Got the Slows this Morning

Weather here has been much colder than usual for this part of Texas.  And it has lasted much longer too.  We usually get about 3 days of cold weather then it returns to normal.  Not this time.  We are entering our second week of below normal temps.  Below normal by as much as 25*.  Plus we have some strong winds along with it at times.  Today it's wet on top of that.  I really don't mind it after the Summer we had.  

The dogs hate it.  I have not walked them for a full week.  And if it doesn't dry up some they won't get their walk today either.  They are going a little stir crazy.  Every time I stand up they swarm me thinking it's time to walk.  I don't mind walking them in cold weather unless the wind is pretty sharp or it's wet.  It has been that way for a while now.  It never got above 39* yesterday which is unheard of without it being a deep into winter storm.

'K' is still down with her respiratory crud.  It kept us home from church.  Yesterday her throat started hurting again.  She's into 3 weeks of this.  Last night my throat started getting scratchy and other parts were acting like I was coming down with something.  This morning I seem to be OK except for some exception tiredness. It's amazing that I haven't caught it from her.  A lot of close friends have got this same bug too.  We are hoping this won't affect our Tgiving plans.  Son #1 and his family will be here.  Son #2 and his family have traveled to visit the in-laws in Arizona and my Mom refuses to get out even if I come get her.  So it will be a shorter than usual time too since Son #1 will have to head to the in-laws after us for an evening meal.

I slept much longer this morning by 2 hours.  Wish that was a regular thing.  I know I don't get enough sleep.  6-7 hours of fitful sleep is the usual with 5 being more common.  That's not good.  I have some serious lethargy today.

I hope all y'all have a great Thanksgiving this year.  

Happy Trails Too.

Warning Political Rant

This all my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions.  

And again the elections seem confused in some states.  Why is it always the same ones?  Those that say our elections are secure, well I don't think they really believe that.  I know I have doubts, suspicions, etc.  The Republican party is mostly at fault by just standing by and letting these things happen.  Can you imagine how loud the left would be if this was going against them?  The left has the cajones to at least stand together to get what they want.  Even if it's wrong or immoral.  No I am not condoning doing things wrong to get what you want.  But doing the right thing and being united and aggressive is bound to be better than sitting on your hands while we watch the dumpster fire that our elections have become.

No, not all I voted for won.  I voted against my RINO representative and another I didn't vote at all since there was no viable alternative, he still won.  First time ever I did anything like that.  No I didn't vote for anyone on the left.  I could NEVER do that.  I have voted for the RINO's in the past to prevent a leftist from gaining office and then regretted it very often afterwards.  That won't happen ever again.  Tell me I am wasting my vote and I will tell you you wasted yours, voting for a leftist in disguise.  I have voted Republican 99% of the time, voting for the Republican platform, hoping the candidate will tow the party line.  It rarely happens.  Just look at Texas.  We have a speaker of the house who masquerades as a Republican then appoints Democrats to the committee chairmanships.  This kills the Republican stated agenda.  Yet, Republican legislators elected this guy and probably will again.  All this while our grandstanding Governor stands on the sidelines and keeps his hands clean doing photo ops yet nothing of real substance.  He stays away from the really tough decisions, i.e. the mutilation of children with gender 'dysphoria' and parents that enable this along with money hungry doctors.  His idea was to send a letter to HHS to ask them if it was child abuse.  I just can't.

Do I know all the answers.  Not a chance.  But I do know if I follow my faith in voting 100%, I shouldn't be able to get crossways with the Lord.  He will hold us accountable.  This drives EVERY vote I make.  That should explain how I think to you.

Happy Trails, regardless of how I may sound.  

Harvest Bust

It was time to check out how the potatoes turned out.

That's it.  Six bags of potatoes I nursed for 3 months.  I had suspected they wouldn't do as well as the earlier 2 lb. harvest.  I used Russets this time, last time Golds.  I'm sure the extreme Summer heat played a huge part in this failure.  Weeks of unrelenting 100+ temps most likely was the culprit.  Admittedly I am not a garden expert and am only guessing.  I will try again this Spring.  The Tomatoes are doing pretty well.  We eat one or two at nearly every meal.  'K' says they taste sour to her.  My taste buds aren't that sensitive, they taste like tomatoes to me although not as juicy as the Spring or as big.  These are of the very same plants from Spring.

I will leave them up until the first freeze.  I may be pulling through Thanksgiving.

We are socked in this morning.  Fog and high humidity and 73* this morning.  That will delay my morning walks with the dogs if not cancel.  I hate to miss that.  I feel much less stiff and sore the rest of the day.  Maggie will be bugging me to go off and on all day.  She will follow me around bumping her nose against my leg as I walk through the house.  Her herding instinct is very very strong.  Also this type weather puts a 'damper' on completing the Honey Do list (see what I did there?).

If you haven't already, vote.  'K' wanted to vote early.  I declined.  There are very limited early voting places out here and the parking is not to be found when the turn out is so high as I have heard.  Plus I don't really trust voting like that anymore.  So we will vote tomorrow.  Unfortunately my RINO congressman will most likely be re-elected.  For the first time I will vote independent.  That candidate appears to be a true conservative.  But you never know until they get in and then start voting with the Democrats which my congressman has done multiple times.

I am very concerned about who will be elected Speaker of the House for the State legislature.  The current speaker has sandbagged almost every conservative attempt to pass legislation or get it even on the calendar to be heard.  Dade Phelan is the dude who has allowed democrats as committee chairs,  He uses them to kill legislation he doesn't like.  Then he can point fingers when asked why something didn't pass.  He's a snake.  He is running opposed this time at least.  But games are played.  

Happy Trails