I am so glad the election is over, I'm happy the people had their day, I'm thrilled we kept a good man in office, and I'm ecstatic that there will be NO MORE Campaign commercials.
Yes I was at the point of not watching network TV just to avoid the adds. Now we can all relax for a short wile. With the swing back to sanity and away from tea party wack jobs maybe now all the programs that the Demarcates have been trying to implement to get this country back on its feet will finally get passed.
Honestly I hate politics. I wish that those elected would stop voting their party line and start voting what is good for the country and the people, no matter who proposed it. That way what our founding fathers wanted. That those with the intelligence and common sense to speech for the people would do so irregardless of their religions, or moral leanings, now we need to also add party to that statement.
So to all my friends and even those I do not know yet. Lets take a deep breath , release all the built up tension, and relax for a short wile. The hard work of rebuilding this country into something greater and solidly supportive of our government is yet to come.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Old Pains Can Hurt the Worst
When you are a parent you try to protect your child for things that can hurt them. So you may not tell them things because you don't want to push them in one way or another. You want them to grow up strong and independent and to make their own opinions and views of the world and people within it.
Then there are things you do not tell them because the pain you feel is so great and laced with fear that for you to remember it is to much. You push it to the back of your memories and let it scab over. You do things to try and make life over and mark it as lessens learned.
My life with my eldest sons Father was one of those things. So when he left us, when my son was only a year old I thanked God and tried to go on with my life. I went to college and studied psychology, mental heath, and social work. I stopped using drugs and stopped drinking. I wanted to make a good life for my son and I. To put all the pain and abuse of my younger life behind both of us.
No it wasn't easy, and there were days I cried, but I never gave up or turned back to the life I had left behind. Yes I did stumble along the way, but I kept moving. What I guess I didn't see in my desire to make a better life for us was how much not having a relationship with his birth father was really hurting my son. So at 5 I went well out of my way to track down my ex and try to bring him into his sons life. I only put 2 restrictions on their visitations, 1 that they not be alone, and 2 that he at lease try to pay the 35 dollars a week child support the court had ordered when our divorce was finalized.
Both of these restrictions were do to incidents involving my ex and his 1st wife and son. For my son though these restrictions would prove to be problematic because after only 1 visit my ex once again dropped out of our lives. I know then that it had really hurt my little boy when the next week he waited all day at the door for his father who never showed. So I made it my mission to try and find his a new Daddy and after another 4 years I did just this.
I found a man who not only loved and adored me, but loved my son just as much. No mean feet, but my new husband was and is no ordinary man. I hoped that having a new Father someone who loved and cared about him would help my Eldest child get over the feeling of rejection and desertion he felt over is birth Fathers choose to not be part of our lives.
Then when he was 15 I got a letter in the mail from my ex wanting to once again try and connect with his son. My husband and I decided that it would be wrong of us to not let my Ex try once again to have some kind of a connection with his son. So we arranged for another meeting. This one went about as I had anticipated with my son deciding to not pro sue a relationship with his birth father at that time. I hoped at that point that, that would be the end of things, but no.
Again about 6 years later my son felt the need to try and connect with his Father. I gave him what information I had and let his do the work of tracking him down. The meeting was a disaster with my Ex rejecting our son, accusing him of just wanting money or something. And again I hoped that this would be the end of things.
The whole time all these hits and misses where happening I held back my fears and feelings not wanting them to color my sons opinion or experience. I never let him see the pain it caused me every time I saw or heard about his father. It was a life I had worked hard to put behind me.
Yes as he got older I did tell him how bad things had been, not in graffic detail, but to try and warn him about why he couldn't drink and about other mental problems that ran in the family that he might want to be aware of.
So now we come to today. My Son has found out over the years that not only does he have an older brother on his fathers side of the family, but 2 younger sisters as well. So I supported him in trying to track down his missing siblings, reminding him to not forget his brother and sister I gave birth to after I married his Dad,(Not step Dad cause he never treated My Son as anything lease then his Son and does not refer to him as anything other the His Son).
Through FB I found my Sons older brother and bushed him to make contact and through that contact he has now meet one of his sisters. These things I am very happy for and truly hope he can have a true connection with them.
Then he told me that his Father had contacted him, and now wants to try and reconnect, and for the first time the memories and fears over took me. So when he called me to tell me he had visited with his Father and that everything had gone well a voice in the back of my had kept screaming tell him, tell him to be careful, to watch his back, to not trust the man. So I did, ( Wrong move)
He doesn't understand my fears, yes he knows his father abused me, but not the details, So he thinks I'm holding a Grudge. He doesn't know the pain that I went through, so he doesn't understand why I don't trust the man to not hurt him or my grandsons. He doesn't see how much it hurts his Dad to sit here and worry that this man that hurt Me and my Son so much will do it again. All he sees is the large whole that was left in a little boys heart as he stood at the door waiting for his Father to come and get him. And I cry because I don't want the Man my son has become to have to relive that pain.
I cry because I am reliving the pain and fear that man beat into me all those many years ago, and my Son just doesn't understand that all I ever wanted was for him to have a good life with a father who loves him.
Then there are things you do not tell them because the pain you feel is so great and laced with fear that for you to remember it is to much. You push it to the back of your memories and let it scab over. You do things to try and make life over and mark it as lessens learned.
My life with my eldest sons Father was one of those things. So when he left us, when my son was only a year old I thanked God and tried to go on with my life. I went to college and studied psychology, mental heath, and social work. I stopped using drugs and stopped drinking. I wanted to make a good life for my son and I. To put all the pain and abuse of my younger life behind both of us.
No it wasn't easy, and there were days I cried, but I never gave up or turned back to the life I had left behind. Yes I did stumble along the way, but I kept moving. What I guess I didn't see in my desire to make a better life for us was how much not having a relationship with his birth father was really hurting my son. So at 5 I went well out of my way to track down my ex and try to bring him into his sons life. I only put 2 restrictions on their visitations, 1 that they not be alone, and 2 that he at lease try to pay the 35 dollars a week child support the court had ordered when our divorce was finalized.
Both of these restrictions were do to incidents involving my ex and his 1st wife and son. For my son though these restrictions would prove to be problematic because after only 1 visit my ex once again dropped out of our lives. I know then that it had really hurt my little boy when the next week he waited all day at the door for his father who never showed. So I made it my mission to try and find his a new Daddy and after another 4 years I did just this.
I found a man who not only loved and adored me, but loved my son just as much. No mean feet, but my new husband was and is no ordinary man. I hoped that having a new Father someone who loved and cared about him would help my Eldest child get over the feeling of rejection and desertion he felt over is birth Fathers choose to not be part of our lives.
Then when he was 15 I got a letter in the mail from my ex wanting to once again try and connect with his son. My husband and I decided that it would be wrong of us to not let my Ex try once again to have some kind of a connection with his son. So we arranged for another meeting. This one went about as I had anticipated with my son deciding to not pro sue a relationship with his birth father at that time. I hoped at that point that, that would be the end of things, but no.
Again about 6 years later my son felt the need to try and connect with his Father. I gave him what information I had and let his do the work of tracking him down. The meeting was a disaster with my Ex rejecting our son, accusing him of just wanting money or something. And again I hoped that this would be the end of things.
The whole time all these hits and misses where happening I held back my fears and feelings not wanting them to color my sons opinion or experience. I never let him see the pain it caused me every time I saw or heard about his father. It was a life I had worked hard to put behind me.
Yes as he got older I did tell him how bad things had been, not in graffic detail, but to try and warn him about why he couldn't drink and about other mental problems that ran in the family that he might want to be aware of.
So now we come to today. My Son has found out over the years that not only does he have an older brother on his fathers side of the family, but 2 younger sisters as well. So I supported him in trying to track down his missing siblings, reminding him to not forget his brother and sister I gave birth to after I married his Dad,(Not step Dad cause he never treated My Son as anything lease then his Son and does not refer to him as anything other the His Son).
Through FB I found my Sons older brother and bushed him to make contact and through that contact he has now meet one of his sisters. These things I am very happy for and truly hope he can have a true connection with them.
Then he told me that his Father had contacted him, and now wants to try and reconnect, and for the first time the memories and fears over took me. So when he called me to tell me he had visited with his Father and that everything had gone well a voice in the back of my had kept screaming tell him, tell him to be careful, to watch his back, to not trust the man. So I did, ( Wrong move)
He doesn't understand my fears, yes he knows his father abused me, but not the details, So he thinks I'm holding a Grudge. He doesn't know the pain that I went through, so he doesn't understand why I don't trust the man to not hurt him or my grandsons. He doesn't see how much it hurts his Dad to sit here and worry that this man that hurt Me and my Son so much will do it again. All he sees is the large whole that was left in a little boys heart as he stood at the door waiting for his Father to come and get him. And I cry because I don't want the Man my son has become to have to relive that pain.
I cry because I am reliving the pain and fear that man beat into me all those many years ago, and my Son just doesn't understand that all I ever wanted was for him to have a good life with a father who loves him.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Prose and Cons
Just spent an enjoyable 3 days at the Anime Midwest Convention. Went to several panels, met many new and interesting people and spent a good deal of time feeling my age. Whether the last is a good or a bad thing depends on the time of day.
I loved watching my Children enjoy the Con and their independence. Meet and make friends, experience the insanity of the Con experience, and learn what a small Con has over the mega cons like C2E2. And in watching them felt much older then I wished to. See, seeing my 2 youngest children Dancing and running all over the hotel without me, doing their own thing, just pushed that button, the one labeled empty nest syndrome. Add to that the aches and pains that come with age and health problems and for me it was a bit bitter sweet.
Watching all the young people, or at least much younger then me doing the Con thing, the Cos-play, the bonding, the Rave, the shear freedom that being with others of like mindset (at least in their Love of in this case Amine). Remembering my first Con and how much I never wanted to leave, or sleep, or for it to end. But it did, just as this Con did. I just hope that this time it will not be another 15 years between Cons. And that the next Con I find at least a few more Coners closer to my age so I don't feel like I'm Mom to everyone there.
I loved watching my Children enjoy the Con and their independence. Meet and make friends, experience the insanity of the Con experience, and learn what a small Con has over the mega cons like C2E2. And in watching them felt much older then I wished to. See, seeing my 2 youngest children Dancing and running all over the hotel without me, doing their own thing, just pushed that button, the one labeled empty nest syndrome. Add to that the aches and pains that come with age and health problems and for me it was a bit bitter sweet.
Watching all the young people, or at least much younger then me doing the Con thing, the Cos-play, the bonding, the Rave, the shear freedom that being with others of like mindset (at least in their Love of in this case Amine). Remembering my first Con and how much I never wanted to leave, or sleep, or for it to end. But it did, just as this Con did. I just hope that this time it will not be another 15 years between Cons. And that the next Con I find at least a few more Coners closer to my age so I don't feel like I'm Mom to everyone there.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Getting it out of My Head
Here I am again at 4:30 in the morning sitting in front of my computer, unable to sleep. This is a once every few month thing with me. I find myself unable to stop all the thoughts worries and concerns running around in my head. This time its concern able our home situation.
My Husband was laid off a month ago and his severens pay runs out this week. The Unemployment payments aren't enough to keep the utilities payed up let along pay rent and by food as well. So we are having to cash in about half of his IRA to pay 6 months rent in advance, and keep a small cushion in the bank to help pay the bills.
Add to this the little factor that we are in the middle of moving from the Town home we have lived in for the last 10 years to a new Town home. This is a good thing because the reason we are moving is due to the new management company rehabbing all the TH's and relocating the desirable residents to the completed units. This means having air conditioning Finally, new kitchens, new bathrooms, upgraded electrical and pluming, and refinished hard oak floors. Hoping that with all the repairs and refurbishing means no calls to maintenance for a Long time.
The last thing running around in my head is the hope that things will go Great today at 2pm. Hubby has a job interview. Its only a temp position, and it pays less then he was making, but its better then unemployment and its in a field he has wanted to get some experience in for a long wile. So it will give him a great add onto his res.
Now that I have that all out on the page I'm feeling myself starting to relax and get sleepy, so I'm going to head off to bed. Please keep sending those positive thoughts and prayers. They are always useful and welcomed.
Love to All Kat
My Husband was laid off a month ago and his severens pay runs out this week. The Unemployment payments aren't enough to keep the utilities payed up let along pay rent and by food as well. So we are having to cash in about half of his IRA to pay 6 months rent in advance, and keep a small cushion in the bank to help pay the bills.
Add to this the little factor that we are in the middle of moving from the Town home we have lived in for the last 10 years to a new Town home. This is a good thing because the reason we are moving is due to the new management company rehabbing all the TH's and relocating the desirable residents to the completed units. This means having air conditioning Finally, new kitchens, new bathrooms, upgraded electrical and pluming, and refinished hard oak floors. Hoping that with all the repairs and refurbishing means no calls to maintenance for a Long time.
The last thing running around in my head is the hope that things will go Great today at 2pm. Hubby has a job interview. Its only a temp position, and it pays less then he was making, but its better then unemployment and its in a field he has wanted to get some experience in for a long wile. So it will give him a great add onto his res.
Now that I have that all out on the page I'm feeling myself starting to relax and get sleepy, so I'm going to head off to bed. Please keep sending those positive thoughts and prayers. They are always useful and welcomed.
Love to All Kat
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Even if they promise Don't Count on It
A week into my Husbands Lay off and we are already seeing the promises of continued insurance coverage falling away. A call this morning from the Physical Therapist that my Husband and son are seeing told us that the insurance company is refusing to pay for their treatment without more information. Information that they did not require a week ago.
Now what really is upsetting here is that we were required to pay a double monthly premium to insure that our coverage would continue till the end of March. Knowing though how these companies work, I am sure that they will stretch out the information inquiry till the end of March. ( The opps I guess we took to long) Keeping the Insurance company from paying on the therapy for any treatment after the date of Lay Off.
Yes I know I'm sounding like a bit of a pessimist, but after having gone through this more then a few times I've learned that thing kind of behavior is not uncommon. I guess thats why we took care of most of what we needed to take care of prior to the lay off.
So now we just put all our energy into trying to find Pat a new job A.S.A.P. . Any positive energy you can all sent to help in this endeavor would be great and very appreciated.
Love to All Kat
Now what really is upsetting here is that we were required to pay a double monthly premium to insure that our coverage would continue till the end of March. Knowing though how these companies work, I am sure that they will stretch out the information inquiry till the end of March. ( The opps I guess we took to long) Keeping the Insurance company from paying on the therapy for any treatment after the date of Lay Off.
Yes I know I'm sounding like a bit of a pessimist, but after having gone through this more then a few times I've learned that thing kind of behavior is not uncommon. I guess thats why we took care of most of what we needed to take care of prior to the lay off.
So now we just put all our energy into trying to find Pat a new job A.S.A.P. . Any positive energy you can all sent to help in this endeavor would be great and very appreciated.
Love to All Kat
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Blessed Imbolic
A Bright Blessing upon All. Today is Imbolic the midway point of winter and the day the Goddess returns from the underworld. Here in the US winter has been very mild unlike Europe this year. So let us hope that things will continue mild here and turn around there with the Goddesses return.
For myself I am asking the God and Goddess to bless those I love, those who are close to my heart and my Family. With my Husbands looming Lay off a little over a week away I am working hard to keep positive and to draw bright energy to us. So that what would normally be a negative is in reality a positive. That not only is this the powers that Be's way of getting my husband out of a bad job situation, but there way of pushing him into a more prosperous position with a much better company. Also there is the factor of us having to move in the next month or 2, now weather that is to a new town home or to another state I will leave in the caring hands of the God and Goddess.
So for now let the Blessing of a new and Bright year be upon Us All no matter Who or Where we are. My Love to All
Kat
For myself I am asking the God and Goddess to bless those I love, those who are close to my heart and my Family. With my Husbands looming Lay off a little over a week away I am working hard to keep positive and to draw bright energy to us. So that what would normally be a negative is in reality a positive. That not only is this the powers that Be's way of getting my husband out of a bad job situation, but there way of pushing him into a more prosperous position with a much better company. Also there is the factor of us having to move in the next month or 2, now weather that is to a new town home or to another state I will leave in the caring hands of the God and Goddess.
So for now let the Blessing of a new and Bright year be upon Us All no matter Who or Where we are. My Love to All
Kat
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Here We Go Again
At this very moment i am trying really hard not to go into panic mod. There was a time when my husband and I were dealing with him being laid off about every year or 2 for about 10 years. The part that hurt the most was that it was never from anything He did or didn't do. He's a manufacturing plant Chemist, QC and R&D and every lay off was do to work slow downs and contract losses and because he was always the newest chemist he was low man in seniority so he was the one they would let go.
Well its happened again. This time really hurts. He has been at this job for 6 years. He's put up with a bull shit work schedule that had him working 12 hour days and flipping from days to nights every 2 week so that we would have good insurance since we have 2 kids and I'm a Diabetic. The big problem though with this lay off is that the job was across the state line into a state that pays crap for unemployment.
Before when he would get laid off we could count on a unemployment check that was about 2/3 of his work income. Though the other state we might see about 1/3 of his income. That will leave us with less then our current rent and no savings to make up the difference. That means that we will most likely have no choose but to cash out his 401k to get the money to keep us solvent till he can find a new job.
To make things worse I just applied for Disability. My physical health has been slowly deteriorating since I was diagnosed with Diabetics 12 years ago. Arthritis,along with other physical injuries and aliments that are to many to list off right now have made it near to impossible for me to go back to work in retail. But the loss of my income has left us just short enough that we have been living from paycheck to paycheck. So now looking at that limited income being cut by 60% or better has me feeling panicky and afraid for my family.
Yes I know that there are many families that are in similar situation, but that knowledge doesn't soften the sharp edge of the reality that is looming before us. Please my Dear friends and readers I ask that you if you can say a prayer/send positive energy/or what ever supportive helpful thing you do, to help us get through this without losing everything.
Your Friend Kathy
Well its happened again. This time really hurts. He has been at this job for 6 years. He's put up with a bull shit work schedule that had him working 12 hour days and flipping from days to nights every 2 week so that we would have good insurance since we have 2 kids and I'm a Diabetic. The big problem though with this lay off is that the job was across the state line into a state that pays crap for unemployment.
Before when he would get laid off we could count on a unemployment check that was about 2/3 of his work income. Though the other state we might see about 1/3 of his income. That will leave us with less then our current rent and no savings to make up the difference. That means that we will most likely have no choose but to cash out his 401k to get the money to keep us solvent till he can find a new job.
To make things worse I just applied for Disability. My physical health has been slowly deteriorating since I was diagnosed with Diabetics 12 years ago. Arthritis,along with other physical injuries and aliments that are to many to list off right now have made it near to impossible for me to go back to work in retail. But the loss of my income has left us just short enough that we have been living from paycheck to paycheck. So now looking at that limited income being cut by 60% or better has me feeling panicky and afraid for my family.
Yes I know that there are many families that are in similar situation, but that knowledge doesn't soften the sharp edge of the reality that is looming before us. Please my Dear friends and readers I ask that you if you can say a prayer/send positive energy/or what ever supportive helpful thing you do, to help us get through this without losing everything.
Your Friend Kathy
Friday, January 6, 2012
Moving After 10 Years
After ten years in the same town home we are going to be moving. The new owners of our property have been rehabbing all the town homes, one section at a time. Our section being the one that the rental and management offices are was to be the last to be rehabbed. Well that time has now come. We received a call this morning from the New Young manager telling us that it was time to relocate to one of the newly rehabbed units.
Now I'm not saying that this is a good this or a bad thing, just that after 10 years its not going to be an easy thing. When we moved here our middle child was just starting second grade and our baby was in kindergarten, now they are both in high school. There is a section of wall between the dinning room and the living room were there are marks for ever time we measured their height as they grow. And our garden is now maturing into a truly lovely sight. So moving is a bit bitter sweet.
It will be nice to not have to call maintenance over the frig going out our the furnace not working right. It will be nice to not have to look at the cracks in the walls in the stairway that appeared after the last little quake we had 4 years back. And goddess knows it will be great to not have to deal with the antique pluming that leaks and clogs and is always in a state of needing repair. It will also be nice to clear away all those things that the kids just couldn't get rid of even though they haven't used or been able to ware them in years. But that's also a bit sad.
No thing I do know is that I AM NOT going to be the only person doing the packing and unpacking this time. The last 3 moves the kids were to young to help and my Husband was to busy with his job. This time though I'm the one in need of help. Ten years of progressing arthritis and diabetes have made it a great deal harder for me to do the packing and lifting the way I did before. So I am depending on the Kids to do as much as they can to help. And on my Husband to get the help we need to move the large items when the time comes.
Lucky for us the manager is giving us a month to get what we can packed and another month to move from our unit now to the new one. So we have the rest of Jan to pack and all of Feb to move. I just pray that the weather continues to be as mild as it has been. Moving in the dead of winter is not my idea of fun in any way shape or form. So please send me what positive prayer/energy/thoughts you can that this move goes well and easy
Now I'm not saying that this is a good this or a bad thing, just that after 10 years its not going to be an easy thing. When we moved here our middle child was just starting second grade and our baby was in kindergarten, now they are both in high school. There is a section of wall between the dinning room and the living room were there are marks for ever time we measured their height as they grow. And our garden is now maturing into a truly lovely sight. So moving is a bit bitter sweet.
It will be nice to not have to call maintenance over the frig going out our the furnace not working right. It will be nice to not have to look at the cracks in the walls in the stairway that appeared after the last little quake we had 4 years back. And goddess knows it will be great to not have to deal with the antique pluming that leaks and clogs and is always in a state of needing repair. It will also be nice to clear away all those things that the kids just couldn't get rid of even though they haven't used or been able to ware them in years. But that's also a bit sad.
No thing I do know is that I AM NOT going to be the only person doing the packing and unpacking this time. The last 3 moves the kids were to young to help and my Husband was to busy with his job. This time though I'm the one in need of help. Ten years of progressing arthritis and diabetes have made it a great deal harder for me to do the packing and lifting the way I did before. So I am depending on the Kids to do as much as they can to help. And on my Husband to get the help we need to move the large items when the time comes.
Lucky for us the manager is giving us a month to get what we can packed and another month to move from our unit now to the new one. So we have the rest of Jan to pack and all of Feb to move. I just pray that the weather continues to be as mild as it has been. Moving in the dead of winter is not my idea of fun in any way shape or form. So please send me what positive prayer/energy/thoughts you can that this move goes well and easy
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Political Ignorance
I am so tired of people spouting their opinions on political situation without first researching and becoming truly knowledgeable. They jump in with their rhetoric repeating the propaganda that some right wing nut job tells them is the truth before they check the facts.
Some are misinformed, other are willingly ignorant. In both cases thou I find their inflammatory rants tiring. I am finding it harder and harder each day to keep my feelings on their hate mongering to myself. I guess thats part of the reason I decided to start this blog. To give myself a place to speak my mind and try to be a voice of informatory and reason in what is becoming a more and more stratified environment .
The republican party have admitted that they are deliberate blocking any and all bills and proposition that the white house and the democrats put forth, even those that would benefit their own constituents. The reason for this is to Get Obama out of office at all costs. They will lie to anyone willing to listen placing all the blame for this countries woes on this administration. When if your willing to put in a little research it becomes all to clear that the Bank failures, Home foreclosures, job losses and economic collapse all lead back to the prior administration. And that all the attempts to bring about a turn around have been squashed by their own party.
If Obama is at fault of anything it not having the drive to do what LBJ did and get his programs past whatever it took. He wanted to be a peace maker and unfortunately for him he didn't see that the republicans don't respect peacemakers. So now we sit with nothing achieved in 3 years other then a general displeasure of the government and a lot of finger pointing.
Sadly I do not see a remedy to our situation. The republican have done such a good job of conveying their messages of hate and blame that many who would stand up and fight have given up under the weight of the negativity. So unless we can get the truth out and irradiate the political ignorance that has permeated this country I do not see a light at the end of this dark tunnel.
Some are misinformed, other are willingly ignorant. In both cases thou I find their inflammatory rants tiring. I am finding it harder and harder each day to keep my feelings on their hate mongering to myself. I guess thats part of the reason I decided to start this blog. To give myself a place to speak my mind and try to be a voice of informatory and reason in what is becoming a more and more stratified environment .
The republican party have admitted that they are deliberate blocking any and all bills and proposition that the white house and the democrats put forth, even those that would benefit their own constituents. The reason for this is to Get Obama out of office at all costs. They will lie to anyone willing to listen placing all the blame for this countries woes on this administration. When if your willing to put in a little research it becomes all to clear that the Bank failures, Home foreclosures, job losses and economic collapse all lead back to the prior administration. And that all the attempts to bring about a turn around have been squashed by their own party.
If Obama is at fault of anything it not having the drive to do what LBJ did and get his programs past whatever it took. He wanted to be a peace maker and unfortunately for him he didn't see that the republicans don't respect peacemakers. So now we sit with nothing achieved in 3 years other then a general displeasure of the government and a lot of finger pointing.
Sadly I do not see a remedy to our situation. The republican have done such a good job of conveying their messages of hate and blame that many who would stand up and fight have given up under the weight of the negativity. So unless we can get the truth out and irradiate the political ignorance that has permeated this country I do not see a light at the end of this dark tunnel.
Holiday Hype
To start with I am more then glad the Holiday's are over. It the 3rd of Jan and I need a vacation from the holiday hype. Everyone says that the stores put up the decorations earlier each year, and scarily their right. Prior to my retiring from being a retail clerk I watched as corporate would send down the orders to put up the decor by the middle of August then it was the beginning of August and finally it was the end of July. This year I found Christmas going up the middle of July and felt sick seeing it. We just finished the 4th of July celebrations and hadn't gotten kids back to school and christmas was going up.
And WHY? for the almighty dollar. Retailer want to get your attention before the other guy does, in hopes that you will buy from them now and not wait till someone else puts whatever it is thats the big thing this year on sale at a lower price. The problem being with the economy in the crapper still Everyone is waiting for the sale that will get them that special something at a price that will leave them with a couple extra cents in their pocket. So the big Hype this year was the BLACK Friday sales that had people lining up at stores on Thursday night in hopes of the best deals. My eldest son works for Wally World and was just thrilled at having to give up his Thanksgiving to be at work at 9pm to have the store ready for shoppers at 2am.
It made me angry that I didn't get to see my grandsons because My Son had to work the holidays to keep his job. So our holiday here was less then enjoyable because half our family was missing on both Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. As a result I found myself not getting into the hype or the holiday spirit they way I did some 10 years back when I had all 3 of my kids around me and a Husband who got the holidays off because EVERYONE got the holidays off. And the stores at-least tried to wait till Halloween to put up Christmas.
I guess I just wish the retailers would realize that we will still by what we want for our friends and family even if the wait to put up Christmas till the temp. drops and the leaves fall. And that Black Friday should be on Friday not Thursday.
And WHY? for the almighty dollar. Retailer want to get your attention before the other guy does, in hopes that you will buy from them now and not wait till someone else puts whatever it is thats the big thing this year on sale at a lower price. The problem being with the economy in the crapper still Everyone is waiting for the sale that will get them that special something at a price that will leave them with a couple extra cents in their pocket. So the big Hype this year was the BLACK Friday sales that had people lining up at stores on Thursday night in hopes of the best deals. My eldest son works for Wally World and was just thrilled at having to give up his Thanksgiving to be at work at 9pm to have the store ready for shoppers at 2am.
It made me angry that I didn't get to see my grandsons because My Son had to work the holidays to keep his job. So our holiday here was less then enjoyable because half our family was missing on both Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. As a result I found myself not getting into the hype or the holiday spirit they way I did some 10 years back when I had all 3 of my kids around me and a Husband who got the holidays off because EVERYONE got the holidays off. And the stores at-least tried to wait till Halloween to put up Christmas.
I guess I just wish the retailers would realize that we will still by what we want for our friends and family even if the wait to put up Christmas till the temp. drops and the leaves fall. And that Black Friday should be on Friday not Thursday.
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