. . . perfectly ( Read more... )

So, I have a house (which is no longer underwater!!!!!) and flower beds.  Well, we call them "flower beds" but really they are sort of weed and grass beds not to be confused with the grass and weed beds referred to colloquially as the "lawn" on the other side of the concrete pathway.

I love my house, not so much my flower beds.  So, I conceived a ( Read more... )

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I know that the US completed its manifest destiny when it got California, Oregon and Washington and everyone in between to stretch from sea to shining sea.  I know we had to compromise on "54'40" or Fight!" and be a bit neighborly to Canada and let them have Vancouver Island.  I know that, but what I don't know is why we needed Texas ( Read more... )

. . . did it become the norm to have to ape every other person's pet "morality" to be accepted? When did their morality and their ideas of "religion" and "right" become more valuable and important than mine ( Read more... )

Greed:Medium

Gluttony:Medium

Wrath:Low

Sloth:Medium

Envy:Very Low

Lust:Medium

Pride:Medium

Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

I guess Lazy and Slothful is my particular sin, either that or worshiping cats. That one works as well.

What the Amish Can Teach Us About Parenting

Melissa Walker‎        February‎ ‎02‎, ‎2015

"Limit media consumption: “The thousands of carefully crafted commercials we see each year have one purpose - to make us unhappy with our possessions, our lives, our bodies, our health, and our homes,” says Miller. “If we are discontented enough, advertisers ( Read more... )

I have a long term temp-to-hire position that I like, that is not even close to a certainty and won't be for a year or more, and on the other hand I ran across a posting on Craigslist this morning (only the universe knows why I searched) for a paralegal/legal assistant in Tacoma supporting a litigation lawyer at a real estate firm ( Read more... )

That job in Tacoma went from bad to worse in about 10 days and I am now with Kelly Services in Kent working for the United Steelworkers and finally able to log in to LiveJournal again.

what a year, and no, the job is not perment yet, but it just might be eventually.

Roscline

 . . . forgot the important thing.  I have managed to upset Emmaline.

She followed me all around the house this morning trying to get me to find a place in the house that made me not cry.  (she hates that noise, it turns her ears inside out)

Rosceline