I Refuse To Waste Good Eye Candy Imagery

 

Since we have no Clue what Word or Words caused Censorship of The Forbidden Post, I'm not bothered to try to rehash any of the Written Content... it was banal... and a Nothing Burger.  I have had requests tho' about what Imagery content was in it?  And, since I refuse to Waste Good Eye Candy Imagery from attending a really good Event, and my Retail Therapy Scores, I'm just dumping them in this Post, which, shouldn't have a problem being Censored {All Body Parts Crossed}.  Coz I want no more Blog Drama and Headaches from the Blogger Censors having the Vapors and messing with me or my Dear Readers.  Not about Access to any Post they wanna Visit, or me to Write, since, we have a Right to and Freedom to Share and Connect with one another as we want to as Grown Ass Adults.  And the Visuals I feel are worth rehashing and resharing so you can at least behold those without Restricted Access.

See, we all were fully Clothed... no Girls Gone Wild shenanigans.  *Winks*  We weren't at some Rally stirring and ginning things up... it was a Decor Event for Spring... Good Day Sunshine, all about Peace, Love and Harmony.  I don't find any of that the least bit controversial, do you?  *Bwahahahaha and Winks*  It wasn't even Good Trouble.  Just a Good Time had by all.   I did accidentally put my Arm up my Friend Michelle's Sleeve of her Kimono when I put my Arm around her for the pix... so we were laughing about THAT!  In a way that Older Ladies will.  *Winks and Smiles*  You can speculate about how that Conversation went about Senior "Action".  *Bwahahahahahaha*  We were told to throw up our Peace Signs by the Young Female Photographer who was Covering the Event for the Event's FB Page.  We were on a Video too and some of these are Stills from that Video.  I don't know how to Share the whole Video.

Nobody even Noticed, until afterwards, not even the Photographer, that us throwing up the Peace Sign mirrored my new Top's Graphics of Lennon doing the same!!!  Pure Serendipity, as well as the Fact that the Video Soundtrack AND the Theme of the Event was "Good Day Sunshine", a Song BY The Beatles!!!  Just Wow... that wasn't Planned by me to wear or even to recently Buy the PERFECT Outfit for that Song and Theme that would end up in the Video and Pixs taken for the Event's FB Page!!!  Sometimes things just Work Out like that in Mysterious ways!  The Video Stills are the Two Pixs Above... and the Old School Camera Pixs are Below that the poor Youngster, who'd never used an Old School Camera before, really tried to take, Bless her.  Giving a Young Person an Archaic Device like an ACTUAL Camera rather than using one's Cellphone, is a Tall Order, they have no idea how to use one!  *LOL*

So, with my Hand up Michelle's Sleeve accidentally... and the Youngster trying to figure out how to use my Camera, we were in Hysterics during the Photo Shoot, being totally inappropriate.  *LOL*  Our Talented Designer Friend Giesel is Young enuf to be our Kid, or Michelle's Kid, so she was getting a kick out of us Seniors being such a Riot... we can be a lot of Fun.  *Winks*   And the Event WAS a lot of Fun.  I had a really good time and did a fair amount of Retail Therapy.  I bought an Antique French Religious Reliquary Meerschaum made into a Necklace by my Talented Artisan Friend Cyndie.  It has an Angel and Child, quite Lovely.  I have a growing Collection of Cyndie's Work and the Reliquary Antique Necklaces from Europe in particular.  Sourcing them, due to Tariffs, is becoming more difficult and expensive tho', so I'm glad I could get some she'd previously Sourced from her Supplier in France.

 

I got the Appaloosa Horse Trophy Topper seen Below... Cyndie and I put it on top of a Candlestick to see how that would look, we Liked it.  I had intended to put it on top of an Antique Bottle as a Stopper, but now may attach it instead to an Antique Victorian Architectural Carved and chippy Painted Dowel.  I did like the Appaloosa Trophy below that but the price was not great for a Plastic Modern Trophy, so it was a Hard Pass.  But the Toppers were very reasonable, enuf so that Cyndie bought one just like mine to use in a similar way we both now will.  I got a pair of lovely Grey Dress Pants that were supposed to be One Size Fits All, but, sadly they didn't fit me well, too tight and uncomfortable until I lose more Weight, so I shall probably give them to The Daughter to wear until or unless I can get more of a slender Hip and Belly going on???  I'm losing Weight slowly, but I've got a long way to go to reach a desired Goal Weight.

I got the Bach Bros. of Chicago Clothing Brush that's carved Logo is on the Wood.  And I got another Santos Crown to put on my Bobcat Mount, since I couldn't find the one it used to have.  Even if I eventually find that one, this one is really nice, different, and was a good Price.  Anyway, so now you know what was talked about mostly in the Forbidden Post that was totally a Nothing Burger to Censor, so I doubt that Triggered the Warning the Post got.  I briefly touched on some Politics, won't do that with this Post so that it just keeps under the Radar and you can easily view it without needless restrictions imposed this time.  Second Guessing now what will be Flagged is annoying, but, how everything is being Influenced by AI and Bot use now is a great Unknown.   The big Data Centers are what none of us wants built in our Communities and draining valuable resources like big Leeches.  Here in the Desert we can't afford the Water used or enormous Raw Power Energy needed to run them.  Too much isn't known yet.

None of the Kids has to Work Tomorrow, haven't seen The Daughter for Days as she's staying where she's Working more than she's staying here now, which, is Fine.  They provide her Transportation and are Feeding her, so it's more beneficial and economical for her to be there than here.  And so long as everything is working out for everyone involved, it's a good thing.  She doesn't know about her Dad being Hospitalized again but no sense Stressing her out and distracting her, he's been stabilized enuf that I don't currently have any Worries things are adequately under control while he's inpatient in a Trauma Center equipped Hospital.  I notified Friends and Family on The Book of Faces, which is where I can do a Blanket Feed to all who are on our List to access that Page.  Some have responded and most of the time I know they are the ones who always will.  Most are my Family and Friends... but I can still then tell The Man all his side have been notified, nobody can say they haven't been, so how they receive it or respond then {or not}, is up to and on them.

This is my New Necklace.  I can't recall ever seeing one like this with an Angel.  Almost any of the Reliquaries are Gorgeous and worth Collecting and Wearing when made into Jewelry, but I like to try to find the ones I haven't seen as often, if ever.   And how Cyndie utilizes them I am particularly fond of and she knows I Display all of mine even when I'm not Wearing them myself.  My Antique Dress Forms and Mannequins Wear and Showcase/Model a lot of my Pieces when not in use.  I don't like hiding Beautiful Pieces away in Jewelry Boxes or Safety Deposit Boxes where they aren't enjoyed all of the time.   I am fortunate to have been Investing in and Collecting Beautiful Pieces for a very long time and never had Buyer's Remorse about any of it.  It's all something that my Heirs don't mind Inheriting and Love too.  We have similar Aesthetic and Tastes, or sense of Style, as a Family.  And I'm trying to Teach them all what is a Wise Investment and should gain in Value over Time.  So much can change over Time.  Some things being more Stable than others.

I was so Tempted to Buy this tiny little Cast Iron Boxer Antique Dog Figure which matches some Antique Boxer Doorstops I already own.  But, he was rather spendy for what he was, so I do Need to research Value for such small pieces, I'm only familiar with the Old Doorstop Dog Values.  But what keeps coming up are just the Doorstops, so I don't know if the tiny Figures are Rare or just not many up For Sale or desired?   I think it was a Hubley Piece, I just don't know if he was worth what they were asking for him?   And his Condition was only Fair, he's clearly been played with a lot it looks like, he's dinged up a lot and so his Paint is missing, especially on his Face.  And Condition is everything, I don't mind Patina and Use, nothing has to be Perfect, but, Price has to match Condition too.   In this case I wasn't sure it did reflect the barely Fair Condition.  So, it was a Pass on this lil Guy.  *Pouting*

Further down in the Post will be a Pix I didn't know I had taken of my Mannequin back before she got so busted up she was put up For Sale for the good Deal I got her for.   I knew she'd been previously a NFS Display Piece at that Event, but didn't realize I had that Pix of her before she got such extensive Facial damage.  I only Wish they'd kept the missing Pieces so we could have done a Restoration Project on her.  Sometimes the Seller/Owner doesn't think to Save the Pieces and offer them up as a Fixer Upper Piece that someone would try to do Repairs on.  Anyway, still glad I Scored her even with the considerable amount of damage she suffered long after that Old Pix of her was taken.  She wasn't Perfect even then and was showing her Age by her Condition... but, she wasn't AS Busted.  And part of the reason I don't use my Oldest and Best Vintage and Antique Mannequins is they do get damaged by Customers and Shoppers who just aren't Careful.  You can see her 1950's Hairstyle more in that Old Pix.

My Stats lately here on the Blog have been unusual, a lot of Archived Post Readership all of a sudden.  That didn't used to happen as much, which is why now I don't purge the Older Posts as harshly, since, they are being Read still in significant amounts.   And I'm often getting around 1,600 Views Daily overall, between current Posts and Archives ones, which is up, but not unnaturally so like that one time it spiked to levels that were suspicious.   I'm a Stats Person by Nature, so I like to delve into the Statistics that Blogger provides to us, it's interesting.  Top Referrers was a huge Surprise, didn't know which Bloggers were Referring me the most, Surprised at which ones were the most, wouldn't have thought it.   Browsers was Interesting too, Chrome is the most Popular Browser by far, followed by Safari and Firefox.   Systems was predictable, Windows, Macintosh, Android, Linux, and iPhone dominating, with the top Two being Windows and Macintosh by a landslide.  

  

Global Views is also Telling.  More than half my Dear Readers are not Americans in America.  I've always had a large International following tho', which is why The Young Prince put in a Translation Feature when he was Nine and set up my Blog, seeing that International Readers were interested and putting it in their Languages was therefore Helpful.  I've lived in several of the Countries of various International Readers, and I do Read a lot of International Blogs too.  Some of the Nordic Bloggers were particular favs since I just J'Adore Nordic Style of Decorating.  Would be difficult to replicate it here, doubt it would catch on, but I happen to be drawn to it.  Brocante French Style I J'Adore as well, it is perhaps the Style Sensibility I could Live with most easily and effortlessly.  One of my fav International Magazines was "Loving Brocante", it used to be carried at "Barnes & Noble" but they quit carrying it.  Tariffs make it too expensive to Import privately now.  I found a U.S. Seller on Etsy with Dutch Issues, I don't mind they're not in English.

So, Above is my Clothing Brush I bought and Below is the Santos Crown I bought, with my Bobcat Mount looking Lovely in it.  *Smiles*  Princess T just left to go to the Lake with her Gay Boy Posse.  She was bringing all the Fresh Fruit, don't know what each of the Boys was bringing coz both of them are excellent Cooks and Timmy especially is a Culinary Jedi.  He might be bringing a whole damned Buffet?!  *LOL*  That's why she said he's gonna make someone an Excellent Housewife some day.  *Winks*  He likes Cleaning, Cooking, Decorating a Space.  It's also why he knew Princess T wasn't gonna be able to "Train" her Boyfriend to be like that if he just isn't like that Naturally or inclined to improve doing things he just has never done with consistency.  You can never fall in Love with someone's POTENTIAL, they may never attain it.  If he's a Project when you meet him, he's likely gonna always Be one no matter how long you're together.  Rusty is a helluva nice Guy, but her complaint would mirror my own in any relationship, it's just a Deal Breaker if you don't take Care of yourself or your surroundings for me too.  Everyone's Standards have to be respected and gel with each other to make it work.

Below is my Vintage 1950's Mannequin when she wasn't so Busted Up.  You can see her Cracks in the Face, which eventually just broke away with Handling, or Manhandling of her.  Displays get a lot of use so it's not so unusual that they look Hammered over time and this Old Gal is around 70 now I'd Guess... so she held up pretty well for a Composite Mannequin Form.   Her outer Skin is like a Chalkware Painted and then applied to a Foam Type Form, like Taxidermy, she's an Illusion of being Real.   I'm gonna try to Save her Chin, which is hanging on but needs some E-6000 or something to shore it up and make it stick better.  I thought I'd Slept In Today since nobody has to go to Work and have Uber Me provide Transport.  I ended up "Sleeping In" to barely past 6:00 A.M.!!!  *Bwahahahahaha*  The Old Internal Clock has been reset now for early Mornings and there's no altering it now I guess.  *Winks*  I don't mind, I get so much done now being an Early Riser Morning Person for the 1st time Ever!!!

Below is the Food Porn Imagery that almost got Wasted in The Forbidden Censored Post... had to resurrect that for you to Enjoy.  Only 17 of you ran the Gauntlet Successfully to get into that Post.  For the rest of you Dear Readers, if you're up to the Challenge I'm leaving that Post Up even tho' I did a recent major Archived Post Purge, just so I can see how many more really try hard to Get In???  There's a part of me that wants to Thwart Bloggers attempts to Restrict all of you from seeing or dissuading you from Visiting a Post that was not worth all the hoopla and Drama that they attached and assigned to it erroneously.   To those that thought perhaps it was due to Sharing my BFF's Laid In Rest Pixs, Nope, that Post went thru with Zero Restrictions.  And I could understand why Post-Mortem Death Imagery, however Tasteful and paying Tribute to our Dearly Departed, would be hard for some Viewers.  That COULD be legitimately deemed Sensitive Content to some Viewers and would have made more Sense.  But... it wasn't deemed that at all.      

Eliminating various Words from said Post didn't lift any Ban either.  I tried eliminating any potential Trigger Word just to experiment, didn't make any difference whatsoever.  Convert the Post to Draft and redo it, to be more palatable and "Basic", you can't push it thru either.  I did have some Fun with Testing to see if I could bypass any of the Restrictions being Clever, well, you can't it seems.  Once they put any Post under Restriction, apparently it's Forever so.  Whatever.  So, that's when I decided, well, it couldn't have been the Imagery, so I'll just reuse it then in this Post and see what happens?  Mebbe it was an Offensive Crepe?  *Bwahahahaha*  Mebbe me and my Friends just being Happy and having a Good Time is Offensive these Days of Doom and Gloom?  *Winks and Giggles*   Mebbe my Dear newest Lil Prim Doll was too hideous looking for them?  *Smiles*

Mebbe the Mixing of Dark Coffee with Light Cream?   Can't have that Mixing of Colors!!!  *Eye Roll and Laughs*   Was there an Offending Team on the Pennant Circle Below???  There was a Native American Touching Richmond and another Native American Touching Washington, D.C.!!!  Gasp, the Horror!!!  *Smiles and LMAOROTF*

Mebbe it was a "Witchy Looking" Circle of Palms... Palm Henge perhaps? *LOL*   I still recall some Teens putting up a Humorous Sign near Pretentious Affluent Subdivision Hell when they were razing some more Farmland and Desert to cram in more Subdivision Hells, near some Irrigation Pipes saying "Save Pipe Henge".  I Photographed that and it made me Smile every time I drove by it, until one day the Bulldozers came and Pipe Henge and it's Call to be Saved and Preserved, was no more!!!   Now all the Raw Desert and Green Farmland around there is GONE and replaced with a Sea of more Subdivision Hells banking right up to the State Trust Lands that flank a huge Public County Park in the White Tank Mountains.   And this Regime is Selling Off our State and Public Trusts Properties and Natural Treasures like it's E-Bay.  You can bet The Public ain't getting a Dime off those Sales tho'!!!  Ooops, did I get too Sensitive THERE with those Statements being Too Much now?  Shrugs. 

Below is the Variegated Elephant's Ear Plant I bought at the Event, I forgot to mention I bought a Plant, I've never bought a Plant from there, but the Vendor had such good Prices on very nice ones.   I already have an all Green Elephant's Ear Plant on a Pedestal by the Front Door that is hanging almost down to the Ground now.  They do very well in Arizona, even in Full Sun or Partial Sun, and are drought tolerant.

As you can see I still have faux Pumpkins out on the Front Porch... and I've got some Valentine's stuff still up in the House.  *Le Sigh*  I just can't be bothered right now putting Holidays away with all the Medical Crisis that's unfolded since the Holidays began really and bled into 2026 from 2025.  It's been nonstop and no Breaks Caught.   Plus, The Daughter hasn't been Home at all, she's been consumed with Helping folks who can and will Pay her to do all the things she was doing for us here at Home and she Needs the Money and the Encouragement.  It was clear to me I couldn't convince her to run The Gauntlet that is Social Services.  She is too Paranoid about our Government now to Trust any of them and she's convinced they're out to Get her, perhaps all of us, for any Minor Infraction or to do some Soylent Green Thing with us Peons and sell off our Organs on the Black Market or something.  Since she knows they're already Trafficking Humans, especially Children.

 She isn't certain Elon is even a Human Being, she saw that one Video where his Face seemed to Glitch and that's all it took, she thinks he's a Cyborg Robot now.  *LOL*  I think he just took too much Ketamine... but, she could be Right and I could be Wrong... and he is severely Autistic and has Aspergers Syndrome or something... but, who knows for sure what's going on with ole Elon?   I thought Pence looked and acted like a Cyborg...  Some of them seem devoid of Emotion completely.  Mebbe that Putty on the Neck and Hands of Donnie Two Dolls is just a Bad Match to what they made him out of, when they keep trying to do Restoration Work to make him seem Real, I dunno anymore?  *LOL*  Keep the inappropriate Gallow's Humor coming Dawn and they'll Flag this Post too and then you'll have to rehash all this Photos AGAIN GF!!!???!!!  *Smiles* 

I had a couple of Scandalous Fashions made of Old Lace Tablecloths... and Doilies... DOILIES!!!   *Gasp, Clutches at her Pearls!!!*   And even MORE Offending Crepes with Butchered Berries!!!!  Oh No!!!  Not the Berries!!!

Well, now we shall see if this makes it thru Censorship Scrutiny... or not...

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May this Memorial Day remind you all of the ultimate Sacrifice some made for our Freedoms... and to even Blog about any of this... well, for now anyway... Dawn... The Bohemian

Oversensitivity AND A Scorpion Sting

 

Well, the Post that Published after The Forbidden Post got thru without Censorship, so perhaps it was a One Off for using a Trigger Word that is Flagged by Blogger, who knows Why anything happens these days?  Coz the Content of the Post was so banal it couldn't have been anything so Sensitive it should have given anyone the Vapors.  All Readers who managed to get in to that Post agreed, it was Business as Usual and nothing remotely Sensitive about any of it.  Mostly my attendance of an Event, my Purchases, Family Photos, me and Friends at the Event, everyone with Clothes on. *LOL and Winks*  So, anyway, my Apologies for it and to anyone who had a hassle Visiting and being unable to Read or Visit my Blog that Morning.  Which is why I did an Evening Post for the same Day... with an explanation of what transpired and was going on.

The Son called from Work to say they were giving him a Lunch since he was Working Full Hours and he was getting a "Little Caesars" Hot N Ready Pizza.  He was only eating 2 slices so wanted me to come pick up the rest for the Family's Dinner, which I did.  While I was there, which was Minutes, The Man got stung by a Scorpion on his Foot near his Media Chair in the Livingroom!!!   So Princess T was calling me in a Panic, her Grandpa was hollering like he might Die, but most people don't have a serious reaction to Scorpion Stings, they hurt, and we'll keep a close Eye on him to make sure his comorbidities don't cause a reaction, but on extremities, it's not Life Threatening.  So, The G-Kid Force have a Black Light hunting for it to Kill it.  

We don't get many that infiltrate inside, but by now everyone in the Family has been stung by one at least once.  I'm allergic to Bee Stings, but not Scorpion Stings, go figure.  I've been Stung on the Ass and on the Foot with no ill effects, just searing Pain and Swelling.  The Son once did have a Life Threatening reaction to a Sting, requiring a trip to the ER and a lot of Anti-Venom Shots, but it was on his Chest, close to his Heart, is probably Why?  He got Stung again somewhere else not close to a Vital Organ and didn't have a critical reaction that time.  So, anyway, it's always something, isn't it?  Geez!!!   The Son told me, you can't catch a Break, Mom, whenever you leave the House some Crisis unfolds!  He isn't Wrong.  So, The Man is being overly Dramatic and uncooperative now, we can't get him to change Rooms and just settle down... he's amped up.

I told him the Kiddos will try to find it and Kill it, they're on a Mission to now, especially The Young Prince, he Loves Scorpion Hunting and Killing of them.  But I don't want Grandpa back in that Chair or wandering around that Room in his Bare Feet, unsteady and getting in the way, yet, he is anyway, being Stubborn as an Old Mule!!!  Remaining Calm is important after you've had a Sting.  But he had the same Reaction of not remaining Calm when he had that Bee Sting.  The one that actually Saved his Life coz it did cause Docs to find a Blocked Artery to his Heart, that's when he had that other Heart Surgery and Stents placed, Two of them that time.   UPDATE:  I took him to the Urgent Care, they're transferring him to the Hospital he had his Heart Surgery, he'll be admitted for observation.  He didn't seem to be having a Reaction badly to the Sting, but had worked himself up into AFib and his Blood Pressure skyrocketed from Anxiety and Agitation.

So, they gave him something for Pain, something for Anxiety, did an EKG and Chest X-Ray, and will submit all that to the Hospital he's transferring to at Abrazo West.  We should have a Punch Card for how many Visits and Hospitalizations he's had!!!   He wouldn't be Calm so I'm glad they gave him something for the Anxiety and Agitation, anymore, once he gets Agitated, there is nothing you can say or do to Calm him Down or convince him he's Okay.  I was concerned he'd work himself up into another Heart Attack.   We never did find any Scorpion, I couldn't see any Sting Mark or Swelling/Redness, but it was on the Calloused part of your Foot Bottom, so, I dunno, that might have protected him some and the Doctor said his Size also helps.  Princess T, even questioned if he got Stung or not?  The Grandson too, and Honestly, I wasn't certain myself coz nobody else saw it happen and he didn't act all that convincing at first... 'til he worked himself up.

I do know people with Dementia sometimes hallucinate, he claims he saw a Scorpion and that it Stung him on the bottom of his Big Toe of his Left Foot, so, you don't wanna NOT Believe him.  But the fact all Three of us were skeptical, was just Odd... and I couldn't ignore that he could have been, and with his recent Health Crisis you can't take any chances.  I wasn't certain what the Medical Staff thought or Believed honestly, they were going on our Word it happened, I was going on his Word it happened, I was asked if anyone else saw it, we hadn't and I told them that.  So... I don't know but the Observation will be important for his Heart and elevated BP if nothing else.  The good thing is, if he did indeed suffer a Sting, he doesn't seem to be allergic, which is a relief. 

 He does exaggerate things a lot so it's difficult to discern what you can take Seriously and what he's exaggerating or even making up now.  He tells you what he Thinks you wanna Hear or he Thinks he Should say, so his Answers aren't always consistent or accurate.  And it's getting to be a revolving Door of Hospitalizations and setbacks now that are constant, it's exhausting, physically and emotionally.  I'm glad I can Blog to Center myself when things are particularly Crazy and Stressful.  You guys are still cheaper than Therapy.  *Winks*  The Forbidden Post still only has 14 Views coz nobody can get into it!!! Stats told me Hundreds visited that day, but only 14 got in or risked trying to, offput by whatever happens when you Agree to a "Warning".  Nothing happens BTW, I visit many a Blog that's been put on permanent "Sensitive Content Warning" and 99.9% of their Posts have absolutely nothing remotely "Sensitive" about it, not what they Write, not the Visuals.  It's all rather Hype and Oversensitivity by Blogger IMO.  I did enjoy all your explanations, possibilities and Theories, they all made Sense and you all could be Right.  Lotsa variables exist as to how or Why it happened?

Anyway, the Fact that Hundreds of my Visitors got turned away becoz of Blogger's Oversensitivity is something that did Piss me Off.  Becoz I don't like any of you to come to Visit me and be turned away by someone else, ever... becoz of something they're making up that doesn't even Exist or they Imagine is Real, and is Exaggerated or Fabricated, Rules that are nonsensical to most of us.  I'm quite Sure that the Word "Kleptocrat" didn't really bother any of you who showed up to try to visit or you wouldn't have even showed up, it was in the Title!!!  Or a BJ?  *Winks*  And as far as The Man being Hospitalized, it didn't really matter whether he did or didn't get a Scorpion Sting coz they transferred him from Urgent Care to a Hospital due to his Heart being problematic again for being so worked up... or perhaps the Sting, like the Bee Sting before it, caused an adrenalin rush that identified another blockage???  We'll see.  So many variables, I just know he damned near had another Heart Attack last Night, it was Scary.

And it's making Docs so nervous at the VA or Urgent Care Facilities that they're immediately Transferring him to a Trauma Hospital every time now!  So, that's lotsa Ambulance Rides and Hospitalizations that I'll have to keep Fighting Insurances to Pay Out on.  HUMANA is balking at paying for anything, TriCare won't Pay for what they say HUMANA, being the Primary, should be Paying, they're the Secondary.  And so far the VA has covered what they did at their Hospital, but, they aren't a Trauma Hospital and don't have the Staffing for Serious Cases due to Budget Cuts by this Administration to all Veteran's Services.  You know, becoz we can't afford it, since he has to Fund a War, a Vanity Arch, and a Ballroom instead.  He has never given a damn about our Military, he's a Draft Dodger and considers Real Patriots to be Suckers and Losers.  Rewarding only Criminals and Cop Beaters and those trying to overthrow the Government and try to hang his own Vice President!

Anyway, we'll be buried in Medical Debt like we were back when he had his Catastrophic Accident, and keeping him Home and out of the Hospital is becoming ever more challenging.  Our Home Nurse, OT's and PT's all tell me to try like Hell to keep him out of Assisted Living or Long Term Care.  Why?  Not just becoz of exorbitant expenses, but coz they don't do anything to improve the Resident's Health and instead hasten the deterioration by keeping them Bedridden too long and not doing any Exercises with them to keep them moving or the least bit Mobile, Active and Balanced.  The White OT John was a Social Worker before he went into the Medical Field and said he even Volunteered to Train Nursing Home Staff how to do the Simple Exercises with their Residents to delay deterioration and improve their conditions. 

 Whether they follow thru or not he couldn't say.  He gave the Facilities that FREE Training tho', on his own Time, for the Benefit of those Residents.  He said what Home Help does is really Gig Work, but he prefers it.  He was so pleased with The Man's Progress that Morning too, so this whole Sting Thing is a real Setback again, we'll be starting from Square One with OT and PT once he gets out of Hospital AGAIN... and I'll have to inform all the Home Help that he's Hospitalized AGAIN.  I dunno, is this the 5th or 6th time in only 2 Months?!  Like I said, Staff at Urgent Care Joked that I should get a Punch Card and mebbe a Free Puppy on the 10th Visit or something.  *Winks and Le Sigh*   And I don't even know if anyone is getting Paid... yet... or all that they should even if the Appeals override the Denials?

I've had Dear Readers give me some Opinions of what could have prompted the Censorship of the previous Forbidden Post and each of them could be Right.  There are so many variables and it could be some Bot flagging Words that are in it's Design to 'catch', just like I've always heard some Books checked out at the Library or Bought are 'Flagged'... and so I wouldn't be all that Surprised it's like that.  A banal Post shouldn't have caused so much hoopla otherwise, but it did now spark Interest for those now dying to see what Forbidden Text or Imagery it held?!  *Gasp, Anticipation... then Disappointment that it was a Nothing Burger... Damn!!!  LMAOROTF*  Still, only 14 have gotten thru The Gauntlet that Blogger made it to be, so... we'll see how many Dear Readers make it thru The Gauntlet just out of Curiosity now?  *Winks* 

 I know I would, just becoz I've got a Curious Nature and Natural Defiance like that, and tell me I can't or shouldn't do something, or it can't be Done, and you've now Intrigued me.  *LOL*  I may have never even taken Notice until YOU made a Big Deal out of something unnecessarily.  And thus draw my Attention to it, like an Apex Predator that suddenly spies Prey that should have just been Still and Silent, remaining Invisible and Unnoticed to me as a Target now to mess with and explore, what is THIS?!  *Ha ha ha*  Sorry also to Disappoint those that went Hoop Jumping to brave The Gauntlet and then got a Nothing Burger... NO Sensitive Content or Juicy Scandals to Reveal, no Naughty Pixs...  it wasn't MY intent, it was Blogger's Fault for being overly Sensitive or having a Hysterical Bot on Duty who doesn't understand Context or even have Emotions and making Presumptions as just a Machine, a Tool.  *Smiles*

The Son made me Breakfast when I got Home from doing Environmental Cleanup and dropping his Niece off at Work this Morning.  The Hospital Visiting Hours are later so I'll go after I take The Son in to Work at 10:00 a.m., he's got various Hours now he's in Training for various Positions there.  He said Two Elderly Regular Customers complimented him profusely while he was Working his first Register!  Saying he was the hardest Worker there they had Witnessed who was working tirelessly to provide Excellent Customer Service.  That IS what he's all about on any Job he's ever been on so he is used to Complimentary Feedback and feels it Represents well whoever he is Working for, as well as for his own Reputation and Career Advancement.  People do Notice, I've always told my Kiddos that... you never know whose Paying Attention to whatever you're doing, saying, behaving.

He was saying he didn't know how much I used his Store until he's now working there and notices the same Products we have at Home from there.  *LOL*  I CAN stretch a Buck and now he appreciates that all the more.  I'm always Mindful of either Making Money or Saving Money on The Buy.  It's Instinctive to me, I do it without even really Thinking about the fact I'm ALWAYS doing it in my Head, constantly.  When it comes to Money it all clicks in my Head like an Idiot Savant Thing.  I've been able to do it since I was a Toddler and Adults would marvel at a Two Year Old who could talk Financial shit and Deal Making, Negotiating Successfully, to them, so deeply, like I'd been some Guru in another Life perhaps and was now Reincarnated as a little Child?  *Ha ha ha*  The Older I became the better at it and faster at it I became and would just subconsciously always be doing it.  I cannot NOT do it in fact, who knows Why?  It's a Good Thing to have automatically happening in your Head all the time, so, I don't Care. 

Anyway, he goes in at 10:00 a.m. Today and then I'll head out to the Hospital coz Princess T often gets off Work early on a Saturday too.  Her Boss is going on Vacation for a Week, so he's trying to Square things away tho', so, she has worked longer Hours than usual lately.  With not being with her Boyfriend anymore... and it does look like they've broken up... she has more Time on her Hands to fill.  She's a Homebody, so otherwise she'd stay Home.  But, her Gay Boy Posse, upon learning she and The Boyfriend broke up, and they all know Rusty too, since they all went to School together, are taking her out this Holiday Weekend for a Three Musketeer Adventure to the Lake.   Matthew and Timmy will not have their Girl sitting Home Sidelined becoz of a Romantic Breakup or becoming despondent about it.  So, the Band is back Together so to speak now.   Girrrrrl, go Wash your Face!!!   *Bwahahahahaha*  It's Urban Tough Love Motivational Talk to Pull yourself Together, Shaking Off the Negativity, and Taking Control of Your Life!!!  A Metaphor for a Quick Mental and Emotional Reset.

The Gay Boy Posse blew up her Phone once the Tea got Spilled that Rusty was On The Outs with her.  *LOL*  She was Laughing so hard she had to Show me the Texts and Emojis they were sending her... they are Queens and a Riot!!!  Timmy has been doing more with his Posse than with his Boyfriend lately too, so that Guy may be On The Outs as well very soon?  Timmy could do better, Matthew nor Princess T ever liked this Mister Wonderful that Timmy has been with now a long time.  I met him and shook Hands once, they had come to visit my Showroom and ran into me there at the Antique Mall.  So, Timmy made an Introduction... as T's Gramma.  Apparently the Guy had Heard all about me.  *LOL and Winks*  The Boyfriend was Tall, Dark and Handsome, very Thin and Introverted, limp Noodle Handshake tho', which on a Guy, even a Gay One, I don't Like... I couldn't see him being a Love Match for Timmy tho', quite Honestly. 

  Matthew and The Granddaughters Tea Spilled about the Guy only confirmed my Gut Instincts and Intuition about him.  Swipe Left Timmy, Swipe Left Dear!  Mebbe the Sex is too Good tho', I dunno...  But I'm Glad to hear the Trio is Together again and doing stuff, they always have the Best Time Out Together and it's beneficial to all Three of them to get Together more often and do stuff.   Matthew is very immersed in University Studies, he's a Brainiac Full On Geek, on a Full Boat Scholarship he Earned earmarked for advancement of Smart but Disadvantaged Indigenous Students.  Princess T said he's the 2nd most Genius Guy she knows behind her Brother being the most Genius Guy she has ever known.  But Matthew is way more Functional Genius and Applied... not teetering over into Insanity Territory as The Young Prince is inclined to do walking that Fine Line between Genius and Insanity.

   And Timmy can be a Wild Child, so those Two temper his Impulses and keep him on Track, coz you couldn't get any more Restrained, Disciplined, and Abiding than Matthew and Princess T are... Golden Children, and very Old Souls, both of them.  *Smiles*   Timmy found another Job, don't know where this time, he's Smart and Talented, but was a Special Needs Student like Princess T, so had Academic Challenges, and he was a Meth Baby too, also Raised by his Maternal Grandparents.  His Mother never got Clean and his Uncle was Murdered during a Drug Transaction gone Wrong.  So now his poor Grandparents are Raising his Two Younger Female Cousins that the Murdered Uncle was Single Parenting before he got Killed.  His Grandparents own a Mini Farm here in the Community and are hard working People, his Grandpa owns a Construction Business, his Gramma is a Nurse. 

 They ADORE Princess T and would like her and Timmy to be a Couple one day.  *LOL*  If at Forty neither of us Marries, we'll be a Couple, Timmy and Princess T both claim.   He'll make a Good Housewife she says, and he wants to be a Housewife and be Kept.  *Ha ha ha*  We ADORE Timmy too, he and Princess T have been so close since their Tweens, that her Brother told me that Timmy is her Surrogate Gay Brother fill-in, for all the Years he was Grown and had moved away.  *Smiles*   She and her Brother are very close, even tho' they are Yin and Yang personality wise, and couldn't be more Opposites than they are as Siblings, plus being Five Years apart in Age.

We can't find the House Keys to the Front Door, we think The Man did something with them, he Hides shit now all the time then doesn't recall that he did or where it might be.  Remember his Meds being Hidden, well, now it's fucking Keys!!!  I don't wanna have the expense of Rekeying the Locks if we can't locate them or they're somewhere random anyone could access them, they aren't where they should be or the usual places he stashes them.  *Le Sigh*  I'm going to ask when I visit him, tho' that's futile as a last resort, he probably doesn't even know where he is or why he's even there?  Let alone the last place he took the Keys and put them!!?  He was the last one coz nobody else ever bothers with them, he wants to be the Door Lock Warden when we leave the House and it needs to be Locked Up and we give him that little Independent thing he can still do.  But, if he's losing/misplacing the Keys now, it might be Time... not to.  *Le Sigh*  His World gets Smaller daily now.  Which means mine gets contracted some too.  UPDATE: Found the Keys, they'd just fallen off the Hook when he last took one of his Hats off the Hook to wear and they fell down.  *Whew*

And, keeping him Home and out of the Hospital these days for the last few Months, is like being on a Merry-Go-Round you can't Stop to get off of.  But, you bought the Ticket, so you're on for the Whole Ride... Wheeee, Throw Your Hands in the Air like you just don't Care now!  *Sighs and Laughs, coz what else can you do?*  It will be Interesting what the Hospital says THIS time for Inpatient or Outpatient Care?  It's a Holiday Weekend too, not Ideal Timing for Staffing or Hospitalizations if you're really Bad Off, this I KNOW!!!  *Grimace*  It's certainly not how I wanted to spend our Memorial Day Weekend, that's for damned sure.  I mean, I didn't have Plans, per se, but none of it would have included a Health Crisis so soon after the last one, Urgent Care, another expensive Ambulance Ride the Insurance probably won't Pay for or Cover either, and another Hospitalization.  He's Touch and Go all of the time now, I don't even know how to Cope with it actually???  

And you do get some Health Professionals that are Judgmental about how you're Coping or Handling nonstop Crisis and Near Death Experiences.  They KNOW what to do and lose sight of the fact that those of us not in the Profession are fucking Winging it on a Wing and a Prayer!  The ones that always pontificate on, you should always Call an Ambulance, regardless that Medicare no longer covers Ambulance Rides at over Two Grand a Pop, are trite with that Advice, when their Doctor Salaries are Three Digit Incomes... and ours mos def are not on Pensions and Disability Fixed Incomes.  Listen, once Medical Bills are in the Hundreds of Thousands or approaching a Million Plus, Doc, I just can't keep adding to it to be more underwater and unable to Pay it, Okay!  I'm already struggling to keep Gas in the Tank now it's over $76 a fill up {that's if I've built up a Discount at the Pump}... and to keep a Family of Six Fed and just Housed, providing the Basics and Essentials of Life.  They're often so Tone Deaf and Out Of Touch with the Average American's Experience and Hardships or Struggles.

People don't sit around the Dinner Table talking about the fucking Stock Market or where they'll next go on their next lavish Vacation.   So, don't be so smug about, you should do this, that or the third, when they don't have a Clue what your finances, exposure and Debt Load even is to just Exist... let alone Live Life Fully and be having your Best Days Ever.  If Insurances would cover what you Pay them for to Cover and WHY you even have Insurances in the 1st place, well, we wouldn't even be having this Conversation, would we?  But, they don't.  And I spend more time on the Phone Fighting with Insurances than I do Blogging, if that gives you any Point of Reference and comparisons, coz I Blog every Day.  It's less Time Consuming Blogging than it is Fighting The Systems, which is part of WHY I Blog... as a Release so I don't either implode or project outwards, with the Rage I often Feel about Fighting The Systems on behalf of my Family.  Diffusing Rage is crucial, or, you go Postal and make the Ten O'Clock Local and National News Cycle as the last Person who just did.

I understand Why Luigi Mangione has such a Cult Following, don't Agree with it, but understand how folks are Feeling some kind of way about Vigilante Justice these days, when Injustice prevails in our Systems.  And Justice is certainly not being Served nor evident... or is moving at a Snail's Pace and at the Speed of Death.  And it helps if the Vigilante has a Handsome Face... so he has his Groupies, as to be expected.  I mean even this fat Orange deranged POS has his Groupies, so, Groupies be doing Groupie shit like that... even Manson had 'em.  LATER: Got back from the Hospital, The Man is settled in nicely and has a good Roommate, a Middle Aged Black Guy who is very nice, pleasant, funny, and has something Seriously Wrong with one of his Arms, swollen up bigger than my Leg!!!  There is a Screamer on the Ward tho', making horrific Screams like a Scream Queen in a Horror Movie, it's an Older Guy tho', very unnerving.  He's on the Escapism Cautionary Ward again.

He was weary looking, they're still worried about his elevated BP and Heart, not really that concerned about a Sting as much... which is probably fine, from what we talked about here earlier in the Post.  Still don't see a Mark where he said it got him, no redness, no swelling, but I can't say he didn't get Stung either.  Anyway, he was happily ordering his Pot Roast Lunch, he's on a Cardiac Diet but not a Liquid One this time.  He has a Bed Alarm, Nice Nurses who are attentive even tho' it's a Holiday Weekend, he has Dark Red Circles around his Eyes, which I didn't like the Look of.  But it is indicative of Neurotoxic Envenomation too, so, perhaps he was Stung and that's Evidence he actually was?  He was saying his whole Body felt Tingly and his Muscles were jumping and spasming, which Scorpion Stings hurt like Hell and definitely do that, I've been Stung Twice and know.  I did Hate to Doubt him.

He was watching the original "Die Hard" with Bruce Willis.  After my visit I went to "First Watch" for Lunch, only ate about 1/3 of it and brought the rest Home for later.  There's a "Trader Joe's" by it so I also did some light Grocery Shopping for perishables we needed.  They have good pre-made Salads, Spring Rolls, and diced Veggie Mixes so I got some of those too, along with Fresh Shelled Edamame and Asian Scallion Pancakes.   I'm gonna put the diced Veggie Mix {Celery, Carrots, Onion} into Stuffing Mix for a Side Dish.  We Love Stuffing and I've been Craving some for an unknown reason.   The Grocery Store and the Restaurant were packed for the Holiday Weekend.  I got 30 Cents a Gallon off my Gas but it was still $4.49 and cost me $76 to fill the Truck up.  Our Mall is having a Memorial Day Sale so I Hope that Stimulates Trade some?  I didn't stop in, don't wanna risk them asking me to Work, I'd have to decline due to circumstances.

It was nice to have a good Meal Out, then do some leisurely Grocery Shopping without having to worry about Caregiving responsibilities.  The Son, The Daughter, The Granddaughter were all at Work... The Man Hospitalized... The Young Prince had a Guest here visiting him.  So, I had the Day to myself really after dropping in at the Hospital for about 30 Minutes to visit The Man and see how he's faring.  He was only up for a short visit, he looked very tired and had been Sleeping when I arrived at around 11:00 a.m., he woke to visit with me and probably went back to Sleep after I left.  It had been a rough 24 Hours for him again.  I feel so bad for him and yet I get Angry too, becoz sometimes Coping is hard and Anger is Fear in Disguise.  I am Fearful that we've had such a very rough start to 2026 with his Health, constantly, with no Breaks.  And I'm feeling less able to Care for him as things progressively worsen.  That scares me coz he will fare better remaining at Home, so will we all, coz Long Term Care isn't remotely affordable or covered.

Princess T got her 1st Write-Up at Work coz some 40 Year Old Newbie Trainee cited her as the reason the Woman couldn't handle the Job.  To say that a 20 Year Old is responsible for someone twice their Age not being up to the Job is a pretty lame excuse to quit, but, Princess T said that the Woman looked like an Old Hooker and just wasn't gonna cut it and asked a lot of Odd Questions that she didn't feel she had Answers to and really didn't have anything to do with the actual Work.  She defended herself in the Meeting, but said it seemed they Believed this Newbie over a longer time, but Younger, good Worker who is up to the Job.  So, she felt this Woman just didn't Like her and was making Trouble for her on the way Out, which is highly likely.  

If someone is gonna fabricate a reason for Quitting right away or has a personality clash from The Jump, there isn't much you can say about their "Opinion" given upon their Exit Interviews.  Management was just really upset she Quit already... but, that's not The Granddaughter's Problem or Issue if someone chooses to Quit or isn't up to the Job.  I think Princess T's inexperience, being so Young, is that she isn't Reading People well that she does not know and how to be most cautious around them in the Workplace.  Some folks are Saboteurs everywhere they go or have Personality Conflicts with damned near everyone in their Path, but want to project Blame on everyone but themselves when things don't Work Out for them.  She gets along with everyone very well at Work, is well Liked, and is an Introvert Personality and not confrontational at all.  So I can't Imagine she wasn't Kind and Patient with Training this Older Woman and Respectful given she was the Age of a Parent.  

She's Respectful to her Elders always.  She just got the impression this Woman was very much Belonging to The Streets, and she was probably Right with that evaluation.  She wouldn't Judge someone for that, but, she said that she really didn't think this Woman was gonna Last, and she didn't, and mebbe she hasn't Lasted at any place of Employment for all we know.  Mebbe the only kind of Work she's been good at, isn't what she's trying to do now?  To try to make an Honest Living.  Just sayin'.  If she's an Ex-Felon, or an Old Pro, working Retail in a Receiving Room might be a stretch for her to catch on to or tolerate, too Structured, too many Rules, mebbe she didn't Care if she kept the Job or not and it might have been a Parole or Probation Requirement?  It's a tough Transition to make from making a Living doing something In and Of The Streets, to actually performing at a Traditional Legal Job.  Not all folks Transition well or cut it and Wash Out trying.  Its why Crime goes up around Amazon Warehouses, they Hire a lot of Felons cheaply, many of whom Wash Out and then resort to doing what they only know to do, Crime, now in that Community.

 I had to Train a lot of Community Service folks when I did Street Ministry Work and most of them had an Attitude about whatever they were HAVING to do for the CS Requirement, but, didn't really wanna BE there.  Of coarse my Grandchild would not know this Woman's Back Story... and it wouldn't be her Business to either.   But it's sounding very familiar to me, given what Princess T told me her Impressions were of this Older Woman who made Trouble for her and she can't understand why she even would?  Coz she did nothing Wrong.  But if that Woman didn't project and shift Blame elsewhere, she'd have to look at herself as the reason she can't do the Job, many folks struggle with that too, Owning what their Outcome is.  Blaming only themselves for Failures or Limitations they experience.  She told her Boss and Upper Management, well, am I Fired then, coz I'm not gonna Quit becoz of what this New Person Made Up about me that isn't even True, and used as an Excuse to Quit.   And really, that's all that Needed to be said.

The Son found out Today that his current Boss at Work, Elijah, whose only about 23, is going back in The Trades, Plumbing Work he used to do and Pays better.  The Son is Happy for him, being from The Trades himself, he knows it pays way better, but can be off and on again Work.  So, that Position will be Open as Supervisor of Receiving.  It's the Brother of the Young Man that Princess T used to Work with, Sean, they look so much alike too, both very Nice Young Men.  Sean got a new Job as well with more Hours, which was good to hear.  Most of these Entry Level Low Paying Jobs are Transitional Jobs to begin with, nobody makes a Career of them or expects to, so Retention is always low.  If there's little to no chance of Promotion or Full Time Hours, folks end up Quitting or getting Fired eventually.  The Companies don't Value the Worker, the Worker therefore doesn't Value the Job. 

 And if you can't even make a Living at it, and afford the bare necessities like Food and Housing or Living Independently, why would or should you really?   And I think AI is only gonna make that worse by eliminating better White Collar Jobs and Positions Students have Paid a Fortune to get College Degrees for!  They were saying at Graduation Commencement Ceremonies the Speakers have been Booed if they bring up AI, coz these Graduates know it's compromising not only their Future and Employment, but they'll be on the Hook for their Student Loans and all that Work to Earn them, was for Nothing and a Waste if AI is gonna Replace them in the Near Future and Eliminate those Jobs for Humans!  This is what the Younger Generations will have to Wrestle with... and Companies too, coz when Consumerism Bottoms Out coz too many People aren't even Earning an Income to Buy anything or Consume anything... everyone Loses.  As we Die Off these Younger Generations will have no Elders helping them out either or Taking them In, so Society better figure something out, FAST!!!

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Aren't I a Ray of fucking Sunshine?

Dawn... The Bohemian