Be careful what you wish for.. Immigrants

As the observer, of the news and the Facebook

barrage of words… it strikes me, the old saying..

Be careful what you wish for….

The media.. all over.. Facebook, talk shows, some

what the news… newspapers… it is every where.

The shock and horror of the signing of no immigrants

in to America nor any of us being able to come and go

from 7 countries.  And now he is

talking about adding some more counties.

See I remember about 3 or 4 years ago, running around

Facebook was meme of Robin Williams, about building

walls around the USA.  Letting no one in.. and letting no

one out.. that we would be come self sufficient. We wouldn’t

need to trade with anyone.. We wouldn’t go to war with

anyone, because we would keep them all out of the USA. 

Why poor Robin got his name on this, is beyond me.. as he

definitely did not say it or thought it.  But I do remember

people passing that thing around many times and adding

their two cents to it.

I am still waiting for the lobbyist and the term limits..

But that won’t be in my life time…

But back to the immigrants… You see I am old enough to

remember the rest of the immigrants.. you know the ones,

the ones that were your grandparents? Or Great grandparents

and even now maybe your great, great grandparents?  See I

remember the word WOP… it was not a nice name to call

the Italians.   For those who don’t know.. the word WOP

Stood for  W….with….O ….out…P…. papers…  Now what

does that suggest to you?  They came over on the ship

thru Ellis Island.. not so much. There were a lot of them

who did.. but there obliviously were those who did not.

There is the Irish who came in as second hand people,

on a indentured servant policies.    We had the Chinese

who came in a lot of times not true proper channels, and

were put into slavery, because they never could pay off

the amount the boss paid to have them come.  They dug

the hole deeper owing the company store. 

Say nothing about the poor Japanese people that the

Government so quickly put into camps and took their

property, business, forever.  

No immigrants have never been truly accepted in the

USA.. and today it is ironic that most that yell the most

would not be here, had their families not came here from

somewhere.    So unless you are an Native American

Indian.. your family came to these shores, be it legal

or not..     

With a lot of those who came.. there was the bad element

who came with them. You have the Irish and Italians

fighting in New York at the turn of the 20^th century.

You had the  Vietnamese gangs, the Japanese gangs.

But they were the 10% .. the rest of them were and

are good folks who just wants the same as you and I.

A place to live, be able to afford food, a job.

and those who are afraid of the Muslins? Do you

know they have been here since the 1880?, No I

didn’t think you did.

And while you are yelling and ranting to your friends..

Be careful what you wish for… And think about how

your family got here.  Google it sometime.

And remember we hate what we don’t understand.. and chose not to understand…

I have the tech blues.....

My daughter was nice enough to gift me a

Pad.. Samsung …  Has my email on it, and

Facebook.  And I will be able to take pictures.

And will be able to do wondrous things with that.

Notice I said WILL BE ABLE to do wondrous

things.   Because it is going to take a while. 

I have been going thru one step at a time.  I

have my facebook page on it.  I have one of my

email address on it.  The other one is a another

story, as it isn’t the common one.. like msn, yahoo

or any of those.. So it has presented a problem,

with the security of it. I am not putting in the

correct information, I guess.. so today will

be the gather of the information.. for that.

Getting use to the small screen and my big

fingers for the pop up keyboard is interesting.

Some of the stuff that is in one place on my

laptop, is in another side on the pad.

I am doing one thing at a time, so not to overwhelm

my brain with it. As electronics and I are

not necessarily friends anymore. I use to have

a brain… now I have mush, that tries to

impersonate a brain.   So if I don’t clutter it

too much.. I might have a chance to actually

get this. 

My daughter says if I can conquer this one.. then

I will be ready for a smart phone..  OH, GOD FORBID.

I GOT THE TECH BLUES…

The Carousel of Smiles project

There is a couple... Clay and Reno Hutchison.. who loves... Carousels. Have for years..   They have been looking for a whole carousel.. not just a piece.  And then along came the opportunity. The year was 2000. They were able to buy it before it went to auction.  Auctions usually means it is parted out..  But they were able to buy the whole thing.   The amazing thing is that it had been stored in a tractor trailer for over 48 YEARS!!!.  Someone had bought years ago.. 1970's  and started to restore the horses.. and had stripped the old paint. And then it sat for many years again. 

But now they are in Sandpoint. With great hopes to have it done in a year.  There was two showings of them.  First was the unloading of them..  and then last Saturday, was the showing for those who missed it the last time, like the King and I.  And also in hopes the fever was catching and those of the right trade, may volunteer to help.  The King did put down his name and for welding, and gears and engines. They need wood workers... painters and others.  And people did...  

The love of ones childhood, and the ride on the carousel is contagious .   So here you see the beginning.. And I hope I am around in the year or so that it is done.. So I can show you the finish project. 

For those with computers, here is the site. 

https://thecarouselofsmiles.org/the-carousel/

Opening the door for lies....

When I watched the news and saw one of Trump’s

people explain why what his press secretary said,

was not lies BUT ALTERED TRUTH!!  All I could

think was .. OH. .. MY… GOD… did she ever opent

the door to untruth.  Better know to you and I as LIES.

They don’t need to use the wording of ..”little white

lie” anymore.. and even flat out lying.. will be come

obsolete.   ALTERNATIVE TRUTH is the new one…

The door is open.  This isn’t just a buzz word.  A buzz

word is, word or words uttered and people pick it up and

over use it.. WHERE IS THE BEEF?  ALRIGHT,ALRIGHT,

QUITE FRANKLY I DON’T GIVE A DAMN..  Or simple

ones.. cool, awesome and so many we have picked up from

a simple word or wording uttered by someone. 

But the door that opens will also become a legal one.

I am sorry, your honor, I did not lie, it was an alternative

truth.

Newspaper and later television reporters use to be held to 
accountability for the truth.  Some times legally, some

times by society.   We all know that of late, the media,

all media… has had a hard time staying in the line of truth.

Fox News has a way of spinning the truth .. as well as some

of the bigger news outlets. Depending on what political

game side they are on.  What use to be called yellow

journalism, has become the norm.  We use to make fun

of the “scandal sheets” like Enquire, and alike.  But

now we can’t count on anything.

Guess life has become like my parents use to say, which

was a saying… Believe ¼ of what you read and ½ of what

you see. Now to believe 1/10 of what you read and 1/4 of what you 
see

Does this mean that the legal cases of slander will now go to

the way side?  After all, slander is lies.. and true is going to

become alternative truth, which of course, to you and I is…lies.

Say nothing about dealing with your kids.. they will catch

on to this fast.. I DID NOT LIE… I told the altered truth.

What comes to mind is .. Sir Walter Scott’s words.  

Oh, what a tangle web we weave, when we first  

practice to deceive.   

Does it make a difference?

Over the weekend there was the Women’s March in Washington,Dc. As well as many cities around the US…as well as over seas.  After that or even during it.. there was a post, on Facebook. Which I agreed.. (I have it at the end of this) Several of us agreed for one reason or another..  and caught a lot of flak for agreeing with it. You can read the original below first if you would like.

Here is my view.

The thing is.. yesterday march was a feel good thing... not productive.. so that is what I had trouble with it. Like the BLACK MAN MARCH of years ago.. what did that do? Same thing that happen  tomorrow. On Monday morning everything is back at their jobs and nothing happens. pretty much no one cares enough... So what can make a difference? If those 500,000 women and men.. and the women and men who marched in each town.. took the money they paid to go to each of these.. and put it in a fund.. a national fund.. and buy themselves the best lawyers to change and challenge. To pay for the lobbyist we all know that run Congress.. and get the laws changed. THEN I WILL BE IMPRESSED.. Protest works some times when something right now just happen.. but for the long run.. it takes people to challenge the laws.. and that takes money... You take the women who showed up in Wa. DC yesterday... even if they only gave $100 (it cost them a lot more for travel and hotels) each.. times 500,000 .. well that is a pretty good start on fighting a way that works.. Add the rest of the cities people as well, they should be on their way. Otherwise it is just a feel good thing.

Don't think so.. then tell me how life has improved for the black man since theirs? better jobs? no, police don't shoot them any more, when they are laying on the ground with their hands up...no gun anywhere.. like a couple months ago? Nope.. I don't see where the march did anything for them either.

HERE IS WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON FACEBOOK

Elizabeth Schroederson

On point but author unknown...

I am not a "disgrace to women" because I don't support the women's march. I do not feel I am a "second class citizen" because I am a woman. I do not feel my voice is "not heard" because I am a woman. I do not feel I am not provided opportunities in this life or in America because I am a woman. I do not feel that I "don't have control of my body or choices" because I am a woman. I do not feel like I am " not respected or undermined" because I am a woman.
I AM a woman.
I can make my own choices.
I can speak and be heard.
I can VOTE.
I can work if I want.
I control my body.
I can defend myself.
I can defend my family.
There is nothing stopping me to do anything in this world but MYSELF.
I do not blame my circumstances or problems on anything other than my own choices or even that sometimes in life, we don't always get what we want. I take responsibility for myself.
I am a mother, a daughter, a wife, a sister, a friend. I am not held back in life but only by the walls I choose to not go over which is a personal choice.
Quit blaming.
Take responsibility.
If you want to speak, do so. But do not expect for me, a woman, to take you seriously wearing a pink va-jay-jay hat on your head and screaming profanities and bashing men.
If you have beliefs, and speak to me in a kind matter, I will listen. But do not expect for me to change my beliefs to suit yours. Respect goes both ways.
If you want to impress me, especially in regards to women, then speak on the real injustices and tragedies that affect women in foreign countries that do not that the opportunity or means to have their voices heard.
Saudi Arabia, women can't drive, no rights and must always be covered.
China and India, infanticide of baby girls.
Afghanistan, unequal education rights.
Democratic Republic of Congo, where rapes are brutal and women are left to die, or HIV infected and left to care for children alone.
Mali, where women can not escape the torture of genital mutilation.
Pakistan, in tribal areas where women are gang raped to pay for men's crime.
Guatemala, the impoverished female underclass of Guatemala faces domestic violence, rape and the second-highest rate of HIV/AIDS after sub-Saharan Africa. An epidemic of gruesome unsolved murders has left hundreds of women dead, some of their bodies left with hate messages.
And that's just a few examples.
So when women get together in AMERICA and whine they don't have equal rights and march in their clean clothes, after eating a hearty breakfast, and it's like a vacation away that they have paid for to get there...
This WOMAN does not support it.

GOOD BYE, MR. PRESIDENT..

                                GOOD BYE, MR. PRESIDENT...

Thank you for being the class act that you and your family have been.. While I didn't agree with you political all the time. But I admire the fact, that no matter how dirty the public became.. no matter what the horrible nasty names they called you and your wife.. You both kept your head high. You showed you did not lower your self to their level..

I believed in you the first time and voted for you.. I thought you  might be the one to make changes.   As a old voter, and kind of jade, it might not be possible.. but when you said.. YES, WE CAN.. I thought, well maybe you just might be able to. And you were different than the OLD WASHINGTON GUARD, so just maybe.  And then there is the deal breaker on the other side.. Ms Palin..  She was a deal breaker for me.. And you did look promising.

The first 4 years, you did try to make good on your promises. I did see the road construction going on across the country when I traveled to Wisconsin.  You were trying to construct a health care that was affordable for the citizen who were being out priced on insurance for their families and with less coverage.  There was words in the works for the gay people..  You were trying.  There was works going on to end the war overseas that was given to you by the previous bunch. And the economy was trying to recover and jobs coming back. But the lobbyist were still there.  The one line laws didn’t happen. And a few others, that I had hoped would happen.   And the Affordable Care was not affordable by many.  It had some good points, like the 26 year old kids under their parents, and no previous injury wording.. but the rest was leaving a lot unsaid.. and the insurance companies were given enough time before it went into an act , to raise their rates sky high for many .

The next 4 years were worse for you as Congress made sure they blocked you at every law or policies you tried to pass for the citizens.  Ending up using the executive order over and over.   But some of the things you tried.. did get thru.. While not nationally, but state wide, some of yours got thru. Like gay marriages and marijuana in many states.   And the economy did rise up and the unemployment did go down to 4%.  But I also saw that with Congress blocking you so badly, that the nation was getting enough of it all. And the parties took over and works FOR the citizens went to the way side. 

I guess what comes to mind is the scene in One who flew over the Cockoo Nest…. Where the man tried to pick up the water fountain from the floor. And he grunted and groan and finally, have a lot of time…he ended up walking away.. Others in the room made fun of him. Laughing at him. When the Indian, looked at all of them.. and say.. “WELL, AT LEAST HE TRIED.”    And that you did.

You can hold your head high, because you did tried.. also you are a fantastic father, and husband.  It had to be hard to stand by and hear some of the news come in about your wife. No first lady has been so put down, since Nancy Reagan. Who did not have to endure the racist remarks.   At least they left your daughters alone.   But you and your wife, showed what class is like.

So GOOD BYE MR. PRESIDENT… I wish you and your fine family well. 

Wake up Leroy, this is going to be the worse wreck you ever saw..

Long time ago, there was a joke, about a truck driver, who was

coming down off of the Grapevine… a nickname for a mountain

in California, outside of Fresno, California.. A very very STEEP

Highway..and when you are on the down hill side of it.. it can

be pretty harrowing.  Not for the faint of heart.  And joke was

“wake up, Leroy, this is going to be the worse wreck of

your life, and you need to see this.

As we all know, tomorrow is the awakening of a new day.

A new President, a said …new Administration, A new type

of government.  And by some.. a new insanity.

So hang on to your hats, folks… this is going to be a hell of

a ride.  Which starts tomorrow, but you aren’t going to see

any real action until next week or later…

Can’t wait until January 20, 2018… so I can asked all those

diehearted Trump supporters…. SO, HOW IS THIS WORKING

OUT FOR YOU?”  

What is a circus?

That is a question our great grandkids will

probably be asking.   Or your grandchildren.

As I watched the new, there was a report that

Ringling Barnum Bailey Circus will have their

last show in May.  I don’t know if some of the

smaller ones will also quit or maybe they already

have.  There hasn’t been one in our area for years.

We did take our grandson to one many years ago.

I think he was about 10. He is now 26.  It wasn’t

RBBC’s circus, but it was pretty good.  The side

shows didn’t seem to be up to par, but over all good.

Myself, I have seen RBBC many times. I saw it

in R.I. as a kid a couple times. I saw it in San

Diego, twice.  I have seen the lesser ones a couple

of times.. The one we took our grandson to, is the

last one. 

It is sad that kids will not be in awe as the elephants

parade by.. or the high wire acts wobble across the

wire. Or the trapeze act is flying over head.  I find

it all sad.

I thought it was because of the PETA people who

have been after the circus for years to drop the

elephant acts out of the show, but the report said

that the people just haven’t been coming out as

much as they use to.  That kids are more into

reading their screens than they are into seeing

the trapeze artist and the animal acts.  Again…

Sad..

Just another thing that I am so happy was in my child

hood, that kids won’t get to experience.  As I was thinking

about how my great grandchildren missing out, I thought

back to my grandchildren. Which 90% of them are adults

now.. and wondered how many of them have been to a circus.

If I won the lotto, I would buy tickets to the RBBC last show

in May, for all of them.  All children should experience the

awe of the circus in their lifetime.     

NOT in my neighborhood

From time to time, when things happen, we

think, not in our neighborhood.

So when I was asked for a prayer from my church

for two  Bonner County Sheriff deputies who had

been shot.  My heart sank.

We all have read and saw on television stories about

police officers being shot.  Way, way, too many of

them this year.   Blue lives do matter…I think all

lives matter, but Blues are out there to protect us.

But as I have read it happening across our nation,

even in small town mid America…  I guess I was

in denial it would be here.. Here in our county.

Thank God, the wounds are not life threatening.

And both officers will be up and around soon.

The shooter as well, was shot and is going to

survive to serve his time.

Also this is a proud county, as I am sure many

others are… so the thoughts have gone to the

families…and what can the average citizen do for

those families to make their load a little less

heavy. There is talk of food trains, for the families.

then the sad thought, of how some might not be

honest with it and do more harm.. so then the

word was what about restaurant gift cards for the

family. And questioning what else can they do for

these families.

You can never say, not in my neighborhood.. 

as it can knock on your door at anytime. 

The Generations.....

Over the years I have seen label for different generations.

The one most used is the ‘BOOMER” generation.

Then came the “GENERATION X”  and then the “MILLENNIAL”  and now we have the “GENERATION Z” 

(I don’t know what happen to Generation Y…

 I’m guessing that is Millennial)

Also mention from time to time is the “GREATEST GENERATION” who are those born before 1930.  Those born from 1930 to 1945” …Well, we have been given a few names..

Traditionalist, Forgotten, radio babies, Moral Authority, the few

and even the “SILENT GENERATION.”  The silent generation,

What does that mean?  Got me. Being one of those born then, it would be nice to know. For years I thought I was a “Boomer”. But was told several years ago, by a Boomer… I was NOT a Boomer. Too old to be Boomer, she said. So what was I?  No one seemed to

know. I was too young to be “the Greatest Generation. Fact is, I wasn’t even born yet.

A lot of the generations seem to be connected to wars.

Greatest- WWI and WWII… Boomers seem to be the

Vietnam War.

Are we the silent generation because Korean War was not

considered a war?

Generation X … x because there were no wars, only squirmishes.

Millennials, of course, because they were going to be the end of

the century.

They called us the Silent generation because we were career mined and did not protest. 

I think the name , that we are the silent generation, kind of fits.

Because we don’t care anymore. We see other than a little disgust, and with our complaining and voting (which is still important, but becoming a joke national of late) nothing changes. So we have been silent.

I can remember in the 70’s when the Boomers and the Generation X were coming of  age, they thought they had all the answers.

With the motto of, don’t trust “THE MAN” .. LOVE POWER.

And etc.  Who are now full fledge adults, heading towards retirement…  I wonder with all their knowledge of the 70’s and straighten up the rest of us… how is that working for you all?

Or are you finding out, it is all the same.. before and now?

And with internet, running away with your lives.. How is that

working out for you all?

Yep, SILENT GENERATION, sounds good to me.     

A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!!!

Was sitting there, last night when the King jumped

up and ran to the window area.  I asked him, what

is wrong.  A MOUSE!!!  We have a mouse in the

house.   Trying not to laugh at his words, but still.

Plus for me.. there is the …. I don’t like mice, period.

So he looks thru drawers and the garage.. no mouse

trap.  We haven’t had a mouse in the house since

Rokon came to live with us 12 years ago.  But with

Rokon passing, we are catless.  Hense, a mouse in

the house. 

The man who said he wasn’t going ANYWHERE..

Put on his boots and was out the door to the store.

See we didn’t even owe a mouse trap.

He return with a standard wooden wire mouse trap.

But also a box called Tom Cat.. it looked like it would

have the mice feet stick to this thing and would be

trapped ..   He already thru the box away, otherwise

I would have a picture of it.. I don’t know where he

put that.. but I am here to tell you… if I hear a

squealing, squeaking sound.. I am going to be

long gone..  I don’t do mice, I don’t do mice

traps…. Besides I was told that you kill one mouse,

there will be 20 coming to its funeral… 

Oh, and I found TOMCAT mouse trap on line…it

looks like this..   

By the way, Misty has no interest in this mouse

either..

And the wind blew....

The past week has been interesting ..

weather wise.

We have had about 4 days of deep freeze.

9 for day times.. and any where from -6 to

4 above for early mornings.

Leaving us with open cabinets to sinks,

and dripping water, so we didn’t have to

have frozen pipes.  

Then the snow came once again.. leaving us

5 more inches…but also adding the wind with

it.. so there are drifts everywhere.

We have about 2 feet on the flat, about 3 feet

in the middle where the King has blowing the snow

to make a pee trail for Misty.  But out back by

the green house, there is drifts up to 4 feet tall.

Yet this is not a bad year.. this is a average year.

Those who are moaning and groaning about it

this year.. forget that just 6 or so years ago, we

had so much more.. garages, and barns were

falling in from the weight of the snow. Even

some homes roofs were falling in.

Also in 1995, there was so much.. that they

were having a hard time finding a place to

put the snow from the streets.  And it was

common to drive thru town, stopping at

ever intersection, and ease out pass the

wall of snow to see if the road was clear to

cross or pull out.  People were getting paid

$20 to $75 an hour to shove off buildings.

I worked in a nursing home, and they shoveled

it off and what was already on the ground.. the

windows were covered… I remember one family

member stumbling across the yard to get to the

window of his mother.. so he could dig out a

port hole for day light in her room and for her to

look out thru.  

One year, about 1988, we had a week

of below 0.. with the wind blowing.. one day it

was -40 degrees with wind chill factor.

Yep, this is just a regular normal average Idaho

winter.

The future looks like fun, but also scary....

I was watching 60 minutes on Sunday with

the King.

The second section had a story about A.I.

That is for Artificial Intelligent.  And it was

interesting.  The WOW factor.  They start

out with the little tiny, well, not tiny, but

smaller than the average drone.  It was a little

bigger than the guys hand.  And they flew like

20 at first… and showed how the A.I. communicates

with the others.. and they fly around each other with

out crashing in to each other.  Which I found amazing.

As they came from all directions, milling around in the center

area.  The guy talked about how they could be

sentries for guarding a 3 mile area.  Interesting.

Then they went on to a robot type deal with a disc

on top that flies off and hovers around and can

find anything that the owner wants it to find.

From things to humans. It knowing the difference

from one human from the other human… Interesting.

Then back to a trial of 100 of these to see if they will

fly, and come from different areas and fly by each other

as well in as in a circle with out hitting each other.

They did.. although the batteries died on a few. 

They are working on that.   All very interesting..

What I found scary.. and the King agreed.. These

very same A.I. could fly into a large city such as

Chicago… New York…. Or Los Angeles  and

spray poisonous stuff over the population, that

are walking down the streets, driving.. playing

in their yards, at the schools and etc.   If taken

over by any enemy.

After all, if we are to believe that Russia could hack

our computers enough to take over one at a water

plant, or interfere with the Democrat party.

I can see the possibilities of this going all wrong.

But still has the wow factor.  Especially the one

that could go into any building with a weapon,

and find the enemy, so our guys wouldn’t have

to go in and get ambushed. 

Toilet paper and the law of average.....

You know it is a slow day, if the topic is

toilet paper.

The other day, the King was asking me if

we used more toilet paper now than before,

say a year ago.  I laughed and said no, we

are on the same average for years.. Why?

He said because, either we were using a lot

more, or I was stalling, so he had to change the roll.  

And also getting out the toilet paper from the

closet and putting it in the 4 roll holder that is

near the toilet. Assuming that I was getting out

of doing that chore.

I laughed. I told him that it is because he is home

more now.  He looked at me kind of irritated.  I told

him I was not referring to the fact he was going more

here at the house, because he no longer was going

to work for 8 + hours. I was referring to the fact

that with him using it more, the law of average is, he

is going to have to change out the rolls and place

paper in the holder more often..   After, all I asked,

who do you think has been changing it for the past

30 years?  That twice a year he might have.. but

the law of average I would be the one who would

be the changer. (plus he was great at leaving an

empty roll)

This has also come up with the garbage, but I have

already posted on that in the past. And bow to him

as being the champion garbage compactor, anything

except take it outside to the can.   

It is that time of the year....TAXES...

I know we have 3 and half more months..

But I am one of those who wants to get it

over with..  While I can’t file yet, I sure can

get my paper work ready..

I have a file folder (you know with the 14 slots.

one for each month and extras) full of receipts.

kind of like… yep, I got a receipt for that.. as

I look thru all my papers in the box, in years

past. About 10 years ago, I decided to buy one

of those accordion file folders..  Putting each

month tag on each slot. And put the word TAXES

on the extra slot… hoping I remember to put all

those tax related in that slot.  And at the end of the

year.. it is a like fat hog ready to be slaughtered.

This works in two ways.. I put ever single.. yes,

every single receipt in that folder.  And if I need

to go back and get that receipt, I just look thru the

folder of the month I bought.  Which is handy,

as a couple times we have had something go wrong

and have to prove we bought it at their store and

when.. and how much.   And I can do that now.

Then at the end of the year, I go thru it all, find what

is taxable information.. and put it to the side. Then I

go thru the extra pile, which is receipts for items

bought.. and I put those in the file cabinet, under

products, manuals, warranties and etc.  Just in case

I need it next year.

Then the tax able papers.. file it in order of information.

health, taxes paid (W-2 forms) and etc.   Then I type

a report of all those..  And if I am lucky to get an

appointment in March, I take it into my tax guy.

I have the report listed with each amounts on it,

in each department.. and I have the file folder with

the paper work to back up those in the report.

So today, is the day to open that stuffed pig case.

Take out each month.. making piles of each receipt.

One for utilities, one for receipts from Wal-mart, one

for North 40 and etc..  then there is the misc.

Going thru each pile making sure I didn’t miss any

taxable papers.   And after I am satified that I have

them all…. Then it is the shredding machine and I,

time… Don’t want all those account numbers and

etc. in the wrong hands.

Ah, yes, the fun of it all…but then again, what else

do I have to do on a freezing day, when the temps

are in the teens, and the wind is blowing.. and I don’t

want to think about wind chill factors.

I am so confused.....

We all know that the English language is

Well, for a lack of better word.. confusing..

Like the word HACK..  I have always thought

It was a bad thing..  meaning to break up things,

Or to get into one’s computer and make havoc.

Be a hack was not a good thing..

Now I see it used a lot.. It seems like it is suppose

To mean.. research something so you can use it?

Or what is online.. is

1. Definition of hack
   
   The link above goes to the definition page for "hack".
   
   The slang term "hack" also appears in the following thesaurus categories:
• Words meaning bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing
• Words meaning business (related to)
• Words meaning computer slang
• Words meaning sports (related to)
• Words meaning to accept insults
• Words meaning to accomplish, work hard
• Words meaning to cough

You got that?   Because I sure don’t.. I don’t know if it

Is good or bad.. sounds like it is mostly bad.

UPDATE... 
add to this .. DUBBING... which is a dance or stance... while bopping up and down... which a young man got into trouble doing at the Congress swearing in. 
It also has something to do with drugs as well.. so be careful how you use the term.. but I am still confused... 

HOLY CRAP, IT IS COLD...

WHO LEFT THE FREEZER OPEN?

Yesterday, it was 12 here in our little burg.

Thankfully 12 above.. then mellowed out at 20.

BUT TODAY..THIS AM..  a not flaming 0!!

And it is going to get worse they said… dipping

Down under the 0 mark tomorrow and the next

Morning..   But there is hope.. Sunday is going to

Be a balmy 34.  

So this is what is going to be for lunch and dinner

Today..   

So staying home and keep the fires going.. extra

Sweater on… nothing out there worth until at least

Noon… then it is warming up to 18..

I thought we got this out of our system in December

But I guess not..