It is Saturday, December 26, 2020. Today 12,000,000 people are slated to lose their unemployment benefits. Most likely their sole means of income. It means if half of those no longer receiving benefits are married, 18 million people are now in danger. If just a quarter of those no longer receiving benefits have only one… Continue reading 12,000,000

Being the parent of a teen is never easy during normal times. It is even more challenging during the time of Covid. When we moved to our new home a couple of years ago, one of our worries was our teens would not acclimate to the school and town. And in some ways, our worries… Continue reading Covid Frustration

Behind on the timeline. It is an evening of wrapping; otherwise, why bother🤷🏽‍♂️?!

Did you know, at least after first being elected, the lame duck had private security protecting him in addition to the Secret Service? There was an apparent agreement the private security could not be armed and the Secret Service were in the driver’s seat. Whether this is still the case or not, I wasn’t able… Continue reading Infiltration?

15 years ago my husband and I tied the knot in a double ceremony with my longtime friends, my mentors, my family. After a party for some other friends, we got in the car and began a drive straight through from San Jose, CA to Vancouver, BC. Oddly, after over 20 years of friendship, it… Continue reading It’s My Anniversary!

I can’t get that question out of my mind. Will anyone come to save us if the lame duck’s coup attempt succeeds? Have we, the people, earned enough of the pity and sympathy of the free world to want to help us? Or will they turn a blind eye to all that is happening to… Continue reading Will Anyone Come to Save Us I Wonder

This is a very serious question. Will we survive 32 more days? Over the past couple of days, the lame duck, listening to someone who had, or maybe still has, a job that was to help a foreign country look better to the United States. In fact, many of the lame duck’s former employees seem… Continue reading Will We Survive 32 More Days?

Sorry all, very worn out today. We had an all day retreat on TEAMS today at work. It was, in my opinion, successful. However, it has also drained me. Need to relax and rejuvenate this evening. Happy a great Friday evening!

A puzzle is like a good book. Each is one of those things where I sit down and think I’ll read for a few minutes, or just I’ll just work until I find that one piece. Then before I know it, it is two hours later. That is what happened this evening with our current… Continue reading Puzzles and Books