What is so hard about saving the receipt? Or supplying the gift recipient with a gift receipt?
What part of "I'm sorry, we are sold out" do people not get?
What part of "I'm sorry, we cannot hold that item for you" do people not get?
What part of the state driving laws do people not comprehend--such as turn signals and putting your damn headlights on when it is snowing like hell outside? Do you not think that if your car is gray or white that it blends in perfectly with the weather and other drivers may need help seeing you?
No we do not price match. For anyone. On anything.
If you do not have a receipt, we have absolutely no obligation to refund, exchange, or otherwise make your day happier. Go away. It is posted policy and has been enforced across the board for months. Do not ask for exceptions. I swear the next person that throws a fit on me for saying no will get a copy of the weekly emails that our DM sends asking us what part of no refund without receipt do we not get. It's not us at store level folks--call the complaint hotline at home office.
No we do not take back underwear at all. This includes bras. If it is worn under your clothes to cover a private area, do not even attempt to bring it back. Gross........
Snow sucks. If it would stay off the roads, it would be wonderful. But driving home at 11pm when the temp has dropped to a wonderful 20 degrees or so and refroze what melted during the day is not a happy time. Tie that in to having a serious discussion with the child you have just picked up from the other parent because of the child's behavior, and we had lots of fun last night. I'm sure the child in question would have relished a quick drive home to get the chewing out over with sooner, but instead she had to face a 30 minute plus drive with me, then her dad when we got home.
Of course, if she had used her brain to start with, the whole chewing out thing would never have had to happen.......
Dontcha love teen hormones???? NOT!!!!!
If oil fell sharply b/c the auto bailout failed, or whatever flaky reason can be given for it, then why did gas prices spike up 20 cents overnight? I mean, yeah it is still under $2/gallon, but I'm not completely stupid. If the price of the supplies drop, then the price should not raise sharply. Oh I'm sorry, the next line we will be fed is that the supplies are changing from summer to winter gas.
Yeah right.........
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
sobering news, and food for thought
Tuesday night I came home from work and my husband told me some news that just shocked me. And then angered me so greatly.........
He grew up and went to high school with this guy---even stayed friends with him until the last 4-5 yrs or so, when he had just had enough of the dude and the way he acted......Found out that evening that there is a warrant out for his arrest for molesting his stepdaughter, now in high school herself, since she was 6.......6 yrs old......Shellie is just 7 now and the thought of anyone doing her that way just makes me so sick I can;'t take it......
We spent most of the rest of the evening hashing out which kids of ours and others would be most at risk. We asked my sons point blank, and they said no one has ever touched them like that or even close... Shellie was a very picky babe in arms or toddler the last time she was around him, and then only with a parent---like I said, she is picky about who touches her anyway, so at that age, it was pretty much mommy or daddy only......and she was never in a room without one of us to keep an eye on her......
Which leaves my stepdaughters. One of whom ratted him out years ago, when she was just starting to hit puberty and he groped her......needless to say neither of the girls was left alone with him after that......and Ron said if he knew then what he does now.....well he is a protective daddy and considers that kind of thing so nasty.....yeah you get the picture......He talked to their mom yesterday about it, to set her wheels spinning too......
That leaves our nieces, one of whom also ratted him out for groping her when she first began developing......Momma's boyfriend apparently threatened him if he ever came around the house again after that........
The girl's mom was told by the girl a couple of days ago---so she finally had her proof.....I hope they get him and throw the book at him repeatedly until he goes down for the last time.......maybe not a Christian thought, but I am a mom first and foremost....I still think Susan Smith should be driven into a lake just like she did her boys......and I hope the mom can get her daughter the help she has needed for so long so that she does not carry this into her adult life to affect her future........
God Almighty.........
He grew up and went to high school with this guy---even stayed friends with him until the last 4-5 yrs or so, when he had just had enough of the dude and the way he acted......Found out that evening that there is a warrant out for his arrest for molesting his stepdaughter, now in high school herself, since she was 6.......6 yrs old......Shellie is just 7 now and the thought of anyone doing her that way just makes me so sick I can;'t take it......
We spent most of the rest of the evening hashing out which kids of ours and others would be most at risk. We asked my sons point blank, and they said no one has ever touched them like that or even close... Shellie was a very picky babe in arms or toddler the last time she was around him, and then only with a parent---like I said, she is picky about who touches her anyway, so at that age, it was pretty much mommy or daddy only......and she was never in a room without one of us to keep an eye on her......
Which leaves my stepdaughters. One of whom ratted him out years ago, when she was just starting to hit puberty and he groped her......needless to say neither of the girls was left alone with him after that......and Ron said if he knew then what he does now.....well he is a protective daddy and considers that kind of thing so nasty.....yeah you get the picture......He talked to their mom yesterday about it, to set her wheels spinning too......
That leaves our nieces, one of whom also ratted him out for groping her when she first began developing......Momma's boyfriend apparently threatened him if he ever came around the house again after that........
The girl's mom was told by the girl a couple of days ago---so she finally had her proof.....I hope they get him and throw the book at him repeatedly until he goes down for the last time.......maybe not a Christian thought, but I am a mom first and foremost....I still think Susan Smith should be driven into a lake just like she did her boys......and I hope the mom can get her daughter the help she has needed for so long so that she does not carry this into her adult life to affect her future........
God Almighty.........
tying up loose ends
Tis the season to.......
Be rude and stupid when you enter a store, taking your temper out on store clerks.....I'm sorry if there was a line outside the store on Sunday morning to get the ad goods, and there were none left of what you came for on Tuesday evening. Call home office and bitch. There is not a damn thing I can do about it, as we did not put the items out for sale early and we at store level do not order or allocate merchandise. It is shipped to us based on what the buyers are able to procure from their sources and what our sales have been for the same or similar items. So griping me out about it won;'t help......as we sold out of stuff on the first day of the ad, I have already notified the DM that we could have used at least "X" amount of each item to get us thru the first day of the ad, much less the rest of the week. I am sorry, sincerely, because I know it is frustrating to not find what you want. But really, it is generally not the store personnel's fault, at least at my store, because we do hold items for the ad.....maybe you want to talk to the lady that bitched me out Saturday b/c I would not go back to the stockroom and get her the ad items she wanted early. my ears still burn from how bitchy she was. But how bitchy would she have been come Sunday if she had not been able to get the item b/c someone had sold it the day before?
Tired of high prices at the stores? Consider this. Payroll is the most controllable expense in most businesses. And in national chains like mine, we are allocated so much payroll per week----and believe me it is never enough for all that is demanded, but I am sure all businesses think that---and if we have to go behind your rear picking up your "Oh I don;t think I want this anymore" dumped items, and cleaning up where you spilled your drink or food and it got tracked all over the store b/c you were freaking oblivious to the fact that you could have caused an accident, then we use payroll and the more we use, and especially the more we have to use over and above what is given, then the money has to come from somewhere, and quite honestly it is not going to come out of the CEO's bonus (sorry, we wish we could have some of that too). So as the cost of doing business goes up, hey so do the prices. Hits us all.......So think before you let your kid run all over the toy dept tearing up jack........or before you just dump half your cart on the opposite side of the store from where it came from....... Yeah I know that's our job, but how would you like us coming into your workplace and tearing it all to hell for you to clean up?
Once again, if you drive up behind me and I am not going the speed limit, check out the vehicle in front of me---maybe it isn't either and I'm sorry about your luck, but I will not pass on double yellow or tailgate just so you can be 3 feet further along than you were...and if you tailgate me, I am going to turn my mirrors out so you can be blinded by your own high beams, and I am going to go even slower just to piss you off.....I know, I've seen me do it..........
Drive on your own flipping side of the road----the yellow line is there to tell you where it is, and it is NOT on my side of it.......
What the hell.......an 8 yr old killed his folks----with 4 shots from a 22 rifle each? Scary to think a kid that young could premeditate that and follow thru with it-----my hubby just explained to me how you have to load the shell before each shot--and the kid shot them 4 times each???????What a f***ed up world. You know my kids get pissed at me, but to even contemplate that?????I cannot fathom it. Kids and parents say all the time "Oh I could just kill you....." when kids screw up or parents don';t give in, but jiminy.......
Auto bailout------don;t......do not.....under any circumstances.......Hey if we could afford the stupid vehicles they are producing, then maybe they wouldn;'t be ready to go bankrupt.......
As far as the other bailouts, I think I had my rant on them before, but now-----did you know they are being re-thought, after the money has already been given out? Did you know that the bailout bill was full of pork, just to get it to pass? Did you know that companies still gave bonuses to bigwigs and resort meetings still occurred? AT OUR EXPENSE!!!!!!!!!
By the way, loved your stimulus check earlier in the year? You paid for that too......
I still loved mine, but the truth hurts too.....
Is there more? Probably, but I have to get my sewing stuff organized and put away, so I can contemplate how to arrange the living room to get the tree up in a couple of weeks. Then I have to clean my daughter's room, best done while she is at school, I think, for the level of cleaning I need to do, since she won't maintain it....so I can get her furniture switched out and moved around to give her more functional space.....yeah, and in the meantime , I have to fix dinner and run errands. Geez people, I am only off today and tomorrow until probably Thanksgiving.....
Be rude and stupid when you enter a store, taking your temper out on store clerks.....I'm sorry if there was a line outside the store on Sunday morning to get the ad goods, and there were none left of what you came for on Tuesday evening. Call home office and bitch. There is not a damn thing I can do about it, as we did not put the items out for sale early and we at store level do not order or allocate merchandise. It is shipped to us based on what the buyers are able to procure from their sources and what our sales have been for the same or similar items. So griping me out about it won;'t help......as we sold out of stuff on the first day of the ad, I have already notified the DM that we could have used at least "X" amount of each item to get us thru the first day of the ad, much less the rest of the week. I am sorry, sincerely, because I know it is frustrating to not find what you want. But really, it is generally not the store personnel's fault, at least at my store, because we do hold items for the ad.....maybe you want to talk to the lady that bitched me out Saturday b/c I would not go back to the stockroom and get her the ad items she wanted early. my ears still burn from how bitchy she was. But how bitchy would she have been come Sunday if she had not been able to get the item b/c someone had sold it the day before?
Tired of high prices at the stores? Consider this. Payroll is the most controllable expense in most businesses. And in national chains like mine, we are allocated so much payroll per week----and believe me it is never enough for all that is demanded, but I am sure all businesses think that---and if we have to go behind your rear picking up your "Oh I don;t think I want this anymore" dumped items, and cleaning up where you spilled your drink or food and it got tracked all over the store b/c you were freaking oblivious to the fact that you could have caused an accident, then we use payroll and the more we use, and especially the more we have to use over and above what is given, then the money has to come from somewhere, and quite honestly it is not going to come out of the CEO's bonus (sorry, we wish we could have some of that too). So as the cost of doing business goes up, hey so do the prices. Hits us all.......So think before you let your kid run all over the toy dept tearing up jack........or before you just dump half your cart on the opposite side of the store from where it came from....... Yeah I know that's our job, but how would you like us coming into your workplace and tearing it all to hell for you to clean up?
Once again, if you drive up behind me and I am not going the speed limit, check out the vehicle in front of me---maybe it isn't either and I'm sorry about your luck, but I will not pass on double yellow or tailgate just so you can be 3 feet further along than you were...and if you tailgate me, I am going to turn my mirrors out so you can be blinded by your own high beams, and I am going to go even slower just to piss you off.....I know, I've seen me do it..........
Drive on your own flipping side of the road----the yellow line is there to tell you where it is, and it is NOT on my side of it.......
What the hell.......an 8 yr old killed his folks----with 4 shots from a 22 rifle each? Scary to think a kid that young could premeditate that and follow thru with it-----my hubby just explained to me how you have to load the shell before each shot--and the kid shot them 4 times each???????What a f***ed up world. You know my kids get pissed at me, but to even contemplate that?????I cannot fathom it. Kids and parents say all the time "Oh I could just kill you....." when kids screw up or parents don';t give in, but jiminy.......
Auto bailout------don;t......do not.....under any circumstances.......Hey if we could afford the stupid vehicles they are producing, then maybe they wouldn;'t be ready to go bankrupt.......
As far as the other bailouts, I think I had my rant on them before, but now-----did you know they are being re-thought, after the money has already been given out? Did you know that the bailout bill was full of pork, just to get it to pass? Did you know that companies still gave bonuses to bigwigs and resort meetings still occurred? AT OUR EXPENSE!!!!!!!!!
By the way, loved your stimulus check earlier in the year? You paid for that too......
I still loved mine, but the truth hurts too.....
Is there more? Probably, but I have to get my sewing stuff organized and put away, so I can contemplate how to arrange the living room to get the tree up in a couple of weeks. Then I have to clean my daughter's room, best done while she is at school, I think, for the level of cleaning I need to do, since she won't maintain it....so I can get her furniture switched out and moved around to give her more functional space.....yeah, and in the meantime , I have to fix dinner and run errands. Geez people, I am only off today and tomorrow until probably Thanksgiving.....
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
post election thoughts, as posted by me on CafeMom this morning, comments included
As one of the most historic elections on record comes to an end and we all wake up to hear that we have the first Arab/white.semi black president in our country's history, partisanship aside, we should thank goodness that whatever motivated people to get out and vote, there was a record turnout in all states. People actually got off their lazy asses and voted instead of just bitching about stuff.
That said, you reap what you sow. Obama is not going to pay your mortgage, keep your gas tank filled, or whatever else his supporters think. He IS going to raise our taxes, income, capital gains, etc, astronomically. He has to, if he is going to pay for all those programs he touts as necessary. Universal health care shold be a dead issue by now---the Clintons flogged the poor beast to death in the '90's---but if Obama pushes it through, you may as well buy a book on how to doctor yourself, b/c no way in hell you'll ever get in to see a doc in time to cure whatever ails you. It'll be worse than an HMO telling you how many ultrasounds you can have to check on the health of the baby......or what tests can be run to determine your condition. Remember Europe in general is run this way, and how many of those citizens come over here for health care, b/c they have to wait up to years to be seen by a doc in their own country......
Middle class tax cut???Y'all are gonna be wishing to have Bush back in office. There will be no tax cut---reference the above paragraph for the reason. My husband and I together make about $50,000/year, by busting our asses at our jobs. Nowhere near the $250,000 cap Obama originally had for a middle class tax cut. Which by the way, in the last week, was cut to $100G.
Reap what you sow. From the Bible. Maybe some of you who voted for Obama should actually crack it open and read it. Cover to cover. Understand what you have done.
I will support our country, and the office of President. Doesn't mean I have to like or respect the man actually in it. If you lie to get there, I have no respect for you. And he has. He is not African American, or black as those of us in flyover country refer to it. He has very little black blood in him, by his own admission. Hell just look at his parentage. White, Arab, and then some black. Heck I probably have as much black in me as he does, considering I am from the south and I am sure somewhere in my ancestry some messing around was done between races.......big deal.....
He could not even keep the amounts of his tax cut limits straight. Again reference the above paragraphs. He could not keep his VP's mouth under control. I think we heard more truth from the plagarizer than from the candidate. He is a smooth talker in the tradition of Clinton and that crowd.
Granted, as I reminded my DH last night as the results were coming in, 8 years of one party's rule tends to bring about a backlash in the other direction. No matter who the Pres was. I mean, look at 2000-----if things were so wonderful under Clinton, then Gore should have won. The fact that the pendulum swung the other way should have been telling.
Obama also lied about his Acorn connection and about the Ayres thing. I really don't care if Ayres hasn't bombed a single thing since the Pentagon. It's the attitude. If you surround yourself with people like that, then it is going to rub off. Are we as a nation going to be tested in the months to come? Hell yes. Whether by terrorists from overseas, or here, as we seem to let them in the country willy-nilly, I have no idea. But we will be, b/c Obama is untried and untested and has no clue about any of the stuff he is going to have to deal with. And I am telling you right now, if he bows down and kisses the butt of other countries, especially those that harbor terrorists, as Gore would have done, and as Kerry would have done, even his office will have no respect from me.
This country has no idea what it is in for by electing this man.
As for me, I am goint to turn the TV back to Discovery or something, b/c the self congratulating of the news anchors who pushed this boweevil on us has just gotten on my last nonmedicated neverending pain shooting thru my back nerve. At least be humble in victory.
Hah.
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they voted because it was a black man on the ballet and not for the issues .. there were people in line who didnt even know McCain they all said they were first time voters .. in there 30 and 40 and they were voting because of his race not because of the issues.. damn .. no one should have been aloud to vote enless they knew the issues at hand and knew what each one stood for... they say it wasnt a race thing well it was to the blacks....
My 16 yr old son was up when the election was called--I had gone to bed--he said my husband just looked at him and said "this country does not know what it has done." Amen.
oo by the way thank god I live in a state that Voted MC CAIN...........because I would be moving...... we are military any way moving to another state that voted McCain so im covered.. well I can say I will never see my hubby every due to whats his name.. he doenst care for the military but to use them to start another war we as AMERICANS CANT AFFORD... so hubby will deployed yet again and we will not even get pay raises or nothing from this man in office.. and i have to say if something happens to my man while he is in office and he calls me I will have a few words for him and I will not shake his hand or even get my husbands medals from him I would tell this man he will not get a photo op from me and my husbands death to make him self look like he is a caring man.. hell no....spit on him .....
In response to the comment from an-angels-mom: What an ignorant statement. Take a look at the history in this country, how hard WOMEN, African Americans, among others have fought to have a voice/vote, how very, very ignorant of you to say that because there were first time voters this year in their 30's and 40's, that they should not be allowed to vote. Maybe this was the first time someone gave them enough hope to propel them to the voting booth. I am saddened that there are still women in this country who feel ANYONE should not have the right to vote.
Quite honestly I feel that there are some people who should not vote---first and foremost among them are those who will NOT look at issues--they only look at skin color or feel good statements, and that goes for folks of all color. I don't think anyone who has posted here has a problem with blacks in general voting, or anything like that. But my firm belief is that when one turns 18, they must go register to vote, and they must take it seriously. They must inform themselves on all issues, on all candidates. They must do a gut check on themselves---can I live with myself if I vote for this person? What do I believe is important and does this candidate match that?. Then they must vote. Each and every election. It is called civic duty. And you have this duty b/c you are a citizen of this country. If someone, no matter what race or anything, did not feel empowered before now to vote, sucks to be them. I would hate to have such a loser attitude. If they felt that poorly about themselves or their country, then they should have gotten out long before now and voted for change. Instead of whining about the votes others made. This applies to ALL parties, ALL races, ALL religious views, etc. And while I found the reference post to lack a little subtlety (not a bad thing), she simply states what she feels, and probably is not as ignorant a cracker as you think her to be. She is probably frstrated over the election results, the results of which she will see first hand as a military wife. And you do not have to agree with her, or me, or anyone else for that matter. You have the right to your opinion, but this is my post and i have just as much right to chastise you for your opinion as you do her for hers......
First, I do not remember calling her an "ignorant cracker", ignorant, yes, cracker, no. I do not believe I stated anything at all about race except that African Americans, as well as women have fought for the right to vote. The wonderful thing about this country is that we are all entitled to a voice and an opinon. But for you to "chastise" me for thinking that we are all entitled to a vote, I think that is sad. What would our country be like if you were required to prove your adequacy as a voter to fullfill your civic duty? And whom, do you suggest, would say who is "fit" to vote and who is not? I do not understand this line of thinking. Defend yourselves however you may, freedom is freedom. As far as first time voters, you are correct, we should all vote in each and every election, but the truth of the matter is, we all have free will, and thank God for that.
As for her being a frustrated military wife, I, myself was a military wife for several years. Frustration is par for the course, at least some of the time. It is a hard life. And yes, I see that she is feeling frustrated, and worried, I'm sure about the election not turning out as she wanted. But as a military wife, she should be glad our country upholds the freedoms her husband fights for, not ranting that we should have selective freedom for those deemed fit.
I am sorry---maybe cracker wasn't stated outright, but I felt the implication was there. I do not deny others their right to vote, only state that if they felt disenfranchised, that maybe it was their fault and not just the system's. It is in everyone's power to register to vote and to inform themselves. Unfortunately there are those who refuse to do so, either b/c they are too lazy to bother and would rather just bitch about the state of things, or they follow the union/party line. This applies equally to BOTH parties and ALL races, etc. As I believe I stated. And it is my preference that if all you are going to do is quote sound bites from the tv and vote straight party anything or vote the way the union tells you too, or b/c mommy and daddy always voted this way, or whatever your reason is to not fully exercise your right and responsibility, then don't flipping vote.
My husband has a coworker who was a poll worker in a different precinct in our county than where we vote, and he said it was amazing the number of people he would escort to the machine and practically by the time he got back to his place and turned around, the voter would be done, having voted a straight party ticket, as with our ballot there would have been no way to look at each race and cast a vote in 30 seconds. His word was amazing, mine is sad and disgusting. I followed two older ladies out of my precinct after voting yesterday and one asked the other how they voted, and the response was "Oh I just hit the straight ticket---I can't bother going down through all those choices." I would just as soon they had not voted, b/c they obviously didn't give a crap about how that would affect the local races and so on.
As far as being deemed by some power to be fit to vote, yes I believe if you have an uncontrolled mental condition that keeps you from having a clear and concise understanding of what you are doing, such as schizphrenia or such, then you should not be allowed to vote. If you are a convicted felon, etc, as the law states, then you voluntarily give up your right to vote, just as you do to carry a gun. I do not feel that just becasue you are white or black or yellow or purple or whatever, that that should disqualify you. I am not a racist or a bigot in any form. I do judge people on their merits.
Ane then again, I also firmly believe that when you go to vote, you need to present proper ID---state issued or military, with a photo, and possibly also a current uility bill or such other form of proving that you live in the precinct you are voting in. The poll workers do not know me from Adam, and yet no one ever asks for ID. I hand it to them so that they know that I am who I say I am. I handed them my driver's license and my water bill. I think every single person in this country should do so when they go to vote. Imagine the voter fraud this could eliminate---such as that ACORN group perpetuates. It could also cut down on the number of provisional ballots. I also do not believe in early voting unless you are physically unable to vote in your precinct on the appropriate day. Having said that, I encountered lines at my voting place, which I almost never do, and maybe the addition of a couple of extra machines could have eased that some. I understand that Miami and other large cities were still trying to get folks through the system as late as 10 pm last night, hours after the polls closed. That's fine, as long as those who were eligible and in line at the time they closed were allowed to vote.
I also feel that the media plays a huge roll in the election, and not just with the tactics they use in interviews and such and what they play up and down with during the campaigns. Ever since I have been old enough to pay any attention to the polls and such, the media have called elections based on 1 or 2 percent of the vote counted in each race. And have had egg on their face more than once for doing so. Stop calling elections. When the East coast polls close, the West coast still has up to two or three hours of voting.
I pray for this country and its new President-elect.
God knows we all need it.
And I am now done with this conversation. Comments are closed.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
ok onto the political stuff.....
As I have watched the news and listened to the radio shows this past week----and stayed off the computer for the most part, I have come to one conclusion........People in this country are freaking nuts if they truly believe Obama will be good for this country. The man cannot even keep his VP pick coherent and believable, cannot even keep his story straight on any issue, cannot or will not answer any question in any kind of straightforward manner, and yet people seem to feel that he is the best thing since sliced bread. Why? Can anyone give me a solid, logical answer as to why they would prefer the inexperienced over the experienced when this country is in a major economic crisis due in large part to the very people who are serving as Obama's economic advisors???!!!!
Give me a break, people........wake up and smell the jet fuel as your chosen candidate caters to the east and west coasts and forgets about those of us who actually work and struggle every single day to make ends meet and pay our bills and provide a life for our kids.......
Yes, McCain has his faults, and sometimes they can be glaring faults......So what if he, as an opposing ad states, plans to use Palin as an economic sounding board-----Obama plans to do the same with Biden as his foreign policy advisor, and the boy has no experience in the arena. Sorry serving on a committee carries about as much weight with me as being a community organizer does. Zilch......at least Palin can balance her damn checkbook, and that of a town and a state---she has done it.....
As for those claiming we need a change-----you're going to get it.....no matter who wins Tuesday, he will be different than the gentleman currently in office.......And his goals and plans will be, his priorities will be. Because this country is different than it was when Bush took office.......there have been a lot of changes, some forced upon us and some we chose....but the real change if Obama gets the nod will be to our pocketbooks.....there will be nothing in them, because he will tax us to death.......he does not like being called a socialist--too bad--walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, get the picture.........????
I have so much more to say, but I will get to it in bits and pieces as it comes together coherently in my mind........
Give me a break, people........wake up and smell the jet fuel as your chosen candidate caters to the east and west coasts and forgets about those of us who actually work and struggle every single day to make ends meet and pay our bills and provide a life for our kids.......
Yes, McCain has his faults, and sometimes they can be glaring faults......So what if he, as an opposing ad states, plans to use Palin as an economic sounding board-----Obama plans to do the same with Biden as his foreign policy advisor, and the boy has no experience in the arena. Sorry serving on a committee carries about as much weight with me as being a community organizer does. Zilch......at least Palin can balance her damn checkbook, and that of a town and a state---she has done it.....
As for those claiming we need a change-----you're going to get it.....no matter who wins Tuesday, he will be different than the gentleman currently in office.......And his goals and plans will be, his priorities will be. Because this country is different than it was when Bush took office.......there have been a lot of changes, some forced upon us and some we chose....but the real change if Obama gets the nod will be to our pocketbooks.....there will be nothing in them, because he will tax us to death.......he does not like being called a socialist--too bad--walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, get the picture.........????
I have so much more to say, but I will get to it in bits and pieces as it comes together coherently in my mind........
follow this link
I just checked out my brother's blog, and I want to push anyone who reads this to go to www.wvmountainhome.blogspot.com. Read the entry for October 28, 2008. Read and ponder. Read and do a gut check. Read and decide where you stand. Just, for the love of yourself, your family, and this country, read it.
I did, and it hit me hard. I am telling you, if I did not already know where I stand, if I did not already have a firm grasp of what my morals and my character are and say about me, that little article would have force me to do the gut check. Too many out there are not like me, they enjoy having government take care of them, at the expense of those like me and mine, who work our asses off to fulfill our dreams, not to mention working them off just to pay the bills and so on... too many people are content to live in mediocrity or somewhere far below, just to avoid taking a chance that may cost them something in the short run, but could turn out to be great in the long run. Too many are too quick to just say screw it when things don't go their way.
Click the link, or copy and paste into your address bar, and read the article. Now.
I did, and it hit me hard. I am telling you, if I did not already know where I stand, if I did not already have a firm grasp of what my morals and my character are and say about me, that little article would have force me to do the gut check. Too many out there are not like me, they enjoy having government take care of them, at the expense of those like me and mine, who work our asses off to fulfill our dreams, not to mention working them off just to pay the bills and so on... too many people are content to live in mediocrity or somewhere far below, just to avoid taking a chance that may cost them something in the short run, but could turn out to be great in the long run. Too many are too quick to just say screw it when things don't go their way.
Click the link, or copy and paste into your address bar, and read the article. Now.
Friday, October 24, 2008
soccer and nuts in general
End of the soccer season. thank goodness......especially after the last two games with both teams riddled with injuries--most consisting of ball in the face.....I guess I should be glad she doesn't play football......LOL.....anyway she and another little girl on her team got smacked hard with the ball, Shel in her left cheek and Taylor in her right, as little Bryson threw the ball in from the sidelines for the other team....girls were doing their job, guarding his teammates, but things happen......Shellie had a good cry and lots of cuddles from mom who first instinct was to take my baby home and never let her near a soccer field again.......and then she went back into the game---her idea.....Taylor had a good cry and then refused to talk to anyone for a while.....They were not the only ones hurt. Play stopped several times for both sides to deal with injured players.....All that is left now is tomorrow, trophy day, and the league is doing a mini fall festival at the field.....
getting ready to write chore lists for the kids for tonight. I've already told Shel about her room, but I am going to leave her a more detailed list, so she can do one thing at a time, instead of walking in there and going"where do I start?" The boys get a little more--being so much older anyway......and I forgot there is a home game at the high school tonight, so they will have to hustle if they want to go. There is always the chance it will be raining tonight too, so if it does, well more time for chores to get done.......
Beginning the season from hell at work--both mine and Ron's......we'll see how this year goes.....
I got my flu shot yesterday....never have had one before, but I was already there for a checkup, and decided it was a good idea....I am taking the kids next week to get theirs......Ron refuses, says he does not feel like he needs one, so he's an adult----at least he is not one of those crybaby males who expects to be babied and fussed over if he has a sniffle....he would just as soon we ignore him completely when he is ill......
Well, back to cleaning........
getting ready to write chore lists for the kids for tonight. I've already told Shel about her room, but I am going to leave her a more detailed list, so she can do one thing at a time, instead of walking in there and going"where do I start?" The boys get a little more--being so much older anyway......and I forgot there is a home game at the high school tonight, so they will have to hustle if they want to go. There is always the chance it will be raining tonight too, so if it does, well more time for chores to get done.......
Beginning the season from hell at work--both mine and Ron's......we'll see how this year goes.....
I got my flu shot yesterday....never have had one before, but I was already there for a checkup, and decided it was a good idea....I am taking the kids next week to get theirs......Ron refuses, says he does not feel like he needs one, so he's an adult----at least he is not one of those crybaby males who expects to be babied and fussed over if he has a sniffle....he would just as soon we ignore him completely when he is ill......
Well, back to cleaning........
Sunday, October 19, 2008
politics in general
Ok, now that I am done with the stupid people rant, on with the stupider people rant......
I opened my copy of the local rag today to find that, no surprise, the editorial board has endorsed Obama for President......I say no surprise b/c I have never known them, since 1988--the first election I could vote for Pres in----they have never endorsed anyone who was not a flaming liberal. They endorsed Dukakis for heaven's sake!!!! Apparently they don't mind that Obama fails to answer any question that may paint him in a less than flattering light. That he flip flops as bad as Kerry when the polls don't agree with him......that he continues to run attack ads against McCain, while all the time whining about the fact that McCain is running attack ads against him......
Good for the goose, good for the gander, as the saying goes....
I have since posted on the rag's forum that I believe they are stupid and I really believe that if Obama wins, the people of this country that voted for him will get what they wished for---and they are not going to like it one damn bit.......
The voters supposedly want change---well then vote in a new breed-------not someone already in the insider circles----don't vote for the same old same old-----vote 3rd party, vote against the incumbent, whoever they are, from dogcatcher to senator.....Hell this damn state will vote Byrd in after he turns to dust in his grave. No surprise, since our neighboring county voted 107% of its registered voters in the last election...........and now with Acorn and similar groups, half the country is poised to do the same.......this election will be one of the most fraudulent on record, and no one seems to care......
I bet they will when their rights under the Constitution are taken away. When their paycheck disappears because of all the new taxes that will be heaped on us to pay for the "new" programs that Obama wants.....I bet when gay rights and proabortion rights and purple green people eaters rights are set up above and beyond everyone else and mandated to be taught in our schools, people will care........I bet when gas is pushed to the top on price per gallon b/c we can't drill, and it's harming the ozone and whatever else, people will take a little notice of what they got when they put this inexperienced bonehead in office.....
Then again, the country has Rip Van Winkled for the last 20 years.......they may not even notice....and that is what Obama boy is banking on........
I opened my copy of the local rag today to find that, no surprise, the editorial board has endorsed Obama for President......I say no surprise b/c I have never known them, since 1988--the first election I could vote for Pres in----they have never endorsed anyone who was not a flaming liberal. They endorsed Dukakis for heaven's sake!!!! Apparently they don't mind that Obama fails to answer any question that may paint him in a less than flattering light. That he flip flops as bad as Kerry when the polls don't agree with him......that he continues to run attack ads against McCain, while all the time whining about the fact that McCain is running attack ads against him......
Good for the goose, good for the gander, as the saying goes....
I have since posted on the rag's forum that I believe they are stupid and I really believe that if Obama wins, the people of this country that voted for him will get what they wished for---and they are not going to like it one damn bit.......
The voters supposedly want change---well then vote in a new breed-------not someone already in the insider circles----don't vote for the same old same old-----vote 3rd party, vote against the incumbent, whoever they are, from dogcatcher to senator.....Hell this damn state will vote Byrd in after he turns to dust in his grave. No surprise, since our neighboring county voted 107% of its registered voters in the last election...........and now with Acorn and similar groups, half the country is poised to do the same.......this election will be one of the most fraudulent on record, and no one seems to care......
I bet they will when their rights under the Constitution are taken away. When their paycheck disappears because of all the new taxes that will be heaped on us to pay for the "new" programs that Obama wants.....I bet when gay rights and proabortion rights and purple green people eaters rights are set up above and beyond everyone else and mandated to be taught in our schools, people will care........I bet when gas is pushed to the top on price per gallon b/c we can't drill, and it's harming the ozone and whatever else, people will take a little notice of what they got when they put this inexperienced bonehead in office.....
Then again, the country has Rip Van Winkled for the last 20 years.......they may not even notice....and that is what Obama boy is banking on........
observations on those around me....
First, I know that the people I am about to rant about most likely don't read this blog, or any other probably.....stupid people don't read anyway......and these people are stupid with a capital S....
There is the driver I was following into work on Thursday at 4:30 am......on a road with a speed limit of 55---which I have to admit at 4:30 am with deer everywhere, even I am not stupid enough to go that fast----but 20mph.....why even bother driving? I can walk faster than that.....all the way from the campfire camp road to rt 60......he/she finally got a little faster a little past the elementary school, where the speed limit is 45--they got to about 40......good thing I left for work a few minutes early.......
Then the same day, same time, same stretch of road-----moron behind me with his bright lights on his SUV or truck......riding my rear end....remember the bumper sticker that said if you are close enough to read this.......(fill in your own blank--there were several versions).....well the boy was so close he should have bought me dinner first.......did not get the hint when I made sure I was backed off the slowpoke in front of me.....did not get the hint when I flashed my brakes at him.....did not take the hint when I pretty well stopped the van going around some curves----had to, they guy in front of me did......and didn't even notice when I moved my outside mirrors so that his brights would flash back on him........needless to say, I was a little irritated.....at least at the forks of the road, he went on to town while I followed slowpoke the direction I needed to go......
THEN, after making my turn behind slowpoke, another truck turns in behind me (wouldn't think there would be this much traffic at that time of morning, would you?) and proceeds to break a few traffic laws----such as speed limit 45---going about 55 or 60---such as no passing on double yellow stripe----yep, passed me right in front of the elementary school-----twice---passed slowpoke near 4H camp road......I hope he had a real emergency....which bring me to another point---if you do have an honest to God emergency, put on your flashers and flap your headlights in my mirror, and I will move over to let you pass at the first safe spot I come to.....
Then there was Friday night on my way back from taking my oldest boy to the homecoming game. I get to the big curve where there are always deer or turkeys flocking around and I am behind 2 other vehicles who suddenly hit their brakes, so I hit mine too. I always go slow around that curve day or night, because it is a kiss your own butt type of curve. As I get around the curve, I see why they had hit the brakes so suddenly----dumbass moron jackass stupid butt on a RIDING LAWN MOWER, with NO LIGHTS, and ALL IN DARK CLOTHES, is happily riding along in our lane, doo doo doo der de der.........He does move onto what passes for the shoulder of the road out here, and we get by him. He also got blasted by my horn---hopefully it scared him into soberness, 'cuz I figure he had to be drunk to pull that stunt........bad enought the damn 4 wheelers out here ride the paved roads---which is illegal---especially at night, when they figure no one will care, but at least they use their headlights!!!!!
And finally this morning, as Shellie and I came out of IHOP after a mommy/daughter time together breakfast, there is a Chevy Avalanche parked diagonally from us--big ass white SUV---with two overgrown poodle looking dogs sitting in the back seat, owners no where around---obviously inside enjoying their food....one dog barks at us--not a mean bark or anything, but enough to draw our attention. At which point my stupidity detector goes off and I wonder out loud to Shellie why people can't care for their animals enough to leave them at HOME when they go out like that. It's not the first time I have seen something like that. I think it is stupid to leave animals in the car when they could have been very cozily curled up at home, instead of sitting in a car while "mommy and daddy" go into the restaurant to eat. Now ya know, animals aren't dumb, they know there is food in that joint----you can smell it when you enter the parking lot......geez......I hope they pee on the dvd player when they got home--any self respecting dog would......
There is the driver I was following into work on Thursday at 4:30 am......on a road with a speed limit of 55---which I have to admit at 4:30 am with deer everywhere, even I am not stupid enough to go that fast----but 20mph.....why even bother driving? I can walk faster than that.....all the way from the campfire camp road to rt 60......he/she finally got a little faster a little past the elementary school, where the speed limit is 45--they got to about 40......good thing I left for work a few minutes early.......
Then the same day, same time, same stretch of road-----moron behind me with his bright lights on his SUV or truck......riding my rear end....remember the bumper sticker that said if you are close enough to read this.......(fill in your own blank--there were several versions).....well the boy was so close he should have bought me dinner first.......did not get the hint when I made sure I was backed off the slowpoke in front of me.....did not get the hint when I flashed my brakes at him.....did not take the hint when I pretty well stopped the van going around some curves----had to, they guy in front of me did......and didn't even notice when I moved my outside mirrors so that his brights would flash back on him........needless to say, I was a little irritated.....at least at the forks of the road, he went on to town while I followed slowpoke the direction I needed to go......
THEN, after making my turn behind slowpoke, another truck turns in behind me (wouldn't think there would be this much traffic at that time of morning, would you?) and proceeds to break a few traffic laws----such as speed limit 45---going about 55 or 60---such as no passing on double yellow stripe----yep, passed me right in front of the elementary school-----twice---passed slowpoke near 4H camp road......I hope he had a real emergency....which bring me to another point---if you do have an honest to God emergency, put on your flashers and flap your headlights in my mirror, and I will move over to let you pass at the first safe spot I come to.....
Then there was Friday night on my way back from taking my oldest boy to the homecoming game. I get to the big curve where there are always deer or turkeys flocking around and I am behind 2 other vehicles who suddenly hit their brakes, so I hit mine too. I always go slow around that curve day or night, because it is a kiss your own butt type of curve. As I get around the curve, I see why they had hit the brakes so suddenly----dumbass moron jackass stupid butt on a RIDING LAWN MOWER, with NO LIGHTS, and ALL IN DARK CLOTHES, is happily riding along in our lane, doo doo doo der de der.........He does move onto what passes for the shoulder of the road out here, and we get by him. He also got blasted by my horn---hopefully it scared him into soberness, 'cuz I figure he had to be drunk to pull that stunt........bad enought the damn 4 wheelers out here ride the paved roads---which is illegal---especially at night, when they figure no one will care, but at least they use their headlights!!!!!
And finally this morning, as Shellie and I came out of IHOP after a mommy/daughter time together breakfast, there is a Chevy Avalanche parked diagonally from us--big ass white SUV---with two overgrown poodle looking dogs sitting in the back seat, owners no where around---obviously inside enjoying their food....one dog barks at us--not a mean bark or anything, but enough to draw our attention. At which point my stupidity detector goes off and I wonder out loud to Shellie why people can't care for their animals enough to leave them at HOME when they go out like that. It's not the first time I have seen something like that. I think it is stupid to leave animals in the car when they could have been very cozily curled up at home, instead of sitting in a car while "mommy and daddy" go into the restaurant to eat. Now ya know, animals aren't dumb, they know there is food in that joint----you can smell it when you enter the parking lot......geez......I hope they pee on the dvd player when they got home--any self respecting dog would......
Friday, October 17, 2008
quick note......
To my fans,,, all 3 of them......sorry I meant to post yesterday, but was sick as a dog most of the evening and tonight I housecleaned, so i will post over the weekend.....
Thursday, October 09, 2008
"I'm mad as hell"
All right!!!!! Walked in the door from taking son #2 back to school from orthodontist appt, and I had left the tv on while I was gone...Fox News Channel was live at a McCain/Palin rally in Wisconsin, and it was the town hall style----audience asking questions of the candidates---like it should be---and McCain was with a guy who said it right---he is mad as hell and wants McCain/Palin to get in office and straighten the bullshit up. I think he sums up the way a big number of those of us who vote feel......I, too, am mad as hell.......at the thought that people would even vote in Obama and his crowd---Pelosi and the like running this country is the scariest thing I have ever had to face........I don't want their hands in my pocketbook, any more than they already are, and preferably less!!!!
I am tired of hearing that Obama's past and his prior associations don't matter, when at every turn that camp is pushing at everyone how much Bush and McCain are alike.......He is a different breed of Democrat----as Col. Potter on MASH used to say--"HORSE HOCKEY!!!"
I am tired of the media pushing Palin as an angry white woman who stirs her audiences to hate and violence......I AM an angry white woman, and I have yet to bestir myself to violent hateful action. Palin is a lot like me----she is honest and she tells it like it is, whether you want to hear it or not. If her supporters turned on the media at one of the rallies, then I'm sorry, but I believe they brought it on themselves by their constant haranguing against McCain. You know the media is supposed to report what happens, not make the freaking news, and not present their personal opinions while doing their job. Unless you are a commentator, who makes your living giving your opinion, then shut the hell up unless you are actually reporting the facts. No one in the media seems to be doing this, from ABC/NBC/CBS to CNN/MSNBC/FOX......The print media is just as bad, from the local rag to the Associated Press, etc.....there is not a fair or balanced story in the whole place, and it reeks like yesterday's fish........Forget something being rotten in Denmark----try the whole stinking media establishment..........
And we as a country have let it get that way.....we take what we read or see on tv as gospel truth. If it is on the news it must be true. Why are we not more skeptical? Why do we not question what we are told? Where is our intelligence? Where is our common sense? Why are we not holding accountable those who are not doing their jobs appropriately? Why am I beating my head against the same damn wall all the time?
Fact is, not all of us who are voting for McCain are rich; some of us are one or two paychecks away from losing it all. Most of us are hardworking, honest Americans who are tired of the welfare state, of govt interference in everything from our schools to our doctors to our very bedrooms.......Most of us work very hard for our money and we do it without fanfare or orange pancake tv makeup in front of cameras. We do it to pay our bills, and educate our kids, and live our American dream. And we do it on far less than those who use the limelight to spout off what they think everyone else should be doing, i.e. Hollywood, media and politicians. I do not base my vote on what Alec Baldwin thinks is right. Personally I think he needs a freaking shrink, or a lobotomy, but that is my personal opinion. I base my vote on what is right for my family, what coincides with my value and moral system, and what I beleive to be best for this country. I could care less what some European or Asian or 3rd world country thinks of how we do business.....screw 'em. Let them run their own countries and let us run ours......
I don't think we should allow political contributions from any foreign nation or company or individual. I don't think these splinter groups like Acorn should be allowed to register voters. I don't have a problem with motor voter type registrations---you know, register to vote when you get your license, or register your vehicle, or such. But I think voter registration drives should be conducted by whoever is in charge of voter registration. And I think early voting is simply a way to commit voter fraud....if you need to vote absentee, then fine, but otherwise show up to the poll on the day set aside for the election........Make the cutoff for registration for an election at least 30 days prior to the election so that officials can verify that the registrations are valid. I saw where in Marion Co., Indiana, they have registered 105% of eligible voters......WTF!!!!!to be blunt........How does that happen? Through deliberate voter fraud.....I mean hell, I live in straight Democratic, vote the union party line country, the great state of WV, where the vote stays bought until someone else pays ya better........Ok, maybe not so much now as in decades past, but you get my drift.....voter fraud is a huge issue........
Tell ya what, this redneck, work for my money, straight shooting woman voter has a way to deal with voter fraud-----any election that there is decided to be fraud in, needs to be re done. Run it all over again until there is no more fraud. And to keep the govt running for the years it would take, the incumbents stay in office until the results are honest........I know, not a great idea......got a lot of flaws......but it's a thought anyway.....
By the way, did anyone watch the debate Tuesday night------how can you vote for someone who refuses to answer a single question? At least McCain answered, whether the answer was something you wanted to hear, or even a complete answer, at least he had a response.......Obama never seemed to answer anything--he sure is a good dancer though, because he danced thru the whole debate----around the questions, and so on.........
I am tired of hearing that Obama's past and his prior associations don't matter, when at every turn that camp is pushing at everyone how much Bush and McCain are alike.......He is a different breed of Democrat----as Col. Potter on MASH used to say--"HORSE HOCKEY!!!"
I am tired of the media pushing Palin as an angry white woman who stirs her audiences to hate and violence......I AM an angry white woman, and I have yet to bestir myself to violent hateful action. Palin is a lot like me----she is honest and she tells it like it is, whether you want to hear it or not. If her supporters turned on the media at one of the rallies, then I'm sorry, but I believe they brought it on themselves by their constant haranguing against McCain. You know the media is supposed to report what happens, not make the freaking news, and not present their personal opinions while doing their job. Unless you are a commentator, who makes your living giving your opinion, then shut the hell up unless you are actually reporting the facts. No one in the media seems to be doing this, from ABC/NBC/CBS to CNN/MSNBC/FOX......The print media is just as bad, from the local rag to the Associated Press, etc.....there is not a fair or balanced story in the whole place, and it reeks like yesterday's fish........Forget something being rotten in Denmark----try the whole stinking media establishment..........
And we as a country have let it get that way.....we take what we read or see on tv as gospel truth. If it is on the news it must be true. Why are we not more skeptical? Why do we not question what we are told? Where is our intelligence? Where is our common sense? Why are we not holding accountable those who are not doing their jobs appropriately? Why am I beating my head against the same damn wall all the time?
Fact is, not all of us who are voting for McCain are rich; some of us are one or two paychecks away from losing it all. Most of us are hardworking, honest Americans who are tired of the welfare state, of govt interference in everything from our schools to our doctors to our very bedrooms.......Most of us work very hard for our money and we do it without fanfare or orange pancake tv makeup in front of cameras. We do it to pay our bills, and educate our kids, and live our American dream. And we do it on far less than those who use the limelight to spout off what they think everyone else should be doing, i.e. Hollywood, media and politicians. I do not base my vote on what Alec Baldwin thinks is right. Personally I think he needs a freaking shrink, or a lobotomy, but that is my personal opinion. I base my vote on what is right for my family, what coincides with my value and moral system, and what I beleive to be best for this country. I could care less what some European or Asian or 3rd world country thinks of how we do business.....screw 'em. Let them run their own countries and let us run ours......
I don't think we should allow political contributions from any foreign nation or company or individual. I don't think these splinter groups like Acorn should be allowed to register voters. I don't have a problem with motor voter type registrations---you know, register to vote when you get your license, or register your vehicle, or such. But I think voter registration drives should be conducted by whoever is in charge of voter registration. And I think early voting is simply a way to commit voter fraud....if you need to vote absentee, then fine, but otherwise show up to the poll on the day set aside for the election........Make the cutoff for registration for an election at least 30 days prior to the election so that officials can verify that the registrations are valid. I saw where in Marion Co., Indiana, they have registered 105% of eligible voters......WTF!!!!!to be blunt........How does that happen? Through deliberate voter fraud.....I mean hell, I live in straight Democratic, vote the union party line country, the great state of WV, where the vote stays bought until someone else pays ya better........Ok, maybe not so much now as in decades past, but you get my drift.....voter fraud is a huge issue........
Tell ya what, this redneck, work for my money, straight shooting woman voter has a way to deal with voter fraud-----any election that there is decided to be fraud in, needs to be re done. Run it all over again until there is no more fraud. And to keep the govt running for the years it would take, the incumbents stay in office until the results are honest........I know, not a great idea......got a lot of flaws......but it's a thought anyway.....
By the way, did anyone watch the debate Tuesday night------how can you vote for someone who refuses to answer a single question? At least McCain answered, whether the answer was something you wanted to hear, or even a complete answer, at least he had a response.......Obama never seemed to answer anything--he sure is a good dancer though, because he danced thru the whole debate----around the questions, and so on.........
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
use your brain......
Ok cross another morning show completely off my list. The Today show today seemed to be---my opinion only---bashing McCain for not knowing ahead of time what the stock market would do after the bailout was signed. Whooppee doo, it dropped below 10,000 yesterday. Ok I understand that it hurts investors when it does stuff like that, but it was the first time in 4 years it had done so. does anyone remember 1987? The world did not come to a total end, the market rebounded over time. Did anyone honestly truly believe that the bailout bill would immediately solve all ills in the financial world? If you did, I have one word for you---dumbs***.
So was McCain supposed to have a crystal ball or a magic8 ball to predict what would happen? And why,if McCain was supposed to know ahead of time what the future held, why is Obama not being held to that same standard? Is he not also a senator? Is he not also privy to the same info that McCain is? Don't give me the crap about how McCain's big rich Wall Street buddies would have kept him apprised of stuff----Obama has the same connections----and even better, he has connections with those who actually helped CAUSE the situation---i.e. Franklin Raines of Freddie/Fannie---sorry can't seem to separate them..........
So in my view all the pundits and news anchors are doing is trying to swing an election. As usual. Apparently once you hit the big time media, you have to renounce all common sense and jump off the bridge with the rest of your friends. Did your mamma not warn you about that crap as a kid?
By the way, what the heck is the deal with the all Obama channel on our satellite? I know it says it is a paid program, but what the hell? Far from making me want to watch it, it just irritates me. It is taking up space on my tv guide that could be used for something else. But there again, some moron is going to watch it and think it is God given gospel and vote for the shyster. Oops, I'm showing my conservative bias, shame on me.......Mwahahahahahahahahahahha.........
Once again I am sure there is more that can be said, but as I have been working quite a lot more than usual lately, lovely being on salary huh?---I will let it go at that........and go take my blood pressure medicine before I watch any more tv........
So was McCain supposed to have a crystal ball or a magic8 ball to predict what would happen? And why,if McCain was supposed to know ahead of time what the future held, why is Obama not being held to that same standard? Is he not also a senator? Is he not also privy to the same info that McCain is? Don't give me the crap about how McCain's big rich Wall Street buddies would have kept him apprised of stuff----Obama has the same connections----and even better, he has connections with those who actually helped CAUSE the situation---i.e. Franklin Raines of Freddie/Fannie---sorry can't seem to separate them..........
So in my view all the pundits and news anchors are doing is trying to swing an election. As usual. Apparently once you hit the big time media, you have to renounce all common sense and jump off the bridge with the rest of your friends. Did your mamma not warn you about that crap as a kid?
By the way, what the heck is the deal with the all Obama channel on our satellite? I know it says it is a paid program, but what the hell? Far from making me want to watch it, it just irritates me. It is taking up space on my tv guide that could be used for something else. But there again, some moron is going to watch it and think it is God given gospel and vote for the shyster. Oops, I'm showing my conservative bias, shame on me.......Mwahahahahahahahahahahha.........
Once again I am sure there is more that can be said, but as I have been working quite a lot more than usual lately, lovely being on salary huh?---I will let it go at that........and go take my blood pressure medicine before I watch any more tv........
Thursday, October 02, 2008
"new" bailout plan???
So the House failed to pass it on Monday, so the Senate tweeks it a little--a very little-- and passes it yesterday and now the House is expected to do likewise. Please God NONONONONONONONO!!!!!Why should those of us who have not done anything wrong have to cover the rears of those who did? Why should such a tax burden be placed on us to save the rears of the poor businesspeople and poor companies and poor decision makers who got their companies and customers into such a mess to start with?
There is no reason under the sun that would convince me that any bailout is a good idea. Make poor decisions, get greedy and sell people stuff they can't afford (yeah the fault lies with those people too) and then cover your butt on the shoulders of the taxpayers and consumers ? Hell no.....Do you have an extra $2300 per person in your family to pay to salvage these companies? I don't ...my money is something I have EARNED through my hard work, and it is used to pay the house payment--which we are current on----and feed my kids, and keep the utilities turned on, and so on. It is not for those who don't work, or those who screw their customers and employees and the govt and so on, to make a cushy little pile for themselves.......As I have said in a prior post, if I made poor business decisions, misused my customers or employees, ran up debt and ran my company in the ground, I would not deserve to have a job, much less the hefty golden parachutes of these CEO's, etc. They deserve to be left in the streets, no severance package and liable for the costs of repairing the damage their actions caused.....
And for those of you voting for Obama---many of his cronies are very involved in this mess---many of them either helped create it or seem to think they are the solution, when the only thing they can propose is more of the same..I'm not saying the McCain camp is blameless either, and I fault both candidates for pushing this blasted mess onto the shoulders of America as a whole. I understand the whole what happens on Wall St affects Main st...I really do......but Main st. should not have to foot the whole bill for the f**** up way Wall st has been doing business....And they have been doing business this way for many many years---not just since Bush took office-----a lot got going while Clinton was in there.....read your history books----and not the rewritten ones of the last couple of years.......you know the ones that totally denounce everything we learned as kids in school.....but that is an argument for another day.....
Let's put it this way: raise our taxes to foot the bill for this debacle, spending goes down, forcing businesses to raise prices and cut payroll (that means cutting hours employees are scheduled or cutting positions altogether). Which cuts spending further. Which forces harsher action on the part of the company to maintain profit---and in the case of some smaller companies, forces them to maybe even shut their doors, putting people out of work. Ok then,,,,less people working=less people paying the jumped up taxes, putting the burden on those still with jobs. Spending goes down further, etc......see the vicious circle? Get it through your thick skulls yet?
Now, most companies do not use their own cash flow to run their businesses...They run on lines of credit from banks or other investors. Most times even your very paycheck is drawn on a line of credit like that......So those lines of credit dry up, as they are doing now.......suppliers don't get paid, which means less product to for customers to buy, which means less money to pay back the extended credit with, which means someone else doesn't get paid, which means......ok NOW is it sinking in????
Yes we are probably in for a hard recession.....many of years with some actual years of life on us have been through at least mini-versions of this before......and lived through it. Forget the bailout, let the companies sink or pull themselves out by their own bootstraps---let the survival of the fittest begin as far as business goes. Maybe they will learn something and do better next time.....or they will be absorbed by those who were better at it than they were and life goes on.......Go back to living on cash, not credit, oh ye companies with these problems.......
Go ahead bash away........I didn't hold a gun to your head and force you to read this, now did I???
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
on the failed bailout, politicians, and the election.....not for the fainthearted.....
WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!!!
This is your first and last warning---if you think govt is the answer to all the ills in the world and that we should happily give up all our money to others, do NOT read further---you WILL be offended, and quite honestly, I couldn't give a rat's ass about what you think..........
Now that the preliminaries are done, on to business......
The bailout of the financial crisis failed to pass the US House of Representatives yesterday. HALLELUJAH!!! Maybe someone, or several someones, finally got enough sense, or gonads, to actually use their brain and see what it would cost the average US taxpayer. Maybe someone finally understood that with decisions, and especially with poor business decisions, there are consequences and no one should have to take up your slack or cover your rear for you.....
I am sure that all the facts and figures on what it would have cost each man, woman, and child in this country are all over the various media outlets, so I won't rehash them. If you want a quick review of the facts, head on over to Perfect It Ain't--the link should be at the side of this page. Suffice it to say that I, as the majority breadwinner in this family--no offense to my dear hubby, we just work in different fields----and the parent of 5, do not have any extra cash for anything. I do not live high on the hog, getting manicures and my hair done each week----what gets done to them I do myself---our vehicles are 10 and 9 years old respectively, our house is owned by the bank at this point---I think my payments have allowed us to claim ownership of the rock denoting our house number in front-----but I make my payments faithfully and most usually on time. We buy what we need at the grocery store, and while my hobbies can be expensive if I let them, as can Ron's, we base what we buy on what we can afford. We don';t go out to eat nearly as often as we used to, because it gets quite expensive and we can eat just as well if not better at home. We have Dish b/c cable in our area sucks horribly, and we have cell phones for us, not the kids. There is no extra. There is rarely a luxury. Our big vacation trip this year was camping for a week at the state park 20 miles or less from our home. The only other things we did that took us away from home were going to CT to pick my sons up from their dad after summer visitation, and going to COSI in Columbus, OH for a family day trip. We don't travel. We don't live on credit. We don't live big. Our home is fairly new in the grand scheme of things---approx 20 yrs old, and there is some maintenance and upkeep to it, but not as much as a much older home might have. My 4 BR, 2000 SqFt home was less than $130,000 at time of purchase. A little on the high side of what we could afford, but we, above all else, make sure that house payment gets made.
But if we find ourselves strapped for cash and can't make the payments for a few months, do we get bailed out? Sure, it's called foreclosure and bankruptcy. Oh yeah, it's really not a bailout, it's just a way to get rid of the payment. Of course, it also gets rid of our home, but hey, at least we don't have to make that payment every month, right? I don't see the govt rushing to our aid so we can keep our home. Why should they? We screw up, we pay the piper. Therefore, we don't screw up....Duh.....how simple is that?
The CEO's of Freddie Mac, Fanny Mae, AIG, Wamu, Wachovia, just to name a few---why should they be any different? Why are they allowed to walk away with millions of dollars for screwing up and screwing their employees and customers?? Why should they not be made to pay back what was lost? Why should they be allowed to prosper at the expense of others whose livelihoods they were entrusted with? Why are they not held accountable for their poor business practices? Since when is ethics a dirty word? Since when does honesty in business mean less than squat?
Maybe I am naive, but if I am then a hell of a lot of other Americans are too. We trust our banks and our insurance companies and so on, to deal right with us. To not screw us without benefit of dinner and a movie first....And for me to be expected to ante up a share of my hard earned money to bail out a bunch of greedy, less than human businesspeople just so their companies won't fail----well hell people, if I screw my customers and treat them poorly, I lose business and my company folds and I lose my job. Why shouldn't they? I'm quite sick and tired of being expected, and quite often given no choice in the matter, to "help out my fellow man down on his luck" when the reason he is down on his luck is his own damn fault and he shows no inclination to change. Beyond the crocodile tears he sheds for the media, who eat it up...but I digress.....
Now before you think I am anti business or anti capitalism or something equally stupid, let me also tell you that I put a lot of the blame for the housing nonsense on stupid people who refuse to live within their means, and buy $500,000 dollar homes when they have no way to afford them, except through the machinations of a mortgage company or bank to squeeze them through the cracks. There are days I wonder how we got our mortgage---but we also crunched numbers and told the mortgage company up front that we demanded a fixed interest rate, never to change, and that the taxes and insurance must be included in the payment. We got it. We also got sticker shock over the monthly payment, but after careful consideration, decided that we could do it if we were careful. And the interest rate was not bad for people with our credit history. Yes bad choices can come back to haunt you. But how can someone sign on the dotted line knowing that their 4.5% rate is going to jump bigtime in a few years and that means their payment is going to jump substantially and they will have to be prepared for it? Do they think that day will never come? Here's your sign......
And the politicians who are crying on tv today, blaming the other side, blaming the President, blaming everyone but themselves and their own stupidity in trying to pass such a shoddy piece of legislation? GROW THE HELL UP!!!!! We out here in flyover territory are not the morons you think us to be. Bush supported this legislation--yet another case of mental block---so why are you blaming him and saying that he caused it to fail? It is not the Republicans fault that it failed------there are a hell of a lot more Democrats in the House than Republicans, so why couldn't they make it happen? Because maybe they have constituents out there that are telling them the same thing I am-------not on our backs, you idiots.......you want to keep your cushy job there in DC? Then don't screw us, the taxpaying voter.........Obama and McCain want it passed----yall are pushing me to go 3rd party--and I already was not voting for Obama, so don't blow it McCain........
I'm sure there is more I can and probably will say, but now the kids are home and demanding my time........and quite honestly, they are worth more than all the money in the world......
This is your first and last warning---if you think govt is the answer to all the ills in the world and that we should happily give up all our money to others, do NOT read further---you WILL be offended, and quite honestly, I couldn't give a rat's ass about what you think..........
Now that the preliminaries are done, on to business......
The bailout of the financial crisis failed to pass the US House of Representatives yesterday. HALLELUJAH!!! Maybe someone, or several someones, finally got enough sense, or gonads, to actually use their brain and see what it would cost the average US taxpayer. Maybe someone finally understood that with decisions, and especially with poor business decisions, there are consequences and no one should have to take up your slack or cover your rear for you.....
I am sure that all the facts and figures on what it would have cost each man, woman, and child in this country are all over the various media outlets, so I won't rehash them. If you want a quick review of the facts, head on over to Perfect It Ain't--the link should be at the side of this page. Suffice it to say that I, as the majority breadwinner in this family--no offense to my dear hubby, we just work in different fields----and the parent of 5, do not have any extra cash for anything. I do not live high on the hog, getting manicures and my hair done each week----what gets done to them I do myself---our vehicles are 10 and 9 years old respectively, our house is owned by the bank at this point---I think my payments have allowed us to claim ownership of the rock denoting our house number in front-----but I make my payments faithfully and most usually on time. We buy what we need at the grocery store, and while my hobbies can be expensive if I let them, as can Ron's, we base what we buy on what we can afford. We don';t go out to eat nearly as often as we used to, because it gets quite expensive and we can eat just as well if not better at home. We have Dish b/c cable in our area sucks horribly, and we have cell phones for us, not the kids. There is no extra. There is rarely a luxury. Our big vacation trip this year was camping for a week at the state park 20 miles or less from our home. The only other things we did that took us away from home were going to CT to pick my sons up from their dad after summer visitation, and going to COSI in Columbus, OH for a family day trip. We don't travel. We don't live on credit. We don't live big. Our home is fairly new in the grand scheme of things---approx 20 yrs old, and there is some maintenance and upkeep to it, but not as much as a much older home might have. My 4 BR, 2000 SqFt home was less than $130,000 at time of purchase. A little on the high side of what we could afford, but we, above all else, make sure that house payment gets made.
But if we find ourselves strapped for cash and can't make the payments for a few months, do we get bailed out? Sure, it's called foreclosure and bankruptcy. Oh yeah, it's really not a bailout, it's just a way to get rid of the payment. Of course, it also gets rid of our home, but hey, at least we don't have to make that payment every month, right? I don't see the govt rushing to our aid so we can keep our home. Why should they? We screw up, we pay the piper. Therefore, we don't screw up....Duh.....how simple is that?
The CEO's of Freddie Mac, Fanny Mae, AIG, Wamu, Wachovia, just to name a few---why should they be any different? Why are they allowed to walk away with millions of dollars for screwing up and screwing their employees and customers?? Why should they not be made to pay back what was lost? Why should they be allowed to prosper at the expense of others whose livelihoods they were entrusted with? Why are they not held accountable for their poor business practices? Since when is ethics a dirty word? Since when does honesty in business mean less than squat?
Maybe I am naive, but if I am then a hell of a lot of other Americans are too. We trust our banks and our insurance companies and so on, to deal right with us. To not screw us without benefit of dinner and a movie first....And for me to be expected to ante up a share of my hard earned money to bail out a bunch of greedy, less than human businesspeople just so their companies won't fail----well hell people, if I screw my customers and treat them poorly, I lose business and my company folds and I lose my job. Why shouldn't they? I'm quite sick and tired of being expected, and quite often given no choice in the matter, to "help out my fellow man down on his luck" when the reason he is down on his luck is his own damn fault and he shows no inclination to change. Beyond the crocodile tears he sheds for the media, who eat it up...but I digress.....
Now before you think I am anti business or anti capitalism or something equally stupid, let me also tell you that I put a lot of the blame for the housing nonsense on stupid people who refuse to live within their means, and buy $500,000 dollar homes when they have no way to afford them, except through the machinations of a mortgage company or bank to squeeze them through the cracks. There are days I wonder how we got our mortgage---but we also crunched numbers and told the mortgage company up front that we demanded a fixed interest rate, never to change, and that the taxes and insurance must be included in the payment. We got it. We also got sticker shock over the monthly payment, but after careful consideration, decided that we could do it if we were careful. And the interest rate was not bad for people with our credit history. Yes bad choices can come back to haunt you. But how can someone sign on the dotted line knowing that their 4.5% rate is going to jump bigtime in a few years and that means their payment is going to jump substantially and they will have to be prepared for it? Do they think that day will never come? Here's your sign......
And the politicians who are crying on tv today, blaming the other side, blaming the President, blaming everyone but themselves and their own stupidity in trying to pass such a shoddy piece of legislation? GROW THE HELL UP!!!!! We out here in flyover territory are not the morons you think us to be. Bush supported this legislation--yet another case of mental block---so why are you blaming him and saying that he caused it to fail? It is not the Republicans fault that it failed------there are a hell of a lot more Democrats in the House than Republicans, so why couldn't they make it happen? Because maybe they have constituents out there that are telling them the same thing I am-------not on our backs, you idiots.......you want to keep your cushy job there in DC? Then don't screw us, the taxpaying voter.........Obama and McCain want it passed----yall are pushing me to go 3rd party--and I already was not voting for Obama, so don't blow it McCain........
I'm sure there is more I can and probably will say, but now the kids are home and demanding my time........and quite honestly, they are worth more than all the money in the world......
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
random thoughts......
Or maybe not so random......
Hey Dad, I was going to go on the local rag's forum and make my comments, but after reading yours, I couldn't improve upon them, and the ignoramuses had already taken over. And I just did not feel like dignifying them with a well-deserved smack in the face......
I did, however, check out your buddy's blog and posted a couple of comments there.....Glad to see he remains calm in the face of the storm......
Onward and upward.....
Today is my oldest son's 16th birthday.....How did I spend this day 16 yrs ago---well at this particular point in time---approx 4:30 pm, I think I was sleeping, courtesy of an epidural....I woke up to the doctor saying PUSH, about 3 hrs. later.......Primal scream at 8:19 tonight, if anyone is interested.....We are just doing some cupcakes tonight--the party will be Sunday when assorted friends and relatives can make it.
Reading the local rag today was not good for my digestive processes. On one hand was the local news.....not too bad today, considering......but the opinion page....whoa Nelly........ Apparently the biggest clue that one is a racist is not voting for Obama......yeah right. Also apparently he is the god of health care now.....can anyone say socialism? Can anyone say please pass the Vaseline? I think I should buy stock in that company......everyone will need it if this character (or lack thereof) gets into office.....
Then there is the usual Church/State debate.......supposedly this coming Sunday is being touted as the day that preachers will tell their flocks how to vote......now don't get me wrong, I have no problem with pastors having an opinion on this topic, or in stating it. But from the pulpit doesn't seem right. My pastor and I have had discussions before on our views, and while I am sure that if he feels that strongly about it, he may give his basis on why he would vote for someone or against someone while in the pulpit, never in 10 years of attending that church have I heard him do so. As a matter of fact, when we are in class, or just talking, he is careful to state that such-and-such is his opinion only.......Now I know that just because I have not actually heard him give such a speech from the pulpit may not mean he hasn't....I have never heard him do so when I have been there. And I don't feel it is an appropriate place to expound on your personal political beliefs.......
Sorry I had to go away from the computer and now I have lost my train of thought......I'll be back when it is..........
Hey Dad, I was going to go on the local rag's forum and make my comments, but after reading yours, I couldn't improve upon them, and the ignoramuses had already taken over. And I just did not feel like dignifying them with a well-deserved smack in the face......
I did, however, check out your buddy's blog and posted a couple of comments there.....Glad to see he remains calm in the face of the storm......
Onward and upward.....
Today is my oldest son's 16th birthday.....How did I spend this day 16 yrs ago---well at this particular point in time---approx 4:30 pm, I think I was sleeping, courtesy of an epidural....I woke up to the doctor saying PUSH, about 3 hrs. later.......Primal scream at 8:19 tonight, if anyone is interested.....We are just doing some cupcakes tonight--the party will be Sunday when assorted friends and relatives can make it.
Reading the local rag today was not good for my digestive processes. On one hand was the local news.....not too bad today, considering......but the opinion page....whoa Nelly........ Apparently the biggest clue that one is a racist is not voting for Obama......yeah right. Also apparently he is the god of health care now.....can anyone say socialism? Can anyone say please pass the Vaseline? I think I should buy stock in that company......everyone will need it if this character (or lack thereof) gets into office.....
Then there is the usual Church/State debate.......supposedly this coming Sunday is being touted as the day that preachers will tell their flocks how to vote......now don't get me wrong, I have no problem with pastors having an opinion on this topic, or in stating it. But from the pulpit doesn't seem right. My pastor and I have had discussions before on our views, and while I am sure that if he feels that strongly about it, he may give his basis on why he would vote for someone or against someone while in the pulpit, never in 10 years of attending that church have I heard him do so. As a matter of fact, when we are in class, or just talking, he is careful to state that such-and-such is his opinion only.......Now I know that just because I have not actually heard him give such a speech from the pulpit may not mean he hasn't....I have never heard him do so when I have been there. And I don't feel it is an appropriate place to expound on your personal political beliefs.......
Sorry I had to go away from the computer and now I have lost my train of thought......I'll be back when it is..........
Sunday, September 21, 2008
spam spam spam spam.....
Besides being a not so tasty "luncheon loaf" and a song from the Monty Python soundtrack, it's also what I get about 150 of each day in my bulk mailbox on my email account. So for those who like to spam others:
I do not need a penis enlargement, as I am female and do not have a penis.....
I do not need to increase my bust size---trust me on this......
My home is not and has never been in danger of being foreclosed upon, and I am quite sure that if it would ever be, I will not rely on help from an email site.....
My colon is quite fine and functioning perfectly...no need to be cleansed.....
I do not want a free gift from Best Buy, WM, or anywhere else, as these usually come with hefty shipping fees charged to the credit card I do not have, and no you will not get my bank info either.....
I do not need Viagra, Cialis, fat loss drugs or anything else. I am quite capable of seeing my own family physician should any of these become necessary......
College loans and financial aid programs are in the near future for my kids, but again, I will go through those I know to be reputable, like my bank..........
I do not want to be a police officer---I probably could not pass the physical anyway......
I am not nor ever have been in the military.....so VA benefits would not help me....
I don't wear any jewelry except for my wedding band and my cheap Walmart watch, so I have no gold to sell.....
Anything else? I am sure there is a category I have left out...oh yeah, I'm married, so photos of my latest crush, black singles, Christian singles, single singles, whatever, do not interest me....
By the way, I don't read any of your spam emails--I click delete all and there you go, where you belong, down the toilet.........
have a nice day.....
I do not need a penis enlargement, as I am female and do not have a penis.....
I do not need to increase my bust size---trust me on this......
My home is not and has never been in danger of being foreclosed upon, and I am quite sure that if it would ever be, I will not rely on help from an email site.....
My colon is quite fine and functioning perfectly...no need to be cleansed.....
I do not want a free gift from Best Buy, WM, or anywhere else, as these usually come with hefty shipping fees charged to the credit card I do not have, and no you will not get my bank info either.....
I do not need Viagra, Cialis, fat loss drugs or anything else. I am quite capable of seeing my own family physician should any of these become necessary......
College loans and financial aid programs are in the near future for my kids, but again, I will go through those I know to be reputable, like my bank..........
I do not want to be a police officer---I probably could not pass the physical anyway......
I am not nor ever have been in the military.....so VA benefits would not help me....
I don't wear any jewelry except for my wedding band and my cheap Walmart watch, so I have no gold to sell.....
Anything else? I am sure there is a category I have left out...oh yeah, I'm married, so photos of my latest crush, black singles, Christian singles, single singles, whatever, do not interest me....
By the way, I don't read any of your spam emails--I click delete all and there you go, where you belong, down the toilet.........
have a nice day.....
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
random thoughts
ok, to start out the day, go to ABCnews.com and click on politics and take the matchmatic poll---it gives you statements made by Obama and McCain, and you pick the statement that most closely matches what you think, then at the end it tells you who you voted for. Mine was McCain with two exceptions----out of about 20 or so. I knew I was voting for McCain anyway, but it was interesting to see how close I matched his statements......and it makes you stop and think a little too.
Had to pick Shellie up from school yesterday morning, b/c she said she threw up again. Allergies/drainage--she told me after I picked her up of course that it was just mucus. But you tell a teacher that you threw up and it's an automatic call to get picked up......they don't mess with that or fevers....probably a good thing, but it meant that Ron had to come home at noon so I could get to work, and she also missed a birthday party for one of the neighbor kids and her first soccer game.....b/c in my house if you miss all or part of the day at school due to illness, you also miss any extracurriculars that evening...tends to cut down on the faking it.......of course she was fine once I got her home, but she still had to play quietly and not go outside and all that......Today she is on her way to school with the required note and a dose of benadryl for the nose.....hopefully she will make it through the day----too early to start this stuff.....
I have decided that I am going to whip up quilt tops one after the other and get some of my stash of fabric used up.....also to have an inventory of stuff that potential buyers can pick from....so far I have 10 patterns and material for those patterns picked out and stacked on my sewing table....and the two rocking chairs nearby......and the loveseat......and the other chair at the sewing table.......yeah, so much for a neat and orderly work space....it will be after I get the pieces cut out and bagged for later use.....the plan is to cut all needed pieces and put them in bags to be used in turn as each top is completed.......so there is some organizational thought to this.......
I also need desperately to start cross stitching again.....I miss it.....and I would like to do some bookmarks and stuff to sell as well.....time is the only problem......
Not to mention the afghan I am supposed to have knit my niece ages ago, and got disillusioned with after the first section was done---it just did not look right.....so I ripped it out and have been thinking whether to alter it to my satisfaction or to switch patterns or what......don;t worry guys, I still have the yarn, just need to push....
Well, I am going to sign off and get busy---I'm off today, so maybe I can get something done.....
Had to pick Shellie up from school yesterday morning, b/c she said she threw up again. Allergies/drainage--she told me after I picked her up of course that it was just mucus. But you tell a teacher that you threw up and it's an automatic call to get picked up......they don't mess with that or fevers....probably a good thing, but it meant that Ron had to come home at noon so I could get to work, and she also missed a birthday party for one of the neighbor kids and her first soccer game.....b/c in my house if you miss all or part of the day at school due to illness, you also miss any extracurriculars that evening...tends to cut down on the faking it.......of course she was fine once I got her home, but she still had to play quietly and not go outside and all that......Today she is on her way to school with the required note and a dose of benadryl for the nose.....hopefully she will make it through the day----too early to start this stuff.....
I have decided that I am going to whip up quilt tops one after the other and get some of my stash of fabric used up.....also to have an inventory of stuff that potential buyers can pick from....so far I have 10 patterns and material for those patterns picked out and stacked on my sewing table....and the two rocking chairs nearby......and the loveseat......and the other chair at the sewing table.......yeah, so much for a neat and orderly work space....it will be after I get the pieces cut out and bagged for later use.....the plan is to cut all needed pieces and put them in bags to be used in turn as each top is completed.......so there is some organizational thought to this.......
I also need desperately to start cross stitching again.....I miss it.....and I would like to do some bookmarks and stuff to sell as well.....time is the only problem......
Not to mention the afghan I am supposed to have knit my niece ages ago, and got disillusioned with after the first section was done---it just did not look right.....so I ripped it out and have been thinking whether to alter it to my satisfaction or to switch patterns or what......don;t worry guys, I still have the yarn, just need to push....
Well, I am going to sign off and get busy---I'm off today, so maybe I can get something done.....
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
true feminism
True feminism has been portrayed for years by the media and the fanatic "get rid of men" crowd, such as my old AWS organization at good old MU, as having to break glass ceilings and having to act and be like men to compete with them for jobs and having to push aside our natural nurturing tendencies, etc..........How wrong they are in their portrayal, and how much wrong they have done to the women who believed them....
True feminists are those women who have stood strong for their ideals even in the face of severe
opposition. They are the ones who have looked society in the face and told it to go to hell, they are raising their kids and keeping their families together and working a job or two or three at the same time. They are the ones who know what they want and how to get it without sacrificing their character doing it.
They get up every morning and make sure the kids are off to school with food in their stomachs and their backpacks loaded with last nights completed and checked homework, agendas signed, lunch boxes in hand. They stand on the porch, waiting to make sure the kids get on the bus, before beginning the rest of their day.
They get ready for work and go in to do whatever their job requires of them the next 8 or so hours until it is time to go home and check the kid's homework and get dinner ready and clean house and do laundry---oh yeah, and they are not ashamed to admit they cannot do it all alone, so hubby gets to pitch in, or the kids, depending on their ages......She gets the kids to bed and gets to relax a minute or two, if she is lucky, before she hits the hay only to get up and do it all again tomorrow...
She is the one cheering at the events her kids are involved in--from little league to high school sports to plays to musicals........she is always there to encourage and support.....
She works outside the home, but considers raising her family her true job---the most important one.
She follows her dreams, even when they change to include the dreams of others near and dear to her heart....
She teaches her kids about drugs and alcohol and smoking and sex....and prays silently that they make better choices than she did at their ages, or beyond, and cries with them when they don't....
She makes mistakes and learns from them, not blaming others, but realizing where she made the wrong move........
She loves with all her heart and soul and mind......
There is so much more to her than meets the eye....
True feminists are those women who have stood strong for their ideals even in the face of severe
opposition. They are the ones who have looked society in the face and told it to go to hell, they are raising their kids and keeping their families together and working a job or two or three at the same time. They are the ones who know what they want and how to get it without sacrificing their character doing it.
They get up every morning and make sure the kids are off to school with food in their stomachs and their backpacks loaded with last nights completed and checked homework, agendas signed, lunch boxes in hand. They stand on the porch, waiting to make sure the kids get on the bus, before beginning the rest of their day.
They get ready for work and go in to do whatever their job requires of them the next 8 or so hours until it is time to go home and check the kid's homework and get dinner ready and clean house and do laundry---oh yeah, and they are not ashamed to admit they cannot do it all alone, so hubby gets to pitch in, or the kids, depending on their ages......She gets the kids to bed and gets to relax a minute or two, if she is lucky, before she hits the hay only to get up and do it all again tomorrow...
She is the one cheering at the events her kids are involved in--from little league to high school sports to plays to musicals........she is always there to encourage and support.....
She works outside the home, but considers raising her family her true job---the most important one.
She follows her dreams, even when they change to include the dreams of others near and dear to her heart....
She teaches her kids about drugs and alcohol and smoking and sex....and prays silently that they make better choices than she did at their ages, or beyond, and cries with them when they don't....
She makes mistakes and learns from them, not blaming others, but realizing where she made the wrong move........
She loves with all her heart and soul and mind......
There is so much more to her than meets the eye....
Saturday, September 06, 2008
update on injury, among other things....
Ok, for those who didn't know---I severely sprained my ankle at work Wed. night---I stepped back away from a shelf and my ankle just collapsed under me, hit the floor and popped about 3 times by the time I grabbed a shelf to keep myself from hitting the floor......now working my way thru the lovely worker's comp system again.......
It is at the stage where I refuse to use the crutches b/c they quite honestly hurt my armpits so badly I can't stand them, and my stomach muscles feel pulled all out of place, so I am in the "boot" which holds my ankle upright and keeps it from giving way again, and I feel much better, except for my right leg and hip which have been taking the brunt of my not inconsiderable weight......Tonight the stupid ankle is itching like a son of a gun, so I hope that means it is healing.....back to doc on Tuesday for followup.......
P. S.---did anyone really expect Marshall to win against Wisconsin today? I didn't even know who they were playing, and happened to mention to Ron while we were in WM this evening that I only got to hear a brief blip of the game on the way home from work, and an employee told me that we lost 51-14 and who to.......he acted real surprised that we had lost.......
Now on to politics-----watched most of McCain's speech the other night, and while not greatly impressed with his oratory capabilities, he seems to have a grasp of reality that Obama does not....I am more impressed with his VP choice, but I feel more comfortable with this campaign than the other...........I still wish that there was a viable third party alternative, but as there is not, and probably will not be in the foreseeable future, then we must make do with what we have.....I'm sure there will be more on this later, but my darling husband just bitched b/c he has dinner on the table and I am sitting here clickety clacking away......
It is at the stage where I refuse to use the crutches b/c they quite honestly hurt my armpits so badly I can't stand them, and my stomach muscles feel pulled all out of place, so I am in the "boot" which holds my ankle upright and keeps it from giving way again, and I feel much better, except for my right leg and hip which have been taking the brunt of my not inconsiderable weight......Tonight the stupid ankle is itching like a son of a gun, so I hope that means it is healing.....back to doc on Tuesday for followup.......
P. S.---did anyone really expect Marshall to win against Wisconsin today? I didn't even know who they were playing, and happened to mention to Ron while we were in WM this evening that I only got to hear a brief blip of the game on the way home from work, and an employee told me that we lost 51-14 and who to.......he acted real surprised that we had lost.......
Now on to politics-----watched most of McCain's speech the other night, and while not greatly impressed with his oratory capabilities, he seems to have a grasp of reality that Obama does not....I am more impressed with his VP choice, but I feel more comfortable with this campaign than the other...........I still wish that there was a viable third party alternative, but as there is not, and probably will not be in the foreseeable future, then we must make do with what we have.....I'm sure there will be more on this later, but my darling husband just bitched b/c he has dinner on the table and I am sitting here clickety clacking away......
Thursday, September 04, 2008
politics.....
After eschewing the Democratic convention last week---just didn't feel like raising my blood pressure that much.....I happened to be home last night when Sarah Palin, the Rep. VP candidate, made her speech, and I have to say I enjoyed it. Maybe that is not the purpose, but she seems self assured, confident of her beliefs, ready to take on the world. There could be worse candidates (look at Joe Biden!). She made what I felt were several good points, on energy, on experience, etc. Too bad I fell asleep halfway through her speech----I had just returned home from the ER after injuring myself at work and the painkiller kicked in.......
I'm not saying that I agree with everything she or McCain either one says, but after hearing what i did of her speech, and then I plan on watching McCain's tonight, I feel more confident that this is the pair I want in the White House. Out of the choices we have. Obama just does not have the experience, either in life or in public service, etc., that I feel are necessary. Actually, my pick for Prez would be Jack Ryan from the Tom Clancy novels----straight shooter and to hell with the rest of the world----Palin is the closest I have seen to that.
Now about her family life-----I don't give a rat's rear end who you are, if you have teens you know that they are gonna do what they are gonna do. Mom don't yell at me yet-----yes you give them the rules, and the consequences of breaking hte rules, and the reasons behind it if necessary. But they also have to make their own mistakes--and some of mine and some of my kids have been doozy's. I can stand here and preach abstinence all day long----but I also make sure my kids are very aware of the consequences of not being abstinent. At least they cannot say they didn't know.....Parents and kids have been going thru this stuff for years....no matter how good a parent you are, at some point your kid is going to make a decision that may change his/her life, and not always for the better----and they may say "man, I wish I had listened to mom and dad". Just b/c apparently Palin has a teen who chose to go her own route and is now having to live with the consequences of that action does not mean she failed as a parent. If that were the case, the majority of us have failed at our parental jobs......
All I can say now is I hope the Rep. ticket wins in November, b/c I shudder to think of the consequences of the Dem ticket winning....higher taxes, higher gas, etc.
I'm not saying that I agree with everything she or McCain either one says, but after hearing what i did of her speech, and then I plan on watching McCain's tonight, I feel more confident that this is the pair I want in the White House. Out of the choices we have. Obama just does not have the experience, either in life or in public service, etc., that I feel are necessary. Actually, my pick for Prez would be Jack Ryan from the Tom Clancy novels----straight shooter and to hell with the rest of the world----Palin is the closest I have seen to that.
Now about her family life-----I don't give a rat's rear end who you are, if you have teens you know that they are gonna do what they are gonna do. Mom don't yell at me yet-----yes you give them the rules, and the consequences of breaking hte rules, and the reasons behind it if necessary. But they also have to make their own mistakes--and some of mine and some of my kids have been doozy's. I can stand here and preach abstinence all day long----but I also make sure my kids are very aware of the consequences of not being abstinent. At least they cannot say they didn't know.....Parents and kids have been going thru this stuff for years....no matter how good a parent you are, at some point your kid is going to make a decision that may change his/her life, and not always for the better----and they may say "man, I wish I had listened to mom and dad". Just b/c apparently Palin has a teen who chose to go her own route and is now having to live with the consequences of that action does not mean she failed as a parent. If that were the case, the majority of us have failed at our parental jobs......
All I can say now is I hope the Rep. ticket wins in November, b/c I shudder to think of the consequences of the Dem ticket winning....higher taxes, higher gas, etc.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
catching up.....
First day of school done and over with, all summer reading assignments done and turned in, vacation about half over, Shellie signed up for fall soccer league, house cleaning coming along slowly, but progress is very visible---garage cleaned out, one yard sale down and at least one more to go, front room with PC is clean, my bedroom has one box and one tote plus one large pile of papers on dresser to go thru and it will be done---nothing on the floor anymore except trash bag of shellie's toys I took from her over a month ago---I guess she doesn't miss them too badly.....
Been quilting---finished BW, Kris's, tye dye, working on new rose project.....
Flower beds weeded, ready for fall layer of mulch. Rose bed needs finished, but looking much better.....
Vegetable garden just about finished for the year. black birds having much fun in it, at least until the BB hits them in the butt.....then the feathers fly......LOL.....
Been quilting---finished BW, Kris's, tye dye, working on new rose project.....
Flower beds weeded, ready for fall layer of mulch. Rose bed needs finished, but looking much better.....
Vegetable garden just about finished for the year. black birds having much fun in it, at least until the BB hits them in the butt.....then the feathers fly......LOL.....
Saturday, August 02, 2008
on the warpath again......
Sort of, anyway. I have declared war on my daughter's room and her inability to keep her stuff where it belongs. Yes, Mom, I know she is only 6. but she knows it is wrong to leave her crap all over the house--one of the many reasons for her to have her own room when we bought a house.....So I did take Mom's advice and got her some baskets---made of washable canvas, how's that for using my noggin?---and last night we began what is already proving to be a long arduous task with tears included, hers and mine. Hers b/c I was showing very little sympathy in whether stuff got thrown away or had a home with us still. The deciding factor is--IS IT BROKEN? If yes, then off to the trash bag. If no, then she had a little bargaining room. So far I have her closet floor and bottom two shelves lined with baskets, and we have dug in and behind some of the furniture. One big black 30 gallon trash bag has already left the building, like Elvis, and the next is nearly half full.
My tears were of frustration, as when I walked out of her room after she refused to help me, and told her she was on her own......We have since made up and continued to work on it, with the understanding that I have the final say in where an item ends up. Her dad had already cleaned up the living room and gathered at least a laundry basket full of her stuff that was in there---both in plain sight and under the couches.....He and I both have vacation the first week of school, in about 3 weeks, and we are in agreement that there will be more that mysteriously vanishes from her room. Sneaky and underhanded? Absolutely......It will save the scenes in the long run, as she has the tendency to think everything she owns is solid gold and should remain there forever.
On another note, I have finished buying all the school supplies I am going to for this year. As our county must, by their own policies, supply whatever they are requiring the students to have, I am done. The kids have plenty of notebooks, pens, pencils, etc., to choose from. Shellie may end up with a pack of crayons or something, but I am waiting to see the "suggestion" list---the newest name for the school supplies list. If a teacher suggest the child needs an item, then it is up to me to get it; if they say it is required, it need not come directly from my pocket, although I know in the property taxes I pay each year, that I do pay for it anyway. Also my argument for why kids should ride the school bus instead of driving themselves---besides the, what is it now, 7 or 10 kids from our high school who have died in the past year in car accidents---the last one in 12/07, where 3 boys were on their way to school and crashed into the school bus. Kids on the bus suffered mostly minor injuries, while all 3 in the car died. We pay for the fuel and the driver's salaries, so why not make use of them? Duh, seems like a no-brainer to me.....
I am ready for bed and it is only 8 pm........I guess Ron is on his way to pick Kate up from work, and our next door neighbor has come to stay the night with the boys.......don;'t guess I am going to bed yet........LOL.......
My tears were of frustration, as when I walked out of her room after she refused to help me, and told her she was on her own......We have since made up and continued to work on it, with the understanding that I have the final say in where an item ends up. Her dad had already cleaned up the living room and gathered at least a laundry basket full of her stuff that was in there---both in plain sight and under the couches.....He and I both have vacation the first week of school, in about 3 weeks, and we are in agreement that there will be more that mysteriously vanishes from her room. Sneaky and underhanded? Absolutely......It will save the scenes in the long run, as she has the tendency to think everything she owns is solid gold and should remain there forever.
On another note, I have finished buying all the school supplies I am going to for this year. As our county must, by their own policies, supply whatever they are requiring the students to have, I am done. The kids have plenty of notebooks, pens, pencils, etc., to choose from. Shellie may end up with a pack of crayons or something, but I am waiting to see the "suggestion" list---the newest name for the school supplies list. If a teacher suggest the child needs an item, then it is up to me to get it; if they say it is required, it need not come directly from my pocket, although I know in the property taxes I pay each year, that I do pay for it anyway. Also my argument for why kids should ride the school bus instead of driving themselves---besides the, what is it now, 7 or 10 kids from our high school who have died in the past year in car accidents---the last one in 12/07, where 3 boys were on their way to school and crashed into the school bus. Kids on the bus suffered mostly minor injuries, while all 3 in the car died. We pay for the fuel and the driver's salaries, so why not make use of them? Duh, seems like a no-brainer to me.....
I am ready for bed and it is only 8 pm........I guess Ron is on his way to pick Kate up from work, and our next door neighbor has come to stay the night with the boys.......don;'t guess I am going to bed yet........LOL.......
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
update.........
Chris and Ben are back....we picked them up in CT around 7 pm on 7/18 and got back in fromthat trip the next night about 9pm....I would say they are happy to be home except I am enforcing summer reading--both are in honors and have a lot to do this summer, which they didn't do at their dad's like they were supposed to.........I know our neighbor's son is very glad to have the boys back--he now has someone to play with and talk to that is a little closer in age and experience than his younger siblings.........
We spent the next two days trying to recover from the trip. I was still getting used to the meds the doc put me on after my chest pain drama of the previous week. I think I basically slept those two days.......My birthday was that Sunday, and I picked Shellie up from Mom and Dad's and took the boys with me to do so so they could see their grandsons for the first time in 5 weeks......When we got back home Ron and I pretty well lazed around on the couch, then I dozed off and he went to get food for dinner that night---I got a steak dinner for my bday.........Then a couple of days later, Mom and Dad brought us a patio set for mine and Ron's combined bdays...It is very nice........Thanks guys!!!!!!
Tuesday I went for a follow up w/my doc. Must stay on all meds, must contact them if anything changes at all.......that was also the day the patio set arrived....woo-hoo.....
Wed., took Ben to orthodontist and took Shellie to Tammy's to get pics made at Target of Shel and Erin in the matching sundresses I made for them......very cute pics--can't wait to get them back........Kate got dropped off at our house by her mom just before I left, and Kristin came by after work---and griped b/c I wasn't fixing tacos...........nope too much to do before trip the next day, so they got to fend for themselves on dinner....If she wants tacos she can go to Taco Bell......
Thursday, we all, minus Kristin, who had to work, went to COSI, in Columbus OH. They had a CSI exhibit that was very cool-----we did that the first thing in the door. Kids are all excited wanting to play online now.......We got there about noon and left when they closed at 5 and could have spent a couple of more days there just to explore all the exhibits properly instead of watching the clock........kids loved it, can't wait to go back.......
Friday didn't do too much---I finished up my b/w quilt and am now quilting together the layers of Kristin's quilt. Plus as soon as i got into work yesterday---first day back from vacation, ick.....one of the ladies I work with asked if I could do a bedroom set for her son---nothing fancy, I don't have to piece a quilt together, just basically make a queen size blanket, pillowcases, and curtain tiebacks for his room. If it is really going to be that simple, I'll do it on my next vacation in 3 weeks and knock it out real fast......so she'll have it in plenty of time for his bday in Nov.
Well that's all gotta get ready for work.......
We spent the next two days trying to recover from the trip. I was still getting used to the meds the doc put me on after my chest pain drama of the previous week. I think I basically slept those two days.......My birthday was that Sunday, and I picked Shellie up from Mom and Dad's and took the boys with me to do so so they could see their grandsons for the first time in 5 weeks......When we got back home Ron and I pretty well lazed around on the couch, then I dozed off and he went to get food for dinner that night---I got a steak dinner for my bday.........Then a couple of days later, Mom and Dad brought us a patio set for mine and Ron's combined bdays...It is very nice........Thanks guys!!!!!!
Tuesday I went for a follow up w/my doc. Must stay on all meds, must contact them if anything changes at all.......that was also the day the patio set arrived....woo-hoo.....
Wed., took Ben to orthodontist and took Shellie to Tammy's to get pics made at Target of Shel and Erin in the matching sundresses I made for them......very cute pics--can't wait to get them back........Kate got dropped off at our house by her mom just before I left, and Kristin came by after work---and griped b/c I wasn't fixing tacos...........nope too much to do before trip the next day, so they got to fend for themselves on dinner....If she wants tacos she can go to Taco Bell......
Thursday, we all, minus Kristin, who had to work, went to COSI, in Columbus OH. They had a CSI exhibit that was very cool-----we did that the first thing in the door. Kids are all excited wanting to play online now.......We got there about noon and left when they closed at 5 and could have spent a couple of more days there just to explore all the exhibits properly instead of watching the clock........kids loved it, can't wait to go back.......
Friday didn't do too much---I finished up my b/w quilt and am now quilting together the layers of Kristin's quilt. Plus as soon as i got into work yesterday---first day back from vacation, ick.....one of the ladies I work with asked if I could do a bedroom set for her son---nothing fancy, I don't have to piece a quilt together, just basically make a queen size blanket, pillowcases, and curtain tiebacks for his room. If it is really going to be that simple, I'll do it on my next vacation in 3 weeks and knock it out real fast......so she'll have it in plenty of time for his bday in Nov.
Well that's all gotta get ready for work.......
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Just wondering
Why people think turn signals are optional......
Why they think dodging in and out of lanes right at the toll booth is the right thing to do? (witnessed every time we cross the Hudson River on I-84, and also on the Tappan Zee bridge further down river)......
Why people ride your rear end for miles (especially in construction zones), only to finally pass you then cut back in on top of you and, as my husband puts it, stick their fingers up their butt and go slower than you were to start with........and then get mad when you pass THEM because they are going so slow.........
Why people miss their exit or take the wrong one and BACK back down the road to proceed to the correct one-----please please PLEASE go to the next exit and turn around to get back to where you need to be........
Why 18 yr olds think it is a good idea to combine credit with their boyfriend's in order to get something they don't have any use for at this time...........sorry I wouldn't combine credit with ANYONE I wasn;t married to... I was even a little antsy buying the van together 3 weeks before we got married........
Why people with a little book knowledge of child psychology in their head think they know how to raise kids better than those in the trenches......and get bent out of shape when you tell them each kid is different and what they are telling you has been tried and does not work on this particular kid.......
Why people will NOT run the fan in the bathroom when they.......take a shower or need to go, if you know what I mean............
Why I can be completely and totally done with the laundry--all washed and dried and put away, and 5 minutes later walk into the laundry room and have 14 loads to do.........
Why no one in the whole world wants anything to do with me until I am on the computer or the phone........I know it is the mommy curse.......
Just some thoughts...I'm sure I had a rant forming in my head...but it apparently didn't like the rest of my thoughts and went away.......LOL
Why they think dodging in and out of lanes right at the toll booth is the right thing to do? (witnessed every time we cross the Hudson River on I-84, and also on the Tappan Zee bridge further down river)......
Why people ride your rear end for miles (especially in construction zones), only to finally pass you then cut back in on top of you and, as my husband puts it, stick their fingers up their butt and go slower than you were to start with........and then get mad when you pass THEM because they are going so slow.........
Why people miss their exit or take the wrong one and BACK back down the road to proceed to the correct one-----please please PLEASE go to the next exit and turn around to get back to where you need to be........
Why 18 yr olds think it is a good idea to combine credit with their boyfriend's in order to get something they don't have any use for at this time...........sorry I wouldn't combine credit with ANYONE I wasn;t married to... I was even a little antsy buying the van together 3 weeks before we got married........
Why people with a little book knowledge of child psychology in their head think they know how to raise kids better than those in the trenches......and get bent out of shape when you tell them each kid is different and what they are telling you has been tried and does not work on this particular kid.......
Why people will NOT run the fan in the bathroom when they.......take a shower or need to go, if you know what I mean............
Why I can be completely and totally done with the laundry--all washed and dried and put away, and 5 minutes later walk into the laundry room and have 14 loads to do.........
Why no one in the whole world wants anything to do with me until I am on the computer or the phone........I know it is the mommy curse.......
Just some thoughts...I'm sure I had a rant forming in my head...but it apparently didn't like the rest of my thoughts and went away.......LOL
Sunday, July 06, 2008
I think......
they hit this one pretty well square on......
You Communicate With Your Ears |
 You love conversations, both as a listener and a talker. What people say is important to you, and you're often most affected by words, not actions. You love to hear complements from others. And when you're upset, you often talk to yourself. Music is very important to you. It's difficult to find you without your iPod. |
I think I'm bored........
blogthings is kinda cool-----but silly too......
You Are Country Music |
 You are friendly, down to earth, and fairly conservative. You are true to your friends and your upbringing. Change is hard for you. But beneath your old fashioned attitude, you are expressive and artistic in your own way. Very few people can express pain and pleasure as eloquently as you can. |
how sarcastic?
apparently it knows me too well.......
You're Totally Sarcastic |
 You sarcastic? Never! You're as sweet as a baby bunny. Seriously, though, you have a sharp tongue - and you aren't afraid to use it. And if people are too wimpy to deal with your attitutde, then too bad. So sad. |
Thursday, June 26, 2008
highlight of day....
Just had to add a happy note---Shellie just saved a baby bird!!!
No Mom, she did not touch it in any way.....
She went outside to swing and the baby had fallen from the nest in the tree right next to her playset. She came running inside to tell me, so I went out to look. Then I had her run back in a get her dad, while I cast a shadow over the bird----time of day when sun is extremely strong there. He came out with sterile gloves on, looked at bird, got the ladder and put the bird back in nest with its 3-4 siblings. Then put ladder up, stripped gloves off and put in garage trash and came back in to wash hands thoroughly.
Plan on monitoring nest to make sure momma still feeds baby, if possible, without disturbing it.
Yay Shellie!!!!!!
No Mom, she did not touch it in any way.....
She went outside to swing and the baby had fallen from the nest in the tree right next to her playset. She came running inside to tell me, so I went out to look. Then I had her run back in a get her dad, while I cast a shadow over the bird----time of day when sun is extremely strong there. He came out with sterile gloves on, looked at bird, got the ladder and put the bird back in nest with its 3-4 siblings. Then put ladder up, stripped gloves off and put in garage trash and came back in to wash hands thoroughly.
Plan on monitoring nest to make sure momma still feeds baby, if possible, without disturbing it.
Yay Shellie!!!!!!
Why I will never do business with DISCOVER card....
Between you and me, I know that most people are just trying to do their job. Even telemarketers. But when I have personally picked up the phone and requested to not be called again---even calling the toll free number on my caller ID to have this done, even when I have been given the recorded option of pressing 2 to have this number removed from the calling list, then something is screwed in (pick your location) when I continue to receive calls from that organization.
This has been going on for about a month or so. Phone rings, I check caller ID. number appears, with "unknown caller" under it. So I usually let it go to the machine. But one day, knowing all the bills were caught up and that I am on the federal do not call list, I picked up just to see who had to get in touch with me so badly that they were calling at least twice a day. Notice I said at least.
It was Discover Business cards. Could they talk to ---- I still do not know to this day-- so I asked what this concerned and they asked, rather snottily, if there was someone here who could make financial decisions for this business. I told them this was not a business and she said she would call back another time, at which point I began the "please add this number to your do not call list" and she hung up. Pissed me off no end........That particular conversation was about 3 weeks or better ago.After I had played the press 2 game........
So I have consistently tried to get Discover to drop my number. Don't want the card, never wanted the card. Don't believe in credit cards---been there done that had the tshirt ripped off my back when behind on payments. Haven't had any card for years except debit from my bank account. Yeah I know they are handy, but that's the trouble, they are too handy for everything under the sun.
Yesterday morning it hit the fan. Phone rang midmorning, same number again. BTW it is 866-722-4215, if anyone is interested. I picked up, ready to do battle. Now I am already stressed over work, as well as other personal issues in the family--nothing major, just irritating. So not cooperating with me is not a good idea.
I got a real person on the line, and explained once again, this is not a business, never had anything to do with Discover card, never even applied for one, don't want one. Please take my number off your calling list. She demands my name and phone, which I question rather vigorously----after all, her computer is probably displaying that as we speak. Deciding cooperating to a point might get me what I want, I play along until she informs me that it will take up to 30 days before I stop receiving calls.
Ummm NO!!!! What part of do not call this number ever again do they not get? So I told her that was unacceptable, and that if I received one more call, I would contact my state attorney general. At which point, since she had already told me she had put my number on the do not call list, I hung up.
Went to work, came home about 10pm, noticed the number again on the caller ID. Now Ron does not ever pick up on unknowns unless he just wants to tell them to go to hell for the fun of it. But I was tired of this so I told him that if that number called again to feel free to pick it up and tell them to do whatever he felt like telling them to do. I can only imagine what he would say....LOL...
This morning while I was out replacing tires on my car, they called again. So I called the 866 number back and again tried to explain that I am on the federal do not call list and have never had any kind of a relationship with anything to do with Discover card, so each call they made to me was in violation of FTC rules. She said, NO WE ARE NOT. At which point I told her that I didn't care what she thought, I was tired of the phone calls, I considered them harassing, and would be contacting my attorney general. She said that it would not do me any good, as they were not in violation and the only way to get the calls to stop was for her to put me on their list. I told her I had just been thru that yesterday, yada yada yada. The process began again, and we had just gotten as far as my name when the power went out for a second here in the boondocks. Which of course ended the call, as I was on the cordless at the time. So I called back on the corded phone and got a very nice, patient lady who listened to me, went thru the process again, and then also directed me to Discover's main phone number to further facilitate the matter. I thanked her for being the only human, basically, although that wasn't how I phrased it, at that call center.
Then I called 1-800-DISCOVER. Lady immediately puts me thru to her supervisor, who explains yet again the 30 day thing. I very politely told him, not my problem. I am on the do not call list, etc etc. And that in this day and age of computer technology, I failed to see why they could not just bring up my number and slap a do not call note on it, or remove it entirely from their system. Isn't that what their IT dept is for? He was patient, I'll give him that, and I did not scream and yell, although the temptation was great, but he said that they have to print off pages and send them to various depts. Again, not my problem. Get it done. Do not call me again. Do you want the number of the harassing call center? I can happily supply it, as I have called it numerous times trying to take care of this.
I understand they have their policies and procedures. I understand there is a script they follow, etc. But when you are faced with an extremely irate person, who is not even your customer and never will be for any reason now, I mean, at least do something besides repeat the party line.
Oh yeah, and that number called again this afternoon. I picked up and said hello very sweetly---not a peep on the other end. Shellie was in the room or a word or two might have been said. I just hung it up, but I am tempted to put Shel on the phone and let them try to deal with her 6 yr old logic, or just to answer it and let it sit until they hang up.
Then there is also the attorney general's hotline-----and as I told the supervisor, it won't take me 30 days to file a complaint and have their lives made difficult by being investigated by this state.
Well off to make dinner.........
update, 6 pm........I contacted the FTC by phone and filed complaint and was also advised to file complaint online, which I have done. Guy at FTC call center scratching his head over why Discover thinks they are not in the wrong on this.........me too.......if anything is done, and I am notified of anything, I will update accordingly..........
This has been going on for about a month or so. Phone rings, I check caller ID. number appears, with "unknown caller" under it. So I usually let it go to the machine. But one day, knowing all the bills were caught up and that I am on the federal do not call list, I picked up just to see who had to get in touch with me so badly that they were calling at least twice a day. Notice I said at least.
It was Discover Business cards. Could they talk to ---- I still do not know to this day-- so I asked what this concerned and they asked, rather snottily, if there was someone here who could make financial decisions for this business. I told them this was not a business and she said she would call back another time, at which point I began the "please add this number to your do not call list" and she hung up. Pissed me off no end........That particular conversation was about 3 weeks or better ago.After I had played the press 2 game........
So I have consistently tried to get Discover to drop my number. Don't want the card, never wanted the card. Don't believe in credit cards---been there done that had the tshirt ripped off my back when behind on payments. Haven't had any card for years except debit from my bank account. Yeah I know they are handy, but that's the trouble, they are too handy for everything under the sun.
Yesterday morning it hit the fan. Phone rang midmorning, same number again. BTW it is 866-722-4215, if anyone is interested. I picked up, ready to do battle. Now I am already stressed over work, as well as other personal issues in the family--nothing major, just irritating. So not cooperating with me is not a good idea.
I got a real person on the line, and explained once again, this is not a business, never had anything to do with Discover card, never even applied for one, don't want one. Please take my number off your calling list. She demands my name and phone, which I question rather vigorously----after all, her computer is probably displaying that as we speak. Deciding cooperating to a point might get me what I want, I play along until she informs me that it will take up to 30 days before I stop receiving calls.
Ummm NO!!!! What part of do not call this number ever again do they not get? So I told her that was unacceptable, and that if I received one more call, I would contact my state attorney general. At which point, since she had already told me she had put my number on the do not call list, I hung up.
Went to work, came home about 10pm, noticed the number again on the caller ID. Now Ron does not ever pick up on unknowns unless he just wants to tell them to go to hell for the fun of it. But I was tired of this so I told him that if that number called again to feel free to pick it up and tell them to do whatever he felt like telling them to do. I can only imagine what he would say....LOL...
This morning while I was out replacing tires on my car, they called again. So I called the 866 number back and again tried to explain that I am on the federal do not call list and have never had any kind of a relationship with anything to do with Discover card, so each call they made to me was in violation of FTC rules. She said, NO WE ARE NOT. At which point I told her that I didn't care what she thought, I was tired of the phone calls, I considered them harassing, and would be contacting my attorney general. She said that it would not do me any good, as they were not in violation and the only way to get the calls to stop was for her to put me on their list. I told her I had just been thru that yesterday, yada yada yada. The process began again, and we had just gotten as far as my name when the power went out for a second here in the boondocks. Which of course ended the call, as I was on the cordless at the time. So I called back on the corded phone and got a very nice, patient lady who listened to me, went thru the process again, and then also directed me to Discover's main phone number to further facilitate the matter. I thanked her for being the only human, basically, although that wasn't how I phrased it, at that call center.
Then I called 1-800-DISCOVER. Lady immediately puts me thru to her supervisor, who explains yet again the 30 day thing. I very politely told him, not my problem. I am on the do not call list, etc etc. And that in this day and age of computer technology, I failed to see why they could not just bring up my number and slap a do not call note on it, or remove it entirely from their system. Isn't that what their IT dept is for? He was patient, I'll give him that, and I did not scream and yell, although the temptation was great, but he said that they have to print off pages and send them to various depts. Again, not my problem. Get it done. Do not call me again. Do you want the number of the harassing call center? I can happily supply it, as I have called it numerous times trying to take care of this.
I understand they have their policies and procedures. I understand there is a script they follow, etc. But when you are faced with an extremely irate person, who is not even your customer and never will be for any reason now, I mean, at least do something besides repeat the party line.
Oh yeah, and that number called again this afternoon. I picked up and said hello very sweetly---not a peep on the other end. Shellie was in the room or a word or two might have been said. I just hung it up, but I am tempted to put Shel on the phone and let them try to deal with her 6 yr old logic, or just to answer it and let it sit until they hang up.
Then there is also the attorney general's hotline-----and as I told the supervisor, it won't take me 30 days to file a complaint and have their lives made difficult by being investigated by this state.
Well off to make dinner.........
update, 6 pm........I contacted the FTC by phone and filed complaint and was also advised to file complaint online, which I have done. Guy at FTC call center scratching his head over why Discover thinks they are not in the wrong on this.........me too.......if anything is done, and I am notified of anything, I will update accordingly..........
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