Disclaimer: A lot of my Images for this Post won't match the Topic Content at all. So, if you don't want a tough Read, just enjoy the Visuals. *Winks* The Man is getting up too early on our Sun-Mon Sleep-In Days when I don't have to take Princess T to Work. He rustles around a lot and sometimes just sits in a Media Chair in the Dark staring into Space, it's creepy, but I know it's a result of his diminishing Brain Function now. There is no regulating his internal Clock to keep regular Hours, so, I just tell him to try not to be noisy, so that he's waking everyone up, since Sunday is everyone's Day Off. I did take him to do Environmental Cleanup on Saturday, since I was restricted from using the Gym due to the whole Ageism thing I Blogged about, that makes working out on Saturdays now out of the question if I have to wait until after Two in the Afternoon! We did about an Hour, which I figured was probably more activity than I would have done at the Gym in 30 Minutes anyway, like my Neurologist suggested.
I probably had more Fun doing the Environmental Clean-Up anyway, since we saw a lot of Migratory Birds and I'd brought something to feed them when I needed to stop and rest. We feed the Wild Birds at Home, but only a Pair of Wild Migratory Ducks makes a habit of visiting our Acreage on The Regular when we're doing Irrigation and it looks like a Lake in the Pasture out back. Irrigation is suspended during Winter and won't resume until Spring now. The Kiddos raked up all the Autumn Leaves that had blown onto our Property from Omar's and Laura's Properties who have the Majestic deciduous Trees. Laura has her Property up For Sale and I'm so worried a Bad Neighbor will Buy it and cut down all those Magnificent Pecan Trees that are so Scenic and produce such a Harvest. Or, be too Cheap or Lazy to do Irrigation and the lush Landscape she's grown will Die off?
That's what happened next door to her when Investors bought the Listing I've Shared Above when it was For Sale. It was almost a Million Dollar Listing and some Investor bought it as an Air B&B Party House, cut down damned near all the Trees and Landscaping you see in these Images, parks Cars all over the Front Lawn so tore up the Lining under the Desert Landscaping Gravel, and built a huge Casita on the Back Acreage to Rent Out too! So raucous Parties have to be shut down by the Police all the time coz they go on until 4:00 in the Morning almost every Weekend and the Property is looking so Ghetto now, it almost makes me Cry! I have no idea how much they've trashed the Interior, which was Sublime and the previous Owner had spent a fortune on Remodeling it beautifully and in maintaining the Curb Appeal of that lovely Mature Landscaping. It would take another 50-70 Years to grow it back now, so it's Lost in this Lifetime.
And Yes, the Investors who bought our Villa McManse made it into an Air B&B Party House and ravaged the Property too, so I do get why a Seller usually doesn't Care if they get Ask, or above Ask, and can Close in a Day. But, at the Villa it was a shitty Community of Pretentious Fucks and a Devil of an HOA... here in this Community it's long time Residents who've lived here Generations and tight knit, the vast majority keep the Homes maintained and are considerate friendly Neighbors. But, with the Zoning Changes around us going from Big Agricultural Operations to shitty poorly built Residential Subdivision Hells, the Mini Farm Residents know their Equity got compromised considerably already. So, many are bailing out suddenly, to ensure cashing out before it is further compromised by Urban Sprawl around us and a definite change in demographic of Neighbors. You want to Raise a Family or Retire in a functional Community after all. Your Home being your biggest Non Human Investment, only secondary to Investing in your Loved Ones.
Absolutely nobody wants to live near a fucking Party House that some Investor, who doesn't live here, owns and isn't properly Maintaining. Nobody wants the Party People temporarily Renting Space they abuse or destroy coz they're not Invested in any of it and don't Live here. Hey, the last Mass Murdering Domestic Terrorist in New Orleans Rented an Air B&B, then set it on Fire to destroy evidence, they're not Vetted very well. Anyway, I don't want Laura's Home, which is directly behind ours, to end up like this once Lovely Property did, which is right next door to her and directly behind our Next-Door Neighbor Omar's Property. And speaking of mistakes happening to Properties, I made the Mistake of driving by the Historic Home we Owned and Sold to Mr. Avila. I knew he was turning it into Rental Units, but, up until now he's maintained the Historic Look during his Restorations of it, which warmed my Heart since he was finishing what we had begun and not been able to finish. And he clearly Loved the Home and was doing Right by it. Tho' I know he was having a lot of Trouble with making it a Rental Property.
Well, it's taken him Years and I guess the Oldest part he decided not to keep the Original Windows and so half of the Main House now has shitty looking Cheap Modern Windows and it looks ridiculous. Coz they're not only Ugly and Cheap looking, but, he only did half the Main House's Windows like that and the other half has the early 1920's Original Windows! Okay, so I Cried and I know I shouldn't Care anymore, but I do, since, we Sold it to him for less than Investors/Developers were offering only becoz he was going to do a full Restoration and Preservation properly. And he did for the first Six Years so I always Loved driving by and seeing how much progress he was making and how good it was looking. Now, well, I probably won't drive by it anymore unless I HAVE to... coz... it bothers me now. Better to just enjoy the newest Visuals of my Great-Grandbabies than what's happening in the Community or Nation that isn't Good and disturbs me. Cuteness doesn't make me feel Mental and Helps us Cope better with Issues Of Life. *LOL*
It's why I think all Babies of all Species are made so damned Cute!? Anyway, back to Lamentations of 2025. It was even Sad to see what the Investors from Cali had done to the Villa McManse, tho' I didn't have any attachment to that horrible Community, the Home had looked really good when we Sold it to them. Now... not so much. Even with an HOA hounding them, I'm sure, they can't prevent a Homeowner from just cutting everything down and I'm noticing that happening a lot up and down the Street there as Homes get Sold Off and Lazy Homeowners or Out of State/Out of Country Investors, just don't want the Cost to Maintain anything that is Alive or Hire Gardeners. Especially with Luxury Homes now also being bought out by Investors/Developers, if they can get away with it, they'll push the Boundaries of what an area is even Zoned for or was like before their greedy Infestation. And if they have deep enuf Pockets, they can get away with paying off City Officials to do it in spite of Neighbor protests and complaints.
And the less Affluent a Community is, the higher the incidents of infractions like that by "New" Neighbors who Buy Up everything to increase Profits. Like the Amazon Warehouses, Commercial Breeding of Livestock Factory Farms that creates serious Health Hazards for Communities they're in and atrocious Conditions for the Animals being Raised inhumanely for Food and Faster Profits. And it disturbs me that for greasing the right Palms of some City Officials, they'll Sell Out their Communities by allowing these kinds of things, especially the Zoning allowances for it to get a Foothold and then a Stronghold in said Communities that cannot afford to Fight it. This is not happening so much in Affluent Communities at all... if at all. They're looking at Communities merely as Commodities and it's destroying Communities in the process. Most of the Factory Farms are owned by Foreign Countries like China, and destroying American Communities, coz it's cheaper to Raise Livestock here and get away with what they do.
Okay, so, nothing I can do about the decline of Civilization in America, therefore, Moving On. I told you Post-Inauguration I don't Plan to look at The News at all, not even to keep Informed, too depression inducing, I don't wanna see his bloated Orange hideous Face or hear his Insane Ramblings or what he's fucking up and destroying next so, why expose ourselves to it at this juncture? Yet, The Man, who never fucking watches The News, had it on and I'm like WTF Honey? It was just our Local News and not one of the Big National News Stations. But, just as grim right now, since that's all they're talking about, and the Panic about Immigration Roundups on Day One of the Incoming's Promises, which will severely impact our Local Economy in a negative way. We have a lot of Agriculture and Raising of Livestock, a lot of Tourism and Hospitality Industries that fuel this Economy, need I say more?
Listen, they can't fill positions now in those Industries with Home Grown Workers, so Imported Workers are vital so that they don't have to shut down Operations. Crops need to be Harvested, Meat and Egg Processing is done on a large Scale by mostly Immigrant Workers, the Restaurant and other Hospitality Industries rely heavily upon Foreign Workers, and so do most of the Medical Community as well. I can't even remember the last time I saw an abundance of Americans working as Nurses, Doctors, in Nursing Homes or Group Homes, in Hospitals or Clinics. In fact, I've talked to many of the Foreign Born Staff and they say they were Recruited by American Companies from their Countries of Origin, due to the lack of Staffing of those Positions, especially in the Nursing Field. In my recent Hospitalization, every Nurse I had came from another Country... and Two of my Three Doctor Specialists. All are highly skilled, fantastic at their Job, competent and showed themselves to be wonderful, dedicated, Caring Human Beings making a Positive Contribution to our Society and to America.
ENOUGH already with the Race Baiting, Fear Mongering, Crazy Conspiracy Theories and Lies. All this "Othering"! I know when Allen was still working in Slaughterhouses across America, or on Ranches, he said over 90% of the Workers are Foreign Born. You hardly ever see an American working those Industries now and most can't cut it or don't even want those Jobs, they are very hard Work in brutal conditions. He even eventually got out of the Industry and he'd been doing it since he was 14, but nearing 30, he said it was taking too much of a Physical Toll now. The Son said The Trades is every similar, where he Works he's the Old Man now and he's in his later 30's and feeling how it's taking a Physical Toll on him already. He knows eventually he'll have to make a switch to something he can do as he's Aging. It's a Reality he's faced and most of us do in any Career Field... it's nobody's "Fault" and trying to blame a handy Marginalized Group isn't Helpful, Fair or Accurate.
He said over 75% of his Co-Workers are not American Born either and that's how it's always been in The Trades since he began when he was just a Teenager. The Building and Feeding of America is not mostly being done by Home Grown Workers and hasn't been in a very long time. Nobody even coming here Illegally has ever taken a Job from me, I'm not that Unskilled and neither should most Grown Ass American Adults remain so, if they Invest in themselves and their Future and aspire to get ahead. But it is Self-Work and YOUR responsibility to. There's no Shame in any kind of Work, but if you want to improve your Quality of Life, it's on YOU to do it. Don't blame someone else if you don't or can't. So quit playing the Blame Game America if what you've accomplished fell short of your expectations, Dreams or goals. There are folks who came here with absolutely nothing and seize Opportunities and still Believe in The American Dream, so they go for it, are Thankful to be here and work very hard to get what they have.
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I've lived in Arizona since 1974 and NEVER seen someone that looks like me doing Migrant Farm Work. I know Migrant Workers and they Work harder and longer Hours than I ever have, I couldn't Cut it! And I've Worked at High End Corporate Careers pulling 60 Hours Plus a Week, for far better Pay. Even at the DA's Office, many of our Prosecutors hailed from other Countries, including my Boss, who was from India, and her East Indian Husband, who was an I.T. Tech Guru, hailed from New Zealand. It took them 25 Years to be here Legally! Now, Imagine if the Orange Buffoon just starts rounding all Foreigners up and shipping them out... the Void that will leave in American Industry across the board... anyone actually Believe that's gonna improve our Economy or be a Good Thing?
If so, you're as much a Moron as he is and out of Touch with the Reality. And I know most of my Dear Readers are not of MAGA World, so I'm Preaching to the Choir here. But a good Vent is just necessary, some shit NEEDS to be Said out Loud. *Winks* Entire Industries could collapse and they're already saying the Agricultural Industry is particularly concerned, even before any of this is implemented as Promised. If we can't grow and produce it here for feeding our population and for exports, just where do you think we'll have to then get it from... and with ridiculous Tariffs imposed? And we Import A LOT my Friends, more is Produced Overseas than is being Produced here in America, and most of it is shit you RELY upon! Who do you think is Producing all your Electronics and the Parts? Mostly it's Asia, we do some... but the price point is lower for what we're Importing in the way of Electronics by China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Do you really foolishly think China is gonna pay for the Tariffs, nope, YOU are. Just like Mexico never paid for The Wall... the pitiful parts that actually got built on his Watch and remain mostly unbuilt and ineffective at that.
Just how much do you think your Groceries are gonna cost ya then? If you're bitching about not being able to afford to feed your Families prior to this imbecile cocking things up to the point of collapse, you're gonna have to start learning to survive on what you can produce yourself real damned fast. And that's just the tip of the Iceberg that this Titanic Moment is heading towards, which is Why, I will NOT be watching The News anymore. Don't need to... what's gonna happen has been evident long before it happens and just those in Denial or living some Wet Dream Fantasy they had will actually be surprised when it happens. And they'll have a Lifetime to regret it and being a part of it. I can honestly say I had no part in it whatsoever and thought America was better and smarter than this... I stand corrected... clearly, we're NOT. We allowed the Lunatics to be Voted in to run The Asylum, we'll now get what that folly gives us. I'll stand back and watch now... I did my best to forewarn. You know how Loud and Opinionated I am! *LOL*
The Son was saying how in Da Hood you could usually tell who wasn't gonna Make It coz they were making too many Bad and Stupid Choices on a consistent basis, standing too close to the Sun and aligning with all the Wrong People. So, when he looks at some MAGA World folk, it's very similar, you can't tell them anything that could benefit or even Save them from themselves. Or warn them enuf of who they've chosen to Align with, so, they are gonna get Burned standing too close to the Sun and ain't gonna Make It, Natural Selection at Work. He had a point with those comparisons, I see it too, I can't even be Sad about it. Any more than I could when Covidiots Died unnecessarily, I was more Mad than Sad that they just caused so much collateral damage by their Stupidity and low information they ran with and made things worse for us all. I wouldn't allow a Covidiot near me during the Pandemic, that's how I feel about MAGA World folk now, too toxic, too dangerously aligned. I don't even feel it's Political at all, it's common sense to avoid Cults and the Crazy it fosters.
Today I've got to gird myself to Price some more Inventory and bring it in. The Pay Period ended dismally Yesterday Night, it never got better in Sales even with the Sale they had from Fri-Sun. Today is the last day of the Sale and the first day of the new Pay Period. Even IF it starts strong, there is a possibility it will flatline again due to the whole Political situation and what it's likely to bring with it. Along with Natural Disasters disrupting things, the Bird Flu is getting worse, the Fires are only still half contained, and more Natural Disasters like Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes, Floods, Blizzards and Drought are ongoing almost constantly anymore. Contrary to his Magical Thinking Psychotic unhinged claims, the Orange Psycho cannot Control the Weather or stop Natural Disasters... end Wars in a Day... end Catastrophic Events in a Day... Buy Countries... make Canada a 51st State... make everything Right with your World instantly just becoz he says he can. He doesn't even Believe Climate Change is Real, despite Evidence it is. So, land your Balloon and come back down to Earth. Take the Tinfoil Hats off, and try to be Normal and remotely fucking Sane.
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It's as if the End of Sanity is upon us... so God help us all... this might actually be what a Zombie Apocalypse looks like?... Dawn... The Bohemian
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