Movin' and Groovin'
05/09/17 08:11
My darling put me on notice last night following dinner when she said, "it would be nice if we could wake up tomorrow morning to a clean kitchen." That's Nancy-ese for clean the kitchen before you go to bed and do a good job or else. Since I place even more value on waking up to a clean kitchen than she does I took her admonition with a grain of salt and set about the task once she was out of sight with my usual sense of purpose. The task itself requires that she be done with whatever it is she is doing in the kitchen and leave me to do my job in peace. I work best without distraction, where the business of cleaning the kitchen is apparent and manageable, and where I have the time and inclination to complete the job. If she happens to wander in and out while I am otherwise occupied, I might well ask the question: "Am I in your way?" That's Johnny-ese for do what you're doing and be on your way or call me when you're finished so I can come back into the kitchen to finish my work. Truth be told, I am better at cleaning up than she is. I am faster, more efficient, more thorough, and better suited generally speaking to the task at hand. I am less tolerant of clutter and disorganization and fastidious in a way about cleanliness that Nancy is not, never was, and never will be. To be fair, Nancy is a lot of things that I am not so there you have it. The yin and yang of marriage. When she gets her own blog she can sing her own praises. You go, girl.
The Trump Administration will announce their decision today on DACA. DACA is an acronym for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It was an unconstitutional act by a rogue president (Obama) designed to garner votes from the illegal immigrant population ahead of the 2012 national elections. It provided refuge in our country to the children of illegal aliens, affectionately referred to as "dreamers" by Obama, based on certain criteria. Obama had a democratic congress but couldn't get the votes to pass a law that would provide amnesty of sorts to this specific population of illegal immigrants. In the absence of same he signed off on an executive action that did the same thing. Executive actions are not law and can be undone by other executive actions in the future. Donald Trump called it for what it is in stump speeches throughout the 2016 presidential election cycle and threatened to cancel or undo Obama's unconstitutional executive action if elected. Trump's platform was replete with immigration reforms ranging from building a wall on the southern border to deporting unlawful illegal aliens that threatened the safety and security of everyday americans. He put M-13 and their ilk on notice that, if elected, he would round them up and get them out of the country.
The republicans in congress were up in arms when Obama's executive action was put in place and called it for what it was - unconstitutional. Now that Trump is expected to cancel it, a handful of ne'er-do-well republicans who came out against it when Obama signed it into law have their knickers in a bunch and don't have the testicular fortitude to support Trump in reversing Obama's executive action. Trump is expected to give congress 6 months to deal with it before deportations begin. He's far more generous than I would be but I'm quite certain that congress will fail at this task as amnesty is not reconcilable one way or another in the republican playbook. Trump tells us that he has a big heart when it comes to the 800,000 or so "kids" that are in our country through no fault of their own. That said, anyone who knows Trump knows that he believes in the American "dreamers" first and foremost. My suggestion to the dreamers is that they pack their bags and start to self-deport before ICE does what they do best.
So far so good with the new digs. Nancy seems to think that had we tried a little harder we might have found something on the beach for the same price. Next time, I told her, you do the looking. Some people are never happy. We told ourselves that we would come home on the weekends for a bit just for a break and to see how things are going with the construction. Everything seems to be on schedule now that we're here at the house. Our bathroom is down to the studs and the demo portion of the job is now complete. Nancy was sure that they would find that the sub floor in the bathroom was either moldy or otherwise compromised and they did find a little something but nothing that couldn't be easily repaired or replaced. We also asked them to put some insulation in the walls where none was found but otherwise expected. Now that the demo is done our next payment is due based on the schedule provided to us up front by the builder. We'll be sure to pay them promptly first thing Monday morning. Replacement parts for the bathroom are lying in boxes small and large in our garage and while not everything has been delivered they have what they need to get started first thing on Monday.
Nancy is lying in on our bed resting, reading, or maybe a little bit of both. Our refrigerator is empty of everything but things we elected not to take with us and if we get hungry or thirsty in the middle of our short stay here today we are SOL. Did I mention that the rug person didn't follow through as expected on the carpet we had expected to put in the living room? That is just as well. We'll go with hardwood floors and Nancy can ease her mind when it comes to chemicals emitting from the carpet. We will need to look for some area rugs and that can be a very iffy proposition. What you like one day may not strike your fancy the very next day. And when you have more than one person trying to make that decision it only complicates matters further.
Evan is bouncing back and forth along with us albeit on a very different schedule. There is not room enough for our three cars at the interim joint so we jockey around the cars to meet our needs and it has worked out as well as can be expected. I mentioned to Nancy that we're in something of a vacation mode with the new place in that we're not really unpacked and the stuff that is unpacked is not really put away. I liken it to our more traditional week long vacations to Lake George this time of the year where the week is almost up by the time we get everything unpacked and starting to feel at home. We need to get over that. We're there for a month.
The Trump Administration will announce their decision today on DACA. DACA is an acronym for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It was an unconstitutional act by a rogue president (Obama) designed to garner votes from the illegal immigrant population ahead of the 2012 national elections. It provided refuge in our country to the children of illegal aliens, affectionately referred to as "dreamers" by Obama, based on certain criteria. Obama had a democratic congress but couldn't get the votes to pass a law that would provide amnesty of sorts to this specific population of illegal immigrants. In the absence of same he signed off on an executive action that did the same thing. Executive actions are not law and can be undone by other executive actions in the future. Donald Trump called it for what it is in stump speeches throughout the 2016 presidential election cycle and threatened to cancel or undo Obama's unconstitutional executive action if elected. Trump's platform was replete with immigration reforms ranging from building a wall on the southern border to deporting unlawful illegal aliens that threatened the safety and security of everyday americans. He put M-13 and their ilk on notice that, if elected, he would round them up and get them out of the country.
The republicans in congress were up in arms when Obama's executive action was put in place and called it for what it was - unconstitutional. Now that Trump is expected to cancel it, a handful of ne'er-do-well republicans who came out against it when Obama signed it into law have their knickers in a bunch and don't have the testicular fortitude to support Trump in reversing Obama's executive action. Trump is expected to give congress 6 months to deal with it before deportations begin. He's far more generous than I would be but I'm quite certain that congress will fail at this task as amnesty is not reconcilable one way or another in the republican playbook. Trump tells us that he has a big heart when it comes to the 800,000 or so "kids" that are in our country through no fault of their own. That said, anyone who knows Trump knows that he believes in the American "dreamers" first and foremost. My suggestion to the dreamers is that they pack their bags and start to self-deport before ICE does what they do best.
So far so good with the new digs. Nancy seems to think that had we tried a little harder we might have found something on the beach for the same price. Next time, I told her, you do the looking. Some people are never happy. We told ourselves that we would come home on the weekends for a bit just for a break and to see how things are going with the construction. Everything seems to be on schedule now that we're here at the house. Our bathroom is down to the studs and the demo portion of the job is now complete. Nancy was sure that they would find that the sub floor in the bathroom was either moldy or otherwise compromised and they did find a little something but nothing that couldn't be easily repaired or replaced. We also asked them to put some insulation in the walls where none was found but otherwise expected. Now that the demo is done our next payment is due based on the schedule provided to us up front by the builder. We'll be sure to pay them promptly first thing Monday morning. Replacement parts for the bathroom are lying in boxes small and large in our garage and while not everything has been delivered they have what they need to get started first thing on Monday.
Nancy is lying in on our bed resting, reading, or maybe a little bit of both. Our refrigerator is empty of everything but things we elected not to take with us and if we get hungry or thirsty in the middle of our short stay here today we are SOL. Did I mention that the rug person didn't follow through as expected on the carpet we had expected to put in the living room? That is just as well. We'll go with hardwood floors and Nancy can ease her mind when it comes to chemicals emitting from the carpet. We will need to look for some area rugs and that can be a very iffy proposition. What you like one day may not strike your fancy the very next day. And when you have more than one person trying to make that decision it only complicates matters further.
Evan is bouncing back and forth along with us albeit on a very different schedule. There is not room enough for our three cars at the interim joint so we jockey around the cars to meet our needs and it has worked out as well as can be expected. I mentioned to Nancy that we're in something of a vacation mode with the new place in that we're not really unpacked and the stuff that is unpacked is not really put away. I liken it to our more traditional week long vacations to Lake George this time of the year where the week is almost up by the time we get everything unpacked and starting to feel at home. We need to get over that. We're there for a month.