I'm A Spectator Blog ~ With More Dear Lurkers Than Dear Commenters

 

Our HUMANA Annual Homecare Nurse Visit, Sandy, just left, she was so Nice, Ex-Military, had been a Nurse in the Army for Four Years, then worked for the VA and in Mental Health as well.  We really liked her. Our Eval went well, we remembered our  Words each, even the Man did, remembering 2 of his, which was a huge Surprise, given his Memory Care Issues.  And all our Numbers were very good for A1C, BP and Diabetes Test Numbers.  His A1C had increased to low 7's, it had been in the 6's recently, so only slightly elevated.  She was concerned about his Neuropathy in his extremities, he really can't feel his Feet or Legs anymore at all.  She told me my recent Eye Exam had shown the beginning of a Cataract, which I hadn't been told by the Eye Doctor or my Doctor, I don't know why, I guess it's not an Issue to resolve yet?

The Son's Heavy Metal Rock Concert went well but when they were waiting to get in, he and his Native American Friend who Paid for the Concert, were with a Group of Young People from Reno, NV, here for the Concert, in their 20's and Tailgating.  He said they were drinking and so he warned them they could get Tickets for that from the Cops {from experience when he was Younger and foolish} and so then they all started calling him "Okay, Uncle _____", and he was now "Uncle" for the rest of the damned Concert... *Bwahahahahahahaha*  It made him Feel his Age and feel like the Parent or Uncle that's a Buzzkill trying to protect the Youngsters from their follies and for having a good time and taking risks.  Well, we laughed so hard about that, coz he doesn't LOOK 40, but, he is kinda ACTING his Age now.  It happens, you turn into your Parents!!!  *LOL*

  And he just didn't want their good time spoiled by getting a Ticket or an Arrest for Public Consumption of Alcohol, it's a hefty Fine.  He said one of the Young Women gave him her Phone Number, thinking he was much Younger than he is... he wont' be calling.  *Smiles*   Tho', that was at least a boost to his bruised Ego after all the Young Males had begun to call him "Uncle".  *Ha ha ha*  His Indian Friend had just drank the Beer they gave him, The Son refused his Beer offered and went all "Uncle" on them, and he said to Garrett, well, Dude, if you get Ticketed you just roll on back to the Rez, I still Live in the City where these Cops Work, I don't want them remembering who I am for any reasons.  *Ha ha ha*  It was a good Concert and he got an Awesome T-Shirt.  I'd of liked one of that Band's Tees but they were Fifty Bucks so he only got the One.  So, I went and got mine for half the price on E-Bay, the Black one like his.  I don't know the Band "Avenged Sevenfold" but I loved the Graphics of their Tee... with the Skelly throwing the Finger.  We'll see if the Quality is as good as his Shirt?

Princess T is Home Sick from Work again, they'd sent her Home Yesterday, Back Pain mostly, she tried to go in Today and they sent her right Home, she didn't Work at all.  She'll have her days off to Recover, and has some more of the Antibiotics she got last time, so she's taking those again.  She thinks it's the same problem she had before and it just makes her Back hurt too, to have an Infection again.  She's got fragile health since Birth, so she's feeling pretty miserable with this again, same Symptoms, it cleared up and now it's back.  If it doesn't clear up with 7 Days of taking the Antibiotics for it, then we'll have to ask the Doc to do something more, coz it's being stubborn to clear up and not come back.  She does have Immune deficiency issues, so when she gets anything, she's slower to recover fully from whatever it is.

When we went to pick up my missing Side from the "Rollin' Smoke BBQ" they gave us Free Drinks for our trouble, and we got Pork Ribs and more Corn Nuggets, and some Peach Cobbler a la Mode for Dessert.  Nom-Nom, I must say their Ribs are some of the best I've ever had, falling off the Bone tender and very flavorful.  I asked The Man if we should save some for the Kids to try and he said NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  He wanted them all for himself, so I know he really, really liked them.  *LOL*  He didn't play with his food at all he ate past full actually, so did I, it's SOOO good, addictively good in fact.  Portions are generous and the prices are really good, so it's Two Meals for us with each Order really, and we Shared one half rack of the Ribs, which still had leftovers for later.  These Corn Nuggets are like a Drug.  *Ha ha ha*

I'd never had Peach Cobbler like how they make it, it's like a Bread Pudding with a Sauce, a Home-Made Recipe. Even the Vanilla Ice-Cream is very rich Vanilla flavored, so quite good too.  I think they make their own Dill Pickles as well.  They've only been at that location for just over a Year, it's a good addition nearby to eat... and now is a new favorite.  It was 114 at Noon, so we called it an early day and went Home after being out just a little while.  Way too Hot, way too Humid, Storms coming in from the North... we'd had enuf Fun for a Morning and have enuf great Leftovers for Dinner too.  I took another long Siesta until 6:30 p.m., I am still keeping the Hours of a Toddler lately.  But I've had more Quiet Blog Time than ever so that's been great.  And for some reason my Blog Views have spiked, but not in a way that makes me suspicious it's AI Trawling, but actually Readers.  I am a Blog that mostly has Dear Lurkers and not as many Dear Commenters... I'm a Spectator Blog. *Winks and Laughs*  And that's Okay.

Becoz my Adult ADHD and OCD means I have the NEED and Obsession to Answer every Comment anyone ever left, with a Personalized Response.  *Ha ha ha*  And the Bipolar Bitch in Dark Dawn's Persona felt the URGE to always Fuck with any Trolls, coz a good Mind Fuck and Take Down is such a Delight to me.  Just not the Bots, you had to at least Appear to be a Human Troublemaker for me to Engage with you.  Bots are a Yawnfest.   But I almost Delighted in going to Battle with the unfortunate Troll that would stumble in here and leave a Comment, and not Pity the Fool.  It was like that drop of Blood in my Waters that The Great White Shark can't resist going on the Attack, even if not Hungry, to devour the hapless Victim or just take that Pound of Flesh and then go on their Merry way, while the hapless Victim Bleeds Out.  Oh, so you want to Play... Dark Dawn will Oblige.  *Winks*  The Man knows my tendencies, so he'd Warn anyone in Real Life... I wouldn't, if I were you... stay out of her Waters, or it could be a fatal Swim, or you may come out missing Limbs.  *LOL and Smiles*

  And Dawn Of The Light, who Writes the Blog about 99.9% of the time, would have to defer and let The Beast out to Play with them, and just have some Wicked Fun.  *Bwahahahaha*  Needless to say the Troll visits took a sharp drop off immediately, they were clearly not having Fun anymore.  *LMAOROTF*  Do I miss the Mumbai Escorts?  Naw, I'd mark them types as Spam after having a Fun Giggle about the Comment myself, but didn't want my Dear Readers to have to endure such nonsense.  I really Care about you guys is Why, and feel a bit protective of my Peeps here in the Land of Blog.  Some had to close down their own Blogs becoz of the harassment some of them endured there.  So I didn't need them being harassed and tormented here by the Fuckery of some folks who clearly have Issues and tormented dark Souls.  So they create Trouble for no reason and can't help but be mean Spirited, Hateful and confrontational all of the time.  Going thru Life like that must be miserable and torturous to the afflicted, I'd suspect?

I found some Old Pixs of The Daughter, The Son, and my Brother's Oldest Son that he just reconnected with recently.  I thought perhaps his Son would like to see them if my Brother Shares via a Phone Private Messenger?   I don't know if his Son has ever seen any Pixs of when he was little with our side of the Family, not many exist.  And I'm doubting his Mom told him much and didn't try to erase some History that may have been Painful of a failed Teen Marriage?   My Brother and his 1st Wife were way too Young to Marry and have a Family already.  But, Young Love can be Foolish and sometimes Regretful.  I never had that Issue coz I didn't really want to ever be Married or in a Committed Relationship.  So, I didn't form Attachments like my Dear Brother did.  This is also why I always thought perhaps I had some Autism, I can get Attached to Things, but it's much harder for me to get Attached to People?   In the Autistic, the differences in Brain Wiring affects Communication, Sensory Processing, and how Social Signals are Expressed and Understood.  Not a Problem with just Things.  *LOL*

Here's one of our Dad with The Son, who was only 2-3 DAYS Old at the time, tho' very Big, so people thought he was Months Older than he actually was... and by his Toddler and Pre-School Years he was always in the 80 Percentile of Growth, only slowing down by Puberty.  Puberty seemed to regulate him not becoming gigantic, which was also probably coupled with effects of Psychotropics stunting some growth.  He was Diagnosed very early, I knew something was terribly Wrong from the time he could roll over and Wreck my Home before he could even sit up, walk and such... Seriously, no hyperbole, at not even 1 Month Old he was rolling around tearing up shit... this was NOT Normal!   When he could finally sit up by himself, I took him for a Photo Shoot at JC Penney.  The poor Young Female Photographer had a Ponytail that after his Shoot, was droopy and she was a Hot Mess by the time she got just a few Photos of him being remotely Still and in Focus and not falling off the Vignette and throwing Props at her!  *LOL*  

They entered him in a Baby Contest the Store was having and he Won the "Most Muscular Baby" at not quite 3 Months Old.  I got Free Photo Shoots for a Year, big Mistake for JC Penney Photographers, coz, it never got better for them trying to Photograph him.  He is only 1-2 Days Old in this Pix of me Holding him, that Size Baby came OUT of me, and I Weighed only 128 lbs. myself at his Delivery, yeah, Ouch!  My Brother's Oldest Son was 3 Months Old when The Son was Born and they were exactly the same Size!!!   People thought they were Twins, a Dark One and a very Kewpie Doll One.  *LMAO*  His Belly Button Stub hadn't even fallen off yet, but he was the same Size as most 3 Month Old Babies.  Notice how tightly I'm holding him to keep him Still, coz he was so fucking Strong, from Birth, that it was like Wrestling a Sumo!!! Diapering was such an Ordeal to keep him still enuf to do it!!!  And Dressing him, equally so.  So, most of his Baby Pixs he has a saggy Diaper and no Clothes, it was just too exhaustive to Wrestle him into either!  *Ha ha ha* 

 He didn't Talk a Word until he was 3 Years Old so Docs told me everything from that they thought he might be Deaf, to, he might be Retarded.  They used that Word in them days.  Turns out, Nope, not Deaf, not Retarded, just Bipolar as Hell, Autistic, and had Severe ADHD.  Some Teachers in Grade School that had him even Quit the Teaching Profession and cited him as the reason, they couldn't Hang.  Some would call me Crying late at Night becoz they didn't know what to do with him in Class.  His "Regular" Class in Grade School was his Detention Class.  He introduced me to his Detention Teacher, during Parent-Teacher Conference, and she said it was a First for her!  *LOL*  Well, it is a Regular Class to him and he Enjoys your "Lessons" so much he can't wait to go to your Class!!!  Oh, those are meant at Punishment and Behavioral Modification she said... well, says I, it ain't Working then, he thinks they're Fun!  *Bwahahahaha*

By The Daughter's early Teens when her Schizophrenia was Diagnosed and her Multiple Personality Disorder, things went haywire for her in School too and she'd be throwing Chairs and Desks when she'd get Psychotic or Paranoid.   She still got great Grades, but, by her Sophomore Year they wouldn't let her attend School anymore, just like her Son's experience, they had no appropriate Placements for Children with Serious Mental Illness no matter how Intellectual they were or how high their IQ is.  And usually it's pretty high, well above Average and in the Genius Range actually.  One of the anomalies of Mental Illness is how Clever they usually are, Crazy, not Stupid.  The Daughter had us worried the  past 4 Days as she went MIA again.  She was helping Elderly People she knew but her Phone wasn't functional so Time had passed and she hadn't checked in... she doesn't keep track of Time. 

 But with Mando making Threats now it had us worried, he's blaming her for getting Jumped, she had nothing to do with it.  He's made many Enemies since he runs his Mouth and talks a lot of shit and makes Threats, getting confrontational, even with Strangers.   So that's what happens to people like that.  There are no Rules on The Streets.  Make enuf Enemies and it comes back on you eventually.  She doesn't make Enemies, in fact, she tends to make lots of Friendships and folks who look out for her.  But, since he's blaming her, we've been Guarded, put Locks on our Gates, Surveillance, just to keep things Safer from someone who clearly is Unwell and Unraveled.  I don't know that his Illness has not gone to his Brain frankly, he acts as tho' it might have, or, mebbe he was always a Head Case?  

I can't say for sure coz I haven't known him that long.  Those who have tho', give me the impression he has always been volatile and not well received, even before he got Sick.  His own Family doesn't want him around, which speaks volumes.  Yes, some Families have Weird dynamics going on, but if ALL of your Family don't want you around, I have to assume YOU could be the Problem and not everyone else?  Now he uses his Illness to gain Pity, have folks feel Sorry for him, and Trust him, to Manipulate folks and have generosity and compassion extended that perhaps he's undeserving of.   We're very compassionate people and I will usually give you the benefit of any doubt, no matter what the Rumor Mill may say about you.  Sometimes what other people think of you, I don't, based on my Experiences with you, so I always draw my own conclusions about people.  And my Relationship with them could and may be different than someone else's.  Mando would have done okay with me personally, had he not crossed boundaries of mistreating OTHER Members of my Family and getting in the Mix with them.

If you make Trouble with just One of us, now you've got Trouble with ALL of us, that's how we Roll as a Family Unit.  We make Great Friends and Formidable Enemies.  And we try never to make Enemies, I always try to get along and Play well with others, and want the best for you even if you're not someone I want to get close to or don't particularly like.  You'd have to be the one to start some shit, I never will.  But if you start it, I'll end it, with a flourish.  And when Mando began getting threatening and starting shit with The Daughter, The Son AND The Young Prince, strike Three in a hurry, Be Well and Be Forever Gone now.  I made is clear that's what he did to Cross me and why he's no longer Welcome around here or around any member of my Family.  Now, Deal with it, coz it's on you when you made those choices... nobody here did anything but be Kind and Compassionate towards the Guy.

  Even tho' my Schizophrenic Grandson never liked him and said he had lots of Demons around him that he could See and would Protect us against.  Well, there ya go.  Perhaps he did?!?   So he hadda GO.    Demons are not Welcome here.  *Bwahahahaha*   I did think Mando was a Tortured Soul who was Wrestling with his own Inner Demons, that was evident.  He'd lost both Parents and a Son during the Pandemic, and lost his Freedom for 13 Years for something that I think he was involved in to some degree coz nobody gets sent away that long for nothing.  Becoz of the Charges and the Victim of the Case, his Sentence was very traumatic for him and that's a long time to be Targeted for violence from other Criminals Serving their Time.  So, coupled with a Serious Illness, he had a lot that had happened and I still feel a measure of compassion for that... since, some folks do Snap when too much is just too much.  And we're ALL capable of anything under certain circumstances, this I know.

The Son and I just finished up the Yardwork, it's 100% Humidity or damned close to it so I was drenched by 8:30 a.m. when we got it wrapped up and set to the curb for pickup.  With all the Rains our Pasture grows like crazy, it's very Green and lush, but a lot of work to keep up on when growing conditions are Ideal for it.  And we don't have Livestock that feeds off it so it's almost a waste to have this much Grass, but it does cool down our Property and eventually we'd like to Grow Food on it to self-sustain ourselves more with Organic Foods grown ourselves.  I have Seeds galore to grow anything and everything, but we need to put in the Raised Beds I want to grow it all in.   Ideally I'd Love to put in a Greenhouse or Conservatory, we have enuf Land to do it, just not the finances or opportunity to do it yet.  Mebbe someday in the near Future?  But, Tick-fucking-Tock, Right?  *Le Sigh*  I sometimes feel like an Hourglass with the Sand almost running out.

I'm not one to be unnecessarily Morbid, but the Math isn't in our Favor at our Season of Life and I start to contemplate, just how much can I expect to get done in just another Decade, perhaps that long or less?  I'm sure by my 80's, if I get that much Time, I will probably put a halt on any Big Plans and definitely any Long Range ones.  *Bwahahahaha*  I'm already condensing what is likely to get done in my 70's and recalibrating my expectations of what has to and what can just be ditched as a Goal now coz it's not realistic?   I languished in the Pool Cooling off and The Daughter had gotten a new In-Pool Inflatable Chair with a Cup Holder in One Arm of it that I really enjoy floating around in soaking up some Rays.  Birds were singing and it was very relaxing bobbing around for about an Hour after doing the Yardwork.  I enjoy Staycations here at Forever Boheme' and it's what attracted me to this Property.

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Well, Autumn is almost here, just around the corner in a couple days in Real Time my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian

Taking A Hosing

 The Man is preparing for Nurse Remi's Visit, I think she'll be here around 10:30 a.m. so I had him Showered and fresh as a Daisy.  *LOL*  I want her to look at his Feet, I don't like the Color his Toes have become and since he's a Diabetic it worries me when I see Limb discoloration, coz his Circulation is Poor and he does have extensive Neuropathy.  After she leaves I've got to go to the Recycle Center and drop off more Aluminum, I have a Truck Bed full again and could use the Cash this near the EOM.  Gas is up to damned near Six Bucks a Gallon now... the longer he has this pointless War of personal profit, the rest of the World will Pay for it dearly.  LATER: Nurse Remi's visit went very well, she's such a Sweetheart, she's Delighted to be back and we're Delighted to have her back!  She Claimed it's obvious The Man and I are losing Weight!  I'll take that and run with it.  *Smiles*  I now have this 1977 Thomas Dam Large Clown Troll... some Retail Therapy.

 The Vendor had restocked her Space and had a lot of the older larger 1970's Thomas Dam Trolls from Denmark.  I priced a lot of Pokemon Cards last Night while binge watching some UFO Shows that were very interesting, that Amazon Prime had on TV.  There was one that was a Documentary and had a lot of esteemed Scientists, Astrophysicists, and Tech Guru Brainiac Types being interviewed about recent findings.  One finding made me have Goosebumps... a Global study done by many Countries, and especially delved into by China, found that about 13% of the Humans on the Planet have altered DNA that they don't know the Origins of and could be not from this Planet perhaps, or is a part of Evolution sped up in just some people.

They described it as what they began called Star Children, becoz in many Ancient Cultures all over the World, especially Indigenous ones, they fully Believe they came from the Stars and not Earth and were Genetically Modified by "The Gods".  Native Americans, Aborigines, Ancient Egyptians, many Mezo-American Cultures of South and Central America, strong Believe this and have chillingly similar accounts of "Gods" who came down, and interacted with them and "Made them in their Image, but to Work for and Worship them".  Anyway, Scientists now have found that some Humans have up to 25% DNA of Unknown Origin.

And then they listed what characteristics they ALL had in common when they Studied these folks with the unusual DNA.  And every time they listed a Trait, I damned near had all the Traits, made the Hair stand up on my Arms!  They often had Gifts of Prophesy, Premonitions, Extra Sensory Perception, Manipulation of Energetic or Physical Forces like Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Clairsentience, Claircognizance, Telepathy, Remote Viewing, Mediumship, know things and don't know how or why they know them, can relate to the Animals around them differently than most people and Animals react differently around them, required very little Sleep, required less Food, had higher than average IQ's, saw things that most people don't or can't see, had Telepathic Abilities of various Types, were good at certain Skills like Math, Science, Money, Inventions way beyond the Scope of their Eras.  Not that they necessarily had all, but all had some of these Traits, and it's been extensively Studied and even used.

 I'm sitting there and The Son said, Wow Mom, that sounds like you and Nanna {my Mom}, and in some respects, us Kids and your Grandkids too.  Well, then I remembered when I did Ancestry DNA, so I could Learn more about where we came from Genetically, coz it's basically Unknown, most of it, on both sides of the Family.  Dead Ending at just my Grandparents Generation mostly, before them we know very, very little about previous Ancestors or Origins.  Well, Ancestry made me submit my DNA Three different times before giving me Results, and sent me a letter saying they'd had problems with extracting my DNA from the Samples becoz every time it kept coming back as "21% Other Of Unknown Origin"!!!  And so they wanted more Samples of it to Test... now I wonder, shit, are Governments using this beyond the scope of what we think they do with it?  *Shrugs*  It's an Intriguing Concept or Claim... and clearly is being Globally seriously Studied...

At the time The Man thought that was Funny and quipped, "See, I told you that you, and especially your Mom and her Family, aren't 100% Normal Humans!  And probably have Alien DNA and are some kind of Human Hybrid, coz you folks are REALLY different!  The Government has probably been Tracking you Guys all your Lives... mebbe the Aliens too?!"  He was joking, but this Documentary and some of the other Shows, which were also Documentaries of what's now being released, at least more than usual, gave me Pause.   I just speculated at the time that the 21% could just be attributed to Dad's Tribal Ancestry being from East Coast smaller Tribes, most of whom have very little of their Populations left and have never been Federally Recognized and so Ancestry probably doesn't have much of that DNA? 

 But, anyway, this Documentary did give me something to consider that is apparently becoming more Common Knowledge among Scientific Communities studying it.  And some of what they're covering up too.  There's so much that is known that has been covered up a long time Globally by Governments, and people being discredited for their Honesty in what they experienced and were mocked about, that now, there's evidence of.   It is said that you can tell A PERSON the Truth, BUT PEOPLE, you sometimes can't, or it causes Panic and overreaction if they can't handle whatever that Truth is.  I have personally had UFO experiences that were well Documented mass sighting Events, so I didn't feel like I could never say anything about it and not be Believed.  Tho' seeing something "Unidentified" shouldn't be that shameful to talk about, it's just not Identifiable is all, nor easily Explained.

I'm fairly Skeptical until I have Proof or Evidence about anything, but I know what I See and Experience Personally, even if I can't Explain it and nobody might Believe it coz they haven't or didn't.  When we lived in our Haunted Historic Property, we had many Friends and Relatives who came as Skeptics and left as Believers.  *LOL*  And what folks have a Fear of, they generally don't want to Experience again.  So often, after having had a Paranormal Experience at that Property, they were reluctant to come back, especially at Night when activity always was strongest and most likely to occur.  *Smiles*  Since the current Owner has done a lot of changes and Remodeling, I'm quite certain he has stirred up Activity a LOT.  We had the most when we were doing Restorations and Improvements.  He's turned it back into a Multi-Rental Property and had high turnover of Tenants, I suspect I know Why.  *Winks*

Almost all of the Wall is down now around the Property, which is a shame coz it was Artistically Created and well built, had lasted over a Century.  I don't know what happened to portions of it, but either he intentionally razed it or mebbe there were problems that arose that didn't in all the Years we lived there?   We drove by Today when The Son bought Lunch for everyone from the Fish N Chips Shop nearby we've gone to for Generations.  He said it's sad to see all the changes, and it is.  Had we retained the Property we wouldn't have done a lot of what the New Owner has done, we kept a lot more of it Original and were trying to do a proper Restoration, not just a Remodel, which, can alter a Historic Property in ways that ruins the authenticity of the Era of the Home and it's unique charm.  At first he was Restoring, then it turned to just a more Modern Remodel from what I've seen, on the Interiors and even some of the Exterior.

I quit going by as often, coz it was a much Beloved Property that I really had wanted to be our Forever Home... and I don't like seeing all of the Change that I don't see as Positive.  Some Buyers improve Properties they Buy in Positive ways, some don't, some try to and fail or give up if it's too much a Labor of Love.   I think Mr. Avila is in that latter Camp of wanting to retain the History and charm, but, becoz he turned it into a Multi-Rental, the Historic Significance had to take a back seat to whatever would appeal to Tenants and give them Modern convenience in a Home built in the very early 1920's.   Even the Villa McManse, once Sold, what the Air B&B Party Investor has done to it, was hard to see, but I Cared less coz I knew it had more Curb Appeal when we Owned it so the Devil of an HOA had Payback for being the Motherfuckers they were, now that it's Owned by folks who don't live in it or give a shit so long as they're making the maximum amount of Money.  And I'm glad... that poor excuse of a Community it getting what it deserved.

I even think the HOA has fallen on Hard Times becoz I noticed signs of deferred Common Area Maintenance and Neglect and a lot of Dead Landscaping not being removed.   Many HOA Communities, in spite of charging a fortune Monthly, slack in keeping up with proper Maintenance as the Community Ages and they have a lot of turnover of Ownership, or begin to Cheap Out in Caring for the Common Areas.  So, in that Subdivision they went from being Anal as fuck and like HOA Nazis, to now looking like they're not doing their Job and have far more Homeowners now who are letting their Properties fall into disrepair and deferred Maintenance.  Since a lot of Owners there didn't have those Luxury Homes as their Primary Residence, most don't even live in Arizona and might be difficult to get hold of and contact to do what has to get done?  If you're not there, or it's just an Investment Vehicle, you don't even often know what's going on.

Also, with Homes that are neither Historic or Vintage, once they've fallen out of "Fashion" and become just Dated, and not in appealing ways that attract New Buyers or Investors, it gets harder to Sell them.  People want whatever is New, Trending, Appealing for it's Time.  A Historic Home can be Sold to History Buffs who have a Love of Old, even a Vintage Home can have similar Appeal... but a simply "Dated" Home that isn't that Old but the Style has fallen completely out of Fashion, isn't Appealing at all to a Buyer or Investor who only then sees how much Work they have to do to bring it up to Date and Remodeled.  They cannot compete with whatever is the going Trends and looks Fresh and Fashionable that Buyers now want and desire.  The Villa McManse was built in 2007, so what Trended then is Dated now and Worn, almost Twenty Years later and has fallen out of Fashion.  Lighter & Brighter is In, Urban Farmhouse is In... Tuscan and Darker is Out.  And even an Expensive well done Remodel may not Cut it... as you will see in these Listing Pixs of an Old Neighbor's Home For Sale right now...

One of the Neighbors who used to live across the Street is trying to Sell their Property that was the Identical Floorplan and Size of our Home we Sold there.  They even obviously spent a fortune to Remodel it to a Trendier Style and Color Scheme.  Since, Santa Barbara Tuscan Style is not as Hot in 2026 as it was in 2006.   But, it's languished on the Market, the Equity is still far, far below what the Original Build Sold for when it was a Million Dollar Listing.  And they have had to keep reducing the Ask Price by Thousands coz, no Takers.  On the Street View of the Listing, you can see our Old Property across the Street, the one with all those Vehicles Parked in front of it where they Paved over half the Landscape to accommodate Air B&B Party Rental Clients, coz the Properties are Huge and several Families or Party Vacationers probably Share expenses of Vacay Rentals of Luxury Properties of that Size. 

 The Remodel of the Neighbor's Home that is For Sale is well done and Tasteful, but it's Listing is only Half of what I know the Original Owner had to Pay for the Property, so they're deeply underwater even with spending a Fortune to Update it.   But, they were Asshole Fundie Neighbors who were Homophobic, Racist and Pretentious as Fuck, so, their Karma is just catching up to them.  Clearly the Home is Vacant and they moved out, half the Landscaping out Front is dying, they had a slew of Kids, 6 or 7 as I remember, who'd all be Grown now all these Years later.  So, it's a Big White Elephant for the Parents now I suspect, that they can't Cash Out on successfully.  They are the ones who built a Grudge Wall between their Property and the One Dear Young Couple we became Friends with from Sri Lanka, who Bought the even bigger 3 Story Tuscan McManse directly across the Street from us.  Why?  Becoz they were Brown People from Southeast Asia!!!

  They were the ones who Panicked when our Home went up for Sale and they saw our Son and his Family come for a Visit during the Holidays and thought "Vietnamese" were moving in, rushed over and asked if THOSE People were Buying the Property!?  {Gasp and clutching Pearls}  I responded with a curt, NO, that's our Son and his Family, and they're not Vietnamese, our DIL and the Children are Cambodian!!!  *Wicked Winks*  You should have seen their Faces when I Dead Stared them in the Face as I said it in a Deadpan FUCK YOU Monotone, Racist Fuckers.  It's why I did Sell to a Wealthy Investor of Color out of Cali who said it would be turned into an Air B&B... Splendid, we Closed in a Day!  *Winks, I knew those Neighbors shit Kittens and likely part of why they're now Selling... Bwahahahaha* 

 I also heard, from our Sri Lankan Friends, that they had Tea to Spill about the Husband had an Affair with a Gal as Young as some of their Daughters... and was running off with his Young Staffer so the Starter Wife was being kicked to the Curb.  The Litter of Anchor Kids now Grown, well... Yeah, it happens frequently with those Types... especially the Fanatically Religious ones who are all a form and a fashion about being Godly and so Wholesome, Legalistic in their Practices and Dogma, and pretend to be so Pious and yet so Judgmental about everyone else. 

 They were the ones that told The Young Prince at Age 14 that his Grandparents should be "Praying his Gay away...", and he Laughed in their Faces and said, "Ohhhhh, so THAT'S how it Works??!"  *Winks and LMAO*  Touche' and I High Fived him when he told me, but I was Angry an Adult said that to a Tween Aged Gay Child!!!   Who does that unless they're a Wickedly Hateful Cruel Person in their Spirit and Soul!?  So, Yes, I went over and had a Come To Jesus with the Parents about don't ever say anything Hateful to my Grandson again, or Jesus better Protect you from what I'll do to you!  *Smiles and Winks... they thought I Practiced Voodoo anyway so were Scared of me... LOL* Below is the Floorplan of our Old Villa McManse...

Downstairs

Upstairs

 And he then told me their Sons and Daughters couldn't associate with him anymore, coz, you know, the Gay might rub off and "Turn" them if he was "Recruiting" and Turning other Kids Gay or Heathen!!!  Plus, his Grandmother they were sure was a Voodoo Practitioner and making Sacrifices or something over there and putting Spells on folks.  *Eye Roll and LMAOROTF*  This from a Couple where the Husband was obviously banging his Young Employees while Married with a slew of Spawn at Home and being Zealously Far Right Extreme Religious!  Please!!!!!!!  Truth be told, I didn't want my Grandchildren around those Parents, tho' their Kids, especially their Teens, were Sweet Kids that might only turn out alright if they got the Hell away from the Indoctrination they were being Raised in, IMO. 

 There in the Pix is our Old House with all those Cars, half those Driveway Pavers that are slightly different Color used to be Yard and nice Landscaped Mature Plants they dug out, like Palms and Bougainvillea.  But I digress, back to the Fundie Family... The Teen Daughter went to School with our Grandson and was very close with him, we liked the Girl, her Parents literally kicked her out of the Home when she turned 18!  Our Grandson told her, in our Cultures we don't do that, Family takes Care of one another regardless of Age and remains Ride or Die "Family". {Pix of our Old McManse is where those 3 Vehicles across the street are Parked and the American Flag is hanging, which is Ironic, coz we Sold to wealthy Foreign Nationals of Color, who probably don't even live in this Country, certainly don't live in this Property, and were based out of Cali and Abroad!} 

  Anyway, I like how they Remodeled the place to Update it to Modern Standards of Style and the Aesthetic that is very Appealing, but, they still can't get it Sold.  Location is Bad, Community is lacking, Homes are Aging and the Builder went Chapter 11 and got Sued for shoddy Workmanship on Million Dollar Listings, the Economy has Crashed Twice now since 2016 when we bought ours for only $370,000 and the Equity is still in the shitter for the Original Buyers who did pay over a Million and will not remotely break even, they're Selling now for slightly over $500,000. 

  So, still 50%+ underwater of Original Price when they were Built almost 20 Years ago. Their Ask Price is way too high still and yet they'll still get Hosed IF they Sell it for current Ask.  The Appraisal is coming in more than $150,000 under what they're Asking and the Remodel likely cost them over $150,000 coz it's a Big Home to fully Remodel.  Plus, most of the Development out there has been cheaper Residential Homes crammed together on smaller Lots, Selling for around $390,000 New.  And a lot of Industrial is going in right beside Residential, so they're building Data Centers and enormous Amazon Warehouses near where folks originally bought Million Dollar Listings, the Zoning is Fucking them further now as well as the shitty Economic Collapse America is going thru due to Poor Leadership.  Many in that Community were Rabid MAGA tho', so they got exactly what they Voted In and are Supporting and for.   And so now they're taking a Hosing for who and what they Stand for... Karma being the Ultimate Equalizer and Payback. 

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Blessings, Love and Light from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian

No Time That's Free... But Gives The Illusion I Have Some

 

With this Post I just loaded some Images and thought I'd Write the content of it second.  Usually it's the other way around, I like to mix things up about Blogging.  *Smiles*  Like all these Unpublished Posts I'm now doing coz I'm trying to shorten then, and sometimes I'm even Succeeding... and sometimes I'm not.  *Winks*  Still, I Love Blogging and what I prefer to do in my Free Time.  Since, Caregiving is all the time really, which makes for spartan Free Time or Me Time.  And so with Blogging I'm here if The Man or the Family Needs me while I'm Free to Blog when I can squeeze it in to everything else.  Whallah, you see how much Blogging I squeeze in, I'm very Creative about managing No Time that's actually Free, but, gives the Illusion I have some.  *Bwahahaha*  I began with simple French Toast Food Porn, coz... Why Not?

This {Above} is my Co-Worker Friend, Ken, when he could still do Shifts.  He hasn't now for Years due to taking a Senior Fall that almost Killed him and certainly altered Life considerably.  From going from being a Big imposing Strong Senior, to Years of just Recovering from the effects of that Fall.  What did he do?  Well, for a while now, when he, myself and Crazy Ed Worked Tuesday Night Shifts Together, I'd told both Stubborn Old Men, hey, I know you're still Strong as Oxen, but should you be doing what you do anymore at your Ages?  It's high risk now, you should Stop with the moving of huge Objects all by yourselves. 

 I just had a Premonition that each of them would have it injure them terribly if they didn't concede.  Well, it did, with each of them, Ken way worse than Crazy Ed, tho' both have since required numerous corrective Surgeries for their Injuries caused by stubbornly fucking doing it still!   Ken took a Face Plant off of a Semi Flatbed and had to have all his Facial Bones Rebuilt and Arm Reconstructions from Breaking them too!  Now he's got 9 Stents in his Heart too... he's beating The Man's Record by 3 Stents so far!  *LOL, Sigh and an Eye Roll*  Above is Three of my Industry Friends, Cyndie, Michelle and Carol, with Rocker Alice Cooper.

I got all Nostalgic again whilst trawling my Photo Archives and dug up some I dredged up.  Above was The Young Prince as a Tween with his Grandpa, right around the time The Man got his Traumatic Brain Injury and Life then forever changed for us all on the turn of a Dime.  The Accident happened on The Young Prince's 13th Birthday, talk about Unlucky 13... and 2013 being a very Bad Year for us, Yikes and it really Sucked by early August and didn't get much better for Years and Years.  In fact, did it ever get better... I'm not sure I can say it did or has???  And now here we are Living The Dream, not the Dream I had, but, we're still Living it.  As is my New Mantra when asked how I'm doing???  *Smiles*

Above is The Son at his High School Graduation.  Since his Sister never could Graduate, coz like her Son, the Seriousness of her Mental Illness meant that by High School, The Educational System had given up on her and no Schools would accept her anymore, we were Proud he got to Graduate in spite of being deemed Special Needs.  Basically, America's School Systems and even their "Alternative" and "Special Education" Programs and School don't know how to handle, Educate, or meet Seriously Mentally Ill Students at their Point of Need and don't know what to do with them for Placement.   Doesn't matter if they have a Genius IQ and are like a Sponge about Learning either... they'd much rather have a Seriously Developmentally Disabled Student that doesn't even know they're there... coz that's far Easier for The System in place.  You can Warehouse Kids with certain Disabilities... or Demographics you don't Care about or Value, and call it an Education tho'.

  And if it's not just like a Respite Day Care for the Developmentally Disabled, even if they Learn nothing or don't know they're even there... your SMI Kid is just deemed a Problem Student and Misfit they don't want, there is no inclusion for most of them.  The Son beat the Odds, he's Bipolar, ADHD and Autistic, but he Graduated with Academic Honors and he was very Athletic, which, Schools Love a talented Athlete.  He was deemed "too aggressive" for Football... go figure, we thought that was a hoot!  But, if you gave him the Ball and told him to get it across the Goal Line, he took it literally, so, the other Team's Players in his way were probably gonna get hurt and end up in the ER, or be hanging on to him as he dragged them across the Goal Line. 

 It was comical, but, you don't want Kiddos getting hurt for a Game.  *LOL*   He's super Smart but a little bit of him goes a long way.  So, the School Years were Tough, we knew every Principal and Detention Teacher on a 1st Name Basis, so did our Bosses.  *Smiles*  He thought Detention was one of his Regular Classes and would introduce that Teacher on Parent/Teacher Day, a First for her.  But, it was one of his Regular Classes every day, to be Fair.  He enjoyed that Class in fact, whatever Punishment it was meant to be was Lost on him and he thought the "Assignments" were Fun!!!  Yeah, to say The System was not frustrated would be a Lie, but they let him continue and didn't oust him like they did his Older Sister and Nephew.  And Princess T too, she took longer to Graduate, and had a Recapture Class Graduation with the other Kiddos with Issues, but she managed to.  *Whew*  The Son now Jokes tho' that he was SO "Special", he didn't even know he was in a lot of Special Ed Classes!  But, most of his Friends were too, and so they were all oblivious it wasn't Normal Classes mixed in with Mainstream ones.  *Bwahahaha*

Above is me with my Dad's Older Brother, who'd come down from the Reservation in Oklahoma to Arizona to visit us in the early 1970's, and bring our Paternal Grandma, who rarely left the Rez, to see the 1st Home my Parents Owned.  Most of my Paternal Relatives didn't Believe in Land or Property Ownership, it's a Weird concept to a lot of Indigenous People that you Own what The Creator gave to all Sentient Beings to occupy, share and use.  So, my Dad doing it was a Big Deal I guess.  It took me a long time to convince my Dad to Buy Property, he never liked the idea, he only ever did it twice, and he didn't Care about Materialistic things at all.  Mom was Tasteful, Classy and Refined with Decor.  oUR Dad Loved Kitsch and Weird Tacky shit that even I, as a total Weirdo who Loves The Weird and The Wonderful, or Oddities, would go, Dad, WTF is THAT?!  *Bwahahaha*

My Brother and I, when disposing of Dad's things after he Passed, and he didn't Own much coz he was a True Minimalist, would Laugh at some of the Tackiness and say, here YOU take it, No, YOU take it!  I did take some to remember him by, coz it still makes me Smile that he Loved it and it's beyond Weird and Tacky.  The Kiddos will see it and say Mom/Gramma, that's some Weird shit... and I'll respond, Yeah, it was my Inheritance from your Grand-Dad.  And that Explains it all. *Smiles*  If he had something tho' and you had nothing, he'd gladly share whatever he had with you and felt that's how a Society should function.  He would often give out of his Lack and never think twice about it, coz his Needs were Simplistic and Basic.  Clearly I didn't get that from him... and inherited my Mom's European Muchness and Excess Genes.  *Bwahahaha*  Above, The Young Prince as a Tween again.

The only thing Dad went overboard on was Nature, be it Plants, Animals, Fish, Birds... his Home looked like a Jungle Menagerie.  And his Plants and Creatures thrived when he was Younger, he was like a Plant and Animal Whisperer, even Wild Things responded to him and the Relationship he inherently had with them.  He Bred Exotic Fish and Exotic Birds all my Life.  And Bred some Pedigree Dogs.  I got my Love of Nature and Plants from him for sure.  By the time he got Old and Sickly tho', he couldn't take Care of them all and Neglect began to be obvious to where I had to run an Intervention for his Sake and his Pets.   I think the hardest thing for him was not battling Cancer or Dying, he was Okay with all of that, but, giving up his Animals, becoz he could no longer take good enuf Care of them, since he couldn't even take good enuf Care of himself anymore.   He Bred Exotic Birds and Exotic Fish that few people had much Success with Breeding, and Pet Shops would eagerly Buy from him.  He Believed all Living Things have a Soul and Feelings, Humans just Project our Kinds upon them, or think coz their Kind is different, it's not legitimate.  Above is my Vendor Friend Cigar Hugh.

Above is one of the Granddaughters in Mexico, I Wish she hadn't put the Heart Emoji over her Face or the Phone in front of it tho'.   I think one of her Sisters was taking a Pix of her with their Phone, of her Taking a Selfie with her own Phone?  *LOL*  Modern Kids... *Ha ha ha*  And, she'd Dyed her Blonde Hair a Light Brown this time... sometimes they Dye their Blonde Hair Dark Shades to not look so Weta and Mixed Race.  The Three Younger Siblings of The G-Kid Force are Natural Blondes.  We, and Salvador's Family, do have some Recessive Genes in the Hereditary Woodpile.  *Winks*   Those of us who got the Recessive Genes Lottery doled out, tended to Hate it tho', coz we didn't look like the rest and so people would always ask you if you were Adopted?   And, worse, the Cultures you were Born into often didn't embrace you for looking so different and misfit.   So, it can have it's disadvantages Socially and it's advantages... a total crap shoot.  I remember as a Kid having some other Kids call me a Mutt.  Being referred to like a Mixed-Breed Dog I knew was not a compliment... but, I tended to like and even prefer Mutt Dogs, so I chose to take it as a Backhanded Compliment.  Those trying to Offend or Berate you HATE that!  *Winks and Laughs*

More of Friends of mine with Rocker Alice Cooper, this time Kim joined them.  He's such a nice Guy and his Wife is a Sweetheart too.  They often come to "Sweet Salvage" Events and to our Antique Mall, he used to have Spaces at our Locations.   Anyway, speaking of Music, The Son and his Friend Garrett are going to another Concert Tonight and this time he'll try not to get hurt or blacken his other Eye by getting too near the Mosh Pit.  *LOL*  Garrett comes all the way down from Casa Grande to go to these Events, he's from the Rez by there, I don't know if Garrett's Tribe is the Gila River Community or Tohono O'odham Nation tho'?  He and The Son have been Friends a long time, both being in The Trades, they have Worked together too.  When the whole ICE Threat became a Risk, all the Indigenous Workers left and went back to their Reservations coz ICE was picking up Indigenous and not recognizing their Tribal ID's as being "Legitimate American Citizenry", can you Believe that shit?!!!  They are the only Original American Citizenry, so WTF!!!

Since there were a lot of Immigrants in the Labor Force of all The Trades, everyone was concerned about ICE Raids.  And them just indiscriminately hauling folks off, even American Citizens, and Legal Immigrants with Work VISA's, without Due Process and putting them in those Concentration Camps or shipping them off to obscure Countries none of them are from!  The Orange Felon made Deals with scary Countries with Gulag Type Prisons and Death Camps, to House Deportees... like Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Congo, South Sudan, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda!!!   None of who they're sending there are from any of those Countries and nobody will probably ever hear of them again or even be told where their Loved Ones were dumped by this Administration, probably For Profit, coz you damned sure know he's making Money off this some kind of way.  The Son is part Indigenous and Hispanic, so he said even as an American Citizen, he's not certain he wouldn't be Racially Profiled by ICE too and Targeted.

Anyway, I'm glad he and Garrett kept in Touch even after both of them left The Trades due to all the Fuckery going on, including, but not limited to Asset Strippers and Venture Capitalists, often Buying Up smaller Companies and doing what they just do, like Human Locusts.  The Son recently heard that the last Company he Worked for who laid everyone off who'd been there 5-35 Years, asked everyone to come back!!!  He said only the very Old Workers who had 35 Years in and couldn't find Jobs due to their Age, came back, all the Younger Guys the Company screwed over said Fuck You.   The Son actually just had his new Employer ask him if he'd consider a Management Position already?  I'd always told my Spawn, Work with Excellence, somebody always Notices.  And Cultivate your Contacts and be Mentored by the ones willing to pass the Mantle as they're ready to Retire, and have you be their Prodigy, it's a Free Education that can't be Bought.

  He told them he'd think it over, in order to consult me to see what I thought about it.  It's a Fortune 500 Company, so I told him to be a Contender and rise in the Ranks, since he's so New and they're already so impressed with his Work, he could go far and fast.  Meteoric rises happen, it did with me in my Banking Career, I have always had great Mentors.  I was an AVP running several Departments for Major Lenders before I was 23 Years Old.   I beat out Contenders for Positions that had more Degrees than a Thermometer and more Experience.  And back when it was a Good Ole' Boy Network in Banking of Old White Men wearing Power Ties, and Sexual Discrimination along with Sexual Harassment was problematic and rampant, but I'm a Problem Solver and a Ball Breaker, so I did just Fine.  Rack 'em and let The Games begin!!!  *LOL and Winks*

Our Roofer just came and put the Tarps on The RV Garage Mahal Roof where it was Needed, he'd been Asses to Elbows busy, which is what I suspected.  Our Roof wasn't nearly as damaged as many actually, and now it's Tarped I have more of a Peace about any subsequent Storms not making the Roof Leak into the Interior and damaging contents.  I just don't want the Insurance Company getting hinky if it leaked and damaged some Contents and then they said, well, we told you it was fine to get it Tarped, why didn't ya?  You know how they are, I don't Trust 'em and they'll find all kinds of slimy ways to get out of paying Claims and for Damages they should cover on a Claim.  I still haven't heard from the Insurance Co. or the Lender who totes our Note and the Checks will flow thru.  So, I gotta figure out how they'll distribute Funds and how much they're paying out for the Job?   Their Deductible is ridiculously high now, due to all the catastrophic Global Weather... you could almost get a new Roof for what they wanna charge you per Claim to file one!

So, Bill Gates has joined the ranks of those influential folks Warning about AI and making suggestions about what they Need to do and FAST.  I agreed with everything he said, but, whether the Industry or our Government will do it, well, I have my Doubts, strong Doubts.  I have just about finished my 1st Book by Andrew Yang, he Warned of similar things and has viable Solutions like Gates does, among others, mostly in the High Tech Industries and many who were instrumental in Creating AI.   I just finished talking to Princess T's main Boss about AI and concerns, he Shares them and said it was refreshing to talk to another Person who sees the Red Flags he's also noticing and nobody is talking about and seems oblivious about.  

 Princess T told him, my Gramma has often Warned of things in Advance, that people should have paid more attention to and didn't, and it always comes to pass as she Predicted it would.  I'm not Proud of that, I'd rather have Peace than be Right. Also, I'm not the only one who Notices... and Collectively I don't think we make up the bulk of Society either, we're a marginal amount statistically, so we're often not taken Seriously, until it's too late.  I don't like to just have to say "I told you so...", I just Wish more Attention was paid by more who could promote Positive Change and implement Preventative Measures.  Instead of just running massive damage control behind what they turned loose and went Sideways or Haywire and overtook everyone.  Pandora's Box is wide Open... so... we'll Deal with it now or later.

Above is The Son with Comedian Jeff Ross.   He said Jeff is a really Nice Guy, I get that Vibe about him when watching his Routines actually.  I didn't realize 'til reading Andrew Yang's Books how many of my Fav Celebs were also part of The Yang Gang like I was and wanted him to be President and were very instrumental in his Campaign.  Celebs like Dave Chappelle, Donald Glover, Tommy Chong, Gwyneth Paltrow, Norm Macdonald, John Leguizamo, Anita Baker and Nicholas Cage, Mark Cuban, and Tech Giants like Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Jack Dorsey.  In fact, Yang jokes that if Elon had done for him what he did for Donnie, he'd be President now... and he could be Right.  *Too Bad Elon didn't get behind the Right One to Buy the Presidency for, we'd of had a Positive Outcome instead of this running Shitshow of Corruption, Incompetency, Insanity and Fuckery.  Le Sigh*  Yang was very Vocal about Biden stepping down, he got backlash for it and for voicing that Kamala was the Wrong choice, but for reasons that made Sense, but nobody wanted to Listen and didn't wanna Primary viable replacements to give us Voters better options for a more Winnable Candidate.

I liked and Voted for Kamala, since, well, what was the alternative, Right?  It wasn't that I felt she wasn't competent, but, she didn't parlay well when Interviewed or Debating, was too closely identified with what folks didn't like about the Biden Administration and couldn't separate herself from that, she was a Woman, and Black... and I just KNEW that America was not ready for a Woman or another Minority to become President.   Donnie only got in coz of those who resented Obama ever being a President, the Audacity of a Minority President really Frosted a lot of White folks, I am firm on that Observation.  I mean the Guy just wearing a Tan Suit caused Selective Outrage for Chrissakes!!!  Compared to the current Prez's Laundry List of actual serious Criminal Activity, lack of a Moral Compass, depravity, Cognitive decline and absolute Lunacy, well, a Tan Suit Outrage just seems quite ridiculous, doesn't it?

  

Next Month will be all of the Halloween Themed Events and I can hardly wait, it's the time of Year I most look forward to.  The "Sweet Salvage" Halloween Event is Sept. 17-20, The "Highland Yard Vintage" Halloween Market Event is Sept. 10-20, and "Halloween Wars 2026" on TV kicks off on Sunday Sept. 13th.  I've got it all Calendared for next Month.  We tried a new BBQ Restaurant nearby, their Pulled Pork Sammie was Okay, I've had better, it was a bit mushy for my taste.  Their Sauces, all of them, I tried 4 different ones, were very good tho'.  And... their Corn Fritters and their Beans were exceptional.  In fact, I could make a whole meal out of the Corn Fritters and couldn't stop eating them, they are Sublime... I could become addicted to just that Side of theirs.

The place was called "Rollin' Smoke BBQ" and I'll be a Regular for those Corn Fritters and will try some of their other BBQ Meats.  The Pulled Pork might have worked better on a Hamburger Style Bun and them not putting a Sauce on it for Takeout, which then made the Bun soggy.  I do not like soggy Breads, the Texture is off-putting to me even if the Taste is fine.  This is why I do think I'm perhaps on an Autism Spectrum coz Textures and how things 'Feel' to me and Stimulate me on a Sensory Level, can matter a lot more than it seems to for most people.  Certain Noises, Pitches, Light, Textures, interruptions in Routines can be difficult for me.  And my Filter is often very not as functional as it probably should be Socially, and when something or someone bothers me I will hold up the Mirror to them and Amplify it to a degree I know makes many folks uncomfortable.  Due to my lack of a Filter if you want to Square Off with me and Go There.  You better have ALL your shit in Order if you presume to Call me Out on mine.  *Winks*

 

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Totally killin' it for unpublished Posts into the far Future... Dawn... The Bohemian