THE HENWATCH BLOG

                                                    What in the name of everything that's right is going on in the U.S ? Now I am hearing that the Native American Apache tribes are gonna be screwed again by the your government . Seemingly Congress has decided in its infinite wisdom to give 2,400 acres of National Forest in Arizona to a foreign mining company . What makes this more outrageous is the fact that this land is ancestral homeland to the Apache natives .                                                    It starts getting a little crazy when you find out who exactly is behind all this .The handover of a large tract of Tonto National Forest to a company called Resolution Copper a subsidiary of Australian / English mining company called Rio Tinto , which co-owns with Iran a uranium mine in Africa and which is 10% owned by the Chinese .                                                    There is an authorization act for fiscal year 2015 ,which includes the giveaway of Apach

                                                       Good afternoon , and maybe good morning depending on where you are . So come on how are you all today ? Are we wrecked from all the Christmas festivities ? Have we extended our overdrafts on our accumulative credits cards ? Is the sun shining more brightly in your neck of the woods , or has the whole thing just gotten too much to handle ? These are the questions we need to be asking ourselves . Are we right to blow any amount of money in the pursuit of Holiday Happiness ? Or should we water down  the amount of money spent  giving the appearance of prosperity ? Because looking at it prosperous we are not ! Comfortable we are not ! And so its ok for once in the year to give off the look of being prosperous ? METHINKS NOT !                                                       Why ? Well as soon as the new year has come and gone you are straight back into having to pay for your facade , you are suddenly made aware with your credit ca

                                                          Today six of my grandchildren came to visit us both , there was Scott , Jamie , Billy & Lily , there was Zoe and also Alannah . I would like to thank their parents who were there Eve & Ray , and daughter in law Lisa . Because we live quite a distance from each other its particularly hard to get us all together at once . Today a huge effort was made by all involved which led to having a really wonderful day . The children were an absolute joy , they behaved themselves so well it was pure joy for both my wife & I .                                                           There was so much interaction between them it was so hard to keep track of everything . We laid on the most informal dinner I have ever witnessed , and believe it or not it was a total success . When the mood is good , even if the chicken was a little overcooked there wasn't a mention of it . Its so fulfilling when you get a chance to mix with yo

                                                  I write , I sing , I cook , I F... up , I dance , I love , and I live in a way that's doable for me . All the things I have done in my life have been the things I have wanted to do . I have messed up , I have failed , I also have achieved . I am happy with who I am . I wasn't always that way , but with age comes a realization that if you're not happy with yourself now , you never will . So I have come to the conclusion that its better to be ok with yourself , than to be hard on yourself for things and possibly dreams that never came true !                                                  I have never needed or wanted approval ! If I got some , well that was just an added bonus . But in the main that was never a reason for my approach to some difficulty I may have encountered . From an early age I had no choice but to be independent , I chose that lifestyle because there was no other choice . When I was very young , I was al

                                      We had a  wonderful day today , went to visit our son and his husband for an early dinner . I nearly forgot to mention Diamond & Ruby their two French Bulldog puppies .The puppies entertained us all afternoon , leaving both of us falling around laughing .                                           The thing about French bulldogs , and with a name like that you'd think in your mind a huge dog . No , these two are small bulldogs with huge ears . They are so funny though , they need plenty of attention but you are rewarded with loving slobbering mischievous hounds ! They are still babies , and wont grow too big , but they are very funny characters !                                      I nearly forgot again , the dinner was beautiful !

                                                           So welcome back to reality , or more correctly welcome back to sanity . We had a wonderful Christmas dinner with my son and his wife and their children Zoe & Alannah . Its always nice to be in the company of children at Christmas , you can release your inner child . Everyone is so busy getting everything just right , being a grandparent without those responsibilities leaves you free to indulge in childish pursuits . I had never foreseen this in my parenting days , as my parents died before my children got a chance to know them . What a pity they didn't get the indulgence that my wife and I pour on our grandchildren .                                                           Its like they have been denied the closeness of a grandparent , and that fact kinda makes me feel sad in a way . My other grandchildren , Chris , Scott , Jamie , Billy and beautiful Lily are a bit further away from us and it makes it harder to be wi

                                                Well only three hundred and sixty four more days to Christmas , better start planning soon , its gonna come up on you so fast you won't know what hit you . Actually if you think about it its not a bad idea . Firstly all your gifts would be at knock down prices , Christmas trees and decorations would be slashed , you could get a turkey & ham and just freeze the pair of them , there you go Christmas sorted on a shoestring .                                                 You may not believe it , but there's a lot of people out there who do exactly as I've described . There is no shame in savings , nothing to be embarrassed about in being prepared . Wouldn't be my cup of tea , but who are we to criticize ? One mans savings is another mans loss , so to speak                                                 So come on tell me , how well did you do ? Did you avoid all the pitfalls yesterday ? Has your waistline increased by