Is it just me or does Ted Cruz look like the character in a movie that pretends to be a good guy but ends up being the creepy villain?
Happy Holidays from your US Congress
The next budget deadline is January 15. So as you head into your holiday shopping, keep in mind that disaster awaits again a mere 15 days after the holidays end. How much debt do you want to be in when the excrement in congress causes us to default or the government to shut down again.
Yep, happy holidays. Try not to think about tomorrow.
Carm channels Lassie
Snowy brought Santa Claus outside today when he went out for his morning ablutions. He propped him up nicely against a tree trunk, performed his morning duties, and ran back in while leaving Santa stranded against the tree across the yard from the back door. Loathe to traipse into the wet dirt and grass in my bathrobe and slippers, I jokingly called to Carm to go get Santa and bring him in. Without hesitation, Carm ran out the door, looked around the yard, spotted Santa, grabbed him and brought him in.
Who knew? That damn dog actually does have brain
Ah government
Will the last adult in DC turn off the lights when leaving town. The kids can’t be trusted to touch anything electrical… or electoral for that matter.
Cuban embargo embarrassing reminder of cold war past
There are a couple of important things you need to know before visiting Cuba. First is that Ernest Hemmingway apparently drank at every bar in Havana. Second is that if you have not been offered rum by 10 AM, Cubans feel they are failing in their hospitality.
Whenever I mentioned going to Cuba, the question most frequently asked was how I’d gotten a visa to go there. Well, pretty much the US Government no longer really cares. Cuba belongs to a distant cold war past. Our continued embargo is simply the product of influential people in Florida still mad that
When you visit my brother,
you visit his fire department. Hats off to all the firemen who run towards a fire the rest of us run from…
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Feel the love
Well, that didn’t last too long. The first night I was back, all three dogs slept glued to my side in bed. The second night, two out of the three got in with me. One didn’t even try and one of the two on the bed with me got off in the middle of the night to sleep elsewhere. Last night, only one got in bed with me and he got off before morning. Either they are already over my two week absence or my snoring is as bad as my sister describes.
You know you order too much take out when
You know you order too much take out when the Chinese restaurant delivery guy expresses relief that you’re ok because you’ve been out of town and haven’t ordered in a while and they were worried about you.
I’m back
Details of Cuba trip to follow after I’ve slept long enough to not feel like a bucket of sand is in my eyes. Why, you ask, am I feeling this way? Well, I left my sister’s house on Friday at 12:30. I got to the Philly airport at 3 PM. My Alaska Airline flight was delayed SEVEN hours making me miss my connection. They had to change two tires on the plane and the tires were in Newark, NJ and had to be driven to Philly. Then spent three hours in SeaTac waiting for 6:10 AM flight to Anchorage. Got
Two Things
One – today marks the 41st anniversary of the day I first set foot in Barrow. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it was an amazing and wonderful adventure that introduced me to some of the dearest people in my life today. You all know who you are so I don’t have to name names… do I, Sandra? Greta? Joe? Beverly? Kent? and so many more.
Two – today I start my trip to Cuba. I am going completely unplugged due to the limited and expensive access available for the Internet there. It’s been a long time