Sunday, November 23, 2008

Jesus Wasn't Available?

A friend, who tags every email she sends with Bible verses, sent me a picture of her baby's first visit with Santa Claus.
Super cute photo, but,
I guess Jesus wasn't available?

Sunday, October 12, 2008

I'm Me, and I Approve This Message

I am an expert on financial behavior because I watch HGTV .
For you, I'll share some of my knowledge.

Check out any show featuring a thirtyish, first-time couple buying their first house. These people will state they feel comfortable spending, for example, $1800 a month on a mortgage. They're pre-approved, usually creatively with two mortgages, for a little over that amount.
I don't know if that includes insurance, interest, et al. I'm assuming.

Then they rattle off a list of wants like they're filling out a shallow profile on Match.com.
They're usually wanting updated marble counter-topped kitchens, extra bedrooms, extra bathrooms, garage, and a yard.
Their wise realtor takes them off to see houses in their comfortable price range.

Of course, they can't find their wants as they imagine it, so they get discouraged.
I was said to be pouting when I was five and got discouraged the way they do. I was told I was unrealistic when I was twenty and acted that way. Call it what you will.

So the savvy realtor, working on commission, shows them a house for the full amount of their pre-approval.
Maybe even more, but they'd have to come up with some cash.
They look at it, "just to see."
The house is beautiful, new or remodeled, and a gorgeous home anyone could live in. It has all or most of desires on the list.

Used to be, you had to be rather successful, not just the average Joe, to reward yourself with a great home for your first home.
To get all that one wanted the first time out was an exception.
It was something that some of us who were starting out hoped to achieve, and deserve.
But on these shows, the first-time home buyers would buy the house that used to take time to save up enough money for a down payment.
The time that it took forced us to compromise and appreciate. It's not such a bad thing.

Instant gratification. Hard to condemn because it's fun, but it must be discouraged, when expected.
Getting constant instant gratification, and also living with integrity, just don't mix for some reason.
So this down-payment-less culture has assaulted the society of just rewards for smart work, and now we all are paying the costs of living in a fearful society with major players stopping their game.

Is this just a generational thing, complaining about progressive changes from what we're used to? Or is it truly the result of bad influences in our society?
Either way, they're taking me down with 'em.

But I could of told you we were headed for a meltdown.
Coz I watch HGTV, doncha know.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Reasoning

I have a friend, in her 50's, who doesn't believe her constant cigarette smoking is harmful to her health. She believes if she is going to get cancer, there's nothing she can do about it.
She is voting for McCain, because she says Obama isn't patriotic enough. She bases that on seeing a picture on the internet that supposedly shows Obama not holding his hand to his heart during a pledge of allegiance.
This friend also thinks smoking pot and talking on the cell phone while driving isn't anything to worry about. She says because she's done it for so long, she's really good at it and just getting better.
I repeat, she's voting for McCain.
All her children smoke cigarettes now. Around their kids, too.
Did I mention she won't vote for Obama because of an internet picture? She's voting for McCain.
I guess, with her reasoning, it makes sense.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Palin Is NOT Motherly

Ironically, Sarah Palin would've been a better pick for VP if she had said "no" when asked by McCain to be his mate.
Saying "no" would have been the wise answer. Her young, unmarried daughter is due to birth a baby this winter, in the midst of all the election chaos.
It would have been compassionate and generous of her to remain more private in this tumultuous year her 17-year-old daughter is having.
It would have been motherly.
Instead she put Bristol's name out there front and center.
If Gov. Palin threw her teenaged daughter to the blogger wolves for career achievement, what will she do to the rest of us?

It would have been wiser to say no, since her other young son, an infant with a major handicap, needs much more attention than any working woman can give.
It would have been compassionate and generous of her to wait for baby Tig to grow up a little, before adding to her workload and business travel schedule.
It would have been motherly.

Palin governs a state of only 670,000 residents, smaller than Fort Worth, TX.
She might get overlooked next time if she passes on this chance. She most likely would get overlooked, as qualified women will be coming through the ranks.
Initially I thought it was McCain who had made a desperate move by choosing Palin.
Now I think the desperate one is Palin, don't you?


Thursday, May 29, 2008

Killing The Messenger

How telling that the White House AND the press choose to kill the messenger instead of investigating the message that Bush was spinning like mad to create this war against "terrorism."
McClellan must be spot-on about everything he revealed!

The reasons the administration are attacking him are obvious. Such cowards. Afraid of being truthful and forthcoming. Like children.

The reasons the media are trying to beat him down probably involves their pride which would be hurt by knowing they were mis-led along with the rest of the peons. It also involves not harming chances of future Presidential and advisor access, even though hopefully this "future" will be be short.

Why is all the news about McClellan, instead of the terror Bush has brought upon us?

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Sunday Wino

Tomorrow is a holiday. I have the day off from work and decided to get some groceries for the week. So this morning, I drove to a local grocery store.
At checkout, the clerk removed the bottle of Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon from the rest of my groceries
"We don't sell wine until noon today," she stated flatly.
It was 10:45 AM on Sunday.
Why is this law still in effect? It doesn't make me feel holy at all.
Wasn't the law enacted when conservative, white Christians made decisions for EVERYBODY else?
Oh, yea, they're still trying to do that.
So much for separation of church and state.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

THE BEST DOG EVER! Still.

Yes, she really was.

She was warm, loving, smart, sensitive, and beautiful. She was one/third of my household, and had places in almost every room, in this small house, dedicated to her.

She was the one who greeted me,except once on the day before her death,
every day of every year she lived here. What devotion and love.


Throughout the years, I repeatedly told her that I loved her and thanked her for the love she brought to my life.



I brushed her almost every morning during these last years, while my morning coffee was being made.
I used a soft baby brush. Her fur had little oil in it and felt as soft as a baby's fuzz.
I could see the enjoyment in her big, cloudy brown eyes, as she savored every minute of the loving touch.


Her last day was a sunny day in the 70's, with just a few puffy clouds.
Any time her nose went near her food bowl, I gave her her favorite treats.
We sunbathed in the back yard, soaking up the warm sun, and feeling the energy of the green grass.
Inside, I played Charles Brown's blues CD's and laid on the floor with her.
I pressed my body against her back to feel her warmth.
I caressed and massaged her, and savored her presence.


Around 6:45 PM, at the vet, I again lay on the floor next to her.
As she experienced the supposedly euphoric sensation of the drugs, before the fatal dose, I kissed her over and over and expressed all the love I could.
I held onto her until her heart stopped and her life was over.

I miss her in almost every area of my life.
I pressed her soft toy against my nose and smelled her. I knew, with time, those sensations and reminders will fade. So I held onto it for a while.
I've slowly put away her things, and donated her food to the shelter this afternoon.

In my life, I've learned to appreciate the life force as it is here on earth and I feel secure that I appreciated hers.
Euthanasia was the best thing to do for her. She went out on a sunny day.
The next two days were cloudy and rainy. She hated that weather.
I take comfort in the fact there'll be no more rainy days for Brandy the Greyhound.
But it doesn't stop me from missing her.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

THE BEST DOG EVER!


Brandy the Greyhound
March 1995 - May 11, 2008
euthanized due to developing bone cancer