Have not recovered from the election yet/still. Even got so upset about some of the newspaper articles that I wrote to the editor. Of course they did not print my letters, but at least they know how I feel. Part of it was more thinking "how stupid" rather than feelings, but it prompted some action. Still trying to get to my new blog software, but that will take some time – maybe I shouldn't worry so much about perfection as getting started. Suppose that there could be daily improvements. And here everyone thinks that retirement is "lots of free time"….
Now What?
With the election over, it’s time to begin putting civil things in perspective again. Obama won, and we will have to live with and work within that. As a Christian, I am instructed to work with the civil government. Only when it’s rules and regulations conflict with God’s word do I have clear choices to make. I was both disappointed and proud of my country on Tuesday night. Disappointed that the Democrats were more in charge, and that the democrat had won the presidential race. I have my reasons for not liking them. My pride came in the way both…
Shred Away!
Sometimes, I just fly through the AARP Bulletin, but this time, the article struck a chord. They were talking about identity theft, and what you should shred. We have a shredder, and ever since our local police talked about people stealing mail just to get my credit card offers, we have been shredding more. I actually started burning mail years ago, after an employee of one of our customers (a newspaper no less) had her purse “snatched”. Even though she was a newspaper reporter, with access to all kinds of “where to go to stop this” information, It took her…