Note to self: It was a rookie mistake. Always check the yield of a recipe before doubling it. Now I have WAY too many ginger snaps. Way too many. But the house smells good, I guess.

This.

My electricity went out last evening and the first thing I did was check to see if any part of our country was under some sort of attack. That's the world we live in now. (Power company said it was an "equipment failure." It was out for three hours.)

The incompetence, from the largest thing to the smallest, is astounding.

A friend just told me her neighbor was recently "disappeared" by masked men, assumed to be ICE. They broke his car window and dragged him out of his car, directly in front of his condo (next door to hers). We live in suburban SW Ohio; there haven't been reports of ICE activity hereabouts.

It's Election Day in the USA. If you haven't voted yet, please make time today to do so. And be kind to your poll workers; some of us are not morning people but we arrive at the polls before the crack of dawn to make sure everything is in place to run smoothly. #ElectionDay

Appearing on my Facebook feed. So which is it? They endorsed him, or they don't know what to do about supporting him?

six packs of chicken and six of sausage if you turn down the cereal, bread, peanut butter, canned goods, milk, and fresh produce. He got quite belligerent and had to be escorted out. And that is why clients aren't allowed back to the shelves.

I volunteered at a food pantry this morning. We pack a cart based on the size of the family. Clients do not come back to the pantry. New client this morning insisted on seeing the pantry... and then tried to tell us what we were going to give him. No sir, that's not how it works. No, you can't have

On Indigenous People's Day, I think it's important to remember4 that the sitting VP called Native Americans "the enemy." www.alternet.org/vance-native...

My understanding is that every member of Congress has 15 to 18 staff members who work for them. Each one, 15 to 18 staff. How many of those positions have been eliminated in the DOGE efforts and now the shutdown purge? Curious minds would like to know.

What annoys me more than the fact that everyone currently in power in the government is so woefully, completely unqualified for their positions is that so many of my fellow Americans are A-OK with profound incompetence. Even when their own lives are negatively impacted. I'll never understand it.

I have a plumber working on my leaking bathroom sink. Somehow he set himself on fire (welding/soldering) & ran through the house with the flaming welding/soldering tool. Must've dropped it on the rug in my entryway because when I got up to see, that was in flames on the lawn. How's your day going?

Check out FOTUS's right hand in this photo released from his state dinner at Windsor Castle. Also look at how his feet tip sideways in his shoes. King Charles' feet included for comparison.

It's perfectly legal for a bakery to refuse to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, but it's illegal for an office supply/services store to refuse to print posters for a CK memorial vigil. Would someone explain this to me like I'm 4 years old?

So now they're working on voter fraud? From a FB group I follow.

I see in the news that the Utah shooter "isn't cooperating." I wonder if he's negotiating for a light sentence or release with no charges if he lies and says he's a "radical leftist" or otherwise works it around to blame the "radical left." The Ghislaine Maxwell effect.

My Christian values place me firmly beside former POTUS Carter. And yes, I blocked out Kirk's face because we've seen more than enough of it. Thoughts and prayers.

Ha!

don't know how to use guns, are too stupid to own guns, hate the Second Amendment, etc., etc., but now all of a sudden liberals/leftists/Democrats are elusive sharpshooters who can kill a man with one shot from 200 yards. Which is it? 2/2

Social media is flooded with people demanding civil war and eradication/imprisonment of all "liberals," "leftists," and "Democrats." It's interesting to note that these people (or bots, or paid trolls) spend so much time saying that liberals/leftists/Democrats hate guns, don't own guns, 1/2

What's Sen. Fetterman up to these days? I haven't seen anything about him in the news lately.

fresh produce. And fresh (not frozen) meat. I don't mean to sound hard-hearted, but if you're needy enough to need a food pantry, maybe be a little more accepting of what's offered. She left with next to nothing.

I volunteered at the local food pantry this morning. Stock is WAY down; it's sad. Then we had a client come in--single mom, three kids--who would not accept ANYTHING processed. No canned food, no peanut butter, no cereal, etc. She wanted ONLY ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, milk) and

Thinking about the fact that the first time I heard a Republican say he would defund PBS/NPR if he was elected, it was Mitt Romney during a debate with POTUS Obama. That was in 2012. Republicans play the long game. Democrats need to learn to do the same. ASAP.

A "health insurance in the USA" story. I had to have a relatively simple ultrasound. I have insurance. I received the bill for it yesterday. Cost of the scan: $872.92. Insurance adjustment: $772.46. Insurance paid (wait for it...) $0.46. I owe $100. Does that seem right? No, it does not.

This story is NOT from The Onion. We seriously need to stop electing idiots in the USA. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is Ogee, a stray cat that lives in my little condo complex. I don't know if he's male or female so I call him Ogee: Outside Guy/Outside Girl. Call him "him" out of convenience. I know at least two of us in this HOA feed him. He lives a good life.

Not that I want to put ideas out there in the universe, but I wonder why the melon felon hasn't come after POTUS Obama on his retribution tour.

This stray cat lives in my back yard. Yes, I feed him. You can tell he has a rough life.

There is a nice Asian woman who works in a neighborhood drug store. I assume she's an immigrant; she has an accent. Yesterday an older white man (customer) started yelling that she had "embarrassed" him, she should go back where she came from & he was going to call ICE. This is where we are now.

We are being invaded here in southern Ohio. These are the invaders. My windshield is a mess.

This.

This is not going to end well. Not at all.

I apologize to everyone who followed me because I suspect I've appeared in a starter pack or two. I'm travelling and have limited time and access to WiFi for a couple weeks. When I'm settled back at home, I'll do a mass following. Photo I took last evening for tax.