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30
Jun

Tuesdays Topic: Things I Stand For & Against

For:

Neutering Pets

There are so many unwanted unloved abused animals that are homeless … dumped on country roads or on city streets or just outright murdered by people that got tired of them or dumped off in Kill Shelters … it breaks my heart and makes me fighting mad at the same time when I hear someone talking about how they want to have puppies or kittens. Having a pet is a responsibility … if you cannot care for it any longer … the saddest and hardest thing to do is to take it to a shelter knowing it is a death sentence for the animal … but better a humane death than slow starvation or death by car or true wild animal out in a world where it is not able to survive. Neuter your pet … DO NOT ADD TO THE KILL LIST!!!!!

Against:

Violence Against Women

Men beating up women makes me want to lock the guy up in a basement somewhere and then turn a firehose flood water on and watch them try not to drown as the room slowly fills up with water floor to ceiling. Generally … they are twice the woman’s size physically while having a pea sized brain if any at all. Get counseling to like yourself and not have to hurt the women in your life. No matter what happened in your past – no matter who may have hurt you – you have no right to punch out women or girls.

Stop the circle of violence and turn it into a circle of wellness and hope for a better future for us all.

STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BEFORE IT BEGINS!!!!


25
Jun

Tuesdays Topic: Influences

What influences me? What influences my choices?

How something looks or how I feel about a subject or person influences me in my analysis of what might be the best option to choose when I have a choice. If I am repelled by a choice … i.e., cooked spinach vs crunchy lettuce salads … the crunchy salad wins with me every time … I cannot get past the slimy look of cooked spinach let alone find out how it tastes.

If I do not realize something is slimy … i.e., the first (and only) time I ate breaded cooked okra … I am willing to try something to find out if I like the taste or not … I found it very slimy and yucky … my family likes it :)

Liver … I love liver and onions … my grandmother made it every once in awhile when I was a kid and I loved it then and I still do … many times when I go to Luby’s (a local buffet) – I order it … yummy … my kids detest it and my grandson won’t even try it :) because he does not like how it looks.

What influences from circumstances in daily life send my life in unexpected directions?

I bought my house last year … lost my job … got a contract assignment … became unemployed again in January and am still looking for another job … now I will be trying to sell the house and have to move in with my daughter until I get a job again … whenever that might be … my plan when I bought the house was for me not to have to move again til I was quite ancient or maybe even dead.

I am starting to pack getting ready to move right now … everyone knows how much fun packing and moving is not and anyone who has Rheumatoid Arthritis knows exaclty how painful it can be … so … I am going to be seriously downsizing with this move … I am only keeping the bare essentials … clothes & shoes …. photo albums … paintings & assorted artwork … bed & dresser & chairs & kitchen utensils type stuff … most of the books ae already gone so I do not have to worry about packing those again … sigh … I had not planned ot downsize any further at this time … but life happened … out goes much more … stuff … and it is nearing time to move yet again … sigh … change is not bad … but it is painful some times … Miss Sugar Plum just got used to the yard being hers … and now she has to give it up.


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