Not understanding . . .

I was talking to two friends today and we suddenly realized that while I was only the daughter of an immigrant, they were both originally immigrants and now naturalized citizens. We came from three very different nationalities and remembered the time, effort, and fortitude it took to acquire Green Cards, wait for your 'number' to come up, going through the process, and, finally, being sworn in as a citizen of the United States. Not one of us felt that we deserved it automatically because we were in the country.

My concerns/thoughts on this hot topic is not so much the people already IN the country who want amnesty but what a slap in the face it would be to all the people who have been waiting in line for years to be sent to the end of the line so to speak.

I also resent the Catholic Church preaching 'social justice' to me when they, themselves, are not asking for social justice for everyone. How much do we hear about Asian people trying to get in and being sent back?

Tough topic because no one wants anyone to suffer but it seems the Church should encourage ALL immigrants to seek the proper channels for citizenship and learn to speak the language of our country.

Just my musings on a Saturday afternoon as I recall watching my mother file her Green Card every year and her late nights spent learning the history of our country for her test. I was there when she was interviewed and listened as her two, American sponsors vouched for her. I was at her swearing in and it was a beautiful event because she worked so hard for it.

Friday!

What could be better than a payday Friday AND your husband having a day off, too! Okay, sort of a day off because he has to work on Saturday. Hey, in this economy, we aren't complaining about work!

The refrigerator is sort of heading for the empty stage so shopping is on the menu today so we CAN have a menu for dinner this evening.

Lots of sewing done yesterday. Four quilts in various stages of completion are crowding my sewing table. I like keeping busy but need to find an outlet for selling my surplus of quilts!

Off to daily Mass because prayers are never wasted and this country of our's certainly needs all the prayers it can get!

Quilting . . . .!

Prayers, inspiration, vitamins . . . Something is pushing my quilting limits these days. I have four quilts in the works and they all seem to be 'composing' themselves with me operating the sewing machine! My favorites, of the moment, are a Christmas one and an Our Lady of Guadaloupe quilt. The Christmas one isn't the usual red and green or Nativity type quilt. It is a cool, blues, black, and lavenders fabric with stark, leafless branches. I bordered it with doves on light and dark blue fabric with a quilted star in the middle. I'm calling it "And it came to pass . . ." Our Lady of Guadaloupe has twelve squares depicting our Blessed Mother in various colors with the Guadaloupe type motiff. For the border, I found an overall pattern of smaller Lady of Guadaloupe which seems to finish it off nicely. There is also a teddy bear's day with his family in 20 squares showing a daily, family's activities. There is a comfort in a quilt that brings a more peaceful time to mind.

Go figure . . .

You have to wonder when or if the majority of our politicians ever had a real job. I say this because they seem to think it is of little concern when they overspend and then either over tax us or suspend jobs. The whole country seems to be on a job watch of some degree or other yet the politicians keep spending and thinking of ways to take it away from our pay checks. I notice they aren't talking about percentage cuts from their paycheck or slush funds. Guess they are so far from reality they can only deal with the fantasy land they have created for themselves. Guess that's why they are so concerned with us 'domestic terrorists' because they can't understand why we can object. Politicians come across as two-year olds who want to have what they want to have when they want to have it or they start screaming and making even less sense.

I guess it's God's way of seeing that SOMEONE prays to make up for the obvious deficit of Faith seen in government these days. God doesn't take away blessings but I imagine He doesn't sent down any if no one is taking the time to ask for them!

Why has the intelligence level plummeted in the world . . .?

A newspaper called yesterday to convince me I should subscribe. We stopped subscribing to any news publication when they started defending the politicians instead of informing the public of the real news. I always wonder why they could compromise their literary values like that? There have been so many events in the last couple of years that should have had newspaper reporters up in arms . . . yet, nothing but cover up stuff.

I used to enjoy reading the newspaper with my quick breakfast every morning. I would look for follow up on news I had heard in passing the night before. I would want details about what was happening in the world. Lately, it seems the news is almost totally from a biased viewpoint and views to the contrary are often downplayed or lied about.

I guess you can't talk meanly about a government that is doing it's best to have control over so many important facets of our lives.

Bedtime . . . now tell my head that!

Why is it the more exhausted one is, the less likely they are to get to sleep in a timely manner . . . as in right now? All day long, I thought about sleep and now it seems to have escaped me. All the issues I should have pondered during the day are presenting themselves NOW!

Quilting . . .

Spent the afternoon quilting some projects. Although I try and keep all the quilting lines perfectly done, I do have a zig zag here and there in my work. Distraction is the culprit! The phone rings and I jerk my hand. The phone rings and my careful line of stitches goes a bit astray. I used to redo every slight imperfection but decided that since the quilts usually go to the homes of good friends, the little bits of erred stitching is part of my life and is being shared with them! Kind of interesting to think about how the little moments of my day today will be unknowingly reflected in the homes of other people. Life isn't perfect and neither are my quilts but it's pretty much all good! : - )