I had to inch down the driveway, holding the can in one hand and hanging onto the iced over car with the other. I made it though and then walked on the grass to get back to the porch.
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I am considering NOT watching the inauguration. I didn't watch Trump's press conference yesterday and I didn't watch Obama's farewell speech. There is still a lot of rancor "out there" and on Face Book about the election. The Trump people are still posting negative stuff about the Liberals and the Liberals are still posting angry stuff about Conservatives. I don't really consider Trump a Conservative. I am a Conservative, or thought I was. Apparently the definition has changed and now, I don't know what my title is, and really don't care.
Anyway, I sure hope Trump is a good President, even though I cannot stand his personality and I don't want to listen to his voice for his inauguration speech. I can catch the high points (?) on the News later in the day.
Of course, the national news is still bashing him, which I think is very unfair, but then, they tend to be more Liberal than polite to an incoming President. I don't like the double-standard. Liberals bashing the incoming and Conservative's aren't allowed to bash the outgoing.
Oh well--it is as it is. They think they are going to have a rough 4 years ahead of them, I feel we have had a rough eight years behind us.
I have voted in 14 elections for 11 Presidents. Some of them were good, some were mediocre and we lived through all of it. I guess we'll live through this one.
But, I still think I don't want to listen to his inauguration address.
I'm cautiously optimistic about the next 4 years. I really don't like Trump even though I did vote for him. I just hope he can do some good for this country! Then it really doesn't matter whether I like him or not!
ReplyDeleteThis would be true.
DeleteI am afraid to say anything these days much less write anything. I get attacked by people who don't even know me but do so because of who I voted for. And I am very proud of who I voted for. I back down to no one. We all will get through whatever is ahead of us....good or bad. And I hope it's all good.
ReplyDeleteI hope it's all good too, but I kind of fear, it's too late to recover.
DeleteThat is a lovely piece of cross stitch. I'd never be able to complete it in a lifetime, let alone by Christmas. I watched every inauguration since they were televised but I won't be watching this one.
ReplyDeleteThere are some I have not watched. I probably will watch a bit of it, but..................
DeleteYou will be entertained a long time by the cross-stitch. Glad you didn't fall on the ice. It was nasty out there!
ReplyDeleteIt still is nasty here Jean. The ice never melted and the maintenance guys from the park did not come around and salt our street.
Deletei will not be watching - all i can think about is all the $$ that is being spent - that could be put to better use. when we were in d.c. in december, they had all ready begun setting up for it, can you imagine what it will cost the tax payers??? with that said, i never watch the inauguration, for the same reason!!
ReplyDeletei LOVE your cross stitch, i have been thing about trying to start a small one. i have been looking through the herrshners catalog!!!
There is not one cross stitch pattern on this earth that has ever intimated me. I have done large angel pictures, with metallic threads and beads. Took me 3 months to do, working on them every day. I AM intimated by any crochet or knitted pattern, however. :-)
DeleteWhat a huge cross stitch project! How brave you are! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThe Inauguration... I want to watch every bit of it. :-) I want to celebrate, our Constitution being safe again. And celebrate, that our horrid drop into Globalization and Socialism, is ended.
But because I want to watch, does not mean that anyone else has to watch!
Oh, and showing my very "shallow" side... LOL... I can't wait to see the clothes, with will be worn by the Trump women.
Hey, I won't look at any of those Hollywood jerks, on their Red Carpets any more. I need a "pretty dress fix". So there! -grinnnn-
Luna Crone
I'd like to see the clothes too--probably show that at the inauguration balls later in the evening. I just can't stand to listen to him too long, but I was that way with Carter too. LOL
DeleteThere's beautiful shading in that scene, with all the garments plus the animals. What a great subject. Yep, we sure were blessed that little tyke was born. Almost finished with the baby quilt?
ReplyDeleteZero comments coming from me about political doings. My stomach is barely recovered form a stomach bug and that would only tie it up in knots.
Funny you should ask--I have one animal to do on the baby quilt and then---all done. It has taken me a month, which shows to go what a lazy person I really am. Sitting and stitching hour after hour--all weekend long, every evening while I watch TV. I cannot just sit and watch TV.
DeleteI think my stomach will never recover from this last campaign. I've never seen any that hatefully horrible. I did vote for Trump because I was faced with the lesser of two evils, or what I thought was the lessor and I really don't much like having to vote for an "evil". We have nice candidates out there, why did they all lose the primaries and not get nominated. I think our society is so messed up and harden we don't recognize or don't want, God fearing, polite, caring Presidents. We want rough and tough, nasty to go with the way our society thinks nowadays. Sigh!
ReplyDeleteThat is my big question ~ why did people have to overlook the good candidates? It seems to me most any of them were more qualified, and certainly were not as rude!
DeleteFor the primaries, I sent in my absentee ballot, but by the time the primary was held, my chosen candidate was out of the race!
DeleteBeautiful cross stitch. I will look forward to seeing the finished piece. Watch your step on that ice! I
ReplyDeleteIf I live long enough to finish it, I will certainly post a photo!
DeleteI will be there front and center for this inauguration, rejoicing, with bells on. I think it is thrilling and I love President Trump. We're having a party. I bought commemorative lapel buttons for everyone.The lamestream media are crooked, false, and the real haters. Period. And anyone they hate, I'm probably going to like. xoxo
ReplyDeleteI know Jenny, me too. I trusted Walter Cronkite to tell me the truth. I don't think I've trusted a news man since. LOL
DeleteIt's beautiful! I used to take this magazine back "when"! There were beautiful angels, Santa's, etc. from a company that printed out the chart and directions. I can't think of the name, but they often used metallic threads and my eyes were good enough to work on linen back then. (Early 90s!) I joined a group of 6 other ladies and we met one night a wk.,and fixed a light supper. After noshing, we cleaned up and joined each other and did counted cross stitch til about 10:30 Next week, another home, maybe just veggies and dips. Those evenings with my Seven Sisters group were some of the best, when no topic was no-no and we encouraged each other and learned little things like how to eliminate any knots on the back, how to thread the needle an easier way. About 5 years, and we all moved onto other things---and my eyes grew worse, but isn't it beautiful to see it all done? (And to save for a year to mat and frame.) Of course I gave them all for gifts, but my very first piece was a tiny round Christmas tree for our tree. Great memories.
ReplyDeleteSorry to make this a tome, Judy! I can't wait to see you start and share! Crafts---art, calligraphy, crochet, knit, stitching, quilting, sewing---all in my life til my eyes and arthritis and Fibromyalgia interfered. But----then my grands came along....and I need to clean my craft things out!
Have a nice weekend!
I voted for the lesser of two evils,too, but didn't watch O's farewell address, nor will I watch Trump's inaugural!
Oh--by the way!
ReplyDeleteLavender and Lace was the company that did my favorites. Did you also grab DMC threads and cloths on sale, and at least one magazine a month? Oh, I wish I could still do it! :)
My son still hangs up the Spirit of Christmas Santa each year in the 3 homes they've had in the last 20 years!! Wish my 4th grade granddaughter showed signs of wanting to do anything crafty. I have her a small diffuser and some small bottles of essential oils for Christmas, I took her Myrrh, Frankincense and lay my wedding ring briefly in front of the Nativity so they could smell and see what those gifts the Magi brought to the Christ child were like. I hadn't realized that myrrh was used in embalming....it was an interesting conversation with the whole family, since we read the story in Luke.