Is This Legal?

 I recently went through mediation with an attorney, Don Stuckey,  and his client,  a CPA Tom Lavin, from Lavin and Associates.  Earlier in the year, Tom's wife Linda, acting on his behalf, turned off the utilities to the business that I run and was in the process of buying from my late husband, Richard Jacobs.

Yes, turning off utilities is illegal in February and yes, I had significant damage from frozen toilets to water leaks.  I was locked out of my business in May, after having fixed the problem with the utilities and making it so that Lavin could not turn them off again. Yes, I was evicted from a business that I own 91% of when I should have been foreclosed if it was going to be anything to remove me.

When I was finally able to gain access to my business and building, all of the petty cash from two businesses had been taken ($300),  an antique 12 pin lock was gone ($480+), along with a case of tanning bulbs ($3100) another case, ($2700), a case of tanning lotion ($136), another case of high-end lotion ($261), cleaning supplies ($350) a bed was broken ($13,000) spray lotion supplies were gone ($480), a wall was kicked in ($1000), a screen door was broken($120), two neon signs were broken ($900), cases of toilet paper were stolen ($75), cases of Mountain Dew and other soft drinks were stolen ($50), a spray bed had been tampered with ($6500) to fix, a toilet had been broken ($340) an uninstalled toilet had been taken ($340), and more from another business that equaled about 30k that was purposely destroyed or stolen.       In order to regain access to my business, I had to sign an agreement that I would not sue or otherwise create more litigation against any party that was involved in this. 

So now, when this should be finished, instead, Stuckey and Lavin took it upon themselves to contact the realtor selling a house I plan to buy (I have signed the purchase agreement and paid earnest money) and told him that the funds from the estate had been dispersed. 

In fact, only a partial payment had been made to the attorneys and more importantly, the mediator had put in the clause that we would not say anything to anyone about the terms of the settlement. 

Now, the selling agent has demanded payment in full because technically funds were dispensed, albeit only attorney fees. So I've lost my earnest money and the house I had a contract to purchase has been sold to someone else. 

How is it legal for Don Stuckey, Tom Lavin, and the realtor from Wible Realty to discuss a private settlement, much less release private details of the sale?  There's a reason that Richard would never do business with Wible, now I know why.

Ask yourself if this is legal, you'll thank me later,.

Over Five Hours on Hold with Stanton Optical!

 Don't do it. You see their prices, you just need a quick exam (haha) and you figure you're out the door. Sucker! First, Alison told me that my online appointment wasn't valid even after I showed her the confirmation email from them. 

Next, Alison told me I was being childish because they said that they couldn't see me at my appointment time.

Next, Alison told me that I was banned from the property.

Every call to management has resulted in being placed on ignore until they are literally closed for business and it just hangs up. I posted a review and Stanton Corporate implored me to call them so that they could make it right. 

It's slow in August, so I thought, let's just see. So far they have paid for me to be on hold for 1:45: 51 seconds. There are better options than this cut-rate place and there are dead people offering better customer service than Miss Alison offers.

If you like Muzak- give them a try, but you won't speak to a human being. Don't buy your glasses from them, you'll thank me later.

Slippery Slope

Get ready to use a made up word and call me homophobic.  I am old enough to remember when the idea of two homosexuals having access to children was a bad idea.

I’m old enough to remember when the culture war hadn’t been forfeited.  When the Moral Majority wasn’t a punchline, when people weren’t afraid to say that homosexuality is wrong.

In studies, Columbia in 2002 and Medical Journal in 1993 that interviewed homosexuals and found that over 71% of them had been sexually abused as a child.  They were most definitely NOT born that way.

But if you point out the obvious- if nature ( a different word for God) had created this mistake, how in the name of science would they reproduce? 

The answer in a word is wouldn’t.  So how does homosexuality promulgate? Abuse is a leading cause. Children that are sexually abused are 4 times more likely to decide that they are homosexual. Just as Vice President Dan Quayle was hammered for stating the obvious that the sitcom Murphy Brown was promoting single parenthood I expect to take crap for telling the truth.

You never see homosexuals portrayed as jerks. That’s one sign that they cannot be mocked. They are a protected group in modern culture. 

It’s time to reclaim decency. Don’t ask Don’t tell policy was supposed to be the policy that would satisfy the homosexual lobby. Of course it wasn’t. They don’t want the same rights, they want extra.

They want to force us to say that they are normal. Orwell spoke of similar action in 1984..Dystopian is forced on us as normal.

Take back our culture.Fight to protect our values. Don’t  slide down this slippery slope. Think about it. You’ll thank me later.

White Privilege

I've recently learned that I have some type of privilege bestowed upon me because of my skin color.  Do I get a card for that to get my benefits, or is there something coming in the mail? If it's waiting for me somewhere-where is this magic place?

The reason that I ask is that I have vivid memories of working my butt off for everything that I have, even starting over twice.  Is it a privilege to have my own business and that I "get to work 65+ hours a week"? Is it a privilege that if it doesn't work out, I am out of luck? 

I have been down, and by the Grace of God, I had help. Is that some kind of privilege? How about the robberies and even though the police know who did it, I was never reimbursed? Is that privilege? 

Don't tell me that I cannot understand the experience of a different race or culture while constantly belittling mine. 

I became Catholic a little over 20 years ago. Catholicism is the one religion that everyone gets a free pass to mock, ridicule, and lie about. Yes, there have been Priests that were monsters and they were allowed to continue. But the curious thing is that in the Protestant faith, there are 12-13% higher instances of abuse-but you will never hear about it.

Look at sports. In any other arena of life, you must have racial equality. Is the best person hired every time? No, but the quota is met. Consider the NBA. Would anyone be screaming for quotas if it was represented the way that it is? As my Dad would have said-don't pee on my feet and tell me it's raining.

So before I have to roll my eyes through another demonstration of 'woke folks' on their knees and begging forgiveness for the sin of their privilege- explain to me these riots. People are destroying their own neighborhoods, then looting stores for 72-inch televisions. Where is the justification? I know all of MLKs speeches, almost by heart. I missed the ones about get you some free crap.

So put your race cards away, that crap doesn't play anymore. Obama didn't heal anything, he stirred it into a gigantic hot mess.  Consider what Jesus said about treating your brother (or sister for you unrelenting PC crowds) as yourself. No one owes you anything except the opportunity to try.  Think about it, you'll thank me later.

Pizza Hut Broke Up With Me!

I'm so thankful that there is a local place to order really good pizza, I just wish that they delivered. Alas.
If you've read anything that I have written, you know my feelings about Papa John's. Heck they even fired Papa-so what do you expect from them? But because I still love pizza, I thought that I would give Pizza Hut my business.  They have stuff that works with my stupid food allergies, why not, right?
Oh, you silly people.  It started when Pizza Hut took 3 yes one hundred and eighty minutes to deliver a cold pizza that wasn't even what I had ordered. Then when I called the store, the manager hung up on me. Twice. Fine, so I go with their corporate number, and explain what happened. That lady was horrified and gave me a code that was good for two large whatever the heck that I wanted on them pizzas.  I used one.
When I went to use the other one, Pizza Hut had installed a new policy that requires you to order at least $20 for delivery. I explained that I had a coupon for a free pizza and you guess it-she hung up on me.
So I did what I do when I am irritated. I posted on their FB page, their website and I left a message for them. What happened you ask? Did they rectify the situation and fix my pie? LOLOLOL!
Nope. The new manager guy called me and told me that he would be taking over in a week and they would appreciate it if I didn't eat there anymore.
I told him that it wasn't a problem, we had a local place and I had gotten used to eating good pizza again, the only reason that I tried to use the coupon was because well-it was supposed to make up for the horrendous one. I guess not so much.
Good news is that if this hongkongfluey ever breaks, I can go to the local place and have a pizza so much better than any chain could give me.  Think about doing that where you are.  The big chains can survive, but the small local guys that give a community it's character cannot.  Eat local whenever you can and if the jerk from Pizza Hut whose number is 260-969-2400 calls you, let him break up with you too.  You'll thank me later.

Coronavirus is Not the Black Plague, Settle Down

Yesterday I spoke online with a poor fellow who has a cold and he was freaking out. I cannot blame him. Listening to the news and their professional scare people I am sure he thought that his days could be numbered.  Settle down, people.
This bug is in the same category as the common cold. I don't know if China tinkered with it if they did, I would not be surprised. But even if they did here are the raw numbers to consider:

Right now the earth is populated with 7.8 Billion people. As of this morning, in the 77 countries that have reported people with the virus, 3310 people have died. That means that .000000424358974% of the world has been killed by this "plague" and we should all just take a breath. (But not on each other)

The people most affected are going to be sicker and older people or those with an underlying health condition.  Diabetes seems to be one of the common denominators, as does those receiving chemotherapy.  In other words: people that were sickly to start with.

Please don't panic.  Here are some common sense things that you should be doing.

                        1. WASH YOUR HANDS

Wash them when you go to the bathroom (obviously, please) and wash them when you handle money.
Wash them several times a day, after you have handled something that is communal (pens, door handles, etc.) Wash them with hot soapy water and wash them long enough to sing the alphabet song at a normal pace.

                       2. DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE

That one is easier said than done. I didn't realize how many times I touch my face until I tried to make a conscientious effort not to do it. Leave your hair alone, stop touching that thing that you have there, just leave your face alone.

                     3. LYSOL (the kind in the brown bottle) Kills This

Go buy some and dilute it to the proper strength and start wiping everything down if you are worried.  Bleach will also kill it.  Peroxide seems to be able to kill it as well. Wipe things down that can sustain the bleach, or spray and wipe the peroxide on it.

                    4. If You Are Sick, Stay at Home

I know that you need the money, you wouldn't be working if you didn't. But spend some of those sick days and keep yourself to yourself if you have a cough, runny nose and or fever.  Keep those cooties to yourself.  Cough into the crook of your arm instead of your hands, but by all means, cover your mouth.  Sneeze the same way.  Don't start flinging your mucous at everyone else.

                   5. SETTLE DOWN 

I've read gossip that China added the HIV virus to this, that this has a mutating gene (every virus does, that's why there is no 'cure' for the cold) and so many other scary stories that it breaks my heart for those that are uninformed and scared.

                  6. If You Really are Worried-See Your Doctor

That's what they are there for.  If your fever is excessive.  If you have other symptoms that you can't get rid of, by all means, see a medical professional right away.

We're going to get through this, the same way that we have managed to get through everything else that happens, one day at a time.  Stay home if your sick, cover your mouth, and WASH YOUR HANDS.  You'll thank me later.

Shame on Those Democrats, Especially Nancy Pelosi

I didn't get to watch the State of the Union when it happened. I watched first thing this morning before anyone could give me their take on it. Here is my take:

Nancy Pelosi and those democrats were the pettiest looking batch of hotmess that I have seen in a while.  Pettier than Michelle Obama's "all this for a flag" question, pettier than Felonia Milhouse von Pantsuit's "basket of deplorables" and worse than Biden's bragging about his quid pro quo. 

I understand that they have nothing left in their quiver to shoot at him. Their life insurance policy didn't pay off as they had hoped, and none of their blueprinted plans that worked against any of the other dastardly Republicans have worked. They are adrift, complaining about the success that we are all enjoying.

I am disgusted by their refusal to cheer the successes mentioned. They aren't just President Trump's successes.  They are our successes. Those democrats refused to cheer for the successes of us. Can they get pettier? The answer came when Pelosi tore up the President's speech in a fit of pique.  Shame on her and all of them that despise America.

Think about it, you'll thank me later.

Coup Attempt Should be Treason

Every liberal talking head was certain that Donald Trump would never win the nomination.
Remember that when you consider the text messages from the FBI lovebirds who dislike us so much.
In case you forgot, one texted that he had to be in a Wal-Mart and could smell the support for Trump.
Can you imagine the blowback if that had been said about Harlem and Faily McWorse than Carter?
Can you see Chris Matthews's head exploding at the thought? I can. He would have stroked out.
Is there any doubt that this is the "life insurance policy" in the unlikely event that you die before 40?
And why is there a blackout on the name of the nonwhistleblower whistleblower if we know him?
Right about now, a legitimate media would be doing their jobs instead of carrying water for the DNC.
Anyone doubt that this coup attempt would have never happened without Obama's approval?
Many people are censored, simply for asking relevant questions about his relationship to the DNC.
Everyone knows by now his close ties to Adam Schiff and the Obama Whitehouse staff.
Lists online even show his connection to Joe Biden and Biden's staff.
Laugh if you will, but a conspiracy theory isn't a theory if it turns out to be true.
Ask the people who have been censored or booted from platforms for pointing to the truth.

It's just amazing that the msm could not care less about this event if anything they are actively cheering it on. And Pelosi saying that the President "will be impeached forever" sounds like the bitter, sour grapes of someone who was measuring the Vice President's Office for drapes and then found out that it blew up in her solemn, prayerful face. Nice pens, though. But for 35k of taxpayers' money, they better be. Pay attention to the next few weeks, even if you don't usually care for politics.

You'll thank me later.

Auto Brush has Crappy Customer Service. Save Yourself

I was given one of those full mouth toothbrushes for Christmas. I bet it would be great if it had come with the charger base.  When I told my friend that gave it to me about the problem, I wrongly assumed that I could simply get the missing part.

Foolish girl.

After finally tracking down the company, there is a phone number. Not a toll free one of course. Don't waste your time, it's a prerecorded message that tells you to go to their website. From there, you'll be directed to an eventual human being. I left a message, not expecting to hear anything from them.
Surprisingly they returned the call, for all of the good it did.

When she called, which to her credit was quick,  she asked for a picture of the unit and the missing piece. Again, how do I send a picture? Where do I send the picture? No answers to any of that, but they do keep trying to sell me foaming toothpaste for a toothbrush that won't work without the missing part. You get the picture.

So then I get the speel that they have to have the pictures so I stop what I'm doing and get the toothbrush and send the picture. Hold on to your hats. The pictures weren't clear enough. Who thinks it was just a reach around to give themselves an excuse to ignore me? Yeah, me too.

So then, the stupid instant site keeps trying to sell me crap. Yep. Because nothing instills faith in your product like trying to upsell me when what I already have doesn't work.  Too many excuses and zero accountability.

Run, don't walk from Auto Brush.  It's a great idea, they just have horrendous execution.


Here's a tip: hire human beings to answer your phones and man your websites.

You'll thank me later.

Update#1 I just got a message asking me to send video-video!!- of it working so they can see what the problem is. 1) now I have to find a way to film this?? 2) how can I do that WHEN THEY DIDN'T SEND A CHARGER???

Update#2 I just got off the phone with the person who sold it. Now she is claiming that many people sell this crappy item so she is NOT going to send the charger because I called more than once. You can ask why calling more than once means it's bad, maybe she'll have a better answer than saying ma'am-"I'm not the only one that sells this."  Her number is 209-553-8254 good luck

May the Lord Fill Your Hearts with Love and Peace

It's no secret that this year has been absolutely atrocious. I've lost Momma, Caliope, and the love of my life-Richard.  There are not enough words to describe how awful this particular 12 month stretch has been, I won't even try. Instead, I will tell you the amazing part.

Every time one of these awful things have happened, especially the loss of my Sweet Baboo-people have said that they would pray for me.  Now I know that to the likes of political scholars like Alyssa Milano the offering of prayers is offensive.  How sad for her.

I have truly felt God's Grace in the times when these things have been happening.  I have felt that warm, love that envelops you, removing all of the fear, the anxiousness, the welcome relief of not being afraid.

Merry Christmas. May you find this love and joy also.