Diversity

“The beauties of nature come in all colors. The strengths of humankind come in many forms. Every human being is wonderfully unique. All of us contribute in different ways. When we learn to honor the difference, and appreciate the mix, we find HARMONY!” **

Wonko has posted on the SS TEKS revisions several times as well as the local newspaper; it doesn’t look good. I am not going to beat the proverbial dead horse here as I have responded on his posts - you can form your own conclusions. Personally, all peoples’ stories need to be told since they contributed to this tapestry called society.

ttfn,
~ba

**The above was part of a final exam (June 30, 1995) in ‘multi-culturism’, a part of my master’s curriculum. I had lunch with that professor and she handed me my paper. Yowza!!!!

aren't they cute??

Here is a picture of some stray kittens taken with my new camera over a month ago. Just finished sorting& organizing photos from my trips.

I got the blues...

Today I had a follow up appointment with my surgeon regarding my mammogram. Rec'd a phone call this morning to inquire about health insurance. Our district keeps changing plans, hence the call. The very cordial clerk proceeded to tell me that she ws 98% sure that my doctor was 'out of network' for this insurer. She was right and gave me a couple of options: private pay was $65 for the office visit or have them bill the insurance company and pay a ginormous deductible. I cancelled and she sent my results to my primary care physician.

Called insurance comapny to see about getting said doctor 'in-network' ~

"Why don't you get another surgeon?"

Let's see why that isn't an option: I have been his patient for 4 years since he is the one who performed the lumpectomy. We have a great rapport and why would I go see a stranger for this??

Long story short, it will take about 6-8 weeks to get him in IF he is approved. If not, I will reschedule and pay the bigger amount to see him. At least I found this all out BEFORE I made the trip across town~saved some gas!!

~ba

Karma can be a bad girl….

A/C in youngest one’s car had not been firing on all cylinders for a while so I let her use my vehicle while I was out of state. Saturday I visited my friendly mechanic to have him diagnose the problem. His initial thought was the ‘blower motor’ since you could sense cool air emitting from the vents but with no sense of power. The glove box had to be dismantled in order to access said part and that required some acrobatics on his part!!!

“Um, BA, I want to show you something.”

I saw two items in his hand: the air filter for the a/c (extremely GROSS) and a plastic sheet resembling a shopping bag. It was a lobster bib from the national chain which had somehow worked its way on to the filter, hence blocking the flow of air. The filter cost $25 to replace rather than $125 for the blower motor. (Parts not labor!)

When questioned about the bib, I was told that she was going to tease me that she had gone to eat lobster and I didn’t get to go. Her dad talked her out of picking on me; karma still got her though!

ttfn,
~ba

greetings from NYC...

Happy 233rd birthday, USA!

I'm back...briefly

I think that Boston survived us!!! Brief stay @ home, off to NYC Monday morning for r&r...

Will post more details later as I am still trying to process the trip and prepare for another one.

ttfn,

~ba

The wait is over...

"Caboose Angel" BSN, RN

Love always,
Mom, a.k.a.~ba

“A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”

~ Gabriel García Márquez

Happy Father's Day! ~ I am missing my Dad today as I visit the city of my birth: Boston.

Adios,
~ba

chuckle or two

The Three Bears

A far more accurate account of the events of that fateful morning…

Baby bear goes downstairs, sits in his small chair at the table. He looks into his small bowl. It is empty. 'Who's been eating my porridge?' he squeaks.

Daddy Bear arrives at the big table and sits in his big chair. He looks into his big bowl and it is also empty. 'Who's been eating my porridge?!?' he roars.

Mummy Bear puts her head through the serving hatch from the kitchen and yells,

'For God's sake, how many times do I have to go through this with you idiots? It was Mummy Bear who got up first. It was Mummy Bear who woke everyone in the house. It was Mummy Bear who made the coffee. It was Mummy Bear who unloaded the dishwasher from last night and put everything away. It was Mummy Bear who swept the floor in the kitchen. It was Mummy Bear who went out in the cold early morning air to fetch the newspaper and croissants. It was Mummy Bear who set the damn table. 'It was Mummy Bear who walked the bloody dog, cleaned the cat's litter tray, gave them their food, and refilled their water.

'And now that you've decided to drag your sorry bear-asses downstairs and grace Mummy Bear with your grumpy presence, listen carefully, because I'm only going to say this once....

'I HAVEN'T MADE THE F***ING PORRIDGE YET!!!'

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Heaven is Where:

The Police are British,

The Chefs are Italian,

The Mechanics are German,

The Lovers are French and
It's all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is Where:

The Police are German,

The Chefs are British,

The Mechanics are French,

The Lovers are Swiss and

It's all organized by the Italians.

Prophetic???

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'