I forgot to mention that on Tuesday while I was waiting for the bus a person put a small package in my hand and kept on walking. It was a small seedling wrapped in a wet cloth in a sack. It was for Earth Day and had 'plant a tree' on the outside of the bag.



I didn't have a flower pot around so as we did our errands I kept an eye out for one but though I was able to buy potting soil I didn't find a pot. When I got home I called Emily who had an extra flower pot and I planted the tree. As soon as the roots take hold I plan to plant it outside in our 'backyard.

Also, we stopped at Winn-Dixie to pick up some items they had on 'special'--with food prices being what they are and still rising you have to get the deals when you find them.

Alright, back to picking up the mail. There was a letter from the Department of Family and Children telling me that I had to recertify for my monthly allotment of food stamps. Now don't get too excited--I get $10 A MONTH for food. Luckily I don't need it BUT in order to get some other benefits ($13 off my phone bill,etc) I have to apply for them. Can you imagine living on $10 a month for food?? No wonder you hear of some old folks eating cat food!!

In any case I can do it via the Internet. I, usually, read and comment on blogs from 7-9 in the evening so off I went to the web site. Folks, it took 2 and a half hours to fill out sheets and sheets of papers asking stupid questions that they already have on file. Of course I am lucky that I have a computer--if I had to apply at the office it would have taken a full day.

Finally I was finished and went to my e-mail and found I had over 50 'notifications' of blogs and comments besides regular e-mails. I, also, found that we had sold two more coins which leads to some paper work and preparing to mail the coins with insurance and delivery confirmation forms.

Long story short--24 hours later and I am still catching up on last night--all because of the government and $10 in food stamps!!! Don't get me wrong--I am glad there are food stamps available but $10???? I'd rather they give it to a single mother but can't do that--either I take them or they 'disappear'!!

Not to end on a downer note but do you know that 1,000,000 MILLION CHILDREN EVERY DAY ARE NEGLECTED OR ABUSED and our government wants to cut funding to organizations that deal with them?!?!?!?