Orchids to …
• Sherry Sipes for the great Christmas treats, from neighbors.
• Dr. Kristi Conner of Sound Hearing Solutions for her caring professional manners, even when she is extremely busy, she makes time for her patients.
• Lane Loman for the well-written letter in Sunday’s paper.
• the wonderful neighbors in the Tamerix Lake neighborhood who made a very difficult Christmas much easier for me.
• the courageous few from the party of Lincoln who defended our democracy before it was too late.
• Doug, Diane and Courtney for an enjoyable Christmas family get-together.
• RNR Tire Co. for the way they treat their customers and employees during the holidays.
• Whipker’s Market for the blessing of care.
• the kind couple who left me a $500 tip on Christmas Eve.
• Panera Bread employees for the card, from Vicky.
• CHR Sixth tower staff for your excellent care and kindness, from Donna.
• Larry and Lynn for letting us use your oven on Christmas Eve, from the Shaws.
Onions to …
• the school corporation sending out three hours of online classes for teacher assistants to do on their first day of break!
• the shipping company making employees work on Christmas Day.
• the public official who was insensitive when we lost our Dad suddenly on Christmas Eve.
• the federal elected official who only loves himself and his rich cohorts and law breakers.
• the administration expecting its teachers to protect students with COVID-19 precautions in the classroom while they remain in distant office buildings conducting Zoom meetings.
• the school system praising its faculty for the incredible job they are doing with eLearning yet insisting students must return to in-school learning.
• the city for not installing cameras on intersection lights.
• the school decision makers who fail to understand how their choices add to community spread.
• the waste of money digging around in our waste looking for a virus.
• those who do not report that the stimulus bill was full of pork for foreign countries with nothing to do with COVID-19.
• local residents who do not wear face masks correctly (or at all), COVID-19 will not be minimized without the integrity of being respectful of others and taking the virus seriously.
• holiday vacationers, it’s not like you can get away from the virus and it doesn’t take a holiday vacation, why should you?
• the outgoing administration for using pardons for crooks and murderers.
• people blaming a virus when they need to blame government restrictions and response to said virus which is the real reason for the overdoses, suicides, isolation and depression.
• people who made life for the federal elected official a living nightmare for four years and now expect him to sit down and shut up.
• our top two national leaders vacationing on tax payer dollars in Florida and Colorado while millions of Americans remain unemployed without crucial benefits and assistance.
• the federal elected official vowing to “work tirelessly” but only at playing golf.
• spending federal money on buildings and fences instead of paying off delinquent utility bills.
• the federal elected official for allowing unemployment benefits to expire over Christmas while he golfed and his administration vacationed.
• a surprising little town worrying about private fences.
• the first door ding in five years!
• those who are now “angered” over the restarting of executions.
• dangerous idolatry and dangerous fanaticism.
• the political party’s elected official who is the source of the real fraud.
• the local group that tore down all the trees around its space.
• local government that gives relief to downtown restaurants and does not do the same for the restaurants at the mall.
Happy Birthday to …
• Lexie Anderson, from Dad, Mom, Rylee and Kloey Anderson.
• Brittany Watts, you’re so beautiful, love the girls in WRAP-Ashley, Carlee, and Jaylin.
• Frankie Poole III on No. 18, love Dad and Brandi.
• Stephannie Griffin, from Pastor Marvin Brown and Trinity Baptist Church.
• Ryan A. Mann, from Grandma Hawley, Frank, Mom, Reagan, River, Joe, and Willow.
Happy Birthday to …
• Ginny Scheller, from your family, Pete, Kathy, Mary, Eli, Kayla, Nick, Amanda, Jeremey, Conner, P.J., Lisa, Carson, Ethan, Logan, Andy, Amanda, Anna, and Aubrey.
• ANOTHER beautiful morning
