Rat killing.....

When I was a little girl.

...a long, loooong time ago,

my daddy would go out in the yard in the summertime evening

and water the lawn with the hose.

When I would ask him why he was hand-watering, using a hose,

instead of putting the sprinklers on,

he would tell me that he was doing all his

RAT KILLING.

I didn't know until I was grown that was his way of saying he was trying to solve problems.
HIS problems...
THE WORLD problems...
ALL problems, I guess.

I do the exact same thing now.
.....thoughts...questions...musings...

*

I wonder why more of the 18 houses on my block didn't fly a flag on MEMORIAL DAY..

only THREE, including mine, out of the 18.

Now, that's sad.

But I noticed smoke rising from the backyards of nearly every one of the houses..

grilling and having fun...which is WONDERFUL.

I just want them to honor our MILITARY with the waving of the 

RED WHITE and BLUE

while they eat their burgers and drink the beer.
I just think we should THANK our military every single chance we get and
flying our beautiful flag BECAUSE WE ARE FREE TO DO SO,
is a great THANK YOU.

I wonder why it seems almost every person in politics is either not honest,

a skirt chaser, a pervert  or tell us things that are so far from the truth that I think that they think we're STUPID.

I know these are harsh words but I am to the point of being tired of pussy-footing around when

it comes to calling things like they are.
Truthfully, I  WANT to call them liars but I was taught NEVER to call someone a liar....
GOD'S RULE and MY MOMMA'S RULE.
but when they are telling you a *non-truth* and then get caught, they THINK they can
EXCUSE the lie by saying, "oh, I misspoke."
GIVE ME A BREAK...

O.........I also know that 

THERE'S EXCEPTIONS TO EVERY RULE.....!!
I'm sure not ALL in  politics are untruthful...

*just sayin'

I LOVE OUR TEXAS GOVERNOR, RICK PERRY.
In direct opposition to President Obama (again! :-) Texas Governor Rick Perry has just signed a new law requiring anyone voting in Texas to produce VALID PHOTO ID....

freezing out ILLEGAL aliens, 

and most importantly, stopping  the double and triple COUNT from illegal voting.
Now things are more fair in Texas....

I am wondering why all the other states don't follow suit...

sure would make for less DRAMA.
We let this crossing the border thing get waaaay out of hand
a LONG time ago and now,
IT IS A ROYAL MESS that I seriously doubt will ever be straightened out.

I am wondering why, last year, we didn't get a
COST OF LIVING raise on our monthly SOCIAL SECURITY checks
because *THEY* said
COST OF LIVING WASN'T GOING UP.
Come on...!!!!
AGAIN.....we are OLD but we're not STUPID.
All last year AND this, I see a rise in price every single time I go to the grocery store...
or fill up my car...
or need a tooth filled...
or
or
or !!!
O, but we DID get a raise THIS year..
just in time to pay the RAISE in our MEDICARE INSURANCE.

I wonder why most movies anymore don't seem quite as good as they used to.

I am old enuf to remember that a LOT of movies were chocked full of ACTORS...

great actors...

well known actors.

Now it seems if there's 2 REALLY great actors in a movie, you've hit the jackpot.

I wonder why, when we are at home with family, playing games like

TEXAS HOLD 'EM

 I can beat the pants off them....

but let me go to VEGAS for a fun weekend 

and I lose all my money,

my shirt

my pants

and sometimes, MY SHOES !

:))

I wonder why I don't look CUTE anymore.
You know, at THIS olden age, I look "nice"...or "ok"....
I buy cute clothes (at times) but it seems the skirts don't hang right..
the tops are either too tight or WAAAY too big..
Is it that CLOTHES are changing..?
Or, could it possibly be that MY BOD is changing. ? Uhhhh, pretty sure that's it....

I have to buy a bigger bra and have it tighter just to HOLD UP MY BOOBS.
Now, I can remember the times that I would stuff tissues in my bras,
just to PUFF OUT a shirt..
and they were where they were supposed to be..
not down, hanging out with my stomach.

Well, it's getting dark..

and I need to turn off this water before it runs my water bill up thru the roof..

I try very VERY hard to keep a positive attitude all the time..

I think IT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL.

But, sometimes, like NOW,

I LOVE SOUNDING OFF...

THAT'S also good for the soul...

Think I'll fix myself a good COLD drink

and see if I've solved ANY of the things I wonder about.

I WISH this was my beautiful photo but ....
got it off the net.
Whoever took it is a crackerjack with the camera.

 I found us some cookies to go with that ROOT BEER FLOAT..

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