Jodi Vale’s Blog

It’s really getting more difficult to back the auto company’s bailout today when you learn that their CEO’s each took a private jet to DC. Read the rest of this entry »

A tragic hate crime on Long Island makes national news less than a week after the most historic Presidential election. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been quite a historical week for our country.

There’s so much we can say about this election but I look forward to 10 weeks from now!  Get in there quickly, Mr. Obama!

As we congratulate President-Elect Obama on his decisive victory, I also look forward to seeing Michelle Obama as our First Lady…or as what she likes to say, as “First Mom”. Read the rest of this entry »

Keith Olbermann, Hannity and Colmes, The Situation Room, Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow and perhaps, even you Bill O’Reilly…you’ve all became such good friends over the past year.  I’ve let all of you into my home each night (after The Backyardigans) for months now, and even consider myself politically well-rounded. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been an incredibly rough news week.

Senseless violence, economic woes, and politics, politics, politics.

So, it seemed rather therapeutic that I was up until 1:30 in the morning sewing the hem on my daughter’s Halloween costume so she doesn’t trip on her mermaid dress during the school parade.  If you’re like me, your head aches from everything in the news these days.  But Friday, it’s all about our kids. Read the rest of this entry »

So while I walk through the KJOY hallways this week I’m always stopped by co-workers asking me the same question….”Jodi, who are you rooting for in the World Series?”

Well, the answer’s not difficult.  Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to all our KJOY listeners who came out (and waited in the long lines) to see Barney and friends with PBS Sprout last Saturday at Roosevelt Field Mall.

I would also like to thank Kellie from the Sunny Side Up show who was generous enough to record the weather forecast with my daughters and me!

Take a look!  Read the rest of this entry »

With the financial crisis destroying my portfolio and the political climate in this nation tearing us in half, it is nice to know that today’s news has “Cougars” celebrating around the world!

Congratulations to the Babelicious 42 year old new mom and excellent actress, Halle Berry.  She was just named “Sexiest Woman In the World” by Esquire magazine! Read the rest of this entry »

On the eve of Rosh Hashana, Jews around the world are preparing for the High Holy Days and sending warm thoughts to family and friends for the New Year. Read the rest of this entry »

While talking to my brother on my cell and giving my daughter a bath last night, I dropped the phone in the bathtub and fried it.