B
Being so restricted in my ability to shop in the stores, it has saved me a lot of money. I miss the casino even more but not being able to gamble has also saved me a lot of money. It has all allowed me to add a few new decorating touches to my sweet little apartment. The photo above is of my new T.V. and T.V. table...the new table was required because the new T.V. was too wide for the old table. I love it all!
I also will be getting new blinds for the bedroom windows soon. I've though about getting new ones for a few years but gave in this year because I can't do much else with my money.
Tyson was kind enough to assemble the T.V. table for me and he did an excellent job. Matt had taken on the responsibility of shopping for and installing the new T.V. so I didn't want to ask him for another favor so soon. My grandchildren are treasures.
I've never cared if I have expensive things but I really like having pretty things around me. I'm a frugal shopper and my Cindy takes after me! Kim hates to shop so she grabs what she needs and doesn't shop around for better prices. Shelley is kind of like me because she's gotten some great second hand items (high end stuff) on Craig's List in the States and she doesn't mind browsing in the stores.
Today is Sunday and I don't have a darned thing I have to do so, once I finish this blog, I'll do some Swedish weaving and maybe have a nap later because I've been up since 4:30 A.M.. Mary is coming in for a few days next week and Faye will be here, too, so the week will be busy but fun.
Life is still good!
I'll never give in to the idiots who apparently run our world and are giving it away to other idiots but I'm going to ignore them for a while. None of them deserve to occupy my thoughts.
I've been selling odds and ends on Marketplace and doing a really good job of getting rid of stuff (good stuff, too) that I will never need again. I have a hard time discarding nice things but it's getting easier as I see my sweet little apartment looking roomier.
Yesterday I received a notice from a lady who wanted to buy the million yards of lace that I'd advertised on Marketplace. It turned out she's the daughter of 2 old friends of mine who have passed away. I invited her up to my apartment for coffee and we yakked right through the afternoon. She's the daughter of Barb and Bob M. an such a sweetheart. I'd met her before at our Florida park.
I never bring anyone buying my stuff up to the apartment but this was okay because I knew her. I always meet them down in the lobby and that's worked out perfectly for me. All the buyers have been very nice, too.
Today I listed a lovely coverlet on Marketplace and it got 34 views in about 2 hours so I'm sure it will sell. Things that don't sell mostly get taken down to the back door of the building where we have a bench we can place things to give away. One way or another, almost everything leaves my apartment once I've decided I don't need it any more. Of course, it's always offered to my family first but they don't seem to want my stuff. Speaking of the coverlet, someone just messaged me they want to see it.
Anyway, I continue to live my comfy, if not exciting, little life and I'm looking forward to seeing Mary B. and Faye B. next week. We usually get together a little more often but this darned virus has changed that. Thank heavens for warm weather and outdoor patios so we can at least go out to eat. After that it will be hours of yakking and laughing at my place!
Okay, I'm calmer today. I just needed time to sort things out in my mind and realize that we're never going to find anyone with the exact same beliefs and values that we have. I knew that but I needed to be reminded (by myself) that it's not the end of the world when your loved ones disappoint you. They have a right to their beliefs just as you have a right to yours. It just scared me for a moment.
My response was to stop talking politics to those whose own politics were alien to mine. I did this with my dear American friends who love Trump. We don't discuss politics because one or both of us will get mad and that's unnecessary. Now the Black Lives matter issue won't be discussed between me and the people who believe in them. This is something I can live with because fighting over the issue is not an option for me.
One of my family members said I should stop posting my personal beliefs because they cause friction. That is also not an option for me because I believe in free speech and, if you let the bad guys (my opinion only) scare you into shutting up, you have lost your right to free speech.
I love my family and good friends unconditionally and I will never let a difference in political affiliation change that. We just won't discuss politics.
I don't want to write this blog because it will hurt terribly to put my thoughts to words. I'm naive and probably see our crazy world through filtered glasses and hate to find out my world isn't what I thought it was. I hate finding out that the people I care about are not what I thought. I hate becoming so disappointed in someone that it makes me physically sick but that's how I feel today.
I thought I was being informative in warning the people I care about that the "Black Lives Matter" organization is a Marxist organization intent on destroying our present society. I thought they supported this organization because they thought it's only aim was to put an end to racism. I never in my wildest dreams thought that BLM supporters (some in my own family) know exactly what they're supporting. I am so shocked that my mind is whirling, wondering how I can ever relate to them again.
It feels as though my little world has shattered and that I've been living a lie. These people are not the people I thought they were. I still am having a difficult time understanding that anyone in my family would support Communism and all it entails. I've heard the truth from one family member but there are others who haven't actually said they support a Communist takeover of our country or the U.S.. It makes me sick to think about it.
Honestly, I feel as though I want to escape to another planet and leave all this ugliness behind because I simply can't deal with what I now know.
We seniors look at today's society and wonder what the heck went wrong. For sure there was a lot wrong with our society when we were growing up but it's far worse now even with the enlightenment we've experienced over the years. Could we have gone too far in the other direction?
It seemed a wonderful thing when women began to gain equality with men and were able to join the workforce but their choice of whether to go out to work or stay at home to look after their family became an issue. The stay at home Moms were looked down on and it was now considered not a good choice to make by the "politically correct". We were all brainwashed to believe a stay at home Mom was wasting her life or being demeaned in some way. I wonder why this happened.
And so, more women chose to join the outside workforce, most taking menial jobs that paid very little. It provided a nice supplement to their husband's salary but daycare for their children became more and more expensive. Some parents chose to leave their children to their own devices at an earlier age just to save money. Then came the government stepping in and telling parents they couldn't discipline their own children without being arrested. The kids caught on to this right away and the parents lost total control. Once a parent loses the respect of their children, they really have lost them. They couldn't discipline them but they had to house and feed them until adulthood no matter how bad their behaviour became. Thus, the decline of the family unit.
Marriages dissolved because the stress of overwork, unruly and defiant children, and lack of money became too much to bear. Now those women who had not too long ago been freed to leave the home to join the outside workforce were stuck with being on their own to work all day outside the home, work all evening to do what needed doing in the home, deal with those unruly and unappreciative children, and struggle with paying all the bills on mostly minimum wage. What the heck happened?
My lowly opinion is that we followed the dictates of the "politically correct" who had no idea (or maybe they did) what changing the dynamics of a society would or could create. I've watched these people brainwashing their followers to do outrageous things just to demonstrate they had the power to direct passive sheep. "It's child abuse to tell your child they're male or female". "Don't refer to me as "she" because I want to be referred to as "ze" and, if you don't, you've violated my civil rights". "Fire anyone who doesn't agree with us". "Whites today owe us reparation because our ancestors were slaves 200 years ago". "We will riot, loot, burn, destroy, and assault but we demand that the police allow us to do it". "We demand that the police departments be unfunded". What the heck happened? Could it be the "politically correct" are at fault? Could it be we should have used common sense all along?
I'm an old lady who won't have to put up with this nonsense much longer but I see a scary world ahead for my progeny. Someone, somehow is going to have to say enough is enough in large enough numbers that will change the course we're on. Someone, somehow is going to have to convince the passive sheep that they've been fooled.
Do I want to go back to a world where a woman's expectation was to get married, have kids, and be a stay at home Mom? No, I want her to still have the option to choose what she wants and to not be disparaged for her choice.
Do I want to see an end to racism? Damn right I do and I want it to include all races. I'd love to see the day that skin color was just that and not an indication of the person but I know that won't happen soon. The media, the politicians, and the rioters love the chaos because it's newsworthy and it's a power play. We're being brainwashed by all of them instead of using common sense to solve the problem.
I supported "Black Lives Matter" from the very beginning but I've changed my mind. What I thought and what I convinced myself to believe turns out to not be the truth about that organization. I thought they justifiably were demanding equality and justice for people of color but all the riots , looting, vandalism, and hatred they've condoned have changed my mind. I now believe that the "Black Lives Matter" group either always were or have been taken over by hateful people making wild demands and spewing hatred for whites. While all the riots have been going on, murders of black on black have been rampant and the "Black Lives Matter" group ignores this or somehow blames it on whites and cops. I now have to admit that they are a militant group that doesn't want peace but is out to disrupt and destroy our society.
I will always believe that no-one should be judged in any way by the color of their skin and that we definitely have a problem in our society with racial profiling that needs to be changed. Cops do need to be retrained and the bad ones weeded out. I believe that teachers should take a major role in teaching their students that racism is wrong and can't be allowed to exist. I don't believe many parents are doing their jobs in teaching their children so it has to fall on the teachers to do it for them.
That said, I am returning to stating my strong belief that all lives matter and, if the BLM people are offended by that, well I'm horribly offended by the riots and destruction that have arisen from your influence. Politicians that have caved into allowing complete lawlessness from the BLM movement should be ashamed of themselves!
