© Crystal AirPresident Obama calls wife Michelle to tell her he found a fridge that he likes.
Showing the resiliency that many say won him the election in the first place, President Barack Obama hugged his wife and children and mustered a smile for the reporters gathered on the South Lawn as he announced that the first family would be spending its first days in the White House without a washer, dryer or refrigerator.
"It, umm, appears that President Bush has, umm, taken the aforementioned appliances with him on his trip back to Crawford, Tex.," Obama said as he fought back tears. "This is not just a difficult time for Michelle and myself, and the girls, but a difficult time for all middle class Americans who just want a pair of clean socks."
Comment: It is interesting that the Tibetans often call the Dalai Lama Yishin Norbu, meaning "Wish-fulfilling Jewel" !