Gran Torino is Grand Fun

OK, so I was less than excited to see Gran Torino, but Aaron was insistent that we give it a try. As is so often the case, he was absolutely right. We saw this movie last night (I was still quite red-faced from my 6 mile run - woot!), and I must say, FABULOUS. It's a must, must, must see. Clint Eastwood was amazing, as always.

We also saw Defiance on Friday evening, which whilst slow and a bit draggy in parts, was also quite good. Next weekend, I hope to fit in Milk and Doubt. I'm all about this year's Oscar nods.

Cheers to Our New Secretary of State

Cheers to our new Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. She is made of fabulous. President Obama. Secretary of State Clinton. Someone wake me up. I must be dreaming. Woot!

He Is Hope

Put simply, that's how Aaron and I feel about President Obama. I am struck today with inspiration, pride for my country and hope for a better day. As most of you know, both Aaron and I campaigned for President Obama, and were thrilled on election day when on CNN we saw the words 'Senator Barack Obama Elected the 44th President of the United States.'

To me personally, President Obama symbolizes the end of a tyrranical, irresponsible administration that has resulted in unnecessary suffering domestically and the loss of immeasurable life abroad in an unjust war. More that this, President Obama represents the passing of the torch once again to a generation committed to peace, prosperity and the vision that the United States is a great country. A country we can and should be proud of - not becuase we win wars, rather, because we reprsent an ideal of freedom, choice, responsibility, accountability and peace.

It won't surprise any of you reading this when I say that I was moved to tears as I have watched today's events and listened to our new President's words. I am moved to tears because finally... finallly, we, as a nation, have taken up the cause of peace and freedom over violence, hate and fear.

Today is a day never to be forgotten. We must never forget the way millions of people worldwide stopped to watch the assumption of power by a good, decent man. We must never forget that not too long ago, this great President of ours would not have even had the right to reach for a ballot, let alone lead us. We must never forget what the last eight years have done to our morale and our position in the world. But most importantly, we must never forget that on November 4, 2008, we decided together to reclaim our country's greatness for ourselves and future generations.

Cheers to President and Mrs. Obama. We now look to you for hope, but pledge ourselves to take up the cause of making this country great again.

Really? A low of -11 tomorrow?

I mean, really... I for one love the winter and the cold weather, but -11?! A wee bit much there, mother nature.

Needless to say, it's cold as all get out here in beautiful Indianapolis today. As a matter of fact, I decided to post this lovely portrait of the view outside my office window because it looked particularly impending with regard to weather and, well, to be honest I'm less than inspired by the ads that I'm currently writing and therefore easily distracted. I also noticed that crazy blue conversion van, which is hysterical to me. Conversion vans, in general, I find to be absurd and utterly unnecessary, but I digress...

So, AMG heads out today on his monthly trek to lovely Evansville, Indiana, followed by a weekend with Michael in Nashville. Unfortunately, I don't think it will be much warmer there for the boys. Alas...

I shall venture to the Stone Creek Dining Company with BFF Shelley for her birthday on Friday evening, can't wait for that. I shall post photos immediately thereafter.

Hope all is well with everyone, and that warmness abounds.

XOXO

No Playoffs for the Pack

Those of you who monitor the Galbreath Post closely (I know there are hundreds of you out there ;-) will note that the colors have changed from Packers green and gold to this, well, black. It is in mourning that we remove the Pack colors, as there will be no playoffs for us this year. No playoffs for the Colts either. However, we have managed to not suck quite as badly as the Lions. I mean, really...

2009 - Can you believe it?

We cannot. How is it that time flies by so quickly?

Aaron and I are both back to work and suffering from the post-holiday blues. We have yet to remove aforementioned holiday decorations, as if by some magical power, the lovely lights will prolong the inevitable. Alas...

We had such a wonderful holiday with our family and friends. Dee visited this past weekend, leaving just yesterday. So nice to have a few days together.

So, let's see... What's new?

I don't know if I've mentioned this in previous posts (I believe not), but Aaron has been giving guitar lessons to a friend's young son. He is really enjoying this and Wil (his student) is doing great! He learned Jingle Bells for the holiday.

I am planning a travel-free month of January here at the office. We'll see how long that lasts. Beyond work, I am a running fool. I love it! Who would have guessed? I'm upping the mileage continuously, preparing for the mini in May. We'll see if the ankle holds out.

We have already started dreaming of sunny skies and warm beaches, so we're anxious to plan our annual trek to Cabo. We love it there.

We both want to start doing some volunteer work this year - call it a resolution if you will. We both used to do more of this and really miss that sense of giving back and satisfaction.

Oh, and we are, of course, super psyched about and counting down to inauguration day. Woot!

Beyond that, business as usual. We hope everyone is well.

XOXO