Is that me?

Have you ever watched a movie and the characters reminded you of yourself in some obscure way? Exposes your faults, quirks triumphs and failures. Interesting to watch and see things in a different perspective, looking right back at you. It's soul searching, cathartic, narcissistic, weepy and more. A couple hours on the couch, and it wasn't pay per view, so cheaper than a shrink! Don't ask me the name of the movie, because you would never see in it what I saw.

Another Wordless Wednesday

Just call me Sybil

I know you must think I am a crazy beeotch. A little bi-polar thrown in here and there. Or maybe just a politician flip flopin on the issues. “Get rid of the clutter, keep the clutter, clutter is weighing me down, clutter is fun, don’t buy anything you don’t need, buy everything you want”. Makes my head spin. See I am a little possessed like Linda Blair in the Exorcist. I think I can blame it on being a Gemini. See, 2 personalities :), not my fault, again. Ha ha


Winding down on the third half of the year, I am finding out a lot about myself. Not always good, but facing the music has been a learning experience. A lot of improvement needed. Just a few more months….to Judgment day!

I think they may have forgotten a few of the zero's

Do you think whoever owns this garage is fun to be with?

The 100 item challenge is interesting to say the least. I was gun hoe to purge and therefore be happy. But, I had an interesting weekend and that made me think really hard about those 100 items. My thought was maybe we should pick out 100 items that mean the most to us. I guess that  would be the items we would choose if we knew a hurricane was coming and we had to evacuate and they only allowed us to take 100 items with us. What would we choose. I am sad to say I would leave my dishes behind. I would take the sentimental items with me. So what does that say? Do I need everything else? Well, no I don’t need it in the case of the hurricane, but I do need it when I am planning a camping trip for 24 people. Yes, I do need all those games that have been sitting in my garage unplayed for several years. Yes, I do need all those coolers we talked about, the tents that haven’t been out of the bags for at least 10 years, the barely used crock pot, the white erase board, the lanterns, power cords, and the list goes on. How could we have had a weekend away without all that “stuff”???? We couldn’t have. My goodness we took over 100 items with us for just that 48 hours. So while my “stuff” does seem to get in the way, it does have a purpose. Maybe that should be our motto- get your stuff out every once in awhile and use it. You might have some fun and you won’t have as much guilt over the filled garage and the filled basement. But, figuring out what 100 things mean the most to you, is an exercise you should partake in. It will help you realize what really is important and that the other stuff is still just "stuff".

Is 100 enough?

A homework assignment.  Check out these two articles and we will discuss it in the next blog.
An interesting concept.  
But can it work?

1. Pick out only 100 things.....
2. Time article

Confessional

"Bless me Father, for I have sinned"

I bought the lobster dishes!

Enjoy what is left

Winding down on Summer.  How sad is that.  We are definitely over the hump.  I guess we really don't know how many warm days are left, after all this is Michigan.  The depression is slowly creeping back.  Reality is I will have to start working on the inside of my house again.  Always seem to save that for a "rainy day"  Maybe I will succeed by the holiday's in getting all the wallpaper off my kitchen walls.  (let's not mention that I have managed to celebrate all the holiday's at least once in this state of disrepair.) I can't believe what a procrastinator I am.  It is not acceptable, but I am accepting it.  I have empathy for myself.  ha ha 
I need to kick my self in the butt and get going.  My goal is to move out of the family home and downsize into the retirement home.  Ahhh, when you get that AARP card you start thinking that maybe it's time to think about all the fun those retired people have, NO WORRIES.  To have no worries, I have to have less.  Simple fact.  Less space, less stuff, less housework, less yard work, less bills, etc.  It's a strong thought in my head, just have to lay the ground work.  I'm working on it, just hope when I find where I want to live, I will be ready.  First things first.... remove wallpaper!  Have a great sunshiny, summer weekend. 

Wordless Wednesday.....

STOP THE INSANITY!

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS BEING TYPED IN CAPITALS BECAUSE I AM SCREAMING!

I AM A TEA KETTLE THAT IS READY TO BLOW MY TOP.  FIRST LETS START OFF BY SAYING WE ARE DIPPING THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE IN A TEAL DYE.  TEAL IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE COLORS OF THE MOMENT, SO TEAL IT IS.  NOW WE ARE ALL THE SAME COLOR.  THIS WAS DONE SO THAT THIS POST CAN NOT BE MADE INTO A RACIAL ISSUE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT....IT IS A HUMAN ISSUE- PERIOD!  WE ARE ALL BORN INTO THIS WORLD AS HUMANS, REGARDLESS OF OUR COLOR, SEX, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, ECONOMIC SITUATION, ETC., AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO THRIVE AS DECENT HUMAN BEINGS. "LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS" SOUND FAMILIAR?  I DON'T KNOW HOW THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO OUT OF HAND.  I KEEP SEEING AND HEARING OF STORIES THAT CONTINUE TO BLOW MY MIND.

CASE NUMBER 1- NYC WAS SUED BY TEAL FIREFIGHTERS WHO CLAIMED THE ENTRANCE TEST WAS UNFAIR TO TEAL PEOPLE.  JUST THIS MORNING THE FOLLOWING WAS SAID....
"Blacks don't fare as well as whites on this test, probably due to the disparity of education,"

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T CARE IF MY FIREFIGHTER IS TEAL, I JUST WANT HIM/HER TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB. I WANT TO KNOW THAT HE/SHE CAN PASS A TEST THAT PUTS HIM/HER IN THE POSITION TO SAVE MY LIFE.  PERIOD!

CASE NUMBER 2-  "ONLINE BUSINESS' ARE SELLING CHILDREN'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS"  ????? ONLINE BUSINESS??? NO - CROOKS ARE SELLING CHILDREN'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.  WE NEED TO STOP THIS INSANITY.  IDENTITY THEFT SHOULD BE MANDATORY LIFE IN PRISON AND WE NEED TO GO OUT AND FIND THESE PEOPLE.  THIS IS A PREMEDITATED ACT THAT PREYS ON GOOD CITIZENS.  START PROSECUTING THESE PEOPLE AND PUT THEM BEHIND BARS FOR LIFE AND WATCH THIS CRIME ALL BUT GO AWAY.  LIFE IN JAIL-PERIOD!

CASE NUMBER 3-  WHY ARE WE GLORIFYING MISBEHAVING PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS?  WHY ARE WE GIVING THE CAST OF THE JERSEY SHORE RAISES TO ACT LIKE DISRESPECTFUL, LOSER HUMAN BEINGS?  IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO RAISE CHILDREN TO DO THE RIGHT THING ANYMORE.  CANCEL THAT PROGRAM-PERIOD!
WHICH BRINGS ME TO THIS ISSUE-

CASE NUMBER 4-  IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT MANY COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS THAT GREW UP IN MY COMMUNITY ARE ON FOOD STAMPS OR AS THEY CALL IT NOW "THE BRIDGE CARD".  HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS ONE???? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND CHILDREN THAT ARE FROM MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES ARE NOW DECLARING THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE OFF AT SCHOOL THEY HAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME INDIGENT.  ISN'T THAT PART OF THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, LEARNING TO SURVIVE ON MINIMAL MONEY??  ISN'T THAT WHY RAMEN NOODLES WERE INVENTED?  WHAT HAPPENED TO WORKING WHILE IN COLLEGE AND PAYING FOR YOUR OWN FOOD.  THIS ONE BOGGLES MY MIND.  DO PARENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?  ALLOWING YOUR CHILD TO OBTAIN A BRIDGE CARD, WHICH IN MY BOOK, IS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES, IS FRAUD.  I DOUBT ANY OF THESE YOUNG ADULTS ARE HUNGRY. WE ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS THAT IT IS OK TO TAKE TAXPAYERS MONEY WHEN YOU DON'T NEED IT.  I KNOW WE ARE ALL TIRED OF ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE RAPING OUR SYSTEM (IE- FREE CELL PHONES, CABLE, INSURANCE, HOUSING, FOOD, ETC)  BUT UNTIL WE RIGHT THIS SYSTEM OF ENTITLEMENT, IT IS GOING TO CONSUME US ALL. TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT.  WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN RIGHT FROM WRONG AND A DR.'S SON OBTAINING A BRIDGE CARD WHILE HE IS AWAY AT COLLEGE IS WRONG... SHAME ON THEM. THIS IS HOW GENERATIONS ON WELFARE GET STARTED.  START DOING THE RIGHT THING-PERIOD.

THIS COUNTRY HAS TO GET BACK TO COMMON SENSE.  WE ARE SO FAR GONE, I'M NOT SURE IT IS POSSIBLE.  CAN WE START FROM SCRATCH?  I WISH WE COULD, BUT OUR WHOLE WORLD IS BEING DRIVEN BY MORALLY INEPT PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GET BACK TO COMMON SENSE AND BASIC HUMAN DECENCY.  I'M NOT GIVING UP YET, BUT DAILY I FIND IT HARD TO SWALLOW ALL THE INSANITY.

IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT.