How much does this world take?

How much is this world going to take before

there is some action.. But then again, I guess

this is the same world that stood by for years,

while Hitler killed the Jews, before we and the

allies decided to get something done. But it

took us being thrown in the war with Japan

first.

Instead of cutting off the pilot's head,

they poured gas on him and lit it.. he

burnt to death ALIVE..  NOW will the world

do something?  The Jordan country offered

to trade the woman bomber for him.. yet

that wasn't enough.  I hear that Jordan is

going to kill her now.  Well, at least it is

some action..

These people are despicable, there is no

redeeming quality there.  They have no

respect for the human life. So negotiating

is out of the question.  There has to be

action.. way too far over for talks.. talk

is cheap.. action is all these people understand.

So Saudi's, Jordan, and all the rest of the neighboring

countries, what has to happen before you take them

over.  Walk thru those countries take care of business.

It is always us.. and sure hasn't been us for quite

sometime.. It is hard to help people if they won't

help themselves..

WHEN IS IT ENOUGH??  

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

Martin Niemöller

Seahawks and Crows...

Well, we will have peace and quiet on the football scene

for another year..  All the Monday morning quarterbacks

have rehashed the game..  It actually was my kind of game.

The one that has you on the edge of your seat.. Even with

the, what the hell is that... and the can't believe it.. like the

tumbling of the ball in the Seahawk player lap at the end...and

ended with it being held by that Seahawk player... Give them

just a foot to go... and everyone talks about the few seconds

later... it will be in the books for a long time.. well, until next

year anyway...  No one will really understand why Coach went

with the toss over the drive thru... even knowing the other

team expected it to be that way.. Yet one young man held out

for the throw and HE caught it and broke thousands ...maybe

millions of hearts.. 

The real Seahawk fans will be here for them.. and they will

be back at the beginning in the fall... and the rest will follow

by December depending on how the Seahawk do.

Went to the post office box yesterday.. and when I came

back I felt like I was in a scene from the BIRDS.. every

where there were crows... looking for my squirrels peanuts.

There had to be at least 15 of them.. some in the yard, some

on the line above, some in the tree next door, and the line across

the street.  Of course as soon as I got out of the car...most of them flew off.. for about an hour. 

The people we touch

We think of our lives as the people we know around us...

Our friends.. some for years, some for shorter.

Our family is also in those thoughts of those

around us.. And of course acquaintances.

We never give much thought about much more.

Of how many people in our lives..

This past weekend, I went to a fund raiser for

a friend. He had a motorcycle accident and is

paralyzed for life.  He must be about 50 something.

And everyone you talk to and mention his name,

always tells a story about some kind of kindness

this man has done for them.

Well, on Saturday, I think it surprised Eddie, of

how many people he has touched with the point

of kindness.. because the parking lot was full.

And anyone who has ever been to our fairground

main building, knows how big it is.. On one wall

area was tables.. end to end... 3 lines of 3 tables..

and then on the other wall area was 6 or 8 more

tables lined up. And in front of the stage was

several very large items. All of these tables were

covered with items.. of those 15 to 17 tables.. 9

of them were for the silent auction.. the remaining ones

were for the live auction..  The rest of the building

was lines and lines of tables for people to sit at,

for it was a dinner, auction and dancing...

All of those tables were full... and it was standing

room only left.. groups of standing people.. There

had to be at least 300 + people, sitting... and then

the standing ones.. Just for a number say 200.. so

500 people... that could come.. as there are others

who could not.. and sent their regrets with

donations.. All of these people.... Eddie had

touched thru his life.. That is a lot of people.

And when Eddie came in.. in his wheelchair,

I don't think he grasped the amount, at first

but he was lined with people who came to talk to

him, hug him.. tears of joy to see him.. even

children.. it took him a half hour to get from

the door he came in, to the front of the middle

of the stage area.

That is a mighty powerful tribute to a man

who thought he was a man of small means.

Made me think, how we all go thru life, not

really thinking about how we effect a person.

If we leave a moment of memory, kindness

to others.  But something like this shows

we do. 

Saying good bye to a friend....

Today I went to the funeral of a friend.. Not a real close

friend, but a church friend..  She and her daughter would

come in mid service.. and stay for the second one..

When I got up to leave, I would always stop and tell her

hi, hold her hand.. as it was usually cold and mind were

warm.. She had the most beautiful smile.  I will tell her

how beautiful she looked and just pass the few words

each time. 

They use to come late for the first service, because

getting to church at 8:30am. wasn't always the easiest.

Especially when we have snow and etc.  But she would

be there... until 3 weeks ago.. then the word was passed

thru our church prayer line.  That she wasn't doing well.

And then she had passed. 

Like I said she was the sweetest lady.. What I didn't

tell you, was, that Rachael was 101 years young.

As the service went on... I thought about what Rachael

had seen in her life time.  She was raised in Hope, which

is about 20 mile east of us.. She played piano for her

church when she was just 14.  She went on to get

married, travel to several states in her time, even

Alaska. 

I wondered when she got to drive her first car? She

worked for the Singer Sewing Machine Co. during

WWII..  She did many different jobs over the years.

County assessor, here in our town.  But look at

all the things she got to see that we take for granted

in our lives now.. Cars, television, space ships, trips

to the moon, (something that she never would have

imagine as a young girl in Hope, Idaho) and of course

phones were on the wall when she was young. There

was no such thing as internet.  She truly came from

the great generation...

Good bye, Rachael, thank you for your smile that

lit up my Sundays.. and I am sure for all your friends

and family.. 

Our lives is a rerun...

I look at some of the movies they are coming

out with.. and new movies of old movies..

Which is not really new.. been done over the

years... and of course there are the part 2, 3, 4,

and etc.. and to me.. 2, 3, and etc.. never are

as good as the original.. Probably because it

is new to us.. where 2, 3, and etc. is just rehash.

Rarely does it work.

And now we are getting geared up for elections.

Actually you and I are not, it is all the ones who

think they have the magic to be President.

But I don't see any new names.  Another Bush,

and I can't believe Romney is running again.. And

then there are the rebel rousers.. the major

tea party ones.. like Ted Cruz.. and Rand Paul

whose father has ran forever.. He was like

Ralph Nadar.. always bouncing back thru...

And Rand has been making noises of running

for quite some time.. And they are already

arguing with each other.

And there is Sarah Palin.. OH MY GOSH!!NO NO

So far the Democrats are quiet..

Yes, we keep hearing about Clinton, but she

hasn't said for sure.. And Biden has said he

is thinking about it.. but not sure..

Yep, reruns.. politics, movies, shows..

Makes reading books even more interesting.

Flopping like a flag in the wind...

I have been working out on my Wii...

Did I say already, that I hate exercising?

Any way, I always figured I was a pretty

stable person.. That I can stand and be

real still.. Well, I guess I can't.. As one

of the exercise is to hold really still

while they check your bmi..and weight.

I even closed my eyes to see if I could

hold still.. well, that was worse yet. And

then when the machine registered my

attempt at standing still.. well the little

red dot was flopping like a flag in the wind.

And then one of the exercise is standing

on one foot.. They do tell you, if you are

unsteady to hang on to a chair or someone.

I thought I had good balance.. and good

strong legs.. what a joke that is... my

ankles act like they are made of wet

noodles... (trainer, oh, did you fall off

of the pad?)

Yes, I really do hate exercising.. yoga

and strength type.. And the trainer

is a liar...keeps telling me how well

I am doing, and then hits me with a

low score... Also a smart ass.. I gain

a couple pounds over the weekend..

Bacon wrapped, cheese stuffed jalapenos

are my down fall.. and she told me.. well

we aren't going to meet our goal are we?

We?  Can't wait for the

weather to get better, so I can walk.

Now that I can get into.. 

Computers, Internet, web sites and etc....

As we have learn over the past, almost 30 years.. there

is good and there is bad to computers and being on

line..

Families have been reunited.  Some who were separated

when they were born or really young.. find their way back

in their 50's and up to their 80's.. Friends find each other.

Even on Facebook, many childhood friends have been

reunited.

The information out there is astounding.  Be it a recipe,

or history, how to make something, be it knitting or

boxes, build a house, a bed, plant flowers, you name

it.. there is a site to tell you how.. There is a You-tube

to show you how..

But like any other pendulum, there is the other side..

The how to make a bomb, to bully someone else.

And the others is opening up the world like an egg.

We see so much horror.. and our enemies can see

us at our best and worse.. And use the worse against

us..

With the internet being an open book.. people

sharing so much.. and the government sharing

way too much.. we are open for all kinds of

bad things..

Throwing what I call the WWII phase out the

window...:Lost lips sink ships..... 

We see terrorist who use the internet to their

whims... and see men on their knees in orange,

waiting to see if the terrorist is going to lop off

his head... some even showing that.  Luckily

some media companies show restraint and

decency not to show us.  This week it is two

Japanese men who were being shown... and

I have to ask myself...

Is internet worth it?

Trying to understand....

20/20 had a program about parents.. about 4 difference ones, I think.

One of which was about a couple.. the father...started out life as a girl. The mother...started out life as a boy.  Thru their years of growing up they knew they were different. They didn't feel comfortable in their own skin.. As adults.. they made the change to fit their mind set. Their emotions.   And as it would turn out, they found each other... So now

the boy is a beautiful young woman... the girl is now a handsome young man.  But to add to this.. the girl/husband kept her internal organs as nature gave them to her.. and as a man/husband.. they had a baby.

In fact they have two children..   Some day they will have to explain to those children.... and hopefully people will be kind and let the parents explain.  Why they came forward on national television I don't know.. because you know the nature of humans is not always kind.

And this week.. on the television show called Glee, one of the actors is going to come forward with a story about transgender. The actor is a woman.. she plays the football coach.. or maybe it is just a coach of all sports at the high school... Basically they are going to walk the audience thru the process that this coach is going to go thru.

Two of her fellow employee's support her decision.  
This is profound, that the networks are going to go with this.. because this story line would never have made the surface in the 40's thru to even the 90's.

But this is the 2000's... and we are becoming more tolerable and trying to understand. After all, these are human beings with feelings. No matter how or what you feel, about them.. the bottom line is they are people... who feel like you and I about other things. And want to come to face what their sexual feelings are.   As the actor said to explain.. "this is not who I want to go to bed with.. it is how I want to go to bed as."..

These feelings ring a familiar note to me.. As I have a family member who is fighting this fight herself.(a granddaughter). As I understand it.. she has wanted to be a man for quite some time.

As an almost 75 year old woman... who was raised in the world that a man is a man and a woman is a woman... not even knowing about lesbians until in my late teens.. this is an adjustment for me... especially for transgenders...   Now gays, I have gotten use to, met some fantastic

gay people in my adult time.  And then had two daughters, come out as gays in the past 15 years or so.  I adjusted to it.. and accept it and if they are happy, that is my main concern.   But I will tell you.. it hasn't been easy... as it seems that I adjusted better to knowing they are gay, then they adjust to me accepting it.

Trying to adjust to all of this, has not been an easy one.. In fact the latest one, the transgender, has denounced me.. because I didn't understand.  When she found out that I didn't understand, and even though told I was trying... she loudly told me.. there is nothing to understand.. and get over myself... and then wanted no more to do with me...   I guess those who are transgending have a hard time with those who are not quite up to par with it.  But I tried to explain, I was dancing as fast as I could.. meaning I was trying.. it went on deaf ears...  To what will probably mean for the rest of my life.

So maybe we all should watch Glee, maybe they can make it easier on those of our age.. where we never knew of such things happening. Barely knowing about gay people.

And for the record, I have never ever put any of them down, made fun of them, .. I have always been respectful, even when I didn't understand. 

Phase one...

I mention the first of the month that I was going

to make some changes.. Started off with what

I decided to do with my hair...So today, I started

phase one... phase two is in two weeks..

Right now it doesn't look like much.. It is a Mohawk

of curls with straight sides.. And it is fuzzy curly right

now.. It should relax in about a week, and the sides

should calm down some.. and then we will be ready

for the next part of this hair do... so far I like it..

Hope that continues.. lol  Worse that can happen

is, I can wear a hat for 3 months. 

this is my natural color of hair.... boy what a serious

face...

You don't have to be a football fan....

We were sitting around the table eating dinner with

friends by 1:30 pm.. on  Sunday...  with the Seahawk

and the Green Bay Packers playing in the background.

None of us are real big football fans.. might say

occasional fans.  No real big favorite team.

But as an Northwest resident, we lean toward

the Seahawk.. but mostly just like a good close

game.

After dinner we started to play a game called

Mexican train. With a few remarks about the

team.  Me, talking about our neighbor's son,

who lives in Colorado, who is a die in the

wool Green Bay Packer fan... and how he must

be in his glory and rubbing it in to his Seahawks

friends... and others who must be greatly

disappointed in their Seahawks going down.

After a few games of the Mexican train, we

were checking again on the score.. had been

16 to 0, last time we check.. thinking maybe

the 3rd quarter..now the ending of the 4th quarter

and remarking like it was as good as over for the

Seahawks, when all of a sudden the Seahawks

made a touch down.

But knowing it was a long way to catching up.

Next time we see the score 19 to 22.. and then

22 to 22 and over time.. AMAZING, as they had

done this in 3 minutes. 

Our game stopped as we watched the game on

the television that just got to be really interesting..

and then it came to an big bang up end..

The announcer yelling THE SEAHAWKS ARE

GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!THE SEAHAWKS

ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!! THE

SEAHAWKS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!

Our little  group went from a little amusement at

the game, to wow, they are gaining. Holy cow they

have a chance to ...THEY WON..  and this is

from 4 occasional football watchers and one

"I don't like football and the Super bowl is a

waste of time", guy.   All a sudden my husband

the one who doesn't like football, became a

expert on the game... and how Green Bay

gave it away...  He thought about calling the

neighbors son, to rub it in.. but thought, he

is probably in too much misery to pick on...

So you don't have to be a real football fan

to enjoy a good game.

Now the Patriots and the Colts was a bore,

and we quickly abandon the game, with a

game of 45 to 7.. well, it just didn't measure

up.