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With the problem that my sister is having with her leg, she will not be able to shop for any gifts for her family. I realize that many cannot afford to spend a lot for their families this year. I even wonder about businesses and any promotional business gifts that they might need to purchase to advertise their businesses.

I have heard a lot of different ways to handle things. One way to handle the idea of gift giving was to limit gifts to one per person. Try drawing names from a hat or bowl so that everyone will get at least one gift, and each person will only need to spend for one person and not a whole lot of people.

We personally will not be spending a lot because of so many things going on right now. What ever you do, try to avoid bankruptcy. That will not help any one. Most important, be with your families where ever and when ever you can. That in itself is a gift.

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I love to do arts and crafts of many different types. I have created beaded bracelets, dream catchers (only cause I think they look neat), afghans, toboggans, necklaces, shirts, skirts, quilts, and other assorted folderol, too.

The reason why I am bringing this up is because Scott & White Hospital which is near by in Temple, Texas, is also a cancer hospital. A while past I crocheted some toboggans ( aka ski hats) and donated them for the people going through chemotherapy. Chemo will take away that person’s strength, and make them susceptible to getting easily chilled. Well, people going through Dialysis also have that problem.

The costs of those life saving treatments can be very prohibitive to a person’s wallet. It might not be much, but little things can also give someone heart to keep trying and fighting their illness. If you like to make things and then wonder what to do with them, giving to help someone else might add to your enjoyment.

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These days all we hear about is the coming change to tv everywhere. The digital change is coming, the digital change is coming, the sky is falling. OY VEY.

If people do not know about it by now, they must not watch tv at all. We have the converter box. The signal is not all that however. When we first tried it out, w got 15 stations. The picture kept breaking up and freezing, so we disconnected it and went back to the regular way of watching tv. Our favorite station was down for 2 WEEKS, so we tried the box again. We only got 3 stations this time, what gives? I heard that the digital change was supposed to be good - I can’t see it myself. ;/

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Traveling is something that people do. Some more than others. At one time in my life, I had traveled to different parts of the country. It was fun, some times it wasn’t fun. The one thing that didn’t happen was me getting sick. For that I am thankful.

I never thought about getting travel medical insurance. So, I am glad to say that sickness didn’t come my way. How do people handle it when they travel and get sick? That is one thing I don’t know. Being at home and getting sick is hard enough, but to be traveling and get sick is something else that i wouldn’t want to think about. Trying to arrange to see a doctor, trying to get medicine, trying to get hospital care would all be nightmarish. When I had traveled a long time ago, there was no such thing as travel medical insurance. I am glad that it exists now for those who need it.

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These days there are a lot of ways to present ideas. The written word is just one of the ways. If all of the politicians had to sign contracts that would penalize them if they didn’t keep their promises, it would be like finding diet pills that work. Or, how about advertisers needing to make sure that what they advertise really lives up to its promises.

So, what do we expect now? The advertisers are looking for new things, people, places to advertise. What will we be finding in the newspapers? the television programs? the radio? Sometimes it almost feels like anything goes. I know it is not the wild west, but some of the shoot outs with advertising going first one way, then another…leaves things up in the air.

The times are uncertain. So any words used should be chosen carefully. In the past I have had trouble with putting my foot into my mouth (all the way to my hip at times). I guess we should all think about what we hear, read, and see. It makes me want to eat some cheese, again.

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I like to read things that encourage people and help them to feel better, yes sometimes I gripe about something, that’s life.

Things that encourage are really wonderful. My sister sent me something that struck me as being very good. An article about a preacher’s son and what he did. His action..well, read the article and you will see what I mean about encouragement.

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Everywhere we look these days we are being surrounded by words. Promises from politicians, words from the media, words from advertisers. About the only place you don’t see flying words is in the country side when you’re alone. I mean COUNTRY, too, not just going along the highways because of billboards.

Billboards have the highways, even the city streets cornered. What ever happened to the idea of the beauty of nature?

Turn on the TV and words will come at you constantly either by being spoken or crawled across the screen on the bottom of the picture.

When people gather together, rarely do they gather in quiet little groups, people like to talk.Humans are very rarely quiet. We are mostly sociable critters. It also seems that where ever we go we traces of our presence, notices that we have been there. (Even on th moon, we left stuff behind.)

Thee are times when I wonder if all of the words flying around are really needed. Have you had a chance to notice that there are times when words are NOT necessary? A smile, a frown, raised eyebrows, giggles these are just a few ways that words are not needed. Have you ever just sat and watched people and what is going on around you, all without talking? Look at faces in a crowd, people are still using words to communicate, talking or not. Words are everywhere. I guess they are very useful things even though when not used properly they can be annoying.

What words do you use?

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As I write this I realize that it is after noon time and yet, I haven’t eaten yet. Breakfast would be nice, but I do not want to have to fix it myself. Am I lazy? Well, not really, I just burn the pancakes, and make the smoke detector in the apartment go off.

One thing that I like to have for breakfast is usually not listed as a breakfast item. Cold pizza is something that, to me, is yummy. Eggs, at the same time can also be used for things other than breakfast. They can be very flexible in how they are used. My favorite way of eating them is by drinking eggnog. Hard to find unless you like the stuff that comes in cartons in the store. I have never tried the stuff in a can, though. Meanwhile, I am hungry. I have a presence to maintain after all. Two Ton Tilly will not work if I am skinny.

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One of the things that I wondered about when our friend was traveling was his car insurance. How did he keep it intact. Most states require the presence of car insurance these days, and they now have ways of checking if your car insurance is up to date even if they do not stop you and ask for proof of insurance. How do you compare auto insurance when you are traveling? How do you find a good deal with a reputable firm? I do not know. We have had our insurance with the same firm for almost 25 years now. When we did move from Arkansas to Texas, we kept the same firm, although we changed the agent to who ever was local.

I used to like the idea of travel, but thinking on all that would take to do now…don’t think it would be as enjoyable as it once was. Keeping track of people, medicine, a place to sleep, food to eat, shelter, family, friends. I guess there is something to be said for roots that are put down in one location, in one locale.

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Necessities indeed. Food , shelter, transportation, medicine or medical care, loving family. All of those have proven to be necessities in the long run. With all of the scurrying that has been going on for the past two weeks, some things have been made very apparent to me.

Our friend traveled all over the country. We have found papers from many different states. He, himself did not have any idea where his family members were living, and trying to find even one of them…well, it hasn’t happened. We have had loving family around us as we have gone through all of the brouhaha with the rules concerning his care, and burial, and research galore. Thank God our family has stuck by us even when we were not able to socialize because of exhaustion. It will take a while to recover fully and finally get rested. I am just glad that we were able to be there for him.

Please don’t think that I am preaching, but if you have lost track of family, look for them while you can. All of my family except that which I have by marriage is dead except for my mother, whom I cannot find. I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that I do not lose contact with what family I have left. Their presence is a comfort to me, now. We do not always agree on everything (heaven forbid), but they are important.

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