Personal daily life problems

One reason that I continue to write statements is that there are days when I look back to see something that happened years ago, thanks to Facebook memories, and it is a good thing to write or keep a journal of one's thoughts no matter how significant or mundane they may be.

Right now, I am going through very difficult times. I have needed to have my eyes checked for new eyewear but have not yet done it. So when my glass frames broke, it has created a serious need to see an optometrist soon to get new eye wear or to have my cataracts removed.  Very important decision to make correctly now.

I just had a problem with tires on car, got car serviced, where everything went well, and even got an estimate on car's worth or value now if I should decide to sell it. The car registration has come in, and that is another expense that is eating away at me.  I have changed t.v. servers to save money, and am in process of deciding whether to keep wifi or not.

I am sure that having my vision corrected will help my driving the freeways as I think the problem is visual.

But I have yet to find the right person to do the deed. I remember Frank Caserta who told me to remember him when it is time for cataracts to be removed.

Then I had my carpet shampooed which meant moving everything out so that the carpet cleaners could come in. Turns out that most people do not go as far as I did in removing things but I made it easy and simple to do.   But now going through everything to find things to destroy, or give to charity is taking a lot of time. I have a tendency to hold onto things which in case of eyewear was a good thing. I am using an old pair of former prescription glasses.

So I am slowly getting things done but being a snail or turtle is costing me too.  But I can do things only one day at a time, and the heat bothers me so that is a factor too.

A young boy 12 years old died from going hiking in 110 degree weather. What were they thinking?

I stay indoors most of the time.

So now that I have emoted on just my daily problems, I will take a rest. I could go on and on about other things but that will be another post.  All for now.

Recent Events

Personal problems

Last week on Sunday, July 3, I went to Winco shopping for groceries.  When I returned to my car, my computer signaled to me that I had low tires.  I did not know which one for sure, and as it turned out, it was all four tires that were too low. I had noticed when I first entered the car that I thought that they were low, but did not check my status control which might have given me a clue.  At any rate, I took the car to the nearest gas station which is right next door to my apartment. I could not read the gauge and had to ask for help from a nice guy sitting next to me. He was a very nice guy who filled the tires and checked using my tire gauge to make certain that I had enough air.  I was told when I first bought it that the tire pressure is supposed to be 32 pounds.  We got it that high at least, but when I called Chapman, the service man told me 38 to 40.  The computer is giving them o.k. and all are where they are supposed to be.  I was told that the tire pressure is on the door as well. I have not looked yet but I will.

At any rate, I made an appointment to have my car serviced this Monday where they will check the tires as well.  But it sure gave me a scare which I do not like to endure.

I am suspicious as to why all were down.  Maybe it is normal but it nonetheless has made me leary and extra careful.

I asked the young guy who helped me his name, and he told me Issac. I did not give him a tip even but only my gratitude. I had no money on me except to pay for the air for the tires.  I seldom carry cash any more. Luckily, I had $5.00 and it cost me$3.00. just for air.  I will not ever forget this experience.

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Nation wide

All hell broke loose this week when two black men were killed by white police officers. Both were probably unnecessary, and it does look bad for both St. Paul, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Neither deserved to die for their minor infractions but the police appear to be either frightened or trigger happy, or sadistic and cruel and prejudiced against black people.

As a result, in a black lives parade march in Dallas, Texas, some deranged man who hates white people and especially white officers, shot 12 of whom five were killed.  The man who acted alone was killed in a standoff between himself and the police.

This is the talk of the news all week long.  It is a sorry chapter in American current events.

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Politics as Usual

FBI director James Comey appeared before a congressional hearing to demand an explanation for his decision not to charge former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for mismanaging her emails in which several classified messages were sent or received on her personal server.  He charged her with recklessness and in competence in having the server in her basement, and in mixing business with personal emails but failed to find cause to consider her arrogance and disobedience likely to be held up in a court of law.  He was then interrogated by the committee who essentially made even the FBI interrogation of the former Secretary look as if it were a rather lax and unlawful query at best.  No transcripts were made, no oaths sworn, only a question and answer session upon which he stated she had not lied.  How he could make that assertion is more than anyone can know.  She lies at every turn.  Why be different now I am curious to know.

I think that FBI director James Comey failed his own test since he was not even present for the FBI q and a that his staff conducted.  I found him wanting to say the least.   In my opinion, when she deliberately told someone to clean the heading when it would not go through, that was intent.  She should have been charged for that alone.  However, classified materials are often items that one wonders why anyone would want it classified so since I do not know the contents, I only know that she wanted to receive it, but apparently it could not be sent until the heading was changed or altered.

Now it is up to the public to decide since the Democrats seem to think it a pass for her.  It should not be received that way.  There is a clearcut difference between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to law enforcement in this nation.

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Personal problems again.

I am getting my carpet shampooed on Tuesday, the July 12, and so have been moving everything out of the living room and hall and nook into the bedroom.    This is a job and a half to do. I am sorting things out and trying to rid myself of some junk and excess but it is slow going.

I have also been fighting mosquitos all week long and it makes me angry that they are so tiny and float around to make it difficult to hit them with my spray can.  I am going to spray everything Monday evening to make certain that they are gone after this carpet cleaning venture.  Am worried about the door being open during that process as I do not want bugs coming in after I fumigate the place.

Shopping Spree Frenzy

I am  at a turning point in my life now.  I signed a lease for another year so that I will be here in Mesa for another year at the least.  For some strange reason, I have gone on a shopping spree through HSN and QVC like there is no tomorrow.

Age is the reason and cause for this. One thing is that my passport will expire in 2017 and I must use it before too long or I will be sol.  But I have not made any plans on taking any trip anywhere since I have let my fears take hold of me. I have a flight to LA in September ready but am not sure where I will go or stay when I get there.  I have not let any of my friends in the area even know that I am planning on being there.  My plans are still undefined to do even that much.

I bought two items from QVC for which I am paying for four months...crab cakes from Emeril LaGasse, and Rib loins from Corky's, both of which area  sizable sum but I rationalized buying them on the basis of a simple lunch here in Mesa. I seldom go out for lunch due to the high cost for me.

I did cancel the autoship since I think I will be needing those funds for other purposes but I like both the crab cakes and the loin chops.  the loin chops provide at least two full meals so that is a very good buy for the price. Only $60 including s & h for 3 2 lbs of chops.  Excellent but not easy to heat since I never did get it up to temp on a grill but I suppose it worked in the oven to get to the necessary 160 degrees internal temperature.  I have a tool that tells me the temp.

The crab cakes are delicious but a little too much filler to suit me since another man came on with 80% crabs for $25 less on a special one day, and I more or less wondered what the heck is going on here. Until I got the crab cakes to learn how Emeril's taste, I had no idea.  The crab cakes are delicious but again only 3 oz. for 10 at $100.  $10 a cake is pricey even if half of what he charges at his restaurant.  But they are really delicious.  I wonder what the other guys taste like. To be honest,  I had never found any that I liked at all until I ate those sold by Emeril.  His are worth the price and the time to get.

Then to top it off, I had to order so many things one will wonder at me.  I ordered a poncho from Marla Wynne, and a cashmere sweater from Diane Gilman from HSN. Both are due in today so I will have to write an update after they arrive.  Then HSN had a sale on tablets  from Kindle Amazon Fire that were 2 for $100 so I bought those, and they are due in today also.  I bought a Curtis Stone everything pan that came in yesterday along with some gripsticks that also came in yesterday and have to admit that I needed both and am pleased with both.  I may never have to use my griddle/grill again.  I love the griddle/grill for pancakes and chicken breasts.  The chicken breasts that I make on the grill are the best ever, always moist and delicious.  So I guess I will hang on to the griddle/grill just for the pancakes and chicken breasts and steaks.  It is not a durapan but has the basic nonstick predurapan that Curtis Stone uses in his cookware.

Can you imagine a turtleneck cashmere sweater at $30...or a poncho sweater for $20?  Neither could I !  I could not resist trying it.  So when it gets here, I will see if I did right or wrong to order it.

So since i lowered my checking account by a lot, I have to win either the lottery or a huge exacta or trifecta race this summer. Will not say when.  But dang soon.

Poem from Sonja R of Holland

To the child who couldn’t understand
why nobody could understand.
To the one whose hand was never taken,
whose eyes were never gazed into by
an adult who said,
“I love you.
You are a miracle.
You are holy,
right now and
forever.”

To the one who grew up in the realm of “can’t.”
To you who lived “never enough.”
To the one who came home to no one there, and
there but not home.

To the one who could never understand why
she was being hit
by hands, words, ignorance.

To the one whose innocence was unceremoniously stolen.
To the one who fought back.
To the one who shattered.
To the never not broken one.
To the child who survived.

To the one who was told she was
sinful, bad, ugly.

To the one who didn’t fit.
To she who bucked authority
and challenged the status quo.

To the one who called out
the big people for
lying, hiding and cruelty.

To the one who never stopped loving anyway.

To the child that was forbidden to need.

To the ones whose dreams were crushed
by adults whose dreams were crushed.

To the one whose only friend
was the bursting, budding forest.
To the ones who prayed to the moon,
who sang to the stars
in the secrecy of the night
to keep the darkness at bay.

To the child who saw God
in the bursting sunshine of
dandelion heads
and the whispering
clover leaf.

To the child of light who cannot die,
even when she’s choking
in seven seas of darkness.

To the one love
I am and you are.

You are holy.
I love you.
You are a miracle.
Your life,
your feelings,
your hopes and dreams–
they matter.

Somebody failed you but you will not fail.
Somebody looked in your eyes and saw the sun — blazing — and got scared.
Somebody broke your heart but your love remains perfect.
Somebody lost their dreams and thought you should too,
but you mustn’t.

Somebody told you
that you weren’t
enough
or too much,
but you are
without question
the most perfect
and holy creation of
God’s
own
hands.

ISLAM will Collapse in 10 Years Ex Muslim

Thought s on the election

Because Donald Trump made a fourth visit to the Valley yesterday, and because of the ongoing irrational reactions to his becoming the Republican nominee, I am writing about the upcoming election once again.

First and foremost with regard to the two candidates who will be on the ballot in November as of this time we believe is the fact that while both have garnered the most votes in the primaries of each respective party, neither appear to have so called favorable ratings.  That probably is a lot of b.s. in my opinion; otherwise, how could either have emerged the choice of their respective parties.

There does appear to have been a lot of back stabbing and cheating happening in both parties.  The Republicans who did not want Donald tried to prevent his getting the full support in states where it appears that some inside shenanigans happened: Colorado for example.  The ultra conservatives and the Bush family appear to be opposed to Donald because of his frank and candid speech about issues that are plaguing the nation today.  These issues are being exploited to the point of absurdity because most people understand that he is talking about the inherent danger of criminals who cross the border, no matter whether Mexican, Central Americans, or Muslims disguised as Mexicans.

There are also financiers who are paying protesters to carry signs and to disrupt things at a variety of sites where we do see the problems in a Democratic run city who will not offer protection for a Republican candidate: San Jose, California.

The nighttime comedy shows are all too obvious in their efforts to distort the truth as well...Donald Trump seems to be the biggest target for the obvious hatred of the four main comedians: Jimmy Falwell, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Myers who all seem to have an axe to grind about a fellow t.v. personality having the audacity and courage to actually have a fan base who want to see him win the presidency.

Saturday Night Live, to their credit, did give Hillary Clinton as much time as they did The Donald, for she was lampooned in the same way.  One cannot help but wonder at the late night comedians as to their obvious invective against Donald but why is it that they cannot throw a few jibes at Hillary remains a mystery.  Is it because she a woman, and they fear alienating her female base?  That is far from equal, is it?

I am not really discussing the merits of either candidate in this post. I am more interested in the over reaction to each candidate or lack of reaction to either candidate.  No need to discuss Bernie Sanders because he was always the side show and never the main circus act.  Everyone knew that from the  beginning so it was rather interesting to see why it is that people flocked to see him.  That is still a mystery to me.  His cause has no appeal to me at all.  I considered him a sparring partner only, and he did not spar well until he finally got the idea into his head that maybe he could have a chance at the nomination.

The thing that has disturbed me the most about this election process is the bad boy behavior of the Republican party who appear to hate the Donald more than the Democrats fear him.  If they could not have their own way which obviously is contrary to the people themselves, they delight in distancing themselves from him.   This is why it concerns me so much about sour grapes Republicans.  They have proved the liars they are when they took a vow publicly to support and endorse the candidate no matter which of them it may be.  Now, they use the pretext that Donald has used insulting words to push them away...that was evident from the beginning yet they gathered round him then like crazy when he brought the ratings up so that people watched who had never watched before.

There was no doubt that Donald was scathing and rude at times, but it was apparently what the voters wanted as he drew fans and supporters from places that had scorned politics as usual until he came along.

People view politicians pretty much as they really are which is not a compliment to them; but as charlatans willing to say or do anything to gain prominence through elections and then give themselves perks and rewards uncommon to the general public.  Barack Obama had promised that all that a legislator receives should be the lot of the ordinary citizen, but he never pursued that idea once he reached his goal and what he really wanted, power in the Presidency. He forgot all his so called good intentions about the differences between legislators and citizens.

Whether Donald Trump is doing the same thing is something that will only be decided by the public when they finally vote. Will they give him the chance to make good on his many promises as well? Only time will tell.  In a future post, I will dissect the differences between the two candidates in term of what to expect from each one regardless of past performances.  In an election, the future is what is at stake, and is only determined by the winners.

Update on Progress of Election for President

Thus far, there are three candidates whose parties have voted for them to be on the ballot in November.  Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Gary Johnson represent respectively the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties.  The primary elections are fundamentally ended despite a last primary this coming Tuesday in Washington, D.C. for the Democrats.

Rather than discuss the merits of each candidate, since each are apparently full of character flaws, handicaps in decisions and speeches, that I find it unnecessary to even get too excited about this election until after the convention and the onslaught of debates if there are any.  Gary Johnson would like to be included but apparently, there is a polling problem for him to meet if he is able to get on the stage at all.

He is the most unlikely candidate but he has made personal appearances on the talk shows whose main goal is to fit their hours with as much dialogue as they can about each and every candidate. He is the  CEO of his own marijuana company which he is now ready to abandon for the job of the presidency if he were to win it.  HaHa Ha!  Not a chance for him at all.

As time passes I will list all the positives and negatives about each of the candidates, but I am certain that the internet is filled with advertising on each one that will make most voters gag by the end of this election.  Already, we know more than we should about each one, and I do not really like the tenor of the talk shows at all.

I wil just say that Hillary is not a piece of furniture to be treated with kid gloves but some of the media are very patronizing and condescending towards her as the first female to win her parties nomination. It does look as though many in her party are unhappy with her candidacy so have switched to either Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders in their frustration and disgust at the prospect of a Clinton Dynasty.  Little girl from Arkansas trying to fill her husband's shoes is a bit too much for most people.

On the other hand, Donald Trump has most of the former elected officials in the Republican party embarrassed that their Grand Old Party prefers a business realtor to all the namely pamby senators, governors, and business woman and medical doctor in their contest.  Sour grapes is making the GOP look like a bunch of sad sack losers when they cannot embrace the man who the people dote on so much.  Donald Trump has a following of a mixture of GOP, disgruntled Democrats, and Independents to make an evangelical meeting envious of the crowds he draws.

Issue wise, it is an easy choice.  You either want a third term of the Barack Obama hang loose, you silly goose presidency or you want change from it. Somehow the slogan of Hawaii has made even that pretty island  chain look bad when accomplished the way Barack Obama has done it.  Of course, I am biased against open borders and lawlessness as practiced by the big bad Barack Obama.

It will be a long contest.  Mostly, it will ruin t.v. lovers who like to watch the summer programs when political ads pop up to annoy us with either how wonderful or how dreadful a candidate may be.

I am thinking about finding a place somewhere in the world to escape all this tomfoolery.