Thread:Eyeris1/@comment-30638141-20170714232028/@comment-31495881-20170727190347

I'm going to start at the end and say how much I agree that these health care bills they are trying to pass must fail. I don't usually discuss politics with friends as I tend to have no filter but this is scary stuff. All to give a huge tax break to a few ulta wealthy idiots, it's just nuts. I hate when Trump likes say "the failing program, known as Obamacare is in a death spiral" while it does have problems Obama brought opinion and debate for over a year and a half and cared about getting more people covered not less. To add insult to injury many of the "coverage deserts" are being created by Trump as he is not following the law and paying the subsidies to the insurance companies in the area even though the ACA is still the rule of law (for now) so he's breaking the law (nothing new to him) and forcing insurance companies to pull out and then bringing the people who live in those areas and now can't get care in to tell their stories when he is the one causing their problems. He's such a coward and a bully and imo abuses the office worst than Nixon or anybody in history. I get riled up because I very much depend on Medicare and Medicaid. I think the best thing they can do is work to make the ACA better. Of course Trump hates Obama and wants to erase his achievements and right wing GOPS have their own ideas that I don't agree with so the chances of that happening are pretty slim. Maybe, just maybe, if there is continued public outrage and these continue to fail and the Russia investigation speeds up then someone on the right will finally stand truth to power and bring some sense to their friends. End of that rant. I do love lots of windows so your apartment sounds lovely. Double pane energy efficient windows make a huge difference in our area also in keeping our electric bill down. We've had the ones that aren't and you end up using so much more temperature control (heat in winter, a/c in summer). We are lucky and also have the efficient windows finally. I do love velvet but I have not done any sewing in a long time. My hands are not very steady and my eyes are really getting to be in bad shape. I've procrastinated getting in for glasses of any sort and I've needed them since I was a child. Now age is not helping matters but there always seems to be something more pressing. I will need to get some soon though or suffer severe eye strain and maybe even get to where glasses don't help much if I don't get in soon. LA would be the closest to me and I don't get down there very often. I'm in central CA not too far from San Francisco and in a suburb of the capitol Sacramento. I don't think I have any Cauldron collections. I sometimes get the odd one from Dark Square and if I do I will send it. I am doing very well in keys and that's largely because you send so many and so consistently. Thank you for that. My kids are grown and I haven't sewn anything for them in ages. I taught my girls enough to make spot on repairs etc but as far sewing to create they didn't show any real interest. When they were young I cooked a lot as I believe very much in family time at the table and both my girls cook. One uses recipes the other cooks by sight, taste etc like myself. My oldest daughter is trying to create a recipe book by watching me cook to preserve some of the meals I make that she loves the most. I am not a big help. She will ask how much of that did you put in and of course I have no idea but it's the same amount each time. I often try to make a guess and end up saying some comical things. "That filled about all of my front fingers" lol Adult kids are lovely by I do miss having little ones afoot. I'm soglad tohear from you. I know you've been busy but I miss our exchanges. Take care and crossing fingers for Trump Care or skinny repeal to fail.