Bfth's Boring Blog

  In NJ, my water and sewer bill comes quarterly and it comes from the township.  I get this tiny postcard sized piece of mail (easily lost by the post office) and I write a check and send it back.  In PA, we get our water from a company called  Aqua .  We use them because that's who there is and it's who the previous owners used.  I don't even know if you have a choice when it comes to water carriers.  (Is anyone out there experienced in this?) Back when we were purchasing the house, I called Aqua so that the account info could be changed/updated.  Imagine my surprise when they said there was no account at my address!  There was water and I don't think the previous owners were lying...So I went to the previous owners and they gave me their account number.  Turns out there was an account, they just didn't have the specific address; they just had the street!  So I own the whole street and am paying for all the water?  I don't th...

  Good Morning.  It is a good morning isn't it?  We are still alive, aren't we?  After the tirade of the lunatic in chief, we have to be grateful that we all still are alive.  (We are, aren't we?)  Because at the last hour, the maniac in chief (I can't say in charge, because he's not in charge of jack) changed his mind. But before the crazy man decided not to end civilization, I spent the  night worrying.  Worrying, drinking double strength margaritas, and eating chocolate.  Because if the world was going to end, who cares how much I weigh and that I can no longer fit into a size 12?  (Remember the days before the lunatic in chief when I could fit into a 10?  Life was good and then HE came along and I gained weight and a whole lot of worry.  If he doesn't take responsibility for ANYTHING, then I can blame him for my weight gain.) Was I overreacting last night?  Maybe.  Should I have realized that the insane one would ...

 "Is anybody there?  "Does anybody care? "Does anybody see what I see?" Those are lyrics from  1776   sung by John Adams towards the end of the show when it looks like Independence will never happen. Today those words echo in my head.  They scream in my head as a madman threatens that a "whole civilization will die tonight." Now you may say Bfth, he isn't talking about us.  It's the middle east; it's not the US. But it is US.  While it may be aimed at the specific area, how can you think it's NOT US?  Destroying a civilization or even just the threat of such (as the madman's ranting are often just that), can destroy us.  Are we stupid enough to think that such words or actions would not have consequences on all of us, no matter where we are in the world? Is anybody there?  Does anybody care? It seems to be that our government does not.  No one has acted.  And action is needed.  Actually we have passed ...

  I've been boycotting Target like so many others.  But to be honest, I wasn't really boycotting because there wasn't one near me and when I did go to one it was either a mess or didn't have what I wanted or needed. Why would I go?   So while I was disappointed in Target's changes when it comes to what I would like to call humanity (as in ALL people should be treated with respect and diversity is an important and good thing), it didn't prevent me from going, it just wasn't a place I was going to go out of my way to shop at unless absolutely necessary (which it rarely was). However, a Target has recently opened nearby.  It's been all the buzz.  This huge gap at a strip mall which once housed K Mart (before that Caldor and I believe before that Korvettes) and was a testing and vaccination site during the height of Covid (where my son got tested right before Christmas 2021...although we didn't really need the test, practically every kid he had been in...

 Someone told me I had a "good voice" on religion.  I'll take that compliment, but I am really just a "normal" person (or as normal as I can be).  When it comes to "organized religion" (is there such a thing) in the Christian faith (because there is so much more out there), I am not stuck with one particular denomination While I am officially a member of the Presbyterian Church, I have also worshipped in Episcopal, Methodist, and Congregational churches.  For me, it's not about the "title" or branch, but what the congregation does and how they act. I would be happy anywhere, as long as the congregation follows what my understanding of Christianity is.  That is:  "Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”...

It's Easter.  THE holiest of days for Christians.  While I realize that this is a NOT a Christian nation (and too many people seem to have forgotten that), it is an important day for many.  Even those who do not observe/celebrate recognize that.  I have friends of different faiths as well as those who do not identify with any form of religion and all of them support, recognize and honor each other's beliefs.  And that is how it should be.  We should wish our Jewish siblings a Happy Passover.  (Because Passover is an important part of the Easter story.)  We should wish our Muslim siblings a Blessed Ramadan.  Dare I say that doing so and acknowledging each other's beliefs is the Christian thing to do? On this cold(ish) and rainy Easter morning, I got up and dressed in my Easter attire (which originally had been my Palm Sunday attire, but it was way too cold for it last Sunday) and (sadly) put on my tights and pumps (I really wanted to show off ...