It was 7 degrees this morning when I walked out to the coop and barn to feed and clean. Holy frozen fingers, Batman. The horses aren’t much bothered by the cold, blanketed as they are. The minis have a thick winter coat that keeps them insulated. It takes until summer for it to fully shed out. The chickens? They looked at me when I opened their door to the run and said emphatically, NO. So I closed it back up. They have a heat lamp in their coop that keeps them comfortable. I gave them their morning oatmeal and leftover salad greens… spoiled, they are…and they don’t even know it.
Donald Trump is trying to buy the New York Times. You can read about it HERE if you’re so inclined. I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand the man. He is the most arrogant, rude, conceited, pompous, selfish, self-righteous idiot I have ever come to dislike. I guess he’s not a complete idiot, though, because the dude has a lot of money. And.. I can’t ignore the fact that there are still enough people in the world who like him enough to validate his ginormous ego.
My husband and I don’t quite see eye to eye on the subject of Big Money People… I’m referring to the ones that aren’t all that generous. I’d never make a proper Big Money Person, I’ll admit it. I couldn’t live the Big Life and not feel terribly, terribly guilty about it. Five houses? Staff at each home to take care of the places you’re not living in? a Fleet of Cars? Chauffers! Multi-Million dollar boats with paid crews wearing matching outfits and your boat name that you might use 10 times during the year to entertain? Helicopter launching pad at your Hamptons residence just so you can get into the city a little faster and avoid all that traffic. Do those people every really enjoy all that stuff? Don’t they worry about it when they’re not around? After all, you can’t be five places at once. How can they not think about ALL that MONEY going to waste, … just to indulge their occasional whims? I think of all the homeless people, the disease research, the animal shelters, the community centers, etc. etc. etc…. that could benefit from some of that extra cash wasted on “waiting on“.
I realize this is a charged subject. Mike would say “Hey, if they were smart enough and worked hard enough to make all that money, they’ve earned it and deserve to spend it however frivoulously they choose to”. And it’s true. I don’t feel I have the right to dictate what should be done with someone elses money, I’m just saying… well, that wouldn’t be me. And Mike would then say with a half-hearted laugh.. “You’d die a poor woman”… Maybe, but a fulfilled poor woman at peace…. because I was not just a taker while I occupied this world, I was a giver too.
In getting to know so many of you here in blog land, I see that none of us are the Trumps of the world.. but we are all givers in one way or another, regardless of what we have or don’t have. I’m glad you stop by here now and then and we get a chance to share and commiserate.
