More Fun

This is a video that I did during one of my walks. The railroad plays a very important part in veggie growing process: the reason they are so fresh when they hit the market.

This is a quarter of a mile down the road from the video. Here I thought I was out in the middle of the desert. My first shock was to come upon a house (which I didn't take a picture of) and then this street sign. Imagine!

I mainly did this post to assure myself that I could upload video. The last time I tried, it didn't work. Maybe I'll get one of those little camcorders that the guys at Best Buy weren't too impressed with. Right now, both of my cameras do a fine job for what I want.

New Year 2011

Since it's a new year, I decided to resurrect this blog and use it sort of as my daily diary. Cabbagemama is more of a travelogue of on the road adventures. I'm hoping to use this one for my deep thoughts which have been really wild lately. I spent a quiet first day of the new year trying to keep warm. My hose froze during the night so I didn't have water for coffee. I ran over to the club house and filled my cup from their pot. The guys in there told me that I would have to make coffee for a month now: only if they hog tie me! I read and watched movies the rest of the day. Carman called and we talked for over an hour about the possibility of combining resources to travel together. It's tempting, but I know I'm just too independent and set in my ways. He'd have to give up too much to make it happen. Today I called my friend Norma to see if she wanted to go to lunch, but she had already had an early lunch. She was scrapping greeting cards. She's very talented and is trying to teach me. If only my fingers would cooperate. I walked over to Coyote Wash to the IGA and bought milk and some veggies. The sun felt good, but it's getting cold again. I guess unless I go to the South Pacific, I'm going to have to have some degree of winter. Oh rats!

Straight Talk Express

I couldn't believe it! I was getting ready to pull out of Paws & Claws when what to my wondering eyes should appear but the Straight Talk Express. It turned on Third Street and I figured it was headed to Elephant Butte. When I passed Hodges Corner Restaurant, I saw a group of people anticipating something. I had to stop and get gas, because the red light was on. By the time I finished the big bus was parked in front of Hodges. I parked in the storage lot and walked across the street with my camera. A gentleman introduced himself to me as Frank. Jared Bartoo was standing next to me and he said that Frank was one of John McCain's prisoner buddies. After Mr. Frank left, Jared looked at me and said, "Hi, Dolly Loftus!" That's what happens when your students grow up, and I do mean UP. He's well over six feet tall. "If I'd known you were a Republican, I would have behaved better in your class," he said with a smerky smile. I think he's practicing to be a politician. At that point Clyde Woods came over and gave me a hug. Then I spotted Josh Ashbaugh. He wanted to know if I was going to come inside the restaurant and hear what the entourage had to say. I declined since I was quite cruddy from working at the thrift store all day. I could kick myself now. I took some pictures of Kathy Vickers, Cindi Senn, and Tom Stroup and hurried home with my unexpected treasures. Now I know why I very seldom part with my camera.

Sarah

Sarah has certainly spiced up the political cartoons that I read in the ABQ Journal. Thank God for the internet. Those cartoons that are circulating are great also. I just recently got pictures of Sarah T-shirts. She is certainly doing her share for the ecomomy! One of my liberal friends recently sent me some Dem propaganda. I fired back, "Thank you." I always like to know what the other side is thinking.

Politics

So this is the day that I turn Jazzy Lady into a political blog. I make no apologies. I am so excited about Sarah being John's running mate that I can hardly contain myself. The reason that she is being attacked is because she is a definite threat to Obama. The Republicans finally have a chance in this election. I watched the political shows this morning and the Dems are scared. There is so much to be analyzed on either side. Oh my God! There I go being fair again. I've got to get over that. There's nothing fair in war and politics. I have heard so much from my environmental wacko friends and anyone else who wants to twist things their way. The lady follows my life philosophy to a tee, and she's doing a good job standing up to the press, as we all knew she would. One thing I found interesting this morning on the Fox news program was that Juan Williams was upset at the question about being asked to be the VP candidate and she said, "I didn't blink." He thought she should have showed more humility. I heard the interview with Obama and someone and he clearly said that you had to be egotist to run for the presidency. So go figure. I'll be back tomorrow if you care to read. Sorry, no pretty pictures or video clips. I'll learn to do that soon. I ain't dead yet.

My goodness! So much has happened since I last vented. I am now no longer a member of the Lakeshore Sanitation District. Past mayor Bob Barnes teased me at Rotary today. I could pontificate on that fiasco, but it wouldn't do anyone any good, so it's best left unsaid. My speaker for Rotary today would have been so cool, but she was stuck in Kingston due to our monsoonal season. She promises to be there next week. I had 45 minutes to prepare BS for the meeting. My group is so forgiving. Nancy and I did scrapbooking for 4 hours after that. She is a whiz and I'm doing a scrapbook for our workcampers that got married on June 5th. I took pictures at the wedding and at the party at Pizza Hut afterward, plus I had some other candid shots of them working at the refuge. I hope they like it. Oh, I forgot, I got this really cool picture of them "getting down" at the Pine Knot. Tomorrow is my regular day at Paws & Claws, and Marty and Sue are coming on Saturday for the weekend leaving on Monday. It should be a wonderful time on the pontoon. I hope Marty catches a fish. All I care about is swimming around with my wine on the mesa cerveza. I'm trying to get all my bases covered before I leave in August. In the meantime, I'm covering for Eliana, doing her Humane Happenings and I've volunteered to be the cashier on Fridays at Paws & Claws permanently.

Things can't stay bad forever, and seldom do

Well, here it is Thursday already. I survived and worked my tail off on Tuesday at the thrift store in the afternoon after a hectic morning at the refuge. My neighbors invited me to go to the Inn for a drink after work. Shortly before that it started raining and hasn't quit since. My Humane Society boss was stuck on the other side of the lake due to rock slides and full arroyos. Life hasn't been this exciting in a while. It's supposed to rain tomorrow and through the weekend. I don't know; the sky seems to be brightening. You know the weatherman. I think he just looks outside and makes the rest up.