Black Friday Adventures at Wal-Mart & A Twelve Step Meeting
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Posted:Nov 26, 2011 3:10 pm
Last Updated:Dec 8, 2011 6:18 pm 2697 Views
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I supported the Capitalist Dream by working at Wal-mart on Thanksgiving. It was actually a HO HUM!!!! Day. I prefer it busier. The time goes by faster. I got off work and drove over the boarder to Virginia to celebrate the Holiday with some friends.
Black Friday was scheduled to start at 10 PM on Thanksgiving Eve.
Driving home, I drove past Wal-Mart where Black Friday was in full force. I was certainly glad to NOT be working at that time. The Parking Lot was packed. The Parking Lot for the Stores at the Mall Next to is was full. The Parking Lots for Applebee's and Arby's was full. People were parked across the street and even illegally on the streets.
Dang, I thought to myself. Where the heck am I going to park when I get to work in the morning. When I made it home, I crawled into bed only to wake up, get dressed and head to work.
Happily, I was able to park in my usual place. Yea Haw! I survived Cashiering on Black Friday! I came home exhaused and tempted to crawl back into bed. I needed to go to a 12 Step Meeting, It was suggested that I would feel better once I got there.
I've seen so many at the beginning of thier journey into recovery. I love watching them progress, grow and become respected 12 Step Guru's One of my favorites was speaking that night. At the end of the meeting, they were giving out chips for various milestones in recovery. One of the local lawyers was giving them out. Desire Chip, Thirty Days, Three Months, Six Months, Nine Months, Any Anniversaries, Nope and he starts to close the Box.
Excuse Me, I told him. We DO have an anniversary. Is there a 34 Year Chip in there? I forgot all about why I needed to be at that meeting.
Alcoholism is not a Sin and Sobriety is not a Virtue. Despite all my years, I have never acheived Guru Status but I've watched a number of others do just that. It's a lot easier to get 34 years than it is 34 days. Surviving Black Friday at Wal-Mart is real acheivement. Yea Haw!!!!!
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Foto Friday - Rear Window Kind of Sort of
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Posted:Nov 18, 2011 10:27 am
Last Updated:Jan 18, 2012 12:22 pm 2974 Views
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FOTO FRIDAY - REAR VIEW WINDOW
In this Photo, I inadvertly got the Rear View Window of my car when I took a photo from the Front Window.
I decided the scene from the Front Window was far more interesting and scenic than the Parking Lot of Burger King. Nevertheless, I caught the picture of the parking lot in the Mirror.
Hanging on the rearview is a Guardian Angel with St Christopher
St Christopher - Protect Me, My Passengers and all who pass by with a steady hand and a watchful eye.
I purchased one for my when I gave him Monticello Blue the East Coast Malibu and bought Granddaddy Hedrick the Oldsmobile.
A few days after I bought the Oldmobile, I backed into another car at the Harris Teeter Parking Lot. It was a minor 'OPPS' but nevertheless I decided that Granddaddy Hedrick needed his very own Guardian Angel and St. Christopher.
Perhaps St. Christoper was protecting everyone at Burger King.
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Not Quite Foto Friday but Yo!!! To the Veterans & the American Dream!
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Posted:Nov 13, 2011 3:41 pm
Last Updated:Sep 11, 2023 6:08 pm 2401 Views
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When 9/11 Happened, a Girlfriend went to Wal-Mart to find some Red White and Blue Ribbons. Everything Red, White and Blue was sold out. I acquired some willow branches I went to Wal-Mart and purchased Red, White and Blue Yard. I made them into Dreamcatchers and gave them to all my friends. I even sent Dreamcatchers to our Congressmen, Senator, and the President. Those Dreamcatchers hung all over Greenbrier and Monroe Counties, West Virginia.
Later on, I made Yellow Dreamcatchers in honor my , Niece and Nephew-in-Law who were deployed to the Warfront.
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Foto Saturday- One of my FAVORITES
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Posted:Nov 5, 2011 4:34 pm
Last Updated:Nov 13, 2011 4:07 pm 2762 Views
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I could never choose a favorite but I've so much fun creating photos. In my early SFF Days. I took pictures with my webcam. I had an old hubcap where I would light a candle displayed of my favorite rocks, stones, crystals including my Favorite Amber necklace.
Frequently, some[ male person would request to view my webcam, thinking he was going to see something really good. He didn't get to see what he was thought he was going to see. He did get to see my amber necklace and candlelight.This photo was taken in 2006.
More recently, I've taken photos with my cellphone camera and now I actully carry a small digital camera in my purse. LOL! 
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The Economics of Liberals Versus Conservatives
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Posted:Nov 2, 2011 5:27 pm
Last Updated:Nov 26, 2011 2:42 pm 2497 Views
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According to my gOOgle Research
the Definition of Liberalism (from the Latin liberalis, "of freedom")[1] is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights.[2] Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights, capitalism, and freedom of religion Rejecting several foundational assumptions that dominated most earlier theories of government, such as nobility, established religion, absolute monarchy, and the Divine Right of Kings.
Conservatism (Latin: conservare, "to preserve")[1] is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism and seek a return to the way things were per gOOgle Research
Republicans support Big Business while Democrats support the Common Man. In reality, Big Business and the Common Man need each other. Wal-Mart would not succeed if there was no workers to keep it running. If the rich get richer so should the poor get richer. Unfortunatedly this is not always the case. There is the theory of soaking the rich to the point where they move to 3rd World Counties to business which leave the common Countryman without. There is also the Business that expliots the Commonman such as the Coalmine Wars in West Virginia where the National Guards were sent in to shoot the striking coalminers.
Perhaps Coalminer owners could import workers from 3rd World Counties to do the mining like they did in Rock Springs, Wyoming.. The Rock Springs massacre, also known as the Rock Springs Riot, occurred on September 2, 1885, in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs, Wyoming, in Sweetwater County.
The riot, between Chinese immigrant miners and white immigrant miners, was the result of racial tensions and an ongoing labor dispute over the Union Pacific Coal Department's policy of paying Chinese miners lower wages than white miners. This policy caused the Chinese to be hired over the white miners, which further angered the white miners and contributed to the riot. Racial tensions were an even bigger factor in the massacre. When the rioting ended, at least 28 Chinese miners were dead and 15 were injured. per gOOgle research 
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Photo Friday - P is for Paranormal!!!!!
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Posted:Oct 27, 2011 7:24 pm
Last Updated:Oct 30, 2011 1:18 pm 2875 Views
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Scorpio is the time of the year when Pluto does a Salsa Dance with the Paranormal Energies.
It is the time of the year when the Veil between the Two Worlds is thinnest.
Witches, Bats, Haunted Houses, and Spiders. Halloween is actually Samhein when the Witches have their ball.
Bats are nothing to be afraid of. Bats Eat Spiders and Spiders can be be really creepy even if they are not scary.
Haunted Houses, Bah Humbug! I am sure that our departed ancestors have better things to do than to hang around old houses scaring people.
Is it BOO? Perhaps it's Boo Hoo! Maybe it's simply Nanny Nanny Boo Boo!
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How to Make Your Boss Eat Humble Pie.
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Posted:Oct 25, 2011 6:52 am
Last Updated:Oct 26, 2011 11:38 am 2460 Views
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Humble Pie made of Chili - That it................
I had so much fun congratulating him on his second place status.
I cashiered him out. He presented his gift card to pay for the purchase.
Golly, Gee Whiz!!!! I told him, I've got a gift card just like that one except it has ten dollars more on it.
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How To Torture A Man With Opera Music????
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Posted:Oct 18, 2011 10:28 am
Last Updated:Apr 18, 2024 4:40 pm 2482 Views
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I invited a Gentleman from the Old Fart Dance to the Opera. The Old Fart Dance plays the classic country music that so many West Virginians are fond of.
His response was, the only Opera he would going to was is Tennessee and made a few other suggestions. I don't know why some of these guys conclude that "Big Boobs equal Round Heels!" Maybe they are just hoping it does.
So...........Star along with her big boobs put on her high heels boots and went to the Opera by herself.
Anna Bolena - about Henry VIII and his unfortunate Queen Anne. Henry VIII was the untimate Male Chauvinist Pig. I suspect an ancestor of a few of my past relationships.
The Next Opera at the Greenbrier Theater will be Mozart’s Don Giovanni. I love Mozart but Don Giovanni was a player. If I went to that Opera, I would get kicked out for throwing Sunflower Seeds at him.
So...........I am going to Wagner’s Siegfried. Nordic Mythology is always interesting and the Fat Woman gets to sing.
I'll go to that Opera with a Girlfriend and maybe we'll save our money and go to the Grand Old Opera in Tennessee.
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FotoFridayOnSaturdayHARVEST at WallyWorld!!!!!
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Posted:Oct 15, 2011 2:48 pm
Last Updated:Oct 17, 2011 1:04 pm 2674 Views
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Workplace Realities. I took the Photo on Friday but was not able to submit the Blog until today.
Thus a Belated Photo on HARVEST!!!!!
Not that there is any big prize pending regardless except the fun of of annoying a few of the Foto Friday Grinches.
Big FiretrUCKing Deal!!!!!
I have no desire to do an abundance of blogs on Politics and Anyone who insults Thomas Jefferson deseves to to annoyed.
Now about the Harvest at WallyWorld.
The Produce Folks at WallyWorld are constantly chasing the HARVEST.
It's always FIVE O CLOCK somewhere! There is always a HARVEST somewhere.
Blueberries come from South America when it's Winter in California. They come from California when it's Spring in Chili. There in an in between time when they are busy growing and the customers are mad. Life on Life's Terms. Frozen Blueberries are always an option.
The Flowers come from Columbia. Is that the District of Columbia????
I think about certain Political Bloggers who doesn't like Thomas Jefferson with amusement.
Thomas Jefferson didn't have the option of getting Fresh Produce from all over the World so what did he do during the Winter. Thomas Jefferson ate Vanilla Ice Cream with canned blueberries and cuddled with Sally Hemming. That Political Blogger eats Strawberries from Florida and complains about Photo Friday. I wonder who has more fun.
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Fota Friday - "O" is for Opera Tickets, the Old F*rt Dance & Potential "Oh My's"
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Posted:Sep 30, 2011 8:44 am
Last Updated:May 14, 2017 11:34 pm 2968 Views
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This Tuesday I went to the "O"ld Fart Dance. I noticed that all my Dancing Partners are getting girlfriends. It's like Cupid is flying over my shoulder and anyone that I dance with gets the Arrow of L "O" V E!
I did meet a Gentleman in a Cowboy Hat who sings. "Hello you desvastatingly handsome man," I greeted him. I commented that I was heading to the car to get my glasses so I could determine if I had the winning raffle ticket.
"How do you know if I am handsome if you don't have your glasses" he asked. They are dollar store reading glasses but nevertheless I put them on, walked up to him and commented, "Yep, you look just like Charlie Daniels but you sing a whole lot better!"
Suddenly, he started whispering in my ear suggesting that we get together and do the wild thing. If I were looking for the Wild Thing the last place I would be looking for it is at the Old Fart Dance.
It's Alcohol Free, Close to Home and a Good Place to dance but it's been my experience that casual Whoopie in never satisfatory. No Man's Land is much better than keeping company with schmucks with just one thing on thier minds.
"I'll tell you what Darlin,"
"I've got tickets to the Opera"
"Would you like to go to the Opera?" I asked him.
"The OPERA!!! No Way, I only do Country! he replies.
"I might go to Nashville but NEVER the Opera!"
Nashville would be alright but what an uncultured dufus. He would not be very good at the wild thing anyway.
So.............I'll go to the Opera with a Girlfriend but Cupid and I are plotting when I get that old Redneck on the Dance Floor. The Arrow of Love is going pair him up with some old Gal who won't the difference.
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