My Own Thoughts

A month ago I was in a vehicle traveling through Houston and I said, “I haven’t been called for jury duty since I was in college.” Two weeks later, I get a notice for jury duty. If you thought 1984 was just a novel, think again.

Under what circumstances would I shoot? Would I shoot if my spouse were in danger? My boys? My parents? That was a question they asked at Front Sight. Here’s my answer then. If they’re in my house, I will shoot. If someone I love is in danger, I will shoot. If I am in danger, [...]

After a few hours of looking last night I found this place in Palestine. I realize it won’t be there after it’s sold, but it’s a 2550 sq ft house on 10 acres with 30 pecans, for food. The only thing its missing is a dry weather creek. I think a spring fed creek would [...]

My hubby got me started looking. What do you think of this one? Or this one? I like the idea of backing up to the national forest. I always have. Of course, I wouldn’t like it if they came in and took my land. But if there were a problem and we needed to skedaddle, [...]

It’s amazing what I have to give up to be healthy. If I’d lived in the Middle Ages I wouldn’t have had access to any nightshades, so I never would have developed the allergy. Of course, the MA had its problems too. Maybe nightshades aren’t so bad.

One bad thing about the nightshades thing is that I have to find new favorite foods. Usually my favorite meal is pizza. Can’t get that now. My favorite birthday food is Mexican Steak. Can’t eat that now. My favorite place to go out for a nice meal is Churrasco’s, where I get steak and have [...]

Apparently I can either clean my house or blog. So I’ve been concentrating on the house since it has been getting on my husband’s nerves. Good news about the house is that I love the living room now. I changed some pictures and it looks great. I still would like a wooden coffee table, but… [...]