A little history if you please

The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775
You have had 234 years to get it right......................It is broke
and we have this wonderful stamp for Christmas to look forward to
Check it out here
Not on my mail, thank you.

Social Security was established in 1935
You have had 74 years to get it right.......It is broke.

Fanny Mae was established in 1938
You have had 71 years to get it right.......It is broke and just to set the record straight go here.

The War on Poverty started in 1964
You have had 45 years to get it right and $1 Trillion dollars spent each year........It hasn't worked.

Medicare was established in 1965

You have had 44 years to get it right.....they're broke.

Trillions of dollars went to the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) a fraction has been spent and has not seemed to make much of a difference and the economy is improving in spite of it.


and last but not least...................................................




The cash for Clunkers program was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009!
Now that is a record you can be proud of.

Listen folks............maybe no one there is keeping check on backgrounds but we the "American People" are and

your track record stinks!

I've decided

In my next life....I want to be a bear.

If you're a bear, you get to hibernate. you do nothing but sleep for six. months. I could deal with that.


Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that too.

If you're a bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake up to partially grown, cute cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.

If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.

If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat. Yup.....Gonna be a bear.

Never too old to learn

While growing up I was always taught to cover your mouth when you coughed or sneezed but recently I found out I have been doing it wrong!!


According to the CDC you should use a tissue and if that isn't available you should sneeze into your sleeve and not your hands. This makes perfect sense and with this flu situation I hope to
re-learn fast.

Insight

This statement from Chatty Crone sums up any questions you may have and needs to be repeated.

Why do we need to get healthy?????

We're going to get a health care plan shoved down our throats that is written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it, signed by a President that also hasn't read it, and who smokes, with funding administered by a Treasury Chief who didn't pay his taxes, overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese and financed by a Country that's nearly broke.


For a little added information as of Aug 21, 2009 there were 32 appointed Czars that are making an average $120,000.00 and answering to whomever and it didn't include the newly appointed Tobacco Czar who hopefully starts his campaign/watchdoging at the White House.
Now don't misunderstand me.....As long as smoking is legal there should be NO ONE forcing you to quit and that includes President Obama.

I am a very happy ex-smoker but it was by MY choice...not the Government's.

Optimism

While at my dentist for my 6 month checkup he shared the following story:

My parents live in Minnesota and have all their lives and so for their upcoming 70th wedding anniversary my siblings and I decided to rent the local town hall and have a party and celebrate. We asked my Dad to compose an invitation list and was shocked to find 800 people on his list! We chucked the lite dinner, cake and ice cream idea to only cake and ice cream and indeed there were over 680 people that attended.
Now my parents are in their mid 90's but my Dad had such a good time he put down a deposit for the town hall for their 75th wedding anniversary.

If that isn't optimism I don't know what is..................

The doll room

Here are a few more of my favorite things found in the doll room...... Some beautiful brides

A very old pair of bookends that were my Mom's

A collection of mini dolls

Here is one close up.................
These are little porcelain dolls

A set of china dishes that were mine as a girl

The doll house I made during the O.J. Simpson trial. There is a little story that goes with this. I bought it already put together with the idea of just doing the decorating part but after I got it home I realized that it had been put together with a hot glue gun and there was glue everywhere! I called a store that specialized in doll room things and they told me to just take a hair dryer and I could melt the glue and take it all apart...sure enough so basicly I did start from scratch and yes I did the shingle roof and the electric inside for the lights.

It sits on this stool and revolves so you can see inside................................

There are dolls in unexpected places

and dolls with top billing

Old dolls that were mine as a girl

Dolls that were gifts

and pretty much dolls everywhere!

The quilt

I recently bought this baby quilt at my favorite secondhand store for $3.00
with the intention of making booties and hat and etc. and giving them to my Charity but after I got home and looked at it more closely..............

I fell in love with it and wanted to keep it. It is truly amazing to me because it has so many little tiny pieces that have been lovingly sewn in

Focus on the bright yellow piece and that was not the smallest as noted by the little tiny pink piece next to the green with hearts piece. I do not quilt and have no idea what this pattern is but this is what I DO know......this represents hours and hours of labor. This is the side binding which incorporates the back piece by folding it to the front

Well since I decided to keep it I also had to find a special place for it............................

Success!! This is my doll room and the walls are painted a light lavender which I have not been too sure I liked until the quilt.....it just make the whole thing pop and come together.

Now you may ask me why in the world I have a doll room and so here is the answer. This room was suppose to be an office when we built the house but it became a bedroom for a surprise grandson instead and I squeezed the office in another location which we ended up liking so after grandson left didn't know what to do with this room and sure didn't need two guest rooms! So came the doll room which has many favorite things of mine like the picture you see above the quilt....here is a closer look.......

This is my daughter and my Grand-daughter taken almost 11 years ago now. Maybe I will show you a few more of my favorite things in my doll room another day. It is a place I come and sit to be quiet and it also has a treadmill that stays pretty quiet too:)

On one of my favorite blogs Wyoming Breezes , Nancy showed how she had put labels on the back of all her quilts and oh how I wish this would have had one...I would love to know the who, when and where but to whoever made it I say...thank you and welcome home my lovely little quilt of many colors.

Pain in the neck

No, I am not talking politics.....I really have pain in my neck/shoulder

Most of you know that I knit/crochet for charity and recently I picked up the crochet hook instead of the knitting needles and.......Yikes, my shoulder is killing me! I bought a paraffin wax machine to ease the pain in my hands

which really works by the waybut the shoulder doesn't fit.

All of this is just a way to introduce you to the re-birth of my blog RamblingRae which will focus on this passion. Stop in if knitting/crocheting and charity are a interest to you.

PS....I have to say I am getting a little discouraged with the Strings blog......... My vision of having many authors all donating to it is not coming to fruition.........Won't you think about joining in??

Stop laughing

A friend of mine sent me this video and I have to tell you........it woke up the lion in me. There are some parts that I am not sure of the accuracy (Obama's birth certificate) and I know that he has been labeled a right wing nut by some but please listen all the way through and you will indeed have to stop and think twice....

Alan Keys

When he said "we better stop laughing", it hit a nerve with me! and I just have to say.......

Conservatives best stop laughing with the attitude that Obama and those democrats are being proven wrong and Democrats better stop and think if they really want to go along with having our United States of America torn apart, weakened and eventually destroyed.

Many people are beginning to stand up in different ways......There are several states that have already declared State Sovereignty from the government and I am proud to say that Arizona is one of them. I am also pleased to see how many people are going to these town hall meetings and speaking up and I encourage them to do more. I too am going to begin to stand up more by applying many of the suggestions found in the article below:

Topic: Political Correctness Ten Ways Conservatives Can Fight Back
by Nancy Morgan(libertarian)Friday, February 6, 2009

Are you fed up with political correctness?

Tired of the way our language is being redefined?

Angry at stupid proposals, never ending crisis' and corrupt politicians?

Offended by the patronizing elites?

If so, its time to start fighting back.
Don't underestimate the power of example. By employing these ten easy steps, one person can make a difference:

1. Support capitalism - (no-one else is). Say it often and loudly:
Profit is not a dirty word.
Crony capitalism is bad. Free market capitalism is good.

2. Banish the word 'stimulus' from your vocabulary. The correct word is government spending.

3. Stop tolerating lies and liars. A lie is a lie, not a misstatement. Lies are bad and liars are not trustworthy. Even if they're media darlings.

4. Do not rely on the government for ANYTHING. Remember what Reagan said: "Government is the problem, not the solution." Spread the word.

5. Never, ever again lower your voice when you mention race, blacks, Negroes or whatever the Politically Correct word for African-Americans is. 5a: Stop using hyphens when referring to Americans.

6. Cancel your subscriptions to all liberal media and stop watching NBC, CBS, ABC, etc. They have lost all credibility and don't deserve your support.

7. Start being judgmental. Its called 'having an opinion'.

8. Quit stifling your opinion when surrounded by lock-step liberals. Your opinion is just as valid as anyone's, despite what the elites may think. The PC idiots can only censor you if you let them. You never agreed to or voted for the current politically correct rules and you are not obliged to follow them.

9. Ignore the 'experts'. Remember, just because everyone says something is so, doesn't make it so. By not challenging 'expert opinion', you enable it. Keep in mind that most of our current 'experts' are educated way beyond their intelligence. 9a. Employ the 'experts' test: Just ask yourself, who benefits? Chances are good its not you. If that doesn't work, just follow the money.

10. Most importantly, say 5 times a day: 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me'. Stifling dissent by labeling the dissenter a racist, homophobe, meanspirited, etc. is one of the left's most effective tactics. If anyone tries to discredit you by using these labels, immediately recognize that they're group-think, useful idiots whose opinions are formed by others. Act accordingly.

If you follow these ten steps, others will follow. Before you know it, you'll soon be able to say God Bless America without fear of censure or embarrassment. You'll be able, once again, to take pride in merit, success, true achievement, God and country instead of being forced to worship at the alter of political correctness, diversity, multiculturalism and equality of outcome.

Now I know that there are some Christian views out there that we are in the end times and etc. but whatever happen to "Not on my watch"?

Picker upper

Over and over again, it seems people are not being held responsible for their actions and when I am feeling really down and out I just remember............................................................




justice does happen

and continues for a very long time

According to news articles, Nicole's children are now in college and have no relationship with their father.

Fear not...those who do wrong will answer one day...........................................

Did you know

In 1953, a fledgling company called Rocket Chemical Company and its staff of three set out to create a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry, in a small lab in San Diego, California.It took them 40 attempts to get the water displacing formula worked out. But they must have been really good, because the original secret formula for WD-40®—which stands for Water Displacement perfected on the 40th try—is still in use today.

A few years following WD-40's first industrial use, Rocket Chemical Company founder Norm Larsen experimented with putting WD-40 into aerosol cans, reasoning that consumers might find a use for the product at home as some of the employees had. The product made its first appearance on store shelves in San Diego in 1958. In 1960 the company nearly doubled in size, growing to seven people, who sold an average of 45 cases per day from the trunk of their cars to hardware and sporting goods stores in the San Diego area.

There are a multitude of uses for this product and here is a list of a few:

1. Protects silver from tarnishing.

2. Removes road tar and grime from your car.

3. Give floors that "just-waxed" sheen without making them slippery.

5. Keeps flies off cows.

6. Restores and cleans chalkboards.

7. Removes lipstick stains.

8. Untangles jewelry chains.

9. Removes stains from stainless steel sinks.

10. Keeps ceramic/terra cotta garden pots from oxidizing.

11. Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots.

12. Removes tomato stains from clothing.

13. Removes black scuff marks from the kitchen floor.

14. Gives a children's playground gym slide a shine for a super fast slide.

15. Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to open.

16. Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close.

17. Keeps bathroom mirrors from fogging.

18. Removes all traces of duct tape.

19. Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell).

20. Relieves arthritis pain when sprayed on arms, hands and knees.

21. Since the basic ingredient is FISH OIL sprayed on live fishing bait or lures attracts fish.

22. Removes the sting of fire ant bites.

23. Removes crayon from walls.

and fixes jammed zippers.

Want more?? Go here.

The view

This is the space needle in Seattle, Washington and the view from the top is totally amazing!! The elevator ride to the top at 10 mph wasn't my favorite part, but oh to see the 360 degree view over the whole city is truly magnificent. This is one of the many sites left from the World's Fair held here in 1962.

We made a short little trip here this past week-end to escape the heat for a few days and the weather was luscious indeed but like most trips there were a few unexpected things as well.....such as huge crowds everywhere we went, hills to climb (was informed that Seattle is the sister city of San Francisco) and high prices.

However this clever foot rest in our hotel room was a pleasant surprise.

Latest comedy show

Have you been able to watch the latest comedy show?

One lawyer trying to question another lawyer........You have never heard so much side stepping under the guise of professionalism! It is no wonder nothing ever gets done. They all are suppose to be really smart and maybe that is why they just don't make any sense to me but whatever happened to "let your yea be yea and your nay be nay".

HOT

It will be 113 degrees here this week-end......... Not to worry we have learned how to get through this hell on earth but cover your eyes..................

cause it ain't pretty........But staying cool is the name of the game.

Perspectives

When I was a young girl the 4th of July meant going to my Grandmother's house which was on Mount Vernon St. in Prescott, Az. and watching the parade pass as they headed to the center of town and then on to the rodeo.......

I only attended the fireworks once or twice and basically wasn't very impressed but oh, how I loved the Rodeo.

After I married we still weren't big fireworks goers but did get in the go camping in the cool country group and enjoyed that.

After our daughter has grown and married the 4th of July has become a get together, sit in the pool to stay cool and BBQ which is the plan for the day but my thoughts are on many other things like:

The opening of the Statue of Liberty and the story my Dad told me of how when he was on the Queen Mary being shipped over seas to go to war and they sailed past her.......he thought he would never see it again. I am grateful to be able to say that he did make it back home from World War II but he was never the same innocent young man he was before. Tucked away in a old metal picnic basket are things from my Dad's war days. and looking at the dog tags, I remember how he told me the purpose of them was so that if you were killed on the battlefield someone was to jam them into you teeth so that you could be identified. It makes me sad that there is little on the media to really express the meaning of our Independence Day.....sacrifice for freedom. Most of what I see is tidbits of BBQing, what's the best beer, and most of all......Michael Jackson's memorial. A man that never served in the military, enjoyed all that freedom has to offer and self destructed right before our eyes.

I never told my Dad "Thank You for serving our country" and maybe you just have to get old to see the real truth but with all my heart I say Thank You......................