Happy Halloween!!

Start spreading the news...New York, New York

Well, as expected, Hurricane Sandy, Super storm, Frankenstorm is doing excessive damage to the Northeast. Hurricanes always do... I guess the thing that bugs me is that New York City and Washington D.C. are like the most popular kids in high school - if it happens to them, it's a BFD (as Joe Biden says.) Hurricanes happen down here in Texas and along the Gulf coast all the time. They are always horrible, people always die and there is always damage. Some hurricanes like Andrew and Katrina have damage that will never be repaired...
And yes, I get it, there are millions of people in a concentrated area up there and yes, it's worse because of that and yes, I have already prayed for them today. It's just that so many things are headquartered in those two areas including the media, that when it happens to them, well it's all that matters. Down here at the Gulf coast, or as they call it, the "Redneck Riviera," the media comes down for the hurricane shots out in the pouring rain and wind, stay a couple of days and leave. We are left with the devastation and the rebuilding and no one talks about it anymore, unless there are political ramifications as in Katrina. Oh, and the occasional movie star like Brad Pitt who wants to continue the liberal rant about George W. hating blacks and poor people.
But I suspect we'll hear about Sandy (Frankenstorm) for months, if not years, because it's affecting all of the "popular" people and their homes and their lives.
Sigh...

"Bad news travels fast and worse news, faster"

What a weird Monday so far... It's still morning and at work, it's our busiest day of the week and somehow we had a power surge, which my boss is never prepared for, so half of our electronics are fried. Including my phone and the credit card machine and several of our computers. We run a weekly newspaper and a printing shop here, and our lives revolve around computers. I guess everyone's business does... I'm having to use my personal cell phone to make sales calls. Ugh.
It just seems like everything is off kilter today. We have the "Frankenstorm" heading to the Northeast which newscasters are saying is the "Storm of the century." Who knows if you can believe the media anymore?? Everything these days is bad news, and everything is so exaggerated to sell advertising. I know. I'm in the media. Just on the other side. The side that brings in the money...
And yes, I've prayed as many on Facebook are asking, for those in the northeast. And New York City and Washington D.C. are the hub of the nation, so it DOES affect us all. It just has me thinking... My pastor says that what happens in the physical is also happening in the spiritual. You know, like we've been in a horrible drought here in Texas, which is evidently also a spiritual drought as well? So... here comes Frankenstorm (get it? Halloween? Scary?) and you don't have to reach to see that this might indeed be true for them as well? We do have a gynormous election in 9 short days and this will affect voting somehow. Definitely for any early voting but also because this storm will do damage for weeks if not much longer. There are so many millions of people in that concentrated, congested area that might be without power for awhile. And I just read on the news that the gangs are already saying they will start looting up there.  So all of you second amendment people should be okay.
Just sayin...

Our band is going to state next weekend!!

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me..."

Here's where I'm at right now.... I really think that Mitt Romney is going to win the presidency. I know the country has been dumbed down. And I know that the younger generation just doesn't get it. And I know that this country is suffering more than we ever have in my lifetime. Which is why I have to believe that common sense will prevail and everyone's answer will be no to the question of "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
Here's my texts with my grown son from today:
Son: Have you voted already?
Me: Nope, too busy til paper is out but I will cuz I HAVE TO CANCEL YOUR VOTE!!!!!
Son: Obama gave me a special phone number to call for people like you....

He always has known my buttons to push!! He was kidding of course, but I guess living in Austin has taken it's toll. He says he's a Democrat now because he wants healthcare AND he's been unemployed for over a year and is afraid Republicans will hurt his situation. I'm blue in the face trying to tell him that if Romney wins, jobs will start to open up again and he will be better off than now.
Poor Bubba... He started regurgitating back to me all of what the mainstream media has brainwashed him with - that Obama came into George W's mess and it will take longer to fix it. I said that Obama and Dems have made it a million times worse (or should I say TRILLION?) with all of the stimulus' and healthcare, etcetera ad nauseum. This is the problem. All of the Obama voters are deceived because they've been lied to. If you only watch liberal media, you will have only heard the lies.
As I am praying so very hard these 40 days before the election, I am interceding for this nation because, for many, "they know not what they do." And maybe, just maybe, if Romney gets elected as I think he will, that things will get so much better - drastically so - that I will be able to say 'I told you so.'
Sigh. I certainly hope so. I won't get any pleasure by saying it though. If this country can keep from falling off the upcoming cliff, then I will only feel relief. Huge relief. And I will give the glory to God, who is the only one who can fix this.
Was thinking today that Romney and Ryan remind me of the old actors in TV shows of my youth. Like  "Leave it to Beaver" and "My Three Sons." They look so clean cut. And trustable. And smart. And capable. And decent. It's so refreshing after this hip-hop, "cool" president who has even admitted to doing cocaine, and hangs with questionable people and questionable pastor and questionable associations. I blame the media for getting him elected four years ago. But he can't run on sizzle anymore. There is a four year record.
And it ain't good....

What's in a name?

I STILL can't decide on a grandmother name... Nothing feels right... Everything sounds too old or too weird. I like Grammy but my son-in-law's mother has that name. I kind of like the Hawaiian grandma nickname of Tutu but my kids hate it. My mother was Mimi and my great-grandmother was Mammy but as far as I'm concerned, I can't fill those shoes. My other grandma was Memaw but she was a tough old boot, so no to that one. I like Zsa Zsa, kind of fun but my kids refuse. Sugar is southern sounding but Alex said no to that. I have a friend that is Gigi and another is Honey. Sigh. They just don't feel right. For awhile I liked MeMo but changed my mind. Then I liked Lulu but then.. no. Today I'm liking a new one because its funny. I laugh every time I hear it -- Big Mama.
What do you think??