The Bad News Keeps Coming... Dammit!

I am 17 Unpublished Posts ahead and Counting, it's a new Record for me and shortening my Posts is the primary reason and has been so well received by visitors to the ole Blog.  I'm getting much higher Readership, even of the Archived Posts, which is why I'm not Purging any for now, they're all still being read quite a lot it seems.  I'm trying to catch up on my own Blog Reading of everyone's Blogs and finding New Blogs to Read and to add to my Sidebar.

We got some Bad News from the Grandkids in Mexico.  Bad for them, but, expected, their Dad is in Prison again and got sent up for 12 Years this time.  He has never turned his Life around and went from being a very skilled I.T. Tech working for major Corporations on both sides of the Border, to developing a drug habit he never got clean of and got involved with Bad and Dangerous People.  I feel badly for my Grandkids in Mexico coz they Love him, but him being around posed Dangers.  I'm glad his Mom, Saint Maria, didn't Live to see this, Princess T really doesn't know him and never will. 

The Daughter feels very conflicted when she hears the News, she got Clean and always hoped he would too, for the sake of their Kids and for himself.  And she was in a Relationship with him for a very long time and was the reason she moved to Mexico and spent Two Decades there.  He was a likeable Guy, but not a very responsible one, he Fathered way too many Children and had a lot of Baby Mamas.  He and our Daughter had Four Daughters together during their Relationship.  All Time in Mexican Prisons is Hard Time and he's Old, a lot Older than our Daughter.  He will likely now Die in Prison.

I knew the Middle Granddaughter in Mexico had been trying to reach me and I couldn't fully translate what she was trying to tell me, but The Daughter did.  I could read enuf Spanish to know it wasn't Good News, but I'm hardly fluent in reading, writing or speaking Spanish.  I can get by and understand more than I can conversate.  And my Spanish speaking Grandkids speak too fast for me to catch up and piece together a conversation and their English is marginal too.  Anyway, the Bad News keeps coming... dammit!

I should go the Antique Mall, the New One I have yet to go to that I hear is stiff competition for ours.  "America's Antique Mall", I don't know what their Hours are on a Sunday and I have no intentions of Buying, just trawling for the first look at it.   I looked it up and they are Open until 7:00 p.m..   It's off the I-17 and Dunlap, so a fair commute from here.  But, I went and I'm glad I did, I was very impressed, they will definitely give our Antique Mall some fierce competition and a run for the Money.  It's New, more Curated and Vetted, has better quality Merch displayed and showcased really well.   It's fully Rented out already and only been open less than 90 Days.

I really enjoyed myself there and am happy to have another good destination in the Industry to go to.  I found Three Colorful Mannequin Hands that were Painted Altered Art Style and can mount on a Wall to hold/hang things from.   The price on them was so low I bought all Three the Vendor had and Loved their Booth and Merch.  Some Vendors had high end pricing.  They had a lot of Vintage and Specialty Clothing Vendors and I felt their prices were exceptionally high.  Especially for the Tees, I wouldn't pay $100-$120 for a T-Shirt, but I know the Eastside Antique Mall Vendors charge that much too for theirs.

I took loads of Pixs so will have plenty of Blog Fodder Imagery.  It's a convenient location, I just have to drive on Two Freeways to get there and then get back Home, no Surface Street driving necessary.  It's not very far from our Downtown Phoenix Location which is off the same Freeway a little further North, so I can go to both when I'm in that area now.  I'd heard good things about it and they weren't Wrong, I will Shop there myself when I'm a Buyer or looking for Quality Merch.   They had such Unique items For Sale, as you can see by some of my Pixs taken of what interested me.

I would have Loved to own that "Freak Show" Art Vintage Door, Fair Priced but not within current Budget.  But, perhaps that won't Sell easily and be a Hard Turn, and then perhaps I can negotiate something with the Vendor to make it affordable and a possibility.  I like Architectural Salvage and something from a Sideshow Attraction or Haunted Attraction with original Art on it, is something I'm very Interested in.  The variety of Vendors was really good and I didn't see any Crap Hawkers evident.  Some Merch wasn't my interest, but it was Displayed well and most Vendors had a Genre of what they were Selling.

An abundance of Unique Items and true Antiques were in there too, something lacking at a lot of places now.  Loved the Steampunk Art Bar seen Below, never seen anything like it.   A lot of Work had gone into the Creation of it and I'm sure it's OOAK so their price was Fair if you wanted a truly Unique OOAK Statement Piece for your Home Bar.   We've now got a severe Dust Storm Warning in effect with Zero Visibility until almost 9:00 p.m. and it does look ominous Outside.  I'm glad I got everything done out there that I wanted to do in my Garden.

A Monsoon Storm hit around 1:00 a.m. and it's pissing in Rain, enuf we could get some Flooding, but we are Sandbagged where it might be problematic.  However, Irrigation is coming at 7:00 a.m. regardless of the Weather.  And I don't know if The Daughter ever got Home to help me do it?   The Son has to be in Work by 8:00 a.m. and I have to drop The Man off at Cardiac Rehab at 9:30 a.m., so, it's gonna be tight to be here to drop the Gates and turn off the Pump when our Rotation is over.  I may have to solicit our Neighbor's Son, Rob, to do it.  He did ask me if I could use some Help with it and I did tell him I might.  He knows things are hectic over here with everyone Schedule and our assigned Irrigation Time this Week.  *Oy Vey*

  

Well, at least the Property will get some good Water and we really needed it since it's been 114-117 lately every day and it's Toasting the Grass and Plants, stressing everything out.   My Mints have almost Died off due to it, I've kept some Herbs and Succulents Alive and the Rosemary, they're hardy enuf.   Never did get a Veggie Harvest this Season, too Hot too early and not enuf Rain.  This day a lot of Smoke had been heavy in the Valley from all our Fires up North of the State and in other States like Colorado that are on Fire this Summer.  Few are fully contained that are burning right now and we're losing a lot of Acres of Trees.  That will cause more problems as Monsoons rip thru coz in burnt out areas you then get severe Flooding and Mudslides.  Fun Times! 

I put a Rain Barrel on the Back Patio near the Pool coz that area is prone to a Waterfall coming off the Roof in a certain area.   We never did get hold of "Leaf Filter" for an Estimate for Guttering on the Back Roof by our Patio.   I guess their Phone Lines were swamped or something coz they sent Mail Fliers several times but never answered calls.  Never.  Seems like a bad Business Model to spend so much on Advertising and then never answer your Phone Lines you give out on the Fliers.  And then that makes me think, well, would I wanna then even Hire that Company and wanna do Business with them?  Coz, how would you then get hold of them if Installation was a problem or you had any other Customer Service Issues?  Even if I like the Product, if the Company has initial Issues, I'm skeptical.

Too many places these days Overpromise and Underdeliver.  I'd rather they Underpromise and Overdeliver frankly.   Same with our Politicians.  I'm soaked right now at 1:15 a.m. coz I had to be out there in the pouring Rain dealing with stuff in the middle of the Night.  The Rain was really Cold considering how Hot it had been all day.  So, now I'm guessing Irrigation Water is gonna be really Cold to be wading around in up to my Calves as well later on this Morning.  But, at least it will be Light by then, which makes it safer for me to be slogging around in it.  The Son wanted his Sister doing it instead of me, but, I haven't seen her arrived Home coz I went to Bed early, so don't know if she made it Home or not?

Her Brother said she'd been Texting him to say she would, but sometimes her Friends who are paying her to do Work for them flake out and give her Rides out to help them on their Properties, then claim they can't provide Transportation back.  Which would be fine if we knew in advance, coz I'd just go get her.  It's out in Buckeye, so not as long as a Commute to her Jobs in Chandler for Friends.  But, it's still a fairly long commute for me from here and I have to then know in advance to fit the commute in to my Schedule.  Right now I still have a Sick Kid at Home, coz Princess T has been SO SICK from those Allergies and Respiratory Issues.  She's been Sleeping whole Days away and Monday is her last Day Off to get Well from it!  So she's in no condition for Work at her Job, let alone to help me with stuff here at Home.

And I really haven't had sufficient coverage for The Man's Caregiving either so sometimes I do have to leave him Home Alone for brief periods of time and just check in on him by Phone.  He's done really well, I set him up in front of the TV with Beverages and Snacks or a Meal, with his Walker by him.  Usually he hasn't budged from there by the time I get back from whatever short errand I HAD to do, like get Kids to and from Work or their Appointments.   The Son had his Friend Q over to play Video Games since they both were off Work on Sunday so they looked after The Man for me so I could make that Pilgrimage to that New Antique Mall and get some Me Time and a Respite for a couple Hours.  I had stayed looking around the 35,000 sf Mall for about an Hour, doing a rapid Marathon Look-See for my 1st visit and not lingering.  The commute there and back was about another Hour.

 

To do it properly would take more than an Hour and when I have that Luxury of Time I'll go back and do that another day.   The Above Assemblage Art is like something The Young Prince would Create.  That Vendor had a lot of very Cool Assemblage Creepy Creations but a hefty price tag on their Altered Art.   I know I wouldn't be a Player for this piece at almost $200.   And I see some stress cracks already in the Assemblage where they used Clay to form the Body.  I had purchased a piece of Halloween Altered Art last Year that the Artist used a Chalkware type of Sculpting Medium and before I got the piece Home it sustained damage coz it was too fragile a Medium and if slightly handled by who had packaged it for me, caused the Chalk to turn back to Powder in spots.  I was so upset coz you couldn't do Returns.  So my Grandson is having to Repair it for me, coz he is a Sculptor, Thankfully.

But I don't wanna Pay some Artist a Premium for Work that is too Fragile to hold up and have my Artist Grandchild have to do immediate Repairs for me on it.   So I always look at how well it was constructed and will the Work they did hold up for the Buyer or fall apart after Purchase and be ruined?   If its Cheap I might take the risk, but not on expensive Art.  Some folks have the Artistic Talent but don't Create a Quality Product.  I Pay Up only if the Quality is there as well as the Talent.   Speaking of Quality, I went to "Robeks" Juice Bar for my fav Acai Tropical Mango Bowl and this time had a Male making it for me.  He was sweet, but didn't do as good a job as the Young Gals they usually have making it.  He was sparse on the Fruit Toppings except for the Coconut and Bee Pollen... hardly any Mango, Strawberry, Honey or Banana I usually have on it.  But, plenty of Acai Sorbet, so I didn't feel too disappointed.

Coz that Acai Sorbet is expensive if I go to Sprouts and get a Pint of it to make some of that Bowl at Home.  Right now the Fruits are always on Sale at the Grocer and I have some Bee Pollen coming from a Seller on E-Bay I got several Ounces of it from at a good price.   My Allergies haven't been very problematic since using Local Honey and Bee Pollen which is Helpful to develop Natural Immunities to Seasonal Allergens.  Coaxing The Man or Princess T, who have Respiratory Seasonal Issues, to use Honey or Bee Pollen is a challenge tho', they're not always on Board with my Holistic Remedies.  *Smiles and Shrugs*  I am worried that Princess T has been so Sickly this time around with her Allergies and Respiratory distress tho', so insisted she use some of my Remedies and she was in such Misery she was more compliant than usual.  She said that she doesn't always Like my Witch Doctor Remedies.   So, I will often hide them in her Foods.   *Bwahahaha and Winks*

*******

Whatever Works, I Work it, coz you can't rely on Luck... Dawn... The Bohemian

My Confession... And Daily Cognitive Overload & Neurodivergence

 I'm so many Unpublished Posts ahead right now that I don't need to Blog for a Fortnite really, but I just want to, so, here I am.  *Smiles*  I've been thinking how often The Daughter has run damage control with tidying up behind me and how I keep messing up by not maintaining it that way.  She says she doesn't mind but she has to, it bothers me and I'm the Offender!  The only Offender really, cannot blame any of the other Family Members for it since they are not responsible for any of it.  I'm always cleaning up after my own cluttering of the Main House.  The Young Prince and Daughter struggle with their own Private Spaces, not the whole Home like me.  *Le Sigh*

I am prone to clutter and disorder, I like Order, I don't like clutter, yet, I tend to make it the bane of my own existence, none of the rest of the Family are the Offenders!!!  And I Hate myself for being disorganized and cluttering, yet, it's a Habitual failing and weakness.  I do better briefly.  And I know Psychologically it's tied to daily Cognitive Overload and Neurodivergence.  So, that's my Confession and thus the Blog Post Title and Hook to reel you in this time.  *Winks*  No, I wasn't gonna Confess something scandalous or salacious, dammit, that would have been more Interesting, Right?!    *Winks*  Nothing to Confess in those Realms now at this Season of Life, more likely in my turbulent and wasted wayward Youth.  *Ha ha ha* 

Yes, I was a Corporate Executive of a Bank by my 23rd Birthday, so my Corporate Life was quite a tenaciously ambitious Success Story and a meteoric rise that made my Parents Proud and made me a lot of Money.  But on my own time I tended towards being a very Free Spirited Hippie with a rebellious unconventional streak that ran deep.  With very few Inhibitions, an Activist Nature, and a lot of bad Personal Life decisions, especially in Love.  But it was Fun, I was Fun, so... can't say I had regrets or would do anything different if there were Do-Overs.  *Smiles*

  I wasn't very settled until I met The Man and ended up with someone who was a more Settled Spirit and a sensible Union, for once.  *Bwahahahaha*  I'm pretty sure my Parents couldn't have been more shocked when I brought him, a wholesome Guy with a long Military Career, to meet them and eloped to Marry him in Vegas, without telling anyone but my Mom, who watched my Kids for me.  *LOL*  Mom and The Man rarely got along but she told me he was a good choice and would be a good Provider, Protector, Husband, Father and Grandfather.  She was always Right about People.

Yes, I'd been a Baby's Mama in one failed Relationship and didn't make the Mistake of Marrying that one, my Parents didn't like him anyway, especially Mom.   And Married once before for the 1st time, in a Marriage that didn't last as long as my Pregnancy with The Son to Baby's Daddy.  My Ex was unstable and a true Psychopath, but, VERY likable and Charismatic, even my Parents liked him, but Mom warned me he couldn't be 'Fixed'. *Bwahahahaha*  That was more of what my Parents had experienced as my Personal Life Track Record of Relationship carnage.

 Professionally I was still at the Top of my Game, but the Banking Industry was in Crisis by then, I didn't like the direction it was going with Bad Loans and Predatory Lending.  I wanted Out of the Industry as it was Going Down.  The RTC was already in and Closing Down many Financial Institutions by then anyway, I worked alongside that endeavor, it was the Right thing for the Government to do.  But it was as disastrous for Career Bankers, especially at the Top of the Food Chain like I was, as the Mergers and Corporate Takeovers had been and were.  You ended up with a Ghost Resume of Financial Institutions that didn't even Exist anymore, it was getting Old really fast for me.   Not a lot of lateral moves for a Bank Executive, they tend to bring in their own people at that level. 

  I was a Fixer of all things they were doing Wrong with said Bad Loans and Defaults, so, some Job Security even during the Fall and epic Failures of the Industry.  I was milking it for a while until something new and more exciting or challenging came along.  The Man just finally told me to quit Banking and do Consultation Work for them at an inflated Salary that really was ridiculously exploiting the Economic Collapse of the time.  He wanted to get Married and take Care of the Kids and I so I didn't have to Work if I didn't want to.  And we decided to Elope and then ponce off to Hawaii with another Couple we knew, now that I no longer had my demanding Career cramping our Style.  I can be very impulsive and spontaneous... The Man is the meticulous Planner... nothing he does isn't Thought thru.   He likes me being his complete opposite, we compliment each other well.  *Smiles*

After I drove the Family Crazy being prematurely Retired and bored out of my Mind doing the Domestic Thing, since I am NO Domestic Goddess and never will be. And seriously, you can only Clean a Home so much before you get Obsessively Mental about it and anyone messing it up! So, to save everyone's Sanity, The Man infamously submitted my Resume' to the Maricopa County's D.A.'s Office without my knowledge, and thus began my 2nd Corporate Life Career there when they Hired me without even so much as an Interview!   Some of my Lifelong Friends have been folks I met in the Industries I've done Work in, so we often Shared a Professional History as well as a Personal one.  They're the Best of Peeps and its that way with Blog Friends too, the Best of Peeps to Befriend IMO.

  And until he got Medically Retired and required my Full Time Caregiving, and until we then Inherited Two Grandkids to Raise as well, I might still be working for the D.A.'s Office... but, it was a lot to juggle.  And I was Retiring that 3-Ring Circus Act and just settled for being the Ringmaster of this here Shitshow full time instead... Living The American Dream, but in an unexpectedly Twist and different way.  Shit happens like that.   And I like what I do now, it's not like Work to Sell at an Antique Mall and I've got more Kindred Spirits there Working with me.  Above is my very Retro Pinup Gal Vendor Friend Sarah, who Lives the 1950's every day.  She Collects and Sells everything from that Era.

The Man regrets being Medically involuntarily Retired coz his 39 Years of Service in the Military really Defined him I guess.  I never was that Defined by any Career, or impressed with any of the Titles attained, I just Liked the Money.  *Winks*  Hey, it Buys Options... I happen to Like Options too.  *Smiles*  A lot of Money will Buy a lot of Options in fact.  An obscene amount will even Buy People, but, that was never my Jam, to Buy People willing to Sell themselves or Prostrate themselves for a Price.  And, oh so many do and will, an abundance of them are Up For Sale to the highest Bidder... and the Bidders know this only too well and exploit it shamelessly.

 I would fail to have an ounce of Respect for such folks, I wouldn't Trust them, and anyone whose that easily For Sale and Bought, is never worth much actually, not of what I Value most about People anyway.  And nobody ever had enuf Money to Buy me... some tried along the way... it's a Life Test of sorts when they do try.   You must ask yourself if you aren't For Sale, can you be Bought tho', and... for How Much?  Not that it matters what that Price is, we already established What and Who you are if you even consider it actually.

Whatever and Whoever you place your Dependency on or Owns you, ultimately Controls you tho'.   And, I happen to be a very strong willed Woman and total Control Freak and just would never relinquish that Control to anyone or give up my Freedom and have them Controlling my Destiny and Choices.  It's mine to chart out and either blow or succeed in, whatever MY Choices are, not yours or whoever was looking to Purchase you and find your Price.  If they don't have enuf Money to Buy you then they just Buy someone they can. 

 And there's lotsa folk out there For Sale... we can easily see that in our Political Scene right now of whose been Bought and Paid for and is now Owned.   And you can tell who they are right away and usually even who Owns 'em and they Sold their Soul to.  I can be quite "Extra", but, as an Old Hippie to my Core, my level of Contentment can also be quite "Basic".   I've had nothing and been as Content as when I've had everything.  Contentment is invaluable regardless of how much you have or make, or don't have.

And on the Political Front in Real Time, I guess "Miss" Lindsey Graham Died, so one less MAGA enabler in the Senate.  I don't know who South Carolina will replace him with, but hopefully it will be an improvement.  And more Hopeful that they'll quit the whole coverup of doing the Weekend At Bernie's with Mitch the Turtle too and come Clean about him either being Dead, Brain Dead, or not ever coming back to be in a capacity to remain.  Get it over with already and replace him too.  As the Geriatrics Die Off I Hope that new legislation emerges with Age Limits and Term Limits so we have less Geriatrics who refuse to Retire running and ruining the Country.

*******

The End... Dawn... The Bohemian

Venture Capitalist Politics

 Just Gellin' on this Saturday, too Hot to venture out there and it's humid too, so suffocating out there and Extreme Heat Advisories in place.  The Man clogged the Master Bathroom Toilet again, but this time with having our own Toilet Snake I had invested in last time he did it, The Son got it unclogged within Minutes.  He and The Daughter have done Plumbing Jobs before so know how to use all that kind of stuff effectively to save on Hiring someone who'll only do the same thing and charge a fortune.  With his Dementia we weren't sure what he's putting down the Toilet and so I go over with him what to use and how much of it to use in case he's just Forgetting?  You don't consider what all they simply forget or get confused how to do without assistance.  And when he was in there a long time with the Door Closed I knew something was up.  *Eye Roll and Le Sigh*

He wouldn't come out of there, so he was like a Child who'd done something naughty and was hiding.  So hadda coax him out of there and say our Son would handle it, don't worry about it.  He hovered around nervously until we assured him it was now fixed and to just use less TP next time, the amount he'd used was ridiculous.  The Son looked at me and Grinned, you have to develop the Dark Gallow's Humor.  I thought we were going thru TP rapidly, now I know Why.   I have even kept a bunch of those Cloths that the higher end Car Washes give out, you find them everywhere discarded when you're doing Environmental Cleanup.  They're usually Royal Blue, some are other Bright Colors and they're like very soft Facecloths.  When there was that TP Shortage during Pandemic, they were invaluable to use and launder in place of TP that wasn't always available.  I now keep a large stack in the Bathrooms and Kitchen for all kinds of cleaning uses, very handy.  So, anyway, another clogged Toilet disaster averted.  *Whew, Sigh of Relief*

I didn't really want another Problem to address with Home Repair Issues.  It's been expensive enough and with Home Ownership, you all know it's always something to keep them Maintained and Repaired.  With the Affordability problem with this Economy and nothing being done about it, it makes it more sacrificial to come up with what the expenses are.  I usually do a lot of preventative maintenance and also Home improvements.  But now, due to Costs and Financial strains, we're barely running damage control behind emergency unexpected repairs and necessary maintenance that we don't have the Money for Saved Up anymore to cover.  I don't wanna take on more Debt.  We already had to have more than I'm comfortable with for necessary Emergency expenses too high to pay Cash for that have to be done and can't be put off at all.  You can only Budget for so much tho' on a Fixed Income and I'm responsible about Financial matters and serious about Budgeting with fiscal responsibility being a high priority.  I try to live below our means.

 

I took a long Nap and The Son asked me when I woke up if I'd take him to his Dollar Store to Shop and to a Super Wal-Mart to Shop and see about getting an inexpensive Phone and Plan.  He has that Free Phone but it is not one to have a lot of Data and really is more for Emergency usage by those who have no Phone.  When he was Unemployed it helped but now he's Employed even how much his Employer calls him on it was using up all his Data.  So, he got a $60 Phone from Wal-Mart that came with the 1st Month worth of Service and is Month to Month.  Doable on his Minimum Wage Part Time Job.   But it took over a hour for them to activate it for him and I started not feeling Well.

I was up near the front of the Store, he was in the back in Electronics, waiting on him.  I suddenly felt like I might pass out and got dizzy, same symptoms Princess T had at Work, it was Weird and sudden.  Like her, I had to sit down immediately, which meant on the Floor by the Optical Shop and where the Greeter Stands.  And I was by the Eyeglasses Vendor, so that Young Woman rushed over to me with a Chair to sit in and the Two Greeters, a Young Guy and an Older Guy, rushed up, one with Water, the other asking if I was Okay?  I wasn't Okay but didn't want them calling the Fire Dept. or Paramedics and just told them I'm Diabetic and would eat something I'd just bought.  That I was just waiting for my Son who was getting a new Phone in the back of the Store.  I called The Son to tell him to hurry up, I was Unwell and needed to get Home, so he had them rush his Phone activation along, he said they were also very nice about it.

 

He used to work at that Wal-Mart about 15 Years ago.  I must say the Trio of Workers there that saw I wasn't doing Well were so quick and attentive to come to my aide.  It was a bit embarrassing, but they kept an Eye on me until The Son got there.  I drank the Bottled Water they'd given me, ate one of the Tapioca Pudding Cups I'd just bought, and drank a Bottled Coffee I'd just bought, which helped so I could drive us Home.  *Whew*  I don't know if it was the Heat, it was 115 and Humid, coz my Diabetic Numbers were 149 and Normal when Tested.  Or, if whatever Princess T has is contagious and not Allergies after all?  She's still Sick with it so good thing her Work insisted she stay Home a couple more days and she has her Two usual days off added to that time, so will have had 5 days off to recover from whatever it is.  She still looks and feels dreadful and so do I actually.  It's a Weird sensation, like you can't stay conscious and feel very dizzy and weakened, so you have to sit down, lest you fall and hurt yourself.

 

The Son made us a nice Dinner when we got Home of Teriyaki Chicken with Jasmine Rice and 3-Cheese Garlic Bread Knots... excellent.  It's some of those prep Meals that takes 3-5 Minutes coz everything is prepped.   The Bread Knots take 4 Minutes in the Oven and are Baked in their Bag, they are SO good and I got them on Sale at the Wal-Mart.  I will remember the Brand and get them again.   The Teriyaki Chicken are some of those Meals I got on Sale at "Fry's" Grocer marked down.  I had gotten about 5 different kinds of them and am so impressed, we'll get them all again, every one has been impressively good and so quick to make.  The Jasmine Rice is the Boil in a Bag that Cooks in 5 Minutes too.  I've been getting more of those pre-prep foods so that even The Man or any of the Kids can make them and in a hurry, with little to no mess either, so clean-up is minimal.   For anyone Young and inexperienced or not a good Cook, or anyone Working, they are invaluable and such good quality that it was surprising.

All of the Meals have been a Brand called "Kevin's Natural Food" and the Bread Knots are by "Marketside", I'd highly recommend both, especially for Seniors or those on a Budget who want a quick and easy Meal that will feed 2-4 easily and quickly, that is as good as a Restaurant Meal.  The Kevin's Brand are all Heat and Eats with Natural Ingredients and I'd never had before I got them on Markdown at my Grocer, but even full price they'd be well worth it IMO.   I've linked to the FB Page of the Brand, I'm very impressed and so is my Family, we'll definitely be trying more of their Line now and stocking our Freezer with it.  There's so many different flavors of Chicken and Beef Meals in the Line, and Breakfasts as well as Lunch and Dinner Product.  We've tried 5 so far and Loved each one so I'm definitely gonna buy all the others and try them out too for variety and see which ones we like best.  The Chicken Lemongrass is heavy on Garlic, so not like the Vietnamese Version that is heavier on the Lemongrass, but it was still very good. 

 

Their Curry Style Thai Coconut Chicken is as good as what I get at our fav Thai Restaurant.  The Teriyaki Chicken was great.  The Man had the Orange Chicken and really liked it.  The Cilantro-Lime Chicken very good.  So I wanna now try some of the other Chicken Meals and the Beef Meals that I haven't bought yet.   And those Bread Knots were a first try and we LOVED those too, got Two different Flavors of them on the Bakery Discount Rack at Wal-Mart for a couple Bucks a Bag, they make 10 good sized Bread Knots and are so soft, fresh and delicious, like Home Baked Bread seasoned beautifully, so they were a big hit as well with the whole Family.  We had the Knot Flavor below tonight, but I also bought the Tomato Herb, but they come in many more flavors and don't need refrigeration, bake in less than 3 Minutes in their Bag!  Don't worry, the Below Image was cribbed from Google, and my Knots didn't expire in 2022.  *Bwahahaha*   You can Thank me later if you find you like all of these Brand flavors of quick n easy inexpensive Meals too.

At The Son's Store he got a bunch of the Canned Reine Energy Drinks on Sale half off in various Flavors.   So they were like 61 Cents each.  All the Women who work with him seem to Adore him and that's good to see how well he gets along with all his Co-Workers, Young and Old ones.  There are a lot of Retired Women working there Part-Time, and of coarse a lot of Young People that it's their 1st Job.   His Manager clearly already relies on him a lot and I think they could end up promoting him and giving him full time Hours when they have the Hours to give.  They are a Fortune 500 Company, but, that doesn't always mean it's Shared high Profits with Employees.  Some of the Richest Companies that our Government Subsidize don't extend any of that to their Workers and many are on Part Time with no Benefits and on Public Assistance.  I think Employers like Wal-Mart and Amazon should not receive Tax Breaks if they're not paying their Workers enuf to Live on and then Taxpayers have to Fund Social Services for those obscenely Rich Companies Employees.

Most Amazon and Wal-Mart Employees are on Public Assistance and Medicaid coz they aren't Paid a livable wage or receiving Benefits, even when working Full Time.   A full 33%-48% of Amazon's Frontline Warehouse Workers rely on Public Assistance like SNAP and Medicaid.  And Wal-Mart won't even release the figures for how many of their Employees are on Public Assistance, we know its in the Thousands tho', for what Data has been Collected.   And I personally know firsthand that every individual who works for them that I have known, has been on Public Assistance, including The Son when he worked for them 15 Years ago.  It's why he never applied there when he was out of Work.  He worked his Ass off at a huge Super Wal-Mart Full Time and didn't make enuf to afford Healthcare or Rent and Food, as just a Single Man... so imagine those trying to support a Family with those Jobs!!!   So, Socialism for the Richest Corporations in America has been going on a very long time already.  It's just touted as a Dirty Word if regular folks receive it.

I think they're doing a Weekend At Bernie's with Mitch McConnell and can't even show Proof of Life.  His much Younger Asian Bride left for China just Days after he succumbed to whatever Emergency Services carted him away for, which, sounds really Odd a Spouse would do that if he was still among the Living IMO.   That slimy Bastard Scott Jennings and some others who are rabid MAGA apologists, who I can't stand when I see them on TV, are pretending they all Talked to him.  All suspiciously for 20 Minutes... exactly... 20 Minutes... ALL of them... what are the Odds that isn't a fucking bare faced Lie they should be Called Out on publicly?  *Eye Roll*   When was the first or last time any 3 or more people ALL just happened to talk to any One Person for exactly 20 Minutes each???  Of coarse, they couldn't Honestly say he Talked Back *Eye Roll coz Dead or Brain Dead folk don't*, and I guess you could talk to a Brain Dead person and say that's not a Lie.  *Bigger Eye Roll*

And if he is Alive still and able to perform any duties of his Position, then why NOT provide Proof of Life and Condition?  Just so the rumors and Conspiracy Theories don't run rampant, if you have proof and evidence to debunk something, well, shouldn't you just do it?   If there's nothing to Hide, why Hide it?   Why all the Secrecy, Smoke and Mirrors and Parlor Tricks or Political Theater?   To hold onto Power I suspect they would do a Weekend At Bernie's and prop up a Corpse, after all, they're propping up this Dementia addled President who is now falling Asleep all the time on Camera and in Public, at Important Meetings that shouldn't be a Snoozefest to him if he is cognizant and Aware he's even there!  He's wandering off and having to be herded back by Handlers or even other Foreign Dignitaries, it's humiliating, a Spectacle and a National Embarrassment. 

Listen, I have to do that with The Man, coz he's got TBI and Dementia. But he was Mandatorily Retired from the Military as 100% Disabled long before he was even as bad off as he now is and he's not as bad off as Donnie Two Dolls appears to be.   And he was deemed as no longer Fit enuf to keep Serving in the Military and forced into Retirement involuntarily, plus, he's not the fucking President!!!   This Prez should be Mandatorily replaced, period, he's never been Fit to be President and it's only worsening with each passing day that he is President.  Do you really think by any stretch of the Imagination or heightened Delusions that the next Two Years will be or get any better?   Seriously, and he's not the only one, several of the Bench of the Supreme Court and Congress should be put out to Pasture as well and Term Limits and Age Limits enforced, for the Good of All.   It's beyond ridiculous how long some have stayed well past their ability to Serve and make good decisions, they can't even make a good decision on when they should Retire!  So, clearly we have to make it FOR them!  You would for Grams or Gramps!

  

There are decisions I cannot and will not allow The Man to make anymore becoz he simply can't, it's not his Fault, but it could be risky if he did for himself or for other people.   And a lot of times they resist and do resent involuntarily being told someone else has to now do it for them or help them with important decisions and safety issues.   It's up to those around them to discern when an intervention is necessary if they are incapable of making that determination for themselves, it's irresponsible and neglectful if you don't.   When my time comes I do Hope someone Cares and Loves me enough to intercede if I'm incapable of recognizing it's necessary.  It's why we shouldn't have Geriatrics in our Politics well past their Expiration Date of Serving in that capacity.  Even with the best of Intentions, it can be disastrous, and with the worst of Intentions, even more disastrous!!!   We have entered into the Twilight Zone of the WORST of Intentions and how disastrous that is now playing out in Real Time for all of America!!!   And spilling out into the World due to us and that Negligence and Bad, Perverse and Corrupted Intentions!!!

And now for a few Memes you might find resonate with you too?

*******

That's all for Today... Dawn... The Bohemian