Freedom in Reality...

and our reality right now is none too pretty.

Thousands of elderly died as a result of government interference. Most of them died alone without family or ministers/priests in attendance. Others were denied life saving drugs or protocols in an effort to smear Trump. Conservatives are being "cancelled" at a rate conjuring up the image of how the Jews were made scapegoats ushering in the Holocaust. The borders are open, while schools remain closed. We are urged, and in many cases, forced to cover our faces with filthy rags causing us more harm than good. Tens of thousands of small and mid-sized businesses have been destroyed forever. Energy production is halted while Texas suffers and people die. Bill Gates is lionized by the commie/libtards as he continues down his path of destruction of the human race.

I could go on and on with the weirdness our world has devolved into. But, I won't.

Have we lost our minds?

When will we act?

 How long are we going to go along with this bs?

At the rate we're complying we can soon kiss Liberty goodbye.

And now, I must carry on with the duties of my state in life. I suggest you do the same.  What happened in Texas should be a wakeup call for everyone to make some simple preparations for unknown events. 

Something to think about:

The basic rule Christ gives for our lives is the combination of obedience and love that we have seen was the basic rule of his own life and death. Our obedience is the seed, planted in us by grace; love is the fruit of our unions with infinite truth and infinite goodness. There is no servility in the obedience, first, because God is infinite reality, and to be in tune with reality is the essence of freedom; second because God does not force us to obey. We can disobey if we choose: the results of disobedience will be harmful because we have broken away from reality; there is no health in the unreal. Frank Sheed, Christ in Eclipse*

More:

The Organic Prepper: This Diary from the Great Depression Is Like Reading a Modern-Day Newsfeed and  RESILIENCE: Here’s How Prepping HAS to Change

The Organic Prepper: Prepping for a Blizzard: A Practical Survival Guide Also works for hurricanes and other natural weather events.  One thing we don't have is a water main shut off tool. I will fix that this week!

In Praise of Monday...

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Robbery in the first degree...

is what the commie/libtards are doing.

No - I'm not talking about taxation without representation.

I'm also not talking about being waylaid in an alleyway and having your wallet stolen.

I'm talking about having your peace of mind threatened on a daily basis by the vile maggots who call themselves politicians.  And that includes the people who follow and support these awful people.

Gallons of cyber ink is being spilled by main stream media in defense of the indefensible.

Can they be defeated?

Yes.

They can and will be defeated.

As to your peace of mind?

“Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you, all things are passing, God is unchanging. Patience gains all; nothing is lacking to those who have God: God alone is sufficient.” St. Teresa of Avila

Monday


If you'e one of those who posts "woe is me, it's Monday crap" - stop it! Stop it right now!  It's not funny and it does damage to your brain.








More

Lone Star Parson: They're Satanists  (Beautifully and succinctly stated.  Thank you LSP)

Fletch Daniels at American Thinker:  The Democratic Cold War on Christianity Heating Up  (Can you imagine anything more silly then to go to war against God?  Me either...)

Newsbusters:  Bad Optics: American Music Awards Virtue Signal in Costumes, Scenery (This is what passes for "music" in today's world.)

Patrik Edblad:  Social Influence: How to Easily Build Good Habits  (the message is one our mothers gave us when we were young.  Don't hang with bad peeps if you don't want to be a bad peep too - or something like that 😉)


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It's Monday: Let's start the new week off with a bit of motivation and planning...

later on we'll get to the ugly stuff - and the good Lord knows there's plenty of that floating about.

While working on updating my future log of all the stuff I have to do, I bumped into a video by a local blogger, Patrice Lewis, who also writes for World Net Daily. (It's posted at the end)

It's a short clip about how outmoded paper is since we now have a plethora of tech devices to replace it.  A husband is trying to shame his wife into abandoning paper and using tablets, computers, phones, et al.  The ending is hilarious (at least to me - one of the greatest lovers of paper, evah!)

While I love a paper agenda and do plenty of brainstorming and keep my daily journal on paper, I'm certainly not adverse to tech.  My future log is done on Excel, but it is printed out and kept in my written agenda.

Are people returning to paper?

I think so.  Whenever I go somewhere where the likelihood of needing to record an appointment might arise, I take my agenda.  When I whip it out it never fails to arouse strong positive responses from the staff.  They all want to look at it, ask me where to get one, inquire about the colored coded dots I make using highlighters designating either a household, garden, or personal task.  I write actual appointments in red ink.

Quo Vadis Space 24 Planner

If you're thinking about a returning to old fashioned paper and pen the planner I use is a Space 24 made by Quo Vadis.  They have many other formats available depending on your needs.

Also listed on the above post are the authorized dealers.  I use Classic Office Products and have been very happy with the service and price.  Many of the Quo Vadis planners are also on Amazon, but this is one area where I'd prefer to purchase from a dealer.

I hesitated in showing you a page from my actual agenda since it will alert everyone to my very boring life, but what the hey!

I use the right hand side to list what I want to accomplish that week in household, personal, and garden. At the end of the week I do a review.  Thankfully, this particular week I didn't write the heading "What could have gone better" because the usual scold is that I was online too much (except I probably was.)

The little color coded squares get an "x" if the task was completed. If it wasn't there is a red arrow pointing to the right meaning it was moved forward.

There is also room on the right for notes, phone numbers, etc.

P.S.

If your'e wondering who William is and why he got trimmed, well - William is a tree.  Yes, Martha - some of my trees have names (I'm a very sick puppy!) I also use many medical abbreviations ie: the letter "c" with a line over it is a medical abbreviation often used by doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. The symbol looks like this: c.  

The little twerp gets exactly what's coming to him:


Be sure and stop by later to find out what you can do to stop the forward march of the commies.


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The Hydra Government

While I was sitting around last night eating great food and pretending to be a normal person, The Blog Prof was hard at work - and for that we thank him.  The big news is the Obama budget. A budget dooming our children, and our children's children, to live under more oppressive taxes.  

The Blog Prof: Obama's $3.83 trillion 2011 budget includes record $1.6 trillion deficit

The record $1.4 trillion deficit the current fiscal year wasn't enough (a number that Obama owns entirely as he either voted for or signed into law every single penny of it! and can't blame Bush). Obama wants to top it by $200 billion in the next fiscal year. read the rest and weep!

 But wait! Could there be even more going on while we are being distracted by Obama's rape of this country?  Why, yes. Yes there is...

It is no secret that Obama pays very little attention to matters of foreign policy, except for flying around the world apologizing for the past deeds of America, or bowing to foreigners in such a way as to make a complete fool of himself . Good grief, he even bowed to the mayor of Tampa because it appears she may be of Japanese descent.

Often, we become so embroiled in the details of all that is going on - a classic Alinskyian tactic, we lose sight of the bigger picture.  The good Lord knows this administration throws so much stuff at us that we could easily become overwhelmed to the point of throwing our hands up and declaring surrender.  This is their goal and never, ever forget that important point. Ever!

One of the twelve tasks of Hercules was to slay the dangerous nine-headed Hydra.  He was lucky because he was able to slay the entire beast.  Our government has become much like the Hydra, but we are going to have to chop off each head one by one. 

Pour yourself another cup of coffee and read this article from American Thinker.  Then come back here and check out what Ahmdinejad is saying from any of the sources listed below. Pour more coffee and connect the dots.

The Most Important Story You Didn't See Last Week (and Probably Won't Ever See)

A Senate hearing last week confirmed the public's worst concern about Barack Obama: that when it comes to national security, Obama hasn't just been asleep at the switch -- he hasn't even bothered to find the switch. read the rest

 Dan Reihl: Will Iran Explode On February 11th Anniversary?

Gateway Pundit: Ahmadinejad: Regime Will Deliver Harsh Blow to Global Arrogance on Feb. 11

Hot Air: Ahmadinejad: Iran will deliver a telling blow on February 11