Sunday, November 8, 2020

Our New President

 



          How awesome it is to hear that there are other countries celebrating at our victory!  Joe Biden won 284 votes to 214.  How glorious.  Rumor is that the media (perhaps with the exception of FOX which is not high on the reliable source list) will no longer cater to Trumps pettiness and refuse to put him in the limelight where he longs to bask.  I hope that rumor is true.

           I guess Trump was right.  He will be able to make America great again whenever he is finally out of the picture.

        Congrats to us all!

Friday, November 6, 2020

Waiting

             Election Day was three days ago and we still dont know who the president is for the next four years.  I am hoping NOT Trump and yet at the same time, I know there will be violence from some Trump supporters who dont understand that bullyism and threats do not make any country great.  They are abusing their freedoms and taking away others freedoms. 

There are so many ballots more than any other year.  Perhaps four times as many.  It takes a long time to count especially if there are less volunteers due to COVID.  If Joe Biden wins, I hope he sends in a crew to sterilize the white house and not move in for another month or two after his inauguration that is if Big Baby Trump and his groupies dont make it such an unrealistic ordeal. 

Joe Biden has campaigned for being for the people all people whether he was voted in by that person or not.  Trump will not honor those who didnt vote for him.  He wont have any problem stepping on the ones who did.  Unfortunately, some of those who voted for him still wont know any better. 

The economy is going to be horrible no matter which one gets in.  Trump will have his followers believing everything is great, that we will all be able to return to work and thrive and that COVID will go away.  COVID will not go away.  Other nations are getting second waves of COVID but the Americans will never get a second wave.  You know why?  Because we will never succeed  at getting over the first!

Too many have the attitude of Open right now. We need our jobs We need to spend money . . . not only are we battling COVID but flu season is here.  There are states fighting the elements in addition to the COVID.  Theyre not returning to work.  They have to rebuild their cities.  They have been damaged in several weeks.  Returning to work is not the number one concern right now.  It is rebuilding their homes, their lives, this nation . . .

The country opened too soon.  People got bored.  They somehow forgot.  The media reports cases within various schools now taking precautions by sending the entire class, busload, pod or whatever into quarantine to be monitored for the next two weeks.  Football players and firemen are testing positive.  Really?  Who thought restarting football was a good idea?  Fireman are necessary.  Front line workers: necessary.  Resteraunts a way to make a living for the owners and workers but not necessary for the patrons.  Jenna and I havent had our hair cut since January.  Its not so much that we need it cut as we need it thinned out.  But again, its not an essential.  Its not like a necessity such as treatment or food.

The nation is apprehensive right now.  Our current president is a racist and a liar.  He has threatened to leave the country if he doesnt win.  Good riddens.  I hope he does flee the country!  I hope he takes his family of supporters with him!  Maybe there will be room for them in Greenland.

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Sleep Interupted

 Bruce didnt set his alarm

 back to standard. 

I dont think he cares. 

He doesnt crow at sunrise. 

He crows 3-4 hours before. 

Are you kidding me? 

 

Its dark. 

Im trying to sleep. 

Bruce, if you are going to

continue going off every

morning before there is

even a crack of dawn, you

are no longer welcome in

our yard. 

You and your harem. 

I dont hear them making

noise before

the crack of dawn.

 

When Bruce finally

shuts up I hear Jenna

talking to Bonnie asking if

she needs to go out.   

Bonnies tag jingling down

the hall. 

I hear the door open. 

Jenna letting Bonnie out.

What time is it? 

Why are there

so many noises? 

I want to sleep!

 

I got up at 7:00. 

Its now light enough

outside for me to see. 

That means I could go pick

up Jenna again at least

until December. 

It gets dark at 5:30 p.m. 

Whats up with that? 

Feels like midnight at 7:00 p.m. 

 

I hate setting the clocks

every six months! 

Why cant they

 leave us alone?

 

Still tired.

Monday, November 2, 2020

Let the Sunshine In!

 

                The skies are clear and the sun is shining through.  It’s about 54 degrees – 10 degrees warmer than three hours ago.  Looks and feels like a completely different day.

             This morning there was a dingy fog.  Thick. Appearance was not clean.  It felt eerie – mirroring the upcoming election.


            Tomorrow is the last day to vote. Whatever the results there’s going to be tension.  It’s as though the fog was a sign of what’s to come.

             Malitia if Trump should lose the elect

ion.  He will not leave the white house gracefully.  His mindless fans will protect him.  I cannot even grasp the behavior of so many who refuse to see what is right in front of them or hear what words come out from Donald Trump’s mouth.  They’re mesmerized.  I don’t get it.

             If Biden should lose the election – well, we are all doomed.  Perhaps there won’t be the same uproar of militia.  The pain will spread out over the next four years.

 

            I want the view of today to be a message for me to believe that everything will be alright. 

Sunday, November 1, 2020

That Hymn Gets Me Every Time

 

          Several years ago when I had served in Young Womens, the YW president decided that she would like all of the YW to learn a hymn.  The hymn she chose was I Know That My Redeemer Lives (here). 

          I had already memorized the hymn though not necessarily on purpose. I am always touched in such a way that my eyes are so moist with tears that the words seem to blur and I can never read the hymn.

          It was the closing hymn chosen for our sacrament meeting.  Perhaps if I had not tried to sing it behind my mask, I would have been okay though I doubt it.  My eyes leaked and my nose started to run.  It was a newly washed mask! 

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Loose Change

 

          Roland and I obviously grew up in different households.  What I accept in faith somehow irritates him and Im certain our upbringing has a lot to do with it.

 

For example:

 

          Sometimes when there is change in my pocket and I remove it before I go to bed, I will set it on top of the dresser or desk with intentions of putting it my purse or a bank but then forget about it and he seems to go ballistic that it is out of place and I NEED TO PUT IT AWAY

 


          One of the sibs he grew up with was a thief.  She often allowed all of her sibs to take punishment that she did.

          I, on the other hand, grew up in an environment where we showed love and respect to one another. 

         

          When we were all working at Snelgroves and would come home, Kayla would always take change out of her pocket and leave it on the kitchen table.  It was there when we all went to bed.  It remained when we would get up in the morning.  None of us bothered with it because we each knew that it didnt belong to us.

 

          I could have never done that with the boys.  Any change on the table would have been gone in a heartbeat.  Sometimes rooms (drawers) would be ransacked as one would hunt for the right amount of change to satisfy whatever petty desire was at hand.

 

          I realize I need to be more careful.  But right now it is 2020.  There are three people in our house.  I think were okay with a few pennies here and a few nickels there.  We havent had much in the way of foot traffic even before COVID.

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Where Did My Neighborhood Go?

I left the bathroom and

returned to my bed after

my bladder interrupted

my sleep. 

I looked up at the

skylight to see the stars

which I couldnt find. 

 

Odd that they had

been there the

night before. 

We have had decent weather

though cold the

skies have been clear. 

 

Until this morning. 

Thickest fog I have

ever seen since our

move to Oregon. 

I wont be driving in this.