Green Friday 2016 Preview

So I am preparing for one of my favorite days of the year. As followers of this blog might recall, Black Friday is a special day for me. I spend hours mapping out my route, as well as looking for the items I have highlighted for the season. Each year I also add a quest, the one item that I decided  I am going to look for, but was not highlighted ( like crockpots) on all the doorbuster flyers.

Each year the stores all have the staple items: crockpots, ( which is a special item for me on black Friday as well, as the day is not complete without at least one gracing my trunk). blenders,  TVs, Computers, etc. However, occasionally there are unique items buried in plethora of goods, and they are an adventure to find,

However, this year I decided that I want a dehydrator. None of the usual suspects seem to have them as a doorbuster, so I will need to get a general percent off deal on electronics, or something like that, to get a good score. I will need to have FBB track the trend for me to see if the sale prices are really that good, or if I should wait for later in the season.  I also am looking for wireless headphones that are on sale,  and the sneaker that I wear every day.

Stay tuned for reports on the adventure.

A New, New Day Dawning

I got up on Wednesday morning, decidedly a bit groggy from watching President-Elect Trump's acceptance speech (which was thankfully earlier than expected, since his opponent took her ball and went home without a concession). I stepped outside. The grass was a little greener ( browner?) the sky a little bluer, the air a bit crisper. I had a spring in my step and a calmness in my soul that had not been there for eight years. In fact, it had not been there since just before I wrote this  back on election day is 2008. I was right then, and I was right about this election as well.

I am not saying that things are automatically going to be perfect. Mr. Trump has not proven that he will be able to rise to the occasion and the job. However, I have seen enough towards the end of the election to feel comfortable enough that he will certainly give it a credible effort.  He is a proven successful businessman, and has run his companies, and built large projects, both in and out of New York City ( that being no mean feat, trying to get something done within all the bureaucracy and political agendas in the City), that are of quality construction, on time and within budget. These are all good qualities in a leader, and qualities that were sorely lacking in our current president, much to the detriment of the country.

So it is with HOPE in my heart and CHANGE on the winds that I look forward to the coming presidency, that we will be restored to the place and position that made America great once, and can make us great once again.