Thanksgiving spanning two days this week...enjoying time with the kids and "grands" and friends :) It was wonderful!
Sipping hot coffee and a piece of leftover pumpkin pie, both dolloped with whipped cream. Soon to strip the Turkey carcass and simmer it with veggies for homemade Turkey Vegetable Soup and bake a round of homemade bread for later.
Opted out of Black Friday, yesterday.
Only in America could people celebrate the birth of their "Prince of Peace" by Rabid Consumerism and Unbridled Rage. A day after professing their Gratitude for everything they already have (and stuffing themselves to the point of uncomfortable) spent buying more useless crap that nobody needs.
There...I've said it.
If it all sounds a bit Grinch-like...you haven't read this morning's head-lines yet...peppered with stories of several fist fights over the newest Black-Ops Game...A woman trampled as she attempted to shove her way into a morning sale...a stabbing over a doll and some guy pulling a gun over a disputed parking space.
It's ridiculous.
And sad.
One of the most prosperous Nations on the planet...many of whose people have lost the ability to distinguish between a want and a need.
And no matter how much you may WANT a ginormous flat-screened TV. It will never be a NEED. M'kay?
Moving on.
Fall slipping away quickly, now. Replaced by stiff winds...cold air...and possibly snow by sunset. Clearing away the trappings and pulling out the old glass...the tangled lights...the tinsel. Making The List and writing the Holiday cards. And no...referring to them in that manner is not a nod to political correctness or some "War on Christmas"...it is because some of my friends celebrate Christmas...some celebrate Hanukkah...some celebrate Kwanzaa...some The Solstice and some don't celebrate at all...but I still send a year end "Thinking of You" note.
It isn't PC~ it is realizing that (as a group) we really aren't homogenized. We are decidedly different. And that is okay. I wouldn't any more send a Jewish friend a Christmas Card than I would send a Christian friend a Hanukkah card or gift. And yes...if I really am not sure...Happy Holidays covers everything until January 2nd.
Already have the "granddaughters" Christmas Wishes...and it is shaping up to be a Barbie-Doll Pink Christmas, it appears.
~laughing~
A shaky cease-fire between the Israelis and Palestinians today...after rockets have exchanged for the past week.
And here in The States...our own war within as a small segment of GOP...Red States and Tea-Partiers threatening to secede from the Union post-election. Among these...Texas. I am sure it could happen...it has certainly happened in the past...but before you pack up your toys and leave...you might consider this:
Once you leave...you are also walking away from Social Security, Medicare, and any saftey net the US has to offer. (And no...the $$$ you paid into these programs isn't refundable...)
Once you leave don't look for Federal funds for your police/firemen/highways/parks/libraries/or any of the other things the lot of you take for granted on a daily basis. This isn't "I hate you...will you drive me to the Mall?"
This is "You want to be on your own...fine."
Good luck with that.
Once you leave remember you are no longer under the protection of the US Military...in the case of Texas this means that your newly secede "Country" would soon be just a part of Mexico again. Yes...this is one time you might really want to remember the Alamo...it will save a ridiculous amount on that border fencing project, though. And all those illegals will soon be your legal neighbors. Here is hoping that they choose to forgive and forget the vitriol you've spewed for years.
Natural Disasters? Also not our problem anymore. You will have to figure it out on your own. Face it...even Gov. "Good-Hair" Perry stood like Oliver Twist for Federal Funding after the Texas fires.
and the list goes on and on.
Still...it is a Free Country...and if losing an election makes staying in America absolutely untenable in your eyes...there is always an open door. And for everyone who threatened to move to Canada...well...you wouldn't much like it there...they have had legal abortion/gay marriage and Universal Healthcare for years.
Now...off to plunder the remains of the turkey...
