Our mayor is just like a little Trump---he lies and so does she.

My city-New Britain, CT has been suffering from the results of a drought since last year--but we were not told about this drought until this summer.  She knew about it last year--and never told anyone. Maybe if she knew how to run a city instead of just hiking up taxes every year we would be in better shape now. 

Our Mayor is in negotiations to sell our water to Tilcon so they can use it for drilling and then they will build a new res for us.  Really?  why cant they just build one for themselves and leave NB out of it.  We have the best water--in fact NB is noted for three things--our water, our museums and our parks. 

According to our local paper--Under the proposal, Tilcon would mine 131 acres of mostly Class I and Class II protected watershed land owned by the city but located off Woodford Avenue in Plainville for up to 40 years before returning the parcel to New Britain as a reservoir that could potentially increase the city’s water yield by 160,000 gallons per day.

The plan would include Tilcon paying New Britain for mineral rights to the land, but the city would retain ownership of the property. The financial terms of the mineral rights deal have not been made public. Under a similar proposal that failed in 2008, the city would have received $15 million.

As part of the current proposal, Tilcon would also donate open space — 95 acres to New Britain, 187 acres to Plainville and 75 acres to Southington — and create a 1,000-foot buffer zone around the quarry to protect neighbors from Tilcon’s blasting.

Class I and Class II watershed lands are “highly protected” water recharge areas that hold and filter water that enters a reservoir, said Margaret Miner, the executive director of the Rivers Alliance of Connecticut. In order to be considered Class I and Class II protected land, the areas must also be owned by a water company, or in this case, the New Britain Water Department, Miner said.

The legislature must vote to approve a change of use for the land in order for Tilcon to mine the property. Opponents are concerned that if the proposal is approved by the General Assembly, Class I and Class II watersheds would be imperiled throughout the state.

Now, the flip side of this is that Tilcon will also pay for our Mayor to run for Governor in 2018 if she passes this.  This last line is a rumor about her.  But, she has ambition just like the rest of us--except the rest of us wouldn't ruin NB's water to do it.

Can you be a meat eating Vegan?

A few years ago while drinking milk it hurt my stomach.  Needless to say I only drank it when my stomach was full.  I know you thought I would cut it out--nope. not I. I, worked around it...and had some tricks to avoid the hurt and mostly they worked--until a day in New York City.  Eating a comfort plate of food including mashed potatoes and meatloaf I continued on my way walking down a NYC street.  Then, just like in the movie, Sex in the City when Charlotte drank the water---Iran for a bathroom. 

Since that day I have taken pills to never have an accident again.  Oh, but even though the pills work very well---for some reason my milk allergy-yogurt/cheese/chocolate/ice cream has returned.

Most times when I go out now I'm that person again where I list the things I can't eat. Sometimes I'mscared there will be butter somewhere near my food.  That is so irrational a thought I make myself laugh when I think it---because if it happens--I'll be okay. And I know that I can have peanut butter and a banana and find it most places-well, most places I go.

I'm a vegan now--but I still eat bacon, hot dogs, steak, lobster, pork, hamburger, turkey and chicken .  When I tell the server do I say I'm a meat eating vegan or just say I'm allergic to dairy?

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I'm a Dog Person, in case you were wondering.

Sasha spent Thanksgiving week keeping me company while my neighbors went south. Do you see that smile on her face?  What could she be thinking of? Answer below and the best one will receive a prize.

The ONLY reason Trump was elected

He is a Celebrity. In this country any major celebrity can and will be elected.

Do you remember when the Republicans made fun of Obama calling him a celebrity?  Do you remember the commercial with Brittany Spears and other celebrities?  The Republicans were making fun of Obama for "being like a celebrity, instead of presidential."

Yep the Republicans are Hippocrates---but we knew that -right? 

My 57 birthday was the best one yet!

I am truly blessed as I enter my 57th year.  My friends and family have out done themselves this year. Presents and dinners and gift certificates were plentiful - but the best present by far was the painting of the dining room and it looks fabulous.

For three days, as I sat in the living room being ill, Audrey painted and painted and painted her little heart out.  She also did this with NO TAPE, and it's perfect.  She truly is an amazing woman and I'm so grateful to call her my friend as well as my neighbor.

Thank you.  Thank you. Thank you.

Gratitude

Everyone I know talks about being grateful, staying grateful or just having a grateful heart.  Well for the past year Ive been writing down 10 things I am grateful for. Here are some of them for today:

Thank you for the home I live in and can afford.

Thank you for the great neighbors I have.

Thank you for the dog Otto I dog sit for and get paid to do it. Thank you!

Target, your not!

I loved Target. That is I loved Target-- until yesterday.  I loved the anticipation of shopping there—I never knew what I would buy extra from my list of targeted items.  Sometimes it was a new flavor of coffee (archer farms Vanilla Crème Brule) or a new nail polish (OPI), but it was always something. 

I would hear tales of people walking in for one item and walking out with 11 more items.  Or, people walking in to find the exact thing they were looking for and they found it on sale.  Or just seeing a friend or family member walking the isles, but I loved going to Target. I have spent thousands of dollars on everything from glasses to prescriptions. I even moved my percriptions from CVS to target one summer to save a few hundred. (yeah I have no life).

Then yesterday it happened.  I had just stopped in for coffee—(they got rid of all of their archer farms coffee and haven’t restocked the shelves.  (I was there last Wednesday and went back on Monday. ) Still no coffee---and a lovely man even went into the back to see if there were any.  Nothing. So, I picked up a few things---and walked over to the cash registers.  There were three lines open. People coming out of all of them and three people standing next to purses/clothing just  talking.  These three were Target employees. 

What are you all standing there for—open a register…why should all these people wait while you three are just talking. I said.

The guy said he hadn’t clocked in yet (why is he on the floor then?)

The young woman didn’t say anything—and the older woman said she just called for people.  I asked to speak to a manager and she told me to calm down. I am the manager.

 Then what are you doing?

She told me she had called for people to come and were waiting for them and to please calm down.  She also said they were hiring people. Shouldn't you do that on a daily basis?

It was then that I looked at my items, realized I didn’t need them and could buy them at Stop n shop where they do open lines when a customer asks ---

And I walked out of Target.

Usually I love Target, but if this manager is running things—I'll stay away ---I can always shop on amazon.com.

What should have happened at Target; the manager should have said—I’m opening one here, I know it’s upsetting to have to wait—and we are doing our best. 

Instead—you have lost a customer.  There are a million places to buy what you are selling—and I will now find them.