Bohemian Valhalla: Sick Grandkids At Halloween In Real Time... Fun Times

Ever since Blogger Legacy went away, and I MISS it so much, I can't get a Wallpaper Background to work on my Blog. All the Help sites are useless and it seems many Bloggers have the same complaint and all we get is a tiny Tile in the upper Lefthand Corner when Customizing our Wallpaper so the Image won't Load, just a Solid Color. *Angry Face* I've toyed with it again for Days now and may have to get The Niece, a Tech Guru, to fix it for me during her next visit. Coz I'm Tech Challenged and have forgotten a lot of what used to Work, coz they keep enhancing the Blogger System and then you gotta learn everything afresh. I don't have the bandwidth for that anymore, I'd prefer to have had the option to stick with Blogger Legacy. I used to change my Banner all the time too, now I leave it alone, can't even recall how I'd change it now?

I used to be so Proud of how I could Customize my Blog and make it another Art Form, now, they've changed how you do everything and I just don't wanna bother learning everything New and Enhanced. Let us Dinosaurs just have our Legacy back that we knew how to Operate, dammit! I used to have great Blog Wallpaper and once I got what I Loved I didn't even wanna change it that often, now I can't get a Wallpaper Image to load at all on my Blog, and there are a few I'd gladly use, if they'd just fucking Work as they're supposed to and not have a Glitch I cannot figure out coz I'm sure it's Blogger related and nothing to do with me personally! Only becoz other Users are having the identical problem and did nothing either to have it just suddenly glitch and eliminate their Wallpaper and just give them Solid Color instead!!! WTF?!

Mando and The Daughter are still having to take The Son to and from Work, he and Mando keep working on his Car all Day after Work and on his Days off, it's just a POS Vehicle. I don't think he should sink more Money into it, Trade it in, even if you have some Payments on something more reliable it's gotta be better than this nonsense to keep throwing good Money after bad at it to no avail. Gypsy James should have just made it Right by him and give him something else he has that works, since, he bought the damned Car from James in good faith and it's been a problem since Day No. One! If a Stranger Sells you a POS it's one thing,b ut when a Friend does, if they Value the Friendship they should make it Right by you IMO.

The Friendship has cooled due to this damned Car. Is it worth losing a Lifelong Friend whose been like a Brother to you their whole Life over a fucking POS Car you Sold them? Hey, I've done it myself, when a Friend asked me if one of my Grandkids could come help set up a Shop they were Opening and Work for them. I had trepidations of it from The Jump, coz if it didn't work out for any reason, I didn't want Drama and a Headache of a long time Friendship going Sour over it. Well, she insisted, she knows my Grandkids have been Raised to Work and have a strong Work Ethic, and it did work out for a time. He got the Shop set up for her and they had agreed upon a method of payment.

Only problem was, she stiffed him for the last Week's Payment and made excuses for Years about why she wasn't Honoring what she Owed him. The Friendship Cooled, I've seen her Once now since then, she still Owes him the Money. He wanted nothing to to with her after that, I actually gave him what she Owed him, feeling bad I'd talked him into the Job in the 1st place as a "Favor" to my "Friend". Listen my Kiddos have done unpaid Volunteer Work and aren't opposed to Helping as a Volunteer, so the Issue was that the Arrangement wasn't on a Volunteer Basis, she agreed it would be a Paid Job. So, that was the Arrangement Agreed upon and it should have been Honored. It's been so many Years now that the one time I did run into her it wasn't brought up anymore, she always brought it up before, knowing she Owed him still. She knows it's why we're no longer close or I consider "Friends".

Becoz, I have zero interest now in the Friendship, if you'll screw over me or one of mine, I don't really Trust you anymore, you've shown me a side of yourself I don't want in my Inner Circle. Lots of people are like that and don't realize it's why they have Relationship Issues, that they bring upon themselves. Your Reputation and Character should mean EVERYTHING to you, but, sadly, with some folks, they ruin both their Reputation and how other folks feel about their Character being flawed to a point we don't want closeness with them. I can overlook a multitude of Sins, flaws and follies you might have if you can be Trusted and are Honest, but, if you're NOT, forget about it. Once you break Trust with me, it's hard to Earn it back coz I Doubt your Integrity now.

Princess T is a Cow Today for Work, she was jazzed to go in Costume and I'm glad since she always liked wearing Costumes or making a bold Fashion Statement with her Wardrobe and her Look. Above is a Pix of a Nostalgia item I saw at Princess T's Chazza Yesterday. My Dad, when he was sent to Vietnam in the early 1970's had his R&R in Australia, where he Bought my Brother and I one of these each. So, it's very poignant as a Nostalgic item and it was Tempting to Buy this little Guy but I resisted, some Memories are Painful as well as Nostalgic and my Dad going to Vietnam was one of those. Yes, he came back Alive but Changed, as War and Trauma is inclined to do, and I always felt it put that finishing touch on my Parent's Marriage. I know it did for The Man's 1st Marriage after Two Tours in Vietnam, he was never the same Man his 1st Wife had Married... and he came back with Wartime Disabilities he had to recover from, Mentally and Physically.

I'm still taking Holiday Pixs since it's still not Halloween in Real Time. And Tomorrow is the Big Day we've been leading up to. I'm enjoying every Minute of it, it's been a Welcome distraction from EVERYTHING ELSE. Both Personal and National that is FUBAR right now. *LOL* As it is, I JUST got a Call from Princess T and had to pick my Cute Cow up from Work coz she's still throwing up and Luckily her Boss said she has built up a Sick Day to use that won't go against her Attendance and Performance. *Whew* She was so upset and Crying tho', coz everyone Loved her Cute Cow Costume and was Moo-ing at her and she was having Fun with it and had spent since 5:00 a.m. getting ready to look Cute in Costumer... dammit!!! *Le Sigh* She REALLY wanted to be at Work Today and Tomorrow {Halloween} coz she's wearing her Halloween Costume of the Anime Character for Tomorrow!

She has all the Meds prescribed but was supposed to wait until after her Labs on Monday Morning, which she needs to Fast for, before taking some of them. Now it just can't wait. If Mercy Care hadn't changed the requirements for NOT using the Labs AT Abrazo, her Labs would already be fucking done, but now we gotta have the hassle of an Off Site Lab, which, I've not had great experiences with Sonoran Quest before so I'm not thrilled with having to go there. Long Waits, incompetent loss of your Lab Work or not sending all of it back to your Physician, so our Docs aren't thrilled with the changes either. The VA is just as bad and the Base Clinic used to be too, but now after Age 65 you can't use the Base Clinic anymore, but, their Lab would always fuck up too. Abrazo's Onsite Lab is excellent, no fuck ups, no waits either, very efficient and no delays or Administrative error nonsense.

I just called the Specialist, they claim to not have the 2nd Referral either so I told them I expect them to have this Resolved by Tuesday of next Week coz my Doc's Office has now sent it to them Twice. I've had to initiate contact with them Twice coz they have done Zero Follow-Ups with me as Promised, and I've run out of Patience since this was an Urgent Referral and we'll be into Week Three already by next Week without me even getting an Appointment Scheduled, which, is ridiculous since it was required to have a 24-48 Hour Turnaround on this Referral!!! Three Weeks is well beyond incompetent, negligent and totally unacceptable in my opinion and the Receptionist had to agree with that, she said that would be a concern of hers too. So, we'll see if they drop the Ball a 3rd time or not?

I got Two Sick Grandkids at Home right now, The Young Prince still has drainage out of the Brown Recluse Spider Bite. Princess T is throwing up, Fun Times a day before Halloween!!! Mando is furiously working on The Son's Car so we can at least move it out of the Main Driveway for Halloween over to the RV Garage Driveway out of the way of Kids that will be coming for Candy Tomorrow Night. We all sit out Front of the Front Porch Vignette with a Fire Going in our Wrought Iron Firepit, and hand out the Candy to the Trick-Or-Treaters. I think I have more than enough for whatever Kids come by, but may pick up what our own Family likes, since, why not get it while they have it, and now they have it On Sale.

So, we traded in Aluminum Cans which Paid for the Halloween Candy for the Family that we stopped in to TARGET to get, some of it was on Sale plus I get 5% Off for using my Red Card there, which is just tied to my Debit Card Account. I got some more of the Hyde & Eek Dish Towels {pictured further Below} and a Hyde & Eek Bat shaped Coffee Mug. {Below} The Young Prince's Spider Bite is looking worse so we may have to take him back to the ER Tomorrow Morning I just don't know, they did tell us to return if he worsens. The other Guy that got bit at the same Home is Hospitalized so his worsened enuf to require Inpatient Care. We don't know yet whether AHCCCS approved and is covering The Grandson tho' and otherwise he has no way to pay for any Medical Care.

While we were at TARGET we overheard an Elderly White Lady tell the Pharmacists she'd been dropped by her Medicare Plan. She struck up a Conversation with The Man and I afterwards and it's only then I realized she was a Die Hard MAGA who still Believes this White House is working SO HARD for her, for Veterans {she saw The Man was one}, and I could tell by her limited skewed information, she only watches Faux News and that's the problem when people are getting their information in a Propaganda fabricated Bubble, fraught with Misinformation and Lies, and are so far removed from The Truth, they're still absolutely Clueless to this day. She seemed flabbergasted when I told her some Truths, of what has been actually done and said that Faux isn't covering AT ALL so their Viewers have NO Idea whatsoever.

I gently told her to research some of this to verify it beyond One Source which may not be giving her balanced information. She seemed like a Nice Older Lady who is just really Out of Touch completely. She seemed unaware of why Medicare and Medicaid are in Crisis and Providers are dropping people, confused, she still isn't sure she now has Coverage that is adequate or an improvement over United Healthcare, which she's had since she's been on Medicare. She looked to be in her 80's, and I thought, if that were my Mom or Aunty I'd want a Younger Senior to be assisting her and exposing her to more than clearly she's exposing herself to, so, she's uninformed or underinformed and just doesn't even know it. We actually had a pleasant civil exchange, I could tell she's a Rabid Republican and seems to think they still have her Back, deeply in Denial.

She Agreed that this Prez is too Old and so was the last one, I think many of us Seniors can fathom that much about a Geriatric Government, it's not Ideal. She was saying she didn't Vote for THIS, but, you know, she did, they had said everything they were going to do, I'll give the Regime that much, they said all the Quiet parts out loud so I don't buy the excuse of any MAGA that they didn't Vote for this, they did. And, like this Old Gal, she refuses to Believe HE would do this to them, it has to be someone else's Fault. But, Yeah, he'd do this to you... he'd throw his own Family under the Bus. And everyone in his whole Camp is dispensable and discardable to him. He only Cares about himself and if your usefulness to him is null and void, you're now useless to him.

We parted with me telling her I Hoped she could replace her Healthcare with something suitable for her Needs. She Thanked The Man for his Service, she was very Pro-Military, didn't realize this Administration isn't. She was under the Illusion they were and of coarse Faux never aired the "Suckers and Losers" Clip of Donnie Two Doll's opinion about our Military and Veterans, both Living and Dead. I urged her to Google it on her Phone and Listen for herself, since, she thought SURELY he'd misspoken and didn't mean that? Well, he did, we all know it who heard it for ourselves and I think the MAGA need to recognize he's a Tyrant, wants Tyranny and is open about his Anti-Democracy stance.

Now Donnie Two Dolls, a Draft Dodging Coward who wouldn't even Serve his Country during War, and his whacko VP Couch Fucker Warmonger Vance, wants to start using Nukes and Testing them immediately!!! I'm very, very Worried, even Putin, Xi and Kim Jong Un aren't that Crazy and realize the Danger that poses to the entire stability of the World and damage to the Environment Forever!!! It was 1992 when we ceased doing Nuclear Testing... Russia in 1990... China in 1996... India & Pakistan in 1998... and North Korea in 2017. It should be Suspended Forever IMO Worldwide. Whacko Vance was saying that tho' we KNOW ours still Work, we still Need to Test them regularly...

Why... no, we fucking don't Need to be setting off Nuclear Warheads we Know already Work, you ignorant, Environmentally Unconscious, and incompetent Nepo Hire Moron trying to look like some Military Tough Guy!!! He was a Marine Corps. Corporal who only Served Four Years, he's not Career Military... and was a Military Journalist for about Six Months but saw NO Combat. So, tho' deployed to Iraq, he is not experienced at Combat whatsoever, he was in Public Affairs. He left the Military to attend College when his Enlistment ended, which, is considered Honorable Service, but he's no War Hero and didn't make it his Career, and is very condescending of those who truly are. His Military Record came under scrutiny since he's critical of other Veterans, Generals and the Military in general, as if he's some vastly Experienced Expert, which, he's NOT.

Anyway, such is this Administration's continued Fuckery, which knows absolutely no bounds. And... November 1st all SNAP is Suspended and the Lines at all the Local Food Banks are already at capacity and Miles long before they even Open. I worked Faith Based Food Ministries and as a Volunteer at Secular Food Banks for Decades, they are not designed to Feed all of the Hungry of America who rely on Federal Nutritional Assistance Programs. They mostly Serve Emergencies and immediate Crisis Situations, not ensuring over 45 Million Americans who rely on SNAP get Food becoz the Federal Government are forsaking them now.

Over 48% of those on SNAP have low Paying Jobs, about 39% are Children, 20% are the Elderly, and then there are the Disabled who can't Work, those who are Unemployed or Underemployed, and, the Homeless. It's a Myth that those receiving Nutritional Assistance are just too Lazy to Work or get a Job and that's who it's primarily Funding. Only those ignorant about the Programs and who they actually Serve Believe such Lies and Old Tropes. And some folks wouldn't help the Needy at all, period, they're Selfish and Self-Serving types who aren't Charitable and don't wanna be either, so they resent the Needy of Society and the most Vulnerable and the Poor. Even in their Abundance they aren't Giving, but many are Takers and don't seem to equate that with Welfare for the Wealthy.

Work was slow, and my Memory is a Strange thing coz a Guy came in and I recognized him as someone banned from the Mall with an Order of Trespass from way back in 2018! We have a book with Security Pixs of anyone to look out for and I swear I've memorized those Perps so well who've been caught Stealing that I instantly recognized this Guy! I might not recall if I took my Meds in the Morning or what I ate but I never forget something like that, Weird! I verified with the Book, which is kept at the Greeter Station and it said if seen, to notify Management immediately, the Police would be Called and he'd be Arrested!

So, I took the Book up to the Night Manager and Staff, showed them, and they blew it off and said it's Old now and he's in all the time!!! Orders of Trespass have no Expiration and if you violate one it's still valid Years later. But, whatever... and so, WHAT'S THE FUCKING POINT?! And this is Why we have huge Loss Prevention and Security Issues there, ambivalence of Management and Staff about Thefts and Thieves. And Shoplifters become emboldened when they're not arrested or prosecuted, no consequences escalate all Crimes across the board. And when we have top people all the way up to a corrupt Criminal Felon President, well, everybody now seems to not see it as a Big Deal to commit Crimes if you can get away with it and profit from it. No matter who it hurts or who gets hurt in the process.

I wouldn't wait on the Guy when he was wanting to get into Locked Cases, he got caught before Stealing from one and pretty sure he's a Professional Thief and good at it. He'll keep hitting the place so long as they don't enforce the Trespass Order. I told the Two Co-Worker Key Dealers about him and left it up to them whether they waited on him or not, I wasn't risking it and didn't Care if he complained or made a fuss about it... I don't tolerate Thieves and don't want those who've already been Caught even in our Mall so they can Steal even more. And if Sales are flat and we're getting Victimized by Thieves too, Rents are High, well, it's not sustainable for most Vendors.

As it was last Pay Period had ended abysmally again and I owed again, not much, but that's not even the Point, we're not there to lose Money or break even. Plus, some of my Halloween Merch was MIA and it wasn't on either the Statement from last Pay Period or this one, nor anywhere misplaced in the Mall, so, probably walked out the Door unpaid for. My Showroom was messy too even tho' Sales are flat. Messy in a way that isn't Natural Shopping messy, just people fucking with your Merch. And there are far too many people who just come in to Stores and make a mess, Vandalize and Manhandle Merch, Steal, are Careless and inconsiderate that these things aren't theirs and should be Respected as belonging to someone else.

So, it took me about 45 Minutes before my Shift to get my Showroom AND my Locked Case looking presentable again. Yes, even the Locked Case had lots of stuff just moved around and making it look disheveled and too many things tipped over and obstructed. That's more a result of Key Dealers being Careless about entering the Locked Case and putting things back properly, since, Customers are not SUPPOSED to reach into a Locked Case. But, some Key Dealers let them and this looked like they'd let some Child reach in and mess the whole Case up, so, I wasn't in a great Mood for the whole Shift really. When I'm Moody I'm just Quiet and Frosty, I'm nice with the Customers but really don't want to Engage with other Vendors or Workers too much, if at all. My Stud Muffin Friend Anthony, from Da Hood, could tell and caught on to why without me even having to verbalize it. He came up and commiserated that they're just letting Customers and Staff do A Number, aren't they?

Back when he was Younger, Anthony was not Walking in the Light, so he can easily spot someone else who isn't, and is Criminally inclined, whether they're a Customer or a Vendor/Paid Staff Member. I often can too, it's a Gift we both have so he and I talk when either of us has spotted one. So, we've often Privately discussed on the Down Low which ones are Slim Shadys and Management is doing squat about it. Anthony is very conscientious now about his Job and turned his Life around. He calls The Daughter "Weta" like they did in Mexico as her Nickname. *LOL* He always helps us Older Female Vendors coz he's big and strong, so won't let us move anything that he can do it for us. He was helping my Friend Amy, whose an Older tiny Filipina and has Disability and a Sick and Disabled Veteran Husband she's a Full Time Caregiver of. Her Grandmother Raised her in the Philippines gleaning Gold out of Old TV Sets and Scrapping other Metals. So, she's an Hustler from way back, had to be. Amy is Working her Hustle and making Money there when nobody else is.

She Married an American GI when he was Stationed in her Country and she's so Funny coz her English is often hilarious. Example, she was telling someone that her Husband is "Retarded" Military... and when they Laughed, she asked me what they thought was so Funny about that? I told her the Word is "Retired", Amy, and what Retarded meant instead... she Laughed, as did I. Well, her Husband had been telling her not to buy Old Hutches, but Anthony moves them into her Showroom, so she still does anyway. *LOL* She knows they Sell and her Margins are spectacular. So, she was Jazzed she'd Sold one for $1,500 and could brag to her Husband, SEE... I told you I could make Money with that Piece. And now I'm going to the Casino. *LOL* She's also at the level of Professional Gambler. She's Won over $30,000 in a day just recently and gets Comped like The Whales do. She looks unassuming, but she's got a Mind like a Steel Trap and Loves the Casinos. *Smiles*

Amy was in there half the Night taking all the Smalls out of that big ass Cabinet she'd Sold coz the Buyer was picking it up on Saturday. So Anthony and I were teasing her about it and she said it Sold within Hours of Anthony bringing it in for her!!! It's such a large one her Husband had given her Grief about even Scoring it for the pittance she'd Paid for it... now he'll have to apologize she said, when he sees she got Fifteen Hundred for it. *Bwahahahaha* I know he just busts her chops like my Old Man does, he knows his Wife is a Hustler and can make Money whether it's at the Mall or at the Casinos so he doesn't really Care, she manages the Money anyway like most Asian Wives do. When The Son was with the Cambodian DIL she managed all his Money and he always had Money under her Watch. *Smiles*

He still Jokes that he's never met an Asian Woman whose a Broke Bitch or has to rely on their Man's Income... and he's not Wrong. They aren't Lazy either and often work Circles around most Americans. One of his Best Childhood Friends, Adam, just broke up with his long time Chinese Girlfriend, and The Son said, only now is Adam being Broke all the time, he always had Money when he was still with his Lady. And so did I, we're both Fools. *LOL* I liked Adam's Girlfriend and they were together so long I was Surprised to hear they broke up, even tho' I always felt SHE could do better. I've known Adam since he was a Kid but he is one of those Men who a little bit of him can go a long way... both when he was a Child, and now that he's grown that hasn't changed.

So, mebbe she just was at her saturation point being with him, or mebbe he was her Boy Toy, I dunno? *Smiles* She had a great high profile Job that Paid very well, and was Genius Smart, and he didn't. So The Son always called Adam's Lady his "Sugar Mama", and she was much Older than he was, a "Cougar" in every sense of the Word. *Smiles* The Cambodian DIL was a Decade Older than The Son but didn't look it, she still looks as Young as any of her Daughters. I still remember when they'd enroll the Kids in School the Administration would tell her and The Son, oh, they need to be enrolled by their Parents, nob their Siblings! And they'd be like, but we ARE the Parents and have to show their ID to prove they weren't High School Kids too! *LOL* People still never Believe the Age of her or The Son, he still gets Carded and he's almost 40!

Which should be flattering, but he said it is just Creepy when Teenage Girls flirt with him and he's Old enuf to be their Dad and has to tell them it's inappropriate coz he's a much Older Man than they think he is. *Yeah, that would be awkward, for them and for him.* Anyway, Adam's always done Basic Work and not very ambitious to get ahead in any Work, so he's been Unemployed a lot too. The Son has known Adam as a Friend since Grade School, but he said Adam will always be that Loser who never rises above a level most High School Kids attain, coz he just doesn't Care or want to. I've often wondered if Adam is a Special Needs Adult or if he's just Naturally Lazy and makes Bad Choices all the time and acts Immature becoz it's just worked for him? I knew his Parents and tho' very Nice People, they were just like their Son. His Dad worked in Fast Food Minimum Wage Positions his whole Life, I mean, you don't make a Career at being a Cook/Server at a McDonalds or Burger King! Above is The Son when he and the DIL were still together and back when her Girls were still in High School, all the Girls have Graduated from College now. Time Flies.

I like some of the Decorations folks are Sharing on my Social Media Page of Holiday Decorating. Love the refined and Elegant Theme of the Above Yard Display and the Trunk Or Treat Display Below too. So Classy looking, and Creative, both of them. I do have One Friend on The Book of Faces and I meet up with often at Monthly Events, whose very, very, Anti-Halloween and always Posting Fundamentalist Christian Beliefs about it thruout October to try to discourage everyone from being "Tools of The Devil"! *LMAOROTF* I like her as a Friend, but her Religious Fundie Beliefs can be outrageous as Hell and she just doesn't seem to realize how whacky a lot of it comes off as and isn't well received by anyone not of her particular Fundamentalist Evangelical Church/Religion. Most Fundies are like that tho'. I find it interesting, and Telling, that Secular and even Pagans have jumped in to assist those losing SNAP Benefits and Government Workers not getting Paid, Donating Money to Food Banks, but I haven't heard of a single Evangelical Church yet that is... speaks Volumes. You don't need to say how Godly or Religious you are all of the time if your Actions even some of the time PROVE it and are your Testimony and actual Evidence of Godliness IN you.

But those that come off Pious and Self-Righteous, often Behaving hypocritically, aren't Fooling anyone or bearing Good Witness for The Lord either. It's like they're trying to convince themselves they have Relationship with God, while Actions speak otherwise to The World. And they aren't being Charitable, Kind or Loving towards other Human Beings whatsoever. Or seem to have the capacity to Love their Neighbors as they should IF they really were being exemplary examples of Christianity in ACTION and not just hollow Words and questionable Behaviors that are the antithesis of being Godly in any way, shape or form. They just have a form and a fashion of Extreme Religion and Legalistic Views and Manmade Rules, that's all. Below is some Blast From the Halloween Past Circa about 2005 {The Son} and 1986 {My Mom, The Son and The Daughter}.

I probably have Hundreds of Old Halloweens of the Past Pixs, but most of them haven't been transferred to Online Photo Archived Folders. I meant to do that with the most Cherished Pixs I know only one copy exists of and no Negatives anymore. I tossed all my Negatives when most places no longer develop Film that way and nobody uses Cameras that require Rolls of Film either. Hardly anyone uses Cameras that aren't on a Phone now, so even Memory Card Cameras are Old School and I'm the last of the Dinosaurs you ever see even using one, literally. I do take Pixs with my Cellphone but have to purge Pixs every so often when it gets full and you can't take any more without deleting some, which, I don't Like that. I just keep buying New Memory Cards for my Old School Digital Camera instead and keep the Old Memory Cards. Since I take Thousands of Pixs and rarely now bother to print any out into Hard Copies or pay for Professional Photography anymore either.

These were my trio of Caramel Apples I bought and consumed all of them myself, I'm Selfish about Caramel Apple Sharing, I ain't gonna Lie. *Winks* I bought enuf Halloween Candy to satiate the rest of the Family, we'll have more than enuf to hand out and for them to consume, I'm not much of a Candy eater and I can't, so don't, eat Chocolate. The last time I remember eating Chocolate I was about 9 Years Old and it made me always feel Sick, and even to Smell Chocolate makes me feel nauseous, so, I just voluntarily quit eating it as a Kid and my Parents just thought I was a Weird Child overall, so never Questioned the decision. *LOL* I was always a Little Weirdo from a very early Age and a Strange Child that was Atypical and not your Garden Variety Kiddo... nor Adult for that matter. *Winks*

Think a Real Life Wednesday Addams as a Child, then Morticia as an Adult, mebbe that's why I LOVED that Show so much, I could RELATE to both of those Characters... I WAS them at my very Essence! *Smiles* Mattel came out in 2024 with the Morticia and Wednesday Monster High Dolls and I didn't know until just now... dammit! Pretty sure now they cost a Fortune to Score? Looked at Online Auctions and even Amazon, yeah, they go for well over $100 now and up to $200. I would have bought them when they first came out as Halloween Props. I do have a Dia de los Muertos Monster High Doll when they came out many Years ago. {See Below} I'm not a Doll Collector per se, I didn't even own a lot of Dolls as a Child, just certain types Appeal to me and thus I have Collected the more Macabre ones, sometimes Obsessively so, or so I'm told. *Winks* Right now I Confess I have a Fuggler and Creepy Cloth Altered Art Doll Obsession. *Bwahahaha*

Princess T mercifully felt better Today and could go to Work for Halloween in her Anime Costume, well, an Altered "Work Appropriate" version anyway, since the actual Costume is too risque, which she'll wear for Halloween. *Winks* The Anime Characters look pretty Adult Sexy Cartoonish. *Smiles and Winks* Below is her before she left for Work Halloween Morning in Costume:

I'm glad she let me take several coz some didn't turn out good at all and some even that I've Shared aren't as good as others are. I couldn't tell you which Anime Character this even is since I'm not a rabid Fan of Anime, they're Cute and all kinda look similar to me, but the Kids know who all of them are. *LOL* I couldn't even Google Search this Costume and Character, there's just so many and I know she spent a fortune on this ordering the Costume Online for who she wanted to be for Halloween. It has some little Booty Shorts and Sexy Top for the actual Costume. *LOL* And Below is some I took the Day before when she was a Cute Cow and she's had that Onesie for Years and worn it off and on for Halloween and to Sleep in.

I noticed none of the Vendors or Paid Staff at our Antique Mall were coming in Costume this Year as they normally do by now. Usually it's great participation, this Year everyone seems so glum and uninspired. Plus, the Young Paid Staff are telling me they're catching the brunt of angry Vendors that Sales are stagnant and nobody is making Money. When, they have no authority of any of that, it's Management's duty to Advertise, provide Events that Stimulate Trade, and find Creative ways to boost Sales and Promote the Antique Mall they Own. They don't allow us Vendors to have any latitude to do that ourselves so it really hinders us being able to do much but use our Social Media Platforms to put it out there ourselves. They Maintain a FB Biz Page, but it's pretty Lame. And in our Contracts, the Mall is responsible and promises to do all Advertising, Sales and Promotions FOR their Vendors. It's how they charge so much per Square Foot for Space coz it's supposed to include so much that allegedly we don't even have to be there all the time.

All the Young Paid Staff were so bored and on their Phones most of the Evening with nothing to do. The Two Co-Worker Vendor Key Dealers who are Regulars on that Shift were so disconnected from what we do that they spend the majority of their time on their Phones or Socializing rather than Working. My Friend Marco came in, he Specializes in Coins, Silver, Gold in Locked Cases, nice Guy and a good Friend I've known for Years now thru the Mall being fellow Vendors. He noticed I seemed to be the only one Working or even the others giving any pretense of Working and mentioned it when I Opened his Cases for him. He said he now understands why I only Fill In and turn down a lot of Shifts and don't want a permanent one. Those that are on Regular Shifts aren't Representing the Mall very well at all in his Opinion. Marco rarely says anything Negative about anyone, he's just not a Smack or Trash Talker, but he had Noticed the ambivalence and unequal workload I was doing that Evening... and well, anytime he's been in, he said.

He's originally from Mexico and said he's really thinking of Retiring there now rather than here, with the State of the Country being so bad and concerning. He has American Relatives and all his Grandkids are American Citizens and were Born here, so he's reluctant to not be around Family who live Locally. But he said what's going on now Scares him a lot, and he knows I have similar concerns and Family in Mexico who are Mexican Nationals. So he asked me if we had ever considered being Retired there rather than here if things worsen for America? I told him that I ain't gonna Lie, becoming an Ex-Pat has definitely crossed my Mind since 2016 and the decline of America, to where now it seems even less Safe and more Lawless and a more Corrupted Government than most 3rd World Countries. He agreed, he grew up in Mexico and said that his Region he was from there is way Safer than America currently is right here... and he's lived in America now most of his Adult Life, so it Saddens him to even say that and make the comparisons. I'm hearing that from a lot of Foreign Born people living here Legally... some even being now Naturalized American Citizens.

I know Marco could live anywhere in the World he wants to and he said he always Loved living in America until Donnie Two Dolls became President. He said he operates this Government as if it's a Cartel, and I agree, he and I are in Agreement about that. And having Grown Up in Mexico he knows how Cartels are run there, and said this Administration is behaving like a Cartel in every way. The Daughter has said the same thing to me and she knows Bad Actors South of the Border and said they are less Scary than this Administration and it's Bad Actors are to her. That speaks Volumes my Friends!!! She said ICE Agents remind her of some of the worst and most Corrupt Goons in Government in Mexico too, by how they're behaving towards the Public in broad Daylight and with no Guardrails to Protect Citizens from them.

And this is precisely why few of the Citizenry has any Respect or Trust for ICE right now, what it's morphed into is very Nazi-esque and like a Secret Police or Gestapo. When they're hiding their Identities and abducting People off the Street with NO Due Process, and Disappearing them, and Manhandling even Peaceful Protestors violently, everyone should be Concerned. I've seen Live Feed Videos of them throwing Women and Old People to the Ground violently and doing it more than once. It's extreme intentional brutality evident, even tho' the Citizens are unarmed and posing no Threat to the Agents and are Peacefully either exercising their Rights to Protest, or, are just Citizenry they're Targeting to forcibly Abduct and Kidnap. These aren't the Worst of the Worst Criminal Element they're Targeting, it's people who often have NO Criminal Record whatsoever and are at their Workplaces, Schools, Churches, Homes, on the Street, Shopping, going to their Court Hearings they're required to do if seeking Asylum, but are being Racially Profiled just becoz they're Hispanic looking or not Speaking English.

I've told my Kiddos NOT to even Speak Spanish now in Public, even tho' they're American Citizens and have every Right to Speak any damned Language they want to here. Go to any Church, or not go, as they want to in America. Have every Right to be at a School, Courthouse, Commercial or Industrial Building where they Shop or Work. Be in any Neighborhood if they're not doing anything Wrong or Illegal. Vote however they chose without having to worry about being Politically Targeted. But in Today's America we all now know that all of that is at Grave Risk. And we're losing Ground FAST. Even Countries that have lost Ground before us are shocked at how quickly America is losing it's Democracy with hardly any consequences or pushback to try to Stop it. And I really don't know what the Future of this Nation holds, but right now it ain't looking Good?

I'd LIKE to be Guardedly Optimistic and Hopeful, but, Honestly, I am NOT. The Democrats have proven themselves to be weak, ineffective and not Solutions Oriented. The ReTrumplicans are and have Sold Out America completely. True Conservative Republicans were ousted coz they weren't Loyalists to Kiss The Ring and Bend the Knee in Cultlike Obedience. Anyway, what are we to do when they're not even giving us any Decent Leadership to Vote In and for as an alternative to this Hot Mess of a Government we now have? I feel at a Loss since I am a staunch Independent Voter with no Loyalty to any Party and no Partisan Love at all, in fact, I think Partisan Politics, for most of us Independents who are Moderate, is too Extreme these days and leaning way too Right or too Left to be Balanced, Measured, able to get together to have Bipartisan Solutions for ALL of the American People and the Good of the Country at large, or feeling like it Represents the Majority properly, if at all now!

But WE don't ever fucking have a Candidate in this Two Party Dominated deeply Partisan System that puts Party over Country!

I just want Government to work, not be shut down using American Workers and our Military as Pawns during Shutdowns, and be able to do their fucking Jobs as a whole Team, of both major Parties putting Country and the American People first, is that too much to fucking ask of them? Apparently it is coz they can't get it together and quit their infighting and demolishing of our Nation right now and it's Scary Stuff coz there are Zero Solutions right now and only Concepts of fucking Plans for the last Decade. And those Epstein Files must hold some staggeringly salacious shit for them to be SO concerned about releasing them. And not Swear in the Arizona Elected Official for so long now that she's the longest Elected Official that has been denied being Sworn in so she can do the Job Arizonans in her District Elected her to do!!! Coz, she'd be the deciding Vote to get them Files finally Released. It must Name some Names... and put some Tits in a Wringer.

Anyway, Moving On... I did wear a Halloween Shirt and Halloween Earrings when I went in to Work Last Night and got loads of compliments on it by both Customers and Co-Workers. It wasn't even a Costume per se, it was one of those Halloween Fabric Prints of a Medical Nurse Genre Uniform Top they wear at Hospitals and Doc Offices with Scrub Pants, with Skeletons on it... and Earrings to match. See Fabric of said Print on the Top, in the Pix Below... I bought it at our Antique Mall from a Vendor Friend a few Years ago for about Ten Bucks, when both of us had some Halloween Print Medical Uniform Shirts and she's a Retired VA Nurse, so they'd all been hers from Work that she was Selling now she's Retired. I'd bought most of mine from various Chazzas and wasn't wearing them all anymore in October, so Sold Off the ones I no longer wore all that often, if at all now either. I've never been a Nurse like my Friend Cindy was, but they're comfortable Cotton Shirts and have Great Prints on their Fabrics for Holidays.

I think I only have One left in Inventory in the Showroom and didn't look to see if it Sold this Holiday or not? It's got a Mickey Mouse Wizard Halloween Theme on the Fabric Print and is made by Disney for Medical Uniform Sales. I saw a bunch at SAVERS this Halloween in the Uniform Section that were Awesome Halloween Prints, but I no longer Buy them, I have enuf and don't wanna Invest in Buying Seasonal Merch to Resell. Coz, after Season, I don't want a bunch of Seasonal Inventory Storage that didn't Sell during the Season. Our Mall doesn't like Vendors to do obvious Markdowns on our Merch to show it's "On Sale" when we're not having a Mall Sanctioned Sale. They think it cheapens the Mall's Rep, but Honestly, we don't even have a high end Rep to begin with and they don't really Vet Vendors or what they're Selling, so it's ridiculous and you can't take it Seriously. We have a lot of Crap Hawkers and Weirdo Vendors that Sell the Craziest absolute shit you could Imagine. I wouldn't pick it up Curbside on Bulk Garbage Day or it belongs at a Yard Sale, not an Antique Mall, and Re-pops and Mass Produced Merch abounds.

So, PLEEEASE don't even Talk to me about Protecting the Mall's Rep or Image. *Huge Eye Roll* And I'm no Purist, don't get me Wrong, Antiques have been Deaded for a long time now so you can't make a Living or even a profitable Hobby just Selling those items now. And so I get why Vendors just have to Sell what the Public is Buying and right now they're clamoring for Cheap Crap, Reproductions of anything, and Pokemon Collectibles. Anything else is becoming a Hard Sell. The G-Kid Force have always liked improvisation when they do Halloween Costumes, they never just wanted a Generic Store Bought one that mebbe everyone else would look like. Even if they did buy some Costumes they improvised with Chazza finds or whatever we had on hand. We always Laughed that our Costumes were pretty Ghetto Fabulous. *Bwahahahaha* Below is The Young Prince's Two improvisational Costumes, he hasn't yet decided which he'll wear Tonight? The Man Pig... or The Alien Spy? *LOL* He likes the Double Entendre to his Costume Choices. *Winks*

I did Joke which Interpretation is meant to be most risque' or indecent? And... was he wearing anything under that Trench Coat? *Bwahahaha* You just never know with 'Them'. *Winks* He did say his Ass still hurts from that Brown Recluse Spider Bite and is still draining, so, he might just be Commando under that Trench Coat. Or wearing a Depends. *Bwahahahahaha* I liked both Costumes so told him whatever one feels most comfortable for Tonight's Weather will be Fine? It's Warmed up considerably, tho' at Night it can Cool way down and be Chilly, but we'll have the Fire Pit out front with a roaring Fire in it Tonight, so... it won't be too Chilly sitting out at the Harvest sized Table and Chairs we set up to sit around and hand out Candy. I'll Photograph that when we get it all set up before Dusk. Right now we don't have any of the Candy or Tabletop Decor on the Table yet since it's still Morning. Below is the Initial Setup before we Set the Table for Tonight:

I had bought a Gothic Halloween Print Tablecloth, but The Young Prince, who is my Queer Eye for the Straight Gramma, said, and I agreed, the Tarp looked better that we've done Paint Jobs on in just the right Colors of Black and Red. The Goth Print not only looked too Refined for our Pirate Theme we got going on, but it wasn't long enuf for this Table, which is a really long one and the Tarp covers way better. We put Seven Chairs around it for all of us, and if we get Guests we have more Chairs from the Back Patio we can bring around to set out Front too. Usually we do get Adult Guests on Halloween dropping by. Coz it's agreed upon, that we're the Cool House for Halloween, since we always got that Vibe going on and it's Our Day for those of us who are just Weird & Wonderful 24-7 and 365. *Bwahahahahaha*

We have 13 Altar Candles which will have Battery Operated Tea Lights in them for Tonight around the Wishing Stone Graves. I decided not to use real Tea Lights since I got a whole Sac of the Faux Ones in a Bagged Lot at The Goodwill for Four Bucks that has a couple Dozen Battery Operated Ones. We've got to remember to light up the Faux Jack O'Lanterns with either Battery Operated Strobe Lights or Electric Lights inside of them. We had to toss the Real Jack O'Lanterns that Princess T and Rusty Carved coz they got Modly and the Heat had shriveled them, they were attracting Gnats and Sugar Ants, none of which we wanted swarming around us while we sit out there. In Arizona a Real Carved Pumpkin is lucky to last the Night if you carve it Halloween Night at Dusk! I'll make a KFC Run for Chicken I think for Dinner Tonight coz I don't wanna try to be Cooking when Trick-Or-Treaters start showing up. The Little ones show up before Dark and then the Older ones 'til around 9:00 p.m.. This Year with Halloween falling on a Friday Night the Trick-Or-Treaters might stay out later coz no School in the Morning?

As you could see in previous Pixs in this Post, rather than a Santos Crown atop my Antique Warner's Mannequin Dress Form Torso, I put the Witches Hat first, which kept tipping off, then decided upon the Voodoo Doctor Top Hat instead, which stays on just Fine. Its near the Front Door so I think the Witches Hat was too unstable and even a slight Breezing By it tended to tiple it over and I didn't want it damaged coz I have a nice Hat Stand it sits on stable and secure. We'll be MEBBE be putting it on the Harvest Table as Centerpiece Decor Tonight on that Hat Stand, along with a Skull Candelbra that I'll set some more Tea Lights on flickering... and all the Candies and Hand-Out Halloween Toys and Rubber Halloween Bracelets, of coarse.

We shouldn't run out of anything unless Thousands show up. *Bwahahahaha* At the Villa McManse we used to get Hundreds, but here, it's usually under 100 Kids... and some Years have been Lighter than others in Kids coming by. We got more last Halloween than ever before now, so, Word is Out. That we have good handouts. *Winks* I always try to hand out good Candy and since Kids coming in to our Mini Farms Community have to walk further to get from house to house, coz we're on Acreages, they should get more than a single piece of small Candy for their effort IMO. But, also, not everyone participates anymore, so many people are too self-absorbed to hand out some Candy to Children... and it's not expensive to do so, even the Dollar Stores have Bags of Halloween Candy. And if you hand it out and then run out, well THEN shut the Porch Light off and that's a Wrap. But to use anything as a lame excuse, even Religion, is ridiculous to deny Kids a piece of fucking Candy! Give me a Break, it's just stingy and mean-spirited.

When we first moved here a lot of the Neighbors decorated and handed out Candy, now fewer do and mostly cost some of the Neighbors are getting quite Elderly and not all are Multi-Generational Households. Even those of us that are, don't have Little Kids anymore either. If our Great-Grandkids lived Closer of coarse we'd have Littles again. I completely had forgotten how much Food and Drink you go thru when you have a Man in their 20's Living at Home!!! The Young Prince is lean and Muscular, so he's quite thin compared to a lot of Huskier Guys, but he can pack away some Food and Drink lemme tell ya! Even with having Psychosis about his Food being "Alive and Moving", he could still eat you out of House and Home!!! I'm going thru a Gallon of Milk alone every 2 Days now! And he'll eat a Salad sized Bowl of Cereal with his Milk. *LOL*

And speaking of Cereals, here's a new one out for the Holidays, don't know if it will still be around afterwards or not, but, its really good. Looks like Honeycomb but with Lucky Charms type Marshmallows in it and the Cereal smells and tastes like Pancake Syrup, it's fragrant and delicious, I'd buy it again. They had it at TARGET with other Specialty Seasonal Cereals known for their appearance at only the Holidays. I usually stock up when they have them, knowing that Post-Holiday they go away. Halloween Captain Crunch has a Halloween one that turns the Milk Green. *Smiles* My Kiddos aren't crazy about the General Mills Monster Cereals that have been around for Years like Boo-berry, Franken-berry, and Count Chocula, they just aren't a flavor profiles we like.

And tho' we are Addams Family Product Obsessed... NOT our Cereals, neither looked like a flavor profile we'd like so I didn't bother trying either one. The G-Kid Force are actually both very fussy Eaters, they like what they like, and don't try much else. So introducing New Foods is always risky. *LOL* Even when the Dollar Stores would get Overstock on New Cereals I'd be reluctant coz they'd end up being fed to the Birds or thrown out if the Kids Hated them. But that Demogorgon Crunch intrigued me and seemed like a flavor profile we'd like, and when I opened the Box is smelled Divine, like a good quality Maple Pancake Syrup, very strong Aroma, and it was tasty even dry as a Snack. So a Thumbs Up and a Double Gay Fabulous Snap from The Young Prince for that one. *Winks and LOL*