just not sure

One of the biggest mysteries around our house is just when our anniversary is. I know it is sometime in the month of May, but every year I get an indication that my wife expects I should be just a bit more exact. This is quite a challenge she poses, often leaving me in a quandary on how to track this elusive date down while at the same time keeping the mannerisms of a gentleman who is on top of his game.

Well, I asked you all to help and no one volunteered a date, so I had to take another direction. I kind of back channeled a question to one of our daughters and got an answer. So on the 18th we will be going out to celebrate our 39th anniversary. I should really write this down someplace.

Were you paying attention last week? Yet another week full of interesting news and followups. Here we go!

1) Clean up at the factory that collapsed in Bangladesh continues. So far approximately how many have died to the nearest 100?

2) What is the estimated cost per garment that would have to be charged to bring all garment factories in Bangladesh up to building codes?

3) What company announced a major economic initiative in Iowa?

4) Hard to ignore what happened in Cleveland. Two men came over to help Amanda Berry break out her captors house. Can you name them?

5) On May 2nd which state’s house of representatives passed a bill making an attempt to implement the ACA illegal (nullification)?

6) Delaware was the 11th and Minnesota seems poised to be the 12th state to do what?

7) Mike Huckabee claimed this would lead to the impeachment of Barack Obama. What is it?

8) Which state’s Supreme Court ruled that using public money for school vouchers was illegal?

9) With jobs, infrastructure, climate change and all sorts of other urgencies in this country, next week John Boehner will schedule yet another vote on what?

10) Elizabeth Warren will introduce a bill lowering interest rates for what segment of the population?

11) The CO2 in the atmosphere (is very close to) just passed what significant milestone?

12) Republicans are trying to kill the immigration bill with poison pill amendments. Which senator led the way filing 77 of the 300 amendments?

13) The Obama Administration released information on the costs of comparable hospital procedures across. Did procedure costs vary little or vary widely across the country?

14) “If you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you’re going to get in the zone where __________ is.” What incalculable horror is our great congressman Steve King talking about?

15) “… dealing with the long-term structural spending problem we have frankly is at the core of it. But we also know we can’t cut our way to prosperity.” Wow – some common sense on the economy! Who made this very lucid statement Friday?

I usually start shopping for Christmas on Dec. 23, so shopping for our anniversary begins next Friday!

Here are some answers:

1) last I heard right at 1000

2) about 10 cents

3) Mid American Energy announced a $1.9 Billion wind energy expansion.

4) Angelo Cordero and Charles Ramsey

5) South Carolina

6) Pass Marriage Equality. Minnesota looks to join Iowa and 10 others Monday.

7) Benghazi

8) Louisiana

9) Boehner has scheduled the 35th vote to end Obamacare next week.

10) Student loans – she wants them to be the same as banks get from the Fed (currently 0.75%)

11) 400 PPM – 350 PPM is considered the stable we don’t want to exceed.

12) Iowa’s own Charles Grassley

13) Costs of comparable procedures varied widely across the country and even within metro areas.

14) Benghazi. King has seldom exaggerated or lied during his career.

15) John Boehner. No doubt this one will really come back to bite him from the tea party group.