A Mixed Bag Post Of Horrors... And Much Needed Sweetness & Levity

 

So, Donnie Two Dolls is at War now with Portland, Oregon, and talking like he's invading a Foreign Country we're Enemies with!!!  He does know Oregon is in and part of the United States, Right?!  *Eye Roll*  I mean, this is the Guy who said the Country of Belgium was a nice CITY!  Among other numerous Geographical faux pas, since, all the Money his Daddy had couldn't Buy that Fool of a Son an Education!!!   The City has a higher Property Crime Rate than the National average, but I don't think the United States of America needs to declare WAR on Portland and it's Population of American Citizens!!!  Christ on a Bike!  His ominous threats seem completely unhinged, "Authorizing Full Force if necessary...", what the fuck does that imply exactly??!!!!  I know what it SOUNDS like it implies!!!!  Not Good!  Perception is everything you know.  You're almost afraid to go to Sleep, not knowing WHAT he'll do at 3:00 in the Morning when he's on a Bender and before you get a chance to Wake up??!  Doesn't it seem almost like Demons are being unleashed across America to do his Bidding?  *Eye Roll and Shudder*

What State, City and it's Citizens will be his next Targeted War against?  And Two more Mass Shootings occurred over the Weekend!!!  Now Google predicts what you're gonna ask and automatically brings up "What Mass Shootings occurred TODAY!?", before you can Type in more than a Word of an inquiry!   And that speaks Volumes about the Gun Problem we now have in America where Mass Shootings and Assassinations, or attempts, have become so commonplace it's a fucking Daily occurrence at times!!!  And yet the Fundies are more worried about the Celebrating of Halloween, ain't that fucking Ironic?   All Hell is breaking loose across America and Evil Deeds galore are coming out of the White House, full of REAL Devils, that most of them Voted this Administration into being in Top Leadership, yet, handing out Candy to Kids mostly dressed in benign or silly Costumes is more worrisome to the Religiously extreme, go figure!!!   

I can't Square any of that, I really can't... the tangents they choose to Go Off on instead and Crush under the Weight of their vile and highly biased Judgments... Dr. Seuss... or the few Drag Queens volunteering at Libraries to harmlessly Read Storytime to the Kids.   While they Voted a Real adjudicated Sex Offender into the White House whose actually been Convicted of numerous Sexual Predation and was Besties with Child Sex Traffickers and actual Pedophiles.  And is giving Presidential Pardons to Violent Offenders who were Convicted of Serious Crimes, but are Friends or Supporters of his.  Go Figure how illogical that all is and just how "Godly" then are these Fundies who pretend to be so Religious, to Support such things REALLY?  Of coarse the Hateful Christian has become a Thing now, which also doesn't Square with the Teachings or bearing Good Witness of or for Jesus Christ and of a God of Love whatsoever.  I don't know what god they Worship, I really don't, it's a foreign concept to me to be a Hateful Violent exceedingly Prejudiced representative of the God I Worship, try to be a Decent Loving Witness for and Honor anyway.

But, Moving On, since you really just have to in order to maintain a semblance of Sanity in how Crazy it all now is.   Princess T saw the Space X Rocket blazing across our Skies Yesterday.  She asked me what it was, I didn't see it in time, so thought mebbe a Comet?   She said, No, it looked more like a Rocket, but instead of going up it was going sideways and looked like a Ball of White Fire shooting across the Sky.  It was still Daylight/Dusk outside, but it was bright and unannounced.  With Donnie Two Dolls with his Finger hovering over Lord knows what and access to Nuclear Codes, you never know?  I mean, he IS invading Portland like its a War.   So, then Today they mentioned on The News Locally that it was a Space X Rocket, and, at least it didn't explode over Phoenix, whew, that's a relief.  Didn't need something so close we could SEE it raining Rocket Debris down over the City. 

 That couldn't be Good when it happens... and... it has happened... since the Ketamine King's Rockets tend to explode a lot during launchings.  And why was it going Sideways instead of Up one wonders?  Where was it heading exactly?  I mean, it didn't look even that High Up!!!   That could have mebbe hit other fucking Aircraft I think?   These are Pixs that Locals in our City took and Shared on Social Media immediately, since, people weren't sure what it was?  A UFO... a Comet... something the Government was launching/firing... something our Enemies were firing at us?   So, the Media had to clarify since it did alarm a lot of people when something is that low over your City blazing across the Skies and you've not been informed of a damned thing.  Folks are On Edge as it is and the World, and America in particular, is getting to be a Scarier place by the Day!!!  You don't know what could happen, but the Word "Unprecedented" is being used unsettlingly A LOT NOW!!!

Okay, so to bring some much Needed Sweetness and Levity to the Post now, an Avalanche of Grandkids and Great-Grandkids Imagery:

A Granddaughter with her Son... she's apparently a Redhead slash Brunette Today... her Natural Color is actually very Blonde like her Kids... but every Photo she's sporting a different Color... she and The Young Prince do that A LOT.  *LOL*

This Great-Grandson, who belongs to her Older Sister, The Oldest Granddaughter Back East in Pittsburgh, does a lot of Firing Squad Poses against said Wall, it seems.   Or mebbe he's in a Police Lineup, not Sure, don't Know??!   He is one of the Usual Suspects to a Home that looks ransacked by wee Vandals sometimes.  Or so their Mama says... and blames her Mom's Grandchildren.  *Bwahahahahaha*

Ah, here he is with Skelly now... much better Backdrop.  *LOL*

And with one of their Fur Babies whose one of many Great-Grandpups we have.  *Smiles*  They actually came into the Families before any of the Human Great-Grandchildren and ergo don't even know they're Dogs!  *Winks and LOL*

Lots of Naps are taken Together.  This Granddaughter, the Oldest One, dropped more Imagery of her Kiddos than her Younger Sister this time, they're in Competition Sibling Rivalry now I think?  Since, Gramma Dawn was complaining, not enuf Pixs, where's my Pixs?!   I guess they wanna be my Favorite?  *Winks, that's my Standing Joke among all Kiddos, be they Family or Kiddos Friends, YOU are my Favorite, anytime they do something Nice for me or that I Want.  So, they all vie to hear that they're the Current Favorite.  LOL*   And now for a drop of some of my Dear Friends from The Antique Mall starting with Stud Muffin Anthony, who Lifts all my heavy shit for me and is my not-so-secret Young Boyfriend, and I make him Blush when I say that in jest *LOL*... and ending with my Friend Judith, who helped us Move from the McManse to here, in High Heels no less:

We do have a Good Time there, even when we aren't Killing it in Sales, so, it's a nice Social Outlet for many of us.  And when I'm pulling Shifts, traversing the 55,000 square feet of Mall Space on Two Floor Levels for Four Hours is as good as a Workout at the Gym, I get my Steps in for Sure!!!  *Smiles*   I think we have about 700 Vendors, so, I don't know them all, and sometimes the Paid Staff that work behind the Registers rotate in and out so often too that I can't always remember the Names of all the Sweet Young People, so I just call most of them 'Darling' when I have those Senior Moments of going Blank on their Names.  I did that with some of the Newer Ones in the Above pixs actually.  Only remembering the Names of my Old Friend Janet, whose been with us almost since the Beginning when we Opened, and Cameron, the Redhead who has Great Hair and a Jesus Freak Hippie of the 70's Vibe going on. *Winks, he's a very Nice Guy, all the Young People are Sweethearts.*

And since I've been Sharing my Front Porch Halloween Vignettes, well, most of my Algorithm Feed is now picking up Halloween Vignettes of Friends and other Social Media Sharers of theirs.  Which I've thoroughly enjoyed and am Sharing some of my Favs of.   Above, one of my all time Fav Online Vendors, Gypsy Brandy of "Pocket Full Of Heirlooms", did this to her Front Yard at her Historic Home, which is Fabulous inside.  She used to live in Texas, but now lives here in Arkansas, and has Chickens and Raises Bees too.   Her Family are Gypsy and did the Mit Camps at the Carnivals for Generations, Reading Fortunes and such as Carnies.  She Sources the best Merch for her Online Etsy Business and I've Bought a lot from her over the Years and Cribbed many of her Photos coz she's Brilliant at Staging her Inventory and Photographing it.  She has a similar Aesthetic to me except she uses a lot of Pink and I'm more Morticia inclined to use a lot of Black.  *LOL*

 

Just a Sampling of what she has Online For Sale right now for Halloween.  Many of her Personal Collections are To Die For!  Color me Envious of what she Finds in the areas she goes Treasure Hunting, way better than what we can Source around these parts.  And she does Ahhmazing Taxidermy that is very Creative and Unique.   She used to Sell at a Brick & Mortar Shop in Texas when she lived there but I think now she's mostly Selling Online if you want to View more of her Merch and how Beautifully she Showcases it in Photographs.  I can spot her Style instantly and have even Found some of it here in Arizona and said, that's by Pocket Full Of Heirlooms... it was... Surprising the Vendor that I knew that... and I Bought it.  *Winks*  There's some Designers and Vendors so distinctive that I just know instantly it's one of their pieces. 

So, financially I'm Tapped Out this close to EOM, it's the 29th in Real Time and so we're at the Line financially until our Pensions hit for October and that Government Shutdown therefore is worrisome.  Coz, all our Pensions and Disability Income is Federal/County/State, and it's been fucked up enuf already by this Administration getting it to us on time. Even without a Governmental Shutdown coz of their nonsense and inability to fucking run the Country and do their Jobs FOR the People and properly represent ALL of us.   We know they got the Backs of Billionaires, but they're royally fucking over the rest of us.  And I don't Trust they won't do more damage to the Economy than they already have and for most Average Americans that's gonna be dire and not sustainable by any stretch of the Imagination.   Most Working Stiffs and Retired or Disabled Folks are living Paycheck to Paychecks with no wiggle room.  And some aren't even covering their expenses anymore for the necessities and essentials without considerable hardships.

And it's no Joke when they're now fucking with our Money too, that we Earned and aren't gonna get on time coz they're dicking around playing Political Theater.   While Groveling Prostrated and Pandering to a spoiled petulant Psychopath Wanna Be Dictator, whose in Serious Cognitive decline and Wheels Off already.   He's at End Of Life so he doesn't give a fuck about the Future, he has none so he'd blow it all up for to satiate his own Spitefulness and Bitterness.  He actually sees and presents himself as a Victim, a Victim of such ENORMOUS Privilege, how Ironic is THAT?!  Poor Old filthy obscenely Rich Boy wants our Pity, and some are actually giving it to him, it's fucking Surreal!!!  Cut him a Big Check why dont'cha in MAGA World, coz he really Needs your financial Support...  *LMAO Bwahahahahaha*   Coz they DO!!!  Even if they literally can't Afford it!  And he sees them as a bunch of Rubes to exploit, further Con and take complete advantage of... it's Pitiful really, but there's a Sucker Born every Minute as PT Barnum once is attributed to have famously and allegedly said.

I want more coverage of who Inspires us as a Nation, not whose dragging us down and making the U.S. look Bad.   It's exhausting actually and could have so easily been avoided.   And that's what makes it all the more Tragic to me, it WAS avoidable, we had the chance to make Positive Change during that last Election, given what 1.0 had been like, so there were no real delusions that 2.0 would be somehow better and not even worse!   But, now speaking of an Inspiration instead, Below is one of my Inspirational Friends whose a Beautiful Person Inside and Out:

Above is my Beautiful Ageless Friend Carissa of "Mama's Dogs", who has Raised her Handsome Brood of Four Sons slinging Hot Dogs the Sexiest way.  Her Baking is phenomenal too, I don't know how she stays in such Fabulous Top Model Shape Baking like that and having had Four Kids?!   The Boys are quickly turning into Handsome Young Men already, Dating, she's got 3 of the 4 now almost Grown!  I still remember when The Twins used to be wee, before the Youngest was even Born, how Time just Flies and they grow up so fast!!!   And even when she was Preggy with TWINS she was still Modeling and looking absolutely Ahhhhmazing, I don't know how she does it?   And she has a Ranch filled with all kinds of Animals she's Raising too, what she juggles is simply, in a Word, Inspirational.

I just Love seeing the Pixs she Shares of her Kiddos, her Animals at the Ranch, and her slinging Hot Dogs like a Boss, while looking Hawt doing it ALL.   She used to set up at all the Events I attended and that's how we initially met and became Friends.   She hasn't done the Events for a while now, except the Barrett-Jackson Car Auctions in Scottsdale, which, I don't attend.  So the Book of Faces is how I stay in Touch with those folks I don't run into as often in Person anymore.   To be Fair I don't get out so much anymore to run into anyone I know very often, so when I do, they're like, where have you been, I haven't seen you in Forever?!  *LOL*  When you get to a certain Age I think they may figure you may have just Died?!  *LOL* 

I am a Honey, Jam and Jelly Hoarder, I have more of each than any Sane Woman should have in her Pantry, but, we use them a lot.  *LOL*  And I just Love how many Varieties of each you can find, each uniquely different and delicious.   The above Trio of Honey is just a Sampling of the types, hues and tastes of Honey you can savor.   Next time I'm at "World Market" I'm picking up this Trio rather than just Photographing it.  Even tho' I don't NEED more Honey right now.  *Bwahahaha*  There is shit I Need right now tho', Essential, once we get Paid.   We're out of Milk and almost all of the Fresh Salsa I made {pictured Below} is just about gone now too.  I'm out of Gas, but Princess T said she'd fill up the Gas Tank before we go to her Specialist, since, I'm her Unpaid Uber Driver.  *Smiles*

I'm dead Tired, even tho' I went to Bed early and thought I got enuf Rest, I don't Feel very Rested.  I can't Imagine my Gym Workout and what I did Yesterday took that much Wind out of my Sails, if so, how Pathetic I am now!!!  *LOL*    I took a tiny Nap around Noon, her Appointment is around 2:00, The Daughter woke me up to eat Brunch before we go.  I really don't feel so productive Today and being broke is always tense at EOM.  You can't afford to Need to spend any Money you don't have.  I've got the Holiday Cookie Challenge on so that I don't have to watch Donnie Two Dolls talking in the 3rd Person during this Morning's Speech.  Saying that no President has been as Good to Israel as Donnie tRump has been!  The Craziest of People talk about themselves constantly in the 3rd Person, why doesn't he just say "I" or "Me" instead, like a Normal Person saying they did something?  I just can't even see or hear him without Feeling disgust and Shame/Embarrassment for America.

I Wished I could show some of my favorite Cookie entries from this Show but Online they didn't Profile any of them in a Basic Search of said Show, and I gave up trying to take Pixs of the TV Screen of what I want to remember of each Program.  I tried that for a couple Years with mixed results, I'm just not quick enuf and it distracted from watching and enjoying the various Show's Episodes.  But then, I FOUND it, with an obscure Google of Stained Glass Cookies as my Search Engine.  My Fav was the 1st Cookie with the Werewolf howling at the Stained Glass Moon. They were all good tho', I didn't show the Eliminated Cook coz it wasn't a Fav either.  Everyone is so Talented and of coarse I can't Taste the Challenge and some of the Cookie Flavor Profiles did sound yummy.  The Asian Male Baker who did Cookie No. 1 that I liked best had a Black Sesame Uzu... and the Bottom one had a Lavender Lemon... I think I would have preferred either of those Unusual Flavor Profiles best.  The Middle one went with Caramel Pumpkin Spice which is too Ordinary and not a Fan of Pumpkin Spice, it's overdone everywhere and so Basic and Boring.

I was enjoying watching even reruns of the Holiday Baking Shows, the New Episodes don't come on until after 9:00 p.m. and I missed last Night's "Halloween Wars" so I'll have to watch that when it loops again next Sunday Night.  I just fell asleep early last Night, so Tired I couldn't stay awake and completely forgot it was a Sunday Night and so it would be on... dammit!!!  Sometimes I just Space Out on what Day of the Week it is and what will be on TV coz I don't watch much TV.  Tonight will be some of the Halloween Baking Shows New Episodes.  I'll try to stay Awake for that one.   I look forward all Year long for those Holiday Halloween Food Network Show Competitions.

We did go into one of the bigger "Fry's" Food Stores that they call "Fry's Marketplace" and Sells everything, even Clothing, and their Halloween Section was vast, bigger than most of the Big Box Stores Halloween Sections.   So, I wandered around that even tho' we were there for our Groceries.  The Granddaughter is currently on a Health Food kick to try to gain some Weight, but eating Healthy doing it.  She figures IF this Gastro Specialist can get her Stomach/Gut Issues figured out, perhaps she'll have an easier time eating Food and Gaining Weight?  Listen, when I was her Age I couldn't Gain Weight worth a damn either and its as difficult as trying to Lose Weight, Believe it or not, if you are chronically underweight, either Naturally or due to a Medical Condition.  Packing on Weight can be even harder coz forcing more Food & Calories into yourself isn't pleasurable like overeating is for most Overweight people. 

She's Hopeful but also Scared, coz she doesn't know what he might say is Wrong with her?  She doesn't want for it to be anything Bad, so, I fully understand her Anxiety about it.   She's had Medical Fragility all of her Life since Birth and often what Docs had to say about it wasn't easy to receive or to Live with.  Often Treatments were Painful for her, or Scary for a Child, so she doesn't have pleasant Memories about all of that she always had to go thru all of the time.   For Nine Years she had to Sleep sitting up and taking Five Breathing Treatments Daily until she was Qualified to receive a Corrective Surgery.  Then the Surgery was Scary, becoz they found and removed a Benign Tumor in her Throat that was the culprit and as big as a large Grape!!!  I couldn't even Authorize the Surgery coz I was only a Kinship Placement at the time so a CPS Caseworker had to Approve and Authorize it!!!  Scarier stuff still for a Non-Family Member of a Government Agency and Stranger to have that much Authority over your Grandchild and their Health & Well Being!

Speaking of Government overreach... We just had a MAGA World Old White Dude show up with his Petition to Recall some Elected School Board Officials, which, of coarse we wouldn't Sign becoz all he was saying was BS MAGA Spin and not True, hyperbole Conspiracy Theory shit.  We simply told him we don't get involved in Partisan Politics and Political Theater, didn't wanna Sign anything, everyone Voted In whose now In and will have to Live with it until the next Election.   Then becoz I was saying we didn't Vote In whose In, and don't Like ANY of it, he did a complete 180 and tried to defend whose In!  LMAO, I couldn't help it, I just said, well, you seem Happy Enuf then, so, you don't Need any Petition to Recall anybody, you got exactly what you Voted for.  Just before we Slammed the Door in his Face.  *Ha ha ha*   MAGA always do that, complain about how Bad things are getting and get all twisted up about it, then do a 180 and still defend whose doing it and responsible for it! You can't have it both ways, you can't keep still Blaming all this on Biden and the Liberals.   So, I have no Words and won't Engage with their Nonsensical illogical rhetoric.  

He was gonna Go Off on a tangent about Closed Borders and make the conversation turn Racist.  I could see the Wind Up coming... and how good he was personally doing in the Stock Market... so I said Good for you, you should have no Complaints then... and, Door Shut.  Don't go away Mad, just go away.  *LOL*   He said a Neighbor had sent him over, but I doubt it, most of our Neighbors are Hispanic, or part Hispanic, up and down the entire Street, pretty sure they're not encouraging a White Nationalist Racist Agenda against themselves and their South of the Border Brethren.  And once someone goes in a White Supremacist direction, I have nothing more to say to them, seek a good Therapist for your Hate filled tormented Soul and Self, is all I would be able to offer them in exchange really.  Princess T came out to see who was Yelling on our Doorstep, coz he had begun Yelling when we wouldn't Sign his Petition, and that's when he got Ugly, Confrontational, very Pushy and got Crazy, as if somehow that would MAKE us Agree with him and Sign "Under Protest"!?  WTF?!  *LOL and Eye Roll*

 It seemed to Anger him all the more and make him Louder, that I remained Calm, didn't Raise our Voices, and Smiled as I said, "We'll just have to Agree to Disagree then..." as I Shut the Door in his Face.  *Bwahahahaha*   He didn't have a single Name I could see on his Petition, doubt he'll get many to agree to Sign around here in this Community.   We have a Nice and diverse Community of Neighbors here who don't make Trouble and Help one another out.   We'd like to Keep it that way and not invite Troublemakers to make rounds here who are intentionally divisive and Support vile Agendas.   Trying to coerce people so Sign your Political Petitions is just Weird and inappropriate.  Most Petitions going around ask if you will Sign it, if you decline, they don't lose their shit about it and get Crazy.  I could see this Guy being the sort to become potentially violent or promote violence towards anyone not like him, he couldn't even control or regulate his Mood once we politely declined to Sign his Petition and then he came unglued and tried to start an Argument FOR Donnie Two Dolls specifically!   And we weren't even Going There and having THAT fucking conversation with a Cult Member!!!

You can't go door to door behaving like that, pretty sure someone will call the Police or City about him being confrontational and too forceful about his Politics, while coming uninvited and unwanted onto people's property.   I was entertaining myself somewhat to have what brief exchange we did, only becoz I could see he couldn't handle it.  *LOL*  The Man was just without Words that someone knocked on our Door, a very aggressive knock at that, then began having a Political Tantrum on our Doorstep, and wouldn't just leave and go away when we politely declined, as he SHOULD HAVE done.  Which is why I stepped in behind him to handle it, once I heard the exchange getting heated and loud from the other side of the Door, from way down our Hallway, and wondered, who the Hell is this, what's going on, and what the fuck do they want?   Coz The Man is often too Polite to be mean, even with a Smile on his Face and doing so Calmly, which, I confess, I do pretty effectively once someone has become an Asshole to be Dealt with accordingly, I mean what he did, that's Crazy.  We're Sick of MAGA World's impropriety and being so unhinged, it's not Normal and I won't Pretend it is.

Well, we got all the way to her Gastro Specialist to be told they'd Cancelled our Appointment coz he'd be in Surgery all Day and the earliest now they can re-schedule it is November 3rd!!!   They'd left her a voice message but she hadn't listened to it coz she was at Work when she got it and didn't recognize the Number, so, that was a wasted trip for nothing.  *Le Sigh*  She'd had an Anxiety Attack on the way there so she really was relieved, but, damn they cancel it and then can't fit you in for over a Month, that's ridiculous!  Anyway, it is what it is and she took me out for Lunch at "Wildflower Bread Co." near the Big Mall and then we walked the Mall and then she did some Grocery Shopping.  I had the Forrest Mushroom Soup with a Citrus Beet Salad and Thai Mango Lemonade, it was really all very good.   She had the Lemon Chicken Vegetable Soup with Rosemary Sea Salt Bread.

I bit the Middle of my Tongue really bad while eating mind, how the Hell do you even do that?!  I joked that it was like I had a little Seizure or something... and we Laughed and Laughed coz she said her Uncle would be Mad at that Joke.   He takes my Aging and Health so Seriously sometimes that he can't take a Joke about it.  *LOL*  Anyway, my Hips hurt after walking the whole Mall, it's Two levels and a big Mall, mebbe I did too much time and overdid it on the Stationary Bike at The Gym?  *LOL*  We Laughed about that too coz Princess T confessed that she must be very out of shape coz she was as winded and hurting as I was, so we were both ready to Tap Out at the same time!!!  *LMAO*  She got a Playboy Bunny Pillow at "Spencer's" and showed me that "Hot Topic" had remodeled and enlarged their Store there tremendously, it's 4x larger than it used to be and I like the Remodel.   The Mall had a lot of new Businesses replacing those that had Closed, and new Restaurants too in the Food Court.

While at The Mall she got a Blind Box Anime Figure out of the Vending Machines that Sell them and she Collects.   It was Luckily one she doesn't already have.  For what they Charge they shouldn't be Blind Boxes IMO, they're expensive so you should be able to choose the One you want, but I guess that's the gimmick to make even more Money off it?   She said the Labubu's are the same, Blind Boxes for the Authentic Ones, WTF, some are over $125 or more for one you don't even know which you're getting and might already have, that's outrageous!   These are much cheaper than that, but, for what they are, still overpriced IMO... but the Young People were Lining Up at the Vending Machine to take a Turn to Buy one.   I should have Invented this shit, I'd be a Made Woman!  *Winks*

This is part of the Display of some of what the Vending Machine Sells in the Blind Boxes, they set the Displays up beside the Blind Boxes in the Vending Machine as a Teaser to which one you might get.   Princess T said Kids Sell the Duplicates Online that they get, for Double what they Paid, and people who want THAT One will pay it rather than risk not ever getting one in their Blind Boxes or getting Triplicates or whatever of what they already have of the Collection... or to Complete a Collection.   The Japanese are making a Killing off this Anime Craze in America.  They are Adorbs, but, also very Expensive IMO.

She wanted an Ed Hardy Belt like this one while we were at "Hot Topic", but she's so Tiny that she could wrap most of the Sizes around herself almost Twice and they didn't have any remotely in her Size.  Even their Smallest Size was way too long and there were no Holes where they needed to be for her tiny Waist.   We went to TJ Maxx to pick out some Lunch Ware she wanted for bringing her Healthier Foods she makes at Home to Work every day now.   She'll mostly bring Fresh Fruits, Cheeses and an Entree.   She's a very Healthy yet picky Eater coz so many Foods she simply cannot eat without adverse side effects that are unpleasant and actually Painful for her.

I was having Fun snapping Images for Blog Fodder of some of the Merch at The Mall.   I had no Money or Budget to Buy a damned thing, but, at The Malls I don't usually find anything I'd be Tempted to Buy anyway.  I can't even recall last time I Shopped in earnest at any Mall?   So many Stores there I don't even understand, they have at least Half a Dozen or more HAT Stores, they Sell nothing but Baseball Style Hats, that's all they Sell!   And most of the Boutiques now are Selling the worst Fashions, that look Trashy, I'm talkin' Twenty Dollar Hooker Trashy... who Wears that shit?!   Even an Attractive Woman would look Cheap and Whorish wearing any of it... and a Girl shouldn't even be wearing it at all if she's underaged, or she'd be Targeted by the likes of Epstein!!!   And I'm no prude when it comes to Fashion at all, you can look Sexy, or Classy, or Trendy without looking Tacky or Cheaply Whorish like a lowlife Pimp in Da Hood just picked out your Wardrobe for you. 

And, we did see our fair share of Young Gals wearing such ensembles at The Mall, it was not Pretty.  *Bwahahahaha*   One set of Gals in front of us had Denim Daisy Dukes so short and up the Cracks of their Asses so far that we both Laughed and said if the Back looked that Bad, we sure as Hell didn't wanna see what the Front looked like!  *LMAOROTF*  They were Attractive Young Women too, but, it was NOT a Good Look for either of them, the One in particular, and it couldn't have been comfortable... I never seen so much Denim shoved up an Ass Crack that far as that!!!  *LOL*   So, yeah, The Mall can also be quite The Human Sideshow as well for People Watching, quite Entertaining it is.  *Smiles*  I Surprisingly actually got several compliments from Young Men at The Mall on the T-Shirt I was wearing... which was my Psychedelic Mushroom Shirt from Liquid Blue.  *Winks*

And at the "Hallmark Store" we got Sticker Shock from how much Halloween and Christmas Ornaments are Costing now, Holy Hell, some were $100!!!   I used to Collect Hallmark Ornaments, mostly Christmas Ones, my Mom would Buy me One every Christmas and we'd go to the Hallmark Stores together to pick it out, which was Memorable in the best of ways.  They were never inexpensive.  But Christ on a Bike, now they aren't even affordable and I certainly wouldn't pay that much for any Ornament that they were now charging!!!   And yet, some were Sold Out... go figure... someone clearly is willing to pay it!!!   Wouldn't be me!  You'd have to be really Hallmark Ornament Obsessed I'd think to Pay that much for an Ornament!!!

Some of my fav Stores like "The Henna Shoppe" don't have the Merch Selection they once had.   Some locations have even Downsized or Closed in the Malls.   And I don't see that they do Mehndi there anymore or Teach Classes on doing it either.  The Young Prince and Princess T both Learned to do their Mehndi at a Class there and we used to go get our Mehndi done on our Girl's Day Out Together, she misses doing that Together and having our Mehndi done by a Professional.   So we were both lamenting about that while in the Shoppe, and none of the people Work there anymore that we used to know and got close to, most of them being the Professional Mehndi Artists.   Now they just hire some Teenager whose on her Phone most of the time while Shoppers are browsing and only looks up to say if you need anything, just ask... and I presume then she'll put her Phone down???  *LOL*

Well, to be Fair, Retail Shopping in Brick N Mortar Stores ain't what it used to be at all anymore.   Nor are The Mall a Destination or place to go like they used to be.  No wonder Online Sales are eclipsing them and driving many out of Business.   Princess T just came in, she's Cooking AFTER her Mother just Cooked and is Laughing about the Condition of the Kitchen afterwards.   The Daughter left a piece of Toasted Toast IN the Toaster... used every Frying Pan and Saucepan in the whole Kitchen... and, it's the usual carnage in there after she Cooks a Meal.  It was a simple Meal she had prepared for herself, Mando and The Man, nothing elaborate to require that many Dishes to dirty.   Princess T will Clean as she goes while preparing her Meal.  And The Son does the same when he's preparing his.   Those Two prefer making their own meals separately except if I make something Special that they really like.  Everyone wants me to make more Homemade Salsa.  *Smiles*

I Hope as the 2026 Elections come closer we won't have any more Crazies from the Far Right showing up on our Doorstep.  We actually have it Posted that we don't want ANY Solicitors of Politics, Religion, or trying to Sell us anything.   They ignore it, we usually Point to it when they do Show up, coz there's Two Signs actually right AT the Front Door in plain View.   Along with No Trespassing Signs as well, if you're not Invited, we really don't want you on our Property actually and being bothered by you.  Randos aren't generally Welcome coz they're just an unwanted Nuisance.   I don't want you Selling your Religion, your Politics or whatever shit I don't wanna Buy that you're Hawking, by coming onto my Property and banging on our Door bothering us.  It's as Unwelcome as Spam and Trolls Online is and Telemarketers calling us on our Phones.  Or some Cashier at an Obscenely Rich Corporate Megastore asking if we wanna Donate our Change?  NO, we do not... I don't have Free Money to give away on every fucking Purchase I make, Okay?  If I wanna Support some worthy Charitable Organization, I do so, usually Anonymously and Privately. 

And Princess T, tho' she chides me often for being insensitive to her Grandpa's confusion with the Dementia, when he's not processing information, can be just as impatient with him sometimes.  And it's Funny, but, she does apologize to him when it comes out all Wrong.  He's helping us bring in all the Groceries she's just bought, most of which will go in her Fridge.  So, he's got both Hands full of Grocery Plastic Bags, coz they didn't have Paper Bags which we prefer, and he's asking her where to put them?  She says, "Just put them here on the Floor Grandpa."   And he just stands there in her Room looking around Lost now and not putting them down, looking confused and saying "Where?".  So she says tersely, "The Floor you're Standing on!"   *Bwahahahahaha* 

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Happy Autumn from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian