~Not Good News~

The boy came over last nite, he hates when I call him 'the boy',

:-) but only I can get away with it...he stayed for a while,

and we talked like we always do..He leaned back on the

couch and said "Gran, Monaco is closing its doors, 1900

people will be with out a job in September and I will be

one of them". I didn't know what to say I was shocked.
Monaco Coach is a big company, based in Oregon..the

plant in Elkhart closing totally down is not good.. He relayed

to me that our girl Kelli, her days have been cut back to 4

and her hubby, Jorge, was laid off the other day...This is SO

not good.. I see on TV all these companys folding or moving

away and all the thousands losing jobs.. How can all these

people find work again? I felt so badly for them..and NOW

to hear my boy saying this ...it worrys me alot...He didn't

relay any info on Dawns job, so lets keep our fingers crossed

and say some prayers for these kids...Donnie has been with

Monaco for over 16 years and is one of the best diesel

mechanics in this area... this is so awful.. more stress and

worry for this GORGEOUS WEEBLE GRAN but..well who

doesn't worry about their kids? I do..about ALL of them..

3 sons, 8 grands and 4 great grands..that's a lot of worry!

but I love it :-) and wouldn't trade it for anything...I did

say "well, you can always reconsider renting your base

ment to me, you know"... He smiled and said "the way

things are going, I may have 3 kids living with me"... We

both laughed and he assured me hes not really worried,

and as experienced a diesel mechanic he is..26 years...

I pray he will get a job right away.. He still has his 2nd

job he goes to every day but the way things are going,

no telling what will happen with that one since a company

as huge as Monaco folds..its worrysome... Ive known

something was wrong, the last couple times Ive talked to

him on the phone, I could sense something and sure enough

its something all right.. I have faith..they will be fine..and

knowing the boy? well.. I worry, but..I know Donnie....hes

a go-getter and he will get a job... I have no doubts...

My son in the UK, Mark, has mentioned a few times that he

has , well THEY have, talked about moving back here to the

states.. and call me a bad american..but I don't think this is

the best time to do it.. I know the stories about Rip Off

Britain as one friend says, but its not good here, at least I

worry.. I see all this atheist stuff about taking God out of any

thing in our government, school, state and city offices.. Well,

I don't know about anyone else..but to me.. I'm NOT taking

GOD out of anything...that's NOT good as far as I'm concerned.

How our higher ups allow these people that are doing this to

continue and more or less condone it.. Things that have been

tied to this country for generations and NOW because of a few

big mouths that want to show everyone they have POWER,

they want to change things to suit them.. We that are the majority

I feel HAVE no Power... Taking God out of anything CANNOT

be a good thing.. and NO ONE will EVER convince me of that..

I KNOW where my help comes from..I just wish those people

with power knew that too.. This election coming up..well I KNOW

who is the best man, that's McCain... the other running? I wont

comment on that at all..but-- what I read about his 'beliefs',

well- scares me.. ! Enuff of Politics.. I will add tho..something

needs to be done to help this country.. When I think back to

when I was growing up..the 50's, 60's, 70's... people cared,

loved and helped each other..they were honest, loyal and

trustworthy.. We all lived well and happy ... what happened?

I look at my grands and these precious new great grands..

what will this country be like in 20 years? Scares me...It

really does...
Rebecca came yesterday, and I took another photo of her,

she laughs when I do... She still is having trouble with her

knee.. Apparently she fell and where she hit it she had a

bite from something and the stinger or what ever was still

there..when she hit the knee it pushed that in farther and

made her whole knee swell up and she had to have it lanced.

She was NOT a happy camper... But as you see shes doin

ok.. Shes on holiday next week, I told her we need to take

a ride over to the casino...shes ready to go too ! :-)

Well I'm gonna go eat..and oh--that tree IS called a SMOKE

tree...I looked it up on line after I read d's comment... Its

so pretty.. The photos on line don't do it justice its so

beautiful.. Ive never heard of it before..and I wish they

had planted it outside this living room window then I could

REALLY enjoy it... Its beautiful all summer tho.. even tho

its where I cant see it all the time, I can if I look out the

bedroom east window..I'm so grateful its out there to

enjoy...The planter person..well they done good..:-)

My good Is out in the kitchen and I'm gonna go get it..

called Dibs.. I sent Penny to the store today to get some

more of them.. I did have 2 packs in the freezer but that's

the first place Donnie goes to when he comes over.. He

had a sore throat so they helped he said..:-) I'm sure

they did...:-) Dibs, TV, sleep.. I HOPE in that order.. first

my GORGEOUS WEEBLE "nitey nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya and THANKS!!

Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again .....