The No Clever Title Post

The Daughter got so much done inside the House while The Man and I were out doing stuff on Sunday.  I was thrilled when we returned Home, it looks so good and very little now to find alternative placement for.  The Man and I foofed the Showroom at the Antique Mall and put some higher end Merch in the Locked Case and some Vintage Pyrex Ivy Design Nesting Mixing Bowls in the Showroom.   We scoured the Mall for my missing Comic Books and Display, I fear some Vendor Stole them and they're just gone.  No Customer would walk out the Door with a whole Lucite Display filled with about 20+ Comic Books, so I highly suspect it to be an Inside Job. 

  I'm mad about it, but, nothing I can do about the Loss.  It's probably about an Eighty Dollar Loss out of potential Profits, the Display was a nice one and NFS.  Management didn't really research it to look at Surveillance and now the Surveillance Video would be scrubbed.  The last time some of the Comics Sold was on the 13th, so I know it was there then, but the exact Date it disappeared, I don't know for Sure since I hadn't been in very much to even notice it was gone right away.  So many Vendors Sell Comic Books, some of them Specialize in that genre, and mine weren't the expensive ones, so why mine just got boosted, who knows?  Theft can be so random like that and just opportunistic to a Thief.

Vendor Heisting often happens during Move Outs too, when a Vendor is leaving the Mall for good and takes all their Inventory out and might hide someone else's in a Big Move Out.  The Front Desk Greeter is supposed to check everything outgoing to ensure it matches the Vendor's Number and all of it has a legit Price Tag on it.  But, some working the Desk are not that vigilant or diligent about doing it, or are too Trusting, or feel they "know" the Vendor taking stuff out.   So, anyway, we established it appears none of it is still in the Mall anymore, so it had to of been Stolen.  I reported it twice and also told Vendor Friends to keep an Eye out in case they see it... but, it's a Write-Off for now.

We also did some Environmental Cleanup at the Nature Preserve of Tres Rios.  The River was running fast and deep, more so than usual.  We hauled out about 25 lbs. of Aluminum Cans from around it, not bad since we weren't there very long as I do have to pace myself and take it easy.  That's about all we did for the day, but, it was enough and tired me out.  The Son bought Dinner from a local Mexican Restaurant as Takeout for us all, which was a nice Surprise.   We watched an Old Movie AWAKENINGS {1990} with Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro, I'd never seen it before and it was very good, touching.  It is based off a True Story of the Summer of 1969 at an Asylum, dealing with Victims of Encephalitis, the Sleeping Sickness Pandemic of WWI. 

Monday Afternoon I will be having the follow-up with my Cardiologist, Dr. McDreamy, Dr. Nick.  *Winks*   The Daughter wants to come with me and that's fine, I think she just wants to see this Stud Muffin Doctor.  *LOL*   He is very easy on the Eyes and such a nice Young Man, we asked Princess T if she might wanna come and look Cute so she might snag herself a Cardiologist?  *Bwahahahahaha*  Hey, it wouldn't be a Bad Thing, No?  *Smiles and Winks*   Anyway, I'm interested to learn what the Heart Monitor I wore for 10 Days picked up on regarding my Heart?   And what his Diagnosis is gonna be?   I'm not at all anxious about any of it, whatever this is, I've probably always had and it just never caused a problem before now.

Well, since I'm not watching The News I am still obtaining Hi-lites of more of the new Regime demented one's newest slew of insane Executive Orders via The Land of Blog and what fellow Bloggers offer in tidbits of it all.  One such Order is making Native Americans Non-Citizens again!   Well, Indigenous people were not even made American Citizens until 1924 and I guess the Orange One wants to take us all back to the 1800's in so many ways.  To make it so American Indians aren't Citizens of their own Stolen Country, well, that's rich, isn't it, but, it would also take away their Vote.  He did pretty well with the Native Vote this last Election, so, his Executive Order would have more to do with Racism.  If you remember, he also would like to take the Vote away from all Women and all People's of Color... so that only White Men could Vote. *Eye Roll*  

And, they've been rounding up some of the Native American Population in Urban Areas like Phoenix and holding them for Hours, even with their Tribal ID!  The Navajo have been particularly impacted.  Well, most folks can't tell the Browns from the Reds, you know, they don't see that many Indigenous to know what the Hell we are!  People always mistook my Dad for being Asian, even Asians did.  *Bwahahahaha*  And I know how many of my Indian Friends have told me everyone mistakes them for being Mexican.   So, with the Rounding Up of anyone looking Brown, no telling how many other Ethnicities will get caught up in the indiscriminate Fishing Nets?  Or even deported to a Country they have absolutely no Origin or ties to whatsoever? 

I've never been a Registered Tribal Member, since my Dad's People were not Federally Recognized "Indians" and granted Tribal Identity by the U.S. Government ever or put on the Dawes Rolls nor have their own Reservations.  But, just about all of his Relatives have now intermarried into Federally Recognized Tribes who are on the Rez.  So, I'll have to ask my Cousins on the Rez what this could mean to them, not only Voting, but being allowed off a Reservation if suddenly they're declared NOT American Citizens?  Of coarse damned near all of the Insane one's Orders are illegal, unconstitutional and bat shit crazy, but, just how many of them will be crammed thru or tied up in Court on Appeals for Years and Decades to come? 

 The volume of them is making a Legal Nightmare that will be mired in our Court Systems, wasting Time and Money, causing distress and anxiety in all Communities it Targets.  I'm still glad I'm NOT watching the News, the Tidbits hitting the Streets and being conveyed, I can handle in the smaller increments than I could with it all blowing up Daily on TV like a Sewer exploding.  And Four Years of Toxic Waste is probably more than America can recover from fully, if at all, so, let us Hope he doesn't last a whole Term?  I don't know at what saturation point his Devoted will tolerate it when it starts touching them in unsavory ways, which, it will, if it already hasn't sunk in with them yet.  This is what they Fantasized they wanted tho'.   Fantasy -vs- Reality.  *Winks*

Other than all that, everything is Swell.  *Bwahahhaa*  The Man is musing whether he should be Doomsday Prepping now or not?  *LOL*  I joke back that since he's a White Man, probably not, but as for the rest of us, mebbe.  *Winks*  I just can't keep up with the Fuckery, it's like a fucking Avalanche of it now.  I just wonder how much of it is an outrageous distraction so that they can do the more insidious Work without anyone paying attention?  The ole Sleight of Hand, look over here so that you aren't aware of what I'm doing over there unseen.  Anyway, I'm Blissfully Unaware of most of it, except for the Hi-Lites folks are Sharing as Cliff Notes of what they're watching of The Circus and the Insane Clowns Posse.

I'm mostly Flooding The Zone with Pixs of Family and Friends to focus on what Uplifts me and Sustains us as a Family Unit, we make it our highest Priority.   This Post will be heavy on Family Pixs, becoz that's far more important, near and dear to me, than any Politics Flooding The Zone elsewhere that everyone is now fixating upon.  I just can't go there Full Time even tho' I will be a part of The Resistance to the very best of my ability to be.   One Old Lady Raging Against The Machine really won't cut it anyway, but, it's something.  *LOL*  I've always been rather Militant about standing for Justice and for Humanity, the Environment and the most Vulnerable of Society.   Yeah, I'm a Die Hard Hippie to my very Core and from Teens onward, it's just been most Authentic to Self to be and to remain so.   I make no apologies for it.

Anyway, all of the Grandkiddos say they're doing Alright, and all of the Great-Grands are getting so big already!  There are challenges of coarse, when isn't Life rife with them?  LATER:  Well, I'm gonna be losing Dr. Nick, my McDreamy Cardiologist since he's getting a transfer to another Hospital... darn.  He's going to be handing me over to a Dr. Kim, who does the Monitor Implants anyway and will be doing mine.  The Heart Monitor I wore for 10 days didn't show a damned thing Wrong, which is good News and yet... something ain't Right either, they just don't know what yet.  *Le Sigh*  I don't seem to have A-Fib, which is a good thing.  They'll be doing a Stress Test and a Vein Scan on my Legs, where I've been feeling some Thrombosis type Pain every now and again so they wanna rule out I'm getting Clots.   So, that's where I'm at... nowhere for right now.  He said I shouldn't be feeling short of breath and so fatigued, yet I am, so, here we now are.  *Bigger frustrated Sigh*

I know what it's Not now, but not what it Is, so, no way to know what Not to Do or what To Do.  No way to know what caused said Stroke I had so no Idea what to look out for or avoid.  Kind of leaves you in Health Limbo 'til they actually find something causing Symptoms you definitely have, but, they don't know Why.   I struck up a lovely conversation with an 83 Year Old Black Lady who was precious, feisty and friendly, and didn't look 83 at all, I would have Guessed she was in her 60's.  She said our Country is in a mess now and gonna get worse, I agreed.  She runs Two Adult Care Facilities out of Two Homes she Owns for Seniors with Medical Issues who cannot live alone anymore.   She was telling me she originally is from Chicago and has lived in many different States, but, Arizona is by far the worst for filing Health Care Claims as far as she's concerned.  She has to file them all the time for her Residents and says it's always a mess and a real Dog & Pony Show.  But, the Weather is nice.  *LOL*  Visiting with someone enjoyable makes having any waiting time you have seem to go faster.

I had stood in Line with her, not at my Doc Appointment, but at JoAnne's Craft Store coz I needed Merch Bags and Pricing Supplies for Work.  The Line was long, they only had one Cashier and some real chatty Customers who were holding things up at the Register chit chatting after they were checked out already!   The Older Lady was directly behind me and happened to mention she was gonna be late for her Doc Appointment due to it, mine was still an Hour off, so I told her she could go ahead of me coz my Doc Appointment wasn't until 2:00 p.m., hers was at 1:00 p.m. and it was damned near that time.  She'd already had an issue with the Clerk at the Fabric Dept. who had stopped waiting on her to have a Personal Conversation with another Customer she knew, who just walked up and rudely interrupted by having a Friendship Chat!!!   When the Lady said something, she said the Clerk got surly, angry and rude.  Turns out, our Cashier said the Company is in Bankruptcy and so they have few Employees and even less of them that Care anymore coz they'll be soon out of a Job.  Splendid.

Anyway, the sluggish wait for our turn was at least able to let us have a stimulating random conversation, so it didn't seem as aggravating to be held up for so long.  *LOL*  I really liked her, she was a riot and had me laughing, she had a wicked sense of humor as well as being a real pleasant and easy Person to talk to.   She said it's rare nowadays to run into pleasant People and that the World seems so lacking in Love these Days, I agreed, unfortunately, it is.   With her being from about my Parent's Generation I am sure she sees the deterioration of Socializing even more than I do.  My Parents were from a Generation when Socialization and Community were vitally important and it meant something to their Generation to Socialize and be part of a Community.  This is Why The Daughter prefers Mexico and living Abroad, Community and the Social aspect still mean something there and she had far more close Friends and a tighter knit Community around them all.  Above is her and Marcos during her last Visit to Mexico... she misses all her Friends there so much.

Granted, she and The Son have Lifelong Childhood Friends here in Arizona too, so, we're glad to be back Living in the Old Neighborhood nearer to them all again.   Above is The Daughter and Amber when they were about the Age Princess T is now, actually they were a little Younger in that Pix than 19 and were still High School Students.   It was slightly before either of them became Teen Moms.   And now all of their Kids are Teens or in their Mid 20's, my how Time just seems to Fly by at warp Speed!!!   This Month some of our Grandkids had their Birthdays and are in their 30's now... and sometimes it fails to Register just how Old we're all getting.  *LOL*   Very few of my Cousins are still Alive either, so I'm down to a scant few left of my Generation in the Family.   Five Pixs Below is one of my Welsh Cousins and his Lovely Wife, he's still going Strong and is slightly Younger than I am.  He looks so much like his Dad, my Favorite Uncle and my Mom's Older Brother.   So, looking at my Cuz is like looking at my Dearly Departed Uncle.

And of coarse I'd be remiss if I didn't also include a Pix of Ms. Princess T.  *Smiles*  She likes it when I Blog about her.  *Winks*   She's Off Today but didn't ask me to go anywhere, since she knew I had my Cardiologist Appointment and haven't been Feeling 100% to do very much at all.   As soon as I got back Home from the Appointment I immediately got back in my Jammies.  *LOL*   And now, here I Blog.  *Smiles*   I'm steaming some Mixed Veggies and Corn On The Cob for a Light and Late Lunch.   I had gotten some Pupusas too, Cheese and Loroco filled. {Salvadoran Edible Flower Buds}  There's a South American Food Truck Vendor nearby, but Wal-Mart has Pupusas now that come in Six-Pac of them in Three different filling flavors, including the Cheese and Loroco.

While I was at the Grocers people were standing around the Eggs having Sticker Shock and saying mebbe we should all start Raising Chickens now?  *LOL*   The Sticker Shock is bound to get worse.  I've stocked up on non-perishables and bought anything I think might have a Tariff on it later.   You've got to remember how much America Imports, it's a lot of things we use and buy, rely on, that America does not Produce.  We're foolish if we think we don't rely on other Countries and can self-isolate.  And people who aren't obscenely Rich cannot afford to pay whatever inflated price things are gonna be.  Of coarse the ones now in Power who have unlimited resources don't care and can't relate, since they have more Money than they can already spend in a Lifetime.  So, none of it will impact their Lifestyle or ability to Survive at all.  They will not care if it does to you, they clearly have contempt for the Average American and they absolutely despise the Poor.

 

The Daughter has the Home Nurse coming for her Well Check Today, the House is Clean and in Order, The Daughter had made sure of that in case they're doing an assessment of the Home too.  Which, they usually do when someone has a Disability or is Old.  I'll be present in case The Daughter gets Anxious, coz this visit is mostly for her Physical Health and not all that much for her Mental Health.   Tho' they might make Note of her being Seriously Mentally Ill.  Mando was gonna take her to DES to re-apply for Food Security Benefits, with having no Income of her own.  They told her, after we'd filled out the mound of fucking Paperwork it requires, that they wanted her to apply Online instead!!!  *Huge Sigh*  It's hard enuf for her to get thru Old School Paperwork, let alone use a Computer to do anything.  But, she's powering thru it and I help when needed.  I don't see how they will deny her another 90 Days worth of Nutritional Assistance.  It's been a Year since she got it last time, you only get 90 Days worth Annually now, as if you only Need to eat 3 Months out of 12.  *Eye Roll*

She doesn't have a Vehicle and can't Drive, and has zero Income, so, if it weren't for us, she wouldn't be able to get anywhere to obtain the temporary Benefits or access a Computer, or go to a Food Bank during the 9 Months she wouldn't get Benefits anyway.   We don't use the Food Banks coz the Lines are ridiculously so long now you'd spend literally Hours in them to get only One Box of random Food items.  I'd spend more in Gas than in the cost of the Groceries.   So, we often use our Recycled Can Money for whatever she needs that we don't already have on Hand and she'd want, like or needs.   Food Stamps don't cover non-food necessities anyway, like Hygiene or Feminine Products, so we still have to Buy those for her.  Often her Brother gives me extra Money to Buy whatever his Sister Needs.   And some of her Friends Buy things for her too when she runs out.   Her BFF Amber often will even send Money to the Kiddos in Mexico if they Need Help, now that their Mom can't anymore.  Amber's Dad is a Mexican National and so Amber is Aware how much harder it is there.

This is one of my Cousins in North Wales, he or his Wife often tell me about the challenges Great Britain is currently having.   They've had their fair share of Bad Politics with the likes of Boris Johnson's Leadership and they know our current President is a Train Wreck.  The British make Fun of the Orange Idiot all the time and my Cousin said all the European Countries consider him a menace to the World and a very dangerous and stupid Leader.  They are shocked Americans Voted him in for a 2nd Term given how abysmal the 1st Cluster Fuck of a Term was.  I just tell all my Foreign Friends that the Cult is convinced they were better off and Believe every Bat Shit Crazy thing he even says.  Even tho' few of them can cite examples of how much better off anyone was under his poor Leadership, where so much went Wrong becoz he was so inept and kept firing so many of his own people constantly, like he was still on that cheesy Reality Show.  It's like he thought being President was like being on Celebrity Apprentice, or like Bankrupting his own Businesses by chronic poor decisions, it was absurd and embarrassing.

But making a spectacle and a mockery of America seems to be okay these days I guess?   I don't know how it makes us appear 'great' to anyone when they consider our current Leadership a Bad Joke?   He's like that Crazy Uncle who might show up at Family Gatherings and nobody really wants there, and knows even less what he'll say or do that will bring Shame and Embarrassment to the rest of the Family.   So they have to keep apologizing for him.   I'm glad I kept my T-Shirt that says I'm Sorry About Our President in several different Languages.  *Winks*  I'd gotten it at "Attic Salt" during his 1st Term and really thought I'd never have to wear it again.   Now I have Four more Years to wear the damned thing and have to take it out of Retirement in my Closet.  *Le Sigh*

You can Buy them Online too and I'm sure there's been a resurgence in purchases again.  Mebbe Sales will eclipse the first run of them?  *LOL*  Anyway, this Morning didn't start off great, I stubbed my Little Toe on something in our Room and I'll probably lose the Toenail... dammit.  I couldn't find my Jacket and it was really Cold Outside, so I had to put something else Warm on to take Princess T to Work... then found my Jacket under some shit in the back Seat of the Truck!   The Windshield had Frost on it and  I was almost out of Gas too, but didn't have it in me with a Bleeding sore Toe and a flimsy alternate covering to get out of the Truck to fill up with Gas.  *LOL*   Yeah, it was a Hot Mess of a Morning and not the best way to start the Day.   Dont'cha HATE when that happens and everything goes Wrong in rapid succession?  *Le Sigh*  So, the Day can only get better, I Hope.   The Son has been in a Funk lately and I'm hesitant to ask him about it coz when he's Negative, it's just better to not have him Fixate on Why.

 

He's drinking too much again and I have to address that when I see he's having too many, especially when I see it's a Coping Mechanism for him to Self Medicate, it's never Helpful to use Alcohol.   He is up front about being an Alcoholic and most of the time is in compliance about my No Getting Drunk Rule.  If he's going to drink a lot he'll usually go over to a Friend's House and then stay there until he sobers up.  Usually it's Gypsy James since he's an Alcoholic too.  So, The Son is rarely ever gonna drink as much as Gypsy James and it helps him to Dial his own Drinking back when he's with his Friend who he knows is gonna drink too much.  Beer is their Drink of Choice and I know The Son said it's way harder to give up Alcohol than it was to give up any kind of Dangerous or Narcotic Drugs or even Cigarettes.  I've heard that from anyone with Addictions, so, would have to Believe it's True.  I wouldn't know since I don't do Drugs, Smoke or Drink.   I Wish none of my Kiddos ever had either to be quite Truthful, they didn't grow up around it and I Raised them to avoid all Three Addictive Substances.

Above are The Three Sisters, our Granddaughters Back East in Pittsburgh, in order of their Birth.   The Oldest Two are Naturally Blonde with Light Eyes like their Dad.   But the Middle One dyes her Hair Dark a lot.  The Youngest is Dark like our Daughter, with the Dark Hair and Eyes and looks the most like our Daughter did at that Age.   She's bodacious like her Mom too.  *Winks*   The Youngest is the only one whose never been Married and has no Children.  But, she does have a very nice Boyfriend, which was rather a Surprise, given she's Proudly part of the LGBTQ+ Community and Came Out very Young, like her Cousin The Young Prince did, so, we didn't expect the Boyfriend.   She and The Young Prince are so much alike in fact that our Oldest Daughter would always marvel at their parallels and said if they weren't a Year Apart and Sister's Kids, you'd swear they were Twins.  *LOL*  I mean in every way you can think of they are alike, even down to their Artistic Talent and what they wanted to do as a Career in Special Effects.  She went to School for it tho' and made a Career of it.   His Schizophrenia precluded Higher Education, he never made it thru High School.

Above Pix is a Dozen tiny faux Succulents I bought for Seventy-Five Cents each to put in my Vintage Macayo's Margarita Souvenir Mug Collection of Cha-Cha and Senor Bob.   I once saw a Cha-Cha Mug I'd never seen before that had a Red Flower behind her Ear at our Antique Mall and didn't Buy it coz it had a chip at the bottom, wish I had since I've never seen another one.  I bought the Pandemic Cha-Cha that is wearing a Face Mask tho' and have some of the other Variations of the Vintage Line of them.   I have a couple of Real Cactus in them but most Died off over the Years so now I just buy the fakes of Cacti and Succulents, which, look Realistic enuf for Display purposes.   We have the Collection lined up on the Exterior Windowsills.   And I've Sold many of my Collection too with real Succulents planted in them, Pix earlier in the Post of a couple I Sold.

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