Random acts of kindness

Last night the call came in; help the ATV won't start and we are down in the beach and darkness is coming! The beach in question was an inaccessible road to traffic other than on foot or ATV's. Of course someone decided to try to drive down and rescue our kids; going down was not the issue; coming up was! I made a phone call after taking the ATV up and out for help! Now our car was stranded! My friend called her friends who came with a 4 wheel drive vehicle to pull us out. That was not happening since once they came down they could not get back up either! So without blinking an eye they got out of their vehicle and started building a road from rocks that they began to scrounge around and find! It took hours to do this and they never gave up until they made this highly dangerous road somewhat driveable for a 4x4! Once they were up they then continued until they could drive our car out! Just watching their cheerful disposition as they worked diligently to get us up and out safely was so inspiring! People just don't do that anymore! Or so I thought; before this saga began another complete stranger came from out of the dark with a portable charger for the ATV to see if he could help! It was just amazing to be surrounded by people who wanted to help just because that is what you do. While we were trying to call for help and then wait for them, to show the way, another person just up and comes out to see if we needed help! They operate the Coco Loco restaurant on the road to our disaster! They opened their business and turned on the lights so our rescue team could find us in the darkness of the desert! They also refused payment for our beverages and were just grateful we made it out! So we shall continue the cycle and pay it forward by referring everyone we know to their businesses and remember them in our prayers for years to come! What could have been potentially a very expensive loss turned into an adventure in which we met some incredible people and were reminded that kindness still exsists in our world!
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Signs the hard way

Well I am up and cannot sleep. We had some unexpected company at 2:30am. My husbands nephews came by to visit and to tease. While they had great fun doing so it now has me up and unable to sleep. I went to the emergency room today because I was having a reaction to a medicine I am taking and walked out with pneumonia. I knew I was not feeling well for awhile but that was a surprise. I have been wondering for several weeks why I am having so many things go wrong with me when all I want to do is return to my little slice of heaven in Mexico. Now I know it was the medicine I am allergic to. I would never have put my symptoms together if I had not been stayed by my foot and seen a doctor who picked up on it! So now I am already feeling better on the one hand because I am stopping this medicine I have been on for years yet I have pneumonia on the other. So on this trip to Texas I have found I am allergic to two medicines I take; I am content to go without replacement ones for now just to get back to my little casita. Obviously I am staying put though until the rest of me heals. If I paid more attention to the signs in my life I probably would have been spared the foot injury that came my way to slow me down. I would have been winging it back to Mexico and in trouble; if not for being hobbled; thus seeing several doctors and one noticing the medication issues that I was blind to because I had been on them for awhile and it just felt normal to feel this bad! There is something to be said for paying attention to oneself first and others later You; will live longer! I would go on more however my cat wants my lap now. Live with Love and Laugh Often

Baja Days and then the Days: Government Waste

Baja Days and then the Days: Government Waste: As a Veteran I have been struggling with what happened to me here in Texas. I just spent three plus months at the Connecticut VA having all...

Government Waste

As a Veteran I have been struggling with what happened to me here in Texas. I just spent three plus months at the Connecticut VA having all sorts of tests done on me at I am sure some expense. While I appreciate it and needed all of them I feel that they should suffice for any other VA.
I found myself in Texas due to family illness; shortly after; I needed to see someone; THE ONLY WAY BACK IN THE DALLAS VA WAS for me to start getting the exact SAME tests over!!!! I tried to explain it is all there in the system; So until I see the primary care Doctor in November I go through the EMERGENCY room for care and really waste time and money. I will however be run through the mill again at such an expense. I am not due for any follow up until January 2012; ALL I needed was a prescription refill! I have given blood twice and all must be well because no one has called to give me any results since the end of September.
Now I am not sure why but if the Dallas VA cannot COMMUNICATE with the Connecticut VA the computer system is the first thing that needs to be fixed AGAIN!!! I know it is possible so do it and save money, money money money! So the first thing we should do is connect the dots and STOP wasting money! I am sure there are people skilled enough to do this already working for us. Here is the odd part I guess; Government employees work for us,we pay their salaries, so when I find such mismanagement with people skills I just want to scream! FIRE SOMEONE! This is my company! Oh and there is always the phone as a back up or have records faxed; hmm to complicated I guess!
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Baja Days and then the Days: Electoral College- Relevant?

Baja Days and then the Days: Electoral College- Relevant?: I just had this amazing conversation with my brother about the electoral college and it's relevance today. He asked me a question I hadn't t...

Electoral College- Relevant?

I just had this amazing conversation with my brother about the electoral college and it's relevance today. He asked me a question I hadn't thought about since US government in college; how it started. I knew that answer but I had no answer for is it still relevant. We both agree that the President should be voted in BY THE PEOPLE and today that is possible since we now can vote with absentee ballots from ANYPLACE in the world! If you live in the frozen tundra areas you just need to pay attention and cast that vote in a timely manner if you want your candidate to win.
They have served their purpose and we need to make changes so the vote becomes that of the People and by the People again. In case you missed it Congress voted themselves a raise however those of us receiving VA checks did not get our COLA this year. That brought up another issue as to a straight Federal tax. They did not need to raise our personal taxes because they just raised or put a federal tax on other things. He asked me if I ever really looked at the receipt from my hotel bill. I said no I just pay it and he said well the next time check the little tax on there it pays for their utility bills and there is a little for the government. He also asked me about harvesting crops and what did I know about how that works; another issue I was amazed to learn just how it works within the government. I will also be looking into the Fish and wildlife departments; did you know there is one to study fresh water trout and one for salt water trout? We don't need more federal jobs we need the ones that are already there to work efficiently and fire people if they don't. A federal job should not be for life. Do a great job or give an unemployed person the chance to show you up. We are paying them after all and EVERYONE seems to forget that. So we will not settle for complacency anymore. WE are their bosses and we need to get that back in perspective! LIVE WITH LOVE AND LAUGH OFTEN

Baja Days and then the Days: Listen to the Winds of Change

Baja Days and then the Days: Listen to the Winds of Change: "I must start off by thanking all those who know me better than I know myself; or are at least smart enough to know when I am off my axis. A..."

Listen to the Winds of Change

I must start off by thanking all those who know me better than I know myself; or are at least smart enough to know when I am off my axis. 

A very wise woman last night told me to listen to my inner self; take a breath; look at things item by item; and I will be able to handle it all once again!  Then oddly enough I spoke with a very wise man who at the end of our conversation said;    you know over the years the one little saying that has always stuck with me is "we are our own worst enemy".  Well this morning I was contemplating the entire past week; and realized that they were both lucky to have such a great shaman in their lives; and I would benefit from a visit; you know to get centered again; sayings on a coffee cup only go so far; when, it dawned on me, it was my sage advice they were repeating back!  I am so damned smart when I AM NOT the last one left to jump off the sinking ship just as I realize; crap no more life vests and I didn't dye my hair because I was letting it breath.  Who needs to let their hair breath really now! The things we worry about; cause us to miss the beauty right in front of us!  I have learned ONCE again PERSPECTIVE people.  AND my favorite of all: somewhere when life closes a door on us God opens a window; a vent, an overhead ceiling tile; but somewhere he sends us what we need we just need to see it!

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Baja Days and then the Days: Spending Cuts

Baja Days and then the Days: Spending Cuts: "I am so tired that Congress and The Senate keep looking for ways to cut the budget but they have not looked at their own expenses! We as th..."

Spending Cuts

I am so tired that Congress and The Senate keep looking for ways to cut the budget but they have not looked at their own expenses!  We as the people need to re-evaluate the outrageous benefits that they have apparently voted themselves in.  After all it is our money!  They do work for Us and I believe that somehow, someway they have forgotten that!  We need an accounting of exactly what they get when they leave office; and let me tell you it will surprise you; to see how much money we as the people decided they are worth! They get their pension AND their social security of that you can be sure; but I know people who worked for years and became disable; seriously; and can't draw a dime until they are 62 because they lack specific quarters!  Time for a revealing of the budget we must have approved but don't remember as a people!  Hello does anyone else feel the same??????

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MUSIC or SO I Thought

Last night I attended a concert for the first time in years......At some point I just started listening to the sounds around me; not just the music.  Voices, conversations, people talking just to be heard but really saying nothing.  Imagine competing with the volume of a concert to try and carry on a conversation just to be social.....It just seemed so odd.  Somehow as I was listening to the sounds I also began to feel the emotions of the people around me.  I wish I hadn't, I seem to be more perceptive than I like and I was right about the tension building; and the blissful blindness to it by others.  I don't Like tension, so I avoid it at all costs.  Sometimes the pain starts before anyone even knows they have created it.  I hated that moment; it drained me, completely, I was filled with awe one moment, floating back in time and then crashing back to earth and reality. That night I thought about music and how much I love it; and then I thought about every concert I had ever been to and realized there was always a reality check after; so that is why I avoid them.  I will continue to love my music but in my own special way; quietly and alone so I can get lost in the sounds of silence!

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It Has Been Too Long

It has been too long since last I wrote!  Time it seems just rushes by.  So many things both good and bad come clashing into my little world, and I must make the most of it.  Strangers met on planes I take refresh my soul with hope; family and friends overwhelm me with the love I need.  Distance becomes a thing gone by with technology so new today.  My faith in man grows stronger; by random acts of those I love; they need not know it shows.  I find myself in such a place where life is now, filled with colors; bright vibrant ones, you know.....It is the little secrets of life, that I get to have, because God gave me all of YOU.  Your joy, your pain, your new life, it all fills me to overflowing!  That glass I looked at years ago; I saw half full is now spilling over,  the time we live in is just right for us because it is our time.  You see it now and so I smile and breathe and laugh and live again! 

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