Another loved one has passed on. I don't think Carol and I ever met except maybe once at Wilma's home. Wilma (deceased) is my husband, David's, aunt. Carol is her daughter, as are Ina, Joan, and Ruth (deceased). Wilma's sons are Joseph and Robert. These are my husband's cousins, the only other Hackenbergs that we are aware of. Carol and I would occasionally talk on the phone or send emails to each other.
Carol Hackenberg McNeely passed away this past week (possibly on Sunday). Her husband, Mike, sent a brief email to me to let me know. My sister-in-law, Juanita Mabee Pressler, had received a phone call from Joe Hackenberg. That's how she found out. (I was calling her to let her know.)
Carol, you will be missed! I have enjoyed our conversations, whether by phone or email. Thank you for all the work you did to put together a family history.
To Mike, Carol's children, and any Hackenbergs reading this, David and I regret your loss, and hope you will be comforted quickly. May God richly bless each of you.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
We The People
I am upset! I am upset because "we the people" are not being heard, even as we approach another election. The Healthcare Bill is not being rescinded even as the people cry out against it. And I heard a rumor, note, I don't have verification of this: our President will probably produce an Executive Order when Congress goes on holiday, putting a 1% tax on all banking transactions. All banking transactions means every deposit and every withdrawal, whether in cash or by check or money order. That's taxation withOUT representation; one of the basic reasons we fought a war for Independence from England. But a careful reading of the Declaration of Independence will highlight many other declarations that are being violated today.
Congress becomes "Lame Duck" for two reasons this year, always for the holidays (Thanksgiving through New Years Day) and the elections with the change of offices.
I was looking up Congressional salaries, which took me an hour to find. This is public information, but I could find it a lot faster in pre-Internet days then I could recently. I finally found a site that published it along with their staffs salaries: www.legistorm.com. When you go there be sure to check out the Staffers salaries FAQs page. Today, our Congressmen & women receive $174,000. Their staffers, almost as much. As early as 1975 the salary was only $44,500. This is a huge jump in 35 years. I only wish my salary had done as well. David's former employer in Seattle started laying long-time, experienced employees off and hiring new, unexperienced employees at lower wages when the rate of pay increases exceeded what their profit potential could maintain. In 1975 our Congressional representatives salaries were more in line with the people they represented than they are now. Now they have the salaries of the more elite. It was around this time (1975-1980) that they got together and said, "hey, those large corporate CEOs are making millions in salaries and bonuses and we are only getting middle class salaries? We have to change this."
Unconfirmed, I saw that all our Congressional representatives are MILLIONAIRES, the poorest of them was still worth $50 million. These are NOT the people who are supposed to be running our Government. Nor are they supposed to be career politicians. Our Constitution was designed for the Common Man/Woman to take time away from their work and their family to serve for a limited time, then go home and someone else would take their place. Some of our Congressional runners say that although they don't have term limits, they will impose one on themselves and not continue running after a certain number of terms. I have only heard of one who has kept that promise, and he's not from Arizona (it is not Trent Franks). They get to Congress and the power they now have is addictive. Congress is supposed to be filled with the common man, the middle incomer, like you and me.
I was looking at John Thrasher's site, he states, "...have transformed America into a nation governed not by politicians, but by ...". Our Government is not supposed to be governed by politicians either. Our Government is supposed to be governed by "We the People."
I have a large eminent task to do. As soon as I have accomplished it, or need a break from it, I will be writing letters. (My last letters weren't answered by anyone with the exception of (correction) Representative Trent Franks, but it was only a form letter. Still, it was an answer.) What about you? What action are you going to take today and in the remaining time before November to try to get our Government back to being governed by the People?
For more thoughts and concepts to get your blood moving, check out http://cominus.com. Also, if you can, attend a Focus on the Family's "Truth Project" study. It is a 12 or 13 week study.
Congress becomes "Lame Duck" for two reasons this year, always for the holidays (Thanksgiving through New Years Day) and the elections with the change of offices.
I was looking up Congressional salaries, which took me an hour to find. This is public information, but I could find it a lot faster in pre-Internet days then I could recently. I finally found a site that published it along with their staffs salaries: www.legistorm.com. When you go there be sure to check out the Staffers salaries FAQs page. Today, our Congressmen & women receive $174,000. Their staffers, almost as much. As early as 1975 the salary was only $44,500. This is a huge jump in 35 years. I only wish my salary had done as well. David's former employer in Seattle started laying long-time, experienced employees off and hiring new, unexperienced employees at lower wages when the rate of pay increases exceeded what their profit potential could maintain. In 1975 our Congressional representatives salaries were more in line with the people they represented than they are now. Now they have the salaries of the more elite. It was around this time (1975-1980) that they got together and said, "hey, those large corporate CEOs are making millions in salaries and bonuses and we are only getting middle class salaries? We have to change this."
Unconfirmed, I saw that all our Congressional representatives are MILLIONAIRES, the poorest of them was still worth $50 million. These are NOT the people who are supposed to be running our Government. Nor are they supposed to be career politicians. Our Constitution was designed for the Common Man/Woman to take time away from their work and their family to serve for a limited time, then go home and someone else would take their place. Some of our Congressional runners say that although they don't have term limits, they will impose one on themselves and not continue running after a certain number of terms. I have only heard of one who has kept that promise, and he's not from Arizona (it is not Trent Franks). They get to Congress and the power they now have is addictive. Congress is supposed to be filled with the common man, the middle incomer, like you and me.
I was looking at John Thrasher's site, he states, "...have transformed America into a nation governed not by politicians, but by ...". Our Government is not supposed to be governed by politicians either. Our Government is supposed to be governed by "We the People."
I have a large eminent task to do. As soon as I have accomplished it, or need a break from it, I will be writing letters. (My last letters weren't answered by anyone with the exception of (correction) Representative Trent Franks, but it was only a form letter. Still, it was an answer.) What about you? What action are you going to take today and in the remaining time before November to try to get our Government back to being governed by the People?
For more thoughts and concepts to get your blood moving, check out http://cominus.com. Also, if you can, attend a Focus on the Family's "Truth Project" study. It is a 12 or 13 week study.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Facebook, Emails, & Blogging
It never fails that when I take the time to visit my Facebook that I end up spending a couple of hours there in order to catch up. And yet, one cannot actually catch up, because if you have many, many friends the comments they make are too many and it spins by too fast. As I was scrolling down the page, reading what others had written, I discovered 3 more people had just posted new comments/walls. As I was reading those, there were 3 more new postings. Of course, that meant that what I hadn't gotten to at the end of the page was now off the page.
But through Facebook I discovered that my sister, who is taking off for Europe, specifically, France, Spain, and Italy, has her new blog up so that I can follow her adventures. So I had to grab that and put it into "Blogs I am following" as well as click the follower link. I don't know why I have photos posted to my Blogs and to my Facebook, but her blog follower link still wanted me to upload a photo. Then I found she is being followed by a delightful person that we met together one time on Orcas Island. So I had to find out if he was on Facebook and say hi to him. And I found out that another friend of hers that we know in common is on an adventure of his own and I took time to become a follower of his blog.
Except for my main E-mail box I haven't cleaned out my Emails in over a week. That chore also, usually, takes a couple of hours. But of the Emails that I keep, I often don't have time to read most of them. Still I try. My mail E-mail box does get looked at almost daily, and I try to keep it fairly current and read. Still I have almost 300 Emails that have not been looked at. So to all you friends who love to "FWD:" - you might as well not. It will probably be deleted instead.
But through Facebook I discovered that my sister, who is taking off for Europe, specifically, France, Spain, and Italy, has her new blog up so that I can follow her adventures. So I had to grab that and put it into "Blogs I am following" as well as click the follower link. I don't know why I have photos posted to my Blogs and to my Facebook, but her blog follower link still wanted me to upload a photo. Then I found she is being followed by a delightful person that we met together one time on Orcas Island. So I had to find out if he was on Facebook and say hi to him. And I found out that another friend of hers that we know in common is on an adventure of his own and I took time to become a follower of his blog.
Except for my main E-mail box I haven't cleaned out my Emails in over a week. That chore also, usually, takes a couple of hours. But of the Emails that I keep, I often don't have time to read most of them. Still I try. My mail E-mail box does get looked at almost daily, and I try to keep it fairly current and read. Still I have almost 300 Emails that have not been looked at. So to all you friends who love to "FWD:" - you might as well not. It will probably be deleted instead.
If you receive an email from the Department of Health telling you not to eat tinned pork because of the swine flu... ignore it.,,,,,,
It's just SPAM.
Later...Saturday, September 11, 2010
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Eden Reflections Photography: Three Generations ♡♡♡
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I'M ON TRACK
Greetings, all. I'm making my second post in one week, which means that I'm on track with my blogging goal.
My computer is fixed and I didn't have to save all my files and reformat my hard drive and reload all my programs and updates. I wasn't looking forward to that. It would have been a week worth of work and would have put me much further behind.
I am still catching up with my work from my holiday at the beginning of August. That was a great, wonderful trip. I saw family and friends. It began with a family reunion. I love family reunions because you get to see loved ones you haven't had time to see. BUT, there are so many people at a family reunion, so many activities going on, and so many photos/videos to take that you don't get to really spend much time with any ONE and get caught up on what is going on in their lives. One artistic cousin brought his fiance, and I am so happy for him, but I didn't get a chance to meet her and find out what is going on with their lives. I have to admit that my main focus (always) was on my daughters and my granddaughter. OK, and my parents and sisters. But Jeff, I hope you and your beloved will be at the next reunion I'll be at so we can spend some time together. It wasn't until after we had all departed that I realized I hadn't sat down with you.
It's hard being in Arizona when the rest of the family is mostly in Washington. My brother Reid lives here also, but unless he needs help I don't really see him. His sons were at the reunion with their fiances, and I spent a little time getting acquainted with them. It was nice to see my nephews. They are both expecting babies. One is expecting twins.
As I mentioned, my workload has piled up on me. Today, I hope to cut it down to the present, put away the past. Getting caught up includes writing this blog post. A large part of the pile is business reading that I must get caught up on. An equal portion is getting notes logged into my computer. I can find things faster on my hard drive than I can in a filing cabinet. But if it is something that I can find on the Internet, that's where I'll leave it.
This was an interesting week. Monday, being a holiday, David was home working on his projects. I was working. We went out to see a movie, and saw "Dinner For Schmucks." We don't recommend it. It was funny at the beginning, funny at the end, dull in-between, and no "hilarious." We were disappointed. In addition to that they put the movie in a tiny theater, but the screen was just as big as their larger theaters and no room to get away from it. They fairly filled up the room. I like to sit on the aisle because I usually have to go to the restroom during the movie. I didn't get to sit on the aisle. I didn't dare drink anything, no matter how thirsty I got. And when I saw that David was bored with the movie I asked him if he wanted to leave. He said, "no," but I know it was because he didn't want to disturb the others in our row and behind us. Maybe we should have been "texting" so we could get thrown out. ;-0
Since we had gone to the movie we missed our first date with our granddaughter. I'm sorry, sweetie. My next two Mondays are also busy. Maybe we can talk tomorrow???
Tuesday I had my usual FaithMasters activity. Wednesday evening I was ushering at the Phoenix Theatre. The play is "Noises Off." It is a play within a play. I have it on video with Carol Burnett, et al. It is funny! Some people, who probably don't understand that it is a play within a play, left early missing the whole concept of what was going on. The play has gone into extended time, so I will be ushering again next Saturday.
Thursday I had my choice between an Arizona Constitution meeting and a concert with Brian Weaver, Laura Landon, and key singer, Justin Lavin. I went to the concert. It didn't really have a concert feel to it thus I couldn't get into the spirit of it. But, Thursday afternoon I decided to go see the movie "What If?". I was late leaving home, ended up taking the longest way to the theater, and had a car accident happen behind me that I witnessed. I didn't go to the movie. I gave my report to the policeman and went home.
Because I want to support Christian made movies, I left work on Friday determined to get to the theater and see it. I was 25 minutes late. The window clerk wasn't sure if he would sell me a ticket for the 1:00 show, but I assured him that was the show I wanted to see. It was a surprisingly good movie. The script is Jerry Jenkins.
Beyond work, that was my week. I'll talk to you later.
My computer is fixed and I didn't have to save all my files and reformat my hard drive and reload all my programs and updates. I wasn't looking forward to that. It would have been a week worth of work and would have put me much further behind.
I am still catching up with my work from my holiday at the beginning of August. That was a great, wonderful trip. I saw family and friends. It began with a family reunion. I love family reunions because you get to see loved ones you haven't had time to see. BUT, there are so many people at a family reunion, so many activities going on, and so many photos/videos to take that you don't get to really spend much time with any ONE and get caught up on what is going on in their lives. One artistic cousin brought his fiance, and I am so happy for him, but I didn't get a chance to meet her and find out what is going on with their lives. I have to admit that my main focus (always) was on my daughters and my granddaughter. OK, and my parents and sisters. But Jeff, I hope you and your beloved will be at the next reunion I'll be at so we can spend some time together. It wasn't until after we had all departed that I realized I hadn't sat down with you.
It's hard being in Arizona when the rest of the family is mostly in Washington. My brother Reid lives here also, but unless he needs help I don't really see him. His sons were at the reunion with their fiances, and I spent a little time getting acquainted with them. It was nice to see my nephews. They are both expecting babies. One is expecting twins.
As I mentioned, my workload has piled up on me. Today, I hope to cut it down to the present, put away the past. Getting caught up includes writing this blog post. A large part of the pile is business reading that I must get caught up on. An equal portion is getting notes logged into my computer. I can find things faster on my hard drive than I can in a filing cabinet. But if it is something that I can find on the Internet, that's where I'll leave it.
This was an interesting week. Monday, being a holiday, David was home working on his projects. I was working. We went out to see a movie, and saw "Dinner For Schmucks." We don't recommend it. It was funny at the beginning, funny at the end, dull in-between, and no "hilarious." We were disappointed. In addition to that they put the movie in a tiny theater, but the screen was just as big as their larger theaters and no room to get away from it. They fairly filled up the room. I like to sit on the aisle because I usually have to go to the restroom during the movie. I didn't get to sit on the aisle. I didn't dare drink anything, no matter how thirsty I got. And when I saw that David was bored with the movie I asked him if he wanted to leave. He said, "no," but I know it was because he didn't want to disturb the others in our row and behind us. Maybe we should have been "texting" so we could get thrown out. ;-0
Since we had gone to the movie we missed our first date with our granddaughter. I'm sorry, sweetie. My next two Mondays are also busy. Maybe we can talk tomorrow???
Tuesday I had my usual FaithMasters activity. Wednesday evening I was ushering at the Phoenix Theatre. The play is "Noises Off." It is a play within a play. I have it on video with Carol Burnett, et al. It is funny! Some people, who probably don't understand that it is a play within a play, left early missing the whole concept of what was going on. The play has gone into extended time, so I will be ushering again next Saturday.
Thursday I had my choice between an Arizona Constitution meeting and a concert with Brian Weaver, Laura Landon, and key singer, Justin Lavin. I went to the concert. It didn't really have a concert feel to it thus I couldn't get into the spirit of it. But, Thursday afternoon I decided to go see the movie "What If?". I was late leaving home, ended up taking the longest way to the theater, and had a car accident happen behind me that I witnessed. I didn't go to the movie. I gave my report to the policeman and went home.
Because I want to support Christian made movies, I left work on Friday determined to get to the theater and see it. I was 25 minutes late. The window clerk wasn't sure if he would sell me a ticket for the 1:00 show, but I assured him that was the show I wanted to see. It was a surprisingly good movie. The script is Jerry Jenkins.
Beyond work, that was my week. I'll talk to you later.
Monday, September 6, 2010
My new journalings
Always busy. Sometimes it seems that I can't catch up. I'm not writing in my journal, and I'm not writing online. I don't get my books read, so I am not making new entries into my book review blog, http:/thlovesbooks.blogspot.com
And almost always, when I am making great strides at getting caught up, then my computer starts freaking out on me, as it's doing this weekend. I picked up a virus from a friend, who got it from a Facebook hacker. I eliminated the virus, but it has created some other problems that I think I will just have to backup all my files, reformat, and reinstall all my programs. That will take about a week to get done, not to mention that many of my programs are no longer being supported.
Now I'm receiving an error message in this blog. I hope it will allow me to post.
Next time!
And almost always, when I am making great strides at getting caught up, then my computer starts freaking out on me, as it's doing this weekend. I picked up a virus from a friend, who got it from a Facebook hacker. I eliminated the virus, but it has created some other problems that I think I will just have to backup all my files, reformat, and reinstall all my programs. That will take about a week to get done, not to mention that many of my programs are no longer being supported.
Now I'm receiving an error message in this blog. I hope it will allow me to post.
Next time!
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