So If They're Using UFOs Now To Distract Us From The Epstein Files, Is This Technically Alien vs. Predator?

 We let Allen keep Tyson here since it was doubtful that a Motel would allow him and he'd be risking sneaking him in.  He's a good Dog, so nobody would know, but if he had to go pee, or poop, you'd have to take him out to do his business and risk being seen.  And people are more afraid of Pit Bulls, and he's one built like a Tank, with a Head like a Bulldozer, so he looks more intimidating than he actually is. He isn't a scary or vicious Dog, but people don't know that.  He was having fun in our Pasture and is Quiet.  We have barking Dogs in the Community only when there's intruders on someone's property and Tyson is the same way.  If nobody is lurking around who shouldn't be, he's quiet and if he does bark, you know something is up and you should go check to see what it is.  So, he was a good Boy all Night, as we knew he would be. 

I don't know when Allen is leaving, I guess he took The Young Prince to some Rave that was here.  I'm not weighing in, whatever works to get those Divorce Papers Signed and out of the way and have a more amicable Split with less hostility on Allen's part, is the Play that The Young Prince is apparently going for.  He doesn't want ill will, it's not his Nature to hold grudges or be vindictive, he's able to Move On.  Or even to make Peace with someone previously he's had any Issues with in fact.  From an Intellectual Level he's elevated to be Wise beyond his Years enuf to realize all potential outcomes and so he always tries for the better ones if it can be managed somehow.  He doesn't Think like your average Twenty Something Year Old Generation, he's an Old Soul about Life's Issues.  Allen is highly Intelligent too, but, not Wise, he's Impulsively Emotional, The Young Prince has his Emotions more in Check.

You can't make important decisions when you're Emotionally Raw, it's just not Wise.   And if something is Serious, my Grandkids consult me about it becoz they want the Wisdom of their Elders that they don't possess the Life Experiences of to have that level of Maturity yet 'til they keep on Living.  The G-Kid Force and even The Son, always consult me before they make a very Serious Decision, to see what my Advice will be about it, then decide what they want to and should do about it.  I had bought some Pre-Mother's Day Treats for us to eat, The Man Loves them and I can be assured it will be something he'll eat and get some Fruit thru his Lips.  If it's on a Tart or Confection, he'll eat something Natural, otherwise, he's resistant.  A way to his Heart can still be thru his Stomach, sometimes.  *LOL*  They are purdy, aren't they?  *Winks*  So, heavy on the Food Porn for this Post, since I had a Pix Dump of purdy Foods I'd just bought and now has been consumed by the Family and visiting Friends.  *LOL*

I guess Allen came down for a few Days, to make driving this far, and the expense of that, worthwhile, so he's got a Motel Room and we said Tyson can remain here during the whole visit.  We enjoy Tyson and it gives The Young Prince time with his Beloved Fur Baby who he really misses like a Non-Custodial Parent would miss their Child(ren) after a Breakup of the Parents happens.  He is their 'Baby', since, as a Gay Male Couple they weren't Breeders, so Tyson was their 'Child'.  He's over 10 Years Old too and going Grey, so our Grandson is worried he won't have him much longer, so, this Visit is twofold as far as he's concerned.  Get the Divorce stuff out of the way as amicably as possible, spend time with Tyson, who he doesn't have Custody of.

 

 When I told Princess T that at least her Brother seems to be getting along with Allen during this brief visit, and Allen with him, she said the darndest thing.  Of coarse they are Gramma, they make better Friends... Friends With Benefits.  And then she Laughed... and I had to also, I think she could be Right?!   I cannot argue with that astute assessment. *LOL*  Even The Young Prince had told me he always knew he was not "Marriage Material", but Allen wanted to be Married, and so he thought, since they'd been together a long time anyway and had gone thru much together, well, we'll give it a whirl, since Gay Marriage in Arizona had just become Legal... and so they did.  I'd had my own Reservations, only due to The Young Prince's level of Disability meaning Allen was Signing On for immediate and permanent Lifetime Unpaid Caregiving of a Spouse who would be totally dependent upon him, from their tender Ages of 20's... a Tall Order and Tough Row to Hoe at any Age.   Did I think it would last?  Even with Love and the Best of Intentions?  No, I did not.

When you are the Parent or Custodial Grandparent of a Disabled Child you are Raising, you know that it could mean a Lifetime of Caregiving, it doesn't end with the end of Childhood, usually.  It may not, but, it probably will, depending on the level of Disability and ability to have Independence, both Financially and Physically and/or Mentally.  With Schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity Disorder, along with any other Mental Health Baggage, the likelihood of High Enuf Function to not even be Institutionalized, is slim.  Autism, depending where on the Spectrum, and level of Function and ability to Mood Regulate Appropriately, can be iffy too.   I think Bipolar Disorder, OCD, and even Adult ADHD, most of us can mainstream into Society and lead a productive Life and remain Independent... I have, I know many who have.  It's a Life Sentence of the Disorders, no Cures Exist, I don't know if they ever will?  But, until they do, it's Forever.   Even Managing it is tougher and has worse Odds than Managing Diabetes, or beating Cancer, which, speaks volumes.

I'm a Diabetic, and it ain't easy to Manage, but I haven't had that for a Lifetime, and can Manage it better than Managing my combos of Mental Illness, which, I can't remember NOT having.  Every Day you will Deal with it, for as long as you Live.  And I'm considered High Functional, and don't need a Caregiver, those that are not, have a way tougher Row to Hoe thru a Lifetime.  The fact I can BE a Full Time Caregiver when I'm not entirely 'Well', and thrived in my Corporate Lives, I Hope is a Legacy that gives Hope to other people with Disabilities that don't HAVE to necessarily Limit them.  I always considered most things to be Limitless, and Possible, even if I'm told it has Limits and is Impossible, I'm entirely 'Mental' that way.  It has been most beneficial to me to be.  *LOL*  Oh, it's NEVER been Done you say, well then I might just be The One to DO it then... and off I go to that Challenge.  I've even succeeded at times.  *Winks*

Or, you're told that you're Too Old to Do this, that or the other... No, I don't Think I am, and as a Man or Woman Thinks, so they ARE.  Blog Friend Shirley is an Octogenarian that still Runs Marathons!  I know Teens and Prime Time of their Lives Adults who've never Run a Marathon.  What you choose to Do with consistency and determination, you usually get better at if you don't quit, give in, or give out beforehand.  I'm not a quitter, in fact I'm tenacious and relentless about anything I get into my Head to Do and to accomplish.  I can become quite Fixated and Obsessed with and in the Doing of it in fact.  My "Muchness" is Legendary.  *Winks... and the Crowd all said Amen and Amen!  Smiles"  A little bit of me I know goes a very long way.  So I really do TRY to Dial myself Back and sometimes I even Succeed. *LOL*

Tyson and I dangled our Feet in the Pool, he was so Cute, he saw me sitting on the Edge doing it and then put his Front Paws in and stood there beside me!!!  *LOL*  He's enjoying his Arizona Vacation at his Great-Grandparent Humans Home, clearly.  We've got the Ceiling Fans on for him on the Back Patio Area too.  He is House Trained but he's too big and I got too much stuff he could crash into, even just wagging his Tail. *Smiles*  And, Eli the Cat would Smell him and Freak Out!

So if they're using UFOs now to distract us from the Epstein Files, is this technically Alien vs. Predator?

 

So, now the MAGA Evangelical Crowd are Worshipping their version of the Biblical Golden Calf, in the form of a tacky Golden Statuary of their Orange Messiah who thinks he is Jesus and feels his is some kind of god.  Well, Scripture did Warn of this, one would think those who profess to be so Religiously Fanatical would have Read the Bible and known this???  Well, assuming they CAN Read??!  *LOL*   Anyway, the Memes have been Great at least, mocking the whole surreal mess America is devolving into under this depravity of Leadership his Devoted Voted In.  Since we'd already endured 1.0, which was a total Cluster Fuck, one would have thought any Opposition to him running for 2.0 would have and should have Won by a fucking Landslide.  

But, this is what America has Become and about now, so we cannot pretend anymore we're ONE Nation, or even Under God or Indivisible {nothing Godly about what's being done and we are divided, separated and broken}, nor with Liberty or Justice for ALL... that's a Myth and total Deception, and it's become tragically very apparent.  Now they're diluting the Vote of Minorities, and Women will be next.  A very slippery slope we're careening down all the way to the Bottom.  We must still be part of the Opposition, Resistance, and continue to make Good Trouble.  All those who made enormous Sacrifices before us would expect these Generations of us to rise up, like they did on behalf of Future Generations.  

We found some expensive 'New' Anime at the Grandchild's SAVERS when I went to pick her up from Work.   I gave some of it to her that she Collects and will Sell the rest at the Showroom and Locked Case at the Antique Mall.   I never did make it there Today, so, mebbe Tomorrow since it's Mother's Day and our Mall may be doing something to stimulate Trade for Mother's Day?   I looked and all they're doing for both Days of the Mother's Day Weekend is a 15% Off Sale, they used to do more in previous Years, Drawings and such to enter and Giveaways.  The same for Father's Day, but, in recent Years haven't done that.  So, I'm underwhelmed with what they're doing, it's a missed opportunity IMO, especially since big Antique Mall competitors are Opening now which will compete for Customers.  Some Friends are at the New Mall, I have yet to go and check it out.

In a tough Economy you really do have to be Creative in Trade Stimulators to attract anyone to show up, let alone spend Money during tough times.  I was looking at what upcoming Events are doing Locally, coz if I'm gonna use expensive Gas to get anywhere these days, it has to be well worth it to me or I'm not bothering either.  It's just not affordable to waste Gas otherwise.  Locally everyone is spending upwards of $75 just to fill up a Small Car, and for Trucks it's closer to $100 a fill-up now.   And in City Traffic, which is heavy, and in a large City like Metro Phoenix, which is 200 Miles across, you use a lot of Gas to go almost anywhere.  The City is growing exponentially all the time too.  And now along with the vast Warehouses, we're having those damned enormous Data Centers being built that Locals are mostly opposed to... and of coarse the ICE Detention Centers, which, we're even more opposed to any of those Evil Concentration Camps in our midst.

You know, Documentaries can be the most terrifying of Programming.  I watched a short one called "The Family I Had" {2017}, that was Chilling.  About a Three Generation Family that had Two Sociopaths in the Family, The Grandmother and the Grandson... and Two Murders, Two Generations apart.  I won't spoil it for ya in case you wanna watch this True Story, but, damn... and that's all I'll say about it.  It is an illuminating Study into a Family fraught with Mental Illness... and Systems unable and unwilling to Cope with any of it in any ways that are Helpful to the Families or to Society.  It Won a Sundance Award in 2017 and I can see Why.  The Grandmother was the more Seasoned Sociopath, let me just say, since, The Grandson was 13 when what he did happened.   Luckily I'd watched Two Excellent Comedy Specials beforehand.  *Whew*

  

I know that in Real Time Tomorrow will be Mother's Day, but I have no Plans for it at all, even tho' I Raised Two Generations of Kiddos.  Whatever I end up doing would be spontaneous at best, but usually, I will do nothing and it will just be another day.  I have never made a Big Deal of Mother's Day or Father's Day after my own Parents Passed, I Honored them during those Holidays tho'.   Becoz the Dynamic for my Kids and The G-Kid Force, was more complex and Non-Traditional, so, it could be a not so easy to Celebrate kinda Situation.  I was a Single Parent for many Years before Marrying The Man, so my Kids didn't have a Dad 'til he became theirs.  And he's been a Good Dad and Good Grandpa.  The G-Kid Force were Raised by us without the presence really of either Parent and we never tried to replace their Parents, so they always considered us Gramma and Grandpa, even after I Adopted them both Legally out of necessity.  Legally I'm Mom, but to us all I'm still Gramma.  I Downplayed both Holidays for their sakes and I'm perfectly Fine and Okay with doing that even to this day.  

Besides, if I or The Man ever Need anything any Day of the Year, they will all try to do it for us or get it for us, so they didn't Need a Special Day only once a Year to Honor us.  Even tho' Princess T doesn't really consider her Mom a 'Mom', per se, and they didn't even know one another for close to 20 Years... she got her a Cute Character Backpack she knows her Mom will Love.  Her Mom is still very Childlike, so in many ways isn't as Mature as her 20 Year Old Daughter, and Princess T is very Aware of that Fact and complete stalling of Maturity.  When the Schizophrenia kicked in for The Daughter, is about where she stalled from a Maturation Process... it's a Neurodevelopmental Disorder.  So it does involve a Stall and disruption of Normal Maturation Processes.  Excess Brain Pruning occurs which causes a loss of grey matter of the Frontal Cortex where executive function for abstract thinking, planning and impulse control are formed.

Later in the Month is at least one Event I shall be attending.  I doubt I'll be Buying anything, nothing I Need and Budget right now is tighter than usual even if I do Well at the Antique Mall for another Pay Period.  I will have 12 Months of paying off that New Fridge now to Budget for, even at 0% Interest, the Payments are not inexpensive, but the Terms were great and it was a necessary Purchase.  Fridges being vitally important Appliances to be in Working Order and reliable for Storing perishables and Frozen Foods.  An Upgrade in a Major Appliance is always really Special and Exciting to me too.  We didn't choose the New Fridge that came with the Purchase of this Home, the previous Owners bought it and it had never been used.  It was a high end Model, but not a Model I would have chosen, so I had vowed that when it Needed to be replaced, I'd get a Model of my own preferences... and now I have.

I'd have Fridge Envy every time we'd walk thru an Appliance Section and I'd see Models I'd prefer having.  *LOL*   And I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this New Model I got!  In previous Homes the New Fridges we had we'd bought and Chosen becoz typically a lot of Home Purchases don't necessarily convey some Major Appliances like the Refrigerator... or the Washer and Dryer.   So, at the Historic Home I chose a lovely Kitchenaid Fridge that to this day is still Working over 30 Years later and is a Model I still Love and wish they still made.   It had a rotating Carousel Crisper mounted under a Top Shelf for things like Cheese and Fruit or Veggies.  I can't even find Pixs of this Mid-20th Century Feature, but it Needs to make a Comeback, I LOVED that Feature.  We conveyed that Fridge with the Sale of the Historic Home.

The Villa McManse didn't convey with a Fridge so we bought the one we still have out in the RV Garage Mahal now, and it Served us well, but was Six Years Old when we Sold the Villa.  I always liked it and it still worked, so when the Buyer was bringing their own Fridge they had us take that one with us and we did.  We still use it for the Freezer mostly and to Store excess of mostly Beverages and Meds that require refrigeration, like our Insulin Products, in there.  It Works Fine still but the Handle to the Freezer is now Jury Rigged to be functional.  So, when we bought this Home with the Brand New Stainless Appliances and a Washer and Dryer that were New and conveyed with it, we couldn't complain, less to Buy ourselves and didn't cost more to this Home's Sale, just a Bonus provided by the Sellers.  We brought our Front Loader Washer and Dryer we Bought for the McManse with us too, and have them out in the RV Garage Mahal as well as backups, lest this Washer and Dryer give out one day.  They're Cinnamon Red Appliances and purdy.  *Smiles*

I did notice when we went Fridge Shopping, that some of the Models I'd been in Lust with only Two Years ago, aren't even being made already anymore!  Some had the See Thru Doors, Round Ice Makers, Computers on the Door... so, I'm assuming must have had Issues and am now Glad I didn't get one then if that's the case.   Sometimes Features look Cool and are a novelty, but, for whatever reason, not a good Style Choice to catch on or last, for whatever the reasons were/are.  This backlit Fridge Feature I was Wowed by tho' and it's marvelous.  But I still haven't figured out the Ice Making Function activation or the Water Pitcher Function they have for the Filtered Water part and the Manual says nothing at all about it, so I assumed it activated automatically then?  I just Hope those Young Men did remember to turn the Water Connector back on when they hooked it up?  Coz that's behind the Fridge and will be a Bitch to move it back out filled now! 

 

I tried Googling a Tutorial, it doesn't exist Online, I tried calling "Lowe's" Appliance Dept. to just ask by Phone, got put on Hold and transferred several times, so, either they're really busy on a Mother's Day Weekend and aren't taking Calls... or Short-Staffed?  We liked our Sales Clerk, Manny, but went early in the Day and they weren't busy at all in Appliances then, but it is the Weekend and a Mother's Day one.  You know how us Moms get shit like Appliances for Mother's Day... bwahahaha... coz us Domestic Goddesses would choose an Appliance for our Mother's Day Gift over all else!  Says no Woman EVER!  *LMAO*  Yeah, I kinda got one for Mother's Day this Year, by sheer Serendipity tho', not really an Intentional Mother's Day Gift per se... our Fridge just happened to go out at about that Timing.  Coz if The Family actually got me something they all Need to Use for MY Mother's Day Pressy, or something to do Housekeeping... they'd expect to be Murdered.  *LMAOROTF*

That said, The Son went with me to pick it out, coz The Man couldn't be bothered what kind of Major Appliances or Home Repairs are Needed or which are the Best Deals, Best Terms, Due Diligence done on Products... it's not his Jam at all!  They could fucking Talk him into Buying anything on any Terms and I learned that from The Jump of our Marriage, so, I handle all that, so we don't get screwed over by Salesmen of Expensive Appliances or Home Repairs.  *LOL*  I don't think he's even still gone into the Kitchen to know what the Fridge even looks like, he does not Care.  *Bwahahahaha*  He's not nearly as enamored nor excited about it as The Kiddos and I have been.  He simply doesn't even understand why we would be?!  *LOL*   The Kids and I are literally IN LOVE with it!  For now, even the organization of everything in it is so Editorial we could film a Fridge Commercial and Create Fridge Envy and Stimulate the Trade of Fridge Selling... which I hear is Soft right now in a sagging Economy.  *Smiles* 

The Fridge Post did pick up in Reads, I hadn't Named it as a Title Hook of being a Major Appliance Purchase, so, many of you didn't even know it probably was my Fridge Post.  *Winks*  It was Named: "We All Have Stories Worth Telling On This Journey Of Life" and I don't think that was a Good Hook Line actually to draw you in for a Read or spark any Interest?  It fell rather flat, 'til I happened to mention in a different Post that the Fridge Post bombed.  And then peeps be saying, we didn't see no Fridge Post!!!  *LOL*  So, if you were looking for said Fridge Post, that be the one to Read.  Sorry for the confusion and less than Clever Blog Post Title Hook that day.  *Winks*  I tend to Suck at Blog Post Title Hooks that are Clever, some Bloggers are Masterful at it!  I often have Blog Post Title Hook Envy they're so Clever and Masterful at Naming their Blog Post Titles to draw you in!   I have sometimes had Trouble Naming a Kid or a Pet tho', so... just sayin'.

A Blast From The Past Pix of The Man during a Trip to Jerome, which is the Disneyland of Funky Places, a Ghost Town we Love going to, but now, probably he won't ever be Well enuf to go to again with us, which, saddens me.   Lots of Stairs and Climbing, both inside Historic Buildings there and thruout the Town, which was a Mining Town hanging off the side of a Mountain.   Hanging enuf that the Jail actually began sliding down the Mountain!!!   And where he's standing in this Pix leads up to some of the Historic Buildings where People still Live in Residences, so it's kinda all built like that, which is way Cool, but not Mobility Challenged Friendly.  Some of the 1800's Hotels do not have an Elevator, including our Favorite one, The Hotel Connor.  And now he definitely can't do Stairs anymore.  He can't even Walk anymore without a Walker Zimmerframe to prevent Falling now.   The VA will be Delivering a slender Wheelchair for the House on the 12th so we can Wheel him to Rooms on Days his Mobility is compromised even more.

It is so HARD to see his World getting Smaller and Smaller.  I know it's Depressing him and he's Feeling burdensome to a degree it's concerning me what's going on in his Head.  He's always been a Man of few Words, so he often doesn't and won't talk about stuff, especially stuff he considers would constitute showing any Weakness or Vulnerability.  He's used to being a Bad Ass and Strong, so he really never shows much Emotion or Fragility if he can help it.  Now it's showing and he Hates that... and I can tell it is Scary for him.  It's unchartered Territory to Navigate, all over again.  We had the same thing right after his TBI, and often he had the same thing after each Major War related Injury that was Serious.  

He was tenacious about Recovery no matter what it entailed.  And no matter how Grim the Prognosis ever was.   He's been Boyonetted, Stabbed, Burned with Napalm In Vietnam, and other Wartime Chemical Burns from all the Middle East Conflicts, he's been Shot, Gassed, Ran Over, various Hand to Hand Combat Injuries, Catastrophic Injuries galore actually... but he kept on Ticking like an Old Timex Watch.  He more than Earned all his Medals and 100% VA Disability Status for Service to Country.  He actually has more Medals than any of the Generals that ever visited any of the Bases he ever was at, they'd come over to our Table and Salute HIM at Dining Out Functions.  Of coarse some of them knew him from when they were Butterbars and weren't Generals yet, coz he Served 39 Years, so saw others come and go.  He still gets Mad Respect, as he should, from other Military folks.

He's a Warrior and the Real Deal and not some Hollywood version of a Rambo.  He gets a kick out of the Hollywood versions tho'... or of braggarts who Pose that they did more than they did and probably never even saw any Combat.  Just putting on a Uniform does not equate to being Heroic.  I can wear a String of Pearls but it doesn't make me a Fucking Oyster.  So, the Word Hero has been tossed and thrown around too much and diminished recognition of Legitimate Heroes that EARNED that Title.   Coz the legit Heroes, don't brag, they just never really even wanna talk about it.  He's rarely even told ME, in all our Years of Marriage, all that he had to do or went thru, and I'll probably never know and nobody else will either.  When he was a Sniper, Yes, he had to keep a Body Count and verify each Kill.  All his Missions were Successful, that's all he'll say about it.  Except that if you even Heard the Shot, he wasn't Aiming for you.

But, he claims that he doesn't remember it coz he really quit Storing the Count after that War was over and he didn't wanna think about who or why they were Targeted to be Neutralized by our Government, he personally wasn't Keeping Score in his own Head, too Morbid and Killing People is no Video Game or Contest.  His job was not to Die for his Country, but to make the other Guy Die for his instead.  And, he claims that anyone who Likes Killing is not Normal, coz it's just not Normal to take another Human Life, it's a very Heavy thing to carry around with one's Soul.   This Glee about Killing, and being Cruel intentionally, that he sees this Administration and those they put in charge of our Military now, sickens him to his Core.  He says that is what True EVIL looks like when someone is that Sick a Motherfucker like Hegseth and this President, just for example.  Calling a Bombing a "Love Tap" is Twisted and abhorrent.  

Bombing a Children's Girl School and Killing over 200 Kids and their Educators at the Start of a War you began, was very Telling of what was to come.  Committing War Crimes, over and over again, with no conscience, consequence, or remorse, and threatening to erase an entire Civilization, is even more abhorrent and Sick.  It's America's Shame.  With all the attempts to Whitewash past Shame, adding to it is not gonna erase a damned thing, people do and will Remember.  Ask any Culture that endured Atrocities, they NEVER FORGET and it's passed down from Generation to Generation regardless of what Spin any Government tries to put on it to make it seem more palatable or that perhaps it never happened like that.  It did, being on the Wrong Side of History never goes away, EVER.  Which is why we should take Special Care NOT to BE on the Wrong Side of History Now and in the Future.  We're Failing miserably at that right now.

Putin has caused a Million Families to lose their Loved Ones from his own Military coz of his senseless Ego War.  And that's not Counting the Victims of the Ukrainian People he invaded and began a War with.  How many are we gonna Lose this time in Iran?  That's the lingering Question for this Draft Dodger's Ego War to Grift Profits from with Government Contracts his Family and Friends are garnishing off the Bloodshed.  And he's got his Eyes on other places, rest assured, War being Big Business for him and his Buddies.   I never Believed him for a Second that he was ever gonna be a Peacetime President.  He's in Bed with Bad Actors he Owes Money to, he's too vulgar, Ego driven, greedy, Sociopathic, and violent in his ways and his Talk to want Peace and not to be intentionally Cruel, Inhumane, too Old with no Future of his own and Heartless.  And he draws Like Minded Folks to him, willing and Happy to do his bidding.

The more I see and hear anyone still MAGA, the more Fucked Up and degenerate I realize they truly are!!!    LATER:  Three sets of New Neighbors set off an impressive array of Fireworks for Mother's Day, which was kinda Weird, and scared Tyson, so I had to sit out on the back Porch with him.  He was trying to get onto my Lap at one point and feeling Calmer as I told him it was Okay, we were there to Protect him.  *LOL*  Animals don't like Fireworks coz they don't understand what they are, so for Young Children and Pets, it can be terrifying, especially when so close.  I Personally think come Spring and Summer, with all the Fire Hazards and dryness of a Desert, only Professional Fireworks should be allowed.  Amateurs with them can be too careless and dangerous, especially in Residential Areas not suitable to be setting off a big Display.  And the one Neighbor on the Street directly behind us must have spent a Fortune on theirs, it rivaled a City's 4th of July Display and must have Cost Thousands!!!   If I was the Mom I'd be like, I'd rather have had the Cash, Thank You.  *LOL*

Anyway, their Parties are still going Strong and it's a Saturday Night, so I just Hope they're done with the Pyrotechnics now?   Don't wanna hear that all Night and have to go out and comfort the Dog thru it either.  It's 9:38 p.m. now, so, Calm Down and Dial it Back some for Dear Ole' Mom will ya?!  *LOL*  I was Pricing more Inventory when it started, so Princess T and I went out to watch it and Calm Tyson down, knowing he'd be Freaking Out some about it coz it's almost directly behind our Property, actually directly behind TJ & Rob's Parents Home next door, so pretty much woke up the Newborn they got there, for SURE!   No Infant could have Slept thru that being so close and I wanted to ensure no Fire started either if it got into the Trees close by!!!  They'd have some definitely Liability if it cause a Residential Fire of any Neighbors Property.

Being so many Newbies have been moving into the Mini Farm Community lately, a lot of the Long Time Residents have begun Selling.  Used to be you couldn't find any For Sale up in here, they handed the Properties down for Generations.  But, some aren't liking the Newbies moving in, and I kinda suspect some are Deep Pocket Investors Buying up the more Expensive Properties now to turn into Air B&B Party Houses and Vacay Short Term Rentals, coz the Residents seem too rowdy to be Residential Homeowners who would Invest about a Million for a Home.  It's not typical for the Demographic that would spend that much for their Primary Home.  It's become a 'Thing' now to do Short Term Rentals for Party Houses and more Affluent Vacationers who go Buck Wild while there.   

Some Communities have put a Ban on it, but I ain't gonna Lie, when I Sold The Villa McManse, our Buyer was an Investor from Cali that I highly Suspected was making it into a Vacation Rental, and I wasn't Wrong.  But, they Paid Cash, Closed in less than 48 Hours and Paid our Ask Price.  I HATED our HOA and that Pretentious Community, so, didn't Care.  Retribution for the harassment caused by them for Six Years.  But here it's a Nice Long Time Community and I think initially the ones who Sold was coz they Aged Out and either didn't have anyone to Inherit the Property, or Needed to Cash Out Equity to pay for Long-Term Care in their Old Ages?  

Plus, some didn't like what grew up around us with the overbuilding and Zoning Changes where the City Sold Out to these Developers who are greedy and high density builders of POS quality Modern Homes and Apartments.  That aren't Comparables to what was already here, so diminished our Property Values.  You can't build $300,000 Homes and dense Apartment Complexes near $700,000-Million Plus Listings, it's Poor City Planning and Corporate Builder Greed.   And most of these Developers are from Cali and they already ruined their State and Cost of Living there, now they're Migrating like Locusts further East and ruining our States and our Cost of Living here now.   Billionaires who Buy all the Right People to get what they want to build regardless of Public Protest against it.  You see it happening with regularity now.  The Big Grift now is to build that shit near Small Poor Rural Communities that can't Fight it.

Just one Example now is some Small Town in Box Elder County, Utah where a 40,000 Acre and 62 Square Mile Data Center is being built against the Wishes of the Community, that the Town Lackey's Approved and the Data Center will be 2.5 Times bigger than Manhattan in NYC!!!   And use more Water and Electricity than a large City!!!   Mister Wonderful, Kevin O'Leary, the Asset Stripper of "Shark Tank" Fame is responsible for that debacle, along with what they say is Military Installation Development, so you KNOW this Regime is involved then to Profit off the Contract, called "Stratos".   And how much Data and Why is being Stored is anyone's Guess really... Big Brother is indeed a Real Thing now and not just a "1984" Movie of Orwellian Dystopian Fame... George Orwell was Spot On actually in 1954, it is all coming to pass about warning about America, or any Country for that matter, turning into a Totalitarian Dictatorship.  And why it was controversial and often Banned.

I could have Slept In for Mother's Day but I ended up Awake shortly after The Man at only 7:20 a.m..  That's later than I've been getting up to take Kiddos to Work, but, on a Mother's Day where nobody is Working Today, I could have Slept later and just didn't.  I would venture to say I'm Becoming a Morning Person now!  *Gasp! LOL*   I don't mind an early start really, I get more done and it's Cooler usually that early for doing things like Environmental Cleanup, which I enjoy doing and makes a little side Money recycling the Aluminum I pick up and doesn't end up being Litter or filling up a Landfill and wasted.  about 90% of Aluminum is Recycled and that's good.  A lot of folks don't bother tho' and throw Money away just putting things in the Garbage that could be used and reused.  Even some folks are too Lazy to Donate useable items that the less fortunate and needy of it could Buy used and reuse.  

The more Affluent the Person, the more Wasteful I observed that they were actually.  They had the most they could give, but would rather just throw it away and have it end up in some Landfill than have someone else benefit from it.  In Affluent Subdivision Hell the stuff you'd see Curbside on Bulk Garbage Day rather than Donated to a Charity was appalling!  The times some of them Remodeled every single Year and trashed what they'd spent a Fortune on just the Year before Remodeling, was a tragedy.  Places like Habitat For Humanity could have used those expensive Custom Cabinets and Granite Countertops to build Homes for the lower income people to have really top Quality Kitchens and Bathrooms... rather than seeing it Trashed and just hauled off to a Landfill!  

One Family on our Street, that had the Identical Floorplan and Home to our Villa McManse, had Remodeled their Kitchen and Bathrooms Five times in Six Years!!!  I'm guessing each time much have cost them around $50,000+!!!  And they'd Paid full price for that Million Dollar Listing when it was Bought New.  Every time there was a New Trend or a New Color that came out to Style Cabinetry and Countertops with, that's what she apparently wanted now.  She was a Stay At Home Trophy Fundie Starter Stepford Wife who'd popped out Six Anchor Kids.  The Husband was a Doctor and eventually left her for someone not much Older than his Oldest Child, so Typical.  So he was Trading In an Older Model who'd blow thru his Money, for a Newer Gold Digger Bimbo Model who would.  And no telling how many Spawn he'd Breed with that one?   Just like Elon the Ketamine King, who has a Collection of Baby Mamas and a slew of Kids he uses as Meat Shields now in case of an Assassination Attempt as he nears being a Trillionaire.  *Disgusted Eye Roll*

  

I used to be highly Amused watching the Trophy Wives in the early Mornings, many who'd just had a Baby, running behind their Strollers to keep in Shape and try to retain their Youth, lest they get Traded In earlier if they became the slightest bit undesirable.  Most there were Married to Doctors, Lawyers, Political Figures and Pilots.  When anyone New moved in the only and first Question they always inquired was, what does the Husband do for a Living?   Most of them seemed quite stunned if a Wife actually had a Solid Corporate Career or was a Retired Executive and not totally reliant on Marrying into Money.  And I knew this, so when they'd get nosey about our Business, I'd simply start my own Interrogation about what did the Wives do for a Living?  I'll wait... since, fucking for Money used to mean some level of Prostitution as far as I was concerned.  *Winks and a Wicked Smile*   

Yeah, they didn't Like me much, I Cared even less.  And the vast majority thought I was some Voodoo Priestess according to my Grandchildren, who heard what the Neighbors Kids said was my Sideline in Retirement I guess.  They didn't think I was a "Good Witch".  *Bwahahahaha*   And, the Fundies thought that The Man and I should be "Praying our Grandson's Gay Away", coz apparently THAT'S how it Works?!?  *LMAOROTF and a bigger Eye Roll*  I had a Come To Jesus with the Fundie Mom across the Street when she said that to my then 14 Year Old Gay Grandson!!!   He Laughed, thinking it hilarious, but once he told me I marched over there and told her if she EVER said anything that inappropriate to one of my Grandchildren again, I would put a fucking Curse on her that Religion would never get off of her!  She was Terrified of me after that and wouldn't let any of her Half a Dozen Kids play with our Grandkids anyway, coz the Gay might have also rubbed off or something, I dunno?  *LOL*

Well, and they were also The Neighbors who were so Racist they once panicked when we had our Home For Sale and they saw The Son and his Family, who were Cambodian, visiting and thought "those people" might be Buyers!!?!  *Gasp, the Horror...*  Their Family knew The Kiddos and I weren't full White, but since The Man is and was also known to be LDS, it was preferable I guess.  *Eye Roll*   The Wife ran over and asked me if those "Chinese People" were Buying our Property?  Looking aghast and absolutely having the Vapors that they might be.  I corrected her and said, well, first, they're not Chinese, they're Cambodian, and No, it's my Son and his Family coming over to visit for the Holidays.  {We were Selling around Christmas coz we're Crazy like that.}  She looked so Confused, coz she'd mistaken our Son for being Chinese too, and not just the DIL and the Three Granddaughters.  Of coarse most people also thought my Native American Dad was Asian, including Asian People thinking he was Asian, and The Son looks the most like my Paternal Side of the Family.  *Smiles*

It was also the same Neighbors, who when they were having their Solar Panels installed {they had the identical Home to ours too}, heard the Installers speaking Spanish and began making Racist comments to another Neighbor about them.  Well, they were Bilingual so they understood every Word and we laughed like Hell when they installed all the Solar Panels on the Shaded side of that Guy's Roof, Karma and Hired Help Revenge being the ultimate Bitch.  *Bwahahahahaha*   I saw that shortly after we Sold, that Family had also Sold.   So, asked our Only Friends on the Street who lived across the Street from our McManse, John and Sophie, who were lovely Young Sri Lankan Immigrants, that those Neighbors HATED living next door to Brown Foreigners who'd moved in and so built a Grudge Wall between their Properties... what happened with the Racist Fundies next door?  John said he heard tell that the Husband Traded her in for his Secretary so they had a contentious Divorce and had to Sell everything.  I was not Surprised, they both got what was coming to them.  Him a bigger hit to The Wallet, her being the Starter Wife she just always was. 

Finally my "Happy Eggs" Brand had some of their Pasture Raised Brown Eggs again in the Blue & Brown Packaging.  For the longest time only their Blue/Grey Egg Hens seemed to be laying.  It's supposed to be a mixture of both so I was not buying any until it was, so Color ME Happy that Today at least their 18 Pac had some of the various shades of Brown & Mottled Brown along with the Blue & Grey Eggs in the Carton.  Yay!  I'm an Egg Snob.  "Sprouts" had everything I Needed on Sale too, including my Japanese Milk Bread marked Half Off!  Double Yay!  The Temps will get to 105 or more Today, so I wanted to get everything done this Morning while it was still in the 70's and comfortable to.

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Happy Mother's Day to all you Mothers out there... Dawn... The Bohemian Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother

Posts Can Be A Bust... Or A Hit... Or Wicked Fun When Trolls Show Up!!!

My New Fridge Post was a Bust, I guess it was too boring and upbeat a Topic... Fridge Pixs... what did I expect, that ya'll would be as Excited about it as me and the Kids are about a New Appliance?  *LMAOROTF*  Even The Man showed absolutely no Interest, I don't even think he's looked at it yet!!  What's Wrong with you People?! *LOL... Eye Roll and Bwahahahahaha*!!!  I'm a whole Unpublished Post ahead tho'... can I get a Whoop Whoop!?  The Man is settled in to being at Home, his BP is good, his Blood Sugars are good, his Appetite is good now he's getting Home Cooked Solid Meals again.  *Smiles and Winks*  And, he seems to be getting better Oxygen to his Brain since the Transfusion and they are asking for Oxygen to be Approved for Home, which should be Helpful too with his shortness of Breath Issues and Mental Confusion.  He's more alert now, enjoying his Programs, and Behaving himself, so, the Caregiving of him is lessened from what it was prior to his Hospitalization, when he was looking like he was Circling the Drain and fixin' to just Die!  *Whew*

So now that he doesn't seem to be Tormented by the 'Monsters' in his Head that previously were terrifying him, he's not so anxious or panicked either, is feeling less vulnerable and more secure and safe.  I'm relieved, nothing I can do when the 'Monsters' in your Head are after you, not much I can say to offer comfort for what seems Real and is Hallucinatory, due to Oxygen deprivation or Psychosis going on, so I'm Glad we're not Dealing with that now and him yelling out 'Help!' all the time anymore.  *Whew*  The Family are more at Ease now too coz he's Acting and Looking Better than he did and his Head is in The Game again.  The OT and PT will be set up here at Home again, along with his Nurse Visits, and Hopefully he'll Feel Well enuf to do the OT and PT now more often when they come?  His Wheelchair is being Delivered by the VA on the 12th.

As for the Psychiatric Help from the VA, I will see if he's still on Board for that?  He said he was, but, now he might waffle about it, since, we think the majority of what was going on was more Physically related.  Yes, he has TBI and onset of Dementia, but, he's not Behaving as concerning as he was and he's no longer saying he doesn't wanna be here anymore... which is a vague statement and not entirely specific enuf to know if he means himself or anyone else harm.  But, I'd like him to go see Dr. Patel in Mental Health to just discuss how he Feels about his Physical deterioration progression, if nothing else.  Coz it is a bitter Pill to swallow even if it's all related mostly to the Physical deterioration apparent and he's Dealing with.  We will ease into that.

The Son was saying Two Days of Four Hour Shifts unloading Semi Trucks and going up and down Ladders, he's Feeling his almost 40 Year Old Legs now!  *LMAOROTF*  He's always had very Physical Jobs, and been Fit for his Age, also used to being the "Elder" now in the Trades, any of them.  But, he has been out of steady Work since before Thanksgiving and went a bit Soft Physically during this lengthy Layoff.  Plus new Motions always are a Killer 'til your body adjusts to the Range of Motion you'll be doing for Hours on End.  *Smiles*  Most of the Employees there are half his Age so he doesn't wanna Feel or Act like he IS the "Old Man" they think of him as, too much Vanity.  *LOL*  He doesn't look his Age and so he doesn't wanna seem like he's ready yet to be put out to Pasture.  *Winks*   Forty is the New 65 to Employers.  *Le Sigh*

I knew when he's doing Environmental Cleanup with me and Sweating Bullets and I haven't even broken a Sweat at all coz I do this all of the time, that, re-starting a Physical Job was gonna make him Feel it.  *Winks*  The Son Tapped Out on Environmental Cleanup deep in the River Preserve before I did and marveled that I could keep Pace with The Young Prince's level of Energy, since, his Nephew is 25 and I'm about 3x his Age.  Adult ADHD does give one a Freakish abundant Energy clear into your Senior Years tho'.  The Son has ADHD too, so his Mind spins like mine does, he's Autistic, and Bipolar, so, quite often we match each other's Energy Levels even tho' he getting Older and is 39 now.  He said people Young enuf to be his Kids tell him he has more Energy than any of the "Old Guys" they know.  *Bwahahahahaha*  

 

No disrespect, they say, but you're Old enuf to be my Dad!  *Ha ha ha*  And Princess T added, to Save Face for him, Yeah, but my Uncle would be the HOT Dad.  True that.  Coz all her Friends always tell her she has a really Good Looking Uncle.  *Smiles*  I forget what Princess T's Generation call the Hot Dads, but, they have a Name for them.   Oh, now I remember, a Zaddie!!!  *Winks*   Well, The Son isn't a Dad, but he would be considered a Zaddie by her and The Young Prince's Generation and that makes him Feel better at least.  *Bwahahahaha*   I had laid down to take a Short Nap at Noon, didn't end up waking 'til Princess T called when she got off Work at 3:00 p.m. to get picked up!!!  

Granted, I'd had the Three In The Mornings this Morning, and taken The Son to Work by 5:00 a.m., then her to Work by 7:00 a.m.., then done Environmental Cleanup just after 7:00 a.m. for about Two Hours, then picked The Son up from Work at 10:00 a.m., so it's been a Full Day already.  My Old Body Needs Naps now.  *Le Sigh and Laughs*  I kinda Stalled on the Decluttering for now but I did get all my Pantry Items put back where they belong when I refilled the New Fridge, so, that part is done and I didn't even Need the Minions to Help me, I did it Solo.  But, Princess T and her Mom did tackle some of the rest of the Kitchen, cleaning the other Appliances and organizing Cupboards, Drawers, filling Donation Boxes of what is Excess or never Used and we don't really Need that was cluttering up Space.  I did find a Cute Decluttering Meme which is so Spot On about me... you'll see it further Below...

The Man has been Happy as a Clam at High Tide now he's back Home so he's been absolutely no Trouble.  The Son made us all Lunch when he got Home from Work, and I took my Nap after Eating.  The Kiddos said I was Dead to the World and they couldn't even Wake me up.  So, The Grandson had found a Book I got a long time ago that you're supposed to fill out and left it in my Room on my Computer Seat.  The Name of it: I'm Dead Now What?   When I finally Woke Up he said I should fill this out.  *Bwahahahahahaha*  Kids...  But, he is Right, I bought it for that Purpose and it would be Helpful.

 

Along with the Wild Lovebirds that often show up, there are some escaped and now Wild Parakeets in the Mix too, they do quite well in this Climate when they Escape into the Wild and build up a Breeding Population.  We get them here at the Mini Farms quite often coz we're like an Urban Oasis and have Trees almost 70 Years Old now.   Below is that Decluttering Meme I told you about... and that is SO ME, you have no Idea.   And the FB Witch and her Magical Broomstick apparently did the original Share of it.  *LMAO... another Good Witch?!  So, we're Twinsies!!!  Winks*

The Daughter is Cooking Dinner, I was supposed to make a Grocery Run and pick up some Bottled Spring Water but never made it there, due to my long Nap and now I don't Feel like going.  Rush Hour Traffic has started and tho' the Grocery Store is only a Half Block away, I don't wanna take 20 Minutes in Rush Hour Traffic to get there and try to find Parking... so... mebbe Tomorrow?  *LOL*  Yes, I know all the Dangers of Plastics getting into our Cells and building up.   But by the time they alerted the Public of Microplastics contamination in our Bodies, shit, we've been drinking and eating out of Plastics now for too long to run sufficient damage control behind it anyway, so, fuck it.  I don't intend to become an Immortal anyway... besides... I have that Book that The Young Prince rediscovered and I'll be filling out.  *Winks and Laughs*

He was bragging that I'm really gonna Like what he's doing to the Art Studio Space he's Occupying.  I'm almost Afraid to Look!!!  *Insert Scared Look on my Face... be Afraid, be Very Afraid my Gut is telling me!!!  LOL*  He's already Gaying Up the Side Outside Entrance Door, so, I can only Imagine what he's changing in my Art Studio.  Which, BTW, before he and his Mother moved back Home, WAS my Art Studio Space and I had it Decorated again after he and Allen moved out of it.  So, I don't even know why I bother to Reclaim Space anymore here at Forever Boheme'?!  It's pointless and futile to even try to.   So, anyway, when he does ask me to come take a Look, when he Feels he's Finished in there, I just don't wanna have another Stroke about it or a Heart Attack, that's my Goal now when they Change anything of the Space we're Sharing.  *Smiles*

 I did finally go to "Safeway", had been Jonesin' for some of their Cake, Tarts and Fresh Fruit, which are the best.  So now we're stocked up on Fresh Produce of Veggie Trays, Fruit Trays, Salads and Patisserie.  We prefer to eat a lot of Fresh Foods and I also had Earned a Discount on Gas at "Safeways" Gas Pumps outside of the Grocery Store, so I filled up and Saved about Twenty Bucks.  Plus, most of my purchases in the Store were on Sale right now too of what I needed, including the Bottled Spring Water.  That Store is just outside of Litchfield Park, which is a more affluent Community with a lot of Retirees living there, so the Store stocks a lot of what that demographic likes and I happen to like, that you can't just find everywhere.  I took Pixs which I'll Save for the next Post of the Food Porn.  *Smiles*  But, I have included a bit of Food Porn in this one for ya.  You're Welcome.  *Winks*

 

I'm going to try to discipline myself to tidying up the Clutter in all the Rooms starting Tomorrow, now that I have all Essentials bought and Errands done.  We have a break from Appointments so if I chip away at the Clutter one Room at a time and get it squared away, I'll feel better about my Housekeeping being caught up on.  It's been deferred, and of coarse when we were swapping out Major Appliances, a lot had to be moved out of the way too.  Now putting everything back where it belongs and removing what doesn't belong in the Main House is the Project at Hand.   I'm going to try really hard not to clutter it up again once I get it all cleared out and curated.  We'll see how that goes and how long I can maintain that discipline?  

During May our Social Security Checks will come about a Week later than they did in April.  But, they'll come earlier in June and July.  I finally found a site that told me the projected Dates we'll get ours, based on our Birth Dates.  His is the 18th of a Month and mine is the 16th of a Month, so very close together and so we get our Checks at the same time of the Month.   I should get a decent Check from the Antique Mall again, Sales ticked up, mostly due to what I was bringing in that folks are Buying more of.  You can't be a Purist and only wanna Sell the really Good Stuff, especially Antiques or Vintage Items and High End Collectibles, or you don't make any money there on a consistent enuf basis.  We just don't have the Demographic coming in to Buy it very often.  And we no longer have any International Buyers and Pickers like we used to attract before this Regime left the International Community Feeling Offended, Betrayed, and Unwelcome.

Tourism is in Crisis coz few International Tourists, most Americans can't afford it now and are cancelling their Vacays due to Inflation and Gas Prices, and just staying Home.   So the Service Industries and Restaurant Industries are struggling again, probably as much, if not more than, they did during the Pandemic.   Some barely Recovered from that.   Then Tariffs, Bad Policies and even Lack of Policy, mass Deportations and illegal abductions without Due Process to fill ICE's Concentration Camps, and this illegally waged War, have upended everything.  I don't know how America will Recover from any of it fully, if at all?   And I'm Sick of seeing how he's illegally tearing apart Historical Features of Washington, D.C. to install gaudy, tacky, tasteless Gilded hideous replacements, which are as tacky, hideous and tasteless as he is, at enormous Taxpayer Expense.   I mean this is a Guy whose fucking ORANGE!!!  How many other Orange folks do you know?  It's beyond bizarre, it's completely Mental!!!

So, I turned on "Antiques Roadshow" and then some Travel Channel that's going thru Tropical Amazon South American Countries and now Rural Texas, showing you the best of it all.  That's not gonna be Stressful to watch.  I'm Blogging more than watching any of it, so it's more background sound for now and a glance every now and again, I'm not Big on TV, most of the time I don't even have it turned on.  In fact, Rural Texas was Boring and not nearly as Interesting as their coverage of the Amazon Rain Forrest, so I did turn it off.  I've been to Texas, nothing worth going back for to where I have visited there.  But, I have wanted to go see "Magnolia Pearl's" Flagship Store and Carol Hicks-Bolton's Store in Fredericksburg.  Mebbe Rachel Ashwell's Prairie Bed & Breakfast in Round Top.  Mebbe someday, we'll wait and see.  My Friends have been already and said I'd enjoy crossing it off my Bucket List.  They did say The Gaines' place in Waco wasn't worth seeing tho'.  One of my Friends took his Wife to Chip & Joanna's Bed & Breakfast for their Honeymoon.  He said it was overpriced and just Okay, not worth the outlay.   

Texas Heat and Humidity was a bitch when I visited many parts of the State in the 1970's, so I visited my BFF there and never returned.  I have Family and Friends who live there tho' and they have an Open Invitation if I ever change my Mind.   Allen's Family is from Texas and are 3rd Generation Texans.  So The Young Prince went a few times, never wants to go back.  It's really not a very Welcoming State for the LGBTQ+ Community, so he didn't even feel Safe in most parts being openly and Fabulously Gay. He totally understands why Allen stayed Closeted almost all of his Life due to the Environment he grew up in.  Allen still works in Texas while living in New Mexico, which is barely more tolerant and progressive, but not much.  The Young Prince Hated it there too and was relieved to leave.   Rural Arizona can be as bad actually, but Urban areas are not so Deep Red and Extremist bent on their Politics, Religion and outright Prejudices and Biases. 

The Son is glad he's concentrating on the New Job at the Dollar Store coz the Subcontract Job is looking iffy for Payment.  Not unusual for Subcontract Work, sometimes you never get Paid for the Work you already did.  So, he's not having that or wasting valuable Time and Labor for nothing either.  I had told him to be cautious about it due to Contractors in the Past often stiffing their Subcontractors and never paying them for Work already done.  He's worked a few Days and not received Payment yet, so he told them, he needs payment up front for what he's already done or he isn't interested in doing more and waiting on his Money.  Especially if they're already making excuses about Costs and shit, sounds like they might not even get Paid and the Job is already halfway done and the Client is Happy, so that's not the Problem.  Sounds to me, like either the Contractor is pulling a Donnie Two Dolls, or they Underbid the Job?  It was a lot of Work he did already... and no compensation yet for it.

Anyway, at least he has this Part Time Job and he's liking it and it's a Solid Company that isn't having Financial Crisis.  Right now a lot of Companies are and perhaps many are not paying their Workers or having trouble making Payroll, or Filing Bankruptcy, or Selling Out to Asset Strippers.  Right now you have to go with a sure thing even if it pays less and has some Benefits and closer proximity, given the current Global Market concerns.  I'd rather he is working somewhere very close by where he doesn't have to worry about transportation or the costs of it. Isn't stressed out with the Job all of the time.  And enjoys the Work that he for sure is gonna get Paid to do after he's put in the Hours already, with a Solid Company that's not struggling right now to stay solvent and can meet Payroll, doing Right by their Employees.  Problem is low pay and not full time Hours tho' at most Companies now that have Openings. So, you almost see everyone working 2-3 different Jobs all the time.

The Kid's Friend Amber is working Three Jobs right now, one in the Medical Field and Two part time Jobs, just so she has a livable income coming in.  And, she is living with her Boyfriend at his Parent's Home so they can Save enuf Money to Hopefully get their own place or Buy rather than Rent.  That's the situation now for most Young Adults Aged 20-45 so it's become a problem for Two whole Generations already.  Teens expect to not have the Ideal Job or a Career yet, but once you're Grown you want some Financial Security, some Benefits, a Livable Wage, and not have to be relying on Elderly Parents or piling up with Friends to share Rent in order to remain Housed and afford just the Essentials!!!  A lot of College/University Educated are also Underemployed right now, so their Degrees aren't working for them and they have enormous Student Loan Debt to repay on top of that.  Most now feeling that Higher Education was a Ripoff and a Money Making Scam only for the benefit of the Institutions profiting off it all.  I always thought College was mostly a Money Grab and a lot of what is required is unnecessary and redundant for what you're going to be making a Living/Career at doing.

HUMANA is sending a Nurse from Home Health out this Afternoon between 2:00-3:00 p.m. to resume The Man's Home Care, I don't know if it's just Nursing Care {which we already have the VA Nurse Remi for that}, or some OT or PT Care?  I'll know when she arrives, she sounds Foreign, thick Accent, which off the cuff sounded African, but she was pleasant and we've had Excellent Foreign Born Specialists, Doctors and Nurses, in fact, most are Foreign Born now in those Medical Fields.  I Hope he can understand her tho', he's not great with Accents.  I'm good with most Accents coz I grew up with a Foreign Born Mom who had one and English wasn't her first language, tho' she was fluent by the time I wasn't too Old, but, I still had to Interpret for her 'til the Day she Died.  Most Americans had trouble with her Accent too, and Mom was multi-lingual, she could understand and speak more than Two languages.  

Allen showed up here at the House early this Morning, which was unexpected.  The Young Prince had told me he was coming to Arizona to bring the Divorce Papers for him to Sign.  And bringing Tyson, coz he couldn't leave the Dog unattended.  I didn't know if a Motel would allow a Pit Bull so he'd asked me if Tyson could Board here during Allen's visit and I'd said Yes, but didn't think Allen would be here very long to drop the Dog off.  I assumed they'd meet somewhere very Public and do whatever they intend to do to get that Divorce Situation squared away.  But, since Allen has been Drama & a Headache and not Safe due to Threatening behavior and talk off and on, I didn't want Drama and a Headache from him whatsoever here.  I got enuf going on.  

The Young Prince said the Motel lets Allen check in at 3:00 p.m. and it's only 9:30 a.m., so I said to make sure they're always somewhere very Public for Safety reasons.  I don't Trust anyone with a Temper whose either been Physically or Verbally Abusive in their Past.  And they never Earn my Trust back once that Line has been Crossed.  I have Zero Respect and even more Zero Tolerance for anyone whose Domestically Violent towards those closest to them.   Allen and Mando found that out the Hard Way coz I don't Play, once someone exhibits they have no control over their Temper and Emotions, have Anger Management Issues, and make any Threats towards anyone I Love and Protect, they get Dark Dawn always from then on.  Be Well and fucking Be Gone.  Permanently Gone.  I don't Wish you any Ill Will, but I don't want you around anymore either and make that abundantly Clear that now we have NO Relationship.

The Daughter and The Young Prince, being vulnerable Adults with Significant Serious Mental Illness Disability and very Poor Judgment/Limitations due to it, tend to be prone to Co-Dependence.  And they're more Forgiving than Yours Truly is, once someone has Crossed Me, and especially if they pose a Threat to anyone I Love and Care Deeply about, you better watch your Back now and keep One Eye Open at all times around me.  I don't Trust you and I will not Like you anymore.  I don't Care how Good to ME you've been in the Past, it's the Present now and you royally fucked up by showing your True Colors of being an Abuser.   And I'll NEVER Trust you again... those Behaviors not only never actually Change, they tend to Escalate over Time and when anyone Tolerates and Accepts that Behavior.  Behavior Tolerated is always Behavior Accepted.  I have Zero Tolerance, Zero Acceptance of it... FOREVER.

 

Anyway, Dear Tyson was thrilled to Death to see me again and he was running around the back Pasture and rolling around in the Grass in pure Ecstasy, Bless him.   I gave him some Water and made sure all the Gates were tightly Closed, he's a Good Dog, but some new Neighbors have unfamiliar Dogs to him and he's nosy.  He's a Gentle Giant, not all Pit Bulls are aggressive towards other Animals unless Trained to be, most tend to be very magnanimous and goofy.  They're not the smartest Breed, more like a big and powerful dumb Jock of a Dog actually.  And Tyson is an Old Dog now and has always had a Beautiful Temperament, he Loves everyone he meets and all our Friends and Family Adore him too and Spoil him rotten.  We do miss Tyson.  *LOL*  I know our Grandson misses him a lot, he was like their Child.  But, he was Allen's Dog before they ever met and he'd never try to take Tyson away from Allen.   Even tho' he spent the most Time with the Dog while Allen Worked... and did everything for his Care.

Tyson actually has had Professional Dog Training, so he's very disciplined and was Trained as an Emotional Support Animal.  He doesn't wear the Vest often, but he doesn't mind being dressed up in it, or wearing anything you require him to wear.  He's so obedient, most people's Kids aren't that well Behaved or well Trained.  *LOL*  Of coarse I've seen most folk's Dogs Behave better than most folk's Kids these days.  So, Tyson is romping around and rolling around in the Back Pasture.  I'm sure the long Drive was hard and being set Free to run was liberating after coming from New Mexico back to Arizona... it's almost a 10 Hour Drive.   I don't know Why Allen felt he had to Hand Deliver the Paperwork rather than just Fed Ex it tho', so I'm leery of his intentions, since his Emotional State has been all over the place since they broke up, are Separated, and our Grandson insists on a Divorce now.  Allen's Stepdad and Maternal Grandpa brought our Grandson and all his Possessions Home and didn't want them having any more contact as terms of Bankrolling that.

Our Grandson agreed to those Terms, we agreed it was Best too, and it's Allen who kept violating the Terms his own Family set up and he apparently Agreed to or they wouldn't have done it.  He's not Honoring that Promise and I doubt he ever Intended to, he's still very Angry at his Family and the reconciliation is Fragile at best with his Parents.  I feel Bad for his Family, I think this has been a Pattern and why they've been Estranged from their Son for Years.  They only reconciled AFTER he and our Grandson became a Couple and got Married, the Parents came here for the Wedding and we like his whole Family, he comes from a good Family.  That said, they are Fundamentalist Christians from West Texas, so I don't Need to say more than that about their intolerance for Gays.  They have been Okay with our Grandson and were very nice with us, even tho' we aren't your Garden Variety Family so that probably gave them Pause they just didn't show.  *Bwahahahaha*  

 

But, The Man got along fabulously with Allen's Stepdad, I got along fabulously with his Mom.  When I met his Grandpa I really liked him, he's not only a Cattle Rancher, he's a Retired Prominent Texas State Prosecutor and genuinely Nice Guy.  He and his Wife Raised Allen mostly and are Closer to him than his Parents.   Allen has an excellent Work Ethic and is hard working, his Autism gets in the way a lot with how he interacts with People, which, isn't unusual when you have that Condition and he has it pretty bad, worse than The Son on the Spectrum, but, is Highly Intelligent and High Functional also, like The Son is.  No ability to Mood Regulate is common with Autism and that's also pretty common to have way Above Average almost Savant IQ even with the level of Disability and Limitations it causes Socially or Behaviorally.  He takes Meds for it but they're costing him $300 a Month and so perhaps he's gone off them, I dunno?  If AHCCCS had not Approved The Young Prince recently, he'd of had to quit taking his Psyche Meds again too, they wouldn't be Affordable and he has NO income or ability to be Hired and Gainfully Employed.

You might find this as Amusing as I do, but I had one of those Religiously Fanatical Trolls show up on a previous Post and become Pearl Clutchy and Offended about me using Profanity.  *Oh the Horror and Gasp! and LMAOROTF*  I fail to understand people who deliberately show up somewhere that they're certainly Welcome to show up, but, take Offense once they're Voluntarily there... and it's just the Wrong Place then for them to be, Read, Watch on TV, whatever.  So, just Leave, stop Reading, Turn the Channel... Be Well and Be Gone then, you aren't REQUIRED to be here.  You aren't forced to STAY either, it's not Mandatory or Involuntary.  You don't have to come or stick around, up to you entirely!

And I found it really Odd and Weird, that when talking about such Serious Issues in the Post as Family Crisis and Personal Emergencies, the dire State of the Nation and failing Economy under this Corrupted Poor Leadership, all that Guy could Focus upon and give Feedback and a Priority of his on, was Swear Words, REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!  How Shallow and Disconnected from Real Life can you possibly Be?   That Profanity alone has your Fixation and not Real Life Problems transpiring around you and fellow Human Beings are going thru!?!  But, he's allegedly some "Super Christian or The Christian Police", in his own Mind.  So Typical of the Hypocritical!!!  And a very Poor Witness or Representation for Christianity I might add.   I can't see that Guy attracting anyone to his Brand of Religion, unless they are equally Disturbed, a total Snowflake, or as Weird.  *Eye Roll*

You don't HAVE to interact with anyone you can't get along and play well with.  You don't Endear yourselves to anyone you are contentious with when you show up Uninvited and start Trouble, under the Guise of Faith or Religion particularly.  Everyone is Welcome here, it's a Social Media Platform, Created by me and for me... Word Up, so, it's not all about you all the time!!!  Sorry to inform some folks that Fact, they don't seem to understand the whole World doesn't revolve around them and their Opinions or Beliefs, whatever they are.   However Odd they are, you have the Right to your Beliefs or Opinions, I have the Right to mine as well.  Deal with it.  We have Freedom of Religion or FROM Religion.  That's what is so Appealing and Beautiful about America.  Contrary to MAGA Maniac Beliefs, it is NOT a Christian Nation.  You can practice Christianity here, or any other Religion... or refrain from being Religious or having any Beliefs at all.  I defend everyone's Right to in fact... even Mr. Trolls, who he seems quite Passionate about.   Most folks are quite Passionate, even Mental, about their Religions or their Politics, it's why I avoid those conversations in Real Life, lest they lose their Shit completely! *Winks*

And Opinions aren't Facts, they're fucking just your Opinions.  But I certainly don't want my Dear Readers harassed by someone of The Lunatic Fringe, who seems to Take Offense at so many things, I don't even know how they Live Life without having the Vapors all the time?  *Bwahahahaha*  I just marked him as Spam and Deleted him, typically most of his Words were misspelled, small Words... so, either he also has a profound Learning Disability, is a horrible Typist, or is poorly Educated??  Those folks tend to gravitate to Extremist Views I've noticed, it gives them a place to Belong I suppose and Fit In, or feel Empowered?   I could have fucked with that Guy to Amuse myself, but, I got too much important stuff going on right now to mess with someone roaming around in Cyberspace trying to FIND an Offense to get frothed up about and ginned up into their Self-Righteous Frenzy they're prone to.  Self-Righteousness is never Pretty.  And quite often, the Self-Righteous are hiding some shit behind their Closed Doors, when nobody sees or knows.  *Winks*  Sexually abhorrent Pastors and Priests filled a lot of Sex Crimes Cases I Worked at the DA's Office for Years... some be real Freaky like that!

Anyway, most Cyber Trolls be Swanning in, then causing Trouble rather than exercising some Maturity to just quietly Leave if they wandered in the Wrong Door/Blog/Social Situation.  It happens, I've gone places too where I realize, Oh shit, this isn't for me.  It's Okay, you can Exit Stage Left without a Scene or causing a Situation if you're an Adult about it.  But, if you have no Life, I understand you must try to get your Attention somewhere and somehow.  It might better Serve you tho' to get a Hobby, or make some actual Friends, rather than seeking out folks you don't even know to try to become a nuisance or Enemy to.  This one was getting Religious, huge Eye Roll, and telling me to STOP Swearing... so it was highly Amusing and very Tempting to fuck with him.  Read my fucking Profile Dude, I say right in there at the Top "I Swear A Lot"... when I Introduce myself on MY Blog.  If I were in your presence I'd just tell you to Fuck Off and Calm Down... Talk to The Hand.  I'll Talk however I want to... 1st Amendment and all that.  *Winks*

Anyway, it had been a long time since I'd been visited by a Troll or a Bot.  And usually I Amuse myself at their expense... coz it can be such Wicked Fun to actually.  Wind their Asses Up and then watch 'em GOOOOOO!  *LOL*   Posts can be a Bust... or a Hit... or just some Wicked FUN!!!   *Smiles*  After all, our Blogs are our Personal Space to do whatever we want with it.  And The Land Of Blog, for the most part, is filled with a Wonderful Community of folks who either Blog or visit Blogs.  With very few minor exceptions of the Problem People.  Who, probably are Problem People in their Real Lives too, I highly Suspect.  I've met some Real Life Problem People and they really do seem like quite pathetic Tortured Souls and so malcontent that they want their Misery to have Company.  If they had Contentment and Joy, or Real Relationship with their Creator rather than a Form and a Fashion of their Legalistic Religion, I doubt they'd remain so Problematic to Society and would exude the Fruits of the Spirit and project Love instead.  I pity them... you really only can pity the pitiful.

I Priced a bunch of Inventory this Morning, did some Environmental Cleanup after I took both Kiddos to Work.  And did some decluttering too!!!   I'm working one Room at a time and pacing myself tho', coz it can overwhelm me when deferred housekeeping crept up on me and clutter abounds.  I always Magnify it in my Mind, it's not even all that bad and doesn't even take all that long in Reality, to address.  But, making rapid fire decisions can be Mentally exhaustive to me if I try to do too many all at once in my Personal/Private Life.  On a Professional Level I was Tireless about making extremely important Decisions rapidly and efficiently for the Problems my Employer needed a Fixer for.  So, it's just kinda an Emotional thing, Business to me is never Personal and thus is never Emotionally regulated by me.  I don't Feel any kind of way about it, it's just Business to me.

But, it is hard not to Feel some kind of way about your Personal Space and Sanctuary.  I always want it to be Functional and Visually Pleasing, surrounding us with what is Beloved.  Both the Beloved People and the Beloved Objects we've spent a Lifetime procuring.   Anyway, the Nurse from HUMANA just left, some OT had come earlier that we weren't even expecting and didn't have an Appointment on our Calendar so I wasn't even Home when he came!!!   The Man didn't know who he was and claimed he'd never seen him before, The Son said he didn't know either, so I'm not even sure which Agency that person was from and that they shouldn't have just been Cancelled?   This Nurse is a fill-in for John, whose come regularly.   Wendell is no longer coming and he was approved for only a few visits by HUMANA, Nurse Remi from the VA is on Tuesdays and Pre-Approved.  I don't want him inundated by Home Help coz it may overwhelm him... and us, to have too many different people coming all the time.    

But, I must say, the Home Visits Help the Insurances have been good about Approving.  It's the Emergency Visits and Inpatient Hospitalizations that can be tricky to get anyone to Cover and Pay for even when absolutely necessary.  It's not like you're getting "Approval" first when someone is having a True Medical Emergency that needs immediate Care and intervention or they'd risk Dying.   We don't abuse or misuse Services or our Insurances, becoz we don't like going to Hospitals, ER's, Urgent Care or even Doctors and Specialists Offices unless it is absolutely a necessary visit.  It exposes you to too many Sick folks who could be contagious and we have comorbidities and are Older, so we have more Fragile Health and compromised Immune Systems.

This Nurse was very Nice, Young, and also from Africa.  The Man did very well with her Accent and she didn't mind repeating what she said to make sure he Understood.  I always use his Hearing Loss and mine as an excuse for repeats, we both have some Hearing Loss so people are kind about that when they know and don't mind repeating themselves.  Right now I have Allergies and the Hearing Issue with my Left Ear from Irrigation Water during that Senior Slip and Fall recently.  So until all that clears up my Hearing is shitty right now too.  I sat out in the Pasture with Tyson and he Calmed Down enuf I did get some great Pixs of him.  Usually he's far too Animated to get good Pixs of, he's just a blur before the Lens.  *Smiles*  But, most of them I took were in focus this time.  I wasn't quick enuf to get some of his rolling around in the Grass Smiling ecstatically tho', Wish I could have.  So an Avalanche of Tyson, The Great-Grandpup, Pixs to Share:

He had Lantana Flowers all over him at one point... coz he'd gone around leaving Pee Mail on every Plant on the Property... 'til literally he wasn't even peeing anymore, none left in him, just lifting his Leg up in Vain to mark Territory.  *LOL*  He's such a Big Baby and is Happy if he's just laying by you in Silence, so I did sit out there with him for some time in the Shade of the Pecan Trees.  It's a gorgeous Sunny Breezy Day and only 73 Degrees Today, so, nice to be Outside in.   So I also snapped some Images of our Property and some of what's Blooming right now, since, it's Spring, so everything seems to be in Blossom.  Thus, Why we're all having Allergies, but, I still Love Springtime regardless, in spite of the heavy Pollen content in the Air that can aggravate Allergens you might struggle with.  Part of my Ear problem is due to that actually too, every Spring...

 

Scenes from the Back Acreage where Tyson and I were hanging out together.  My Queen's Wreath Vines are doing very well this Year and every Season they are a different Color when they Bloom!  From the Palest Pink or Salmon to a Bright Pink, Deep Red, Hot Pink or Vibrant Magenta.   The one in a Pot on the Porch is a different Shade, lighter, this Season than the ones growing along my Fencing, which are more Mature Plants now.  I grew the Potted one from Seed since it's hard to find them at local Nurseries.  I got a Bargain on the one on the Fencing a few Years ago coz it was the only one they had at a Huge Plant Nursery and they felt it was dying.  I resurrected it easily once it was put in the Ground, they're very hardy and even when they appear Dead, they're usually not and just Resting and will spring back to Life.  They're one of my Fav Vine Plants... I LOVE Vines.  

 

Our Lantana out Back has seeded itself everywhere now along the Fence Line.  It's the variegated Confetti Bloom Color that is Pink and Yellow out around the Pasture.  We have the Red and the Yellow Lantana too.  A Deep Yellow Bush around the Pool.  And in front of the House a mixture of Red, Yellow and variegated Confetti Pink-Yellow, but that huge Hedge is mostly the Red.   For some reason our Pool Guy HATES Lantana and tells me I should get rid of them, but I Love 'em and it's our Property, so I never Care what other folks Love or Hate when it comes to my own Landscaping Choices.  The Lantana too are extremely hardy for Arizona's Heat and drought.  They make a lush Bush, can be trimmed harshly and bounce back, and Bloom Year Round so Hummingbirds, Bees and Butterflies Love them and provides them with a Year Round Natural Nectar Food Source.  And anything that attracts the Butterflies, Birds and Bees, and Feeds them, I want in my Garden.  So long as the Bees don't make a Hive here.  The Leaves of Lantana smell like a pungent Mint too.

Anyway, I got Pizza and Garlic Bread Knots and the Older Black Employee who works there gave me The Hood Hookup big time.  So he gave me a FREE Brownie Pizza, winked at me and said, it's on The House Darlin'.  I don't know if he was flirting with me or just Hookin' a Sista Up?  *LOL and I gave him my best flirty Smile back and said Thanks Darlin'.  Winks*  The Son always Jokes that a lot of the Brothers must assume I'm a very Bright Skinned Black Woman and it Amuses him no end.   Coz he has been asked if his Mom is part Black before... and I'm quite the Heinz 57 Ethnic Mixture, but as far as I know, none of my Ancestors were Black.  Just The Young Prince has Black Puerto Rican Ancestry that we know of for sure.  Of coarse Ancestry dot com did have me as 21% "Other of Undetermined Origin", so, ya never know?  *Smiles*

Especially when the Older Black Guys openly flirt with me and tell me how much they Love my Hair and Eyes, my Kiddos think it's absolutely hilarious.   And then bust my Chops about being such a Stunning Grey Eyed Dreadlocked Light Skinned Black Woman, that I could easily get me a Black Boyfriend who might have a Fetish for Mixed Gals.  *Winks and LMAOROTF*   Anyway, I can't eat Brownies but my Family can, except for Princess T, who has the same reaction to Chocolate as I do so we don't eat it.  The Man LOVES Brownies so wasn't Jealous at all that the 'Boyfriend Brother' at DOMINO's Hooked me Up for the Brownie Pizza!  *LMAO* And I appreciated the 'Gift' of it, a nice Surprise when my Order was ready.  I think I bought too much, one Pizza would have sufficed coz everyone only ate part of one and I still have all of the other one left.  I got some Garlic Bread Twists, which, I LOVE, so they're gone.  I liked the Pepperoni-Ham Pizza, it was really good.  The other is just Pepperoni.  The Young Prince will pick all Meat off his coz he doesn't eat Pork Products due to his Food Issues with some types of Food.  He and his Sister have significant Gut Issues.  I have a Stomach like a Goat.

 

Public Sentiment about the Economy is at an all time Low since 1952!!!  Wow, and it's gonna worsen, so Public Sentiment might just Bottom Out.  The lower the numbers go perhaps the more Change might be prompted and forced into Being?   The Damage Control is gonna be expensive to run behind this Regime, who've destroyed so much and wasted so much.  I find it very Strange that those who profess to be "Conservatives" are okay with and staunchly Support the recklessness and financial irresponsibility, waste, fraud, extremism and Criminality of this Administration, and even Imagine that it represents them and any "Conservative" Ideals or Values at all!!!   A Conservative Philosophy has Historically been defined as someone who favors Tradition, Established Institutions, and gradual Change over rapid, radical innovation.  It usually emphasizes Stability, limited Government intervention, individual Freedom, and strong National Defense with Caution, Moderation and Traditional Styles, over Extremism or Radicalization.  This Regime is the Antithesis of any and all of that.

I do find it very Interesting tho' that Donnie Two Dolls was confident enough to Call it very early on, when he said his Supporters would back him even if he Killed someone in the middle of Times Square.  He knows his Audience well and those he can Con and gain the Confidence, Trust and Support of no matter what.  I guess most Cult Leaders have Studied the Behavior of those they can Target for Manipulation, Exploitation and Weaponization.  I think it is a 'Type' of Person prone to and vulnerable enuf to attach themselves to a Cult and allow themselves to be so brainwashed and easily Influenced.  So much so, that they will literally Believe the most outrageous and absurd that you wouldn't think any Sane or Rational Person could possibly fall for and accept as Truth and their now "Alternate to Reality".   Low Emotional Intelligence and Low Self Worth are definitely gonna be susceptible to Cults and Extremist Philosophies.  Worshipping who they think is a charismatic Person without Question seems to appeal to Cult Members.  And of coarse Cults Target vulnerable Prey, becoz Cults are Predatory and want to take Full Control of their Subjects.  MAGA is a Cult.

 

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Be Well and remain Safe my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian