THE DANGERS OF CAPITALISM.

After spending several minutes looking for a link to delete my facebook account,  it magically appeared.  I think when I finally got through to whatever person is in charge of this at FB ,  I got the link. So now in 14 days my account will be deleted.

But what will they do with my information in that 14 days. Are they sitting around their desks at the FB offices thinking... How can we make a bit more money on this person who has deleted her account?  Who can I sell her data to? WE better do it quickly because in 14 days it will be gone.

This is what I envision happening at Facebook.  Do I have a problem with trust?? You bet I do.  I recently read "Shock Doctrine"  and :'No"  by Naomi Klein, and if you want to see how we are losing our democracy and our comfortable middle class lives,  read either of these books.

tt is pure unadulterated capitalism, at the cost of everyone,  and even the planet that will bring about the end of our world. And even for the very rich, who have the money to relocate to an AREA  of the country that is safe from rising sea levels. Eventually their lives will end to

But the point is,  if we all work together,  if the wealthy invest their massive resources in working toward a solution, then we will all be better off.  But in the end I suspect money,  greed and private enterprise will win out. And we have been brainwashed into thinking that privatization is better. Well it is not better. There is no accountability in the private sector,  other than to keep growing the bottom line. So whatever has to be done to do that... cut corners,  refuse health care,  put toxic substances into the air, water and food supply, to increase production,,, then that is ok in their world. But it is not ok in yours and mine.  WE have to get away from this idea that the private sector can do everything better.

How to make money on the backs of gullible women.

I just don't get it.  Everyone seems to be getting into the skin care business.   Paula Deen,  JoAnna Gaines,of Fixer Upper,  Duck Dynasty's momma, and I thought I read Faith Hill was jumping in as well.

Are we so superficial,  that the promise of younger looking skin is worth breaking our budget to achieve.  I fell for it on a sample trial,  and today discovered somewhere in the fine print I had agreed to joining auto delivery.  and was billed $83.00 for one product, and there were two notifications  in my Inbox this morning.

News Flash.  I buy a large jar of Retinol for around $15.00 at Sam';s and it does as well as any other over priced cream I have tried.

If you want an interesting look into just how foolish women can be.  Read  "Crimes Against the Book Club"  which deals with this issue......

Finished piecing the top today. Quite proud of myself.  the sides all measure the same.  Amazing when I think of how many seams are in this quilt top.

I began working on a Bonnie HUnter scrap quilt,"Carolina Chain"  several months ago. I kept it in a box, and worked on the blocks when I wanted to sew something small and quick.  Somedays I feel like I want to be with my sewing machine, but I do not want to begin a large project, I have so many "large projects"  already in boxes waiting to be finished or quilted or bound.  So in my quest to finish some of those UFO's I pulled out the Carolina Chain. Making the blocks is fun and easy, and NO Triangle blocks.

Although I love the look of triangle blocks in a quilt. Those are the blocks I have the most trouble making uniform. After trying several different methods I have found that my accucuquilt dies are the most helpful in getting my blocks uniform in size. But of course I only have a limited block size with the accuquilt die.

Since last week I have been laying out the blocks on this project. The pattern calls for them to be set "on  point"  and I have only made one other quilt with blocks on point.  This week I discovered why.  Since I have no space in my sewing room for a permanent design wall  ( too many windows)  I must use a temporary one, of a flannel backed vinyl table cloth I purchased at the Dollar Tree.  It works great for small projects,  but this quilt is too large to layout on the table cloth.  So I start a row or two on the table cloth then sew those blocks together, and move it all to the floor of my sunroom. I have spent a lot of time "unsewing"  and re stitching because keeping the blocks in the correct order and orientation and the correct number in each row is a challenge.  But today I finished sewing all the blocks in to rows, tomorrow I will stitch the rows together,., And Voila,, I will have a quilt top.

Oh BTW the ladder. That is in waiting for me to take the snowmen off the shelf above my windows.  But now that I think about it...Heck it is April, so I just may do what I did last year... Leave them up and they will be ready for next Christmas.