Sunday, August 23, 2020

How Petty Can a Person Get?

 Pretty Petty.

A former White House reporter is OUTRAGED that a mere immigrant should change part of the Presidential residence without his express permission!

Even Al Jareeza basically said, "Dude, that's anti-immigrant!"

What happened?

Melania Trump took some initiative to make some changes to the Rose Garden. In doing so, she went back to the design of the 1962 planting. Is it great? Horrible?

You decide. I think it looks like a more formal, classic monotoned garden. It has tightly manicured bushes, some trees are gone, and the flowers are lower and more controlled.

For the record, I like it. The former garden was fine, but I think this is an improvement, and well within her responsibilities.

Below are the pictures.



The first is the After version. The second is the Before version.

No Longer Doing IWSG

I got back to it after missing it for 2 months, only to find that I'd been kicked off. Apparently, I either hadn't read the rules - or, more likely, skimmed them and ignored most of the boilerplate - and failed to live up to the mandate that any writer missing 2 of the round-robin blog hops was dropped.

I'm not mad, just disappointed. I doubt that I will make the effort, at this time, to get back on. I have a LOT on my plate - as, who does not?

So, I'm going to concentrate on more urgent matters:

  • Plowing away at the Pruning the Planet book. I'm more than 1/2-way through it, and have been revising on the way, so it may need little more than some tweaking at the end.
  • Keeping up my journal - not only for notes and writing practice, but, more importantly, keeping track of my efforts, noting praise-worthy events, working out the details of planning my day, and helping me to know what day it is.
  • Preparing to take the AHIP again (insurance agent test). I didn't quite make a passing grade on the first try. It's a VERY tough test, and I say that as one who has taken many tests. I have two more attempts, and then that's it for the year - can't sell for 2021. The stakes are VERY high.
  • Getting ready to return home. I've been staying with my brother for a few weeks, to assist him with home matters and just providing another pair of eyes on his health. He's doing well, and I'm confident that he will be fine when I leave.
  • Organizing my life, once I return. I need to establish routines for housework, bill payment, and exercise - three things I tend to let slide.

The Jobs are Getting Done!

First one - finished the Creating Your Life Story in Bite-Sized Pieces. 4 classes, 90 minutes each. Followed that up with a Slack Space for ...