Good bye Alex...

E Lost AN ICON...

Just learned we lost Alex Trebek he passed away this past weekend...I sure will miss him...currently they will air the episodes he had already taped...so sad. If I could fly my flag half mast I would...and Canada thank you for loaning Alex to us all these years. 

Monday.

I worked on the van project...but then it began to drizzle so I called it a day now it's steady raining.  I didn't accomplish much because I had NO plan prior to ripping the interior out, so it's taking more time to proceed than it would IF I had a plan...lol 

I know what I want but I didn't plan how I could accomplish it so I'm playing by ear. 

I have my first appointment at the Medical Office I signed up for so I will be happy to get this behind me, and I plan to stop at Hobby Lobby and get some headliner fabric..I can reuse some of the old stuff but most of it has cuts and holes where the old lights and trim was attached so I hope they have what I want. 

I've got bruises and scratches all over my hands and arms so the NP will think Ive been in a scrap with a cat..It's comes with the DIY lifestyle...

Also tomorrow, Tuesday, is a memorial service for all the hospice patients who passed away and since my Mom passed one day after they had it last year she will be included in this years memorial...I am not attending in person but will watch the live stream...that's Tuesday Night. 

And the rain is expected to continue through Wednesday and Thursday..so I don't know how the van work will go.

It has been very eye opening to see how much the entire world despised our current Leader..it does not surprise me...because we have felt like we were in an abusive relationship!! NOW the door is almost closed on this horror story, I know he will continue to abuse the media, the "democrat run states" and he will continue once he is out of office  to moan about it but I don't do Twitter so I won't be a victim of his verbal abuse or his threats any more.  I hear he plans to continue having rallies in the States where  he lost but claims he didn't ..he is trying to cause unrest. 

 Also heard that agencies that normally help an incoming President have orders to refuse help to the Biden Administration...AND Lindsey Graham is part of that mouth piece.... what he said is...."Trump has a right to contest the election and I encourage him to do so" ...that is using the courts and asking for recounts...but that's ALL...it does not mean he is saying Trump won, McConnell said same thing...I really think Trump will cause trouble and there will be violence, the best plan is to IGNORE him and let the FBI and CIA deal with him! 

Trump has the right to ask for some State's recount and have the election certified by election committees in the states he is contesting.  Currently the 2 states still counting are states he is leading in...I notice he is not calling for them to Stop Counting???  Why not...they are dayssss late but NC has until Nov 12 to count...and I don't know about Alaska to be honest I think they are waiting on the military votes to be counted. 

And he has a right to Go into court and try to fight it, but when that all is DONE he should quietly go away!!  Already some of his supporters are saying they will fight and not be pushed around...What does that mean???????? THE election was fair open and honest...yes it took a long time to count all those mail in ballots but they were legally sent and legally counted. 

 THE whole World is HAPPY he is on the way OUT!  

And Biden is correct the UK has a Trump clone leading them and he needs to go too. 

The virus continues to attack....Until they stop allowing people to cross state and county lines, its will keep on going.  The city of Columbia (the mayor) started charging people MONEY who don't wear a mask...so the fire dept is giving out the fines of up to $100.  We had 598 new cases in one day and our state has had 173,000 cases, and nearly 4,000 deaths.  Our nation has had 10 million cases.  

One thing I saw was a nasal spray that stopped the virus at the nose...this makes the best sense to me...stop it from entering.. I don't take the regular flu shot...so Im very leary of this vaccine.  I know some people had bad reactions to this vaccine...they say its 90% effective...its messenger RNA based.  It has  be kept at -70C   which is really cold!!  however it won't be widely available till late Spring.  

SD has a positive rate of 50.2% they ignored the masks and social distancing...and now they are paying the price...IT's so irresponsible..I think that was the % of Trump voters up there too....I don't understand it's such an easy thing to do. 
Obamacare is on the table in the Supreme Court this week...I never did agree with the mandate...I don't think that is right.  IF they collect a mandate payment they should be giving some form of inexpensive health insurance...even it's a 50/50 plan..YOU should get something for your money. 

And the first female free climber made it up El 'Capitan in Yosemite NP. There is little bits of Good happening.

50 Stars and 13 Stripes

AVING IN THE BREEZE ...

After 4 yrs rolled up waiting my flag is now aired out and standing proud but not so tall I need a taller flag pole.  And Trump continues to think he can claim victory...That's just not going to happen..he may get a recount but he may not GA is still up in the air as I type this but I have not heard any news today.  I  was basking in the delight as were 75 Million other American's today...I did hear some Trump Thugs tired to show their hate, but it's not gonna work.  We will not be intimidated by his low life supporters...
And there is still a chance to tie the Senate vote...OH MY that would be the cherry on top for sure..

I do need to put my flag up higher so no one can vandalize it or move it to a  wall attached pole like I had at Moms its still there but Im living here now so I should fly my flag where I live...The Flag stands for the Union of the States, when so many states voted for Trump I felt we were NOT united...that's why I took it down his White Supremacy I would not support.  I am not gonna let Jim Crow ideology be shoved down my throat...so now we can breath again...Come Jan 20, Trump YOU'RE FIRED! 

I tried to come up with some design ideas for my van ceiling and I have a better understanding of what I can do with what I have and still undecided about the large central area...I have some ideas tho.  I was busy all day and Im tired I stayed up till Midnight!! I didnt see Svengoolie because of the Speech and the after party on the news even the news reporters seemed so happy and so done with trying to use kid gloves with Trump and give him a fair air time but honestly when they turned him off in the middle of his BS talk on Friday I knew they were done the gloves were off where he is concerned.  

Im so hungry gotta figure out what I will eat for dinner, I have a large sweet potato in the fridge I may nuke that and add a can of black beans...I had chili last  night...I really need to grocery shop...Its something I do not enjoy doing..

But I gotta do it.. 

It's a short post today I did read the Virus is flaming all over the place currently...staying away from people is my priority right now..So when I have to go for supplies I will be masked and antisocial and not stopping to speak to anyone...its the sign of the times. 

Im WIth JOE and so is the USA.

E WON! OMG IM ON CLOUD 9

Did you see the happy people laughing smiling and dancing in the streets???? Its just so awesome...We Made America Happy Again!! A decent, kind, and caring man is now gonna sit in our oval office. :o)) Joe Biden 46th President of the USA...and Kamala Harris the first Woman, and first Black woman to hold this high office...I really like Pence's replacement...LoL...I think they should ring the Liberty Bell...o)) 

No body is listening to Trump his tweets are falling on deaf ears...he lost by more nearly 5 million votes..Still only half the population of this country voted?? 150 million we  have 330 million in this country.  

This nation has a chance' and a future...it won't all be good but it sure is better than it was...I just told one Trump complainer on FB they are now invisible to me, no more arguing or crossing swords with them while they cry out ITS NOT over yet...uhhh yes it is.  There is NOT one legal leg for them to stand on, they can try but it will not topple the 290...

SO now the work of undoing the harm, it will be hard and hopefully Joe can get a cabinet that McConnel won't posture about...and they will put us back on TRACK.....OMG if only...there are 2 run off's for senate seats so we'll see on that..but just knowing we got a decent Man and an awesome Woman now looking out for us...things are better.  We don't have to put up with that grunting pig any longer.  The next 75 days will be an eternity..Im waiting on Joe to give his we won speech...MY flag comes out of the drawer and flies in the air again Tomorrow'...

My Mom nearly choked when I turned our flag upside down for 3 days then took it down...She said "Sondrrrrraaaa what are you doing"...lol she understood me tho, and it was my flag, she never flew a flag...Her last election she cast her ballot for a Woman, how thrilled she was.  She voted for Hillary....as  did I in 2016.  

 I put the flag up the year Obama was elected and took it down for Trump and now it will fly FREE AGAIN...Better times are coming for people of color and whites alike who realize we are all accepted again as Americans   Immigrants can take a deep breath again!  Foreign leaders across the Globe will be treated with respect and be darn sure we are a Democracy strong and determined to remain free of Tyranny but inclusive. 

Today I worked my butt off...I won't be able to move tomorrow...I spent the day removing all the "conversion" parts of my van.  The ceiling and the saggy storage bins are gone'....NOW I can stand up without hitting my head...

So  I gotta draw up my replacement plan, I will be able to reuse some bits of the old ceiling, I do have some ideas but it's not in cement...depends on what raw materials I can find locally to work with.  It's not gonna be an easy DIY project but its one long time coming...I was only waiting for the weather to be cool enough for me to get in there and work.  

It has basically 3 sections, the front over the driving seats, the Rear over the cargo area, and the rest is the majority of the Cabin.  

So at first I will do the area over the drivers seats...I think the large middle section I took out has a piece big enough to make the drivers area cover...and the rear over cargo area I am keeping mainly as is, it works fine back there...but will need some retrimming...since Im raising the ceiling height....the middle I want to add as little thickness as possible so I can continue to stand up...so some insulation for sure, then figure out how I want to proceed. I will probably use reflectix to insulate. 

I think I have a wheel bearing going again...just had them done 7 months ago...this van goes thru bearings like crazy.  I can't quite figure out which one, its hard by sound only to determine which one is whistling. So that has to be done..I heard it when I was on my way back from my trip down I-95 to Bears Island..guess that long drive there and back did it in.  I think that guy I been using as I stated Im not going back there...has been using cheap parts that don't last.

So the Winners Speech is on and Kamala is speaking and some of the women in the Audience are in tears.  Maybe now we can get the Equal Rights Amendment passed!! Thank you Joe for choosing a strong woman to share this position with you. 

The crowd is going wild now Joe is on the stage.  He looks very happy...
so I will close here and celebrate with him!

Wow we did it. 

Good Friday for me so far...

ILL I GET TO FLY MY FLAG AGAIN SOON?

I am very hopeful.  I just found out 300,000 ballots in FL were stuck in a Post Office not delivered...I hope DeJoy gets Contempt of Court since a Fed Judge said he was to scan every post office and certify that all ballots were delivered on time...so sure didn't happen.  IM so sick of these arrogant republicans who think the law does not apply to them. 

GA and PA now look like they will go to Biden also...Trump is so done,,,,he can whine, sue etc...recounts will show the count is fair and right.  Is he going to say the mail in ballots of Soldiers overseas are not legal?  He said its fraud for people who forgot to sign their ballot to be contacted and told to come in and sign it...BUT why is he not complaining about any state that he won in? See if there is fraud perpetrated by the Democrats as he says, why not in all states...why not in CA? Cause it's a lie. 

And we're still stuck with McConnell and Graham...that is the sad part and the fact that so many American's would vote for that Liar Trump astounds me.  I would vote for a Split to make the West a seperate Nation and give the Right the East...but you know I bet even if we did that "they" would want to come fight us to Force us to be like them.  :o(  See how some of them ran out with their guns and tried to scare and intimidate voters in Lane County Oregon.   I'd like to know what Trump has to say about that??

 NOW that is what should be going to court.  WHY can assholes with guns have any legal leg to stand on...Now forgive my following statement but this is how strongly I feel about that...I would have got out of my car and told that jerk, "I hope you're prepared to use that gun cause I'm about to slap the snot outta you if you don't get outta my way! People actually left and didn't put their ballot in the box!! AND they called the cops, cops did NOTHING! See cops are for that kind of behavior...as long as it's White Men holding the guns! 

Biden said, "the US government is quite capable of escorting Trespassers out of the White House"! When someone asked him what would he do if Trump refuses to leave. 
"Georgia will have a recount...4,000 votes so far separating the 2, but if Biden gets AZ and NV the states Trump is up in the air about won't matter....but the whole thing will take the weekend and maybe beyond. 

Soon as Joe is declared Im going to fly my flag took it down 4 yrs ago...
So to get away from it all today on an excellent weather day, I went hiking and did some birding too...Had a really good day I was relaxed, just into Nature...exploring all the nature on display on the edges of the trail and up in the trees, ponds, and fields.  I got a New Bird for my Sandhills list I've never seen a Tundra Swan there before..so elegant and a small flock of Ring Neck Ducks were there too...some Mallard, and Wood Ducks!  

In small forest birds the Golden Crowned Kinglet was the star of that show with his little golden crest showing..I found lots of Fall Color still displaying too...and some butterflies on late blooming flowers...

I guess I hiked about 4 miles today I got pretty tired! I had a nice break at one of the picnic tables, and then did more driving the refuge roads  getting in out of the van to check the ponds..Just a wonderful day..I want every day to be like that.  If only that could be possible.   

Im about to watch the Nightly News on NBC I normally get my news from them or PBS, I trust both...now if nothing happens between now and bedtime I had a good day. 

more waiting...

e still don't know

It almost seems like this is the proper nightmare that is deserved by any country that would elect a complete corrupt man into the highest office..I can't believe the garbage he is tweeting...but guess what TWEETS DONT MATTER.  I almost upchuck when I have to see or hear his voice...the whispery voice that gives me the total creeps. 

The race is soooo close but the whining tweeter wants the counting to stop.  And he and his his followers say Democrats are trying to steal the election...OK last time I looked the elections are run by each States election committee just regular people are hired to do the job, they get paid very little, and it appears to be a skeleton crew based on what their budgets allow...So poor planning all the way around...I don't know if we need a universal voting model,or not.  I think having a model done by states preserves the Democracy better, but I think immediate counting is the best way to go..not this agonizing waiting. 

However its' the same type committee's in the states he won so why is it  only the states he has not clearly won are the ones doing something wrong??..SC which declared him a winner like at 8 pm...that night is STILL counting Ballots...so why has he said nothing about that why not tell them to stop counting? That is what takes any credibility away from his nagging and complaining and his stupid lawsuits...

And now he speaks lets see what he is gonna say Im sure it will be more whining about the Democrats, and the infamous THEY he always is complaining about...so 

here comes the big thug...and he is saying the polls were suppression polls, well they did the same thing 4 yrs ago and YET he got elected?  So how do you make that fly.
He said his lead was whittled away by illegal votes that came in after the election in states run by Democrats....but the State's Law said that was legal to do...they have very strict rules and so NO one is gonna vote after the date they have said is allowed.  

Continuing he said they would not let them have observers in the counting rooms or they were told to stand back 60 ft. due to covid...but they have been in there all the while...NOT his hand picked observers because that is not allowable...so that is a lie...
ABC just cut him off and is now interviewing one of their experts. There are NO ILLEGAL VOTES...Im glad they cut him off..

He says we can only count the Legal Votes the ones for  HIM and he swears that the election is being interfered with by the media, the other side, and how they spent so much money against him wall st bankers etc.  He is basically saying he won but THEY are trying to deny it.  He said his campaign was funded by firemen and farmers...okay then! More Lies of course., how about his Mari Largo fund raisers all mega wealthy donors...explain that.  

It's so clearly a power grab at his point for him to say STOP or recount or any such thing.  SO Now he thinks he can RULE each states election but when it comes to the Virus handling "Its up to each state to figure that out, Im not responsible." excuse me? 

I just want him gone. Once he is NOT in office his following is a cult.  SO does that mean they can be labeled terrorists, and he a terrorist leader? I think so...Im going to watch a Youtube movie tonight instead of the constant 1 % increase to one side then the same increase to the other side...

I hope the States learned a lesson, you should count the vote when it is received do not stock pile then try to count...that makes no sense and it causes all this stress and room for the evil among us to claim fowl...It's insane.  IF Trump wanted a fast result why didn't he do something to encourage states to begin counting the minute ballots are received...instead he worked to slow the ballots arriving via US MAIL, then he tried to stop the 3 days counting time period...he tried to stop drive up Voting, and Ballot Drops, he tried to reduce the number of Drop boxes, he did all he could to slow it down and that worked!! ITS SLOWED due to his interference. 

Total backfire...

If it goes the opposite of what I desire...that means 4 more years of disgust, disbelief, and tyranny.   The USA  is dying...and we will have to be reanimated once he is gone!

Today Joe Biden went to a Corona Virus Briefing what was Trump doing "tweeting" stop the count.  So who would you want as your Leader?  we are not p icking up many Senate seats, but the mid terms are coming in 2 yrs.

Yahoo mail wrote to me today...I had a yahoo mail account for years, but stopped using it because Yahoo sucks.  I use Gmail and will never go back to Yahoo...with all those ads, and it's just a pia to deal with ...so I've forwarded my mail from yahoo..so they told me that's no longer gonna be free and they will charge me $1 a month to keep forwarding the mail...so I replied NO WAY...I had all Mom's business hooked up to that yahoo mail since so many things need an email and she had none so I was using that for her stuff now That I closed the bank account, and I've already changed all my important stuff to my gmail..So I feel that I really don't need yahoo...and the I got my renew for my Pro Flickr account..$60 so I said screw that too...

Im just done with being bullied by Yahoo...I do have a free Flickr account also you can get a small one free.  I went thru my Flickr and downloaded all the photos I had of Mom and Casey in there, and that's really all I wanted but that means SOME past photos in this blog will no longer be available...so sorry about that. 

Barely Slept last night...

HAT A MESS...

I do wish that states who don't normally have mail in voting would not have had it this year Although I personally think it's FINE, it has left a hole for Trump who is so desperate to poke this finger through to hold onto his golden cow so much so that he is willing to break the LAW to try and steal the election results...Biden is leading with popular and electoral votes. At this hour 4 pm Wednesday...

SO what does Trump do he is trying to file law suits to stop the vote counting...in 2 states Michigan and Pennsylvania.  And both of these states are handling their elections Legally as their law states. AND Trump got on tv last night at 2:30 am saying HE won, they just need to stop counting the ballots.  OMG  SO the minute Biden won Wisconsin Trump said We want a recount..and they can ask for that in 3 days not today...
Biden is about to speak he spoke last night about midnight and said "lets allow the process to take place." Since so many states are very close it means the divide is deep and it's huge. 

So Biden said "we will come together and be the United States, and it looks like we are on path to get 270 electoral votes...so Joe is saying, As soon as this is over we are ONE people under one President.  He said the turn out showed Democracy is alive and well...SO Now we will see what the dump has to say Im sure he will rip that apart as he leans on a podium tilted to one side never standing up straight he speaks from his "ego" And this is all about him.  He cares NOT for the USA and the people of it. 

Biden just took Michigan and now Biden has 253 electoral votes. Biden  has 70K more votes and there is still 3%  votes to count in that state...so if Trump wants to stop counting  He loses...cause he does not have enough to win.  Trumps twitter's have been labeled by Twitter as NOT TRUE his statement that the voting system is doing something illegal by continuing to count mail in ballots.  IF the supreme court should overturn the decision MI made to count for 3 days, then we know a total corrupt Supreme Court is what we have. 

I feel so much better to see the electoral and the popular vote equaling up..this leaves ALMOST no wiggle room for Trump to sue on! So if they stop counting he will get LESS votes.  Unfortunately the Senate has not changed...we did get a few seats but they keep the majority...and WE keep the house...

Biden is leading in AZ...and that is 11 electoral votes...would be  264...If his lead holds.  That puts him only 6 away from a win. Trump tried to say they did not get the chance to have people stand by and observe in MI, but they could have even reporters were in there with camera's so NO one would keep Trump people out just another ploy to cast doubt on the count. 

He is grasping straws and  with WI, their Attorney General  is saying Biden won by a large enough margin that the recount would not change the outcome and since it's that high of a margin, The party who wants one will have to pay for it.  Biden is leading in NV also...so that is the 6 he needs to win!

So we will know I hope soon but with all the suits....the electoral college meets on Dec 12th.  So at that time I guess we will def know!! Even tho my state was given to Trump right away....they just said on our local news the actual counting of the ballots wont be done till Friday! Soooo? Why isn't Trump contesting that?

Okay not a lot today I did ride the mower around and pick up leaves off the yard, and now I will do Mom's back yard tomorrow that is my plan anyways..

Hopefully the hard part if behind us, so nice not to see all those damned political ads on the TV while I watch the weather report!!

Our Future...

E WON'T KNOW...

Any results till THEY tell  us, whoever they are...

Sometimes I feel we are at the mercy of THEY and it would be nice to know who they are...The electoral college doesn't vote till Dec 14th.  So how can we know the results of the election tonight? Unless its such a landslide, but the last poll I saw had Biden 51% and Trump 42% So that's a close margin..
Four years ago I went to bed thinking Hillary was gonna be the President, I was SO shocked in the middle of the night when I woke up and checked the tv for the news...I just couldn't believe my ears and eyes, and I've been in that stunned state of mind since then,,,not just me but a WHOLE bunch of Americans...and then add the 4 yrs of Trump's emotional and psychological abuse..and you have a lot of people who are not coping with the reality we live in.  

Every day either by twitter or on tv news or newspapers he tells us how much he hates us, how much he will never give us one inch toward our agenda, and we do have one.  Our agenda is not about controlling other people's personal life the way their agenda is.  We want to control the tax schedule so it's fair, we want to get fair  affordable healthcare, We want good wages for everyone, we want a fair solution to the illegal immigration problem, we want fairness in the court system, we want a peaceful society where people are treated Equally under and by the law, we want NUTS who are unstable to not own guns,  we want a clean planet that we are making better and not harming.  We want freedom and separation of Church and State, we want fair Prison sentences and to stop making prisons for profit,, we want an education system based on Facts and also where theory is explored as just that theory. 

We also want a President who won't throw us under the bus and will help us when we need him and not just begin to ignore what does not make HIM LOOK GOOD.  
Im so tired of seeing him leaned and propped up at a podium on one elbow because he cant stand up straight and tall.  He slouches while he bashes US the opposition. 

They (the other side) want to stop women's choice, they want to stop US having a fair unbiased judge in court, they don't want a clean Environment, they don't want people to pay their fair share of tax, they don't want people to chose their partner in life, they don't want free Education unless it includes a religious Christian doctrine as FACT, yet is it? If you want your kid to believe in a religion then that's UP to you as a parent. They don't want immigrants, they want bullies to rule, and they want everyone to be armed and ready to kill.  They don't want equal rights. 

They won't even try to stop spreading a pandemic,,,because that impedes on their rights? Yet they will tell a woman how to handle her own body and her own future.  So they are saying, Let me or the other guy deal with my reckless behavior...yet when it's a woman's choice to do the same thing, deal with her own reckless behavior they are saying NO we want to tell you how to deal with that. 

There is no middle ground anymore but I hope and I really Believe if Biden is elected and we move the Senate  more to the left, we can come back to the center.  IF we don't then you can kiss life the way we know it goodbye...A portion of our society is very unhappy and ready to demand equality.  So that will continue to become a sore spot with a President who basically would not put down the bullies on the Highways the other day who tried to intimidate a Biden Bus, there is a thing called Road Rage, and that is what happened.  Those people should have been charged with harassment, and when you stop someone from moving freely is can be called Kidnapping in some Jurisdictions!  

So I hope those people will be brought to Justice.  I guess tomorrow we will know a little more about our future...I don't like thinking  an ogre will be telling US what to do four more years!!..I reject him now...so now one could convince me he is okay in any way tomorrow...
One guy on TV said he would swim across a lake of Alligators to vote today!