WOW

WOW..... Oh my...... Crazy things happening in our world..!!! I am so distressed about the miners who have lost their lives, their families who have lost their loved ones...... And the Corporation that would rather pay the fines than make the mines safe for their workers....

I wanted to bake a recipe ..... a recipe that I kept for a long time.. it was a magazine article.. the date 1992.... It reads "To the people feeling increasingly like helpless victims of big corporations"... It sounds like today, April 7th, 2010.... I have seen it over and over again.... for instance.. Joe works for a pharmacy chain... one of the BIG two.... during flu season and still today, the pharmacists must buy their own box of tissues... no soap in the lab..... Why can't the corporations supply tissues, soap... etc? Why? If nothing else, soap and tissues are a preventative from spreading germs.....

These miners were just doing their job... Went to work.. for a pay check to pay their mortgages, gas and electric and pay for a college education for their children.... the corporation subjected them to dangers unbeknowns to us.... and killed these men.... Why?

Why is America obsessed with Big government...? Why not be angry with the corporations? They are the ones who have shipped our jobs overseas.... Jobs that will never return to our shores... Whatever happened to the Clothing District in New York City????? I will tell you... Gone over to China......

Fact... Americans who make on average.. $46,000.00 a year, work 34 hours a week is great compared to Chinese... who work 44 hours a week making $6,500.00 A YEAR.. YES, A YEAR..

The products they sell are not quality.... example ... dy wall.. (in Florida), the dog food and toothpaste... contaminated.... I really hate to buy ANYTHING new ... it does work properly, does not last and does not have the same quality control as we used to have on Everythhing..

I am not anti any country, however, I believe in America, its people and its workers.... What I do not approve of is the Corporate way of thinking... lets get China or another country to make our products for way cheaper than we can have them made here, screw the American worker, and more money for us...... attitude..... TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE... FROM MY POINT OF VIEW..

I... Liz Yost .... believe in our workers, our belief in America... I AM AGAINST THE CAPITALIST ATTITUDE.... THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT US, THEIR WORKERS.... THEY CARE ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ARE PROFITING..... IN THEIR PERSONAL COFFERS.......

Hence, I am Totally against these corporations... they pay minimum... no health care benefits, they get the life insurance money if we die ... prematurely.... they get the tax right off for insuring us..... they GET EVERYTHING... WORK US TO DEATH.. LITERALLY....

ENOUGH,. ENOUGH, ENOUGH....America..... START FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE CORPORATIONS...YOU WILL NOT BE ALONE... I ..... WILL STAND BEHIND YOU.... PERHAPS IN FRONT OF YOU.... I WILL DO MY VERY VERY BEST TO GET ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU.. US.... IN THIS MATTER....

AMERICA WILL NEVER BE WHAT WE KNEW IT TO BE.... IT IS NOT THIS ADMINISTRATION, THIS PRESIDENT, THIS CONGRESS, OR SENATE... IT IS THE CORPORATIONS..... they HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE aMERICAN JOBS, AND DREAMS AND HOPES..

KNOW THIS..... I WILL BEGIN MY PERSONAL FIGHT ... TO GATHER SIGNATURES , ASSEMBLE PEOPLE TO PROTEST.... NOT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, THE PRESIDENT.... BUT THE C O R P O R A T I O N S.......... THE Y AR THE GUILTY PARTY HERE..

Bye for now... liz

March 29th, 2010

Hi Everyone..... Hope this post finds everyone happy and healthy! We had horrible winds for the past three days, like 60- 70 miles an hour.... Quite scarry..... just the sound.... The sound was terrifying.... for sure..... thought the house would collapse... that is just how it sounded.... But, it didn't and we are all safe and sound.... I heard the east coast is being battered with rains and flooding.... what is going on?

Polo is sitting next to me, I just looked down at him and he was turning his head, like he was understanding what I was saying to him.... They were all groomed today, they look just beautiful.... clean ... white dogs in the high desert is not such a great idea.. especially with the winds blowing the sand and dirt everywhere...!!!!

Can't believe it is almost the end of March..... Easter is just a few days away... I don't know where the time goes.... Honestly! It seems to fly...it could have with the WIND !!!!! just kidding...

I feel silly tonight... I don't know why... much to do.... just vacuumed the floors and mopped... I feel like my old elementary school janitor..... the mop and the squeegie.... it is heavy! back breaking for sure..

Any way, Anyone have any good ideas for salmon filets? I bought the fish .... I love salmon, but we won't be eating until about 11PM tonite... I want it to be good and yummy, but following my Atkins...

Let me know....

Gotta run, someone is barking unstoppable....!

Bye for now... Liz

Thank You

Yes, Thank You !!!! I was totally overwhelmed by the response I received to yesterdays' post.. regarding.. my feelings on what to say, when to say it, how to say and when we say something and lose a friend.....

Your responses knocked me off my feet today!!! Obviously, you all have had the same experiences..... whether to write your feelings on a blog, chat site, twitter, facebook.... whatever.. we all are afraid... afraid to share OUR thoughts... fear of being chastized... or worse...... So, we ALL have chosen to shut our mouths, let the non sense go on around us in hopes it will stop..


It WILL NOT STOP...... They want to shut us up..... believe me... that is what they want us to do..... They are the truly fearful ones..... they do not want change.... they want to intimidate us.... the truly honest, democratic, compassionate people... The nut jobs want us to keep quiet.... and they are succeeding.... They intimidate, embarass, humiliate and the list goes on and on....

I want to start a group .... all of you who feel the same way I do... We want the changes we voted for in 2008, we wanted health care for all Americans, we wanted an intelligent President... we wanted to take back our country from the awful years of the Bush Admin...... we did not vote him into office, he was appointed by his daddys' Supreme Court.... Did we cause havoic ? Did we threaten? Did we show up with loaded guns? NO... NO... NO..... !

As much as it hurts me to admit this, I have been remiss. I have tried to appease my friends, neighbors..... etc... but I have an opinion too...

At last check, this was America, Land of the Free, Home of The Brave..... Why have we retreated to the likes of Glen Beck, Limbaugh, and Palin??????????????????????????????????

Lets bond together, remember there is power in numbers..... We shall stand Tall, Smart, Not be intimidated.... and we shall NOT encourage hostility or violence.... We shall tell the Truth.. Remember the Truth Shall Set us Free..

What do you think??????? Ready? I am.. I am tired of retreating, shutting myself off .. because of fear.....We know how to convey our thoughts, smartly, with common sense..... and we know when and how....

Let me know .... you know my home e mail and I will keep it confidential... MY Word ON That!

Lets Unite. Not be Quiet Any Longer......

We can beat them at their own game..... Trust me.... It is like the Red Jaguar.... another story on my private e mail address.....

Good night..... bye for now... The Activist..... Liz

Serious Talk

Yes, serious talk.... I have spent most of my day trying to understand what I did wrong. My heart is still heavy, I wonder how many others I sent that e mail to.. will no longer want to be my friend.

I just addressed all my Easter cards ..somehow I wonder if they will even be opened by the recipient....Why? I keep asking myself....I feel like a ton of bricks are bearing down on my very soul.... What makes me want to give back to family, friends and community.....My incentive to help, be there for others and just function in the every day tasks.....I am afraid to participate, I am afraid to speak to anyone for fear of "HI" not sounding right..... I am afraid to park my truck in a spot .... too close to anyone else....

WHY????????

I passed a home this afternoon ... they flew the American flag...... UPSIDE DOWN.... which means defeat...... Is it no wonder I want to shut myself off from the world?????

Joe had a person come into the pharmacy last week, too many doctors and too ..way too many oxycodone, vicodin etc.... Joe called the doctors office to confirm... they confirmed, but said NO more.... Joe filled the rx , and asked the man not to come back into the store... Seconds later, his father came into the store like a maniac.... how dare you call the dr! How dare you ..... you racist, you.................................................. Joe is not a racist, the store manager and all the techs were with him.... they told the man Joe is not a racist... he does not judge anyone except how they treat him and his staff..... They had to call 911..... I feared for Joes' life.....I drove down to the pharmacy, waited in the parking lot, and watched everyone that came and went.... anyone who looked like the "wackos"... I was ready ... ready to run him down.. I pictured he had a gun, pistol, shotgun whatever... I feared for Joes' life..... Thank God, he never came back...

Is this how we now live our lives? In fear? Fear of words? how you say the words? How we look, clean, dirty, scummy or whatever.. wrong side of town? Which e mail you should forward, verify, not send..... Everything from political views, religious views.... IS THIS WHAT LIFE HAS COME DOWN TO?????

Shouldn't we as friends, overlook some things our friends do wrong? Or something they said wrong? Shouldn't we give them the benefit of the doubt? Whatever happened to forgiving? or over looking....? Don't we all at one time or another say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing? I understand if we keep making the same mistake, or saying the same thing over and over again and we are aware it offends, then we should speak out...In a kind, calm way....

As you can tell ... I am very hurt... disappointed and sickened.... Shutting myself off from the world sounds better and safer every second.....I know I will get over this.... thought I knew how to handle situations like this... like I said in my very first posting...I thought I would know the answers to so many questions and how to handle situations....Obviously, I am right on one thing. I don't have the answers.....

Bye for now.... heavy hearted Liz

Serious topic

Well..... have a very serious topic I would like to write about... Friends, Politics and Health Care.....

Just got off the phone with a great friend ... was a friend..... I sent them a copy of the first four points this health care bill will deliver this year.. This e mail was not lies, distortions or made up facts... It came right from the White House... In my email I said... like him or not... please just read these four points. I also pointed out why I felt health care so necessary.. ie... my husbands' health issues alone.... and the cost of paying for Cobra when Joe left CVS for Walgreens... if we did not pay for Cobra, we would have let our insurance lapse.. therefore, ALL of our health problems would forever be considered "Pre Existing Conditions"..... So we paid $2,574. to continue coverage.... I am happy we had the money to do so....

I tired to explain my point of view and just asked others to read the bill.....

Well...... the phone call I answered was from a person who was upset.. her husband was more upset that I sent the e mail to them.. They requested I no longer send e mails regarding that subject... Since my friend does not work on the computer any more.. her husband does, I doubt that anything I send would be passed along.... According to the tone of her voice when she called, I doubt that we are even friends anymore...

My motto for many many years has always been ... Never talk politics, relgion or money.... I just felt in this case that to be informed is so important.... not only about this health care bill, but everything..... So, I broke my own cardinal law.... and sent the email.... How I regret doing that...

However, what I don't understand is why we can't talk to each other about issues, without it getting so nasty and personal... It seems my older friends are the most put out with me...
I always thought about going back east for a visit with them...... My heart is heavy... I don't think we can EVER go back.... Once words are spoken or deeds done.... We can't take them back... even with a sincere apology, those words and deeds linger in our minds and memories... Oh, I wish I didn't forward that e mail.... I wasn't trying offend, lecture or change anyone... just thought I was passing along vital factual information...

Now I ask myself .... Liz... would it not be easier just to shut yourself off from the world? Total retreat? My answer is YES ..It would be easier.... Right now at this moment .... Yes, that is what I want to do.... I want to protect myself and my feelings..... Just cut myself off ..even from those I admired and thought to be great friends. Sometimes I do that .... just for a few minutes to regain my confidence and sense of being able to carry on... I put up the cement barrier.... Right now, I feel so low... that I think I wll keep up that barrier..... I need to regain control of my feelings... and put the deep hurt on the back burner.... so hard to do...That is why I write.... I know no one is reading this... It somehow helps me put my feelings into perspective.... I know I am not always right... most of the time I am wrong.... but I feel we in the 21st century & could talk about lifes' issues... Guess I am wrong once more.....

For now, I need to re think what I have done, why I did it and what is my next course of action. Do any of you ever feel like this? Defeated? Underseige? I pull myself up, just to be knocked down harder than before.... Do I apologize? Do I forever go through life not giving my opinion? Not talking with people ? Shutting myself off? Retreating? That seems to be the safest way for me to live my life.

From personal experience I should know to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business, keep to myself about everything..... Is that living or existing? What is the safest for my own peace of mind.?

What do you think? Any suggestions? Gosh, I sure could use a few.... I'll be waiting for your reply....

Bye for now.... Sad Liz

Amuse-Bouche

Hi everyone.... I have to say I made the time to go through the recipes that were sent courtesy of Amuse-Bouche..... All great Italian dishes, Jules, never would have been daring enough to melt the chocolate with butter in a pan over direct, low flame! You inspire me!!!! By the way, I am on Atkins.... dishes looked way to delish to pass up... but I must for now... until I get myself back to my desired weight! Will refer to your recipes for sure! The photos are so clear, make my mouth water... my eyes desire the food... and my consicous mind is talking me out of making the recipes!

Great job... this is just what I love.... someone else who likes to bake and cook and share....My hearfelt thanks to Jules...!

As I enter the kitchen, my fat photo clearly visible from every sector of the kitchen, I keep talking to myself ..... I am not hungry..... I am not hungry.. the first week on any diet is sheer torment! But I will do it.... I can do it...

Phone is ringing,...

Bye for now.... liz

March 24th

I have to tell you what happened to me........ I am on the Atkins Diet.... Being very very strict... so,this morning had to get up extra early, sent Joe off to work, fed the boys and decided to get a shower, shampoo my hair, put my face on and earrings... So I did.... and put on my sneakers....... so about 15 minutes ago, I took off the sneakers... did not want to walk on the carpet with dirty shoe bottoms... and put on my dress shoes.. the ones I have been wearing for months now.... guess what?????? The shoes were too big.....So, I put on another pair... smaller in size.... they fit... I totally forgot that my feet get big as I get bigger.... I must have lost some weight... in just a few days... probably water weight.. but never the less..... I fit into my 6 shoes.....! What a pleasant surprise....!!!!!!

I refuse to get on the scale yet, thought I would wait about a week.... who knew my shoes would be a clue to my loosing a little weight! Thank heavens for Dr. Atkins.....

I was laying in bed this morning about 4AM thinking of what I wanted to write.. It seemed so important then... for the moment I cannot remember for the life of me what it was.... I know it will hit me.. probably when I do not have a pencil and pad in hand...!!!!

Changing the subject...... I am heartsick about the violence against the congressmen who voted for the health care bill..... I don't mind when people disagree, but NOT in the violent way... No reason for that.... We are ALL Americans, just with different points of view..

I am especially proud of you young people... Like the 30 to 40 age bracket... You're educated, smart, have common sense. Mostly you take people for WHOM they are, not what race, religion, color, political affiliation or where they live.... You are our HOPE...For that Thank you
It sickens me to see men and women my age act they way they are acting now.... Why the guns ??? No one wants to take their guns away..... Why? We democrats did not act that way when we felt George Bush stole the election from Al Gore..... maybe we wanted to ..... but we did NOT..

People must realize you cannot have your way all the time.. it is called compromise.... and I think different opinions are great and healthy! We all have something to add..... At least I think so..

Pass along to others please that we must be civil to each other.... Why can't we be civil? I don't get it....

Enough lecturing for now... When I remember what I wanted to write at 4 AM.. I will write it for sure....

Wishing you all health, happiness and LOVE

Bye for now..... Liz