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

Jackie, I am LOVING the coolness. Fall is really here, thank goodness.

First rain here in Seattle in 50 days. Who would have thought after such a wet spring that we'd have such a dry summer??

Also the first day of school for kids around here. I've been back to work for a week, but the kids come today. I always have that nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach. "What if the kids don't like me??"

Mary 

Yeah, rain.  I too can attest to the arrival, soon, of Official Fall, it was about 45 here this am.  Don't love the temps as much as I love the COLOR ( COLOUR) of the leaves, and the pumpkins ripening in the fields, and the gold finches coming in for seeds on all the weeds, they do these wonderful dances on the very tall jerusalem artichokes, and sunflowers, notice the night sounds seem louder now that skies are so clear & crisp...

Happy today all - LOVING those poll numbers

I'm nervous about this sale, as I probably cannot retire until it has gone bye-bye, and I'd really really REALLY like to retire.  I've been taking yard pictures and pictures of the mountain, to play on our TV when people come through - thought it would be a good idea to have a slide show of how it looks when everything is sunny and bright (and the clouds don't cover the mountain). 

I also have been absolutely AMAZED sometimes at pictures of a house that looks like a typhoon hit it - or with 20 gazillion knick knacks scattered about and/or hung on the walls.  I've got to admit that when I see that, all I can think of is all the holes in the wall that will have to be patched and painted.....

To be completely honest, we aren't sure where we're going to move to.  We are hoping for the big island of Hawaii, but neither of us is completely sure that we want to be that long of a plane ride from the mainland, and so many things we like to do.  My husband is a fishing nut (salt water) so that means we cannot be inland (but I don't think I could take that either...) also the further inland one goes, the redder it seems to get, we're both pretty blue.  I'm tired of cold, and this is the first summer that has actually been a good summer for too many years here in the Seattle area - so I haven't been too high on the idea of staying in this area - but....  if the move to Hawaii doesn't work out, I believe that we'll probably land somewhere on Whidbey which is an island here in the northwest.  You can drive off the island to the north or ferry off to the south.  We considered a move to the southeast for awhile - a fairly short while to be honest - between the storms and the redness of the inhabitants, we decided it wouldn't be a good match.   California is a state we've both always enjoyed, but retirement there is probably not in the cards as fishing has pretty much disappeared.

Anyway, we're going to Hawaii for a month in December so we can hopefully come to a resolution.   Once the house sells, though, (depending upon exactly when it sells), we're pretty much planning on putting everything in storage, getting in our truck and starting to drive.  There are so many places I've not seen in the U.S. and Canada, that we both just want to drive around for awhile and see stuff.  We're both a couple years shy of medicare, though, so I'll probably work until I've 18 months to go, so that I can get Cobra - it's not wise for cancer patients to be without insurance..... and the health care plan didn't include the single payer I was hoping for.  But at least, if we do need to change insurance (picking up the one my company provides will be quite costly until we have medicare) my pre-existing condition won't preclude getting insurance.

gardengumby, know Whidbey - also, there are so many, MANY wonderful little towns on islands around you.  Don't know about the quality of the fishing anymore.  But the ferry rides seem to be able to get you anyplace.  MUCH closer than Hawaii.  Know what you mean about a Blue State.  If it weren't for the winter in MA, I'd suggest the Cape Cod for fishing, and Blue Friends!  Makes such a difference, it really does.   I love driving around and seeing Elizabeth Warren signs all over, and having people ask me "where did you get the button, I want one."  Yes, indeedy, Blue is a nice place to be.

BTW - HI, BLUE

Good point Rosemary.  She may be a mom, but she's not my mom, but since we are being monitored, I've always wanted to say, just because you change the name of the thing from "survey" to "poll" doesn't make it so.

Here's a mystery plot:



"The Case of the Name-Changing Scold"



Who is she? Does she still live in her mom's basement? Why must she insert her giant Republican fascist dictator-like nose into others' conversations? Does she cut in super market lines?



Just sayin. Good mystery/horror novel, no?

Good mystery novel. If I wrote it my villain would be malevolent, but with a smile. And, yes, I'd have her cut lines - that would make sense.

But people write their own story, don't they. I mean, we can't imagine things from scratch. There is always a real-world trope that serves as inspiration.

It was indicative of: THUD.

Just watched on Chris Matthew as a Republican spokesman tried to explain that Romney would keep the provision where you can't be denied insurance if you have a pre-existing condition - but only if you had insurance already.  So, in other words, if you have insurance and you get a pre-existing condition, you get to keep your insurance.  What a deal!  Conversely, if you lose your job, COBRA runs out, and you have a pre-existing condition, well, tough. 

Who ARE these idiots who don't want us to have insurance that we pay for, anyway?

Most likely their 'plans' are the same as what they did when Bush got in office after they killed Bill and Hillary's attempt at reform.  Nothing.  Which explains why they cannot articulate a plan.  It does not exist and will not exist.

Hope you all had a good Monday!  For a bunch of 'lazy libturds' who supposedly want everything just handed to them there sure are a lot of women going to work every day here.

We took the doggies to the park for a walk today.  Tired dogs are good dogs. 

Waving 'hi' to Scoot ... and everybody else!   

And talk about "uncertainty!"  He won't reveal what tax loopholes he'd eliminate in his grand plan to reduce the highest marginal rate to 28 from 35%.  That would affect the planning for the future of nearly every middle class household when you talk about home mortgage, charity and state/local tax deductions/"loopholes."  Let's be honest, who is the one creating uncertainty?!