Good News ~ Bad News ~ Organized Chaos

 Well, Good News Bad News to start off this Post.  The Son got called by the "Dollar Tree" Store for the part-time minimum wage Job, which, is, at least something and Walking distance from our Home.  Yay.  Now, for the Bad News, he needs his Birth Certificate and Social Security Card, which I keep for both Adult Kids in their Baby Books coz they lose every fucking thing all the time.  But, The Daughter has been Organizing for me, which was necessary... and Re-Organizing what I'd already Organized, which, wasn't necessary.  And guess what she moved, so it's not in the place I always keep them and can easily find them?  Yep, and now she can't recall where she put his... or mine... just hers and her Sons, which doesn't Help and even theirs ain't where they SHOULD be so they don't get Lost too!!!

So, I had to drop him off without them, and Hopefully they'll still let him start and get Copies to them later?  Then she proudly tells me, well, at least I Found my set of Keys to the 5th Wheel... well, Splendid, coz she'd Lost or Misplaced those Weeks ago and had to use mine.  But now mine are MIA and she THINKS she still has them.  Oy Vey.  These Two would lose their Head if it wasn't attached to their damned Shoulders, I swear!  They have worse Memory Care Issues, probably due to Years of Substance Abuse that's killed off Brain Cells, than me or their Dad has in the way of Aged Related Memory Care Issues, or his Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia!!!  *Le Sigh*  When you have Special Needs Kiddos it's that way For Life, it ain't getting any better.  When I'm Gone, well, I just don't know what will become of any of 'em?

But, he was Jazzed, after being out of Work and Laid Off since before Thanksgiving of 2025, to FINALLY have any Job Opportunity.  Lotsa places saying they're Hiring, but, they're really not.  And, I'm hearing that from a lot of Peeps looking for Work, whether in High Tech Fields, Corporate America, or Blue Collar Jobs, even Minimum Wage Jobs.  A lot of Technology and AI is already replacing People, and, the Economy is so shitty that places are cutting back to stay solvent and a Reduction In Force is usually what happens first.  They'll just spread the Work among whose left and they can't complain or they'd just be Laid Off then too and everything just spread out even thinner with whoever is left and being exploited and overworked as well as likely underpaid... and with few, if any, Benefits.

So, anyway, I was Sweating Bullets in The RV Garage Mahal looking for said Baby Book in vain with The Son when The Man's Home Nurse John showed up.  They couldn't find me so I guess that all went okay and John said he'd Release him after next visit.  His Wound Care went well so we don't really Need John anymore.  Actually Nurse Remi could have done what they sent John to do and she said she just will, it's not a problem if he has another Wound Issue, she can Dress it and look after it for him.  But, she's contracted thru the VA and John was contracted thru our Medicare Advantage Plan and they wanted their contractors monitoring that Wound and Aftercare.  So... whatever... so long as it's Paid For and Covered by Insurance, any of them, I don't Care. 

I Priced a bunch of Merch to take into Inventory before the Weekend.  But, I haven't, coz nobody is Home now to watch The Man for me so I can, and he's not Well enuf to be dragged along to the Antique Mall yet.  I dropped The Son off at the Dollar Store to fill out his 1099's and such.  When his Sister gets back Home from her Side Job she's at I told her the Highest Priority is her looking for where she moved those damned Baby Books from and put them back, ALL of them!!!  Anything I've already Organized or Styled doesn't Need anyone to Touch it anymore, that's the New Rule.  *Winks*  I appreciate them doing what hasn't yet been Done coz it Needs to get Done, but don't mess up or lose what's already in place, that's all.  Some things shouldn't have to be said, but, you know... *Eye Roll*

I'm just Glad that The Son will have some Paid Employment again, he was becoming so despondent coz he's never been out of Work this long since he was only 14 Years Old!!!  He's a hard Worker and an Asset to any Employer.  He learns quickly and is almost Savant with the type of Autism he has... and he's skilled at a lot of things and if they're willing to Teach him more New things, he's Game for that with any Employer.  He's got Adult ADHD like I do and we can't be Still, so keeping us busy is not something we view as a Negative, we LIKE to be busy and get things done in Record Time.  I'm not bragging, but even at my Age, I can work Circles around most People and am faster than even Co-Workers in their Prime.  I can still Type faster than anyone I've ever known, I can still lock up any System if I try to Type faster than it can handle the number of Keystrokes.   And I can do it with usually 98% Accuracy too!  *LOL*

And that's with Arthritic Hands now, but, I have worn the Numbers and Letters off every Keyboard I've ever Worked on and put worn divots in the Keys that you can feel the indentations of from Use.  *Smiles*  I can bang out one of my Epically LONG Posts in no time and I can Type almost faster than I can Think.  And I Think very fast coz my Mind Spins at Warp Speed all the damned time.  *Ha ha ha*   Sometimes I can't turn my Thoughts Off and am so Hyper that only very Strong Coffee can Calm me Down enuf to Relax or Feel Tired enuf to be Still long enuf to Fall Asleep.  I should probably have always been on Medications.  *LOL*  But, I have the worst adverse Side Effects to any Psyche Meds they ever tried to put me on, so, I don't take anything for all of it from a Mental Health Standpoint.  I am OCD and Bipolar as fuck too, and probably somewhere on the Autistic Spectrum {undiagnosed tho' for that}!!!

When I was a Kid they didn't have Advanced Mental Healthcare at all so they just told my Parents vagaries like I was 'busy' and 'high strung', had above Average Intelligence and Bored easily, so, keep me Challenged and try to keep me out of Trouble.  *Ha ha ha*  That last part... well, there were some Stories!  *Winks*  Like the time we were Stationed in France and at Age 2, well, I stood in the Middle of the Road of Base Housing with a Big Stick, shaking it at the Base Commanders Car that was coming down the Street and had to Stop!!!  With his Chauffer getting out and saying, "Whose Kid is this!?"  This was when my Dear Dad was only an Airman First Class, and since I looked nothing like either of my Parents, they just said they didn't know whose Kid I was!  *Bwahahahaha*  I finally let him pass... and I guess they just figured I might have been some Feral French Gypsy Child, coz the Gypsies and Algerians used to Sell stuff Door to Door in Base Housing in them days.  *LOL*

And I definitely looked like a little French Gypsy Child and Acted like one too, I was Friendly with some of the French Gypsies there.   I was Working the French Flea Markets with no Money as a Toddler and Negotiating Deals for shit I wanted and had no Money to Buy.  My Parents lost track of me all of the time coz I was so Hyper.  And when they'd find me I'd have all the Free Shit I'd haggled for.  They'd check with the Vendors to make sure I hadn't Stolen it.  *LOL*  And I'd end up with it to Keep too, with Vendors just giving it to me.  Coz I spoke 5 Languages Fluently back then and the Flea Market Vendors, of every Ethnicity, thought I was Adorable and a lil Hustler, speaking to them in whatever their first Languages were, they appreciated my Toddler Game and my bold Hustle.  *Bwahahahaha*  I was kinda Cute, I had very Dark Skin but Blonde Hair and Grey Eyes, and only Weighed 16 lbs. at Age 2, so was Tiny.

My Mom endeared herself to the Algerians who Sold the kinds of Merch she liked to Buy like Jewelry and Tapestries from Algeria.  Only the Algerian Men were smitten with her and always wanted to take her away to the Casbah!  Even tho' she had Two Small Kids in Tow and was Married, didn't matter to them, they were persistent those Algerian Men.  Who were Handsome and always carried this big curved Knife on their Hips.  So, after we bought all we wanted of Tapestries and Bling from them, Mom would not answer the Door when they'd come around and have us all Hide until they went away.  *LOL*  And we learned quickly not to Buy Bunnies from the French Gypsies.  Mom initially thought they were Selling them as Pets, 'til she Agreed to Buy one for me and the Woman slit it's Throat right there and then to show her it was Fresh to EAT!  My Mom almost Fainted and she said I Screamed!  Funny Story now, not so Funny back then, and traumatic as it was happening. 

Much later, when we lived in England during my Dad's last Overseas Assignment and Tour of Duty before Retirement, I was a Teenager.  I worked the British Flea Markets, which had a lot of Irish Gypsies, Pakistanis, and East Indian Vendors.  I worked my Hustle there too and began working for an Old Irish Gypsy who taught me everything he knew.  He Sold Gold and Silver Jewelry, not fake either, and did a lot of Business Trading with the East Indians who were Flea Market Vendors.  So we always had lovely East Indian Meals prepared Fresh.  But it was hard Work setting up and taking down the Tents he Sold out of.  Sometimes he Paid me in Cash, sometimes in Trade if I wanted Gold or Silver Jewelry for myself or my Mom.  He once gave me a Fav Ring, a Sterling Silver Snake Ring with Burmese Ruby Eyes, I LOVED it.

Sometimes I'd do some Side Work for the East Indian Vendors he knew and rather than pay me, they'd Trade me some of their Gorgeous Exotic Velvet and heavily Hand Embroidered Kurta Tops, which I looked really good in.  And some of the African Vendors had African Trading Bead Necklaces and Colorful Caftans and Dashikis, that I'd Work in exchange for them to Trade me for that Merch rather than Pay me.   I always dressed Exotic Hippie Style like that, even tho' most of my Peers in High School were wearing Jeans and looking more Pedestrian and scruffy.   Well, except for all my Black Friends at School, who always had Swagger and cutting edge Style.  *LOL*  The Black Guys at School wore "Walking Suits" in the early 70's. {Similar to See Above new Modern Retro Style 70's Wear} Our School was about Half Minority Students, since our Military has been a way out of Poverty and into a Career, it's why my Dad and many of his Family on the Rez Enlisted.

A very faded Polaroid of me Circa Early 1970's in one of those Velvet Embroidered Hand Embroidered Kurta Tops I Traded Work for with the British East Indian Vendors before we moved to Arizona.  I Loved those Tops and had a whole Closet full of them, the East Indians would make them in the Tiny Sizes, coz back then I Wore an American Size 1 and pickin's were slim for someone that Small.  I think my Top Weight before I had Kids was 98 lbs. and usually more around 93, so I was smaller and skinnier than Princess T even is now.  Hard to Believe, but True.  I only Weighed 128 when I Delivered The Son at Age 28, who was a 10.6 lbs. Baby at Birth!!!  Yeah, Ouch, coming out of Hips as Slender as a 14 Year Old Boy's and I was almost 30!  *Bwahahahaha*  As I recall I weighed less than 110 when I Delivered The Daughter and she was 8.2 lbs..  I had easy Births compared to a lot of my Big Friends who you'd think would have no problems giving Birth, with their Wide Hips, but, did.

I just got Chinese Takeout for Lunch/Dinner, squeaking in only moments before they quit the Cheaper Luncheon Menu.  *Whew*  I got Mongolian Beef, Cashew Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, Sweet & Sour Pork, Eggrolls, Steamed Jasmine Rice, Fried Rice.  Everyone could sample whatever of it they wanted when I got the Four Luncheons Home to split Four ways.  Princess T was going out to Dinner with Rusty, her Boyfriend, so she wasn't eating here... and The Daughter is at a Friend's Home, so it was just all the Guys and I here to eat it.  The Grandson only can't eat Pork, he has Gut Issues with Pork Products so just doesn't eat them anymore.  The Daughter and her Kiddos all have Gut Issues and Food Intolerances, mostly Lactose, but Princess T was allergic to so much more than Lactose as it turns out when they did the Testing for what she has Sensitivities to.  Lord, she was basically Food Allergic, poor thing!  *LOL*   Her Brother and Mom only slightly less so.

On the First of the Month we can splurge some, but, not much anymore.  I've got to take The Son to another Job he has way across the City, with the Price of Gas I'm not thrilled about how far the Job is, don't feel it's worth it but he's Cultivating a Contact with a Private Contractor who wants him to join the Team for Side Jobs.   She owns her own Business and he used to work with her when they both worked for a Company, he likes working with her and this could turn into something more lucrative as she gets more Contracts.  She's a Subcontractor tho' and that's always a risk coz a lot of Contractors tend to Stiff their Subcontractors and not Pay them.  So, he's cautious and seeing how it goes.  Right now he Needs any Work and most of the higher paying Jobs/Contracts are in the North and East Valley where the Money is.  More affluent folks live in the East and Northeast Valley, so you can get the big paying Jobs there for Wealthy Clients with Deep Pockets.

So, I guess I'll have to hang out on the Eastside while he's doing this Job with her.   But, I don't like using up that much of my expensive Gas coz it's costing me $100 to fill up now and that's being frugal with how often I do.  Gas just went up another Dime in the last 24 Hours!  So, it does worry me, we're on a Fixed Income.   I can't stretch a Fixed Income coz there's no prospect really of increasing it much, if at all, any kind of way with discretionary Income Needed for Cost of Living Increases at the current Inflationary Rate. 

 It's spiraling out of control and most American Wages can't even keep Pace, let alone American Retirees or those having Job Insecurities and Food Insecurities already, or can't afford basics like Rent or keeping their Vehicles gassed up so they have transportation access, with these skyrocketing Prices.  Nobody is getting Relief in the way of actual Tax Breaks for Ordinary Folks either, we still Owed a lot.  And that tapped out most folks Savings if they Owed Taxes big again.  I was fortunate my Grandchild paid for it for us this Year.  I simply didn't have it.

We've got Six Mouths to Feed and only One Minimum Wage Income coming in from a Job right now.  And Fixed Income from Retirement Pensions for he and I, and Disability The Man Earned by being 100% Disabled from his Military and Dept. Of Defense Service.  We spent a Lifetime Working hard at Careers to have a Retirement where we didn't have to Work, and in his Case he can't even Work or Care for himself, so, I can't really Work a Real Job either with being a Full Time Unpaid Caregiver to him.

   Listen, if I didn't have that preventing me from Working, I might consider getting a part-time Job to make ends meet easier, so long as I wasn't penalized by Social Security for doing so.  But if you Earn over $24,480 and you are under FRA, you get Penalized a whole Dollar for every Two Dollars Earned over!  If FRA it goes up to $65,160 a Year before Penalties kick in, which are then $1 for every $3 over.  I'm now over FRA of 67 so there would be no limit on Earnings... FINALLY... Whew!  So, Yeah, I'd consider it to alleviate Financial Stress.

There's gonna be a huge dump of Family Photos and Food Porn Images in this Post, I've been trawling my Photo Archives and Folders Online I keep all my Images in.  I'd been looking for some of my BFF who just Passed Away Yesterday, for the Tribute Post that will Publish just before this one.  Along the way I found other Favorites of Family and Friends, so decided to include them too.  I haven't been doing much Photography coz I haven't been going anywhere to.  Gas being so high, just taking The Son to this Job Tonight used all my Gas to where the "Lights" came on the Dashboard telling me I only had 50 Miles worth of Gas left, so... remember to fill up!!!  *Le Sigh*  When I put $20 in it only gave me 4 Gallons, but that's all the Cash on Hand I had until our first of the Month Pay hit.  Otherwise, I wouldn't have had Gas Money.  It's getting critical and I hear in Cali it's up OVER $7 a Gallon now!!!  When they go up Arizona usually does too coz we use the same Refineries there.

I'm already livid that it's almost at $6 a Gallon and going up exponentially every single Day now, by increments of a Dime or more Daily, which, is ridiculous and scary!!!  Becoz soon the Reserves will run out and then we'll have Shortages, so that will spike prices even more and once Shortages happen on anything, Panic sets in with the Public like it did with Food and Toilet Paper during the Pandemic.  When a Run on an essential happens, they shit gets Real.  And so I'm bracing for that, coz, it's not like you can stockpile Gasoline!!!   I don't know anyone who owns a Hybrid Vehicle or an Electric One, tho' I do see them all over the City and they're becoming relatively popular but have their own Issues that are significant.  Enuf so that I don't want one.

 

As you can see by my Lead Images, over by where I dropped The Son off at that Job, was my favorite "Whole Foods", which, they don't have any in the West Valley.  So I went in to the Bakery and ended up with the Frangipani Tart, which was spendy, but, fuck it, I WANTED it.  And if we don't deserve it, who does, Right?!  *LOL and Winks*  And, it was delicious, tasted as good as it looks, so The Man and I had some as soon as I got it Home.   It was quite large and all I bought while there.  But I did also stop at a "World Market" and get some Macadamia Nut Honey from Hawaii, and some Lavender Blueberry Jam too, and some Japanese Imported Mochi in Three Flavors. {See Below}

I Love Gourmet Foods and "World Market" was somewhere my Mom and I always Shopped Together so she could get her British Import Foods from Home that normally she couldn't find in American Grocers.  Phoenix also has a lot of Fine International Grocers, in fact, my Ex-DIL's Cambodian extended Family Owns most of them in Maricopa County that are Asian Grocers.   But there are Arabic Grocers, African Grocers, Eastern European Grocers, East Indian Grocers, Mediterranean Grocers, Hispanic Grocers, Russian Grocers, European Grocers, and several International Bakeries all around the Metro Area too.  We have diversity in a City of this size and I just Love that about Metro Phoenix.   I feel decadent putting a Gourmet Jam or various types of Honey on something as simple as a piece of Toast or an English Muffin.   I am a Food and Beverage Snob, I ain't gonna Lie, it's one thing I won't Cheap Out on, I Buy the Best I can Afford, always.

Above is The Daughter in her early Teens, Below is me with a Newborn Young Prince, and The Son, who was an Uncle yet again and he HATED it!   *Ha ha ha*  Since he became an Uncle so Young, as a Grade School Aged Youngest of our Brood, he didn't like us being Grandparents already.  He hadn't had us all to himself all that Young and his Sisters are quite a bit Older than him.  So Sharing us was not easy for him to embrace or being like a Brother to the Nephew and Niece that we became Custodial Grandparents to at their Birth.  It had been difficult enuf for him when his Older Nieces were Born and the Oldest only came to visit as a Toddler.  He was adamant that you shouldn't be called a Gramma or Grandpa until you had White Hair!!!  *LOL*

That was his Criteria... ha ha ha... and so by that Standard I still wouldn't be called Gramma and I'm already a Great-Gramma to several.  So, it wouldn't have worked out.  My Dad Died with Blue Black Hair in his 70's, as did most of his side of the Family, most never went Grey, Silver or White Haired.   Mom's Side went premature Silver quite often, including my Younger Brother, who takes after her side of the Family more.  He had Blue Black Hair like Mom and Dad, Mom went Silver in her 30's and he started going Silver in his 30's too, but, never lost much Hair and always had thick wavy Hair I was envious of.  Mom's Family had the very coarse Curly Hair... I got the Native American Texture and Straightness instead, but, I'm one of the only Family Members with Light Hair.  I'm told a Great-Great-Grandfather on Mom's Irish Maternal Side of the Family had Red Hair.  Tho' all the other Irish and Welsh Family Members had the Blue Black, so that pesky Recessive Gene showed up.  All my Native American Relatives have Blue Black Hair.

Above Two of the Great-Grands who are Sisters, they have a Younger Brother.   And Below is a Granddaughter with her Oldest Child, her Youngest is a Girl.  Their Youngest Sister has yet to Marry or have Children, I don't know if she wants any or ever will tho', not a Priority and she's 24, so has time to make up her Mind about it.   The Young Prince and Princess T don't want Children, Princess T isn't even sure she wants Marriage?   Her Brother, after he gets this Divorce, said he never wants to Marry again and isn't a Breeder, so he doubts he'd end up with Children unless he switches Teams and ends up with a Woman and she wants a Family.  *LOL*   It could happen, he's Dated Women before and considers himself Gender Fluid when it comes to Relationships... even tho' he's a Trans Man who sometimes presents as a Female.

Below is the Little Bother of those Two Sisters... they're the Trio of Great-Grands of our Oldest Granddaughter Back East in Pittsburgh.  Some of the Pixs are Older ones so all the Great-Grands are getting much bigger already than in these Photos.   Anyway, I actually had a good time over in the East Valley and won't Need to bring The Son Home.  He'll be getting a Ride back when they're done with the Job in a few Days.  They'll also be setting up a Paint Booth Tent here beside The RV Garage Mahal for him to do the Painting of the Custom Cabinetry they'll be making for the Clients.  I have the Room, the Owner doesn't yet, since she lives in a Rental at some Nice Apartments and is Scouting for another Commercial Building.   They only do smaller Custom Jobs for Residential Customers, she doesn't wanna branch out and do Big Commercial Jobs and end up with too much Work too soon.  To whom much is given, much is required... you can Grow too fast. 

I wake up this Morning to The Grandson telling me Sayde had to take him to the ER and he'd gotten another Brown Recluse Spider Bite from a different Friend's House than the last time he got Bit by one!!!  Oy Vey, last time it was on the Ass, this time on his Leg, I guess this is a bad Year for them and he's had Bad Luck being attacked by them.  *Le Sigh*  He spent Six Hours there, but I didn't know it coz I wasn't Home yet, I was taking The Son to that Job near Scottsdale.  He got a Ride Home afterwards, but I was still gone for Hours coz it was Rush Hour and I was way over on the Far Eastside.  So, Luckily when he realized what kind of Bite The Young Prince had gotten, when they'd been at their Friend's Home, she took him to the nearest ER.  He has no Insurance so, now I HOPE I can afford the slew of Prescriptions they gave him?!  He'll be added the Cost of the ER Bills to the Stack he already can't Pay from previous Emergencies that required immediate Medical Attention.  *Le Sigh and he shrugs, whaddya gonna doe?*

He's got no Money, is unemployable, and SMI to the Max, so, also Non-Compos Mentis, so he can't enter into any Legally Binding Agreement since he's not competent to.  Anyway they should have signed his Ass up AGAIN and pushed hard to get him on AHCCCS indigent Healthcare Coverage, so that at least they'd get Paid.   And, since he was gone for Six Hours, I didn't know that so The Man was actually here without Caregiver Coverage too!!!  Oy Vey, this is Why leaving The Grandson in Charge is something I hardly never, ever do.  At least Sayde took one for the Team and took The Grandson to the ER and sat with him for Six Hours.  I'd of had to drag The Man along too and that would have been Too Much only a Day after a Best Friend Died.  

And I can't risk exposing The Man and I to a bunch more Sick contagious folks at some ER either.  Every time I go lately I end up getting Sick and not Feeling Good for Days later, catching whatever was going around to bring them to an ER!!!   And he's so frail, and we both have comorbidities so it can become serious or even fatal to us.  So, anyway, I have a stack now of RX to fill for The Grandson, all Body Parts Crossed it's affordable Medications?  I think it was before when he got Bit by one.  At least we got Paid now so I have some Money to cover the Cost of whatever it is, coz, he HAS to have it.  Brown Recluse Bites are no Joke, the Venom eats your Flesh and I've seen some horrific Cases of when folks got Bit and neglected to get immediate Medical Attention.  A Friend at Work has almost lost his entire Shin to the severe Necrotic Tissue Damage!  It's eaten 1/3 of his Shin now and he may lose his Leg and he's a Big Powerful Built Guy.  His Wife showed me the Pixs, it's horrific and terrifying! 

So, the Bad News just keeps on fucking coming, doesn't it?   I took The Man with me to just sit in the Truck while I did Environmental Cleanup at the Park, so he'd be in Fresh Air, Shaded, with the Windows down in the Truck.  It's a Cool Breezy Day.  I got 40 Cents a Gallon off my Gas with my Fry's Discount but it still cost me $78 to fill up!!!  I took him out for Crepes at "Coladas" afterwards, he had the Peach, I had the Mango Kiwi Coconut Pineapple, which is a Summer Seasonal one.  Both came with a Scoop of Coconut Pineapple Ice-Cream.  We sat outside at a Bistro Table and it's next door to where the Pharmacy is to drop off the Grandson's Rx.   Which will Thankfully only be $23 for all Three, when they Pharmacist knew he had no Insurance she put him on their Discount Plan.  Which Saved me a lot of Money, since I told her I had to cover it since he has no Income and no Employment.  Princess T got off Work before 8:30 a.m. coz they had no Work, so she was with me and said she'd cover it if I couldn't.

The East Indian Female Pharmacist looked shocked and said, "You Work?!  And have Money!?", Princess T Laughed and Joked, and said, "Yeah, I'm Twenty... and I work over at SAVERS and I'm a 'Saver'..."  *LOL*  She said people always think she's about 12 and still in Jr. High School, when she's wearing little or no Make-up, sometimes even when she is, coz she's Tiny too.  Most High School Girls these days are as Big as I am, not a Size 3 like she is.  *LOL*  Nobody ever thinks she's an Adult and Twenty, she said sometimes Rusty gets hard looks from people who think he's Romantically involved with an Underaged Girl.  *Ha ha ha*   Anyway, above Pix is The Daughter with my recently Deceased BFF's Older Daughter, who I was the Birth Coach to when she had her Oldest Son as a Teenager.  She did a lovely FB Tribute to her Mom with some Pixs I'd never seen before of her Mom. 

 

And now for our Crepe Pixs, coz, you KNOW you WANT 'em.  *Winks and Smiles*   We were the 1st ones waiting at the Pharmacy before they Opened at 9:00 a.m. and there was a line already forming behind us, so the Pharmacist had to hit the Ground running this Morning.  The Pharmacist came to unlock the Security Gates around it and said, "Wow, you all are up Early... nobody Slept In on this Fine Saturday Morning?!"   And I piped up, "No, and I already had Crepes...", and everyone Laughed.  *Smiles*   And Princess T said in a Bougee exaggerated Pretentious Voice, "Ohhhhh, and she's already had Crepes, La-De-Da...", and everyone really Laughed then.  *Smiles, we get up being Hilarious, what can I say?*

That lil Outing was almost too much for The Man, so I'll go to pick up the Prescriptions Solo, he's had enuf Activity for one Morning now.  He really is having Mobilty and Balance Issues now, it's scaring me actually.  I don't know if we'll get his Leg Strength up to Speed or not?  Or his Heart Strength?   I am thinking of getting him one of those under Desk Ellipse Leg Exercisers for Seniors that are Remote Control and actually move his Legs FOR him, but exercises and strengthens the Muscle with low impact and he can do Seated.   AMAZON has one but I don't use AMAZON or their Prime, never Ordered anything from Bezos in my Life and won't.  Anyway, E-Bay has some too but they're all expensive or from International Sellers, which means, high Tariffs even if the Price was good, not Ordering anything with a Tariff attached to it either, Fuck Donnie Two Dolls and his Tariff Extortion Racket.

That's Right Eli, it's exactly how I Feel too about this Regime!  *Winks and Laughs*   Eli has the Best Feline Facial Expressions ever IMO.  *Smiles*   I know this was an extra lengthy Post dumping Too Much Visually and with the Content, but, I'm Manic when I'm Emotionally Raw and Blogging is Helpful.    LATER: I went to the Discount Grocer and got some great Deals on Non-Perishables we Need and Stock up on, plus they always give me $10 Off my Order.  Now I'll only Need to Buy Perishables for the rest of the Month out of the Grocery Budget.  The Young People at the Discount Grocer who are Cashiers know me by now.  *Smiles*  I come in the 1st or so of every Month now. 

The Daughter is back now, someone loaned her a 10-Speed Bike and she rode the Ten Miles Home on it.  She got quite a Sunburn, but I'm impressed she rode the whole Ten Miles, since, she hasn't ridden a Bike for Years.   Since they're letting her Keep the Bike until they Need it, she may let her Brother ride it to and from Work to the Dollar Store, which is only about a Half Mile from Home.  He could Walk it easily or I could Drive him, but Biking would be quick and good Exercise.  He has someone lined up to buy the Malibu, since, it's not Operational so he might as well Cash Out on it for Salvage, it is Titled, but hasn't ran in a long time and he's put a lot of Money into it to no avail.

In a little while I gotta pick up the Grandson's Rx Meds from the Pharmacy too.   Below are some Family Photos, we never Owned a Camera Growing Up so my Parents would sometimes borrow one of those Old Brownie Cameras from a Friend and that's the only time we got Photos taken and very few as a whole Family.  We never had any Professional Portraits taken.  But, Growing Up we didn't know we were not 'well off' coz my Parents always really made a gorgeous looking Home, Mom had such a Good Eye for The Good Stuff and Dad always Worked Two or more Jobs.  His Military Job and then he always worked as a Master Chef at some High Class Restaurant AFTER Working his Military Shift!

The Photo in the lower Lefthand Corner Above is my Dad in Alaska when he was stationed there for a Year unaccompanied at Murphy Dome.  He looks so Dark coz everything was White... his Uniform, the Snow, the Sky... ha ha ha.   Below Right Hand lower Photo is The Man with our Oldest Daughter at her Wedding.  She's the only one of our Three Kids whose ever actually Married.   Tho' we have several Grandkids who have Married.   The Son and The Daughter have been in long term Relationships that were Common Law Arrangements, not recognized in Arizona coz we're not a Common Law State.   The Far Right Lower Pix is The Daughter and her Friend Amber again at the State Fair Photo Booth, every Year they'd have one taken.  I Love those Pixs too, they always turned out so good.

 

I Love the Meme Below, it's so "Me".  *Ha ha ha*   Well, we Found The Son's Baby Book and I felt like a Putz, coz The Daughter came Home and walked right to it in The RV Garage Mahal.  Guess where it was?  EXACTLY where I'd always put it and The Son and I had looked exactly there numerous times and must have looked right AT it and couldn't Find it!!!   Oooops!!!  Ever do that?  Can't See for Lookin'?  *LOL and Blushes*  The Daughter was like, Mom, how HARD did you and he Look?  Coz it was RIGHT THERE, exactly where you always put it and I'd never moved it, I'd just taken my own Baby Book out to show a Friend my Baby Pixs and hadn't put mine back yet.  So, I told her to put hers back again too so her important Documents would also stay Safe and not Lost.  His Birth Certificates were in there, I have extra Copies.  But, his Social Security Card wasn't coz we recalled he'd asked for it Years ago and has promptly Lost it, of coarse.  *Eye Roll and Le Sigh* 

 

If he'd of given it back to put Safe, and be kept by me, it would still be there.  Oh well, I can see by the Envelope it used to be in... that we've re-ordered it now Three other times, so not the 1st or even 2nd time he's Lost it!!!  *Triple Eye Roll then*   They are a Scatter Brained bunch.  I'm a Creature of Habit and important stuff I always keep in the same place so that it's easily Hands On.  I'm not very Organized, and I work more in the Realm of Organized Chaos.  But Oddly, I know where shit is within my Organized Chaos and nobody can ever figure out how I even do that when it looks Chaotic, but, I know where it all is specifically.  But if YOU Move it, then I won't know where the Hell YOU put it.  And if you don't remember where you did, it might never be Found?!

Below is one of my Fav Pixs of The Daughter with her Son.  Since she was in Mexico almost 20 Years, I don't have many Pixs of her with The G-Kid Force as Children... practically None with her and Princess T, only a scant few of her with The Grandson, whose her Oldest of Five Kids... the other Four being Daughters, Three of which were Born and Live in Mexico.  The G-Kid Force and her Three in Mexico try to have a functional Relationship with their Mom.  It's challenging due to the level of her Mental Illness and Substance Abuse History, plus, her inability to really connect Relationally.  Or to make good choices and decisions on a consistent basis.  They have to be the Adults in the Room with her... and that will never change and they are all Old enuf now to know this.   So, these Two don't want to become too close, they're wary to, and I understand why they are, it could be Hurtful to.

Below is me at Age Two and a Half with my Little Brother at Age 6 Months, he outweighed me!!!  *LOL*  He had the Peaches and Cream Complexion like our Mom and I was Darker like our Dad.   But he had the very Curly Blue Black Hair like our Mom and I was a Honey Blonde, which darkened to a Light Brown as I got Older.  He was such a good and Happy Baby, I on the other Hand was NOT... LOL... I was what they used to call "A Handful" as a Child.  *Winks*  My Brother therefore was The Golden Child.  *Smiles*  And he's been a Wonderful Brother my entire Life, I've never met anyone that didn't Adore my Lil Brother, who, isn't so little really. coz by his Sophomore Year in High School he was 6'4" and towered above even most of the Seniors.  But, he's one of those Big Gentle Fellas.

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Okay, so, we're Done now... Winks... Dawn... The Bohemian