commiit

I am not one to finish projects, though I always have grand ideas.  It could be just because I have ADHD and can't focus.  Much like Elon, I go about life putting out fires.  And I don't even have a decent hose.  As a closet pyro, I have set fire to many plots of land that bordered the old house on the hill.  Once upon a time I was burning off the asparagus bed and Debbie Elder Cox helped me stop it with two brooms and a rake.  Daddy just laughed when he followed the smoke up there.  "It'll stop when it hits the road" he said.  And he was right.  That man helped me safely rake and burn a half acre of pine needles.  Well, maybe not that much ;)

I am at a crossroads with my old life and looking for something better.  For some reason or another I have become hopeless even though I  try to keep faith.  It comes in spurts when I least expect it.  That is grace of all sorts. Lauren has made me a little altar on a side table.  At any particualar time it may also contain a roll of toilet paper and my med basket.  Always a bit of white sage and the occasional BC powder.  

Bubbie the Siamese is coming around more often and Rose is loving it.   They court at night and it is hilarious to see how she postures.  What.A.Diva.  I am quite thankful that the beagles are gone home.  There is another one who lives down by the river who comes running down the road on occasion.  He is not welcome on the porch.  Yard mowing is in full swing and my allergies know it.  

Y'all be careful out there #HillStreetBlues

#19

My friend Marti tagged me in a Jimmy Buffett meme outlining how to keep your sanity.  Besides Margaritaville music, there are other options.  One of them is not criticizing anything or anybody for just one day.  Wow....that hit hard.  I do it daily with the current administration and it does nothing but raise my blood pressure and stroke risk.  It is what it is for now.  I don't go to Walmart or buy IPhones so that won't affect me at all, tariff wise.  I figure if God brings us to it, He will take us through it.  You know, like the promised land.  What is happening now is all really Biblical if you know about the prophets and whatnot.  

Positive thinking can change any day when we learn to just bless their hearts and go on with business as usual.  We will never all agree on anything politically.  As for me, I choose a kinder gentler approach rather than ambushing folks who are not like minded.  To me personally, if you can't just sit and talk about life and not throw barbs, I got no time for ya'.  I refuse to be called names because of my political beliefs and life choices.  I am way too old to care what y'all think.  My friends are loyal and true, no matter what.  They tend to be very non-judgemental and accepting of my shortcomings.  

Once upon a time my Mama gave me some "big girl panties" for Christmas.  I will never forget that gesture, and it reminds me of how she liked to do puzzles and give tips to where your present was.  She was clever like that!  To her, it was fun.  And it was fun for everybody else too.  She never sat down to eat until we were all served.  In the end, we fixed their plates and enjoyed whatever holiday it was.  Birthdays were always special, with a ketchup bottle in the picture.  I was born in September 1955 and Bubba in January 1958.  Then along came the baby boy in October of 62.   Five of us lived in this cabin with one bathroom and didn't kill each other.  I can remember when I got my own room upstairs and almost set fire to it.  That was a rebel UT moment for sure.  

I turned out okay and even excelled in my career.  We networked with various owners of our local hospital and even got free dinner on occasion.  Always a nice hotel room.  As a team, we did CAP inspections at other facilities in Tennessee.  Some of those were horrendous but I never just wailed on anybody for trying to do a good job with what they had.  Other team members, however, were more critical.  That came back to bite us when a Nashville area team came to visit US!  Lerd.  

In today's news, lots of of the judiciary are putting the whoa ho on Trump's agenda.  To be honest, none of this is legal and the courts will drag 'em down.  Until they get rid of that branch which is the only check on executive power.  Actually Congress has a lot of power to stop this bullshit, but they refuse, for whatever reason.  I will be enrolling at Harvard for free to study political science and the Constitution.  My degree was earned the hard way at the University of Tennessee.  I earned my own way until the last year when my parents had to take out a loan to get me graduated as a certified healthcare provider.  The ceremony was held at the Mid South Colliseum in Memphis,  Back in the 70s, that place was still a happening venue.    That is where I saw Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and many more.  I miss those days. Oh...and Elton John!

When Lauren left for work today she chided me to "have a good day."  Do what makes you happy Mom."  And I am.  Last night's dinner was to die for.....Alfredo pasta and garlic bread.  Little things make me so happy and grateful to be alive.   I would seriously love to have some of Pax Romano's lasagna but he lives in Jersey.  That's a long way away for somebody who can't see to drive.  

I beg of all of you who read here.  Think outside of the box and consider democracy now.  These are dangerous times for all of us and only voters can change things.  Mid-terms are coming and God is good.  All the time ^j^

the radical left

As mentioned previously * many times )  I am NOT one of them.  I tend to be more of a centrist with an open mind.  What I see happening now in this country is that our freedoms are being stripped away one by one.  I posted a question yesterday on FB asking simply "What is great about America today?"  The answers varied from everything to not much.  Of course the trolls were most outspoken, the ones who dare not see what the current administration is doing in plain view.  It cannot be blamed on the liberal media or the demolibtards.  The blame rests squarely on the shoulders of those who do not recognize how Trump is using his office to enrich himself.  However he got elected, he managed to escape 38 felony convictions and two impeachments.  That is major bad juju.  So why did people vote for this madness?  Obviously they did not read anything about Project 2025.  It was all laid out there.

While all presidential administrations change cabinet members, this one has stacked the cupboard full of people with absolutely no experience in their assigned position.  Take Kristi Noem..please take her!  Her botoxed self is playing dress up and asking for a new jet for her personal use so that she can take advantage of more photo ops/  Maybe her boss will give her one of the "old" Air Force One planes to save our taxpayer money.  Her department is out of money for the fiscal year.  One of her photo ops in El Salvador showed her with a 50K Rolex on her arm while dressed up as an ICE agent.  There is a special place for people like that.  And it probably ain't heaven.  I could be wrong though.  I ain't the judge of anybody.

What bothers me the most about today's political climate is the refusal of folks to listen to another opinion other than what they believe.  As for me, I enjoy an intelligent conversation about current events.  Everybody has their own fact checking system and I often read and listen to views that do not align with my own just to learn.  I dare say that not ONE of my trolls has ever had that kind of dialogue with someone who thinks differently.  For many it's all about the money and how it will affect them.  So far, I haven't seen much of anything other than an increase in the national debt of 4 trillion.  The EU, Canada and Greenland hate us.  As Belle would say "Markets hate uncertainty."  Every day is a roller coaster on Wall Street.

 So, if you got to attend the meme coin dinner, I hope you enjoyed the shitty food and water.  This little reality show, the first of many, was designed to enrich the $TRUMP business run by his sons.  Somebody has to pay for that new Trump baby to get raised up.  I actually don't blame his kids for riding the money train.  I honestly do not believe that they realize the scope of what is happening.  Until it happens to them.

As we all know Memorial Day is about more than a three days weekend to usher in swimming season.  It is a day set aside to honor those who gave their lives defending this country.  As a teenager, I purchased a POW bracelet with the name James Headrick on it.  I still have it to this day and he was never found.  A devoted pilot in the midst of a nasty war who was serving his country the best way he knew how was shot down by the enemy.  These vets and the ones who followed have always had my heart.  

The beagle babies are back at their home six miles north thanks to some careful sleuthing by people who keep up with pets and their owners.  Both shelters are full and while we were ready to foster them for a bit, it was good to not have that howling...lol. Rosie went MIA for a day but is now asleep in the sock drawer.  All is well ^j^

the long game

There have been a lot of losses for me personally in the past few years and I am not alone.  Many folks that I love and admire have been through much worse than myself, yet my grief is legitimate and real to ME.  Everyone who reads this blog and pays attention knows that my physical limitations are becoming more pronounced.  I have a 5 year old ostomy named Poopie and am slowly losing my vision due to macular degeneration.  I cannot drive safely any longer.  I live on the farm that has been my home for most of my life and that may change as well.  

My spirit is quite tough and always has been.  I fight for what I believe in with all my soul even if it seems futile.  My faith in God is a gift that, along with grace, allows to believe that God is good and there is a reason for everything.  With that being said, I refer to Don't Look Up and the screaming quote "We' are all gonna' die!"  I should probably not be watching Congressional hearings at this point because my mental health suffers.  Today's watch was another one featuring an empty witness chair where Musk did not show up to give an accounting of what DOGE is doing.  He's too busy preventing white genocide in his own country.  This is just another distraction like the conspiracy theory about Biden's cancer.  At what point does a president quit blaming others for the present?    With Trump, never.  He tried to humiliate the president of South Africa just like he did the Ukranian leader.  It's all show and bullying.  White genocide?  Honey please.  At the same time you are giving the Guzman family and inlaws and outlaws a "safe" place here in the good old USA.   

It blows my mind that people don't understand what is going on here.  How many of you Trumpers are actually up to date with what is going on?  Ignorance is bliss I guess.  I fear for our country under this ridiculous leadership.  Anybody with half a lick of sense knows that Musk inserted himself into the fray just long enough to get some big government contracts.  He did the DOGE thing and laughed about it while Trump told us to use fewer pencils and have fewer dolls.  This from a man who is enriching himself by playing footsie with Middle Eastern leaders to further enrich his empire.  

In other news, we have two beagle mix babies hanging around and there is no room at the inn for them at either local volunteer facilities.  There is no city or county run place for strays and vet help with spay and neuter to control this growing population.  We are pretty soft hearted around here when it comes to animals.  These beagles are obviously well fed and used to being in the house because they try to come into mine.  They hang out on the front porch just chilling until they get ready to roam for a bit.  

I am in transition right now, trusting in God to lead me in the right direction while asking Him what he wants ME to do with the rest of my life.  Lauren and I do prayer and worship together when we both happen to be here.  She is worried about me stressing all the time because well, it is what it is.  She began a new job today so that's a plus.  Everything is up in the air at the moment.

I beg all of you to show compassion and understanding.  Meet people where they are and get out of your own head long enough to comprehend that we are all different and all children of God. We are equal in His eyes without regard to race, religion or personal life choices.  Exclusion is not how He rolls.  I am so thankful for my parents teaching me that.  Y'all keep the faith ^j^

heavy air

Lord y'all.  We are getting a good dose of humidity around here and it's killing us all!  And it's only May.  Thank the lort for AC and Forked Deer Electric.  We are both sick with something like the epizootie.  Seasonal allergies, if you will.  

Since my phone died we have been playing catchup with Google to get my apps and contacts.  It's like a 24 hour wait to recover an account so there was no laptop or phone usage until yesterday.  And now the stupid phone is stuck on a stupid game and I don't know how to restart.  A new phone is like a new relationship.  You cannot rush things.  

I read a story today about xAI in South Shelby County around Boxtown and Whitehaven.  Even when I lived in metro Memphis, many years ago it was an industrial wasteland.  The residents of that are are worried about emissions from the Musk supercomputer center and rightfully so.  There is a strong history there of survivors and middle class folk who need to breathe.  If I'm having trouble here in the Northwest, I suspect there is some drift.  Winds are from the southwest today.  We have already had one storm today, a quick one.  I was eating breakfast with three guys who love me and the waitress was steady watching the radar.  They had plans for the morning so I came back to the house.  One of our local legacy farmers has started a rice business so they went to check it out.  

Meanwhile, the circus continues.  Ir sounds like Noem is about to follow the money to a reality show like her boss.  The entire notion of dangling that kind of completion just to "speed things up" disgusts me.  There are avenues for becoming a citizen without that sort of theatrics.  There were, but now they are gone.  I have been watching the hearings and see several Republicans that I have respect for due to their honest opinions that things aren't right.  Rand, Lisa and Susan just to name a few.  My prayer is that more of them will listen to their constituents and do the right thing for the people that elected them.  I do believe that their party is waking up somewhat.  Midterms are coming kids.  

I'm a not gonna' rant much more about the shitshow.  It robs me of my joy and takes my attention away from real life.  What is happening now is not real life by any means.  

Y'all watch out for twisters and be safe ^j^

stay educated

I don't know about all these folks who are just crusing along while our country goes to hell in a handbasket.  I mean, like after 100 plus days and all the cosplaying with the cabinet I just shake my head and ask God to help us.  They are definitely flooding the zone, and so many people don't seem to realize it.  I can't change their minds, but I can start a civil conversation with someone who might regret their vote.  That is called buyer's remorse.  These two phrases are ones that I didn't know existed prior to this cluster of a government we got.  Not a theater major here.

This entire Gulf state visit has been an embarrassment to us as ordinary everybody citizens just trying to get by.  Back in the day when I would post something all these freakin' trolls would come out wanting to argue.  None of them ever mentioned the Constitution or anything relevant.  They cut and pasted views that fit with their own agenda.  Let me count the ways this is effed up:

Nah,,,just google it.  It won't matter to the cult.  I guaranteed you they are not watching live Congressional hearing or keeping up with the ones across the aisle.  All I ever hear anymore in briefings from ANYONE at the White House is that it's Biden's fault and Trump can't help it because he inherited the mess.  Umm.  Once again I say, don't blame the present on the past.  Trump preceded him as POTUS and made a huge mess with a lot of things.  That was only a little over 5 years ago.  Two impeachments and sloppy Covid response.  34 criminal convictions.  How in the hell did this guy even get elected?  Oh yeah.  J6 folks.  Soros did not pay them.  It was an insurrection over an election that he didn't like.  He egged them on 

and urged them to fight the good fight, and then pardoned them after his last election.  This was not fake news.  I watched it all and you can't make this shit up.

I admire people like Liz and Jack and all of the ones who did their best to expose what really happened.  Yet they have had serious backlash for doing the right thing.  That really sucks, but it happens.  The bottom line is that God knows whose side you are on.  Are you kind to others on a regular basis?   I do when I get out, and that ain't much.  My friends came by yesterday to pick me up for a funeral and I was still in shorts and a t-shirt after a morning long cry.  Keep taking that SRUI Janie.  You are a 35 year userand there will be withdrawals.  Like crying a lot.

I do have a daily devotional compliments of DFUMC and The Upper Room.  There have been days and days when I didn't take the time to reflect, and that shows in my daily life.  One loses faith without some sort of connection with a higher power.  My cousin died last weekend and I was so out of it mentally that I didn't make it to her funeral.  I still hear her voice, though.  She and Fred always brought me eggs and jelly and whatnot.  We were great supporters of Gig the Goldfish which they were so proud of.  

I am out of moves for now.  Praying for guidance.  Lift me up ^j^

important questions

I am on Facebook a lot and it never ceases to amaze me how many people are searching for suggestions on things that I could never afford.  Like beach vacations and high dollar clothes.  I would give a body part just to have a new pair of athletic shoes with a wide toe box.  As we speak, LP is out trying to find a phone that I can afford because mine bit the dust yesterday.  I was getting out of the car at the doctor's office and dropped my purse and the phone spilled out.  It's an older model android so it was time for an upgrade but after just 12 hours without one, I realize how helpless I am phoneless.  Said phone lost charge while I was at the clinic and I had no way to "call my ride" until the nice lady named Jan went to the back and found a portable charger.  Voila!  I was able to call my daughter to pick me up after a much longer than usual visit.  While I was there I visited with one of my favorite doctors who was waiting for labs like me.  He is 85 and was such a perfect gentleman at the hospital when we worked together.  Getting him mad at you was the equivalent of being the devil!  A lot of docs were hard to deal with, especially as a transfusion service supervisor.  Surgeons were the worst, always demanding and never taking responsibility for the chaos they created.  Not all of them mind you.  I could name a few but I won't.  Jesus doesn't like that stuff.

Lauren and I are focusing on not calling people names and whatnot.  It's a WWJD thing.  Both of us are very non-judgemental and try to do the next right thing.  After she picked me up yesterday I was sitting in the car and noticed her offering help to an elderly lady who was walking on a bumpy strip mall sidewalk.  It's the little things.  

Most of my questions have to do with what the hell is going on with our country.  I read the news on both sides.  The new and improved luxury jet from Qatar will require millions in transitional costs for our government so it is not free, but a bribe for loyalty to the Middle East.  Like they have always been on our side, right?!  I want to know how Miller can get away with dismissing habeus corpus.  And how so many Fox news hosts became cabinet members.  And I would seriously like to know how it's okay to let white South Africans move here with a party and no ICE agents.  Oh yea, Musk I presume.  

I am a Christian, and not one of those who shames others for life choices.  As long as you are not hurting me physically and doing the work of Christ, it's all good.  You're gay?  Fine with me.  You don't believe like me?  That's okay too.  But to see OUR government turn into a police state is NOT okay.  I don't care if RFK goes swimming n a nasty ass creek with his grand.  That is on him.  But to give him total control over our healthcare system is stupid as hell.  

All of these hangers on blame the main stream media for making them look bad.  Honey, please don't go there.  If the coverage is in any way fair and balanced the king doesn't like it at all.  Fake news!  This is why all worldwide news agencies were banned from covering the Middle East visit.  AP was the first one to go from this administration.  Reuters.  Nobody covering this "negotiation" other than hand picked propogandists.  Let that sink in and just go have a drink or something.  At this point, it's all we can do besides pray.  

My blog reads are way down lately which is probably because I am in the valley and it shows.  It's time to take a break from real life and spend time with the Holy Spirit ^j^

flooding the zone

So you think you are safe?  Ask the mayor of Newark who got arrested for taking part of a peaceful protest at an ICE facility.  He got targeted and whisked away by agents with masks on.  He and his people were trying to bring attention to the facility by bringing requests for the city to inspect and ensure that all is well.  He was on private property yet was arrested for trespassing on federal property.  This won't end well kids.  It is a red flag for those of us who believe in free speech, which is a constitutionally guaranteed right.  Under the Trump admi  

nistration, if you don't agree with Project 2025 you are the enemy.  

Everybody knows the talking points these days.  An entire legislative day was spent trying to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico when there are many other pressing issues.  Tariffs and the economy.  Habeus corpus which Steven Miller says they will do away with.  Do people not understand that their rights are being stripped away pretty quickly??  I doubt if any of the people who voted for Trump even knew what was in Project 2025, or if they did actually believed he would do what he has done in just a little over 100 days.

Kristi Noem's budget is almost gone for the fiscal year and there are 100 billions dollars of relief aid through FEMA frozen.  My county recently experienced a major flood event and nothing is coming in.  His idea to move disaster relief to states will break their banks, not to mention that they are totally not prepared for this shift.  Right here at wildfire, tornado and hurricane season.  

What disturbs me the most is the way our judicial system is being targeted by team Trump.  Judges are the only check and balance we have in a world where the government is heavily stacked in favor of one party.  The FEMA money was appropriated through a bi-partisan effort and Noem decided to freeze it.  Nobody is playing by the rules and yet life goes on as usual for those who are not affected by all of these moves.  

Is a tariff a tax?  That little tidbit is being misrepresented by everyone involved.  There are no deals made yet on the trade war except with the UK.  So they were thrilled because they can sell their Rolls Royce's while the big 3 here in the US are struggling.  Not that I feel sorry for Ford.  The only non-camry I have ever owned was a Ford Escape with issues such as transmission replacement to the tune of 5K.  Many other issues as well.  

Anywho, it is Mother's Day eve and I miss mine like crazy even after all these years.  She always made everything special for each of us, especially on holidays and birthdays.  And for whatever tiny thing we had to celebrate.  

Talk to your mother, even if she's in heaven.  She and Jesus hear what you say ^j^

motherhood

I don't any parent goes into it reliazing that it is a lifetime commitment.  I mean, yeah.  In your head of course but oopsies happen and children are not always planned.  I once asked my own mother if my baby brother was planned.  His response: "Hell Janie, none of y'all were!" I was born while he was still in college at UTM which was not quite the ideal.  A year later, we moved here to the farm.

Mama had her hands full with three kids, a job, produce to put up and all the other things that come along with the farm.  Daddy actually had two jobs between the USDA and the farm.  That was quite common then.  

Sonehow in the midst of this frenetic activity, she carved out time for herself.  There was a weekly bridge game with her friends.  She was very accomplished writer and photographer of all events.  I have the photo albums to prove it!  But, her biggest love was cooking.  She taught me how as I was growing up as she had learned from her mother-in-law Lottie.  I still use Mom's cookbook along with many other people who bought it back in the day.  So many of those recipes are from folks in Dyer county.  She had connections with the Dyer County Fair and some of the things in that book are from blue ribbon winners long gone to glory.

I credit my   mother with not allowing me to quit Med Tech school three months from graduation.  It was so freaking HARD I was about to lose it.  She drove to Memphis and said "No, girl."  Ain't happening!  So I graduated in June and the rest is history.  She was my biggest advocate even though I was a bit of a rebel as a teenager.  Hey...we all are.  As a bit of a political activist regarding Vietnam  I did some strange things.  Like going to a Led Zeppelin concert barefoot.  And she took me!! 

Mama had a heart of gold for the least of these.  She volunteered with many local organizations and was a faithful legacy Methodist.  She used her organizational skills in all areas of life including the Sellers SS class there.  Before she and Daddy died she turned over an entire album of stuff from their class's history. 

Not many of those folks are left but they carry on, God bless 'em.

Mom was the perfect memaw for Lauren because she would play with her for hours and teach her to make little sammies out of white bread.  Cookies too!  They loved each other so much.  LP has her own daughter now and though Mama was already in heaven when her great grandchild was born, we have shared pictures and memories so that she knows from when she came.  

Being a mother is not just by blood.  Many kids need the perspective of an elder that cares and meets them where they are.  I wish that mom could have know Elizabeth because she is a force to be reckoned with.  And my rebel self loves that.  

Even if your mama is in heaven, you can still talk to her.  Happy Mother's day^j^

portable jesus

I met with a good friend at church this morning for budget and life talk.  Lauren took me and on the way was digging through things in the middle compartments.  She pulled out this tiny Jesus figurine that Reaves had given her from where they found them on the spring break cruise.  I carried little dude in there with me and he sat on the table as we talked.  He told me that they had one from some hide and seek thing that was church related.  I kind of realized that it's a good evangelism tool to have Jesus in your pocket or on the table.  I would order a hundred of them from Amazon if it weren't for well, you know.  The tariffs will be added on.

Budget plans are now "somewhat of a concept" here at Casa Poopie.  Lauren and I are working together taking a hard look at expenses and what can go.  The fixed costs of living will not change but our income will when she starts a second job. We plan to attend Mother's Day service with Reaves and the fam this Sunday.  There will be a special program and maybe I can pick up a few more pocket Jesi.  That plural became a thing with us at DFUMC when we had twins that were the spitting image of Jesus swapping scenes at the passion play.  It was a huge production that took a lot of choir members/actors to pull off.  When I saw either Terry or Gerry walking down the aisle carrying the cross with Eddie and Dent whipping him,  that was when I became an out of the head and into the heart Christian.  You just never know when that will happen.  It's all in God's time ^j^

that

multitasking trump style

Well howdy there folks.  As I write Marco Rubio has about five jobs and they are all very important.. Secretary of State AND Mike Waltzs gig.  Who knows what else.  The problem with this  has a lot of layers, not the least of which is that nobody is in charge of anything except for the POTUS.  And he is in Florida again.  His latest money waster is for a flag day celebration on his birthday that will cost this country about 49 million, give or take a few million.  It depends on what bells and whistles will be pulled out but so far just the cost of the armed services showing up plus all the security will be massive.  And he tells us to "be patient" while the constitution is shredded and the economy falls out from under us.  

In my post yesterday that I did not put on FB I talked about my concerns for safety in this world where retribution is rampant.  I am not a judge thank God.  I admire them for standing up and saying no to this idiot.  He blames everybody else and their brother for the state of the world and "It's all Biden's fault!"  That only goes so far buddy.  You mental state is way past what his was when the Dems ran Kamala.  But you have a GOP controlled Congress who is afraid to stand up.  Except for Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins.  I don't really blame Republicans for any of this.  It was a perfect storm between a Democratic party with no vision and the MAGA base who voted him in.  I am not sure that was entirely legal, either. There was that little detail from 80s where he was a Russian spy.  

I believe in free press, freedom of speech and the constitutional protections that our forefathers intended.  The promises that this president made during his campaign were unrealistic and we are seeing the consequences right now, live and in person.  Anybody with half a lick of sense can see that Musk is bailing out his businesses on our dime.  His investment in the campaign has paid off royally. This happens with both political parties and I understand that.  I do not believe that Soros paid those people to riot at the Capitol.  Trump urged them on and a lot of folks were traumatized.  Like me who watched the whole thing live with Ms. Joy.  Liz Cheney and Jack Smith did their best but after the election, they were history and got vilified.  The trumpian way, of course.  

I know that there are good Republicans in Congress.  The ones from Tennessee, not so much.  To any of you who will listen to my concerns, give me a call.  I am your constituent as well.  I have never had much luck with contacting my senators because they are all on the Trump wagon.  Many of them represent states that are farming heavy and the tariffs will affect their bottom line.  Then the farm bailouts happen to keep them afloat.  William Schultz is now milling rice, which is a staple for us all.  Let's all support local farmers who think outside of the box.

Think outside of the box folks.  Be a rebel and not a follower.  And keep the faith ^j^

last rant

I no longer feel safe expressing my political opinions on the interwebs and y'all know why.  Free speech is history and all the MAGA crowd is demonizing people who don't buy into Trump's agenda. He is not only batshit crazy and demented but has entire control over our lives at this point.  I have never really wished to die, but this stuff is so scary that I would not mind if God just saved me from the next 4 years.  Our only hope is that something big and beautiful will happen ten years after this assault on our nation.  I will be dead by then.  Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.

My friend Glenda came and got the freezer that I don't use off the back porch today.  She and her friend hauled it down and put it in the back of her truck.  Her house in Southtown was flooded for many days and her expensive refrigerator got damaged so she is working on a plan to save what she has foodwise.  It takes a village.  I am watching folks drive up and down the road carrying on with life as usual and I miss that. Clara brought me a dozen eggs from her chickens which I truly appreciate. And now it's raining again. That's okay.  It saves on the utility bill when it's cool but summer is coming.  It is time to downsize here in more ways than one.  If you need a big ass heavy non smart TV I have one that would love a new home.  I don't watch it.  At all.  The premium channels are gone and it is just taking up space on the otherwise beautiful mantel.  DM me.  I will hook you up if you got the muscle.

That is my life.  Come and get it ^j^

positivity

Lauren gave me a pep talk this morning before she left for work.  She was all dressed up looking very professional and headed to her current job.  We talked, at length, about my mental status yesterday which is sort of iffy right now because of a lot of things.  I stress, worry and otherwise fail to trust God.  A large portion of that comes from watching a lot of news.  Imagine that!  To me, it's sort of like a train wreck.  I can't look away. But you cannot go down the rabbit hole with all that.  Sure, it's crazy what is happening now.  We are all scared and freaked out, well Except for the ones who don't pay attention.  

I remember as a CHS employee getting an email outlining their big beautiful deal with another company in the Nashville area that was arranged by a hedge fund manager.  That was the beginning of the end for that company.  I was still employed there when I retired and three months later all local facilities, including physician practices, were taken over by West Tennessee Healthcare.  I am thankful because I was too old and too tired to go through another sale, with all the angst that accompanies it.  Just changing software is a major ordeal.

We had a rogue thunderstorm this morning that has passed for now yet there are more to come.  It's spring 'n tn which means ya' never know.  A lot of corn got planted prior, so there is that.  Me and the stray siamese had some quality time on the porch yesterday and now has a name.  Bubbie!   He and Rosie had a wrestling match out in the yard and despite his injury, he held his own.  Hopefully I'll get to see Reaves this weekend.  Cross your fingers.

So about my freak out.  I refuse to be intimidated any longer.  That includes trash talk and blaming.  I will stand up for what I believe in even if the government comes after me.  We are all screwed anyway.  No wait, that's not positivity!  It's reality and I'll take it over believing lies.  

Faith, hope and love ^j^

two dolls for you

As the trade war begins to affect supply chains, Trump continues to blame Biden for the economy.  o.m.g.  When questioned about the availability of holiday and back to school goods, he said that those two dolls may cost a couple of bucks more.  Now, I'm not real big on presents at Christmas.  That is not what Jesus was about.  Last year, there were none and that's okay.  It is not about giving gifts to each other, in my opinion, but about celebrating the birth of Christ.  I can do that without presents or a tree.  Yeah, gifts are nice but...

My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.  Love me some turkey and dressing cooked Mama Staff style.  Oh and the deviled eggs!Asparagus casserole!  If finances stay the same, there will be none of that.  My neighbor Clara has chickens and during the flood she brought me a dozen eggs which were a lifesaver.  And I still have three of them left.  That is survivalist mentality.  And that, it where we are as a country.  If you do not realize that, you are sticking your head in the sand and drinking koolaid.  But I'm preaching to the choir here.  Nobody other than followers reads this blog.  I don't have near as many as MAGA.  

I slept like a baby last night and so did Lauren.  Rosie's friend the siamese appears to be injured but we can't get close enough to see the wound.  It looks pretty bad from a distance.  Rose has been so lonely since Oscar died last year.  Normally cats and dogs don't get along, or so they say.  Who knows what happened to siamese friend.  He or she lives in the wild and there's lots of critters out here.  

We are plugging the leaks in the dykes and praying for a miracle.  And it is all in God's hands ^j^