heidiiiii Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I will have my tv set on for it. The coverage is from 10am (some stations 10:30 or 11am) all the way till 4pm. The Swearing In will be at noon EST and then he will give his Inaugural Address right after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I will be at school all day-just hope they finish before time for NCIS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmarm Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 DRAT! The library has only delayed opening today until 10:30 (because of snow). I had visions of me in bunny slippers, robe and blankie sitting in front of the TV all day to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I know this is an historic event, but just could not spend the entire day watching it-too adhd, I guess. I sure wouldn't want to be there in that crowd, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heidiiiii Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Oh Sherry, I am not one for watching the whole thing either. I will tune in around 11:30-45am and watch the swearing in and speech. That is all I want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 8AM for us here in Montana. I'm getting dressed for it right now....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 We'll be watching on and off here, too. The swearing in will take place while Lloyd's having his treatment, so I'll be watching on the TV in the cancer center waiting room. I may try recording parts of it. I love a parade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intrinsicat Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 It's unreal - even the hotels up by me in Gettysburg are completely filled from people coming in for this thing. You couldn't pay me enough to be on the Mall to watch outside on some Jumbotron. Seeing the parade might have been cool, but between the crowds, security and cold I think I would have crawled into some box in an alley to escape it! Funny, traffic in the area is better than normal because so many people took off to avoid it altogether! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grynche Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I took today off. I'll be spending it in my Lair with the tv on, doubt I'll get much if any mini-ing done. I'll be too busy remembering my years in DC, my adopted home town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmarm Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I wouldn't watch all day, but I do love seeing the highlights! I know I can watch that when I get home tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppitycats Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Coverage on satellite and cable started here at 5 a.m. We were awake at 6, with the television on. I am so excited...and I know tears are going to start to flow when the actual inaugeration ceremony starts. If I weren't in a wheelchair and transportation and travel a real hassle, I'd be there, cold or not. This (sitting in front of the TV) is a poor substitute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantail Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I'm sooo excited. Ended up I am babysitting the littlest gk today so I will be glued in all day. Then tonight, a ton of us are meeting to lift a glass and toast this historical moment! I got an email this morning from the campaign and they want pictures of what you are doing at the exact moment of the swearing in. My granddaughter loves Barrack, so I'm hoping she too will be glued to the tv, so I can snap her excitement........well see! So you too take pics and I'll put the link up later this afternoon! Enjoy the history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallowell Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I wish I could be home to see this. I haven't been so excited for a presidential change in soooo long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntDee Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Oh what an historic day for the United States. I have had the tv on since 6 am. I will watch most of the events( altho I do get tired of the replays to fill time until the next event comes on.) If I were 40 years younger I might have gone to DC, just to soak up all the excitement and atmosphere. I think we should all ll stand up and sing "America the Beautiful." What a great country we live in. Rita Incidentally, the grounds next to the capitol was once a slave trading business. How far we have come! I am so excited I get tears in my eyes whenever I think of the historic events taking place. OK now lets all sing. O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare of freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for halcyon skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the enameled plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till souls wax fair as earth and air And music-hearted sea! O beautiful for pilgrims feet, Whose stem impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till paths be wrought through wilds of thought By pilgrim foot and knee! O beautiful for glory-tale Of liberating strife When once and twice, for man's avail Men lavished precious life! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till selfish gain no longer stain The banner of the free! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till nobler men keep once again Thy whiter jubilee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastalinda Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 It feels like Christmas. So much excitement and enthusiasm. My tv is on all day and I am sitting right here watching. Don't want to miss a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallowell Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I did not think I would live to see this day. We are sooooo fortunate to see this great piece of history being made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantail Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Here is the link to the photo page: http://www.pic2009.org/celebrate I put two pics of gd Reaghan.........fun fun!(just put the two pics in my gallery.......since I evidently cannot resize a photo!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecats Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I had to work and was busy (staff meeting) thru part of it and the rest of the time I was busy with my patients. only got to catch clips here and there....well visual anyway, no sound. i would have loved to watch this. What a historic day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeninky Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 it is a great day for our nation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grynche Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 To the unfortunate telemarketer who called while Teddy Kennedy's fate was uncertain, my apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 We picked a point when the reporters were interviewing one another to go to the store and we got home as they were reporting on Senators Kennedy & Byrd. I started with GMA at 0700 and. excdept for the store trip, we're still at it. I went thorugh a stack of tissues during the oath-taking. I am SO glad I lived long enough to see this day! I thought "Magic" Johnson put it perfectly when he said our country is finally growing up. Dr ML King's dream was only 45 years coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I started with GMA at 0700 and stopped when everyone went to lunch so we could go to the store. The parade got such a late start that our FAMU Rattlers Marching 100 didn't get to do their concert, but they surely did look fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 What a fantastic historical day and how well Obama and all the other players did their parts! I am so very proud of the USA on this day of days! And I'm grateful that I lived long enough to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmarm Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I could hardly tear myself away from the tv or web! What an amazing day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallowell Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 An amazing day and such an elegant couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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