September 14, 2012
I watched the coverage of the murdered Americans when they were brought home today. It was wonderful to see the President actually put his hand over his heart and the chaplain actually speaking the word "GOD". I don't understand why we can't use real bullets to protect ourselves in these countries where they hate Americans and we keep sending them money. In my opinion that money could be better used here for people who would appreciate it. If the men protecting the Ambassador had real bullets those people would have never made it over the wall to do the killings. The Navy Seals and all military do their job 100% when given the right equipment to defend and protect. Hats off to Hillary Clinton, also. I'll tell you that if she were President there would be none of this "tea and crumpets" stuff it would be down to business and take care of business. God Bless you Hillary. You have no reason to feel guilt. You did your job and this was not your fault in any way. I have a long prayer list and it just got longer in the last few days. I pray that whoever gets elected President does a better job (even Obama) than he did the last 4 years. If given another chance I hope he actual gets things accomplished that are for the American people first and the rest of the world next.
Bob and I have moved out of Florida. We finally decided that it is a great place to visit but not to live. We have moved to North Carolina. It is so beautiful here. We have had some warm days but without the oppressive humidity. We are living in the country and have lots of wild animals and have put up many more feeders for the birds (and squirrels).
Florida has become a place (for us) where it became impossible to "get ahead". There was no light at the end of the tunnel there for us. I miss our friends and the population that I love so much at The Red Apple ADT.
I will continue to ask for prayers for all our armed forces and law enforcement officers and their families - especially those who have given their lives to keep us safe.
Well, the insurance company didn't get approved for a rate increase but guess what they are going for now!!! For some unknown reason they think they are in the building business and have decided to tell homeowners how much they have to insure their houses for or they wont insure them. One example - of course, a senior citizen - was told that she would have to pay almost double last year's amount to replace her house. First of all the value has gone down LOTS and the example was: Insurance company said it would cost $135.00 per sq. ft to replace the house and a builder said $80.00 per sq. ft. What the heck is going on here? I hope they don't get away with it - the banks are going to own lots of Florida homes because so many people are on fixed incomes as it is and this would take of any last few dollars they might have. They have also decided to tell people when they need new roofs. So many people live on fixed incomes and just have a struggle to maintain the houses the way they are.
There are so many things that the government wants to cut from the budget. I'm guessing that none of these cuts affect anyone in their families. We need to speak up and speak loudly for our rights. I have a very dear friend who is 71 and has a history of cervical cancer in all of the women in her family. The doctor informed her that after 70 the insurance companies would not pay for a pap smear. She questioned it and because she had once had an abnormal result of a test that it would be covered but if that hadn't been the case she would have been out of luck for insurance coverage. This is what we seniors have to look forward to.
Bob and I continue to pray for our troops all over the world. We also pray that the smart intelligence people will find those who continue to want to hurt the people of this country and other people around the world.
Remember to say "God Bless You" when someone sneezes. It will catch on.
We pray that all of our family and friends stay safe, healthy, happy and employed.
We say and continue to say "GOD BLESS AMERICA".
Bob and I are looking in to some new adventures. We will keep you posted!!!
We lost 2 of our precious furry babies this year - Tabitha - 14 years and CJ - 10 years old. Charlie is 19 and still walking around herding the two youngest - Abbey who is 8 and the Munchkin (feral) who is 4. We don't let them out loose here - too many big animals that could hurt them. Charlie does go for walks with Bob on a leash. He's a cat and is just happy to be out!!! We went back to visit Florida and boarded the 3 cats at a wonderful place named "Cats Cradle". Talk about a 5 star hotel for cats!!! The cats weren't even excited to see us when we got back. They had a window with a bird feeder outside, nice soft beds and brushing and "massages" several times a day.
Amen!!
Bob & Sue
PS - Buyers and Renters Beware!!!!! This is an e-mail I received today. I just want to remind you all that there are a lot of dishonest people out there. Please make sure you check out the property, names, etc. You can go to the appraiser's office listings for the house where it is located and Google Earth for a picture. This is an e-mail I got today of an example of what dishonest people will try to do:
Hi.....I would like to tell you about a situation I had after I put an ad for a rental for the month of Feb. in Florida on your website sno-birds .com.I put the ad on 9/11/12 and on 9/16/12 we received a e-mail about a house for rent In Fort Meyers, we sent many e-mails back and forth and thru these we were told that it was a family home for many years and we could have it for $ 850.00 for the month(sounds to good to be true). They answered all our questions, sent lovely pictures . They offered to send us short term rental agreement and we asked to see it, of course it was a simple form but we were told if we wanted to rent they would send a form with all the ammendments concerning our contact info/payment methods/etc. When the agreement came it had the address of the property so I went on the computer to see the house..... well surprise it wasn't anything like the pictures they sent and info about the house had said it was sold sometime in Feb.2012.I continued to ask more questions like if the family used the house or just rented it out. I was told they used it sometime in the summer but they were considering selling it next June. I then sent an e-mail off to the agent who sold the house in Feb. and told him my situation and he sent back the name of the people who bought the house and of course it was not the person who has contacted us. Today I received another e-mail from the person who contacted us saying his brother has someone who was interested in the house for the same time as us but we would have first dibs.We have decided not to take this house.We are not sure if you can do anything about this kind of thing or is it just another case of "buyer beware"
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