyatt Tech Center in Denver waiting to take Jon to the airport at 4am.  Great fun.  My poor love sleeps upstairs and I'm downstairs with my full-tower computer leeching Jon's web access through the hotel's WiFi.  Cool, huh?  Anywho, I figured I'd go ahead and put up the webcomic update.  I'll have photos of the con later:



My booth did about $1400 in sales this weekend.  Accord to Opus Ops I was one of the most successful booths at the con.  On top of that I endeared myself with the staff.  I came down today after all was said and done wearing or wielding 14 separate weapons, walked up to the operation's center, and said "peace tie this!"  They cracked up and now we're going to do a large poster of me over-weaponized with a description of weapon peace bonding and the weapon policies.  Josh is a Munchkin.  Don't be like Josh.  Get your weapons peace bound before you're booted.  Heh.

Done for the night, I'll catch you all when I finally get home.  Toodles.

2005 was a big year at the Marshall Booth house.  I think it was the biggest for Mary Katherine (Katie) Booth.

 

January passed uneventful as we awaited the arrival of the newest Booth.

His due date came and went and then January had passed.

 

February 4, 2005 was the big day when at 2:49 PM, Kellen McKey Booth entered the world.  He weighed 8 pounds and 2 ounces.  With his arrival, Katie’s many prayers for a baby brother were answered.

 

I was able to stay home with Kellen for his first 6 months.  It was a wonderful yet sometimes trying time.  Kellen was not much for sleeping at first, but thankfully worked out his routine by August. 

 

Marshall was able to share many of Kellen early weeks due to a minor surgery that turned out to be a little more major keeping him home for 4 weeks in March.

 

April brought a small family trip to Austin were Katie and Kellen swam in the rooftop pool.  Later in the week, the kids had a sleepover with Becca and Papa and Marshall and I spent our first childfree night since Kellen’s birth.  Becca must have some magic sleeping potion since Kellen decided to sleep 8 hours that night.

 

April also brought another big event for Katie.  After too many bouts of strepthroat, we decided to have Katie’s tonsils and adenoids removed.  She was a real trooper.  Mommy promised lots of ice cream and Katie was very brave.  It turned out to be very traumatic for the entire family because Mommy and Daddy had not anticipated how much it would hurt or how the pain meds would make Katie sick.  Thankfully, the Katie had healed up nicely by May.

 

At the end of May, we took a trip to South Carolina to visit with many Booths, and some Brooks cousins.  We stayed at a wonderful house at the beach outside of Charleston courtesy of Papa (Bill Booth).  The weather was not always perfect, but we had fantastic company.  I am not sure how many people stayed in the house, but I know that the Booths- Bill and Becky the Bakers- Paige, David, and Neal and 3 generations of Brooks including Mary Blair, Gary, Rusty, Jill, Meredith, Katie were in the house full time.  Mary Ann and Bill and their son came up from Florida for a few days too.  The best part of the trip was hanging out with Bryan Brooks who has returned safely from Iraq and his family Michelle, Nathan, and Macy who live in Charleston.

 

June and July were uneventful around the Booth house.  We just watched in amazement as our children grew.

 

August was a very big month.  I went back to work.  Kellen adjusted beautifully.  Loving Mama Josie’s house just as his sister had before him.  Katie started kindergarten.  She loves her teacher Mrs. Torres and everything about her school, Elizabet Ney.  She has made some new friends.  Katie also celebrated her 5^th birthday on August 28.  We celebrated her birthday with a giant waterslide in the front yard and a Disney Princess cake.  A great time was had by all.

 

In October, Marshall and I celebrated our 8^th wedding anniversary.  Marshall surprised me with a night at the Hotel Icon in downtown Houston.  We stayed in a fantastic room, dined at a fantastic restaurant and listened to some great Jazz.  October also began a new journey for Marshall.  He decided to return to school.  He is devoting many hours each day to studying for a degree in project management.  We are all very proud of him.

 

November brought Marshall’s birthday and Thanksgiving.  We could not stop counting our blessings.  We are so thankful for our extended and immediate families.  We first celebrated Marshall’s birthday with a get together in Georgetown.  Marshall was able to see some old friends.  Then we had a very nice Thanksgiving with Becca and Papa.  On Friday, the kids stayed with their grandparents as Marshall and I drove to Dallas for a delicious meal and a very exciting hockey game.

 

December brought the busy Christmas season and the end of Marshall’s first two classes.  We worked hard to start the month.  Marshall’s hard work on his studies paid off as he ended his first semester on the Dean’s list.  Becca and Papa came to help us celebrate Christmas.  We introduced them to the McKey family slide show.  The big excitement for me is my Christmas present from Marshall.  I can now see 20/20 thanks to my Lasik surgery.  With an end to the hustle and bustle of Christmas preparation  Marshall and I have settled down to enjoy our children for a few days before we begin another year.