ENTITLEMENT?? !!! seriously??!!

 I rarely post my outrage but this is important.

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                               NOT~!!!

 

Entitlement my ass , I paid cash for my social security insurance!!!! Just because they borrowed the money , doesn't make my benefits some kind of charity or handout !! Congressional benefits , aka. free healthcare , outrageous retirement packages , 67 paid holidays , three weeks paid vacation , unlimited paid sick days , now that's welfare , and they have the nerve to call my retirement  and disability benefit entitlements! 

 

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What the HELL's wrong here?????

 

WAKE UP AMERICA !

 

Tuesday's Daily Bulletin paper, ran two articles on the front page side by side :

 

1- California's 20 Billion Dollar Budget Deficit 

 

2- The California Supreme Court ruling that ILLEGALS can attend college and get benefits. 

 

Why don't they just deport them when they arrive to register?

 

3- Last year they ran an article on the yearly costs to California Taxpayers from Illegals using Hospital Emergency Rooms for their general health care -

 

  At just one hospital the cost to tax payers totaled over 25  million a year  

Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the people that run this country!

 

We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,?

 

In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , Turkey, Japan, Lybia, Palastine and Pakistan .....home of bin Laden.  Lit erally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!

 

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour Hundreds of Billions of dollar's and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries!

 

They call Social Security and Medicare an "entitlement" even though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives and now when its time for us to collect, the government is running out of money. Why did the government borrow from it in the first place?

  

We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans. 

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AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter,  children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment -etc.  (Unfortunately most of the mentally ill are in Washington running the government) 

 

YET...

They have a 'Benefit'  for the people of Haiti and Japan on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes, be dding, doctors and medical supplies.  

 

Imagine if the "GOVERNMENT" gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries. 

 

Sad isn't it?

 

99% of people won't have the guts to forward this. 

I'm one of the 1% -- I Just Did..

 

if you can after reading this- have a great day..

Redoing My Bedroom

I hope everyone had a great Memorial day weekend.. I got to visit a few of you, but not nearly as many as I'd hoped to...
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Life here in NC is getting better and we are closer to the Miracle of a Job Offering.. Which will set our life back right and be a blessings beyond what I can express.  Just to update some who may have missed it.. The company my daughter works for is closing its NC location and we would have been forced to relocate to Fla. or AZ.  Please know I am not speaking ill of these states but for us, they arent NC and we truly love it here and will be very happy to live out our lives here...  She has now had 2" in person interviews" with a new company and their offer should be made on or before Friday of this week.. As I said- its a true Miracle, especially in this economy and with so many seeking employment of any kind, much less in their choice of career.. Please keep us in your good thoughts and prayers.. We are GRATEFUL for them and know they have helped us through this upheavel of the last 4 months.

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Lamp Sample..

I'll be making my own version of this..Price of sample- 195.00 EACH.. yikes

 now about this Bedroom redo:)
  everything is in the primed and not yet painted stage.. I am keeping a journal of pieces I buy and prices I pay, so I can give you all an accurate and detailed rundown of the total cost... You all know I believe in making my dreams come true On A Budget:)  and thats what I am going to do with this room..
The lamp and mood board are Sample Photos of items I am making or replicating along with the fabrics I choose for shams- duvet cover-bedskirt-bedbench cover and pillows..
 I'm making my own version of the this lamp so please keep your fingers crossed for me..
I'll have before and after pics for you of the headboard and hopefully how I make my lamps.
heres the mood board I spoke of above.

I have some sweet folks who live near the coast of Fla. on the hunt for conch shells and others they find interesting .. I'll add them as accessories to help keep the cost down.
I'm hoping to have my room completed in time for the next Meta Monday as well as a beachy tabletop for Marty's party.. It sure feels good to know I can decorate my home again and be at peace that I am staying in it..  There's no place like Home,  There's no place like HOME... I've been clicking my heel together so much my ankle's are bruised, but it was sooooooooooooo worth it....

Thanks for visiting me and please come back as often as you can.. I love having company..
xoxoxo
Sonny

Geranium Love and Many Thanks

Hi Folks..
 I hope this post finds ALL WELL in your world.
I sure have missed ya'll.. So much going on here and not a lot of time for blogging. I did get some visiting in though.. I was happy to see most of your posts but it made my heart a little sad to see that our precious Laurie was taking a long break.. She has been so kind to me and I will miss her bunches while she relaxes and hopefully gets her blog spark back...
 I want to Thank You all again for your good wishes and prayers for my daughter and I as we go through this life changing experience.. I hope to have good news for you this coming week ..

I was at my local hardware store and a lady came by with a trunk full of some of the prettiest geraniums I have ever seen-- so of course I bought some.. Not sure who was happier, Me or Her:) She mentioned she grows them with Love and it certainly shows.. Unfortunately most folks go to the big outlets or nurseries and often she has to take her flowers back home when they dont sell..   Not to worry this year though cause as soon as my neighbors saw them, they wanted some for themselves .  She sold her entire trunk load that day and I am thrilled for her.. 

 I found my ferns at my local veggie store.. Those folks have great produce and in the spring they get ferns and later will have some locally grown trees and shrubs.. I'll be going back as I am looking for 2 crab apples and a weeping willow.. I have the spot all picked out in my yard for them and cant hardly wait till they arrive and get in the ground..   Have I mentioned lately how very much I love my home, my yard and all the beautifully growing things in it? We've been getting lots of rain and you can almost sit and watch things grow , giggle.. 
 Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit and letting me show you what I love and appreciate.. It just isnt the same of I cant share it with YA'LL...

Many Blessings and Big Hugs
Sonny