C & J's for September 13th, 2016

Jeers to dental work that hurts long after the procedure.

Cheers to my dentist's kid who is going to college this semester on my dime. I'm pretty sure I've paid that much.

Cheers to America's Got Talent and all the great entertainment found on the season's finale. Well, it's the last show of talent and tomorrow the winner will be announced. I have to go vote after I post this.

Jeers to America Ninja for not having a winner of the $1 million prize. Their show wrapped yesterday and was so anti-climatic.

Jeers to the Goddess of Pain who insists on giving me tooth pain AND hip/back pain. This is the only place I am going to complain about this. I had a pain blocker done a couple of weeks that did nothing much. My lower back was a bit better but my hip hurt more. If I did nothing, well, the pain was better too but how can I do nothing?

J & C's for September 11th, 2016

Jeers to me for speaking my mind....

Okay...I'm doing it again...getting into a conversation about religion one more time (although, to my credit it's been a while). I just saw an meme that basically said that God protected Daniel from some lion and he "will protect you too!" Okay...I'm torn...so torn...the UU in me wants to say, "that's nice...good for you." But the logically part of me wants to ask..."where was He last month when so many died from being buried alive because of a massive earthquake in Italy?" Not one of them was a prayer-making-Christian? These memes are so misleading. If you pray and truly believe, bad things will still happen to you. It's a given. Re-posting or "liking" a meme isn't going to stop that. Likewise, there are a ton of non-believers who have great, fulfilling, positive lives and guess what? They didn't pray or ask God for protection. It just happened.

Cheers to all the First Responders who saved so many lives on this day 15 years ago. Cheers to those who lost their lives as we celebrate their lives. Our hearts break for the families who lost someone on that day.

Jeers to me for being jealous of others who have connections I do not. Connections with: former teachers; former classmates; parents who are still alive; their children and grandchildren; to jobs that I could only dream of having; to economical resources. I am so green with envy it makes me so sad. I have so much but yet...I want more.

J & C for August 30th

Cheers to the month of August for winding up! September and October are the best months of the year...in my opinion.

Cheers to my friend Lisa Griggs for driving me to get a pain shot in my lower back yesterday!

Jeers to my pain shot for not healing me...but oh well, that's how it goes with pain.

Jeers to people who do what this meme says:

It makes me nuts when people do this, say something like..."Thanks a lot for nothing!" And you are left wondering what's up with that?

Cheers to funny memes like this one:

C & J for Thursday 8/11

Cheers to being 5 years cancer free!  It's a milestone but many people are a little disillusioned with this passing of time without an recurrence. It doesn't mean I'm cured or I'll never get it again but it's a great feeling to know my chances have dropped.

Cheers to all my Facebook Friends who've been so very supportive during the time I was going through treatment. I've said it before, Facebook has huge benefits. I'm in touch with people I never would have been if not for FB. So many old friends from high school and even a few frenemies. Some people, who if you had told me in 1979 I would be communicating with 35 years later I would have said you're smoking something funny. But alas I am! (communicating with them, not smoking something funny.)

Cheers for having a smorgasbord of things to do.  I have so many things to choose from:  put t-shirts up on eBay; read; write; watch a movie; clean; write a letter; the list goes on.

Cheers to my neighbor for having an air compressor and letting me come over to fill my front trike tire every 10 days so I don't have to buy a new tire.

J & C's for Monday, August 8th, 2016

Jeers to adult kids who ignore their ailing parents. Apparently they have no idea how hard it is to be without a mother. It sucks so if your mom is still with you, take care of her. Spend some time with her. Believe me, life is too short.

Jeers to people who like to dwell on the obvious. You don't have to say things like, "If you don't like what I say, you can unfollow me."  Of course people an do that. If some one dies young, don't say, "He was too young."  Of course he was.

C & J's for Friday 8/5

Cheers to people buying books on eBay and Half.com. I have a ton of books up for sale and they're selling...little by little but every day I'm going to church to pick up several to pack up and mail. Yeah!

Cheers to Sonic for their wonderful "light chocolate, peanut butter" 1/2 price milk shake and with real milk.

Jeers to Sonic for using real milk in their milk shakes and flaring up my lactose intolerance.

Jeers to me for not appreciating the Olympics.

Jeers to people who, when you ask them a direct question, they don't give an answer.

J&C's for August 4th, 2016

JEERS to my neighbors who won't say "good morning" to me when I'm riding my bike through the neighborhood at 6:15 am. I mean, would it kill you to say "hey?"

CHEERS to Donald Trump...yes, that's right CHEERS for his help in getting Hillary elected. He's very good at putting his foot in his mouth. So glad you hate being politically correct...that's working out well for you.

JEERs to the media for repeating the same things over and over again about the Donald. Sure, he's not someone I want as president but don't you have more news to discuss? His transgressions will hang him so you don't have to milk every story for whatever it's worth. Once a story is over...let it go.

CHEERs to the Bell's Palsy my husband came down with because it only lasted two days...like he just had a touch of it.

CHEERs to people who have families...kids and grandkids. Happy for you. I wish it was me but it's not so glad it's you.