Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Not A Political Blog....But Pay Attention!

I know I've been posting political stuff but it's timely and important to have the facts before you go out to vote in November.  This election will affect us all in so many ways for the next 4 years and beyond.
The facts are inflation is rampant and the Feds are printing money like it's going out of style, making your dollars worth less every day.  Going to the grocery store is more painful to our pockets every week.  Our borders are not secure(and now the Powers That Be are flying these undocumented aliens in, using your tax dollars to ports of entry other than the Southern Border and sticking them in small towns where they are overwhelming those towns services, not to mention many of these undocumented peoples don't speak the language or share our culture.)  Add in that we are on the brink of war with world powers that are at odds with us.  These world leaders do not respect our government officials and it's going to end badly with a POTUS who is essentially non compos mentis.

I am a registered independent.  Political parties are onerous and the Founding Fathers went so far as to warn us all against them but then again, nobody studies history anymore.  I do my research and that doesn't mean just listening to the mainstream tv media who are in the tank for the Harris and the Democrat party or just toeing the party line at Fox News or other outlets to defend Trump no matter what.   I read a lot of political news, opinions and reports of what is occurring in this country and the world from sources within the US as well as reading papers from think tanks from outside our borders.  What are other "friendly to our country" reports and reporters saying about our leaders and would be leaders and the resulting miasma hanging in the air here.  I also research candidates past positions which many people don't bother to dig into.  Does the candidate change their ideals depending on how the wind is blowing?

I may be an old, presently sick woman recovering from a cascading amount of illnesses, but I have a brain and no one is going to bamboozle me with their political agenda that will cause our Republic to crumble.

Do your research, ask questions, pay attention to what's going on in the world around you.

*This took an enormous effort and most of an evening to type as I am still having horrible side effects from this Focused Ultrasound procedure and typing is very hard for me.  This is why I have posted only periodically and/or some YouTube videos since cut and paste is easy.   Now I am going to bend myself into the shape of a pretzel so I can lay in my bed for a few hours while on painkillers and then end up sitting up in a chair with my head on a stack of pillows on a table for the rest of the night when the drugs wear off.  I don't wish what I am going through on my worst enemy.*

Sluggy

Monday, September 23, 2024

WTF?!?

 Is this the kind of person you want running our country?  While AG in CA, putting a devoted mother in jail because her child with Sickle Cell Anemia misses school?

Take a look at her debate in the 2020 race and the charges Tulsi Gabbard levies at Harris and you'll see what sort of prosecutor she was in California.

The more I dig into her background the more she isn't fit for office.


Sluggy

Friday, September 20, 2024

Frugal Finds This Week.....Sept.13 to Sept. 19th

 There are very few Frugal wins over the past couple of weeks.

*  While in the Rehabilitation Hospital I noticed the side effect of the Focuses Ultrasound where I can't write seems to be getting better.  I still have a way to go and my keyboard skills are still lacking(retyping everything I type is so tiring).  But I'll take any improvement win I can get.

*  I had Hub do some rebate shopping for me since I was in a rehab hospital until last Sunday.  Didn't hit that big 2 week bonus and Ibotta didn't give me a Weekend or a MidWeek Bonus either last week so I really wasn't motivated to spend money on anything.

*  I got out of the Rehabilitation Hospital and the Hospital Hospital(This was after 3 trips to the ER) Back home and had a visit with my Orthopedist Wednesday and my PCP yesterday.  Suppose to start more  outpatient PT on Wednesday, see a Neurosurgeon on the 1st and then get a nerve block injection on Oct. 2nd with the Spine & Pain doc.  Still can't lay down in a bed flat(I can lay down for a few hours bent up like a pretzel before the excruciating pain starts again))and then I am back to sleeping upright in a chair with my head on a stack of pillows on a table still in pain and the Rehab hospital doc only sent me home with 3 day of pain meds so we had to jump through hoops to get the Pain Management doc to relent to give me enough pills to get to the Oct. 2nd injection(thank you Federal Government and Opioid Crisis!!).  
Not that I want to be ill in this way but in a way it's good we couldn't go to Idaho as Kim & Sissie are dealing with a death in their family and aren't home now. 
That is terrible and my prayers are with their family and I am bummed  about having to miss our Alaskan cruise as well due to my continuing health issue.  At least we bought the travel insurance so we'll get back most if not all the $$$ we spent on this cruise.


*  I found money!




Went to Walmart(with electric carts)on Thursday and found a penny leaving the store.  That's it.

Total Found last week..... .01¢

Grand Total Found this Year.......$8.08 & 5.30 Euros

That's all I got and all I can do right now.

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

Sluggy 

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

I Should Be on an Airplane Today

Today was the day we were suppose to fly to Idaho to visit Kim and Sissie.  Right now I should be in Houston waiting to board the flight to Seattle and then a puddle jumper to Idaho.



So I am feeling very sad that we aren't going.   This trip had been a long time in the making and something I was really looking forward to so needless to say I am quite let down and sad today.

Instead I get to go to doctor appointments tomorrow and Thursday.  My hip is no better and I can't lay down in bed without being in pain.  I was back to sitting up in a chair resting my head on pillows piled up on the table to sleep.

Maybe the Orthopedist will have some ideas/solutions tomorrow.


Sluggy



Saturday, September 7, 2024

A Crappy Week

 Trying to keep sane here in this rehab place.  They are trying to kill me with their food.  So bad and stuff I can't eat or don't like.  I don't want to regain 160 lbs.  but I'm sure chicken fried steak smotheted in gravy will do that.  Don't ever get sick in the deep South.

I'll leave you with this inspirational  video of 17 Jean Val Jean's singing "The Song of Angry Men" from Les Miz.

https://youtu.be/gpDbvlAI_A0?si=lvHSqDmq8xGJi9Ee

Sluggy