Yes,

EDNESDAY BLEW BY ME....

Seems like just yesterday it was Friday now it's almost Friday again..

I just read that Medicare payments will rise from $148 monthly to $158 in 2022... and the deductible is going to be $213 from $203.  So there goes our "increase of 5.9%" Works out to be just about that...

I need to get my thyroid check done on this calendar year...hope its not too late then I wont have to repay my deductible, I never get out of the deductible range...I  think Medicare paid about $40 bucks for me this year.  Only one year has it been helpful to me.  The rest of the time I pay but get nothing back...I almost wish I had not gotten it but actually THEY signed up me for it automatically! I did not ask to be put on it.  But I guess I could have it stopped then of course I'd get a huge illness and bam!

The US giveth and US taketh away...my increase would be $60 per month, so $10 goes directly to a rise in Medicare payment, then they won't pay my Doctor until I use up $213 out of my pocket... that will eat up any remainder in the increase for me to get my yearly bloodwork and script renewal at the Doctors office.  ONE visit to the Dr's office is $133...that does not count any labs, and the follow up visit will be another $133.  She is not even a DR she is a NP and she is in the room all of 10 mins maybe...

And another ?? What "fund" is the money coming from to pay for all the vaccines that is being given?  Is that coming out of Medicare? ITS free to everyone but we know Big Pharm is not giving it away the US is buying it, with what funds is my question? Is that why our Medicare went up?  And to be honest I have no plans to get a 3rd shot unless the virus mutates and becomes bigger than it was. 

Extortion is what it is, kind of like the whole thing in Haiti.  WHY are American's there?...Human life now has monetary value....Unless they go in with an armed detail they are just creating problems...if they really want to help the people of Haiti, military action is necessary. 
I really think the State Dept should issue a warning to ALL Americans who are there stay at your own risk and you are part of this problem. They are a source of income to the thugs.  Obviously it's not a good place to be, and I for one believe THIS is what warrants Military action.   NO OIL in Haiti so don't look to the good ole' USA to be helping out in that one.  And the fact that most Haitians are non white...I mean look at all the atrocities that countries of Africa have perpetrated and not once has the US intervened.  Blood for oil is ok, but blood for blood no way. 

It's a humane disaster down there and yet they have not said one WORD about solving the problem.  

They would put more resources at the border to keep the victims out than they would put in going in with a military Invasion and rid the area of the criminals who have taken over, and help secure an honest election.  Yes we are not Nation builders but we can be a Peace Keeping deterrent to violence until a stabilizing law n order can be put in place??? 

Meanwhile China is slowly commandeering the shipping industry.  They are building ports all over the world...ports that they will control...and they are funding this by the sale of their cheap no account goods...world wide...BUT if they control the port they control what enters and exits that port.  Doesn't anyone see the ridiculousness of this?

What the hell do I  know? 

Feels like

INTER 

...really cold after being used to the heat, I need more time to acclimate.  I have on my heaviest flannel comfy thing to lounge in (that I inherited from Mom 💓) till bedtime...and I have on my Muc Lucs fake sheepswool lounging footware.  Im as cozy as can be, and I have on a tiny bit of heat too. 

Today I cut a tree, one that is part of a problem.  A big pine, has these 2 water or willow oaks growing right up besides the big pine they rub together. So eventually those trees will def be a bigger problem.  I could only cut one of them but Im going to try again to get the second one..I got tired and it's easy to make a mistake when you're tired.  This second tree is going to be difficult to fell due to the Pine tree it's hugging, and the fence right beside it, I will try using the pole saw to cut it up high first and allow the top section to fall on the opposite side of the fence...the tree is about 30 ft tall and it's about 8 inches in diameter.  So it's not a small tree.  The One I cut today was not as tall and about 5 inches in diameter.  The Pine is HUGE probably 80 ft tall and 22 inches in diameter.   

Many of my pines are dying due to the pine beetle, Im a little concerned about the huge one in the front yard, it's at least 30" diameter, maybe more and it's easily 120 ft tall...I should have cut these pines when they were small...The don't just fall down luckily, but they come apart limb by limb...little by little  As they die they lose mass since they no longer take up water. 

There is a dead oak in Mom's yard that I plan to get also for firewood...I am ready to cut it just gotta get busy and do it. 

So now my skin is super sensitive, and even the seams inside my shirts feel scratchy. UGH!  My first attempt at Gluten free bread was a semi success...it's edible, but it crumbles easily...tasty with margarine on it.  I made a big pot of Cranberry beans to go with the bread.  I think I will stick with corn bread and use the gluten free flour to make cupcakes, I love cornbread! 

The crisis in Haiti why doesn't the US send the Army there to stop the armed gangs and stabalize the nation with which needs an election to replace their murdered leader....it's insane what is happening there,,,no wonder the people are fleeing.