This past weekend with nothing to do but wait for the night race in Kentucky, I decided to go through the big jewelry box that belonged to my mother. It has been 14-1/2 years since I took possession when it was handed to me by my sister. At the time I felt there was nothing of real value in it because my sister was like a vulture before both parents passed within 2-1/2 months of each other. At the time, I opened it, looked things over quickly, closed it and there it stayed all these years in our spare room.
My husband helped me untangle everything since it seemed as if someone had grabbed a fistful of things and tossed it all into the drawers. There were pins, brooches, necklaces, clip-on earrings and some other small pins that belonged to my father, a package of unopened hearing aid batteries good through 2004, and a dime. I don't remember a lot of the things in there but I do know my mother wore mostly gold jewelry (or goldtone) and rarely wore silver things. So finding silver jewelry (mostly the necklaces) was a surprise to me. But a much larger surprise lay in waiting...
There was a 2 inch pewter Maltese cross on a very chunky chain -- something you would see a biker wearing. I was elated to find it and I will wear it whenever we ride our bike. I will also wear my Harley clothing along with my black boots with the silver chains on them.
The fact that the Maltese cross was in my mother's jewelry box will always be a mystery to me because it sure threw me for a loop as they say. My mother (as far as I know) had never been on a motorcycle and my father never owned one, so I have no idea who it belongs to. One thing I do know for certain is that it's now mine.
(Footnotes: 1) motorcycle riders wear both the Maltese cross and the German Iron Cross.
2) I am not able to ask my sister where it came from for reasons of my own.)
Monday, July 15, 2019
Friday, July 05, 2019
This Should Be Required Reading
What the government did to those people is outrageous. I truly cannot believe what they went through as they kept being pushed all over the country with most of them herded onto reservations like cattle.
The lust for gold and good land etc. by the people that came to this country was (and still is) nothing short of greediness.
Long before the Pilgrims came in 1620 the Spaniards arrived in the 1500's bringing with them horses, slaves, and pigs to take care of those that died along the way. (That part is not in the book.)
In my honest opinion, this book should be required reading in every school and every grade starting with middle schools on up.
Anyone who reads this and can still say they don't care what happened back then and still call themselves Americans is not telling the truth. The native people never stood a chance...
Monday, July 01, 2019
Mondays
When I worked I hated Mondays with a passion. Sundays used to be a bad time for me especially as the day wore on and into the night. A lot of times I would get sick to my stomach. Toward the end of my job those days just got worse.
And then the day came that my job and I parted company. I was freed and relieved. When that happened I had any day I wanted to do absolutely nothing. But those days were few because there was plenty to do around the house. When I worked it seemed I never had time to take care of business at home and a lot of things got left undone. Not so anymore.
Since then things are so much better and now Mondays are just another day for me.
R and I usually save Mondays and Tuesdays as days of rest and relaxation. A lot of times we use both those days when we need to set up appointments.
On another subject, I figured out a way to get at least some of my cherished photos back that I lost when my other computer died. I paged through all my posts here and transferred what I really wanted to My Pictures. I am still so new with this new Windows system and it has become a learning process for me. I also have quite a few photos stored at another place that I haven't visited for years. I recently was able to get back into that but now I have to figure out how to transfer some of those photos as well. They're a little picky it seems.
Upcoming posts will be about bringing this blog up to speed with happenings over the past year, about my fur babies, about our obnoxious next-door neighbors, about happenings with our township and what just recently happened with the manager of said township, etc. Lots in store, lots to tell, but it does take time for me to formulate just how I want to write about a certain subject. So be patient because Lord knows I am not.
I hope to be adding more photos as well to this blog. I stopped taking photos on both my cameras when I could no longer use the memory card in the old computer. For now I have to figure out how to use this new memory card slot because I have a few saved photos on both cameras. When new items are purchased user guides or manuals are far and few between and all I got with this all-in-one computer is a large insert showing what is where but not how to use them. I have so much to learn.
And then the day came that my job and I parted company. I was freed and relieved. When that happened I had any day I wanted to do absolutely nothing. But those days were few because there was plenty to do around the house. When I worked it seemed I never had time to take care of business at home and a lot of things got left undone. Not so anymore.
Since then things are so much better and now Mondays are just another day for me.
R and I usually save Mondays and Tuesdays as days of rest and relaxation. A lot of times we use both those days when we need to set up appointments.
On another subject, I figured out a way to get at least some of my cherished photos back that I lost when my other computer died. I paged through all my posts here and transferred what I really wanted to My Pictures. I am still so new with this new Windows system and it has become a learning process for me. I also have quite a few photos stored at another place that I haven't visited for years. I recently was able to get back into that but now I have to figure out how to transfer some of those photos as well. They're a little picky it seems.
Upcoming posts will be about bringing this blog up to speed with happenings over the past year, about my fur babies, about our obnoxious next-door neighbors, about happenings with our township and what just recently happened with the manager of said township, etc. Lots in store, lots to tell, but it does take time for me to formulate just how I want to write about a certain subject. So be patient because Lord knows I am not.
I hope to be adding more photos as well to this blog. I stopped taking photos on both my cameras when I could no longer use the memory card in the old computer. For now I have to figure out how to use this new memory card slot because I have a few saved photos on both cameras. When new items are purchased user guides or manuals are far and few between and all I got with this all-in-one computer is a large insert showing what is where but not how to use them. I have so much to learn.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Hey People...I'm Back...
Yes, I am back but for how long I don't know.
A lot has happened since I left toward the end of last year. I lost a total of 45 lbs. (so far) on my new food regimen and my husband whom I shall refer to as R from now on has had another knee replacement earlier this year.
I recently had to replace my computer (at the beginning of this month) but I am thankful that it lasted nine years like the first computer I had. This is my third computer. This time I went for the All-in-One model. So far I am loving it despite going from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
I did lose all my photos and I am sure someone somewhere can figure out how to get them off that hard drive. I was fully prepared for that PC to eventually die and was backing things up, writing things down, printing documents etc.
I really enjoyed writing on this blog but I hit a wall back in 2018 and was frustrated so i just gave up. But for now I think I have so much more to say and write about...I hope anyway.
Here is my quote for the day:
If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
---Ronald Reagan
A lot has happened since I left toward the end of last year. I lost a total of 45 lbs. (so far) on my new food regimen and my husband whom I shall refer to as R from now on has had another knee replacement earlier this year.
I recently had to replace my computer (at the beginning of this month) but I am thankful that it lasted nine years like the first computer I had. This is my third computer. This time I went for the All-in-One model. So far I am loving it despite going from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
I did lose all my photos and I am sure someone somewhere can figure out how to get them off that hard drive. I was fully prepared for that PC to eventually die and was backing things up, writing things down, printing documents etc.
I really enjoyed writing on this blog but I hit a wall back in 2018 and was frustrated so i just gave up. But for now I think I have so much more to say and write about...I hope anyway.
Here is my quote for the day:
If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
---Ronald Reagan
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Adios People
I have decided it is time to bring this blog to an end. No reason other than nobody reads it and it's just a waste of my time.
It was fun while it lasted, but it's no longer fun.
It was fun while it lasted, but it's no longer fun.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
No Longer An NFL Football Fan
After what I just read about one of my favorite NY Giants players, Odell Beckham Jr., and what he did during the game with the Eagles, I have decided to not watch any more football games until these over-paid prima donnas stop acting so childish. Odell hinted that when he lifted his leg in mock urination while on all fours that it was meant for our President for the things he has been saying about NFL players. Which, by the way, I am on the President's side. And baloney on the free speech excuse.
Taking a knee while the national anthem is being played has no place in our society. I have also just read that doing so in the name of social injustice is the highest form of hypocrisy.
NFL team owners should also know better. Who do they think is funding their stadiums? We, the tax payers, that's who.
When Colin Kaepernick first started this nonsense I over looked it...but now it has gotten totally out of hand. These players are not against racism or anything else they want to call it...now they are against our President for the things he has been saying about them.
I say we should all take our part and stop watching NFL games on TV, stop going to those tax-payer funded stadiums, and maybe they will wake up and realize how foolish they all are in our eyes.
And my message to all NFL players, and any other sports figure that is doing these silly things, is to stand up and honor the flag of the nation you are a citizen of and grow up!
Taking a knee while the national anthem is being played has no place in our society. I have also just read that doing so in the name of social injustice is the highest form of hypocrisy.
NFL team owners should also know better. Who do they think is funding their stadiums? We, the tax payers, that's who.
When Colin Kaepernick first started this nonsense I over looked it...but now it has gotten totally out of hand. These players are not against racism or anything else they want to call it...now they are against our President for the things he has been saying about them.
I say we should all take our part and stop watching NFL games on TV, stop going to those tax-payer funded stadiums, and maybe they will wake up and realize how foolish they all are in our eyes.
And my message to all NFL players, and any other sports figure that is doing these silly things, is to stand up and honor the flag of the nation you are a citizen of and grow up!
Monday, July 24, 2017
Rain, Rain, Rain
Every day, late in the day, another storm rolls through our little hamlet. Actually we are known as a village, but I prefer hamlet.
Today's storm was accompanied by thunder and a little bit of lightning. At my age I am still trying to get used to those two things. Especially the lightning. It still scares me and I want to run and hide. But I don't. If I carried on my cats would run and hide and I don't want that.
Today's topic will be kittens. We were blessed with four of them almost six weeks ago. Their mother is very friendly and quite young. She was one of four in a litter that I named Riley, Rebel, Rion, and Ringo. Riley and Rebel, we believe, were trapped and taken away by our big bad nasty neighbor. He does not like cats. He does not like most animals. But he says his six year old son is the light of his life. And now another one will be here soon as his wife is huge with child. Joy. But they are a topic for another day. I try not to waste my time and energy thinking about them. Besides, they are on their good behavior right now because my husband complained to our magistrate and a court date has been set up in September...continued from a date in August. The charge? Harassment.
Back to the kittens. Their mother was on friendly terms with me from the get go. The other three not so much. Rion is still here and she keeps her distance...but not as far as some of the cats have in the past.
Ringo had her litter underneath some arbs. Then she moved them to a corner of our house on a concrete patio with no shelter over their tiny heads. So I made a makeshift shelter to keep the rain off of them...although rain rarely hits that part of the patio. After about a week there she then finally moved them into the hothouse we have just for the cats. Plenty of straw and other amenities. It gets quite hot in the summer but during the winter most cats welcome being in there. Her last move was onto our deck. We have an awning we can control by remote from inside the house and when it rains we can put it out far enough so that they stay nice and dry. I also set up a shelter for them against the house so they would have a quiet place to go to while nursing or napping.
So now for the last maybe three weeks or so we get to see them and their antics right on the other side of our sliding door. They have shelter and water, they get fed numerous times over the day, they have kibble 24/7 and just recently they got their own little litter box.
I was worried about them using a litter box thinking they would not know what to do with it. I should not have been worried. I took each one, put them into the box, and from then on they knew exactly what it was for and they use it like little pros.
I only hope and pray we will be able to enjoy these four for many years to come. They are the first of their kind to actually not be afraid of us. Whenever I step out onto the deck all four come running to me as well as their mother. And that can be such a joy.
Today's storm was accompanied by thunder and a little bit of lightning. At my age I am still trying to get used to those two things. Especially the lightning. It still scares me and I want to run and hide. But I don't. If I carried on my cats would run and hide and I don't want that.
Today's topic will be kittens. We were blessed with four of them almost six weeks ago. Their mother is very friendly and quite young. She was one of four in a litter that I named Riley, Rebel, Rion, and Ringo. Riley and Rebel, we believe, were trapped and taken away by our big bad nasty neighbor. He does not like cats. He does not like most animals. But he says his six year old son is the light of his life. And now another one will be here soon as his wife is huge with child. Joy. But they are a topic for another day. I try not to waste my time and energy thinking about them. Besides, they are on their good behavior right now because my husband complained to our magistrate and a court date has been set up in September...continued from a date in August. The charge? Harassment.
Back to the kittens. Their mother was on friendly terms with me from the get go. The other three not so much. Rion is still here and she keeps her distance...but not as far as some of the cats have in the past.
Ringo had her litter underneath some arbs. Then she moved them to a corner of our house on a concrete patio with no shelter over their tiny heads. So I made a makeshift shelter to keep the rain off of them...although rain rarely hits that part of the patio. After about a week there she then finally moved them into the hothouse we have just for the cats. Plenty of straw and other amenities. It gets quite hot in the summer but during the winter most cats welcome being in there. Her last move was onto our deck. We have an awning we can control by remote from inside the house and when it rains we can put it out far enough so that they stay nice and dry. I also set up a shelter for them against the house so they would have a quiet place to go to while nursing or napping.
So now for the last maybe three weeks or so we get to see them and their antics right on the other side of our sliding door. They have shelter and water, they get fed numerous times over the day, they have kibble 24/7 and just recently they got their own little litter box.
I was worried about them using a litter box thinking they would not know what to do with it. I should not have been worried. I took each one, put them into the box, and from then on they knew exactly what it was for and they use it like little pros.
I only hope and pray we will be able to enjoy these four for many years to come. They are the first of their kind to actually not be afraid of us. Whenever I step out onto the deck all four come running to me as well as their mother. And that can be such a joy.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
HEY
It's been awhile since I have written anything here. Not because I don't want to, but because I have nothing much to write about these days.
Today is a hot one...with more days to follow that will be just as hot. I am guessing it is unbearable for our cats that are outside. We have four kittens that are about 6 weeks old. They have taken up residence on the deck (after mom changed their "nest" at least two or three times) where they enjoy a makeshift shelter to keep them dry when it rains, dry kibble 24/7, wet food twice a day, and a recently added litter box. Their mother has been taking great care of them and it has been a joy to watch her do her job as a mother and a teacher.
This little note today is just to let others know that I am still here, along with my husband and four inside cats. We take things one day at a time hoping there will be another day to enjoy when we lay our heads down to sleep at night.
We still have our trike and take it for rides every once in awhile. I am sure we will use it, weather permitting, next Friday when we go to see a local band, Crazy Hearts. They are very good and we try to catch their concerts when we can.
That is about all I know for now. Maybe something will happen that I can write about and maybe it won't. What makes it difficult for me to write is the fact that this computer no longer accepts my camera cards so I can't add photos. I always enjoyed doing that.
Till next time...
Today is a hot one...with more days to follow that will be just as hot. I am guessing it is unbearable for our cats that are outside. We have four kittens that are about 6 weeks old. They have taken up residence on the deck (after mom changed their "nest" at least two or three times) where they enjoy a makeshift shelter to keep them dry when it rains, dry kibble 24/7, wet food twice a day, and a recently added litter box. Their mother has been taking great care of them and it has been a joy to watch her do her job as a mother and a teacher.
This little note today is just to let others know that I am still here, along with my husband and four inside cats. We take things one day at a time hoping there will be another day to enjoy when we lay our heads down to sleep at night.
We still have our trike and take it for rides every once in awhile. I am sure we will use it, weather permitting, next Friday when we go to see a local band, Crazy Hearts. They are very good and we try to catch their concerts when we can.
That is about all I know for now. Maybe something will happen that I can write about and maybe it won't. What makes it difficult for me to write is the fact that this computer no longer accepts my camera cards so I can't add photos. I always enjoyed doing that.
Till next time...
Sunday, February 19, 2017
The Good Old Days
What happens when a country lets all kinds of people in it -- legally and illegally?
You end up with bloat. You end up with people who bring their religion, their ideas, their rhetoric into your beloved country. And soon they want you to conform to their ways. And they don't understand why we don't see things their way. And by "we" I mean those of us who were born here and are many generations from the ancestors that came to this country centuries ago.
I am eighth generation in my line of ancestry. I share the same last name (my maiden name) with the ancestor that came here back in the mid 1700's. I shudder to think what he would say about all that has happened since then.
My ancestors, parents included, loved this country. They were proud to be here. They loved their flag, their values, their religion...and they never thought for one second they would see half of what is happening here today. I am not going into detail for I would not want to offend anyone. Just know that there are so many things going on right in front of my eyes that I do not like and wish I could change them.
If my parents knew that same sex marriages were happening they would die all over again. Love comes in many forms and I am not saying they can't love one another...but married? That is where I draw the line.
I could list a lot of things that should never have been changed because they aren't for the better but I prefer to keep quiet on my thoughts. I know I am not always right but damn it, it just irritates me when i see what has happened to this country over the last decades.
I can only hope we can go back to the good times before I close my eyes forever.
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And on an upbeat note -- both my NASCAR drivers are on the front row of the Daytona 500 which will be run next Sunday, February 26th.
Chase Elliott has the pole and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start second. Junior is back after spending half of last season "on the bench" due to severe concussion problems. Since then he got married and hopefully he will do well in this upcoming racing season. Right now, I am a very happy camper.
You end up with bloat. You end up with people who bring their religion, their ideas, their rhetoric into your beloved country. And soon they want you to conform to their ways. And they don't understand why we don't see things their way. And by "we" I mean those of us who were born here and are many generations from the ancestors that came to this country centuries ago.
I am eighth generation in my line of ancestry. I share the same last name (my maiden name) with the ancestor that came here back in the mid 1700's. I shudder to think what he would say about all that has happened since then.
My ancestors, parents included, loved this country. They were proud to be here. They loved their flag, their values, their religion...and they never thought for one second they would see half of what is happening here today. I am not going into detail for I would not want to offend anyone. Just know that there are so many things going on right in front of my eyes that I do not like and wish I could change them.
If my parents knew that same sex marriages were happening they would die all over again. Love comes in many forms and I am not saying they can't love one another...but married? That is where I draw the line.
I could list a lot of things that should never have been changed because they aren't for the better but I prefer to keep quiet on my thoughts. I know I am not always right but damn it, it just irritates me when i see what has happened to this country over the last decades.
I can only hope we can go back to the good times before I close my eyes forever.
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And on an upbeat note -- both my NASCAR drivers are on the front row of the Daytona 500 which will be run next Sunday, February 26th.
Chase Elliott has the pole and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start second. Junior is back after spending half of last season "on the bench" due to severe concussion problems. Since then he got married and hopefully he will do well in this upcoming racing season. Right now, I am a very happy camper.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Today's World
Yes, we all can easily say This is not who we are when it comes to the travel orders President Trump has put in place.
We all know it's not who we are -- but it is who we've become. When the Statue of Liberty was given to us with the inscription of "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” it was at a time when we were a very young country, when we had open arms for people who really wanted to be here and not come to do us harm. It was a time when most of us were free spirits and strived to build this Nation into a great Nation...not like today when there are so many that just want to tear it apart and bring it to its knees.
I truly believe the travel orders put in place are a much needed ban. We cannot go on like we were letting everyone into this country not knowing who they really were or why they wanted to be here. When they do enter they are given so many opportunities to get a start and very few take advantage of those things that help them...and then there are the many that just keep sucking from government taking everything they can for as long as they can.
Enter the taxpayer...the hard working people of this country. If my taxes went to a good cause like toward the children in this country who don't know where their next meal is coming from, I wouldn't care. But the majority of my taxes go to bottom-dwelling mud-suckers who never withdraw their outheld hands for freebies. The ones that get on Welfare and never want to get off because it's an easy life. Why are there so many on welfare today? Go back to the previous administration and think how they loved all those people on Welfare and subsidies because those people were beholden to them, those people would vote for them, and it just becomes one vicious cycle. Welfare mothers beget Welfare children and so on down the line. Somewhere the strong ones will stand up and say Enough! Others, hopefully, will follow suit and we will become strong again, strong together.
I am very glad President Trump did what he did and I truly hope he does not back down. That would just make us look weak. What he is doing now is portraying to other countries the fact that we are now going to help those in need that are already here in our own backyard, those that want to be here and have their "dream" come to fruition. I don't mind helping those that want to learn and earn; it's those others that live off the taxpayer that chap my cheeks.
And do you know what else bothers me a great deal? George Soros. He pays people to disrupt things, he pays them to protest the opposite of what we stand for all over this country...why doesn't he take all that money that he uses for nonsense and give it to St. Jude's or Shriners Hospital for Children or similar places like those that help children with diseases? No he'd rather waste it on disrupting this country. How can that douchebag call himself a US citizen? How?
We all know it's not who we are -- but it is who we've become. When the Statue of Liberty was given to us with the inscription of "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” it was at a time when we were a very young country, when we had open arms for people who really wanted to be here and not come to do us harm. It was a time when most of us were free spirits and strived to build this Nation into a great Nation...not like today when there are so many that just want to tear it apart and bring it to its knees.
I truly believe the travel orders put in place are a much needed ban. We cannot go on like we were letting everyone into this country not knowing who they really were or why they wanted to be here. When they do enter they are given so many opportunities to get a start and very few take advantage of those things that help them...and then there are the many that just keep sucking from government taking everything they can for as long as they can.
Enter the taxpayer...the hard working people of this country. If my taxes went to a good cause like toward the children in this country who don't know where their next meal is coming from, I wouldn't care. But the majority of my taxes go to bottom-dwelling mud-suckers who never withdraw their outheld hands for freebies. The ones that get on Welfare and never want to get off because it's an easy life. Why are there so many on welfare today? Go back to the previous administration and think how they loved all those people on Welfare and subsidies because those people were beholden to them, those people would vote for them, and it just becomes one vicious cycle. Welfare mothers beget Welfare children and so on down the line. Somewhere the strong ones will stand up and say Enough! Others, hopefully, will follow suit and we will become strong again, strong together.
I am very glad President Trump did what he did and I truly hope he does not back down. That would just make us look weak. What he is doing now is portraying to other countries the fact that we are now going to help those in need that are already here in our own backyard, those that want to be here and have their "dream" come to fruition. I don't mind helping those that want to learn and earn; it's those others that live off the taxpayer that chap my cheeks.
And do you know what else bothers me a great deal? George Soros. He pays people to disrupt things, he pays them to protest the opposite of what we stand for all over this country...why doesn't he take all that money that he uses for nonsense and give it to St. Jude's or Shriners Hospital for Children or similar places like those that help children with diseases? No he'd rather waste it on disrupting this country. How can that douchebag call himself a US citizen? How?
Friday, January 27, 2017
MARCH FOR LIFE: What A Difference
Last Saturday there was some sort of "walk" under the guise of Pro-Choice where people wore pussyhats (I didn't make that up, it's what they are called). There were big shot millionaire stars who gave silly speeches and put on the act of their life. Madonna? Go back to doing what you do best, whatever that is, and stop talking about blowing up the White House. Your silly ass should be carted out of the country for saying that.
Ashley Judd? What the hell was that crap that came spewing out of your filthy mouth as well? If I didn't know you I would have thought you were the devil yourself...something you were calling our President. Go back to the rock you crawled out from beneath and hide your nasty head in shame.
That march had nothing to do with pro-choice and everything to do with adding more hate on our President. All I can say is, if you don't like it there's the door...leave and shut it quietly. Oh that's right, you people don't do anything quietly. Just leave.
Now, folks, flash forward to earlier today...what a wonderful difference...one that made me proud to be one of them. The March of Life. The decent respectable women who marched for those that have no voice of their own. Babies. Precious babies.
I was at that march in spirit. It was the polar opposite of the pro-choice demonstration which proves how ignorant they are. I was embarrassed to be a woman while watching last Saturday. All I could do was keep asking myself, What is wrong with people these days?
Today's march had no disruptions and there were no idiotic speeches or so-called poems that made no sense. Just decent people walking for a darn good cause.
This is a step to getting this country back to being sane again. What we had the last eight years was totally insane and off the charts. I for one am glad to see that era end and a new one begin.
Ashley Judd? What the hell was that crap that came spewing out of your filthy mouth as well? If I didn't know you I would have thought you were the devil yourself...something you were calling our President. Go back to the rock you crawled out from beneath and hide your nasty head in shame.
That march had nothing to do with pro-choice and everything to do with adding more hate on our President. All I can say is, if you don't like it there's the door...leave and shut it quietly. Oh that's right, you people don't do anything quietly. Just leave.
Now, folks, flash forward to earlier today...what a wonderful difference...one that made me proud to be one of them. The March of Life. The decent respectable women who marched for those that have no voice of their own. Babies. Precious babies.
I was at that march in spirit. It was the polar opposite of the pro-choice demonstration which proves how ignorant they are. I was embarrassed to be a woman while watching last Saturday. All I could do was keep asking myself, What is wrong with people these days?
Today's march had no disruptions and there were no idiotic speeches or so-called poems that made no sense. Just decent people walking for a darn good cause.
This is a step to getting this country back to being sane again. What we had the last eight years was totally insane and off the charts. I for one am glad to see that era end and a new one begin.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Friday, January 20, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
January 20, 2017
The closer we get to Inauguration Day the more excited I get. It's almost like being a kid waiting for Christmas to arrive.
Yet every day something new pops up in the news to take away "our" good feelings about soon-to-be President Trump. People are blaming his tweets on Twitter but when i read them I agree with what he has to say. He is upfront and honest with all of us.
If someone called me an illegitimate President I would be pissed off too. And I would let that person know I was pissed off. Who the hell does that John Lewis guy think he is? I don't care what he did in the past...we are in the present heading toward a new country. Live with it.
I have come a long way in this life of mine with many roadblocks along the way. I am at a point now where nothing anyone says holds much water if it isn't something I believe in. I don't back down to anyone. I am my own person. I answer to only one being and that is God. Try and take that away from me and trouble brews.
Something else you won't get from me is my gun. I am an American Patriot and a Christian. Yeah, I know, I probably don't live a Christian life with the mouth I have but darn it all, don't mess with me and you won't have to hear things like that come from mouth.
And no, I am most certainly not a bitter person. I love life. I live for every day. And right now I live to see Donald J. Trump become one of the best presidents this country has ever known.
And for all you Democrats still crying over Ms. Clinton not winning ? Stick it.
Yet every day something new pops up in the news to take away "our" good feelings about soon-to-be President Trump. People are blaming his tweets on Twitter but when i read them I agree with what he has to say. He is upfront and honest with all of us.
If someone called me an illegitimate President I would be pissed off too. And I would let that person know I was pissed off. Who the hell does that John Lewis guy think he is? I don't care what he did in the past...we are in the present heading toward a new country. Live with it.
I have come a long way in this life of mine with many roadblocks along the way. I am at a point now where nothing anyone says holds much water if it isn't something I believe in. I don't back down to anyone. I am my own person. I answer to only one being and that is God. Try and take that away from me and trouble brews.
Something else you won't get from me is my gun. I am an American Patriot and a Christian. Yeah, I know, I probably don't live a Christian life with the mouth I have but darn it all, don't mess with me and you won't have to hear things like that come from mouth.
And no, I am most certainly not a bitter person. I love life. I live for every day. And right now I live to see Donald J. Trump become one of the best presidents this country has ever known.
And for all you Democrats still crying over Ms. Clinton not winning ? Stick it.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Winter...Bah Humbug!
A few weeks ago I wrote a comment or two on a blog I visit on occasion. The person who writes said blog is probably the exact opposite of me which would make her a left-wing liberal Democrat. Honestly, there is no talking to "those people." I wrote something upbeat on one of her occasional political posts and before I knew it I was being attacked from all sides by her readers. I deleted my comments and couldn't get away from there fast enough. I don't need to be treated that way...I wasn't being nasty to her so why did her readers take such offense? Guilty consciences? Geez, I'm sorry your girl lost but let's get real.
One of them said they came to my blog and read a few posts and then had some nasty things to say about me. One of them was that I was a bitter person. Yeah, bitter. I wanted to invite her to say that to my face. I'd show her what bitter is. The last thing I do these days is take nonsense from anyone.
So okay, let's get serious. What I have written so far is not what I had in mind when I came to my blog to write something. And now for the life of me I cannot remember what I was going to write about. That irritates me. I am not alone in this...I read a lot of other blogs where they say the same thing: all day long things go through their minds as to what to write about but when they sit at the computer or phone or tablet...everything they thought about over the day completely flew out of their mind. And then I don't feel so bad.
We are eleven days into the new year already. I cannot believe how fast these days just fly by. I am hoping this year proves to be better than 2016. Not that last year was so bad but we did lose an eight year old upright freezer because it decided it no longer wanted to provide really cold air to all the food inside. Loaded with food. Lots and lots of food. We kept the door closed and my husband got on the phone and started making calls to find a replacement. Nobody sells them off the floor anymore; they now have to be ordered. Well, that simply was not what we had in mind. We needed a freezer and we needed it right away. Long story short we did find one at HD (God bless them) that someone bought, took it home and decided it wasn't what they wanted, brought it back and we got a super deal on that brand new freezer never been used or plugged in. And it works great. Once it was up and running for four hours I transferred all the food from one freezer to another. At 1:30 in the morning.
Our TV decided to puke as well. It was one of those rear projection TVs. We had it since 1997 or 1998. I always said I would never replace it until it died. It died a few weeks before Christmas. We replaced it with a 65" curved 4K HD smart TV. Since we didn't have anything to put it on and couldn't hang it on the wall we had to also buy something to take care of that problem. We chose a stand that has a faux fireplace (with 6 different settings) and a built in heater. I used to like watching TV prior to getting this set but now I LOVE watching TV. Imagine going from an 18-year-old TV to what is available to view these days. It is like going from night to day. A whole new world has opened up for me.
There are other things that happened to us as well over the year but nothing as big as having to replace a 13 cu.ft. freezer, a big screen TV, and something to put said TV on. But I couldn't be happier.
I just remember what I wanted to write about in the first place -- I just wrote about them...freezer, TV, stand. Duh.
Monday, January 02, 2017
Friday, December 23, 2016
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Well, Well, Well...
Hey Democrats, Clinton lovers, Obama lovers, haters of Donald J. Trump...
HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?
It's all finally over. Now we can look forward to Hope and Change which is something the last president promised us 8 years ago and never delivered on.
I have been a Trump for President person from the very first gathering of all the Republican candidates...when they stood onstage for their first debate. Both my husband and I decided right then and there that he was the candidate for us and that we would vote for him. And we did.
I took a lot of chiding from misguided folks along the way but I held my breath and did not argue with them. I only hoped all the way from back then to now that our candidate would win the election and also the electoral college voting that took place yesterday.
I follow a blog that is so full of hatred and vitriol (she is a pagan so she says) that uses a lot of sewage she lifts from other websites and they are all nasty and full of rhetoric but I keep going back because she does post some things that are half-way decent from those websites. (I ignore the anti-Trump and anti-Pence cards.) They are cards and cartoons with different sayings and readings on them and some are quite funny...the non-political ones that is.
So now we look forward to the inauguration a month away. And then it is off to the races when a lot of changes will be made. It's too bad that from now until then that the current president is able to make drastic changes just to screw things up. But honestly? He has been doing that from day one so why should we expect anything different in this last month.
And as far as the Clintons are concerned...they should go hide out in their little love nest in Chappaqua NY and walk the fields around them...maybe something will swallow them up eventually. And then they can swim their way to the swamp that President Donald J. Trump hopes to drain.
Yes, it's a great day for America...bring back Christianity which is what this nation was based on when it was born.
(Edited to correct a mistake I made.)
HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?
It's all finally over. Now we can look forward to Hope and Change which is something the last president promised us 8 years ago and never delivered on.
I have been a Trump for President person from the very first gathering of all the Republican candidates...when they stood onstage for their first debate. Both my husband and I decided right then and there that he was the candidate for us and that we would vote for him. And we did.
I took a lot of chiding from misguided folks along the way but I held my breath and did not argue with them. I only hoped all the way from back then to now that our candidate would win the election and also the electoral college voting that took place yesterday.
I follow a blog that is so full of hatred and vitriol (she is a pagan so she says) that uses a lot of sewage she lifts from other websites and they are all nasty and full of rhetoric but I keep going back because she does post some things that are half-way decent from those websites. (I ignore the anti-Trump and anti-Pence cards.) They are cards and cartoons with different sayings and readings on them and some are quite funny...the non-political ones that is.
So now we look forward to the inauguration a month away. And then it is off to the races when a lot of changes will be made. It's too bad that from now until then that the current president is able to make drastic changes just to screw things up. But honestly? He has been doing that from day one so why should we expect anything different in this last month.
And as far as the Clintons are concerned...they should go hide out in their little love nest in Chappaqua NY and walk the fields around them...maybe something will swallow them up eventually. And then they can swim their way to the swamp that President Donald J. Trump hopes to drain.
Yes, it's a great day for America...bring back Christianity which is what this nation was based on when it was born.
(Edited to correct a mistake I made.)
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Grow Up, People
Good Lord what is wrong with people these days?
For Gods' sake just grow up. And get a life. We all know this country was headed the wrong way and we certainly did not need someone in the WH to keep that going full speed ahead. If anybody was scared it was me -- scared of what "she" could and would do to this country. I have never been so thankful the way things turned out.
The world isn't going to come to an end but if those professional protesters keep it up, it just might. They will be to blame. Yes, the majority of them are being bused to big cities and some of them are getting paid and I don't have to tell you by whom. And once again Trump supporters are being blamed for what is going on. The people who are protesting are hypocrites...they are doing the very thing they accused Trump supporters of doing.
We Republicans didn't act like a bunch of cry babies eight years ago. We complained and got on with our lives. Not once but twice (in 2008 and 2012). Why can't the Democrats do the same? Why are a lot of them being so hateful?
And why aren't college instructors teaching good things instead of rallying our young people to now be afraid of things, to need a dog to console them, to need to use crayons and coloring books, to need a safe place...please, just grow up, you're not in kindergarten anymore. I can't really blame the kids -- it is those who are teaching them that are filling their heads with garbage.
What the hell is wrong with you people these days anyway?
Wednesday, November 09, 2016
What A Glorious Day It is!
Finally...someone I can be proud to call my President. Someone who listens to us and knows all the trials and tribulations we have gone through these past eight or more years.
I did not go to bed until I was positive who the winner was. And by God it turned and stayed in our favor. Like I have written before...both my parents were registered Democrats but it never bothered me to ever vote. My mindset was that if I didn't vote nobody could ever blame me for the person that got elected.
Four years ago I urged my husband to register along with me so that we could vote as Republicans. I had only one thing on my mind as far as registering as Republican and that was so I could vote against you-know-who that was running for a second term. One term under him was all I could stand and felt I simply could not endure another.
I never thought B.O. would win a second term. Boy was I ever wrong. And I thought to myself, well, here we go again, another four years of more crap. And I wasn't wrong.
When Donald Trump announced he was running for President of course I snickered and thought he'll never make it...he won't get far. And then the first debate was aired on TV with all those others that threw their hats in the ring. By the time that debate was over both my husband and I were sold on Mr. Trump. We never looked back and as the weeks and months went by we were solid as to who we were going to vote for in 2016.
Yes, I am gloating, I am happy, elated, and all those other words that describe a person in seventh heaven. I can put my nasty thoughts aside about the other party's nominee and get on with my life in a normal way. For me, she no longer exists. And as far as all those people who said they would move out of the country if Donald Trump won? All I can say is don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Goodbye and good riddance. Every last one of them.
I have always complained about the electoral college vote saying it was really dumb and made no sense to me. But let me tell you...I have changed my mind in a huge way.
I am a Christian and an American Patriot and I know the other nominee would never work in my world. Amen.
I did not go to bed until I was positive who the winner was. And by God it turned and stayed in our favor. Like I have written before...both my parents were registered Democrats but it never bothered me to ever vote. My mindset was that if I didn't vote nobody could ever blame me for the person that got elected.
Four years ago I urged my husband to register along with me so that we could vote as Republicans. I had only one thing on my mind as far as registering as Republican and that was so I could vote against you-know-who that was running for a second term. One term under him was all I could stand and felt I simply could not endure another.
I never thought B.O. would win a second term. Boy was I ever wrong. And I thought to myself, well, here we go again, another four years of more crap. And I wasn't wrong.
When Donald Trump announced he was running for President of course I snickered and thought he'll never make it...he won't get far. And then the first debate was aired on TV with all those others that threw their hats in the ring. By the time that debate was over both my husband and I were sold on Mr. Trump. We never looked back and as the weeks and months went by we were solid as to who we were going to vote for in 2016.
Yes, I am gloating, I am happy, elated, and all those other words that describe a person in seventh heaven. I can put my nasty thoughts aside about the other party's nominee and get on with my life in a normal way. For me, she no longer exists. And as far as all those people who said they would move out of the country if Donald Trump won? All I can say is don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Goodbye and good riddance. Every last one of them.
I have always complained about the electoral college vote saying it was really dumb and made no sense to me. But let me tell you...I have changed my mind in a huge way.
I am a Christian and an American Patriot and I know the other nominee would never work in my world. Amen.
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