August Week 4, 2008
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August Week 4, 2008
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Christy and Peter Daggett's 26th Wedding Anniversary We went out to dinner at the Western Star and I had a very good steak, we took the kids too and we actually a pretty nice time fo a change, family meals can get a little stressful for some reason. I got everything put back together on my roll top except the drawers, I need to buy some drawer guides and I need to sand the faces down a little. It is stained now and I need to put a coat or three of Polyurethane on it. I will feel better when I get it into the house again. I have been trying to finish that desk since we got up here. Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president (1890-1969) Leroy Seivers died last week, his Blog was a special gift to all of us. I never met him but I feel like I did. His experiences and the way he dealt with Cancer may have been unique and his honesty and humor may have been a bit of an exception but the fact that he shared his life and death with us is very unusual. I have read other Cancer Blogs and they all tell a poignant story but for some reason his was different... I am trying to put my finger on why, this quote that I just found on someone else's blog may be part of it. I remember when I first read it on his blog back in 2007 he was struggling to understand what to do, how to handle the whole process... “Being a cancer patient is hard work. And you’re on the job 24/7. There are no breaks. You don’t get weekends or holidays off. If you don’t feel it physically, you live with it mentally. It can be unrelenting. I think that’s what I’ve been feeling. Boxers get that break between rounds. Football players can catch their breath in the huddle. Sometimes those few seconds can make all the difference in the world, can mean the difference between victory and defeat. I just need a time-out. Except there are no time-outs in this game. Somewhere deep down in yourself, you have to try to find the strength to just keep going. Sometimes I find it, sometimes I don’t. And if you don’t find it one day, maybe it will be there the next. But it’s hard. Probably the hardest thing I have ever had to do.” Thanks Leroy, I am a little bit better person for having known you. Wednesday, August 20, 2008 How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?
Paul Sweeney I took a van full (Christy, Calie, Cindy, Monica, Trevor and Autumn) to Spokane. Monica had an appointment with the Pulmonary Specialist and they all needed clothes and school supplies. Amanda had just spent $130 on school stuff so I was sort of unhappy, preparing myself for the worst... it wasn't so bad... for the school supplies... clothing was another matter. What a tedious pain shopping with girls is. THEY TRIED ON T-SHIRTS! For an hour they were in one store trying on stupid T-shirts... unbelievable. Thursday, August 21, 2008 "A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." Walter Lippman Amanda has gone down to the fair in Cusick, she will be gone till Sunday. Affair on Main Street is coming up in Metaline Falls on Saturday. It is 09.45 and it's 53.2 degrees outside, 85 in the house... this is very unusual August weather. I don't think it got over 75 degrees all day. I worked on the desk everything is ready to paint (Fast drying, clear, water based polyurethane) I hope it comes out OK, it was an expensive desk when we bought it back in 1984 but I let it go to hell and I feel real bad about it. I took some shortcuts but I think it is going to turn out alright. I am not a very good painter, no patience... I have to talk my time with it and that will be hard for me. Joe Lieberman is going to be one of the speechifiers at the Republican Convention... every Democrat who voted for him must want to spit in his eye... I sure would. John McCain's responses at the Saddleback Faith Forum: When asked about abortion, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam no one ever, once, aborted their babies." When asked about Christian faith, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam I spoke to the baby Jesus every morning and every night - he kept me safe." When asked about gay marriage, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam none of the men ever got married - but maybe they changed their mind when they got back to their home state." When asked about embryonic stem-cell research, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam we sometimes had to stay in cells." When asked about AIDS, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam we didn't even know what AIDS was." When asked about troubled youth, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam the local kids always would get in trouble for drawing crosses in the sand." When asked about the conflicts in Georgia, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam the guy in the bed next do me had a girl pal called Georgia - I am sorry to hear they are fighting." When asked about safe nuclear power, McCain said "when I was a prisoner of war in Vietnam the guy on the other side of me had deadly gas." When asked about his time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam McCain said "he'd rather not talk about it."
Friday, August 22, 2008 "Go search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival. Frederick Douglass - July 4, 1852 We went to Colville, G'ma and Christy needed their Coumadin level checked. Monica needed her Allergy Shot, I needed that grizzly lump on my back looked at (Just a keloid scar from a long forgotten injury, not to worry)... we spent too much money at Wall Mart and came home... I finished staining the desk, the broken piece is glued and I can't even see where it was split... I will varnish it tomorrow if it doesn't rain Saturday, August 23, 2008 For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Jonathan Swift, satirist (1667-1745) This was on Snopes this morning, it is an actual obituary and I think it is wonderful:
Dolores Aguilar
Dolores Aguilar, born in 1929 in New Mexico, left us on
She will be met in the afterlife by her husband, Raymond,
She is survived by her daughters Marietta, Mitzi, Stella,
Dolores had no hobbies, made no contribution to society and
Her family will remember Dolores and amongst ourselves we
There will be no service, no prayers and no closure for
I think that what that family member (Virginia Brown from Seattle) wrote was
courageous and showed a lot of integrity and honesty. We should all bear in mind
that our children will not only choose our rest home, they will likely write our
obituary. I enjoyed reading the comments, There were several negative but by far the dominating sentiment was supportive. I was very interested in the number of people who wrote in support because they had had a domineering or abusive parent too... I hope this becomes a trend.
Another thought: I went to a Cajun picnic in the park, it was a benefit for a kid who broke his neck diving into the Columbia River. There were about 65 people there... they managed to come up with over $5,000.00 selling donated cords of wood and other stuff, A used BB gun went for $55, and old rowboat went for $100... I love this town... Sunday, August 24, 2008 "An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry" T.S. Eliot I got two more coats of varnish on the desk... and it needs more, I have run out and I need some steel wool. It has been pretty cold all week, according to Accuweather there is even a chance we'll get snow on the 2nd.
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