creative Callenge 219 Journey

Let me take you on a journey
Come on along with me,
There will be forks in the road
And many hills to climb,
Every once in a while we will see
A glimpse of what is to be,
We are on our way one step at a time
Though we are weary, onward we go,
It's hard to walk alone,I'm glad you came,
When finally we get where we are going
At last we made it together to see the beauty
That is there for us at our journey's end.

~tee~

Monday an untroubled day

We need to remember to be thankful for each day as it comes.  It is so easy to forget that it can be the little things that drive us crazy and it is also the little things that can bring joy into our lives. 
Seeing the sun rise
Hearing Isley sing twinkle twinkle little star.
Seeing the concentration onryker's face as he figures out checkers
Any child's laughter
The sight of the joyful look on a child's face  when they first bite into a slice of watermelon.
Getting a new recipe turn out  just right.
Hearing from an old friend
The satisfaction of canning for the winter.
A beautiful sunset 
Looking forward to tomorrow

Good morning everyone,
I woke up to a soft foggy morning, For some reason there is no sound of birds singing, cars moving around, and  no breeze., overcast skies. Seems like my world is in a timeout. Hope everyone has a wonderful day and i hope the sun comes out here.

FARMERS MARKET DAY etc

When to Farmers market this morning , got a much of cucumbers to make refrigerator pickles, they are so easy and so good. I could really buy a lot more but the budget is the budget. and I did go over it already. Farm raised chicken and bacon , I think BLTs are in  order for tonight along with some buttered beets.  Tomorrow lunch will be a salad with tomato and cucumbers and sweet onions,Call me  healthy :-) Then the healthy eating stops, because  I will be eating not so healthy fried chicken and baked potato and sweet corn.
Daughter Mary went to Trader Joes and bought a variety of olive oils ( five different kinds), I will enjoy trying all of them. Also a bag of individual packages of almonds.  I have to get up there to visit so I can stock up on Tuscany marinara sauce and white kidney beans.

Hot

A hot sunny day Beautiful blue skies, the endless beauty of the rippling water Feeling  the soothing Movement of the boat As we waited for whales.  ~tee~

Too much thinking in the middle of the night when pain wakes you up is not  always a bad  thing. It helps take your mind off the pain. It is okay as long as you do not start to drag the "bad" stuff in. Then crazy dreams after taking something for the pain and you finally drift off . Waking up  groggy after all of this is a heart heavy hangover for a while . Then you realize you have found an answer to what has been troubling you.We do need to sort things out at times and too often think it would not be wise to drag up the past, but I feel more at  peace today after doing this.

My Monday thoughts

We live in troubled times. Does that make it right to say and do hurtful things? A lot of intelligent  nice people are doing just that. Throughout our times as Americans we have had different opinions on what is right and wrong. That is a good thing. The last  decades  has been getting more and more nasty when  spewing( not discussing)  hateful, hurtful  topics. distortions on all sides, leading to the total disgust of most Americans.We want mature conversations that we can learn from not these grade school tactics of  untruths.

I want to hear what President Obama has for explicit plans for our future, not some blue sky future that is not attainable. I do not want to hear excuses, as Truman said the buck stops here.

As for Romney I want the same, yes I would like to see a flat tax, can you talk about it? Maybe President Obama has something to say about it. Could President Obama maybe accept that his health care plan over steps and needs to make sensible changes. I an old and I do not want to worry about the cares I will be getting and hope that the government has no say in when I will end it. I will let God decide that. I speak for most seniors that are afraid of the current government proposals.

I like to be involved in  political discussions, but without meanness, half truths. I myself made a couple of mistakes  when I posted  things and did not research first. I do not take the writings of radicals as any truth. they are not worth the time or effort to read them as, they make most if not all of it up as they go.I do not want to hear the mumblings of advisers, committee people, or any spokesperson. I want to hear straight from the horses mouth!!!! If the candidates can not speak open and honestly about their current plans,  then they should not be running. How the heck did our early presidents get elected without all the ugliness we see and hear today.

Sunday funny

Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason.  ~José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, translated from Portuguese

Time to rethink thinking

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I am listening to the so called news, reading opinions on line and why are the liberals trying to make us believe a wealthy candidate is bad? Both Roosevelts, JFK, Gore, Kerry were from a lot of money either inherited or married into. But I guess if there is no other record to run on you have to spout something nasty. In a perfect world it would be about honest opinions, but we are not in a perfect world.

The path  might seem broken
When you stumble and fall
Feeling alone, feeling forsaken
Lifting yourself up standing tall
 Seeing the road ahead unbroken
Taking a step at a time is the call
The sun coming out is like a token
Of hope you can see beyond it all.

~tee~

This must be my day for learning patience. I am  waiting for the new control for my lift recliner, everyday it is harder to not be frustrated. Friend called asked if I could help her with paperwork, I am waiting. then ex from so long ago stopped in about half soused, , he brought me a ring of butcher shop coarse ground ring bologna, he  was in that  just before the loud meanness starts, so I thanked and said I was busy and he left. it is hard to be polite  to him, I start getting a stomach ache when I see him. Sure has not been the person I married for too many years.  enough of the negative.
I am trying to convince myself to do more canning, even though I know it is not good for me to do.  I guess its because of my name ( it means the reaper or harvester)that I always get this urge to store food, well friend is here so i have to stop for  now,

This and that

For a person that can not do much, it seems I have been a busy gal these last few days.What with election judge class ( a short one) and freezing a lug of peaches and freezing a few bags of sweet dill pickles, I can honestly say doing dishes, dishes, dishes are not my favorite chore. I think I found a recipe for peach cobbler that I might try as I kept back a few  peaches for that reason..
I am still stuck in my house although the weather is  pleasant here but the horrible odors from the old building that is being torn down  behind my house will not let me enjoy my deck and the outdoors. I tried opening windows after the rain thinking wrongly that the pollution coming from the building would have settle and it would not bother me, Now I have a respiratory  problem again. 
Read a book by  Minnesota author David Housewright called Taking Libby SD, it wasn't too bad for a first book and it did get an award,

                                                                                                ~tee2012~

I guess I had better get used to blogging on this site. I got so spoiled at 360 and then at Multiply that it is hard to start again. The older we get the harder to change.
It is a beautiful sunny day without too much humidity and heat. I wish I could sit out on my deck for a while.