Littered

My Facebook feed is littered with "sponsored" Scientologist propaganda against Leah Remini. Shame on Zuck for accepting money from that cult.

He Is Not Amused

GusGus does not appear to be a fan of the Halloween costume LuLu and Smiley chose for him.

Unacceptable

When AOL closed their blog platform nine years ago the sites were automatically migrated to Blogger and all thousand + photos moved to Photobucket.  Last week YaYa called my attention to those error on Slapinions.  When I went to Photobucket to comply with the upgrade request,  I was appalled: the "affordable" option is $399 per year.  So,  the first five years of my blog are permanently gutted.  Now,  I'm a paranoid prone to redundancy,  so I have a complete pdf version of the site,  but I am still in mourning.

Happy 16th!

Happy sweet 16 to my beautiful daughter. We're are both stubborn women so we have our moments but mostly I'm just proud and grateful to know you and thankful to God to be given the opportunity to be your mom. I love you baby! - Lisa

Happy Birthday!

Happy 16th  Birthday to my Caillou Andromeda aka YaYa ! I love you more than lips can tell! 

xoxo

Grant by Ron Chernow (To Be Read)

I want to read this on my next cruise

Opiods

There is no opioid "epidemic." There are people that need them, and do not abuse them. And then there are losers who misuse them, claim their choice is a "disease", and the rest of this soft society cowers and bends to their lie. My coworker just spent a week in the hospital in extreme pain and was given nothing you couldn't buy over the counter, because, you know, there's an "epidemic."

WTH Junie?!!!

Junie was eating on the couch and got crumbs on the seat. I told her to clean it up, and then, from experience, told her "And that doesn't mean brush it onto the carpet." I left for a second, came back, and you know what she was doing? SHOVING THE CRUMBS INTO THE CRACK OF THE SEAT CUSHION. WTH?

Sons of Anarchy

I've finished season three. It wasn't my favorite. The whole Belfast excursion played out like a (violent) comic book, and too much of the season was handcuffed by the events of the previous finale. S3's finale to tho, nearly salvaged the year. My word, that episode was good.

Good on Her :)

Monday the two oldest were off of school.  So how did  LuLu choose to spend the day? By volunteering the whole day at her old grade school.  It was a mini-Team Slap reunion on the walk to school!

The Loft Beds

The loft bed is disassembled and awaiting pickup on the front porch. Team effort by me and the youngest three of Team Slap, but alas we damaged the stair railing on the way downstairs.

October 20th: Update on the beds: the loft was given to family,  but the other three were never picked up by the person who claimed them.  So I called the local food pantry and they found a family in need. This morning the family came to get them,  leaving us a very nice thank you letter from their kids.  Better than cash any day.

Thieves

Smiley called my attention to some kids in the yard. When I came out the back door and barked they dropped whatever they grabbed and booked it down the alley. As there's only one redheaded, freckled black kid in the neighborhood, it wasn't difficult to track him home and speak to his grandfather.