Good morning - we finally have air conditioning in our up stairs and what a perfect time to have it - I believe I have mentioned this previously, but I'll cover some old ground anyway in that we have lived here for the last thirty one years without air. There were many years when we just about melted form the heat. Over 90 decrees. Fans helped but many times we had to go down stairs and sleep on the floor in the porch.

We have the thermostat set at 72 degrees at night, which is more than enough for good sleeping, and then at 1 a.m. it moves to 75. During the day we set it to 78 just to keep the moisture out of the room. Maybe the saying that ' all thing come to those that are patient ' is true after all.

Well, what's good in the news? The gang of 14 want to take the lead on the confirmation hearings and they seem to want to call the shots as to when and how long it may take. It seems funny that the good Senators take themselves so seriously as to think that the world revolves around them. That's old thinking. People are far more informed these days and are taking more interest politics, especially things that are important to their well being. They see the high court as changing for the worse. They want it to go back to being a judicial body instead of a legislative assembly 9.

The whole process will be a real clam bake for sure for the next month or so, maybe longer. O'Conner's confirmation took 55 days and she was confirmed by a vote of 96 to 4 - It will be interesting to see how long it takes for John Roberts and what the vote will be. My prediction is October and the vote will be 48 to 52 to confirm. Well see.