Blog Block And Some Doom & Gloom

 I've got a Post sitting in Draft Form but waiting on Publishing it.  I used to have several Drafts lined up and be ahead of the game in the past and I'm seeing if I can muster that again?  Just in case I get Blog Block.  Those who've been Blogging a while know what that feels like, where mebbe you either don't wanna Blog or you want to but have nothing to say.  A total Block!  My Stream of Consciousness to Write is very spontaneous, I never plan what will roll out on the Post, it comes as I'm sitting here and it pretty much Writes itself.   Sometimes it feels like I don't have anything to do with it, becoz I'm not putting any actual intentional Thought into the doing of it, it just happens.  That's how I do most things actually and I used to think everyone did.  Apparently most of you don't function like that tho'.  *LOL*

So, I'm an Odd Duck, but, I already KNEW that!  *LOL*  I found this out whenever anyone is watching me here Blogging and asks me WHAT I'm Blogging about, as I'm furiously Typing away at warp speed, and I answer with an honest, "I don't know...", becoz, I don't!!!   And, apparently, that's really Weird??!  *Bwahahahaha*   I won't know until the Post is actually finished and I read it for the very first time myself, doubly Weird, according to everyone!  *LOL*  They have lotsa Questions, I have no Answers.  I just thought everyone functions like that, on a kind of Auto Pilot when doing most things, especially like Creating something?!   I just always thought Creations just Create themselves and I'm but an Instrument to Manifest them into Being.   Which is handy, coz how else could they Exist if they don't have a Creator?  Made Sense to me, but apparently not to almost anyone else!?  *Ha ha ha*

This fine Tuesday Morning I woke up to take my very first Injection of the Ozempic and discovered they forgot to put the dosage on the Box!  So, now I gotta wait to call my Docs Office when it opens to ask, how much?   Trulicity is a single Pen with the dosage already in it, Simple.  But Ozempic is like the Lantus Pens where you Dial In your dosage yourself, but ya gotta know, from the Prescription Instructions, how much that should be for you... they forgot to put that part on this Rx apparently when Express Scripts sent it out.  *Eye Roll*   It says there are Two Options the Pen will only administer, I'm thinking the lower Dose since I'm "New" at taking it, but, I wanna make sure.  We'll probably graduate up to the higher Dose at some later Date, mebbe?

It even comes with it's own Needles, which, is handy, I must say, with Lantus the Needles are a separate Prescription you get charged for and must Order and get Approved.   I remember my Dear Mom, also an Insulin Diabetic after her Hysterectomy too, was once told they'd pay for her Insulin but not her Needles!!!   WTF, you can't inject it without the Needles and even Drug Addicts on the Streets are given Free fucking Needles for their Illegal Drugs they inject!!!   But, Mom, a Career Retired Military Man's Dependent had to Pay for her Needles for Years!   Now the Insurance covers your Needles but it's the same Co-Pay as most of the Meds and so everything adds up quickly.   But, I digress, back to me, I'll see how I react to Ozempic and tolerate it after I take it Today???

There's been very few Meds I have a Negative reaction to, I'm pretty hardy apparently when it comes to introducing New things to my Body.  When those terrifying Commercials give the Laundry List of terrifying Side Effects of all the Diabetic Meds I'm on, Thankfully I haven't had any of them.  *Whew*  I mean, some of them have that Gangrene of your Perineum, which sounds like that would be a horrible way to Die!  One time The Young Prince and I were watching one of those Commercials together and I didn't even realize what a Perineum even was until he explained it to me, in detail, and said, "Gramma, you're not on that Medication for your Diabetes are you?!  That would be TERRIFYING!"  Well, as it turns out, Yes, Yes I am, but didn't get THAT horrific Side Effect from taking it, Thanks Be To God!

He and I burst out Laughing hysterically coz we're Dark and Twisted like that.   And he's practically Crying from how hard we're Laughing as he says in a Deadpan Monotone, "Well, at least then I won't have to explain how my Gramma Died and tell anyone it was from THAT!!!"   Well, we Laughed and Laughed and The Man walks in and knows we HAVE to be hysterical about something totally inappropriate, becoz he KNOWS this Family by now.  *Winks*  But he hadda Ask... and No, he didn't find it the least bit Funny that Gangrene between your Lady or Man Bits and Asshole would be anything to Laugh about!!!   And I guess it wouldn't be if that WERE your Side Effect, but the Epitaph and Coroner's Report, would be Interesting.  *Bwahahahaha*  He does not Share our Wicked Sense of Humor, clearly.   He's therefore a real Killjoy like that when we're roiling with hearty Laughter about something totally inappropriate and Sic.  *Winks and Smiles*

And, come on, they originally wouldn't Legalize Weed coz they claimed it would potentially and allegedly be so fucking "Harmful".  Yet, so many of these Approved Drugs have Horrific and Terrifying Side Effects and they roll out and Legalize that shit all the time, go figure!!!   Surely someone had those shocking Side Effects for them to make the disclaimers, No?   And I have known a lot of Weed Smokers, none of which had any Side Effects that were as Horrific as most Modern Medicines being freely Prescribed and just casually telling you the Risk factors of in a Quick Disclaimer the Commercials do at the end as an Afterthought and have an Auctioneer Read them out so fast it's intentionally trying to downplay all of it!!!   And then there's the Commercials, often right after the Drug Commercials Big Pharma is still rolling out, from Attorneys representing Clients whose Harm from those very same Drugs caused Damage or even Death, and have Lawsuits and Big Settlements!!!

I guess if you're making Billions off any Approved Drug, if you're Sued for Millions, well, it's still All Good?   And no need to pull it coz folks are being Harmed or Dropping Dead using it, while there's still lotsa Money to be made!   Roll the Dice.   *Eye Roll*   This is Why I'm not a Fan of Western Medicine and will do everything I can Naturally and Organically to get off every Rx I now have to take, as my End Goal.   Granted, Medicines have Saved Lives and kept a lot of us Piping along, so it's not all Bad, but, it's often not all Good either, is it?   We must acknowledge the Facts that most has risks and consequences beyond our Control if we're Prescribed anything.   So, when my Meds get switched up I'm always Guardedly Optimistic and yet very Cautious and a bit Nervous about taking any of it for the First Time.

   I'd like to be off all these Diabetes related Meds, Truth be told, it would save me a couple Hundred a Month minimum in Co-Pays and less Doc visits too.  Since they may be cutting Medicare and Veteran Insurance Services I'm nervous about what might not be covered in the Future for us and just become unaffordable?    So, I'd rather not rely on Rx at all to say Alive, or be on the Hurry Up And Die Program the MAGA are implementing for us Undesirable Demographics they want to rid America of.   You know, if they manage to cram thru that Big Ugly Bill of his, and the Rural Hospitals and Nursing Homes start Closing due to Cuts, what do they plan to do with the People, a type of Soylent Green Solution perhaps?    I've already Lost far too many Friends lately from Medical Issues that I shudder to think how many more might succumb with less Medical access and coverage, that's all.  

 In these Co-Worker Friend Pixs I've Shared in this Post, for Example, some are quite recently no longer with us.  I Miss them.  And some are in really Bad Shape and barely staying Vertical and Above Dirt with Coverage, scary stuff too, especially if they lose Coverage.  The 1973 Dystopian Thriller is worth watching, as it was Fiction back then, but perhaps a lot more relevant now, given our present Leadership and their apparent sinister Agendas to rid America of who they deem Undesirables and don't want to fund Survival of in any way whatsoever.   And, we know for damned certain we aren't among those this Regime would consider "Desirables", due to numerous factors of Qualifying as such with the Requirements of their New World Order Agenda they're implementing.

  Becoz Apparently tho' supporting and handing out Freebies to the obscenely Rich is Fine and that kind of Socialism is supported and acceptable, none of the rest of us are deserving of or warrant even the basics of mere Survival!?   I'm really not so sure their End Game isn't more Sinister than we could ever Imagine, quite Naziesque in fact.  A lot of what they're doing is straight out of Hitler's Playbook after all and he's strongly supported by all the Hate Groups of America, they absolutely Love him and have fealty to him.  He says all the Quiet Parts out loud and proud.   Our Better Angels ought to be prevailing in America, but, right now, I'm not seeing it.   Right now it's not appearing to be a Force to be reckoned with, but, I Hope that changes?

And, The National Debt isn't their concern coz the Big Ugly Bill will increase it by several Trillion Dollars that will burden Future Generations and cripple the Economy further.   The Top 1% only will benefit from that, but, hey, Billions aren't enuf for them, whereas Livable Wages, Basic Affordable Healthcare, affordability of Essentials like Food and Shelter, shouldn't matter for the rest of us in their Long Con they're implementing.  Let them Eat Cake... I personally will be Delighted when their Marie Antoinette Moment happens, once the Masses realize how truly screwed over and taken advantage of they have been and will be for Decades to come and rise up in rebellion.   This is Why they wanna Purge as many of us as possible, to reduce the Numbers and continue to manipulate those they've been able to Con who are still gullible enuf to Believe the Spin on The Cake they'll be left Eating.

The Ketamine King is now suggesting he Buy himself a 3rd Party and that truly Unstable Genius might just exploit the Situation successfully, I ain't gonna Lie.   They're not taking him Seriously, but I'm Listening and taking in what he's got to say, Seriously.  Why?  Becoz he's been Let In to the Inside, tho' banished now, they Let him In and they really don't know what he did or had access to already with his Band of Geeky Tech Teen Bro Geniuses when he had unlimited unsupervised Access?  So, I'm Observing what he's doing now while pretending to focus on the Businesses that got Tanked by over 70% when Donnie Two Dolls and his Cabal of Vulgarians Used ole Elon as a Scapegoat and to see what happens when you're The Target of America's Wrath, as a Dry Run I suppose? 

  Now he's got an Axe to grind.  Unstable True Geniuses tend to be very unpredictable and brilliant in meting out The Big Payback, just sayin', and he's got the most Money in the World of anyone to Buy anything and anyone he wants, just sayin'.   And he seems Mad, quite Upset... and I Agree with him 100% that this Big Ugly Bill is Financial Insanity and fiscally irresponsible to the Nth Degree, National Financial Suicide if you will.   Anyone in Finances or Economics really knows this, anyone whose had a measure of Real Success knows this.   Think about it, people like Elon and Bill Gates stand to benefit from this Bill yet they are strongly Opposed to it and don't it make ya at least Wonder WHY?   Just a little bit, even if you don't have even a rudimentary knowledge of Finances or Economics and what is really Bad for both... and for the Nation and it's Citizenry over Time? 

  Do a Deep Dive into what's REALLY in this Bill, all 900 Pages packed with The Long Con, you'll fully then perhaps Understand, Danger, Danger Will Robinson!!!  Abort it, Abort it, then Kill it!!!   Will they Ram it thru the House after the Senate caves, well, with the lack of Spine and Cajones of all Republicans, with the exception of 1-2 Holdouts, one of which was Threatened enuf he says he won't be running again since he won't turn his No into a Yes Sir, might just push it over the Line?   After all, they're holding them all Hostage until it gets Rammed Through, it seems.   And none of those Elected Officials wants to miss their 4th of July Plans and be inconvenienced actually Representing the actual People that are their Constituents, and that's really the bigger Issue, isn't it?  

 They know it's a very Unpopular Bill, the People don't want it and made that crystal clear, so with such Clarity, why are so many on The Right still Voting FOR it... in a Word... him.  He's got them as in Line as a Mob Boss who'll eliminate them otherwise.  He's been given more Power than any Prez in History and he'll Wield it recklessly, unstably and violently, we know this.  Nobody can dispute how reckless, unstable and prone to violence he is, he flaunts it in fact, he wants that to be his Superpowers over any who would dare stand in his way.  And, tho' he's a Puppet of more Sinister Backers, to be sure, such a Cabal is working out pretty well for them, don'tcha think?   The Courts were the last Guardrail left and they're now Stacked and mostly Bought and Paid for enuf that the Rule of Law is impotent and barely holding up now either.  It's like a House of Cards falling in on itself with no Bottom in sight.

I've actually seriously Edited and Purged a lot of this Post a few times, too Dark and too Doom & Gloom, so, you're getting the Softer and more Restrained Version actually.  *Bwahahaha*   I don't wanna be responsible for the Suicide Hotline exploding with the Calls of Dear Readers.  *Winks*   Sometimes keeping it Real and 100% is Too Much to digest, process and unpack, No?  *Smiles*   I mean, JUST now, by only Vance's Vote {which was a predictable Yes} did they Jam thru The Big Ugly Bill in the Senate... with the Senator from Alaska waffling on her No and Selling out the rest of the Country to get her State an Exemption from Cuts.  Hawaii got an Exemption too tho' both their Senators were a No.   Our Senators from Arizona Voted No, as they should have.  Any of you States whose Senators Voted Yes, well, you Voted them in to Represent you, if they're not, that's up to you to remedy that.

Okay, Political Rant over for the Post, I can't even Believe I've ever had to become Political coz I loathe Politics or discussing it, I really do, same with Organized Religion!!!   Politics and Religion have caused so much Strife in the World, and atrocities, almost all of it in my opinion, all the worst parts anyway.   I'd prefer to never have to discuss either with anyone, ever.  And yet, here we now are.  *Le Sigh*   I find it awful and exhausting, continuously worsening to where there is no Bottom and you can't even fathom how much lower they and it can go?   And I woke to a Dust Storm in progress, that I had to drive thru with my Lights on to get Princess T to work, visibility was really bad due to the dust and dirt in the Air, like a Brown Cloud blotting out everything.  It might have been an early Haboob, not sure, you had such low visibility that I quickly went Home after dropping her off, Air Quality to breathe is bad during one too.   And it was already 101 Degrees at 7:00 a.m. and expected to get to around 116-117 like Yesterday was.  Ugh.

Inside the Main House I've got the Thermostat set comfortably tho' and I got a little Work done Organizing stuff and taking some of it out of the Main House and into The RV Garage Mahal before it really heated up in there like a Sweatbox.  *LOL*   Little by little I'm chipping away at my Housekeeping and Decluttering, of which I'm the worst Offender, really, the only Offender.   Except for dirty Dishes in the Sink, that's not me, I Wash every Dish and Utensil I use as I go.   And the leaving of Food out, which, The Daughter is the worst Offender of not putting it away after Cooking.  But, she made everyone a lovely Veggie Omelette this Morning, even for her Brother.  Right now they're not tormenting each other or being overly Critical of one another... for now.  *Eye Roll*  I like being Cooked for, it makes me feel Rich, like, Why Yes, I have a Personal Chef.  *Bwahahaha*

I never got a call back from the Doc's Office about the Dosage of Ozempic so I just gave myself the .25 lower Dose.  If they call back and say to use the higher Dose, I can always increase, no problem.  I got things to do and don't wanna be tied to staying Home so I can take the Injection coz it has to remain Refrigerated.   It's an easy Pen to use and it's Needles are quite small and painless, of coarse, I have a high tolerance to pain, so, The Man, whose been on Ozempic a long time, claims his hurt.  *Oh boy, dramatic Eye Roll*   Good thing Men don't give Birth, that's all I got to say about pain tolerances.  *LOL*  Anyway, we'll now see how I tolerate this switch, I'm Hopeful no problemo?   My Numbers have been good this Morning Pre-Meds, 111 and 110 Yesterday so that was at least more consistent than usual since I've had trouble Managing the Diabetes Post-Stroke. 

 Pretty sure it was the Stroke that destabilized things?   I feel like I fully Recovered from the Neg effects of the Stroke, mostly, but needed Help stabilizing the Diabetes again.   I still have partial Aphasia, don't know if that will improve or not, The Family is learning to Question what I've just said if it doesn't make any Sense and ask me if that's what I meant to say?  Often, it's not, so I get a chance to see if I can clarify?   Harder in Public where they won't Question it and I might have conveyed what I wasn't intending to actually say or confuse people by what I did say.  I proofread my Posts now a couple times and Edit so that it is making Sense and I Typed what I meant to say.   So, if I miss something Twice, that's the reason for any confusion in what I Wrote, bear with me.  *LOL*

This is a pix of my Eastern Medical Docs as Yoko and John Lennon, which I thought was a Cute Protest Costume.   I'm so Sad they Retired and Closed their Eastern Medical Practice that I always used, moving up North to Retire Blissfully.  I'm Happy for them, but Miss them terribly, they were not only my Chinese Medicine Docs, but also Dear Friends.  Their Daughter Meilan is a Dear Friend too and she has Two of the Cutest Kiddos who made them Grandparents for the first time. {Below}   Their Grandma calls the Oldest one her Blue Fish Eyed Boy as an endearment.  His little Sister has the same Lovely Green Eyes as our Grandson, The Young Prince.   Anyway, I miss Hsiao Hsien, Roger and Meilan now that they've all moved so far way.  We can only keep in touch now via The Book of Faces... and I haven't yet found another good Easter Medical Practice to use locally that I Trust as much as I do them.

No, I'm not still Masking, the Pix Below is an older Pandemic Era one when I was Buying Up some 1960's Dam Trolls that another Vendor was Purging from her extensive Personal Collection of them.  I've been Collecting the better Quality Trolls for my own Personal Collection for a long time and Selling Off any I don't have an Attachment to Keeping.  I almost never Source a Troll regretfully, they are a Classic Quick Turn in Resale and just as Popular as they ever were with every Generation that has folks in it that dig them.   I have their Clubhouse too and all Sizes, my Oldest are probably from either the late 1950's to early 1960's.  Yes, I have an Insane number of them now and can't Display them all at once unless they were to have their own Room.  *Bwahahaha*   Most who don't have permanent Placement out openly Displayed, sit on Shelving Displayed in the Guest Bedroom Walk-In Closet Space. 

I've parted with more of them than I anticipated Letting Go of tho', so am mighty Proud of Self for doing so.   The amount they can fetch is an Incentive sometimes to have the Money instead.  *Winks*  Such was the case with said Vendor, tho' she had them grossly underpriced and so 99% of them were snatched up immediately by us other Vendors and Customers nary got a chance at them.   Most Vendors bought them for Resale at the correct Price Point, I kept all mine for my Personal Collection, but, could make Money off them should I need or want to.  She must have spent a Lifetime Collecting them coz I'd never seen so many of the Older more desirable ones in any One Collection being Sold Off before.  She had some Enormous ones that I didn't even know came in a Size that Big!  I got some Big ones, but Holy Hell, hers were dwarfing my largest ones!   Nope, bought some of her larger ones but those Giant Ones, where would you Display and put them?!

Today my greatest accomplishment was paying Bills.  *LOL*  Yeah, I did a bit of Housekeeping and decluttering, but, I faded fast at that task, my Heart just wasn't in it.  Not that it was into paying Bills either, but, it's the necessary part of existence, isn't it?  *Le Sigh*  I had the Democratic Candidate for The Congressional Seat call Today, we were Voting for a Democrat anyway even tho' we're a Non-Partisan Household.  This time we all did get a ballot and the Caller did say they'd changed it so that Independents could Vote in the Primaries but had to get only a Ballot for one Major Party or the Other, which is Fine, so long as we have a Voice... and we'd rather get the Ballot for Democrats since I'll never Vote for another Republican now ever in my Life, they've turned that Major Party into an abomination of what it once stood for or remotely was.   I'm not a Fan of Partisan Politics anyway, Party Loyalty over Country often doesn't line up with what's best for the Nation or it's Citizenry, ALL of us, not just a segment of us, IMO.

So, we'll be mailing our Ballots in this Afternoon once Princess T has Signed hers after Work.   The Daughter cannot Vote, and The Son never wants to... he loathes all Politics and all Politicians period.   Changing his Mind has never been successful, he feels his Voice doesn't matter and that the whole System is rigged and he doesn't Trust it or any of those in Power, none of them.   Once Trust is broken with people then its damned hard to Earn it back, so, it's what I hear from a lot of Younger Americans actually, they loathe and don't Trust The System and definitely don't feel it's working for them or looking out for their Future.  They feel their Future is being seriously compromised and I can't argue with that, it is.   Anyway, we can only be Hopeful that the Democrat we Vote for Wins and adequately stands up for what is Right in Congress, not only for Arizonans, but, the Nation as a Collective, regardless of Political affiliations. 

 Fuck Partisanship, do what's Decent and Right, Period.  If you desperately NEED a Label to Identify with, that's more your Issue than mine, I don't feel a Need for one at all.  Not Politically, not Religiously.  It's tiring to me the bickering over Partisan Political Loyalties and Religious differences.   People lose their shit and their Minds over their Politics and Religion, I've never seen topics that make people so Crazy as either of those Two actually... or so prone to committing terrible acts for either, under the guise of Patriotism or God.   I personally don't think committing terrible acts upon another Human Being in the Name of Politics or Religion is either Patriotic or Godly, but, that's just me.   So, when other folks get whipped into their Political or Religious frenzy and Zealot prone Self-Righteousness, I find it to be scary and dangerous stuff.

The Son is going to an Outdoor Rock Concert with one of his Buddies, it's gonna be 117 and it's from 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm and I think that's just Crazy too.   I asked if the Venue has Shade Structures and joked that mebbe they should bring Umbrellas.   *LMAOROTF*   I wasn't serious of coarse, Rock Concert, of Heavy Metal Bands, Two Guys with Umbrellas... just picturing that on the Canvas of my Imagination tickled me and to see their expressions when they thought I was Serious, was priceless!!!   "Mom, it's a Heavy Metal Band Rock Concert... not only would that look extremely out of place, like we're a couple of fucking Weirdos, they'd confiscate Umbrellas and say you Guys aren't using those for Shade, you're gonna use those as Weapons!!!"  *LOL*   Okay, so, I couldn't help myself Wickedly tormenting them to think I had said that in all Seriousness, knowing where they were going and how they were dressed for it.  *Winks*  Especially since I have some very "Colorful" Umbrellas that would make them look ridiculous.  *Bwahahaha* 

The Young Prince would Laugh at what I suggested to his Uncle and Friend, and get the Joke, while telling me my Umbrellas are more suited to attending a Gay Pride Event than a Heavy Metal Concert, and he'd be Right.  *Winks*  He's brought my Umbrellas to attend the Gay Pride Events, while wearing Butterfly/Fairie Wings and risque' Male Stripper Suitable Attire... but he couldn't picture his Uncle using one.  *LMAOROTF*    Anyway, I realized when I Scheduled a Post to Publish I messed up and set it for June 1st instead of July 1st and yet about 28 of you found it anyway way back in the Archives and I only just did when I saw it had disappeared from the Non-Published finished Drafts!  I've corrected it now, wasn't sure where it had gone, thought it had disappeared into the Ether!   *LOL*   Whew, glad it didn't and now I've Schedule it on the correct Date and this one I'll Schedule for Tomorrow.  

Princess T took me out to eat Dinner at "Olive Garden" after I picked her up from Work.  I had the endless Soup, Salad and Breadsticks and intended to give her all the Breadsticks.  *LOL*   Okay, so I gave her most all of the Breadsticks but I could see them and smell them and I Caved and ate One, swearing it would be all.  Then she said, Gramma, you haven't eaten Carbs for Weeks, have one more, and you don't have to threaten me with a good time, so I FORCED myself to have the 2nd one.  *Bwahahahaa*   Then I felt exceedingly Guilty since I've behaved so well until then.   So she hid the rest of them in her Room when we got Home, coz the Waitress kept hooking us up with more before we could stop her.  I had the Zuppa Toscana first and then the Minestrone, and a Salad.  Brought the rest of the Salad Home since they give you so much from the start and I won't Waste it, we Love Salads.

Princess T had the Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, but it came with a full sized Soup, she had the Minestrone and was munching on my Breadsticks, so by the time her Entree came, she just asked for it To Go.  *LOL*   Then we went to T.J. Maxx, which is across the Street and I bought a ridiculous amount of Health Food Snacks that are Low Carb Diet Friendly, I mean $102 worth of them!!!   *Bwahahahaha*   Well, it was Payday and they had great prices on their Health Food Snacks in the Pacs that have 12-24 individual Serving Packets of whatever it is.  Many of them were Fruit & Nut Trail Mix types, but the Gourmet kind by Nature's Garden.

That are Keto Deluxe Mix {Blend of Almonds, Walnuts, Dried Cheddar Cheese Puffs, Pepitas, Pistachios, reduced Sugar Cranberries}, Keto Snack Mix {Blend of Macadamias, Pecans, Pepitas, Almonds and Cheese Balls}, Heart Healthy Mix {Blend of Cranberries, Walnuts, Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Hazelnuts & Pumpkin Seeds}, Cranberry Health Mix {Blend of Cranberries, Walnuts, Almonds, Black Raisins, Golden Raisins, Peanuts, Pumpkin Seeds and Sunflower Seeds}, High Energy Mix {Blend of Raisins, Pumpkin Seeds, Cranberries, Almonds, Walnuts and Cashews}, Antioxidant Trail Mix {Blend of Raisins, Cranberries, Walnuts, Almonds, Cashews and Cherries}, and then Mini Garden Crisps that have 50% Veggies in it with Kale, Carrot, Red Bell Pepper & Spinach.  Then Dried Fruit Variety Pacs by Perfect Delights which are Organic and Mango, Figs, Raisins, Dates, Mulberries and Apricots.

There was a Lovely Lady with a Dutch Accent {Guessing where she might have been from}, striking looking with long Natural Blonde Hair and very Fit looking, she got to talking with me as we loaded our Carts with all these Health Food Snacks.  She had about as much in her Cart as I had in mine, so, I didn't feel so much like a Health Food Snack Hoarder!  *LOL*  She said she comes in at the beginning of every Month and Buys in bulk like this to last the whole Month and it's kept her Fit and very Healthy.  I want to be her when I Grow Up {Winks}, so, that was actually an Inspiration talking to her, coz she wasn't a Young Woman but had the Body and Skin of someone probably more than half her Age.  I told her I was on a New Low Carb Diet with Restrictions and she assayed my Choices and told me they are and were good ones.  I also got some loose Leaf Lavender Green Tea and some Peppercorns in a Grinder, and some European Silver Skin Cocktail Onions.

Today it got to 119, so, it was pretty miserable out there.   I didn't go out in it much except to Mail Bills, pick the Granddaughter up from Work and then take her to do her Shopping.  I'm glad she suggested T.J. Maxx since I forgot how good their Health Food and Imported Food Section is and how great their prices are for it.   It's actually a Dual Store of Home Goods and T.J. Maxx combo and most of the Food is on the Home Goods side of the Store, which is enormous, Warehouse Sized, like a Super Wal-Mart.  She got everything she needed from there and before we knew it we'd been out for Three Hours!!!   She's Fun to go Shopping and out to Eat with, we enjoy hanging out together, she's a Drama Free Fun Loving Person who just enjoys a very limited tight Inner Circle of who she wants to be around.   She said her Chat Group with Timmy & Matthew is called "A Girl And The Gays", which I thought was Cute.

Speaking of Cute, one of the Great Grandsons and his Fur Baby are inseparable our Granddaughter says, they Nap together.   This is a very heavily laden with Pixs of Grandkids and Great-Grandkids Post, coz they've sent me loads of new Pixs.   And Below is my Brother with a full Blood Gray Wolf, whose a Cupcake.  My Brother said he can hang out with the Wolf all day and it's nothing but Gentle and Calm, but his new Bulldog already got carried away playing too rough and caused a fairly serious injury to his Arm!!!   Of coarse my Brother, due to his Serious Illness, has very brittle Bones now, so he has to be more careful than most of us not to get hurt due to physical fragility associated with his Illness.   It was deemed a Terminal Condition some time ago, he just hasn't Died from it yet.

Below is the Olive Garden Food, it was so good and I appreciated her Surprising me with a Meal Out, her Treat.   We both Love the "Olive Garden", it's Food and it's Ambiance and Music they play, all the Old Italian Crooner Classics.   One thing we like about it is that usually it's mostly Adults dining there, not a lot of Families with small Children being disruptive.   When we're Dining Out we just don't wanna have to endure someone's fussy Children spoiling the Atmosphere and Mood of a Nice Meal.   Let that be at your Home or at a McDonalds or something, Eating Out isn't inexpensive these days so people Dining Out don't need their Meal ruined by your Children being fussy or acting inappropriately.  I Love Kids, but there's some places you shouldn't drag them around with you to.   And if you do, be Mindful of how disruptive or intrusive they're being to everyone else whose not a part of your Family and shouldn't have to Deal with it or Endure it.  

Once a Kid starts Crying incessantly, being extra Fussy coz they're Tired or not enjoying being there, or Screaming and throwing a Tantrum, or running around like they're Feral and Misbehaving, it's just time to remove them from a Public Place and Deal with it Privately.  How you choose to raise your Kiddos and Socialize them isn't my Business, it's yours, but, I don't wanna Deal with your Kids, that's your responsibility, not the General Public's.   I raised Two Generations of mine, so when I go somewhere Nice especially, if yours are there and aren't acting Right and you've lost Control to comfort or discipline them to behave as they should in Public, then, I expect you to realize it's a nuisance and just remove them.   So, anyway, at "Olive Garden" there were no disruptive Kiddos and Princess T said, isn't it nice that there's no Screaming Babies or Kids running around like Banshees?  *LOL, Yes, Yes it was!*  It Works her last Raw Nerve at 19 even quicker than it does mine!  *Smiles* 

I'm pre-scheduling this Post to Publish a couple days out, to give some time for the last couple Posts to be Read.   I'm trying to play catch-up myself in Blog Reading.   I've enjoyed so many of the Posts I've Read lately by other Bloggers.  I haven't been finding New Blogs to add to my Sidebar lately, but I need to do that too.  It's always nice to find a New Blogger I want to Read with some frequency.   A few Bloggers I used to Read either quit Blogging or had such long intervals between Posts that after a while I dropped them from the Sidebar becoz I wasn't seeing anything New they were Posting and what was on the Blog had grown quite stale.    I'm not one to go back thru Archived Posts very far, unless it's a brand New Blogger I've not Read before and scan some of the Archived Posts to get a feel for the Blog and the Blogger.

Tomorrow the New Jurassic Park Movie drops and we want to go.  So, might look up the times it's showing and when everyone is Home from Work or whatever else they've got going on, since The Son has taken some Vacation Time this Week, we'll get together and attend a showing of it.   We haven't been to the Theater to watch a Movie in quite some time, but enjoy it on the rare occasion that we do, especially the Dinosaur Movies on the Big Screen.   We know they have it in 3-D and that might be the one we want... later in the Afternoon after Princess T gets off Work...

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Have a Peaceful 4th of July my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian