....not gonna argue...

You know, I put out info that I find, that's helpful to me.  It's plain and clear that there's a lot going on in this world of ours, and if you choose to believe that the politicians and lawmakers are honest and upright and doing everything for your best, then good, I am honestly glad  that you have that...it's almost enviable.

If you choose to ignore the fact that so many lawmakers/spouses have stock in pharmaceutical companies, good.

If you don't know people working in the medical field who are alarmed at the sheer numbers of strokes, blood clots, and heart attacks in people who have been vax-ed, then good.

If you didn't see the woman post the pic of her 16 year old son this morning, he had a major stroke after the vax, good.

In our county this week, there are 19 hospitalized with Covid-19, 13 are vaccinated, six are un-vaccinated.

This is taken directly from the county website.

This is a free country.  That is my point.  Censorship is not freedom.  Healthcare is not one size fits all, and people should do their own research and choose what's best for them.  Not long ago, our very own CDC declared that having the virus would be good immunity, then they changed their mind and said to get the V too.  There was talk about herd immunity, way back when, where is that now? 

So should you just listen to random people like me?  No way!  But shh, have you noticed that anyone with a different narrative than what's being pushed is villianized?  Joe Rogan treated his Covid-19 with the antibodies, and a few other meds, and I saw someone refer to it as his essential oils.  He's fine!  Aaron Rodgers is fine!  But don't just listen to someone like me.  Do your own digging, and do what you have peace for.  I don't write things here to start trouble, or to fight with anyone.  

I think it's important that we remember history, however, or we're doomed to repeat it.  

So in any case, our adventure to The Great Outdoors was great fun yesterday.  What a place!  So many cool people in that store.  Everyone was seriously so nice, too.  The guy who helped us with our purchase, and the lady who saw me looking at something and so kindly gave her opinion, as I had no idea about these things...above and beyond, seriously.  

We picked Miss Charlotte Claire up from school early, after her college credit class, which she cannot miss.  We went to Target to do an order pick up (the dog chow we buy had a five dollar gift card, so why not?), and some of the best coffee, Kicking Horse...I'm not getting a penny to say how yummy it is, 35% off last week...still a bit pricey, but oh so good!  We of course went in and looked around, and oops, a few more grandkids' gifts!  It's sad though, for people who shop last minute:  the shelves are ravaged.  There isn't a Hershey kiss in the store!  The Christmas candy is simply decimated, gone.  If you're thinking to go on the 26th for half price candy, nope, not this year.  

We went to Aldi to get our Christmas Eve stuff, cheeses and the like, and to Walmart to get a box of mozzarella sticks, which are SO GOOD in the air fryer.  We're having appetizer things on Christmas Eve:  meatballs in bbq sauce (Stubbs, which I am not getting a penny for endorsing, ha), the mozzarella sticks, cheeses, butter chicken on skewers from Emily, pizza pockets, veggies and dip, and maybe some nacho cheese sauce and tortilla chips...with fudge and cookies, of course.

Christmas Day we'll have dinner at Benjamin's house, a proper Texas de Brazil knockoff:  brisket, pulled pork, Mac and cheese, ribs....

So now is the calm before the storm.   I have so many things to do, but I don't want to start them.  Well, yesterday I wrapped 28 little gifts for the activity club kids, we're having a small party tonight.  Emily will bring her guitar, we'll sing some Christmas songs, color some Christmas pictures, play with play dough, and have some treats.  

I have cookies to make, but all of my gifts are wrapped, can you believe that?  Shh, I'm actually not that busy.  But, we created a menu for the week, and today is butter chicken, or curry, or whatever, Indian chicken I guess...I have to get that going and into the crock pot, and make the lasagna for tomorrow.  The girls were adamant that we make it, as we have a container of ricotta...we'll put it together today, and have it tomorrow.  I don't want to be eating all those carbs, so I might just make some with frozen veggies, for me...

Sonja is on college break, so she likes staying up later and I still get up at 6:30 to see Miss Char out the door, so I'm tired!  And Char doesn't like it, she has to get to bed earlier, she's like don't watch anything fun without me!

Anyway.  Paul is out bow hunting.  He saw a nice deer yesterday and missed the shot.  That's always tough.  He took some back-straps out of the freezer the other day and grilled them, I tasted but wasn't impressed, sorry, I try to like venison, but there's just a wild taste that just ....blah.  He, however, loved them, and is newly inspired to get more, ha.  (I'm such a grinch, I hope he doesn't get a deer right before Christmas, but if he does, at least now he takes them to a local place to get them processed...one year, yes this is true, he had that deer on the kitchen table, hacking it up....on a table cloth of course, but I was at the other table frosting cookies, true hicks, right?  oh dear.  ). But for HIS sake, I do hope he gets one.  

Yeah, I need to get up and get busy....maybe make some gingerbread cookie dough....and one more batch of butter cut outs...