New Home

Well sort of. We bought this camper.

Doing a little work on it. It needs new tires, a good cleaning and testing of appliances. Helen and I have been cleaning.. lots of mice bodies and poop.. yech!!

Took me about a day to get the tail/turn lights working. Now I'm working on the dc fuse box. The plug was cut on the trailer. And I had to rewire the plug on the truck.. but thats another story.

We got the fridge semi running. It runs but it's not getting super cold. May need cleaned. Its gas/electric. haven't tried it on gas yet.

it has a stove and heater that are gas as well.. haven't tried those yet either. ah I see a pattern here.

maybe I'm just paranoid but I don't like messing with gas until I'm sure what I'm doing.. ie how the hell to light it.

there is a water leak to deal with.. broken pipe(s) dunno yet. I've also got to do some maintenance on the roof.

Ok so it sounds like piece of work but its really nice. It's a place to start.. stay dry/warm. Plus it's small enough it should motivate us to get started on a house sooner rather than later :)

Happy Beltaine

ok so its a day early but, since we don't have internet at home.. why not

Ah spring is here and love is in the air. Enjoy..

Just a quick, friendly reminder that tomorrow is Earth Day. Though we celebrate tomorrow, we should make everyday Earth Day.. after all We only have one planet..

Love and Peace to all. Celebrate Spring, Mama Gaia, and life.

Long time Eh!

Ok I know it's been a LONG time since I posted. Been busy with tomatoes and peppers and the like. Not much else to post currently But thought I'd drop a note to let everyone (if anyone is reading this) know We're still alive and well and hadn't forgotten the blog.. maybe just neglected it it for a while.

Don

Pictures as promised

ok it took me a while to get these posted..

The tomatoes are much larger now. The snow picture was taken day on march Ostara.

Health Care - YES We Can

Once again Mr. Obama proves he's not just talk. He promised reform and was able to deliver congress to a very narrow vote.

As was expected the republicans pissed and moaned.. at one point even trying to get the bill sent back for a revote... essentially a ploy to try and kill it.

Obama made a nice, if brief, speech afterward. I do believe that He and Nancy P. have earned their place in the history books.

What a great way to be able to celebrate Ostara (ok a day late but still)..

Hmm let see yesterday was cold and MO is hell. So I guess it's true, it was a cold day in hell when the health care bill passed ;)

Bloody Hell

I'm so sick of this health care bit. Especially republicans bitching about how its unfair how the voting is going, how dems are ignoring them, blah blah blah.. It seems they forget they rubber stamped nearly every thing W suggested..

If it's ok for them then why not for the dems? Oh yea, because its going to cost the upper crust (the top 1%) money.. Wouldn't want that would we??!!!..

I mean come on.. It's obvious that the republican agenda caters to big business and the rich. I don't understand how so many are fooled into thinking otherwise. I mean I understand a lot of folks are conservative with their money. Duh, but theres a difference in protecting your earnings and being fooled into thinking you are.. which is precisely how the republican party works.

I also find it ironic that people are bitching about how gas prices are so high, how high Obama is going to make taxes go, etc... Here's a clue folks. Obama is taking on the responsibilities that previous administrations (since the 60-70's) ignored. Basically we are going to be paying now for what would have cost far less then. For example, If we'd made provisions for health care, responsible emissions, etc at that time, we wouldn't be looking at the debt we are now to get it all fixed. But instead we chose cheap oil and to let big business rule.

Lets face it people have always wanted cheaper... but that cheaper usually bites you in the butt. Do it right the first time and you won't have to do it (or pay for it) again.

You can see this mentality with stores as well. Take a look at Walmart. They roll into town, are give tax abatements to setup shop in the community because it will "bring business and jobs to the community".. Ah but the rub is the jobs it brings are bottom barrel, no benefits jobs. Not to mention it drives local businesses out. So are jobs truly created? or simply juggled for something worse?

Then there is quality. Pay 3X the price Walmart wants and have it last a lifetime, or run to wally world and buy it for 1/3 but have to buy it 3 separate times. Sorry but my time is worth more than that.

This is to say nothing of how the workers who make these products are treated. Hmm wonder why quality is so low? Would you give a shit about quality of a product if you were making below poverty wages and had not benefits? I know I wouldn't.

This is but one of the things wrong with america today. Will we wakeup before it's too late? I hope so but I'm not optimistic.