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Well, there have been some pretty big things in the news for the last couple of days. First of all, Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison for all of the illegal stuff he did while he was governor! It's nice to finally see some justice. I was looking back at my blog posts from 2008 when they were going to close the state historic sites. I was SO upset about everything. One thing I said was, "I hope that someday Governor Blagojevich has to answer to Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln, and a whole bunch of other people for his actions." It's nice to finally see him have to answer for what he did as governor.

And, today we received the sad news that our favorite baseball player, Albert Pujols, will be leaving the St. Louis Cardinals and heading to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. I feel kind of like I did when Karl Malone left the Utah Jazz for the Los Angeles Lakers--funny that Los Angeles is always involved. Oh well, they offered him more money for a longer period of time than anyone else. But really, I don't think he's hurting for money! But anyway, I've always kind of liked the Angels because their AAA team is the Salt Lake Bees, and the Orem Owlz are also an affiliate of the Angels. At least he didn't go to some team like the New York Yankees or the Milwaukee Brewers! But it will be a big loss for the Cardinals. At least we still have David Freese!

Unfortunately my dad has to have more surgery tomorrow :-( He's been having digestive problems for a while now, so they're going to go in and see if they can find and fix the problem. Hopefully the surgery will help him be able to eat without getting sick! Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow. I think he's getting pretty tired of having surgeries.