I’ve been sicky since Thanksgiving evening…thanks, Ma…so I’m a bit behind on the news of the day.

Poor Tiger Woods.

Is it my business that you were out of your bed at 2:25 AM? Have I ever heard any allegations of you being in someone other than your wife’s bed?

If the only real damage was a fire hydrant and the neighbor’s tree, I’m sure you will be happy to pay to replace both of those items. I’m not sure how much it will cost to repair the damage to your reputation for the allegations of domestic violence at your house, though.

As a former battered wife (in another marriage long, long ago), I really take exception to people who take lightly “domestic violence” and allegations thereof. Most couples have a spat now and then. Most couples don’t whup up on each other. I’m not sticking you or Elin with the tag because I wasn’t there and don’t know what happened to cause you to crash into the hydrant and the neighbor’s tree. Most times the neighbors have an idea of what’s happening next door…or two houses down, if there is a lot of yelling and hollering going on regularly. None of your neighbors has come forth to say you two regularly have problems over there. False allegations of domestic violence are as damaging as proven domestic violence.

I’m chalking this one up to “not my business”.

Head Trip

My head went on a trip today about hunger. Over 49 million people go hungry in the USA every day…that’s 49,000,000 and many of them are children and the elderly.

Many people are struggling right now, and those who can afford a little contribution to help others should do so. The problems are that you can’t help everyone, there are so many in need, and how do you choose who to help.

After pondering this for a while, I decided that I need to concentrate my efforts in my own county. Help begins at home.

I chose Fort Bend County Seniors Meals on Wheels program for my contribution. Although not in my county, Aunt Dorothy (who passed away last week at age 87) really enjoyed the daily visit from the person who was kind enough to volunteer to deliver meals to seniors in Williamson county. She didn’t always appreciate that they followed the dietary guidelines for diabetics, and would have preferred cheese fries and pork chops, but she did appreciate the interaction with another human being on a daily basis. So many seniors have no visitors, or rarely have visitors. Some can no longer cook for themselves, and some might be in need of other kinds of help just at the time that volunteer shows up at the door.

Aunt Dorothy was able to afford to pay her own way with Meals on Wheels, but some seniors are on such a fixed income that they are missing meals or skimping on quality supplies to make meals more economical.

Check with your county if you have seniors. Meals on Wheels will feed seniors regardless of their ability to pay.

Please consider helping out in YOUR county.

We’re Doing It Again…

This time we’re going back to Ireland!

We had a trip in the planning stages for Sicily, but have changed our minds. The logistics of getting two people in their early 80s/late 70s, a young married couple, two middle aged chubbies, a grad school student, and a baby lawyer from Houston to Noto, Sicily were too daunting.

Stay tuned…