Princess T was dropped off early Black Friday Morning by her Boyfriend, they had Take-Out Birria Tacos for Thanksgiving at his house. *LOL* Yep, a True Mexican Thanksgiving, she and I laughed and laughed about it. But, this is a Grandchild who'd eat Spaghetti for Thanksgiving coz she's not a Fan of Holiday Meals at all. So Tacos didn't even seem that odd to us. *Smiles* She had a good time and laughed about the Morning's Drama between her Mom and Uncle Thanksgiving Day and said, Sorry, NOT Sorry I missed all of that Gramma!!! *Bwahahaha*
The Young Prince when being driven to his Dad's, took a big Bowl of Stuffing and some Spaghetti-O's with Mini Meatballs with him, coz he said that his Dad has whacky Thanksgiving too and not much Food in the House usually. I gave him a couple Bags of Potatoes and Two Boxes of Stuffing to take over too. His Dad and New Wife go Clubbing, Bar hopping, and eat out a lot, I doubt they eat at Home hardly at all or stock a Pantry? Pretty sure no Thanksgiving Dinner was being cooked there, so he didn't take any chances of not bringing food, when they invited him over Thanksgiving Evening to spend the Holiday with them too. This is likely why Angie got Custody of their Two Kids. *Eye Roll*
I asked The Grandson, when his Younger Siblings come over for Shared Custody, is there food in the house to ensure they are fed well? He said his Dad just takes the Kids out to eat, and Yes, they are being fed or Angie would go on the Warpath & take Scalps. Both are Old enuf to relay any faux pas of Parenting now, his little Brother is 13 and his little Sister is 8, wow, they grew up so fast. It cracks me up that The Young Prince says his Brother is a "Whole Person Now", being he's now a Tween. *LMAOROTF*
The Young Prince is, and always has been, great with his Younger Siblings and Babysat for his Dad and Angie a lot, so did his Husband Allen, but overall The Young Prince doesn't like Young Children. *LOL* Princess T doesn't like Young Children AT ALL and has never Babysat any like her Brother has, she can barely tolerate when her Cat Eli misbehaves. Her Brother jokes she'd be like "Mommy Dearest" so it's best she not have any Kids, and he doesn't want Kids either and is glad he's not a 'Breeder'. *LOL*
Not to mention Schizophrenics aren't typically up to the job of full time Parenting & he knows this fact. They both know it's why I had to Raise them and Saint Maria, Princess T's Paternal Abuelita, Raised their Three Younger Sisters in Mexico. The Daughter couldn't be allowed to Raise any of her Children in either Country, simply not Well enuf to. And she voluntarily complied and gave them up to Grandparents to Raise instead, which, was the Right and Loving thing to do for them all. Why did she then have Five Kids you might ask? Valid Question, so you can ask...
Answer: Her numerous requests for Sterilization in both Countries was Denied due to her Mental Status and we couldn't make that decision FOR her. Yeah, broken Systems. Mostly due to abuses in the past of Mandatory Involuntary Sterilization and other Human Rights violations of the Mentally Ill or Disabled, so the Pendulum has swung wildly in the opposite direction now. Finally, when she almost Died giving Birth to her 5th Child in Mexico, that became a legal loophole for that Doctor to perform Sterilization for the safety of the Mother. *Whew*
Saint Maria and I couldn't manage more Grandkids to Raise, Maria lived to be 90 and that wasn't long enuf to finish Raising the Three she took on as a Single Custodial Grandparent in a 3rd World Country. So the Oldest of the trio, now Aged 18, has Custody of her Two Younger Siblings now. And Mexican Social Services is allowing her to finish Raising them Thankfully, since we couldn't get any of them into this Country, even tho' they have an American Mother, coz, she never had Legal Custody due to her Mental Illness. And the American side's Immigration Laws and DOJ are so fucking broken and Corrupt now, it's pathetic.
Oh, the American side tried to extort Money out of us to get the Three Grandkids over, a LOT of Money. But, we couldn't, and more importantly wouldn't, agree to Extortion and an illegal Shakedown. Yes, I said the AMERICAN side, the Mexican side gave us NO problems. Their Mexican National Dad at the time was missing and presumed Dead, their Custodial Grandparent had Died, and we were willing to take Custody of all Three, and already had Raised and I even Adopted their Two Older Siblings. So Mexico had no problem with that Plan. I even bought and went into Debt with a fucking 5th Wheel to House them all!!!
But, we all know the State of FUBAR America is in, and all the Systems were and have been seriously broken long before just now anyway. It's just far worse now, but no attempts to really fix anything have ever been made for numerous Administrations of either Party, so no ONE Watch is fully to Blame. They're ALL to Blame to some degree. Blog Friend INFIDEL753 said it best with a JFK Quote: THOSE WHO MAKE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE MAKE VIOLENT REVOLUTION INEVITABLE.
Sadly, I don't think the Bro-Oligarchy is smart enuf to realize they're flirting with a Violent Revolution by making a Peaceful one Impossible, and Ineffective, so, I expect a Marie Antoinette Moment any time. America is a Gun Obsessed Nation after all... and most folk in America have at least one or more and would be willing to use it in a Revolution should it come to that point. And a great many of those were Played by their Boy, and when they realize and get Woke enuf to realize they've been Played, I don't think it will go Down well, just sayin'. We already know they were willing to hang Pence AT the Capitol, during a failed Insurrection, they brought the Gallows with them!!!
I don't promote Violence and would much prefer a Peaceful Revolution by the People. I just don't think it's gonna go Down that way, that's all I'm saying as a dire Warning if things don't turn around quickly and get worse. And they are getting worse, almost daily now, so a paradigm shift will come, it always does. All the Money in the World held by the 1% won't hold back the wrath of the 99% armed to the Teeth and demanding Revolutionary Change, not just asking for it anymore. I think when things get desperate enuf, you'll see desperate people doing desperate things, that's inevitable too.
I'd be Surprised if the 1% weren't Kidnapped by irate MAGA and Ransomed for all their Money... coz the Far Right Cult is filled with folks Crazy, potentially Violent, feeling Disenfranchised and Angry like that. And, it's an obscene amount of Wealth to Ransom that came off the Backs of The People. It's why everyone is getting Death Threats from the Far Right. Even MTG, whose uber MAGA had to Resign and order Personal Security for herself and her Family only 48 Hours after jumping Ship. And boy did she jump Ship fast and without Warning her fellow ReTrumplicans!!! Peace Out! But she realized the MAGA Constituents at Home were getting Restless and coming to terms with being Hosed, Played and Conned.
Wise enuf to get her Pension solid first of coarse, and get her Insider Trading done to get Richer, and be part of the Problem she now flip-flops on and says she's suddenly against, but Voted for, so, was part of the Cause of. She's had no Epiphany REALLY. But the Street Smart Criminals know when shit's about to Go Down and Get Real... and the Gig is Up. When the House of Cards comes Down, they don't wanna be among the Loyalist Carnage of Donnie Two Dolls epic fail and fall. They wanna secure their Survival from The Marie Antoinette Moment they see coming. History has shown us what the most Devoted of the Leaders of Bad Sides of History have as their Fate too... it ain't Pretty.
But enuf of all the degenerates in Politics for now, what Fluff can we distract ourselves with until the Revolution kicks off? *LOL* It is officially in Real Time a Black Friday so I don't wanna be out and about. Tho' the News did say the long camping out overnite Lines to get Deals is a thing of Black Fridays Past. Now the Deals are earlier and it's not necessary to even be there. Cyber Thursday is more popular with Today's Shoppers than hitting any overcrowded Shops would be in Hopes to Score a Deal... mebbe... if any is even left in Stock. I've even begun to do some Online Shopping and I'm not a huge Fan of it and like to Shop the OG way, just not on a Black Friday. *LOL*
I do Hope the Antique Mall is busy for our 4 Day 'Sale', even tho' it's a lame Sale. But, they did finally do something, so, better than the 13 Years of Nothing they did in the Past for Thanksgiving and Black Friday plus the following Weekend after. So, all Body Parts now crossed that Sales don't remain stagnant and I actually will get a Check this next Pay Period? Two Months of no Checks and even Owing the Mall is not acceptable nor sustainable. But, I'm hearing lamentations about the Economy's shitty turn from ALL Businesses and only AI and fake Money Investing is making it seem like even the Stock Market is solid, it's not. The Future being way too uncertain and the Economic decisions too unstable and irrational coming out of this White House.
But, I see Christmas Trees in the Windows of Homes and a lot of exterior Decorations now going up, so that's always Magical and some Fantasy Escapism to behold and turn to. I've still got a Harvest Theme out Front, which will now get stored away again so we can move on to a bit of Christmas out there. Christmas Door Wreaths and perhaps a Vintage Blow Mold Nativity replacing the faux Pumpkins now. We don't do much outside and I have scaled back inside Decor as well for Christmas. We won't even have a regular Christmas this Year with no Work and only one Minimum Wage Earner Grandchild and Retirement/Disability Pensions of a Couple of Boomers supporting the whole Household of Seven of us. But we're way better off than most Americans and aren't suffering deprivation.
I did price some more Merch, the She Shed is now comfortable to work in coz it's cooled off enuf and I have a nice view out the Window of it where I have my Desk set up to price things. It's nice to have a Home Office Space away from being interrupted but close enuf to still check in with the Family. I waded thru Three Milk Crates full of Inventory and got it Priced to take in for this Holiday Sale. LATER: I'm back from the Antique Mall. Well, this lame Sale was well received coz the Mall was packed with Shoppers, hardly any Parking, and we have a huge Parking Lot, and folks were spending Money... whoop whoop!!! They were so slammed they asked me to Work but I'd told The Man I'd be right Home after stocking our Showroom and so if I hadn't come Home until after 9:00 p.m. he would have been worried. *LOL*
So, I declined and they understood the reason Why, I have to get coverage for The Man's Caregiving and Princess T was with her Boyfriend, The Young Prince was out with a Friend, The Son had a Friend over, and The Daughter and her Boyfriend had gone to do some Work with our Neighbor TJ. So, I didn't have coverage in my absence and asking The Son and his Friend to watch him while I rushed to the Antique Mall to throw in some Inventory for The Sale was a big enuf Ask for the Day. He was good for them, he was busy watching his Old Shows like Chuck Norris in "Walker Texas Ranger" and the Friend had brought a large Pizza over to feed them and him. It's a good Everything Meat Lover's Pizza from "Sam's Club" and enormous, really tasty, I had a Slice before I left.
And while at The Mall the Vendor who makes the Cloth Creepy Dolls I Collect from her had made Three Christmas ones, a Creepy Santa, a Creepy Reindeer and a Creepy Child holding a Gingerbread Man. The Fiesta Ware Vendor had brought in new Inventory too and I Scored the Two Missing Pieces I'd been Searching for and Needed, The Shamrock Color Salad/Cereal Bowl to match the Shamrock Color Mug I had. And the Periwinkle Mug to match the Periwinkle Salad/Cereal Bowl I had. They are hard and Older Colors to Source and she had a great Price on them. It was the only Shamrock Colored piece of Fiesta Ware she even had, and she has Shelves and Shelves of Fiesta Ware. She had a lot of Periwinkle Colored Pieces, but only the one Mug in that Color... so, sweet serendipity. Plus, with the Sale, my Dealer Discount and some Store Credit I had, I got $20 off my Purchase!
I also got a large Coffee Mug with a Mermaid on it for $3 and an Old etched Starbucks Coffee Mug in a fav pattern for $5. Photos will be in another Post coz I already loaded all the Images for this Post. A Friend of the Granddaughter at Work Reads and likes my Blog, he asked me if I ever thought of being a Writer, coz he really enjoys the Read. That was so sweet of a Young Guy to say, but, No, never wanted to be a Published Writer. My Stream of Consciousness is all over the place and a Publication Deadline would be like doing Commissioned Art, HATED that and will never do it again as a Creative Pursuit. I do this to Feed my Soul anyway, not to Sell it.
The same with other Art Forms, I know I can and have Sold my Art and it has been profitable to, but, it's not at all why I Create. I don't even Monetize this Blog, tho' many Bloggers have done well Monetizing theirs, I don't want Ads on here or hawking anything here in my Happy Space. They were having a Black Friday Sale at SAVERS too, so Princess T was glad to be off her Shift and we didn't hang around. It was a lovely Day outside weatherwise all Day too and Traffic wasn't bad. Tho' our Mall was busy, many businesses didn't seem to be, even the ones that usually are very busy were light on Customers Today, which was Odd. Even the "Chick-Fil-A" in our Parking Lot at Work had practically nobody there and usually their Drive-Thru is around the Block with Vehicles waiting to place Orders. I got the Seasonal Peppermint Shake.
The Son and Q are burning up all the Palm Fronds that came off in that Storm, in our Fire Pit Tonight, they're just about gone now, those burn up quickly. I have a Baby Palm Tree for them to plant Poolside, but I forgot to ask them to do it before it got Dark and I really should get some Miracle Grow Soil first too. Our "Dollar General" used to carry smaller Bags of it during Spring, but now all their Spring Merch is Sold Out and replaced by Holiday Merch now. I really didn't wanna hit a "Lowe's" just to get a Bag of Soil. Until the 1st of the Month I'm budgeting carefully, tho' all our Checks finally did hit, better late than never. *Whew* I'm guessing Federal, County and State Processing is not only interrupted due to Shutdown delays, but also due to Layoffs galore of crucial positions, that this Administration did to our Government.
Some of what I Marked Down only the other Day I've Sold quite a bit of in the Showroom, so that was a timely move for the Holidays. There's a genre of Merch we just don't wanna carry and bother with anymore coz it is a high loss prevention issue genre, Smalls easily Stolen even tho' they're inexpensive Collectible Toys. One would think that the Parents wouldn't wanna catch Shoplifting Charges stealing inexpensive Toys they could easily afford for their Kids but they risk it all the time. And many have their Children with them when they do the Crime and don't realize that if the Child is under 15, now they've turned a Class 1 Misdemeanor into a Class 4 Felony Charge!!! Same if they have their Grandparent in tow over the Age of 65... Vulnerable Adult you involve in the Commission of a Crime is as Serious as involving your Child in the Commission of a Crime.
We're just fed up with the Theft of Small Toys so we're Closing Out our Inventory of them unless they're really Rare. In which case they'd be put in our Locked Case with that added measure of Security to further prevent the risk of Theft. Of coarse the Professional Thieves can distract a Key Dealer whose not vigilant enuf, or is Careless, and Steal out of a Locked Case too, it's happened. I don't think the Mall did anything for the Dealers that had to Work on Thanksgiving for the Mall on their Shifts during the Holiday. In the past the Mall used to Host all Dealers with a lovely Thanksgiving Dinner and then a lovely Christmas Party, along with regular Dealer Breakfasts, Complimentary Coffee during your Shifts... those Days are now long gone.
I miss it coz it built Relationship and Camaraderie, Dealers stayed long term coz it was Social and like a big extended Family. Now its a transient situation with Dealers and Paid Staff... they can't keep people and that's part of the reason why. Tonight when I went in over half the Paid Staff were new Young People I didn't recognize or know from even a Week ago!!! When I went in to the location Downtown, some of the long time Younger Paid Staff who were Friends of mine and had worked their way up into Management now, like Jake, are also gone!!! Now I am not sure if I should even try to remember the Newbies Names or not? *LOL* If they manage to stay more than a Minute, then I'll try to commit a Name to Memory, otherwise, what's the Point? You never see them again after they leave.
The Young Prince still hasn't been Approved for AHCCCS Medical and the Hospital is sending Bills he has no way of paying whatsoever. Plus, he's out of all his Psyche Meds and can't afford them or to see a Shrink or Therapist without AHCCCS Benefits covering it for the Indigent like him who will never be Employable or Well enuf to Care for themselves. He wants to be back on his Wellbutrin Psyche Meds but it's $300 a Month... so, that's not happening unless he gets Approved. Doing without it means his Schizophrenia is way worse and so is the D.I.D, he's switching personalities now several times in a single Day and when a new Alter emerges they don't know where they are or how they got there and he Panics and starts Hallucinating and having very bad Psychosis.
I'd rather he be Stoned than Psychotic and Mental. So, we'll discuss mebbe me getting him some of those Bear MJ Gummies. *Winks, those little Bears, she can be the Devil and quite potent... smiles* Plus, he has to leave so early that it's logistically gonna be hard for me to get Princess T to Work that Day and get him Downtown to Sky Harbor in time for processing. Donnie Two Dolls implemented criteria for Flying that makes it more convoluted for anyone who doesn't have and can't have a Driver's License and only has State I.D. instead to Fly with. The Young Prince, due to level of his SMI, cannot drive and just has State I.D.. So he said TSA takes forever to Process him and he has to arrive about 2 Hours before his Flight to make sure they get him thru the Process on Time. *Huge Eye Roll, he's not a fucking Terrorist!*
The Man was watching some Show that has Outrageous Crimes and some 92 Year Old Man, who'd neve been in Trouble with the Law in his Life, got into a serious confrontation with his Landlord and the Asst. Manager of his Senior Apartments. They WERE jerking the poor Old Guy around and ignoring his requests for major repairs they weren't doing, thinking, they could get away with it, after all, he's 92 and frail, feeble. Well, OG Snapped, went Home and got a Gun, went into the Office, Kidnapped them, held them both Hostage, let the Asst. Manager go so he could run for Help, shot the Asshole Landlord once in each Leg and waited for Police! Police fired at him thru the Office Door Window and missed, the Bullet went thru his Cardigan Sweater and he had made a move like The Matrix!!!














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