Spot the cat

 

SPOT THE CAT

So obvious once you find it J ... so frustrating when you can't!!!

I don't love you

 

     Obama said in his speech,  if you love me pass my bill.......  Well......  I don't love you anymore.  And a question?   What bill?  There has been no bill filed.   What bill are you talking about?   Mr President........  Show me the bill.   I am tired of bills being passed no one has seen.

     So like the song says,  I don't love you anymore,  so please Mr Obama just go................

    I am tired of a president who takes over private companies.  I am tired of a president who attacks private citizens,  the tea party and tried to make people think they are enemies.  I am tired of a president who is making our allies are enemies, Israel.   I am tired of you trying to tax small business so they have to lay off my fellow countrymen.  I am tired of your same ole same ole toon than produces no results except the fall of my country.  

 Yup,  I don't love you anymore, and I don't want your bill.

I will be praying on 911

    And I will not be watching any of the mainstream liberal TV stations or programs that deny praying on this day.   How far to the left has this country come that we will not be allowing prayer services at the memorial for the victims of this terrible attack on our country.

     But I will be praying....... my family will be praying........ and my prayers go out to the victims and families of this horrific murder of innocent people.


         Dear Lord,  please help the families have peace knowing we will never forget, and we will never give up prayer in this country their families died in.   Please Dear Lord keep us safe from our enemies and keep safe those who protect us daily.     Amen.

                          

After the flood

Rick and I went down to the river to see what it looks like since the water went down and to check out the bike trials.

  You can see in this photo where the water level was, it bleaches out all the wood.  

 

At Bev's on the River the bank has collapsed.

 

Rick and I were sad to see our bike trail was not only covered by water,  it was destroyed.   We won't be riding this trail again.

 

The cleanup will take months.

When I was growing up the banks of the river looked like this,  sand dunes.  Then they developed it and made beautiful walking trails and bike trails,  now the river has reclaimed it.

Scenic Park in South Sioux City is busy cleaning up the hundreds of dead cotton wood trees,  we have thousands of dead trees all up and down the river.   The trees couldn't survive 2 and a half months under water.

 

This intersection finally opened,  you can see where the water was.

 The playground equipment was stripped of its paint.

There is debris all over the river banks.

Our marina is silted in and might not be able to be opened again.

   My zoom lens didn't do such a great job but you can see the damage.

More water level.

 I wonder how many miles this debris  traveled.

   Rick is standing on the bike trail where the water reached it's highest.

Remember this at election time

"Did you notice WHO Obama threatened when he wasn't getting his way on raising the debt ceiling?

He threatened to not pay: Social Security Retirees, Military Retirees, Social Security disability and Federal Retirees.

He did not threaten to stop payments & benefits to illegal aliens.

He did not threaten to not pay foreign aid.

He did not threatened to take frivolous benefits such as Internet access away from violent inmates.

He did not offer to fire some of the thousands of unnecessary federal employees that he hired.

He did not offer to cut down on his or his wife's frivolous gallivanting around.

He did not threaten to not pay the senators and representatives or any of their staff.

He did not threaten to take benefits away from welfare recipients.

He did not threaten the food stamp programs.

He did not threaten to cut back on anything that involves his base voters and the list could go on and on.

He is in full political re-election mode!

Question: Why are we allowing this person to destroy this wonderful country with his selfishness and his lies? His type of change is killing our country. He needs to be stopped and only our votes can stop him.

Do not forget about his tactics when it's election time. Vote Obama out of the Presidency in 2012.”

2012 - THE END OF AN ERROR

Things I miss about J-land

    Well the obvious,  daily posts from people around the world sharing their world with me.   The wonderful photographs,  the way we connected making the world seem a friendlier place.   And the graphics made by Sugar, Donna, Cab, Linda, and so many others.   There has been no other place like it.

  I was never clever enough to make any but collected them like a mad woman and still have them in my special albums.   Changes,  sigh.   Some good...... but some sorely missed.

The Changes in life

  

It has been a long since we sent someone off for the first day of school in this house.   Sophia started 1st grade.     The family is all moved in and we wake up in the morning to Sophia's laugh.   She wakes up laughing and happy and stays that way all day.  It is fun.  Her job is to feed Chester the guinea pig in the morning and give Zoey a treat when she gets home.   She takes her job very seriously.  I told her she also has to scratch Chester under the chin every morning and she happily does that.   She is a joy.

  Slowly but surely we are getting everything tucked away and the house is getting livable again.    I have wacked my broken toe twice on boxes and think I might have re broken it one of those times.   It only took twice to remind me to wear shoes at all times until the toe heals.  Slow learner here, LOL.

     Work is going well but my wrist is still causing me some grief.    It hurts where the break was and after lifting all night it will start bruising and swelling up.    I have one more doc appointment so I will ask about it.  I think it isn't healing as fast as it should.  But it is absolutely wonderful to be getting a check.

      I hate election years.   It embarrasses me how pliable people are.  One side yells that seniors will lose their SS and medicare and the seniors all scream.  One side says they will get rid of the illegals and the illegals all yell.   The truth they all miss is taxes will continue to go up and things are continuing to get grim.   Not only am I not spending anymore I am not saving.   It is all I can do to just get my bills paid.   What has happened in the 3 years we have had this president is so depressing.   And notice,  our unemployment is higher then ever,  money doesn't buy what it used to,  we are now in 3 wars and people are still getting their homes sold for foreclosure.

     The candidate I really like,  not that I am sure I trust any of them, is Herman Cain but I don't think he has a chance.  But they all talk the talk,  will anyone of them really be able to save the country?

    The weather in Iowa has cooled down and the pool is going to be coming down soon.   Sad.  The flood water is slowly receding.  Replaced by a damp sour smell that I think will linger for quite awhile.   Housing is still in short supply here and I think the kids will be living here for awhile.   So far we are all getting along.   It is hard when we all work different schedules and have different tastes.  3 generations under one roof.  That is the way it used to be all the time and from what I hear is becoming more and more common as people struggle in this bad economy.   I do sometimes feel the pressure of staying healthy and working since so many depend on my check.  Oh the pressure.  But I am a strong woman.  I meditate every morning and try and convince myself of that, Ha.  Just so nothing else breaks.

  Well,  lots to do today as usual.  I am blanching and freezing some corn someone gave us,  yummy.   Love all the fresh produce and tomatoes,  is there anything better!  Check out the picture of the sneaky squirrel going after our feeders,   Right in front of me, cheeky thing.

       I have put my son's feeders up.  The birds aren't sure about the squirrel proof one,  I think it is more decorative then functional.