I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

IllinoisLady

Blue....just a unique badge of honor and a way to show appreciation for well made and well loved things that have a history that you are adding too.  I do know from collecting cook books though how easy it is to nearly overwhelm your surroundings.  I gave up counting my cookbooks at about 4,000.  It was either take them to auction or rent a library.  They went to auction.   Lots of must have favorites are still here though.  Still too many but at least I'm not eying library buildings anymore. 

Jackie

gardengumby

I also love antiques.  I used to love going to antique auctions - but know that I can't afford to step foot in one anymore.  It's way too easy to get caught up in the moment.

IllinoisLady

IllinoisLady

GG -- I have gone to a whole lot of auctions as well and stay away for the same reason you do.  Great bargains, but no place to put them.  I don't even read the ads for the auctions anymore......because if you go to one, you will come home with a lot more than  the one or two items  you thought you might bid on.

Jackie

IllinoisLady

Bren-2007

Good Afternoon Ladies,

It's been an overcast cool day today.  Was very comfortable walking the dogs earlier.  I've been busy working all day ... sure am grateful for the 70-minute dictation that came in yesterday, as June has been a really slow month for me.

Yorkie ... I followed your link and looked at your pictures.  OMG ... what a cool trip!  I'm glad you had a good time, just wish the travel part had gone better for you.

I'm going to try to post a picture of Tank from this morning.  Hopefully, I can remember how to resize it!  Tim had Fox News on the TV this morning ... ackkkk!

hugs,

Bren

 

GatorGal

love the boehner Obama poster!  Thanks for posting.  I, too, love antiques.  Unfortunately we downsized and I just don't have the space for any new old things!    In fact, every once in a while I sell off some of my treasures on ebay.  I used to have all kinds of collections but now feel the need to declutter.  I love the beautiful oak pieces I have collected and will not be letting any of those go!!  

bluedahlia

My little Benjamin!

Bren-2007

Hi Buddies,

Blue ... Benjamin is absolutely adorable.  You look so beautiful ... love the top you're wearing!  How old is he now?  Is little George 3 or 4?  Time goes by so fast, it's hard to keep up.

Been busy outside today.  Had to come in just now ... it's about 85 degrees out and just too damn hot to shovel, rake and pull weeds.  I did water all my potted hostas, iris' and the tomatoes.  It just hasn't rained much lately.

I did apply for another psych job this morning.  Hopefully I'll hear back from them soon.  I'm also about halfway through a dictation test for another company.  Thank goodness it's not timed so I can take my time and do a good job.  So far, it's been really hard.  It's taken me two hours to do two 6 minute reports.  Can't understand what the dictators are saying and the subject matter is out of my field of expertise.  But, I am very stubborn and won't quit until I have done the last two!

Hope you guys had a great weekend.  Do you have plans for the 4th?

hugs,

Bren

Bren-2007

PS ... About the antiquing ... I really miss it here in VA.  This area is so poor there just isn't a market for it.  And my house is too small to put anything else in it.  I loved antique shopping and restoring furniture in San Diego.  Had many of my pieces in antique shops and "shabby chic" boutiques.  It was a blast while it lasted!

hugs,

Bren

 

IllinoisLady

Benjamin is one handsome little fellow and looking pretty content where he is to boot.  The little ones usually know who the go-to person is, don't they ???

Bren....here's hoping.  Fingers crossed on your test.  Was thinking...maybe it is the way it is to see who will really preform -- by not giving up and working through something difficult.  I think you are right to stick with it and give it the best try that is in you.

 

Jackie

Bren-2007

Thanks Jackie!

What do you guys think of the SCOTUS decision re Hobby Lobby?

Just curious.

hugs,

Bren

gardengumby

Bren, good luck on the job hunt.  As for the SCOTUS decision... I think it was a bad decision.  In my humble opinion, a corporation is created for the express purpose of shielding the person/family from any personal downsides of the business.  Therefore they should not IMO be able to claim personal religious reasons to stop their employees (who probably have different religious/moral stance) from having contraceptive coverage on their insurance.

IMO the justices did not consider further possible ramifications of their ruling.  

As I said before... I will not ever step foot in the door of Hobby Lobby.  99% of their employees are pprobablywomen. And easily 99% of their customers are women.  I wish everyone who agrees they are treating their employees unjustly would boycott the store.  I 

bluedahlia

IllinoisLady

I was in a Hobby Lobby once and found it overwhelming.  Too much stuff -- no wonder they make tons of money.  However; this decision will cancel any small desire  ( they just put one in at the old Sears store where my Dh worked for nearly 10 yrs. ) I may have had to ever go back.  I feel for the most part......the items I saw in the store were just as available at other stores anyway. 

GG , I feel pretty much like you.  The world is no longer set up for huge families for one thing and so trying to force your standards ( through workplace Insurance on everyone who NEEDS a job, wherever they can fine it ) is imho VERY un-called for.  I'm sorry the court saw fit to pander this way.  I don't think there is going to be much strong agreement by women who seem to have people standing in line to tell then what they can and can't do. 

The good old GOP is trying to close doors right and left where women are concerned and now Hobby Lobby gets to do so as well.  I think there will some stuff hitting the fan. 

Jackie

IllinoisLady

Hope the link copies in....it is Ruth Bader Ginsberg take on the whole thing.....someone who makes sense. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/30/justice-ruth-bader-ginsberg-trolls-scalia-in-blistering-dissent-of-hobby-lobby-ruling/#

Jackie

crazy4carrots

There are no Hobby Lobby stores in Canada (thank goodness!) but if there were, I wonder if the Greens (owners) would try to force the various provincial governments NOT to cover contraceptives for their employees.  Hah!  Good luck with that!

The Greens apparently are of the very much mistaken belief that the morning after pill is an abortifacient, and there are some supporters of the ruling who believe that all birth control equals abortion.  Egad!  This is what happens when sex education is banned and folks get their "learnin'" about the birds and the bees from their pastors and their fundie parents.

Bren-2007

Oh you guys ... I just read on the internet that the three Israeli boys that were abducted were found dead.  I am heartbroken.  Such a tragedy for the families. 

hugs,

Bren

bluedahlia

Apparently they were shot right away.  So WRONG!

bluedahlia

QuinnCat

No Hobby Lobby's in California.  If there were, I'd say they are history now 

crazy4carrots

So....I'm watching the news tonight and there's a segment on the Supreme Court decision re Hobby Lobby.  What is shown is a group of anti-abortionists celebrating outside the Court building, with one of them at the microphone claiming that the decision puts an end to birth control methods which cause abortion.

WHAT???  Can these people ever, ever actually tell the truth about stuff?  I think she was referring to the morning-after pill, which cannot cause abortion because in order for an abortion to occur, there has to be a fetus.

FYI:  the morning-after pill works in 3 different ways:  It temporarily stops the potential release of an egg; if an egg has already been released, it prevents fertilization;  if fertilization has occurred, it prevents the implantation of the fertilized egg to the wall of the uterus.

So, just in case you get into an awkward conversation with someone about this issue, here's your answer.  But more than that, I find it so difficult to understand how the same people (women, especially) who complain about Obama taking away their freedoms are perfectly okay to have Repub legislators and the Supreme Court do exactly that.  

bluedahlia

CAC, but they are protecting the first amendment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crazy4carrots

Blue -- You mean their "interpretation" of the first Amendment.  They choose to ignore that it also means freedom "from" religion.  And for a faction that always touts the Constitution as the be-all and end-all, they seem to want to replace parts of it with the 10 Commandments.

 I'm beginning to suspect that some of them have carefully studied Sharia Law and desperately want to institute it under the name "Christian" Law -- based on the Old Testament, of course (because I'm pretty sure they haven't even read the New Testament).

brigadoonbenson

Crazy4carrots - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dissenting opinion is brilliant and a strong forecast of the trouble this ruling will wrought.

 

crazy4carrots

Yes, Brig -- a real ugly can of worms.  But that's what often happens when common sense is overruled by personal animus and political bias.  For a panel of justices appointed for their supposed smarts, not to mention their mandated adherence to the Constitution.....well, what is there left to say, really....

gardengumby

I was raised in a fundie type religion.  They believe that the instant an egg is fertilized is when life begins, therefore anything that stops a fertilized egg from implanting in the womb (IUDs, morning after pill, etc.) cause abortion.  My take is - they shouldn't use those things.  I cannot wrap my head around the idea that most fundies (of any religion) have, which seems to be that if they believe that something is right, then everyone on the face of the earth MUST adhere to the teaching.  I figure that if God feels that way then she'll work it out in the end.

Happy Canada Day!!

crazy4carrots

Talk about turning personal opinion and religious "belief" into fact!  Even the bible (you know, that book that the fundies say they follow) says that life begins with the first breath, and ends with the last breath.  Nothing whatsoever about a fertilized egg!  And if a fertilized egg never attaches to the uterine wall, it can never EVER become a fetus.  No fetus = no abortion.

The way the anti-abortionists have turned truth on its head to satisfy their own set of beliefs is truly amazing.  And what's even MORE amazing -- and truly pathetic -- is that the mainstream media let them get away with it!

Edited to add:  Thanks for the greeting, GG!  So happy I live here -- wish you could all enjoy the freedoms I tend to take for granted!

gardengumby

I love Canada.  I also love the US, I just am not happy with the direction it's been going for the last thirty years.  I have hope that things will turn around, but I don't know if I'll still be alive to see it.  Too many crazies....

bluedahlia