Orchids to …
• the officer(s) who placed a speed monitor on 31st Street, thank you for helping to slow down people passing through our neighborhood and keeping our children at play safe.
• Allison at Adaptive for going above and beyond this past Sunday morning for coming over to a disabled person’s house to look for a pill.
• The Rev. Paul Huntsman at Ogilville United Methodist Church for another awesome sermon.
• Voelz Body Shop for the great customer service and repairing my Jeep door, from Jason.
• Jeannine Lake for exposing voting records for us to see, from a Columbus voter.
• Jeannine Lake for her witty crossword puzzle ad.
• Carolyn for such an enjoyable afternoon at the lake house, from your three buddies, Patti, Beth and Mary.
• the candidate for refuting the federal leader’s stream of lies and divisive rhetoric.
• Annette at Adaptive for going above and beyond taking care of me and doing my housework after a long weekend.
• Kenny Glass and Deputy Cooper for helping the 93-year-old woman with her broken window.
• Jeannine Lake for her full page ad in Sunday’s paper.
• Barbara Harmon for 69 years of service to Columbus Regional Hospital, from your neighbor Sharon.
• our wonderful Princeton Park neighbors for always offering a helpful hand, and Sharon for the sweet corn and best-ever peanut butter cookies, from Dick and Shirley.
• Stephen Brueggemann for his 31 years of eye care to his patients.
• Cameron at Appliance Pros for his prompt and courteous service on my refrigerator.
• our president, who hears of a job that could be done and he goes ahead and does it.
Onions to …
• parents with time to attend a protest to try to close school while we work to put food on our tables and need schools to be open.
• not realizing if we have to tell people how to wash their hands and how to wear a mask, we have a much bigger problem than a virus.
• people who walk in the middle of the road, with headphones, while looking at their phone.
• the federal elected official for splitting our country in two, and all of us for allowing it.
• the poor values of the federal candidates.
• the organization using mandates to tell an external narrative, but internally, those mandates are not followed.
• the federal elected official refusing to listen to competent scientists and instead spreading false medical information causing deaths and suffering, while tanking jobs.
• those not questioning climate change destroying wildlife and ones that are on the extinction list, don’t you care about your child’s future?
• political speeches at the White House and promoting beans in the Oval Office being pretty much the same thing.
• those who understand a negative ad can also be true, check the facts and keep an open mind.
• the family with bedbugs continuing to visit visit others and spread them.
• people not realizing their hated elected official is the only person preventing us from losing the America that I happen to love.
• the appalling plea agreement for the driver who killed the bicyclist, you should serve the time associated with killing someone.
• the federal elected official for his wrongdoing as reported by The Associated Press.
• people who need to stop and realize your silly protest for justice does nothing.
• the supporters of the federal elected official who dumped their building material and camper shell at the white barn, and also those who dumped their mattress and box springs.
• the federal elected official who without his speech writers and teleprompters can’t utter a complete, truthful and coherent sentence.
• anyone who does not take the time to learn it is outside agitators and anarchists who are trying to destroy the federal courthouse, not peaceful protestors who go home at curfew.
• violent rioters destroying property.
• the beggar on the corner of the big box store who makes more money than we do and doesn’t pay city, state or government taxes.
• the full page negative ad about the federal elected officials.
• the candidate asking for donations to be given to the rioters.
Happy Birthday to …
• Bryant Howard from your family and Donna.
• Lana Johns from your family and Donna.
• Patty Patterson, love Liam.
• Claire Baker, from your family.
• Angie Schaefer Boen, from your family and friends.
• Belated Happy Birthday to…
• Linda Dollens, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Jack Allman, from the Weddle bunch.
Happy Anniversary to …
• Don and Lorraine Gates from your family.
• Jim and Clairene on No. 60, from your family.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
