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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 5 to Oct. 11

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In lieu of daily check-ins, which have gone on hiatus, Welcomings diaries will be posted at the start of each week (every Sunday morning) and then, if necessary due to a large number of comments, again on Wednesday or Thursday to close out the week. To find the diaries, just bookmark this link and Voila! (which is Moose for “I found everyone!!”).

The format is simple: each day, the first moose to arrive on-line will post a comment welcoming the new day and complaining (or bragging!) about their weather. Or mentioning an interesting or thought provoking news item. Or simply checking in.

So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?

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  3. anotherdemocrat

    Yesterday morning’s outdoor workout was actually chilly. Today’s high will be in the upper 80s.

    Eating breakfast, watching Up. Today is just church then cooking. I need to draft a few diaries for next week – they are having several contests for the Walk. But that’s really all.

  4. Diana in NoVa

    Sunny but chilly here. There was an almost-frost on top of the pickup truck this morning when I went out to pick up the paper.

    Yesterday we watched the West Virginia game and were pleased by the Mountaineers’ win. (WVU is elder son’s alma mater.)  Tonight Elder Son will drop off Darling Daughter-in-law at the airport. She’s off to the Frankfurt Book Fair for her employer. She’s flying Icelandair so she’ll probably fly right over the volcano!

    Portlaw, hope you’ll have a wonderful time in France! Six years ago we went to Provence for a holiday in lavender season and Dearly Beloved said it was the best holiday we’ve ever had. I loved the scent of lavandin and lavender drifting in through the open windows of the vehicles we used.

    Planning beef stew with hot rolls and butter for dinner–Elder Son will have dinner with us–followed by a French-style finish of fruit and cheese.

    Everyone have a good Sunday!

  5. princesspat

    A very quiet Sunday morning…no trains tooting and lumbering by and the raucous seagulls must be sleeping in. I can see a few colorful leaves on the trees but it’s still mostly green outside my widow.

    I had fun in my sewing room yesterday but my skills are rusty…..had to actually think and measure twice! Today I’ll cut one more tablecloth ( a jack o lantern print, banded with ghostly ghouls)  and then it will just be simple sewing. So nice to have a SiL who enjoys holidays and sentimental fun!

  6. JanF

    It is 46 degrees in Madison WI with an expected high of 57. Partly cloudy skies in the forecast.

    I see some good news and quite a bit of head scratching news. I do think I figured out why Republicans claimed the mantle “compassionate” during the George W. Bush years: they don’t know the meaning of the word!!

    compassion: Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.

    There is nothing compassionate about requiring women to drive over 300 miles to get a legal medical procedure, nothing compassionate about forced birth, and definitely nothing compassionate about making women choose backalley abortions over safe abortions.

    I was not shocked by Reince Priebus, current Republican spokesliar, creating a word salad in response to a question. I was surprised (pleasantly) that Chuck Todd asked a question that exposed GOP hypocrisy: “One of the things about the Republican party is you don’t like a lot of regulation on businesses, except if the business is a abortion clinic … is that fair?”. Poor Chuck won’t be invited to the beltway cocktail parties now!!

    Busy day … see all y’alls later!

  7. DeniseVelez

    I’m cranky cause the dogs and cats have fleas – yesterday they got flea baths and everything had to be washed and flea powdered and  vacuumed.  Sigh.  Been through this before – it will take a while to correct.

    Oh well, such  is life with pets.  

  8. Diana in NoVa

    These 30-degree temperature variations make dressing difficult. Anyway, about to head out the door to get Miss Pink Cheeks off to school.

    Daughter-in-law sent an update through Facebook that she was at Keflavik Airport in Reykjavik. I was there 49 years ago–goodness, that is almost half a century! Luckily her work at the Frankfurt Book Fair doesn’t start until tomorrow, so she can get some sleep.

    Still saddened about the awful crash yesterday at Japan’s Grand Prix–a young Frenchman is in the hospital after receiving a severe head injury. Praying for his recovery.

    Hope everyone will have a good day, that the fleas depart Saugerties, that Portlaw has a nice journey to Paris, and that princesspat will spend a peaceful day of sewing. See you later!

  9. anotherdemocrat

    And I was awake at 4:37. Sigh. Warm & muggy is back – it was 73 this morning (compare to Saturday morning’s 57).

    Eating breakfast, drinking strong tea. Got the U2 song about Bono’s mother stuck in my head. It is too painful for me to hear, so I got out my iPod & I’m listening to other stuff.

    It was good to see Lloyd, and Paul Begala & some other people yesterday. It threw me behind a little on my cooking, I’ll have to take an afternoon, maybe today & fix some more lunch.

    Hope for a Monday that doesn’t suck, for everyone!

  10. princesspat

    Seems like the light has changed faster this year while the leaves are taking their time.

    I’m not sure how I feel about this….

    Wal-Mart wants to help you compare, select health insurance

    Wal-Mart announced Monday that it will dive deeper into the health-care market, unveiling an initiative to allow customers to compare and enroll in health insurance plans in thousands of its stores.

    Wal-Mart is teaming with DirectHealth.com, an online insurance comparison site and independent health insurance agency, to set up counters in its stores where consumers can talk to licensed agents about plan options.

    “Our goal is to be the number one health-care provider in the industry,” said Labeed Diab, president of health and wellness for Wal-Mart U.S. “And the more we broaden our assortment, the more we broaden our offering, the more we educate the customer Wal-Mart is a great place to create a one-stop shop.”

    I want health care to be easily accessible and affordable for as many people as possible so is my Wal-Mart bias effecting my attitude? I never shop there but many people do. I do shop at Costco so is this any different from the services offered there? Interesting changes in our society.

  11. bfitzinAR

    Weekend was pleasant (generated over 17 KWHs over the two days – Autumn is not like July when I occasionally generated 17 KWH in single day) if busy.  Got some catching up to do – stuff I couldn’t deal with last week because it needed approving, most of which is now approved – and QC tonight.  And my younger son and family will be here Friday (so of course I will not – be at work and online that is)!  Hope October is starting out well for everyone.  {{{HUGS}}}

  12. DeniseVelez

    Nice to see a Federal judge make this ruling

    Judge: Ferguson police violated protesters’ rights

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/…

    A federal judge ruled Monday that a tactic police used to control protesters in Ferguson, Mo., is unconstitutional and issued a preliminary injunction halting the practice.

    U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry in St. Louis ordered law enforcement agencies to stop enforcing a requirement that protesters keep moving rather than stand still.

    Law enforcement officers, seeking to control angry crowds, had ordered people to walk and not stand still while demonstrating over the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer. The American Civil Liberties Union sued to halt the practice.

    Perry wrote in her order that the requirement violates the constitutional rights of protesters. She said she granted a preliminary injunction “because it is likely that these agencies will again apply this unconstitutional policy.”

    The judge cautioned, however, that police still can enforce Missouri’s failure-to-disperse law and other laws to control crowds and protect people and property.

    “This injunction prevents only the enforcement of an ad hoc rule developed for the Ferguson protests that directed police officers, if they felt like it, to order peaceful, law-abiding protesters to keep moving rather than standing still,” she wrote.

    The ACLU and Amnesty International USA hailed the ruling as a victory.

    I keep hoping that more of those empty seats on the bench will get filled  

  13. JanF

    It is 48 degrees in Madison with an expected high of 63. Partly cloudy skies in the forecast. The moon is close to full again and I feel I missed the whole waxing moon cycle. I need to find a way to unbusy myself enough to enjoy what the goddess shares with us.

    Sam Wang’s Senate probabilities leaped yesterday on good polling news – we are back to 67% and had been down to 54%. I read an article that suggested that this years polls are not very reliable; they do seem to fluctuate a lot and many are very close. We should take hope from that and not give up until the last real poll closes on November 4th.

    The Ebola conspiracy people are truly insane. Actually, it is a lefty plot to scare anti-science anti-knowledge Fox News viewers into staying home. On November 5th, we will all jump up and say “Just kidding!! Say hello to Speaker Pelosi!!”. Having a Surgeon General would be helpful (the NRA filibustered President Obama’s pick and we haven’t had one for over a year) but in the end, those with their brains on Fox will not listen to anyone from the government. Sigh.

    See all y’alls later!

  14. Diana in NoVa

    There’s a rumor we’ll have rain after sunset. All to the good, IMHO.

    Feeling very happy that marriage equality has now come to Virginia. Even wrote that into my short story, which I finished last night, thank Goddess. Will let it cool for a few days. Anyway, I’m grateful to the parties who brought the lawsuit against the Commonwealth, to their lawyers, and to our Attorney General, who–unlike the wild-eyed conservafreak who wanted to be Attorney General–said he would refuse to defend anti-gay marriage laws.

    Elections have consequences!

    Not much in other news, except that Mr. Baby is so big and tall at age four months I’ll have to get some new sleeper outfits for him. He barely fits into the 9-12 month sleepers I bought a few weeks ago.

    A good day to all in Moosylvania!

  15. DeniseVelez

    here in the US – I’ve been pushing back against some people who think no one from West Africa (a huge area with many countries and over 400 million people)should be allowed into the US.

    I wonder if they will now push for disallowing anyone from Spain given the latest news.

    http://www.theguardian.com/wor…

  16. anotherdemocrat

    But I saw the Space Station last night!

    Awake 20 minutes before the alarm again. And yet I again didn’t leave the house in time to walk before work. Sigh. And hot & muggy is back – high today of 95. Sigh again.

    Very few thoughts in my head. Earworm is that song that MSNBC is using in their promos – “Come With Me Now”

  17. bfitzinAR

    It was Personnel Committee last night (I’m starting to get my weeks mixed up) which should have gone smoothly but personality conflicts are unfortunately moving from covert under-the-breath comments to overt squabbling both in and after the meeting.  (In front of the reporter and an R who sat there snickering together about Dems falling out.)  Including a cheap shot at me from the LieberDem as I’ve disagreed with her on multiple things and have lately been the one responding to her Lierberishness (regarding the Drug Court issue).  Sigh.  Tonight of course will be worse as it’s Finance Committee.  My only hope is it will be shorter than usual since the Chair has to go to Little Rock (3 hour drive) immediately after so she can make a 7:30 am meeting with the Governor.  At this point the only thing – besides my duty to the County employees – keeping me hanging in there is the money (the Rs gave us JPs a 60% raise last year – I won’t go into the specious reasoning as to why that was OK).  Mostly because I already spent it on the PV system.  {{{HUGS}}}

  18. princesspat

    I always plan on putting the garden furniture away while it’s still sunny and dry but it looks like we’re going to be drying the umbrella’s in the basement again. The afternoons have been sunny so the “wait one more day” plan has been in effect once again.

    I know I’ll be emptying the flower pots in the rain as the begonia’s are still blooming and the color is a nice contrast to the fog.  

  19. JanF

    It is 42 degrees in Madison with an expected high of 61 degrees. Sunny skies are in the forecast.

    The moon is nearly full (blood moon) and clear skies will allow her to be visible here along with the lunar eclipse.

    The full moon is at 5:50am CDT and the moon has already entered the umbra … totality at 5:24am. Here is a link that you can use to calculate the time in your locale: USNO.

    If you can’t see the eclipse, it will be webcast at the Griffith Observatory: Live Now.

    Today I am watching the Supreme Court. There are two important election related emergency requests that are pending rulings. One is for North Carolina and is in the hands of Chief Justice Roberts. The other is for Wisconsin and is in the hands of Justice Kagan. Both matters have been fully briefed. Court watchers expect the North Carolina ruling to go in favor of the state because of the Purcell test and the Wisconsin ruling to go in favor of the voters for the same reason. But tea leaf readers are really just guessing because as they say, the law is an ass, and the Supreme Court does whatever the heck it wants.

    See all y’all later!  

  20. JanF

    I was not able to attend but one of our local TV stations livestreamed the event on the Internet.

    It was a great GOTV speech. And the kids love her!!!

    Here is the White House transcript: Remarks by the First Lady at Grassroots Campaign Event for Candidate Mary Burke — Madison, Wisconsin

    Now, as you all know, I was just here in Wisconsin last week.  So I’m sorry if you’re getting sick of me, but I’m back.  (Laughter.)  But there’s a reason why I wanted to come back.  I wanted to come here to Madison to talk a little more with a lot of you, particularly our young people who are here — and I don’t want to leave out those of you who are young at heart, too.  (Applause.)  

    But for our young people, more than anyone else, this election is about you.  It’s about your hopes and your dreams, and the world you want to pass onto your kids and your grandkids, truly.  But despite that fundamental truth, I know that too many young people feel that elections just don’t matter — I know that.  They feel that politics doesn’t really make a difference, so they figure, why bother to show up and vote?  And if there is anyone here who feels this way or knows someone who feels this way, then I’d just ask you to consider some facts — and I talked about these facts when I was in Milwaukee, but they’re worth repeating.

    She described the improvements in the economy, capping student loan payments, ending DADT and passing the Affordable Care Act.

    You see, this November, you all have the opportunity to elect a leader who truly reflects your values, someone who will truly take Wisconsin in a new direction.  (Applause.)  Yes!  This November, you all can elect a leader who will fight to create jobs for you when you graduate and make sure those jobs pay a decent wage.  (Applause.)  That’s in your hands.

    You can elect a leader who will build good schools and make college more affordable for all of our kids, a leader who will fight for equal pay for women — (applause) — a leader who will support our right as women to make our own decisions about our bodies and about our health care.  (Applause.)  Ladies, that’s the kind of leader Mary Burke will be, and that’s why we need to do everything we can to elect her as the next governor of Wisconsin.  (Applause.)  It’s on us.

    Now, I know that some of you might still be cynical about elections because you feel like there’s too much money in politics, like special interests have too much influence.  And it’s true — they do.  But I want you to remember, particularly young people, that they had plenty of money and influence back in 2008 and 2012, and we still won those elections.  (Applause.)  We won those elections because of young people like all of you.  We won it because of you, our young people. […]

    But then, what happened in 2008 and 2012 reminded us of a simple truth:  that at the end of the day, the folks running those special interest groups and the folks who poured millions of dollars into those elections, they each just still have one vote.  And so do each of us.  And those votes are what decides elections in this country.  And every single one of those votes is critical, because Mary’s race is going to be tight — in fact, we know that races like this can be won or lost by just a few thousand or even a few hundred votes.

    And I want you all to make no mistake about it, if you all don’t show up to vote on November the 4th, then you’ll just be leaving this election to other folks — folks who might have very different values and priorities.  And if that happens, and we don’t elect leaders like Mary Burke who will put people first instead of just fighting for special interests, then we know what the consequences will be.

    We will see even more folks interfering in women’s private decisions about our health care.  We will see more folks denying that climate change even exists.  We’ll see more opposition to immigration reform and raising the minimum wage for hard-working families.

    So I want to be very clear:  If you think people who work 40 or 50 hours a week shouldn’t have to live in poverty in the wealthiest nation on earth, if you don’t want women’s bosses making decisions about their birth control, if you think every person in this country should have the chance to go to college and build a good life for themselves, then you have to step up, and you have to get everyone you know to step up and get out there and vote this November.  (Applause.)

    This speech was even better than last weeks’ speech (maybe because I got to watch it as it was happening?). And she fired up that crowd of mostly young people.

    Last week’s Marquette poll showed Walker up slightly among likely voters and Mary Burke up slightly among registered voters. But among people who “might not make it to the polls” she was up by 11%. 11%!!! Those people need to get motivated and get to the polls because the consequences are indeed dire.  

  21. Diana in NoVa

    She seems more connected with real people, by which I mean ordinary citizens, than any first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt.

  22. Diana in NoVa

    Because of the welcome rain and thunder, we couldn’t see the eclipse of the moon, but hey–we saw it on TV! It was the Blood Moon. And there will be a full moon to look at tonight, weather permitting.

    Not much news here except that I hope for a baby-less half-hour today to make doctor and dental appointments and to set up a 529 college savings account for Mr. Baby.

    Daughter-in-law is having a terrific time at the Frankfurt Book Fair and she loves Icelandic Airlines. They spoilt her. I knew they would, because my entire flight  was thoroughly spoilt many years ago–the flight attendants were afraid we would starve to death so they kept giving us meals, fruit, boiled sweets, chocolate, you name it. Never enjoyed a flight as much as I enjoyed that one.

    Wonder how Portlaw is faring in France?

    Hope Meese everywhere will have a good day!

  23. anotherdemocrat

    Couldn’t see the lunar eclipse, it was too cloudy. Was awake before the alarm again. Grrr.

    bwahahaha from one of the astronomers I follow on Twitter:

    Mike Brown ‏@plutokiller 2m2 minutes ago

    STOP SAYING PLUTO IS A PLANET OR NEXT TIME I WILL NOT GIVE THE MOON BACK

    earworm: Rise Up, a slow, dreamy song by my boys. I need to switch it to something faster.

  24. JanF

    But this disgusted me: Cardinals fans clash with Ferguson protestors:

    St. Louis Cardinals fans taunted protesters demonstrating for Ferguson teen Michael Brown Monday night outside Busch Stadium by chanting the name of the white police officer who fatally shot him.

    My favorite part: “One blonde woman even approached the protesters to yell ‘we’re the ones who f*cking gave all y’all the freedoms that you got!'”. Sigh. A perfect example of John Roberts’ “post-racial America”. Just enjoy those freedoms, black America!!! You would still be slaves if that woman had not been so kind as to free you!!! Double sigh.

  25. DeniseVelez

    today at school – students are going to protest Columbus Day – they are joining the movement to get the named changed

  26. bfitzinAR

    Yesterday’s meeting was much better than Monday’s although it ran longer.  Something about meeting (and getting selfies with) Bill Clinton just changed the attitudes of the ones on the Court who were part of the Clinton visit/speech at the University.  (Wish I’d braved the University’s displeasure and gone myself.)  No meeting tonight so I get an actual dinner rather than a combination of yogurt and protein bars! 🙂  Happy Woden’s Day! {{{HUGS}}}

  27. princesspat

    I should go to the pool this morning but working in the garden and sorting more fabric to donate may be a better activity. When I’m motivated I need to act!

  28. JanF

    It is 42 degrees in Madison, with an expected high of 57 … sunny skies in the forecast. Frost advisories tonight into tomorrow when the low will drop into the lower 30s.

    As noted in my diary update, North Carolina’s voters lost their extra week of early voting and the Golden Week which allowed them to register and vote at the same time. Also, their votes can be tossed if they are not in the right precinct. I am still watching for the Wisconsin ruling. The ACLU filed another stay request regarding voter id, this one based on the 7th Circuit’s ruling on Monday overturning the district court in Milwaukee. Both stay requests are in front of Justice Kagan (and presumably the full court) for disposition. Wisconsin’s Republican Attorney General stated in their response that the court should let the voter id law go into effect because the on-again off-again status is “pinballing the voters”. So. What. The real “pinballing” will be when someone who is not a policy wonk and has not been reading the newspapers shows up at the polls without an id and can’t vote. The law was effectively changed two weeks ago and 1 in 4 voters do NOT know that they need an id and the legislature refuses to authorize money for the GAB to educate and inform the citizens of the state. Plus, thousands of voters live in areas where the DMV is only open once a month and will not be open until after election day.

    I will update the post if word comes in.

    See all y’alls later!!

  29. Diana in NoVa

    Yesterday was positively HOT in the afternoon! And here you are, JanF, getting frost warnings.

    Head is spinning with the on-again, off-again limits on voter ID. What a country. “With liberty and justice for all,” eh? I think not.

    Glad it’s Thor’s Day because I’m feeling tired. Have plans to meet a Moosekin in Leesburg for lunch on Sunday. Now that my final story is written, I have to look for a desktop publisher who can format the book for Kindle, and for someone who can design a simple Web site. If any Meese know of anyone, please let me know.

    Here’s hoping that everyone will have a good day and also that the country will have a good day!

  31. anotherdemocrat

    Still hot & muggy – high of 90 today. White capris (hey, did you see where I said “90”?) & sandals. And I woke up at 4:21. But I refused to get out of bed.

    Got my oil changed yesterday, and I think I talked the guy into doing triathlons next spring. Because I babble at people about stuff.

    Got the Thug Kitchen cookbook, it is as hilarious as their blog. Vegan, healthy, but with much cussing. Real-world food, no navel gazing.

    need more tea – oh & 1st non-U2 earworm in weeks, Snow Patrol’s Weight of Love, no idea where that came from

  32. bfitzinAR

    last one for a bit – rain and much cooler temps for the next few days (darn it – there’s an outdoor venue the family was hoping to visit Saturday as it has stuff for all ages and with grandsons ranging from just over 2 to just shy of 17 that’s the kind of place we need but it looks like we’re going to be rained out).  Won’t be here tomorrow but my son is bringing me his “old” computer (he wants to set me up for skype visits so his boys will actually know me even though I can’t get to Austin very often) so I may actually be able to visit the Moose pond on weekends in the future.  We shall see.  Have the lovely day and weekend.  {{{HUGS}}}

  33. princesspat

    I’m a well deserved sleepy head this morning. A truck load of design magazines went to Goodwill yesterday and about 70 lbs of fabric to Ragfinery. I’m starting to see some space between the layers!  

    Then instead of going to bed like sensible people we went to he Green Frog with our son…a fun evening with great music. Today will be a more careful day 🙂

  34. JanF

    It is 38 degrees on its way up to 56, mostly sunny skies in the forecast.

    I went to bed thinking about the sad state of voting rights in America and woke up to this: “the Seventh Circuit’s stay of the [Wisconsin] district court’s permanent injunction is vacated”. PLUS Texas!! I will put all the good news in the Supreme Court Watch post soon.

    Maybe this helped:



    The guy with Lewis Black in the video is Dale Ho, who is in charge of voter rights litigation for the ACLU. I am going to send them some money later today.

    Have a lot of early morning things to do here — and now a bunch of happy reading!! — so I better get moving.

    See all y’all later.

  35. DeniseVelez

    going up to 63.

    Still grading papers – have to get midterm grades in by the 15th.

    News

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-…

    Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize


    Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner, have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.

    At the age of just 17, Malala is the youngest recipient of the prize.

    The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for campaigning for girls’ education. She now lives in Birmingham in the UK.

    The Nobel committee praised the pair’s “struggle against the suppression of children and young people”.

    Mr Satyarthi, 60, has maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests, “focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain,” the committee said at the announcement in Oslo.

    Reacting to the news, Mr Satyarthi told the BBC: “It’s a great honour for all the Indians, it’s an honour for all those children who have been still living in slavery despite of all the advancement in technology, market and economy.

    “And I dedicate this award to all those children in the world.”

  36. Diana in NoVa

    Having a relaxed morning for a change! Younger son and DIL have to take Mr. Baby for his routine checkup at 9:45 a.m. They will also take Miss Pink Cheeks to school. Yesterday morning Miss Pink Cheeks informed me that henceforth she is to be addressed as “Pinkalicious,” not “Queen Elsa,” as we previously called her.

    Feeling glad about the good news on voters’ rights in Wisconsin–sad about bad judicial decisions elsewhere, including the decision by one judge that taking photos up women’s skirts is NOT a violation of privacy. May karma deal with him as he deserves.

    Going to make the most of my two free hours this morning. Looking forward to the weekend, although I have engagements every day.

    BTW, did you all hear about the mysterious disappearance of Kim Wrong ‘Un, or whatever his lousy name is, in North Korea? Is it possible that he has fallen ill from excessive indulgence? One wonders.

  37. anotherdemocrat

    high of 90-ish today, maybe overnight thunderstorms (lightning is the only thing that cancels my ungodly hour workout, so maybe I’ll get to sleep in)

    Sleepy, eating breakfast, drinking tea. Hoping my diary gets at least a little attention. Still have the Snow Patrol earworm.

  38. princesspat

    My sleepy eyes typed 34° yesterday instead of 54° so I still have begonias blooming. I did have to close more windows though so I know I won’t have outdoor flowers and indoor fresh air much longer.

    Yesterday we finally finished and signed our new will, medical directives, burial plan, powers of attorney, etc. What a relief to have all the information in an easy to use and find indexed binder.

    When my SIL’s father died two yrs ago they finally found the will in the glove box of the car. My parents died with no warning in a car accident so it took me days of sorting mom’s desk to find the important papers. I’m determined to make the inevitable easier for my family…..even if it means cleaning up some of my messy systems 🙂

  39. JanF

    It is 38 degrees in Madison with an expected high of 58. Sunny skies in the forecast. I have had cut and paste weather all week and that suits me fine – this weather is great! Next week it will rain off and on.

    Our soon-to-be governor Mary Burke had a debate with soon-to-be ex-governor Scott Walker last night. I need to go find the news reports to see how she did. I did not watch it because seeing Walker’s face makes me nauseous. The ads with his lying lies are bad enough but a camera on him for an hour? No thank you! I did see that he is taking the gender gap to heart and his latest ad shows a woman who was the victim of domestic assault saying she stood by Walker because he “cares so much”. I wonder if she realizes that Walker has been inflicting violence on women since he was elected: repealing Wisconsin’s equal pay act, signing into law some of the harshest anti-abortion regulations including forced ultrasounds, refusing Medicaid and putting women and their family’s health at risk, working to cut off food stamps to families if one of the parents fails a drug test. The best protection from violence against women is voting out Republicans; there is a gender gap for a reason: GOP policies hurt women and families.

    See all y’all later!

  40. Diana in NoVa

    Ordinarily I’d be delighted by a day of rain but it kinda kills my plans to buy and put up Halloween decorations in the front yard.

    Feeling depressed today about all the things I’m not going to get done this weekend. Monday, which might have been a day off, will be spent in the doctor’s office waiting for Hubby’s outpatient surgery to finish. Guess I could do some reading, although there are many things I need to be doing other than that!

    Well, enough complaining. Hope everyone in Mooseland will have a good day. Hope it’s going to be a good year for Democrats in the election and that the anti-voting campaign will infuriate people enough that they’ll get out and VOTE!

  41. anotherdemocrat

    So I got up, dressed & went to our meeting place, about half the group was there & it started raining hard. I had a cap & what I thought was a rain jacket. It really wasn’t. Not for 45 minutes of walking in the rain. Also, I forgot to bring a headlamp – it normally isn’t needed for a dawn-ish walk on the trail, but today….. Anyway, I came home. Watching Up. I may doze some.  

  42. princesspat

    We’ve got some repair work to do in the garden today as RonK got carried away removing grass growing between the pavers by the back entrance…..it’s now a muddy mess! Once he gets the gravel/soil mix replaced I hope I can salvage the plants and moss. Needless to say I wish he had been more careful…and so does he. I have been a bit blunt 🙂

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