29 February

A BRAND NEW Holiday for the new calendar. I am expecting some pushback on this one as it will scream & reek of contro-versey. It will be a ‘National Volunteers Day’, a Patriotic show of loyalty & patriotism.

All citizens this day report to work and work for free. That’s right. A No-pay day with proceeds going to the Federel government in lieu of taxes. Pretty cool I am thinking. It needs some work but we have the minds to work the little details.

A great weekend on a day that comes around only once every four (4) years. Friday I did the dental appointment without a hitch. Cleaning & a good checkup. Golden for six (6) more months.

From the dentist, I went to Grapevine for the Gem, Jewelry & Bead Show. I bought some really cool items, made some good contacts & got some great ideas. I got home thuroughly pumped about the new items. I started to paint a small metal scarlet macaw & it looked like it was going to work just fine so I started thinking a return trip Saunday morning for more & other items as well.

But I got a call from Richard my writer friend to take in a hockey game Friday night but before the game he was doing a restaurant review at the local Pluckers in Allen near the arena. Talk about bending over backwards. The staff was ALL OVER us. Two entrees, an appetizer, salad & THEN desert. Talk about stuffed. Ate one (1) bite of the deep-fried oreo cookie ala mode drizzled with hot chocolate sauce. OK, so I had thee (3) bites but I hated myself for the last two AND not finishing. I would have never ordered such a thing in a MILLION years. Rich took a number of pictures and there was a large mug of beer included that went untouched.

NO BEER ?

You heard me. One of the thingys I gave up for Lent. I felt & feel good about it so shut up.

The game was good. Finally the Americans blew out an opponent & I saw them win a game. Sitting in the press box is cool. The nice thing now is the pass I got this time can be used ANYTIME so it looks like I’ll be going to more game now down the stretch run.

Because of the conflict Saturday afternoon with dinner & the game, Mass was early Sunday morning. Not a big problem and it was as always good.

So it’s super Tuesday tomorrow. Big Deal. Let’s get it over with. It is getting very dull & REAL ugly and frankly, disgusting. I think it is time to get rid of ALL incumbents. I was reading soemthing Mitch McConnell said about Donald Trump and I am thinking the nerve this person has. Let's just start from scratch ALL OVER AGAIN. And start them ALL at entry level on the pay scale. This would prevent those motivated by greed alone.

But I don’t even have the time to rant & rave (R & R) on any of this today. The ‘free’ day is like anything else and it is far from free and NOT free. I have projects galore even some to add to the list with the purchases at the gem & bead show.

I am most anxiously waiting on the peppermint angelfish pattern. I expect a call from Leon with the next step on the mirror frame to finish that one up. Photograph that after hanging it up.

I really need to organize the shelves & all the new books into some kind of order. I have items of interest & collections scattered that need to go somewhere else & BOOKS on the shelves and then fill in with the chutzkies.

Got to go.

U no Y.