Thru the Valley of fat... lead astray by husband...

Forgive me for I have sinned...

I have walked the thin line between Christmas and New Years day.
But I have fell in the alley between, pulled in by my sinful husband..

and lead to the unspeakable of cheeseburgers, he has tempted me with his store bought candy (like we needed more)
Ah, but we will repent next week as we go in to the deep depth of limited food.

For nothing of sugar will reach our mouths.. No pasta, no potatoes, shall tempt out souls... Yea though the valley of sweetness will surely call our names, we shall walk no further. 

For our lettuce shall sustain us.

As well as our broccoli and cauliflower, shall hold us up out of the murky
valley of fat.  May water and black coffee aid us in our journey of the thin bodies we desire.  

And the King and I wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.. may

2016 treat us all kinder..

This season, this year...is hard

The season is hard when death knocks on the door

once again...  

We are pretty much on overload... A nephew in August.

A dear friend loses her son to a heart attack during

a day of hunting out of state...

A sister dies, (of ours), 2 days later...

And mother of my son in law Sunday early am....

So we are going to wish you all a Merry Christmas and

a Happy New Year to all of you...  Be sure to hug your

family members... enjoy your time with them.. make

lots of memories, enjoy lots of laughter...  and be blessed

by our Lord...

May the year 2016, be kinder to all of us....

Be back hopefully on the 4th of January...  

The more I watch the less I know....

I gave up on watching the debates... while rile

up the system, over some one who may not even

be around next year... Lot of them are like a firecracker..

the fuse is bound to burn out... and the fickle

public will forget who they are.. So why bother

now..  Easier on your heart as well.. after all

why get upset over them and their outlandish

claims?

But I digress... the more I watch the less

I know, about modern music.  Never been

a big fan of rap or  Iron metal Rock, I

think it is called..  And then there are the

different artist.  There is the arrogant

Keena West, I think his name is.. but

tell me.. do tell me .. what the heck is

THE WEEKEND....   No,  I am not talking

about Friday,  Saturday and Sunday.. But

a singer, who I think is male.. with the

most wicked hair do, I have ever seen.

I couldn't tell you if he is a good singer,

as his head is so distracting. I don't know

if his/her hair is pulled to side and wrapped

or what.. or is the head partly shaved? 

My attention span is bad, when it come

to the music of today.. For one reason is,

why do they scream when they are singing(?),

that question mark is for, is that singing?

I remember the day when the singer sang

a story.. some times sad, some times happy,

some times of love that is gone.. But you

could understand the words.

I guess I am just an old fuddle duddle...

Not with it. Remember I am from the

first Rock and Roll generation.. Elvis,

Lit Richard, Fats Domino and such.

And I  am sure it baffled my grandfather

as he was a fan of Lawrence Welk..

Ah, one, ah two... etc.   But I don't think

he was as baffled as I am at the way the

stars are not. 

Boy, talk about bad timing...

As you all have seen in the past blog post, we lost one of

our family members....  She passed on Monday, December 7th.

So Pearl Harbor Day will have a more mourning day for us.

On Wednesday, in our mail... we got a letter from the local

funeral home... not the one we used.  Telling us of their

services...  talk about bad timing...  I am sure they didn't

know, as the obituary didn't come out until Wednesday

paper.   We know they had no way of knowing.. but it

sure does hit hard... and yet, you end up laughing... release

I guess...

We had something similar happen to us when the King's

mother passed away 14 years ago... it was an ad for

life insurance... about 3 months after she passed... by

that time I had gotten a sense of humor... And wrote

that I didn't think Mary would be interested in their

insurance, but they could contact her at the cemetery

and gave the plot number..and ask her.

Telling how she had passed 3 months prior.

Got the most apologetic letter back.    Then 5 years

later we got two different letters selling something..

My guess is someone sold her name to some companies.

Wrote to them and told them to remove her name as

she had passed away 5 years prior.   Nothing back

from them..

It where you want to say.. boy did you get the wrong

number... luckily we can laugh about it now. 

Christmas isn't fun any more...

I have said that Christmas is for kids.. and it is..

Nothing brings out the brightness and sparkle of

Christmas than thru the eyes of a child.

But as an adult, with no little ones in my life

local... Christmas pretty much sucks.  It is

just another day, with lots of commercial hype.

Buy this.. buy that...

It isn't just because this year Christmas has gotten

knocked out by tragedy in our family and also

our friend who lost a son 2 weeks ago.. We just

don't do well at this time of the year.

The King and I kind of ruin it for those who want

to do for us at Christmas time.. but when we have

needs, we go out and buy it.  So trying to figure out

how to surprise us with something..  it is hard.. even

with the King and I with each other.  Like this year.

During Black Friday, they had tablets on sale.. so

he told me to go get it.. he needed a tool.. go get it.

What we really like to do.. and maybe in 2016 we

can do it.. as he will be retired.. but go way from

Christmas.. go to the beach.. even if it is cold and

windy... it is still cool to see. and even bundled up

and walk it..   Maybe next year.. 

Death Be Damned....

Death affects us differently.   And a lot of it depends on

how that person died.

Those who suffer greatly, like with cancer.. or such...

we get to the point where we can't take our love ones

painful ordeal, that we welcome death for them.  Even

though it tears our heart out that they are gone.  Yet we

get to say good bye to them and have closure. 

Then there are the sudden ones... the car accident or the

out of nowhere heart attack or such.  It is a rip of an

emotional band aid off of your mind.  No good byes. 

There are reasons, sometimes, that you can adjust to 

and understand...  even though it still tears your heart

out.

And then there is suicide.  This time, a rip of your

heart out. Your mind going through it over and over.

The "If only"... the bottomless pit ... the useless pit, of

if only I had said...if only had done this, or if only I

could have been there.... the if only... is a deep,

helpless pit.  

Then comes the next phase of it.... the handling of

the affairs.  Finding out the information you need

to take care of their affairs.. as there is no warning,

there is no list to follow, there is no will, there is

no nothing... So you blindly, thru tears and anger,

go thru papers, try to find all the papers.  Going

down the funeral home and face reality of cost,

which you didn't save for.. but find the money

anyway.  Then going thru the rest of the person's

personal things...and decide how to get rid of them.

And you play the hurry up and wait came of the

legal system.  And you wonder, if life will ever

return to what you thought was normal again.

Depression.. we hear a lot about it in the news media.

Robin Williams and such.  You feel bad for the family.

The articles on depression, you read everyone if you

have a family member who suffers from it.  Trying

to understand it.  So you will know how to help.

Some times you can... some times it take others...

and some times the black hole of depression grabs

our love ones, and you lose the battle.  You both do.

Once again.. this death .. has no good byes.. if there

is.. it is one sided.  

We need better laws to address depression... we need

better approaches... we need help... Hopefully the program

and building in the town south of us.. will have some

of those for the others.   

Good bye, our smiley pixie girl.   

Very sad day.....

We have a death in our family.. so taking the rest of the week off..

R.I. P.     K.M.G.    may you be a peace finally

Pearl Harbor

The younger generation has read about this.

My generation lived part of it as we were

just small children.. I, personally was only

a year and half old.  My father worked

for the government.. as a torpedo assembler. 

So he did not go overseas.

But there were a lot of children's fathers that did

go over to fight the World War II fight. Some

never return.  Never getting to know their father's

just as it is happening now, as our young troops

are over in the Mid-East fighting or policing the

areas.

War is hell.  I know that was said a long time ago.

And this one, the WWII, was suppose to be the

last war.. We learn nothing. The world has seen

the pictures, video's, films of Pearl Harbor.. they

have seen the video's/film and pictures of the Japanese

cities that we bombed, yet each country signs up

for settling the differences by ammo.  The only

difference of the two wars, is the WWII bunch

valued life.  Yes, they killed each other, but bottom

line they valued life. The ones we have now, do not.

The only good human of other faiths or countries,

to these people, are a dead human.. no matter what

country they come from .

Sad as we look back at Pearl Harbor, and then the

end of the war in 1945... that it was not the end of

all wars.

To all those who fought the World War II, and there

are a few still around.. more than you think... to all of

you.. Thank you for your service.  My generation still

remembers the price you paid. 

What is wrong with God's model?

We have had in the past, clone sheep. I think

even a baby in England.. That has to be at

least 20 years ago... haven't heard how all

that turn out.. From what I understand the

baby is still alive and well (who must be

a teen or young 20's by now) but have not

hear about anymore of them.  Neither child

or sheep wise.

The other thing of great protest is Monsanto's

insistent of doing gene changing of our food.

There are about 30 countries who have banned

it. Hawaii has banned it.. Why in heaven's name

the rest of our country has not, blows my mind.

I know when they tried to at least have it marked

so we customers could make a choice, there was

a great push out of state interest to put it down

and it did not pass. Some times voters are crazy.

I don't understand the want of this program.

It is like us neutering all males. How not having

a seed or plant with seeds not be able to have

them used again... is beyond me. What happens

when every USA plant does not reseed?  Then

I guess we will have to look at the countries

who were smart enough to ban GMO.  The

fact that the government is behind or protecting

GMO, really baffles me.  It isn't just the idea

of no reseeding... but it is coming to light that

there are health issues to it.

But that isn't enough for those who like this. Changing

of God's plan... now we have interest and studies of

Gene editing... So the scientist can do some editing

to get rid of a bad health gene out of children.  And

of course, then they will go further trying to get the

perfect child.  This is a very dangerous idea in my

book..   To me God has perfected everything he

has created.  Yes, there are flaws.. but those flaws

are part of life.   I suppose there are those who

want the perfect life.. in every form, but I am not

one of them.. Life is humbling.. something I see as

a good trait.

In my humble opinion... God's model has been doing

just fine for over thousands and thousands of years.

Why mess with it. 

The Lists.... checking them twice of more

The count down.....

Just 23 more days to Christmas....

Are you making list.. I am.. a list

of those I already sent Christmas cards

to.. so I don't send doubles...

A list of baskets that I am making up

and what to put in each one.

A list of what books go to which child.

A list of the different food I still need

to make for those baskets.

A list of who do I need to get a gift for yet.

So much to do and so little time.. as this

is the time of the year.. December,  that

flies by us, faster than the rest of the year.

On January 2, 2016, we can breathe a

sign of relief and endure the rest of the

winter. 

The Kindness Season

Here we are.. the 1st of December. Heading

into the holidays, called Christmas and New

Years Eve.. and New Years day.

Most people get the "Christmas spirit"

which is where everyone is nice to everyone.

At least they try to be.

So what is it about Christmas that makes

people think they should be nice to people,

but not the rest of the year.  Why are they

even nice during this holiday season?  Is

it because Jesus was born?  Because Jesus

is with us year around.. so why not be nice

year around.. after all, this is the "Christian"

thing to do..

Which brings me to the politically correct

question.. are Jewish people, Muslins, and

etc.  nicer during December?

Personally, if you are going to be nice to

people, it should be year around and have

nothing to do with religious reasons. 

HOMELESS...how many are there?

According to one of the sites I found, as there

aren't a lot of them.. on homeless, these are the

numbers.. but these are for the end of  2014

overall homeless... over 578,000+ of them 

families is over 67,000

177,000  are shelterless.. meaning nothing..

400+000 are sheltered in warm shelters, or

maybe a car, or old trailer with no hook ups.

Individuals... 362, 000+

this is the shameful numbers...

unaccompanied children and youth... 45,000+

Veterans.... 49,000+

http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/the-state-of-homelessness-in-america-2015

The numbers are hard to pin down. Because there

is no census taken on them every 10 years like there is

for those who are housed.   so the numbers come from

warming shelters,  food lines, in churches.. which is hard

to account for as there are many who are low on funds

but have homes.. that go there as well.   I don't know if

any of these can get any kind of help from the Health

and Welfare Dept. because I think you have to have

an address to apply.  Those who are homeless can't

even afford post office boxes. 

Some school know of some of the children. Who don't

have homes, so live in Mom's car or old broke down

camp trailer.. so don't have addresses. Some schools

are trying to compensate for it, as usually you can't

go to a school district if you can't prove you live in

that district. 

So the above information is just an estimate based

on some areas. So does anyone know just how

many there are?   And if you foolishly think there is

not homeless in your town.. you are a fool.

There are bum jungles that over the years, police have

emptied, only to have them reappear or moved to another

area.

Most of us use to think of the homeless as drunken bums.. or

drugged out bums... male as well as female. But the

picture has changed over the years.  As there are families.

There are even children...by themselves and with one

parent.  They are there because the parents lost their job.

so couldn't afford to pay rent anymore.  Some of the housing

got out priced as the economy raised, and the low income

housing was replaced by very expensive houses or condo's.

The owner goes where the money is.  Trailer parks are

replaced by fancy homes and apartments. Old hotels have

been remodeled or replaced.. All leaving the barely

renting,with no where to go.

Children like the Veterans, have had trouble adjusting to life,

to the point where the families can't handle it anymore. So

they are told to leave.. but to where?  So we have Veterans

who need help health wise as well as homes.  Both of them

feeling so alone.. hiding where they can to keep warm. Some

of them begging for food and drink.

THESE ARE ALL AMERICANS...  and they are being beat,

 harassed, or just left to sit and regress into themselves.

There is a program that is trying to help the Veterans in SOME areas.

But there is a lot more to be done. A LOT..

So how can we as a nation, slide these people to the side.. Americans

being push to the side... no program that gives them housing, food,

health care, education, nation wide... how can we do this? Push

them to the side and let strangers, foreigners ... refugees come to

our country and pay for their housing, their health programs, their education?  How do we do that?  Doesn't charity start at home?

And  on the edge is thousands, maybe even a million more homes

tittering on the edge... just 3 lost  paycheck from homelessness.

So MR. PRESIDENT.. don't give me this shame thing about how

we don't want to help women and children refugees, and where is

our heart?     Shame on you and all the past Presidents who haven't

fully addressed the homeless.. writing them off as old drunken

men and women who don't want help.   

Maybe the media should show us the people who are homeless. Like

they do for the refugees.  Maybe one of their famous reporters should

do a story on them, from state to state or town to town....

There was a small 10 minute one, on one of the news shows,  on kids

in one school district that was trying to do something about the kids who were homeless and going to their schools.  Keeping them in the school

district system, but didn't see anything about how they were going to

help the one family they did show, who lived in a camper type vehicle.

They didn't show the mother..  I can understand why, ... wanting to

keep some of the dignity knowing she has swallowed a lot of her pride

to even have the kids taped.

No, AMERICAN HOMELESS FIRST.. then refugees, Governors,

and MR. PRESIDENT.

Thankful for this day of Thanksgiving...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THIS HOUSEHOLD TO YOURS...

Where ever you are.. 

we are wishing you a day of

joy with friends and family.. 

hopefully full of laughter.   

Thankful for ......day 3

Tomorrow is the big turkey day... and hopefully

everyone has somewhere to go to eat.. Some

chose to eat at home with their spouses.. some

choose to go to a restaurant. 

Most of us have the big table full of food. With family

around.. small and large families.  Ours is small

compared to a lot of years..  We will be 6.. one time

we were up to 17.. and we have a small house..

So for today... I am thankful for the town I live in.

In this day and age, there is so much going on.

So many in fear of their area.. and who come into

their neighborhoods. 

We are lucky in this little tiny town of 600+. We

were at 400 for many years..  But there is homes

being built.  But still we are a very low crime area.

So far.. 

We have great neighbors on all sides and down the

road from us.  We all look out for each other, yet

let each of us live our lives without snooping. Helping

when we can. 

And even though there is a few things in this state,

that drive us all nuts..  it is still a good state. Even with

others coming here and trying to change us to what

they left.. we still are good state.... a beautiful state.

God is surely in the plan, as you look around the

state.. I am sure there are many states with such

beauty,  But we seem to be a little more laid back.

And up here in the Northern end of the state this

surely is true.

And I am thankful to be a citizen of the United States

of America.  Even with all our warts, we still are a

country that comes together when the tough gets

going.  And I wouldn't want to live in any other.   

Thankful for .... day 2

Today, my thankfulness is for Friends.. I am not talking

about acquaintances.  Acquaintances are worthy to, but

not quite as much as a FRIEND.. 

Acquaintance, is some one you know thru work, or

volunteering, church, any varies ways, of getting to

know people.  You might have lunch with them, but

actually down deep they don't know you.. They know

the top layer.

A FRIEND.. knows you pretty much in and out. They

care enough to call from time to time.. and ask how

you are and truly they want to know.  They are there

to help, be it help with the house work so the two of

you can go somewhere...  They are there when it is

rough, even if they really don't do anything. Some one

to talk to. Thru the bumps of life.  You will hear from

them more when things are rough than when things

are good.  Because they know you need them. Where

as, when things are good, .. they know you are busy and

so are they.   But they are the ones who you don't see

for weeks, months or even years, yet when you sit down

with a cup of coffee in hand, it was like you were talking

to them yesterday. Friend last forever... usually.

I have one from 6th grade.. Alice... I have one when I was

pregnant with my youngest who is 45. That is Pat.

I have two from when I was raising my kids.. that

would be Cherie and Maureen.  I have a gal pal of

10 years, that would be Lorraine.  And then there

is one who we talk on the phone, meet at least once

a year for lunch and email and Facebook. And every

time we talk or have lunch, it is so enjoyable.. as

she is so interesting, does great things and has the

heart of gold and wants to see other succeed. and

that would be Mari...

All of these FRIENDS,  make me what I am.. I am

a better person because of all of these women. And

I hope I am someone they are proud to call Friend

as well. And then if you are really lucky.. you have

a child who you can call Friend as well... this is true

of me as well. I have a daughter who also has a daughter

who is her best friend.

And when you lose one of these friends.. it is like

losing part of you.   One of which I had, was my

husband, Marv.

So if you have a child, or a husband or wife who is

your best friend.. you are so very lucky... And you

don't have to have a lot of friends to be complete.

But have a lot of acquaintances, who think the world

of you, and you of them, also completes your world.  

Thankful for....

As we head into the week of Thanksgiving..

We start to think about what we are grateful

for.. Sometimes around the Thanksgiving table

there are words of thankfulness for these days.

Something we should do every day, not just

once a year.  Especially in these days and times.

So I am going to try to start each day this week,

with what I am thankful for... All it takes is a few

seconds.. and then say it aloud if you can..

While I do say it each morning.. I thank God for

giving me another day.. which at my age is a

big thing.

So for today.. I am most of all things.. thankful

for my family..  I am thankful that my family is

all safe and healthy.  Which is in my nightly prayer.

I am thankful that all my children, and grand children

are doing well.. That all of them and my great grand

children are well.  And a little prayer along with it..

That their lives continue to be safe and healthy even

after my passing..  Which is a big thankfulness and

prayer considering the way the world is going.  I

never take any of this for granted.  It is a great blessing

in my book of life.

I will also add.. I hope and pray that this is true of

your family as well.  

So I am thankful for today.. for my whole family. For

our love of each other, For our respect of each other.

As I look on in wonderment.

What are you thankful for........for today?  

  

Bring in the refugees? What about our homeless?

In the paper and every other media.. there are

stories about the coming refugees..

Ever since the Paris massacre,

people are having second thoughts..

My own is .. how can we bring in more people

when we can't take care of our own..

We have thousands if not millions of homeless

people..   People living in alleys in boxes,

people sleeping in parks if they aren't run off.

People sleeping in their cars...doorways in cities. 

These people are men, women and CHILDREN.

There was in the news about a school in the

south that is trying to find a way to keep track

of their students.. as they have no addresses.

THEY ARE HOMELESS.. 

We have Vets who are homeless as well...How

can that be?  These men and women stood up for

this country, yet their illnesses leave them home

less.  Being jobless, leaves them homeless.

SHAME ON US!!

People who got zapped during our economy

and lost their homes.. and jobs.... are homeless.

Ask the government in Hawaii, about their

homeless problem..

So I have to ask you.. how can we push our

own citizens to the side?  How can we say, I

am sorry, we haven't helped you.. but  we

are bring in 10,000 + people from another

country, that by the way, hate us.  How can

we do that?

Some people are trying to make this about

religion.. it isn't about religion.. it is about

where do we get the money to take care

of these new dependants?  We can't even

take care of our own.

When the Vietnamese came in, we gave them

housing.. money for food, cars, and college

scholarships... Free and clear.. no student loan

like the Americans and some of them Vietnam

Vets...to be paid back.  We have done the same

for Haiti, and I am not sure about the 1955

Hungarians who came here in the thousands.

Why can't we take care of our own?

The other thing that bothers me is... in the beginning

they should show children.. walking.. with mothers

and some with both parents.. that was the first couple

of days.

Now you see 99% men.. some of them very outwardly

angry men...  Are these too, coming to our shores?

But the bottom line for me is .. take care of our own,

FIRST. When we no longer have homeless in our country.

When every child has a roof over his head, and food

for his body, and an education.. THEN we might think

about bringing in new dependants. Only then.. Other

wise we are just slapping the homeless Americans

across the face and telling they don't matter.

SHAME ON US!!!!!..

  

Delayed by storm....

We had a storm come in last night. The winds were

heavy in some places.. we got up to 30 mph at one

time..   But other areas had in the 50's and some even

almost 70..   Now where I come from.. (the East Coast)

that is what we call a hurricane.

There is no school in our area, as there are so many

without electric.  We lost ours for about 4 and half hours.

We got it back for 2 minutes.. just long enough for me to

set all the clocks and as I was heading back to bed..everything

went black again.   Surprising how quiet everything is.

But we regain electric at 11:30pm.. and this time I waited

10 minutes before I set all the clocks again.. Blinking

clocks drive me crazy..   and the King depends on them

for getting up in the morning..  Well, not so much

depends on them, but when he wakes up for a bit, he

can see how much more time he has before he gets up at

2:30am.  He has an battery alarm clock, but he wakes

before it goes off..  Which I am grateful for, as he has a

Sponge Bob alarm clock from the days of his passion of

Sponge Bob with our grandson.  So being woke at 2:30 am

to "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Sponge Bob, Sponge Bob, Sponge Bob Square Pants!"

This morning he got up and went to work, only  to find

out that the school is closed.. so he stayed long enough

to tell the drivers that didn't get the message... that there

is no school, so go home and back to bed.  Bus drivers

come in about 5 to 5:30am.. to head out.  And the King

was home by 6:00am.. and asleep in the chair as I got up

at 7. I was woke at 5:15am by the school district auto call

that calls the house as well as his cell phone, but went back

to sleep.

Today is clean up day.. and Avista is working hard to get

everybody back up on line, with their electricity. 

The draft...

Does anyone remember why they stopped the draft?

I know it wasn't a very popular program. 

Not everyone got drafted from what I remembered.

You had to sign up for the draft after you reach the

age of 18.  That was males only, but for the life of

me, I don't know why women weren't drafted as

well.

Then you only went in, if your number/name came

up in the lottery of picks.  So not every one went.

There was deferments for those in college and or

married with children.  And you remained on the

list from 18 to 25, if I recall right.  I don't recall

the draft being for the Air Force, Marines or even

the Coast Guard.  It was for  the Army.  Don't know

why that is so.

But sometimes as I see the younger generation, I

wonder if stopping the draft was such a bad idea.

The Army made men out of boys.  And as we see

a lot of young men who don't get good jobs, end

up in a lot of trouble.  So maybe we wouldn't

have so many guys in jail or prison, if the draft

was still available.   I know there was a time when

judges would have young men volunteer to join

up, .... it was either that or go to jail.. And 99%

chose the Army.  Maybe if it came back, they

could lower the age to 17, if you dropped out of

high school.

Maybe if we had the draft back and have the deferment

be .... in college, married with 2 or more children... or

a good paying job, and living on your own.  After all

in the Army, there was a lot of vocations that were

trained there to chose from.  So they got a profession

while serving.

The times are changing...

You have to be hid under a rock, not to know what

went on this weekend in Paris...

The word is 129 died...and much more wounded.

And of the 8 terrorist, 6 are dead, and 1 is caught

and one is on the run...out of France, and they were

thisclose to getting that one..as they had him stopped

and for some reason didn't get it and let him pass.

The reports are up and down, what is truth and what is

rumors..  But are they telling us that only 8 terrorist

brought on all this mayhem?  Surely there had to be

more.. or was it the element of surprise got them as

far as it did?  Luckily the police were faster...

These days.. fighting, terrorist, wars are all different

from what we are use to.. 

Indians and Calvary.. leathers and blue suits and cowboy

hats..

Civil war.. union blue and rebel grey...

WW I and WW II it was the uniform differences.

Same with Korean war (it was not a policing...they

shot each other.. that is war)

Vietnam was a little different.. but still the uniforms.

But now?  they only thing that seems to be the same

all the countries are  in their uniforms. Ours, France,

Germany and etc. and the MidEastern's look like every

one else in their country. So our allies and the rest can't

tell who is who.. but they sure know who we are.

Then you take the renegades terrorist.. They look like

any other MidEasterner.. So is it a terrorist, or is it the

local doctor or welder or what ever?  

And when they come to the other countries.. every

Midwesterner is suspicious.  They must know what

it felt like to be Japanese during WWII..  With the

exception that they aren't rounded up and put in camps.

I hate to see what is coming.. where next?  are we next?

Will it be something like Paris.. or bigger like the Super

bowl..  scares me to even think about it..  We might

cuss the HOMELAND SECURITY.. but so far, they

have kept us safe.  So far..  

More things I won't be able to do...

I have written before how electronic are starting

to baffle me..  That the smart phones are so

way far smarter than I am.

Computers are starting to run away from me as

well.  Movie cameras have left me in the dust.

All of these are disconcerting for me.. but

it has come to me, there is one more.. that I

have not thought about.  That is cars.

The new and improved, no key cars are going

so much into computer that I have realized

that I will never be able to have a new car.

Not that I can afford one...but even if I won

one free and clear...  I would have to take

driving lessons all over.  I would know how

to drive it down the road.  I just wouldn't

know how to start it up.

With that comes the realization, that not

only would I not be able to buy a new car...

but I would not be able to lease/rent a car.

Unless they have an older one. But in the

future.. I would be lost.

I wish the high schools would have night

school for those of my age.  To have different

computerize classes..  One for the Windows 10

and then one for smart phones... and now add

new cars systems as well.

Today sadden me..

Today is Veteran's Day... and some places will honor

those who have served and are still serving...

But it sadden me because the students are in school today.

The banks are closed, the post office is closed.. so tell me

why is it the students are in school?  Hopefully the

school are having an assembly for a program.. honoring

local veterans.  Hopefully they understand from the time

of World War I, World War II, Korean war (no I don't call

it a police action, when they are shooting at each other...

and then there is the Vietnam War...and I don't know what

they call this we are doing now.. it is war.. but not like the

war of years ago, where you go after each other, shooting

it out.. this war is so much different...  And our soldier,

our troops, need to be honored... by all.  And because they

have gone ... our youth who volunteered.. who were not

drafted... have stepped up for you and I. THANK YOU..

So to all of you who have served... and to all of you who

are serving now... We thank you for your service.. and we

are sorry that you have to be put in such a position. We can

only hope that some day.. people will stop hating others..

But in the meantime.. THANK YOU.. ALL OF YOU..