Gramma Why Do You Smell Like A Coconut?

I just came up with the Title Hook for this Post becoz of something that Princess T asked me... "Gramma, why do you smell like a Coconut?"  I didn't know immediately coz I usually smell like Nag Champa and I had that on, so it confused both of us.  Turns out one of my Lume Deodorants is Toasted Coconut and since the temps were heating back up to near Triple Digits again for this Weekend, I indeed was smelling like a Toasted Coconut and very Beachy and Tropical!  *LOL*   The Lume will still work now if I give myself breaks from wearing it and use something else every once in a while, which is Odd, but, that's what happens with it's loss of effectiveness otherwise.

 I forgot to pull the Leather Trench Coast from Inventory for The Young Prince so Hope it's not Sold by now?   I had a good Price on it so, have to get in there Today and pull it.  He didn't respond about my inquiry on whether he wanted me to pull it, just that he Loved it, so, I'll do it and if he doesn't want it or it doesn't fit, I can always put it back into Inventory closer to Fall when it would be more likely to Sell quickly anyway.  When I'm Selling it's not all about the Money to me, if the Kiddos want something I have, then I just give it to them and not Sell it.  It's not as if Resale at an Antique Mall during my Downsizing Project and Hobby of doing this is Life Changing from an Economic perspective anyway.  *LOL*

Those Vendors who assume it will be are always not only disappointed, but, never last.   Some think they're gonna get Rich with whatever they're hawking and that it won't require any Work on their part.   Wrong.  I don't know how anyone actually claims to make a Living out of it, must be a meager Living?   Most Vendors still hold down full time Real Jobs or have a Pension Income from their actual Careers to Live on, they're certainly not supporting themselves on the proceeds from the Space they have there. It's just not stable enuf to rely upon even if you do unusually well.  But as a Hobby, for Fun, or to simply Downsize in Old Age to dispose of Quality Possessions accumulated over a Lifetime of Collecting them, it's enjoyable and I've had a good time with it.

Even my Industry Friends who've had lovely Brick and Mortar Shops usually have a Spouse with a Career in order to make the Ends meet.  I doubt they could have Survived on just what the Shop earned.   And in recent Years, most had to Close their Shops, which spoke volumes about how difficult it was to keep it going.  So many great Indie Shops have Closed that I can count on one Hand how many are now left.  Even the Events have dwindled and morphed into something they had to become to stay afloat.  I do miss the heyday of it all, but that is now long past and I doubt will resurrect in the current flatlined Economic Crisis that was Deaded by the Orange Moron.  He sounds more cognitively compromised and Insane every Day now.

He apparently didn't know or forgot what a Stroller even was... and now his Nickname has become Two Doll Donnie, which I just Loved.   Donnie Two Dolls, a great Nickname for a Mob Boss Wannabe.  *LMAO*  His disconnect isn't just coz he's lived such a spoiled privileged obscenely Wealthy Life, his Stupidity about almost anything is astounding.  The most expensive Education in the World and the Best Advisors over Time couldn't Educate that Moron apparently.   I think his Handlers just gave up on trying to even make him appear Informed and Intelligent now, it's Hopeless and too tall an Order.   He isn't even resorting to his convoluted Word Soup to deflect Questions he cannot Answer now, he just says "I Don't Know".   And, he should know... so... here we now are, with a President making up shit to implement and Sign Executive Orders on that will impact us all, including Global Economies and not just ours, and he doesn't know Why or what he's doing and finally admits it. *Le Sigh*

I found it Interesting that FORD was the 1st Car Dealership to raise their Prices due to Tariffs.  Alleged "American" Car Makers have to admit, they don't REALLY make their Vehicles, most of what FORD makes is coming out of Mexico.  So, how is that somehow all that different than Foreign Cars... asking for a Friend.  *Eye Roll*   Yes, we have Factories in America that are assembling stuff made Abroad, but, are we really making anything, I seriously doubt it.   And a major impact seems to be upon anything for Infants and Children due to Tariffs, since almost anything in the way of Car Seats, Strollers, Cribs etc. are not made in America.  And chances are, we could just run out as Imports just cease due to the unaffordable prices Tariffs will impose.  So, Parents might not even be able to Buy a Car Seat to ensure Child Safety in transporting their Babies... we really ARE going backwards in Time then aren't we? 

  So, while, tho' Creating that Hardship on New Parents to Cost more or not even have the Supplies they'll Need soon, they want them all to Breed more tho'... really???!!!  Give you Five Grand to have that Kid you won't then be able to Support or Buy necessary Products for anymore.  It reminds me of the Extremists who are Pro Life, but only UNTIL the actual Child is Born, then, fuck 'em and their Families or what it will take to ensure their Well Being and Survival.  Cuts to Medicaid will eliminate Health Benefits mostly to Children, and so will Educational Cuts, so, they won't have Healthcare or decent Education either.  Yet, this Regime and the Fundies makes it seem like they actually Care about "The Children"... but their Actions show that they definitely don't.  Not the Children already Born anyway.  But keep the Women of America Barefoot, Oppressed, Uneducated and Pregnant, like the good ole' Days.  They want us Breeding like Rabbits, but, only if you're White.  The MAGA Meltdown about anyone not White having large Families.  *Eye Roll*

Is this REALLY what we want for the Future of our Children and Grandchildren and the Nation?  Yet, that's where we're heading, Wheels Off the fucking Rails heading like a runaway Train gone completely Off the Tracks.  And since no Republicans have had any pushback whatsoever, or grown a Spine or a Set of Balls, they can't and won't even show up anymore for their own Constituents at Town Halls.  So, if they ever get Voted in again legitimately, I'll think that the majority of the American Public has lost their fucking Minds completely now or just given up.  I'm just waiting to see some decent Leadership emerging and I ain't seeing any, none that impress me one iota.  So, if the Democrats can't give us an emerging competent Leader who also isn't Extreme as Fuck, I want the Independents to offer up someone worth Voting for to Lead us forward before we go completely Under or Tits Up, destroyed from Within.

But, enuf of the Gloom and Doom for a Minute, there's plenty of that to go around and make us despondent.  So likely folks are now flocking to The Land Of Blog as an Escape and Respite from it all, from Reality?  I know my Views have increased exponentially and I can't think or Imagine it's coz I've become such an exceptional Blogger or Influencer.  *Bwahahahahaha*   Lately it's been difficult for me to even come up with a Clever Blog Post Title Hook, let alone a Post or one remotely worth Reading.  I'd like to have some new exciting News to report, but I got nothing my Friends.  Nada. Zilch.  Each Day lately is pretty Routine and blends into the next one lately, I'm not doing anything Earth shattering or particularly relevant these Days.  Retirement pretty much feels and looks like it should, and, I don't mind it.  It's comforting actually to have not so much going on.

Most Mornings I sit here at my Computer first thing and Blog a bit, then do the same just before Bedtime, and see what happens?   It's how I prefer now to Start and to End my Days.  I would rather just head to the Gym for a Workout, but after about Three and a Half Hours to have to Wait until the Age Restricted Time Limits allow me to, I don't feel much like Working out by then or already got my Day well started and won't interrupt it now for a Workout.  I just think 9:30 a.m. is too fucking Late to begin a Workout, when I've been up doing shit for over Three Hours by then.   And, can't go Late coz the Restrictions hit again after 3:00 in the Afternoon, and I'm never done with everything else I Need or Want to do before 3:00 in the fucking Afternoon to squeeze a Workout in either.  I like having my Membership at a nice Gym, but I do so Hate this Ageism shit that is so inconvenient to actually effectively use it.

Rant over about that, they're not changing anything so it is what it just is and I'm Grateful Medicare Advantage still Hopes us Seniors can get Healthier with them providing us that privilege of having it.  Who knows what Cuts to Medicare or Social Security will be next, after they've realized cutting Medicaid won't be nearly enuf to give huge Tax Breaks to the Billionaires?   Becoz that's only what the Cuts to all Social Programs, Medical, Retirement, Education and Government Agencies that Serve the 99% are for, cuts to all of us will be funding what Billionaires will get and cutting what they Owe while you'll Owe more, it's as Simple an explanation as that my Friends.  Coz Lord knows a Billionaire needs more Money and to Keep as much of it as possible.  So already not paying their Taxes isn't nearly enuf, they need further Cuts to what they contribute to the Economy and the Nation.   Who Cares what Hardships it creates on the Majority of Americans, the 99%, this Administration certainly doesn't give a shit. 

Okay, okay, I said no more of that and this time I mean it.  *Bwahaha*  I'm trying to now think of what I'm going to motivate myself to do around here that still needs to get done?   I've been slacking around the Home lately and not even wanted to be Home, it's been more enjoyable to be out and about in the Cooler Weather doing stuff, while we still can.  And I got another Child Support Back Payment from DES Child Support, I guess they are garnishing my Ex-Husband's Social Security Payments for the 18 Years worth of unpaid Child Support he Owes me on our now almost 40 Year Old Son.   Well, better Late than Never.  *LMAOROTF*  I'll use it for Mother's Day Celebrations this Weekend and get myself something nice.  *LOL*   Rusty got Princess T a Dozen Blood Red Roses, he's such a Thoughtful Young Man.

So, we have our first ever American Pope, pretty Historic, I didn't think he was the frontrunner, so it was a Surprise.   I hear that MAGA was melting down over what they call the "Woke Marxist Never Trumper Liberal" that the New American Pope is.  *LOL*  Guess they're fearful he'll influence too many devout Catholics?   And of coarse Donnie Two Dolls Imagined himself being the Pope, which honestly, you can't make this shit up about how demented THAT is... but he does Envision himself as the one "Running the whole World", his Quote, not mine.  *LMAO*   I'm glad another Progressive was chosen as Pope, there's over a Billion of the Faithful he is the Spiritual Leader of.  The previous Pope spoke out against a lot of important things that were Wrong, he wasn't timid about confronting Wrongs.   And of coarse Bannon had warned that the American Cardinal would be a poor choice for the MAGA Movement, so, GOOD and Bravo!!!  

I did go in to the Antique Mall to retrieve the Leather Trench Coat, I needn't have worried about it getting Sold, there hadn't been a Sale in Four Days!!!   That has NEVER happened before in all the Years I've been there and it was really dead in there, no Customers.  I think people are already panicking and not spending, afraid of what necessities will eat up now of their budgets?   Our Manager was griping about the cost of a 12 Pac of Soda he just bought that was $11 somewhere.  He is a Faux News Enthusiast and leans rather MAGA, so I couldn't help but say, well, it's what happens with Tariffs, especially out of control ones and Waging a Trade War upon the rest of the World... so, expect it to get way worse and hang on, it's gonna be a Wild Ride of a Crashing Economy.  *Winks*

The good thing is the Manager told me the new Vendor moving in to the recently Vacated Showroom next to mine has a Cool Mid-Century Modern Vibe, which he knows I'll like being next to me.  She has a small Booth right now and he told me which one and I went and Photographed it {See Above Pix} and he's Right, I like her Merchandising and her Merch, so will be glad to be Neighbors with her.  The Woman who Vacated that Showroom was a Hot Mess and had been for quite some time, so this will be a better use for that large Showroom than the Junkpile of hawking crap that other Vendor had in there.   Right now she's re-painting the Room and Decorating it, which is sorely needed.  I dig the Wallpaper she used in her small Booth.

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Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers... Dawn... The Bohemian