Well I live in a household with a DH that has NEVER voted (literally) I am a pretty live and let live person and with all my heart feel that there are just some things we should keep our noses out of and if we had to begin with 911 may not have happened but I am just speculating there. I will not rant here but it is really really scary to think what the government is gettig us into.... My DH is like well if we don't do something now what going to happen when blah, blah, blah..... I am like we don't have any business going over there and liberating people who haven't exactly asked to be liberated...... blah, blah, blah
Basically I am scared... I feel very insecure about the possble retaliation that we may face. I live in a port city and it is really scary when you think about the things that are possible to come in here. There are talking about the Coast Guard being at a higher alert (haven't seen it) and I live less than 2 miles from a coast guard base and a regional airport.
Gosh I guess I did turn this into a rant I am sorry... I basically am proud to be an american because I am free but I don't necessarily back the decisions that the Governments are making right now and the real reasons behind it.
How about the Dixie Chicks thing? Talk about getting the shaft for having the priviledge of free speech... speak your mind and lose air time because of it...
I agree with you on the Dixie Chicks thing... this is America, we are all free to speak our minds, whether we agree with what the government is doing or not. That's what this is all about! I mean sure it's everyone's right not to agree with her if they choose, but .. c'mon geez, let a person have an opinion if they want.
Well I just love Americans (apart from the usual riff-raff which we ALSO have in Canada ), and I'm supportive of anyone going overseas to fight. (well, I don't agree with the principle, but I guess we can't all be pacifists) I just don't support the ones SENDING them!
And that Dixie Chicks thing WAS ridiculous. Funny how every other celebrity can speak THEIR mind, but not the D.C.'s!? How stupid some people are... burning CD's etc.
It's too bad she retracted her statement. I wouldn't have... I would have called him something even worse!
I said I would keep my mouth shut ( )... but I will add this. I do support our brave troops and am praying for their safe return... however I don't agree with the decision to send them or the decision maker. The president's rhetoric is unbelievable... attempting to paint this as part of the war against terror, referring to this military action as "defense", the ongoing allusions to 9/11 as justification for war (huh? what happened to Bin Ladin???), and on and on the hypocrisy and lies and double standards continue. When are we going to disarm OUR weapons of mass destruction? I feel sick to my stomach... but can't turn the tv off.
Such an emotional topic, and one with so many facits and emotions that I find myself swooping from one extreme to the other, and that in itself can be exhausting!
It's out of our hands, we can only hope that it will be quick.
I really must turn off CBC though.
What happened with the Dixie Chicks? I'll have to go look on the net...
I'm against the war too, and think that the polls are WAY off. In my area even a lot of the conservative people are against it!! And it is b#llsh!t to say that we are unpatriotic. I completely support our troops, and that is why I want them to come home ALIVE. I think their bravery is being used by the powers that be for their own enrichment. If they are willing to sacrifice themselves it should be for a just cause. YES Hussein is a maniac, but so is Bush. And think of all the civilians who are going to die... Okay, if I type anything else I will REALLY start to rant, so I will shut up now!!!
Hopefully (seriously) Hopefully, there will be enough tactical manuvers to eliminate the excessive loss of life (ours and theirs). It makes me sad to think that anyone has to die because of a politically motivated action (which I fully and completely) believe that is what this is.
We need to remember that the people over there fighting are fighting for us...whether we believe in the cause or not and that they are risking life and limb and need our support. My prayers are with them.
It's almost Spring! Yippeee! Okay...no unemployement benifits. Thats okay...I can deal with that. Now, that is one less thing to worry about. I have to find a sorce of extra money just so I feel good about myself but a real job (9-5) wasn't gonna help that. I am talented. I have a great sence of color and texture and I will figure out my nitche in sales. Welfare never told me what they were gonna do...but that is okay since Chris got to add Grif on to his insurance. This may not seem like good news...but it is a relief not to have to depend on the system. I figured another way. I will find out if we get an April insurance card or not.
My thighs are killing me from those lunges yesterday. They totally made me have rubber band legs! I am going to walk at 3:30. I am going to stay in my neighborhood and walk these few blocks again and again. Cameron can watch Grif for me. He is 13. I watched our neighbors til midnight at 13 years old. I will be with-in yelling distance. Time to trust him a little bit more. Yes, this is scary but between him and Riley...I think 30 minutes is doable esp since I will be no more than 5 minutes away in any direction. Yes, I am trying to convince myself as I type this! I would take Grif but he really hates the wind when we walk. It is another cold one today. Chris is out with the guys after work.
I looked in my reflection at the store today. (Front window) I have such the gutt. I am wearing my capri sweat pants and a shorter red tee. Well, i never wear short shirts. It goes over the band of my pants, but that is short for me. Normally they go over my butt. So all I see is stomach! I suppose it isn't gross...I am just not used to it. But I know I am not fooling anyone. Long fabric just is another layer over the fat. It doesn't make me look thinner, just makes me think I am hiding and be invisible. But I am just as big as ever. Lots of fabric is hot...time to be honest. One of my shirts I bought today is short, the other one average, but not over sized. I am not pouring out of anything. They are the correct size, so it will just take some getting use to. Plus it gives me modivation...
Well, off to find something to occupy myself with. I have an hour til I can open the garage. I bug bombed it. Then I will air it out and I can do some laundry. I give my dads dog back tomorrow. Then I can do my stenciling on my living room walls. I don't want a hairy monster getting in my way. He follows me everywhere! ~flower
Question ~ I have lived in this house like 6 years... there is an ancient running rose bush on one of my fences that has been there since Eve.... well, ever year (literally ever year) it gets its leaves, buds, blooms and then gets powdery mildew all of the leaves fall off and it doesn't bloom again till next spring. I have several other roses. None of them do this, they bloom all spring, they may get the occasional black spot but that is the worst of it. What can I do, "cheaply" to treat this? The bush is probably on about 12 feet of fence, I can not afford commercial products to treat it not at 4 and 5 dollars a can.
I know it is some kind of fungus, but I am brain dead right now. My mood just gets worse and worse today... I am not gonna dwell on it. Fake a good mood til it gets here. Cameron came home and announces that he has to cook dinner for home ec. Well, Chris went out with the boys so I was planning on doing frozen dinners. Well, that really isn't cooking is it? So, I have to think quickly. I had him make mac and cheese from scratch and grill dogs on the foreman grill. He is also required to set the table, and do dishes. No dishwasher. Tomorrow's assignment is bathrooms and then this Saturday is 5 loads of laundry. He knows those two already.
I let Cameron go to a friends. I never got any walk in. I guess I will do a mini workout with the weights and then jump rope. I just can't jump rope for as long as I can walk. Well, gonna go watch HGTV. Thursday nights are the best. ~flower
Amyjo, if it's a really old vine it may be too crowded.. Powdery mildew looks dry but is a MILDEW which, by definition, thrives in damp places. I would cut out at least a third of the canes and see if it does better this year. It needs air and light to keep the damned mildew in abeyance. I'll check out other solutions. PM me if you like so we don't bore the rest of the chicks with garden stuff.
I'm getting this urge to buy clothes.... probably reading Flower's posts that do it... I want some stretch Gap cargo pants. They would be great for work.
And a black denim jacket... My jean jacket from the 70's just isn't suitable for the library.
LaMorgan-I want to fit into Gap clothes again! I am hoping by summer I will be able to! Actually I want to fit in their sale rack clothes! My kahkis that I got yesterday, look very gap "ish". But until I am out of womens plus sizes at Walmart, I won't be satisfied!!!!
I am sorry... I basically am proud to be an american because I am free but I don't necessarily back the decisions that the Governments are making right now and the real reasons behind it. 
), and I'm supportive of anyone going overseas to fight. (well, I don't agree with the principle, but I guess we can't all be pacifists) I just don't support the ones SENDING them! 
Ok...
~flower
