Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Updates Galore

Masses to read these past couple of days, so I'll let you get on with it.

Goodnight and may your God/s go with you

Ze

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Can't Think

Can't think of much to say tonight.

Feeling a bit drained.

A teenaged girl is stabbed to death in Israel, by a religious zealot, simply because she was watching a Pride parade.

A bunch of religious zealots seem to think their God approves of rape. I can't find anything in the Qu'an to suggest this but apparently they can.

Another bunch of religious zealots have bombed a market in Syria - the death toll looks set to be more than 100. A similar bunch are killing indiscriminately in Yemen, Iraq, Nigeria, Mali, Somalia, Sudan...

All three monotheistic world religions use the same basic commandments. So what part of "thou shalt not kill" is ambiguous??

A whole load of religious zealots feel that they have the right to say what their God approves or disapproves of - whilst completely ignoring other things in the list - and not paying attention to the commandment "thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain".

Those same zealots - of all three branches - really seem to hate women if their ever-more- restrictive statements are anything to go by.

Whatever happened to love?? Love thy neighbour as thyself. Faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.

Ze

Monday, August 17, 2015

Home

Duncan is back home. He's tired but happy to be out of the hospital. Right now he's ready to do what it takes to stay on track.

I'm cautiously optimistic.

Tamara

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Easy Sunday

Work tomorrow and I will be dragging Tamara along with me. She will get dropped off at a courthouse reviewing her son's progress.

Hoping you all have a good week.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Comics

For the past three days I've been involved with my twice yearly project of inputting new comics into my comic book database. Our living room has quite a few piles of comics lying around. Now I just need the short boxes I ordered to arrive and I can take a few more boxes to storage.

I know E will be happy to see a reduction in the comic boxes next to my side of the bed. The only drawback to fewer boxes is now I won't have any place to sit my stuffed sheep. Oh well...I can always count on new boxes of comics appearing as the weeks go by.

Tamara

Friday, August 14, 2015

Rain Rain Rain

We needed it and I am happy to see it. It brought lots of thunder and lightning with it. Here is hoping those features are not creating more fire hazards in our mountains. The dry conditions up there really do not need any lightning. However, the mountains could happily use some of that rain. While nature is at it, share with California and give the UK a break.

Enjoy the updates y'all.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa


Thursday, August 13, 2015

Life

My son is still in the hospital but he's doing well. If he keeps on this path he may get to come home Monday.

He's got a lot of work to do when he gets out. Right now he's willing to start that process. Once he gets back to reality I hope he keeps his resolve to get better.

Not a lot for you tonight. I'll let you get to it.

Tamara

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Painkiller Sleepy

There you go folks - masses to read.

I'm not going to see the Perseids this year either, am I?? As always I look forward to the best annual display of meteors we see. And as always we have thick cloud every night and I don't get to see even one.

I overdid things at work today so my everyday ache in my shoulder has gone from "yeah it aches but I can cope" to "f*k that hurts, ok, I give up, I need a painkiller". So I took a couple with my evening meal and now I can barely keep my eyes open. So I'm going to sign off now

See you next week. Goodnight and May your God/s go with you

Ze

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Ouch Again

First - Xena fans - a fellow Xenite needs our help. If you can donate please consider it. Di will be incredibly grateful. If you can't afford to donate - send good thoughts or prayers her way. Thanks

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I was hoeing the allotment at the weekend, getting rid of the weeds between the curly-greens - and ripping up the lettuces that had bolted - and picking strawberries (the crop is looking quite good this year).

Trying to do three things at once when you're as accident-prone as I am is not a good idea.

The hoe hit a stone. And as I was only giving it half my attention I wasn't holding it properly. The shockwave from the impact caused my grip on the handle to slip. And it caught my little finger, dislocating the knuckle.

Many rude words were spoken.

It's happened before and as is common with joints with a history of dislocating, it slips back in easily. I put it back. But boy is it sore. I've been taping it to the next finger in order to be able to work.

I hope it heals by next weekend because I've a date with little Barbara. Who's not so little these days. I'm heading down to where she lives, and the me, her mother, stepfather, and her are off to the aquarium. She's looking forward to it. So am I.


Ze

Monday, August 10, 2015

Monday Gone By

The day seemed to slip by quickly and that is a good thing on a work day. Busy week ahead (actually next couple), hopefully that will make it go quickly at work.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Sunday, August 09, 2015

Quiet

It's been a quiet weekend for us. Not much for you to read. Ze's Tuesday is just around the corner, however.

Tamara

Saturday, August 08, 2015

Humid Saturday

We went and saw Ricki & The Flash. I thought it was fun, not academy award, but fun and our weekend could use all the fun it can get. Tonight we get a cord of wood delivered so that will keep us a bit busy. They say rain is coming, we have had clouds all day and it is humid so let the rain fall. We are in need.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Friday, August 07, 2015

The Hardest Thing

It's been a rough couple of days here. It's hard to write about and I don't want to go into details right now. Yesterday Mike and I took my oldest son to the UW Hospital ER where he was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold. He was transferred to an in-patient facility today where I hope he will get the help he needs.

The road ahead for him is a long one. Considering the miserable state of mental health care in the US it's not going to be an easy one for him or for us. That said I will approach this with a fierce determination to do everything I can to help my son find some peace and healing. Good thoughts our way would be appreciated.

Tamara

Thursday, August 06, 2015

Long Day

Been a long day and I am hoping for some slowdown soon.

Enjoy your updates and thanks for coming by.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa