Just heard a statement I really liked....

"The difference between ballast and baggage, 

One holds you down,

The other holds you back."

Ooooh, I like that thought. It makes you consider where you are going in your life.

There's an election

 What would happen if they gave an election and nobody came?

Wouldn't that be a statement from the everyday, middle-of-the-road voter? We don't like any of you politicians. Find someone better for the ballot.

I wonder of the Republican party will smarten up in the next 4 years and find someone that could possibly be acceptable. Not extreme, not crazy, no weird statements, just a regular person. 

I doubt it. Or, that it will ever get better.

Time in Flight

That's what it seems like.

Interesting to read back on commentary from over 16 years ago. So much has changed.

Random thoughts

I miss my husband so much. He's been taken away from this world now for about a year and a half. I never realized how very lonely it would be. I can live on my own, I'm very capable, but it's just not the same. Sigh....

Does anyone remember the phrase: "Is it live or is it Memorex?"

We now need to ask... Is it real or is it AI? There's a juicy discussion for you!

If I keep this short, maybe I'll do this more, I guess this is the answer to journaling.

It's 2016! Whew! Where has the time gone since 2008? So much has happened, so much has changed, and it all feels like yesterday.

Kansas budget dominates the conversation today by everyone, but the state legislators. They should all turn in their pointy hats and get rid of Brownback. How can anything be more important than getting our state on the financial straight and narrow? Right now it's on the path to bankruptcy, very quickly. Yet, our great statesmen and women are much more worried about discrimination against gun owners, and women (not men, by the way)wearing a revealing outfit while testifying to our great legislature...shades of 1950.

My snit for the day. I'll fill in the last 8 year gap as I go along. It will be good for my memory skills.

Doin' the Limbo, man...

I've been depressed and not wanting to write at all. It's due to a lack of any action happening on the homefront.
It's like being dressed up and no where to go. The house sits vacant, clean, ready to be filled with a family. We sit in our travel trailer in the back. Give us a sign! We'll be out the gates and gone!
When we put the house up for rent 4 weeks ago, it looked pretty good. Not many rentals in our price, we had lots of extras thrown in. Today, the rental market is swamped! Where did they all come from?
It seems that whenever I make a decision to do something, everyone else has the great idea, too. When I was thinking of selling the house... guess what? The market dropped overnight. This seems to have happened all my life.
I just want to get on the road and moved!

three word wednesday ~ short and sweet

Change
Dizzy
Key

The key for change is to dizzy oneself so the world spins like a top. Then throw your dart.
Guaranteed, it will change your life!

3WW make ups

I missed the last two weeks and I want to be able to keep up with this. Call it a way to bring regularity to a life that is completely desheveled by circumstances.

June 4, 2009
Deny
Smile
Uncomfortable

A quick smile passed over her face.
She was remembering his touch. The way his fingers felt on her skin, the way he looked into her eyes and into her soul. She couldn’t deny the attraction. It was there.
She wasn’t ready for a relationship yet.
The thought of committing to another was uncomfortable.
She wasn’t ready, but he was.
Was this sudden opportunity for love going to falter so quickly because of her insecurities?

May 28, 2008
Blurred
Illegal
Match

The boy was facing a real crisis for the first time in his 12 years. What he wanted to do was not illegal, but what was happening in front of him was not right. He knew that deep in his gut. Yet, he knew he needed to try.
He was no match in size for the task at hand, but again, he knew he needed to try.
His eyes blurred with tears as he took tentative steps forward. “You can’t cry, you can’t show weakness,” he kept saying to himself. “What will dad think? Mom? My friends?”
He drew himself up to his full height, threw his chest out and waded into the fray in front of him. He bellowed as loud as he could, “what are you doing to my friends?”
Everything froze in time in front of him. All eyes stopped, all attention was directed to him. He wished with all his being that he could just disappear, he couldn’t and he didn’t. He took his first step torward adulthood at that moment.