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Jan. 2nd, 2021 06:57 pm
phyncke: I made this (Obamanos)
I have been waiting all day for a snowflake challenge and come to find out it is only on the odd days of the month - not the even days. There is no challenge today. So I am waiting for nothing. Glad I figured that out since I waited all day for it. LOL. I am new to it so newbie mistake.

I had a great day - it rained most of the day so I did not get my walk in. I will go tomorrow. I did have a chat on the phone with my oldest friend, M** and that was good. We usually chat and walk together but the weather was bad on both coasts today so we just chatted. I am really enjoying our Saturday appointment and hope we keep it up. We have been friends since we were six years old so that is coming up on 50 years. Wow. Long time.

So after that - I went out plant shopping with my friend J***. We went to nurseries and plant shops in the East Bay here and I got some good stuff. I got some tiny plants that I am excited to see grow into bigger plants and I got a variegated pepperonia which was not expensive and will be easy to
grow. I am all into plants during the pandemic. I really love succulents so I have a few of those and I have other plants around with varying degrees of success. My mom is really good with plants but I need to work at it. I have to research the care and watch youtube videos on things. I am always learning. I usually have to look up the soil things for plants - I don't know much about that. I feel that the soil you pot a plant in is very important to it's growth. So I usually look that up online. Anyways. - Learning. I want to learn how to propagate some of my plants - so will figure that out.

What else - I went a little crazy on Etsy buying stickers for my bullet journal. There are so many cute things there - so many adorable stickers that I just had to have. I bought a lot - eyeglasses - sunshine - florals - and the like. I will use them to decorate my entries. I looked on amazon and did not like the stickers there - the ones on Etsy are more unique and interesting. So I got them there.

My stimulus payment hit my account - they sure got that out fast. That is about all I have to say about it. It helps and I hope it helps the people who need it. The government is also doing supplemental unemployment too - so that is also something. They cut the amount from $600 a week to $300 a week but at least they are doing something. I think this will all be revisited once Biden takes office. I do hope so. The fact that the United States is not supporting its citizens is pretty clear.

Anyhoo. That is all I have - another day - no writing done - I am watching Iron Chef tonight. I love watching stressed people cook under pressure.

Hope you are well there. Enjoy the new year and let's break it in slowly.
phyncke: (Fleur de Lys)
I am really enjoying the blog here - so I will keep it up. Not sure I will keep up the daily thing but I will try. Again, I wrote in my dot journal. I got new stickers today so I used those. I found a bunch of cool sticker people on Etsy and bought them there. I got coffee stickers and succulents. I just ordered the succulents today and cannot wait until I get those. I am really into the stickers - I use them to decorate my entries - it is kind of like the graphics were that I used to post with on here. I still have all my graphics - just have to figure out my photobucket access. I forget that right now. Once I get that going, I might start using graphics again. Kind of let that lapse.

So today in US politics - Moscow Mitch is obstructing the further aid to the American people. He objected to Bernie Sanders motion in the Senate today in a total dick move. So now Bernie is threatening to filibuster and keep them there through the New Year holiday. Yes, Bernie! I looked up what a filibuster is because I was not totally clear on what it entailed and here is what Wiki had to say -


Filibuster is a tactic used in the United States Senate to prevent a measure from being brought to a vote by means of obstruction. The most common form occurs when one or more senators attempt to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure.


Anyhoo. I am all for Bernie doing this and let those guys work through the holiday. They can just do that. This is all over a $2K payment to people during a pandemic. Other countries are doing so much more and they won't even do this so yes, GO BERNIE! I guess they have a military bill (override of Presidential veto) they want to pass and he is going to obstruct that and see if he can force a vote on the $2k payment to the people.

I took another walk today and went out with my friend J**** to Alameda today. We just did a drive around. No stopping anywhere. It was nice to look at the ocean there and see the beach. We might go back tomorrow to walk along the beach and do that. Sounds like a nice idea to me. I am really liking walking right now. Feels good to move. I get depressed when I just sit around.

I did no writing on the story today so that was not good. I will try and work on it a bit tomorrow. Hopefully, I will.

Anyhoo - that is all I have. Hope all is well with you there. Stay safe and healthy.

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