Let's Go Shopping

 I slept 'til Noon on Sunday, ever since the Stroke, I do Sleep more, which I don't see as a bad thing.  With having Adult ADHD and being Bipolar, I never Slept proper amounts of time ever, and I do think a Body needs the right amount of Rest/Sleep to stay Well.   So, when I oversleep now it's such a rare Luxury for me that I'm not concerned about it, I wake rested and feeling good.   So, Sunday I didn't get a start on my day until the Afternoon and The Man had been up since very early, so was itching to go do something.

We decided to go back to "Sweet Salvage's" Event for their last day of it and to mostly visit with Industry Friends there.   The last day of the Four Day Event is more Zen and winded down, so The Man isn't overwhelmed or getting Sensory Overload from attending then.   He enjoys it coz everyone knows him and kinda makes a fuss over him.   Brittany had made him a Custom Baseball Style Hat and it really looked good on him, so he was thrilled with it and she gave him a Special Price as she always does.  He reminds her of her Grandpa and he's one of her Favorite Customers and we Adore her too.

We knew it would be her last time there since she's got a lot going on personally and so she won't be doing the Event any longer.  We'll miss her presence there and so it was Emotional, on the way out she came out and gave us both a huge Hug.   We'll miss all her Custom Creations, of which I've included several in this Post.  I bought an Antique French Wooden Inlaid Cross Necklace {see above}, from my Friend Cyndie, that I had Admired and finally thought, Hell, just get it.  *LOL*  And I bought one more of those Vintage Industrial Wooden and Metal Shoe Forms with the Leather on it from Sarah, so now I have a Trio of them to Display.  I'd bought the other Two on Opening Day Thursday.

I rarely buy Even Numbers of things and never Display in Even Numbers, so I had decided I needed to go back and get One more.  That's all we bought but we were happy with our small Haul.   Not sure why The Man was intent on a Custom Trucker Cap rather than another Custom Cowboy Hat Brittany makes for him, but he's a Hat and Sunglasses Guy and every Hat and pair of Sunglasses looks good on him.   She made this one really Special for him including Custom Jewelry Embellishments to it she put on it.  I Photographed him in it and a few other of that Style of Cap she Customizes.   When he's Modeling her Hats he's more agreeable to being Photographed.  *LOL*   She looks great in her Hats too, she's a Beautiful person inside and out and Adorable, the Age of some of our Grandkids.

We just Love her Customized Hats and I have trouble picking a Favorite, even to Photograph, so tend to just Photograph them all.  *Smiles*  Anyway, I'm getting introduced to some of the new Designers there who have joined the Team recently and they're getting to know us.  It's good to meet New folks in the Industry, as some of our Old Friends are now Retiring from the Business or are Closing their Businesses, and sadly, some have even Passed Away recently as well.   I think we spent much more Time this day enjoying Visiting and Socializing with Industry Friends than we did Shopping.  Everyone has great Stories to tell.

Brittany has been making her Hats now for Five Years and had been with the Event for the past 2.5 Years, so it gave her great Exposure as an Artisan and to promote her Line.   I know it will be hard for her to take a break from it for a while, so she can focus on other priorities and not have such a full Dance Card.   She and her Fiance' are Planning their Wedding, she has a full time Career and is a Foster and Rescue Parent of Bulldogs, most of whom have Special Needs.   So her fledgling Business was something she has a Passion and Talent for but not a lot of Time to devote to right now.  Hard decisions to make, but I think she's making the right one for right now.   You have to do what you know Feels Right.

I did do some Photography while there to add to what I'd Photographed already on Opening Day which had been Thursday.   Gisele and Roman told me they'd Sold a lot of Furniture this time around, which, larger Merch hasn't been moving as much recently, so that was a nice Surprise.  Of coarse Roman is Skilled at Painting and Distressing Antique Furniture in Trending Colors and making the Distressing look Natural and in all the right places.   So she said everything they'd Painted and Distressed in a Vintage Hue of Robin's Egg Blue had Sold Out.  They were Saran Wrapping it for Delivery to the Buyers while we were there, since they offer Delivery Services on what you Buy from them.  They've Delivered and Set Up many things to our Properties that we've Bought from them over the Years.  Some of my favorite and most Cherished Antique Display Furniture has been Bought from them.

Gisele was saying once we open up The RV Garage Mahal for Selling to Industry Friends, they'll be some of our first Customers, they can't wait.  *LOL and Winks*   But, they've been here, so know what a big Project it is and has been.   Granted, my Industry Friends have come and Bought from us already.  But once it's a lot more Staged and Organized is when we can go Full On with that Vision we have for the RV Garage Mahal to Sell what I don't have Rental Space or Room to Sell at the Antique Mall... and the Art Studio Cottage to Create our Art from and Sell.  Working from Home will be a helluva lot easier and less expensive than Renting Space anywhere and trying to Maintain it.   I'll be Keeping my Rental Space at the Antique Mall, but we can't do all we want to do from there.

Anyway, at the end of the Month "Highland Yard Vintage" will be having their last Event of the Season, since they Close for Summer.  So, they won't be Opening again until Fall.   So the Summer Months are lean of Events, Shows and even a lot of Shops Close when it's too Hot and most Tourists and Winter Visitors have left for the Season.  Yes, Locals remain but folks in the Desert tend to hibernate thru the Summer Months if they don't Summer elsewhere in more temperate Climates.  We'd originally bought our Acreage up North of the State for Summering elsewhere at and were gonna built a Cabin up there, but then The Man's Health tanked and it's very Rural, so we just haven't gone up there now in Years.  

We were just gonna Sell our 38 Acres up North, but decided to just let our Heirs Inherit it and Develop it now.   Developers want it, but want to lowball you on Buying it, so, fuck that.  It's been Free and Clear for Years now, so, we'll just sit on it if we can't Sell it for what we want or if someone doesn't make us an Offer we can't Refuse.  *LOL*   The problem is it's up in Apache County near the White Mountain Apache Reservation, which is Beautiful Recreational Country to Hunt, Fish, Camp, enjoy gorgeous Natural unspoiled Scenery, but isn't very populated or developed.   The nearest City is St. Johns which only has a Population of about 3,300 Residents.   There's a smaller unincorporated Town called Concho closer to our Ranch site Property, but there's not much there.  And now that The Man doesn't Hunt or Fish, and requires Caregiving and is Medically compromised, there was no longer a Point to the original Retirement Plan for the Acreage.

Anyway, Plans change with Time and Circumstance, and the only Constant is Change.  I intentionally haven't watched The News, I give myself Breaks from it, all of it.   Right now I'm in a Break Period from watching any of it, I just don't want or need to know what Fuckery is transpiring daily, and remain only informed enough these days to keep my Sanity.   It was so nice to have at least Four Years of a break from that constant Chaos, Drama, Insanity, Headaches and Fuckery, when Biden was President.   And I'm Sad for him recently being diagnosed with a very aggressive Prostate Cancer.  Yes, he was too Old, they all are anymore in most of Politics at high levels... but at least he wasn't a totally unhinged maniacal Psychopath!  I'm so exhausted from the Fuckery and constant Crisis Mode America is mired in with this kind of Hate filled, grossly incompetent, Criminal and reckless Leadership.   Just barely over 100 Days has seemed like a fucking Nightmare Lifetime already, No?!

People who Thrive on Chaos and constant Drama I just don't understand nor have any meaningful Connection to, I don't 'Get' how they gravitate to that and prefer it?!   I also don't understand the level of Hatred that is often manifested in folks who express it and seem so Angry all the time?  The Psychology of a Hate filled person must be quite the Study to unpack.   Oh, I Googled it, since, you can, and apparently in Psychology, Hate is explained as a complex Emotion rooted in a combo of Social, Psychological and Cultural factors.   It's not even an innate Feeling as much as it is a Learned Behavior shaped by Beliefs, Experiences and Social Conditioning.   And it can stem from a sense of threat, perceived lack of control, powerlessness, or injustice that lead Individuals to project their Internal Struggles onto others they dehumanize.   Yeah, that seems to explain it pretty accurately IMO.   And there's so much of it evident these days... Hate filled folks Acting Out inappropriately and inhumanely, it's really Fucked Up, as are they to Be that way.

 

I must say I'm hearing less from those who are Fans of MAGA World, they seem to be more subdued the more he's fucking up America and especially the Economy.  By the end of Summer it will be Interesting to know how many are still on Board the Crazy Train or have disembarked?  But, I must say I haven't seen anyone yet in the Political Arena who looks and sounds like they'd be capable of the big cleanup behind him and his wrecking crew, so, that's unsettling in a big way to me too.  And I'm feeling more Politically disengaged than ever, which, the majority of Independent Voters really are, Truth be told, we don't have any REAL Representation or Candidates and the Two Major Parties suck and we don't Trust them and want something better.  In Arizona if you even Register as an Independent they don't let you Vote in the Primaries even tho' we make up over 60% of Voters in the State!

 

So, we're either having to sit out that Vote involuntarily or Register with a Major Party we are not really aligned with at all.   I Register Democrat temporarily just to be able to have my Voice heard in the Primaries and NOT be Silenced involuntarily.   I resent that, I should be able to cast a Vote regardless of not being a Partisan Voter in every Election they have.  I've voiced that Complaint at the Polls and with Elected Officials, and I'm sure many Independents just refuse to pretend to be Partisan just so they're slapped with a Partisan Label in order to be allowed to Vote, it's Voter suppression, plain and simple.  But enuf of all that, I'm sick to Death with American Politics more than ever.  I never really understood the Tribal Nature of Partisan Politics anyway, or the rabid alignment with a particular Sports Team, or a fanaticism of a particular Denomination of a Religion.   But many Humans seem to NEED that, I don't know Why?  A sense of Belonging mebbe, I dunno?

I don't really Care if they Need something and Feel they're getting it, that I don't Need, so long as they keep it to themselves mostly.  *LOL*  But, the really fanatical ones tend to be intrusive and that's the problem I have with them.  Especially their assuming they can force their Passion upon other people and that's okay, Word Up, it's NOT okay.  And I'm NOT "The Enemy" just becoz I don't align with your Political Party, your Sports Team or your Brand and Denomination of Religion, okay?  When someone makes you out to be "The Enemy" becoz of these things I find it deeply disturbing and Mentally unsound on their part.   There is no reason to vilify me becoz of some Tribal affiliation you've latched onto, and we wouldn't be Enemies unless you MAKE yourself one to me by your Actions towards me that pose an actual Threat and potential Danger.   

 

When someone becomes hostile, violence prone, hateful, unhinged, irrational, dangerous in Behaviors and Thought processes, and against you, whether they perceive a reason or not to behave that way, well, then you start to view them as an actual Threat to safety and well being!  They could actually BE an Enemy then for Reals!   I actually find it most troubling that the UNITED State of America isn't UNITED anymore and has little Unity now, it's very fractured and internally divided, with much hostility directed and projected upon other Americans.   I suppose that's how Civil War starts, I have not lived thru one of those and would prefer NOT to in my Lifetime.  Or that of my Children and Grandchildren... but, I see it leaning in that direction if we don't turn things around and Unify as a Nation and get over this intense Extremist Tribalism playing out.

I try to get along with everyone to the very best of my ability, to find something relatable as another Human Being.   It's not so hard to get along and play well with other people, only if you make it so.  There are even people I don't particularly Like, but I can manage to get along with, be cordial and treat them with compassion and dignity that respects their humanity.  I've even had people that didn't Like me initially, change their Minds or I've changed my Mind about them.   When we had pleasant encounters with one another and particularly if they were going thru tough times and I've Cared about that, and they realized they could talk to me about it and know it's a Safe Space to.  Sometimes I've discovered people don't really have someone they can talk to when they're going thru Trials of Life.   Most people aren't gonna get thru Life without Trials.

Princess T had gone Tubing down the Salt River with Timmy, Matthew and some other Friends, so she was gone Sunday and Monday.  She came back happy but sunburnt.   The Man and I spent Monday at an Eastside Antique Mall and doing Environmental Cleanup roadside on the Gila River Indian Reservation and Wildhorse Pass, also on the Rez.  Didn't see the Wild Horses this day, usually you do, there's a large beautiful herd of them allowed to run freely on the Reservation.   It was a nice day with a strong Breeze.   We did do some Retail Therapy at the Antique Mall.   I got a Baltic Amber and Sterling Rosary from Poland, a Jade Feng Shui Chinese Zodiac Fetish strand of Animals, a 1920 large Striped Vintage Suitcase, and some Vintage Fishing Lures for The Man, plus he got a Bullet made into a Pen.

My Vintage Suitcase, which is pristine inside and a Chocolate Brown Satin.  I Collect the Striped 1920-1930's Suitcases, they're getting harder to Source and at a decent price.  But this one was priced Right and a nice heavy large one in great condition for it's Age.   Resale of Vintage Suitcases is still very good, but I'm holding onto my best ones for myself and not interested in Selling any of them now.   I use them for Storage and Displays, having spent Decades accumulating an impressive Collection of them.   So, if I did have someone convince me to Sell some, they're not getting a Deep Discount on any I have, since replacing them is expensive and very difficult to even Source them at any price these days.  I Bought most of my best ones back when nobody valued them and you could get them for practically nothing. 

 

My Feng Shui Asian Jade Chinese Zodiac Animal Fetish Strand {Above}, which only was $6 and I got a 10% Military Discount on that price!!!  Well, I got the Military Discount on all the Purchases.  Booyah!   Below is the Baltic Amber Rosary from Poland.   This Vendor goes to Poland, Turkey and Northern Europe to Source her Inventory and will be going there in July and bringing back more in August.  But, I'm guessing the Tariffs will drive up the prices now considerably with what she's Importing this Summer, unless they wear all the Jewelry Home and pretend it's theirs?  *LOL*   The price on the Rosary was very reasonable even without the 10% Off I got with a Military Discount.

Below is The Man's new Cap that Brittany made for him...

He considered the one Below too, which matched what he was wearing that day, but we both liked the one with the Pendant she'd also Hand Made.  She'd made it originally as a Necklace and then decided to embellish one of her Custom Hats with it.  She wasn't sure which Creation he'd like best, so she made a Trio and let him choose his Favorite.   The problem with him and Baseball Cap Style Hats is he sweats and gets Salty buildup on the inside and you can't wash any with Feathers and Accessories on them.   So, he'll probably just Display this Hat and never really wear it.   Which, I'm Fine with, he enjoys his Hat Collection like he enjoys his Knife Collection and Fishing Lure Collection, he never has to actually use any of it.

He enjoyed Modeling the Hats for her and it always helps her to Sell the Hats when other Customers see someone in one.   So, when he's hung around her Creation Station where she makes the Custom Hats, she says she always Sells more of them, he's like her Good Luck Charm.  *LOL*  This day was no exception, Two Women came up and became Interested in Buying a Hat too becoz he was there Modeling several of them and talking to them about Brittany's Creations he's been Collecting and gets a lot of Compliments on when he wears them or when people see the Display he has of them Showcased at Home.

A Closeup of his New Hat.

While we were doing Environmental Cleanup on the Rez we found a small Silver long tubular Whistle.  It looks very Old and The Man said it sounds like it was made to mimic an Animal Sound to draw in an Animal to Hunt.  Could be, it's Cute and I've cleaned it up and will put it in our Cabinet of Curiosities.  No telling how long it laid out there in the Desert on the Rez just off the Road?   We also found an Old Metal Bucket we couldn't rescue from the Desert coz it had been there so long a Desert Shrub Bush had grown up around the Handle and Pail, and the size of the Shrub Bush Limbs meant it had probably been there for several Decades!   I would have needed an Axe to set the Pail Free from the Shrub that had grown up and trapped it there.  *LOL*

On a Positive Note I finally got TriCare and Medicare to approve my switch to Ozempic as my Primary Doc and Heart Specialist had wanted.  *Whew*  So, it's being sent and I'm going to use up the last of the Trulicity now, then wait a Week before beginning the new Med to see how I tolerate it?   The Man has been on Ozempic with the VA for a long time and he had no trouble getting his Approved, so apparently the VA has a better Formulary of Approved Meds than either Medicare of TriCare For Life.   It was quite the Dog & Pony Show and jumping thru Hoops, with several Approvals from the Docs necessary, to push it thru with the Insurances.   The Insurances act like they know more than your Doctors, which is annoying coz I doubt any of the Staff working for the Insurance Companies have actual Medical Degrees to make such decisions for anyone against their Doctor's Advice!!!

 First they Denied, we Appealed, then it took the Doc sending not just One, but THREE Different Approvals and Requests for the Change, saying it was absolutely necessary to Manage my Type II Diabetes and not risk another Stroke or a Heart Attack!!!   The Insurance kept saying, Try Trulicity first... that's what WE Recommend... and we're like, I've been ON Trulicity for YEARS and you've provided it, so I don't NEED to TRY it, coz your Records should show I've been on it a long time and now it's not effective for me anymore, which is Why the Docs want me to change to Ozempic!!!  Christ on a Bike, Yeah... ridiculous, but, we got 'er Done with persistence and tenacity!  *Winks*  

 You just have to be absolutely relentless with these Insurance Providers coz all they care about is Cost... not your Health or Well Being... or what your Medical Professionals prescribe and say you Need to manage an Illness or Condition.  Yet, people are getting and being approved for Ozempic to Lose Weight and not to Manage an Illness that could Kill them, go figure!!!   And I think the higher demand is responsible for Diabetics now having a hard time getting Meds that were designed for that Illness, but now is the new Trendy Weight Loss 'Fix'.   It'll be something else soon enuf folks wanna lose Weight quickly by using, and then perhaps we can get our Diabetic Meds without so much hassle?

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Blessings, Love and Light from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian

Too Far Gone???

 Two Days in a row I've spent too much at the Chazza the Granddaughter Works at, coz damn they've had too much Killer Merch come in!  *LOL*  But I am pleased with both Days Haul... and... I didn't go Crazy at the Event with Retail Therapy, so, there's that.  *Winks*  I do need to tighten up finances tho' in preparation for whatever the Tariff Wars creates by Summer, which is when we'll be feeling the full effects of that whole Extortion Plan the Orange Con devised to enrich himself at the expense of every American Business and Consumer in America.   Now he's telling the CEO of Wal-Mart that THEY should Eat the Tariffs... what happened to his Claim that China would Eat the Tariffs?   Now he wants American Businesses or American Consumers to Eat them, go figure!!!  *Eye Roll*

Well, Shaking Down the wealthiest Businesses to be able to beg him and get temporary Exemptions out of him was his big Extortion Scheme to implement Tariffs anyway, all along.  Just like every Syndicated Organized Crime Organization Extort Businesses to Pay for "Protection", from THEM, it's an Old Play Book for Criminals.  You Threaten and Extort your Victims to Pay you in order to Protect themselves FROM YOU.   How can they refuse, after all?  It's not even a veiled Threat he made Online to the Wal-Mart CEO if they DON'T Eat the Tariffs, he'll be "Watching" them and he'll have some retaliatory punitive action against them coz he sure doesn't want the American Consumer to be blaming HIM for what he's Created and done to us all.   If Companies Eat the Tariffs then it will be an Illusion that they're actually Working in favor of America. 

 You know, like a Magic Trick that isn't Real, but fascinates the Fools with the Trickery and Performative Political Theater, while muzzling the Educated who know better.    Shush, or you'll give the Sleight of Hand away and ruin the Illusion for all of America.  *Huge Eye Roll*  Is anyone really Buying the deep Bullshit being shoveled now, that all this Recklessness, Incompetence, Chaos and Uncertainty, lack of Security or ability to Govern, is Good for America, asking for a Friend?  *LMAO*  The Transactional part of his Politics wouldn't even bother me if it was just done Legally, I mean, we all Like Money, regardless of what side of Politics we land on.   I'm just not a Fan of Dark Money and Bribes, of our Leaders Selling us Out or allowing themselves to be Bought, that's all.  I can be very Transactional myself, so if done Right it's not necessarily a Bad thing.

One thing I do happen to Like, and you can Disagree if you want to, but, when he goes to these other Countries it's ALL Transactional and he's not trying to be their Moral Police or lecture them about whatever their Culture or Religion mandates for them.   I've long thought America tries too hard to make the rest of the World comply to our Standards and in many Cases, we're not going to Change Cultures and their Brands of Religion that dictate how they operate and what goes on in their Nations.  We cannot be everyone's Moral Police, even if we totally disagree with how they choose to Live.   And that's not to say I don't stand up for Human Rights and strongly condemn Atrocities, it just means, in some Cultures they firmly Believe differently as to what that even is.   The Middle East being a prime example... their Religion and Culture totally dictates how their Nations run, it's a Theocracy.  You'd have to do away with the Religion to Change that way of Life, which, is never happening.

How North Korea runs it's Nation is completely dictated by who they have as a Supreme Leader.  We're not gonna Change that, with any amount of lecturing or Moral Policing.  What I'm saying is that the only thing this Administration seems to do that I agree with, *Gasp, Yeah, there is ONE thing I Agree with them on, who knew?*,  is to allow other Nations to BE who they just are, and find ways to Deal with them without creating a War with them.  And being an Old Hippie I do Hate Wars, I find them to be something we should try to Globally avoid as much as possible.  It can't always be avoided, but Peace is far better than War for Mankind and very few folks would argue that Fact.  I cannot think of a Positive thing to say about War, even if you claim to be on the Righteous Side of one.

I come from a long line of Military Families, so protecting your own Nation is vital and important, from Invading Enemies.  But, if another Nation chooses to run their Nation in a way I don't Agree with, and their Citizens go along with however that is, who am I to presume to be their Morality Police and Lecture them or try to Change their entire Culture and way of Life?   Really?   It's presumptuous, just as presumptuous as someone trying to be MY Morality Police and Lecturing me and trying to Change my entire Culture and way of Life, I'd resent it and rebel against it too.   I've lived in several Countries around the Globe, and many different States here in America too.  Culture varies greatly from place to place, even sometimes within a Country.  I Learned to just be Respectful of how that was from place to place, even if it was vastly different than my own or I wasn't in Agreement with how it operated and it wasn't for me and mine.

Most of the division America is facing right now has to do with intolerance for Differences.   With some trying to dictate and force their ways upon everyone, rather than respecting and Honoring that how they are isn't for everyone and not everyone would want it either.   The Freedom to BE who you are, Worship as you feel Led to {or not Worship}, Live as you choose, is part of what Living the American Dream actually means and is to me.   And I'm perfectly Okay with parts of the Globe being vastly different to America and having different Values, different Religions, different Lifestyles, different Morality, a different way of Being.   One of the biggest Beefs I have always had is how Colonialism Oppressed various Cultures they conquered and subdued.  

Trying to eliminate their ways of Life, their Culture, Language, and acting like they were Right and the Indigenous Cultures were Wrong and Savages, to be treated less than Human becoz they were Different.   To Force them to be versions of themselves and their ways, yet, still a permanent underclass.   There was nothing Wrong with any of these Cultures and their ways, except in the Eyes of someone who didn't Understand those Cultures and ways, despising the Difference.  There's things in our Culture and ways that isn't looked at as so desirable to someone from a Different one.   Anyway, I don't know if we'll see a Peaceful Globe anytime soon, seems Humans always find something to be at War about and initiate Conflict, or respond to Conflict initiated.  Interesting that most of the Animal Kingdom doesn't behave like that at all.   Some Animals don't Like each other, but they don't have Wars.  They just each do what they were meant and Created to do.

We got Irrigation Today, last Rotation we had those new Pinche Neighbors file a complaint against us and against our Neighbor behind us, Laura and her Boyfriend, with SRP.  So, the Utility Company that supplies Irrigation sent both of us an E-Mail saying a Complaint had been filed, tho' we nor Laura/Boyfriend had done anything Wrong.  What happened is the Pinche Neighbors are New and don't know what they're doing to receive their Irrigation, and the Water assigned to them, so hadn't properly lifted their Irrigation Gates and hadn't been Maintaining their part of the Irrigation Ditch either so it got clogged.  A part of that problem is that their part of the Ditch is covered, so if it gets obstructed, they can't easily clear it.   So, they sent one of their Females over to us to complain, we told her we don't get Water directly before her and so we don't Lift the Main Gate, Laura gets it after us and Lifts the Main Gate after her Rotation is done.

Mando and The Daughter went back to make sure Laura or her Boyfriend had indeed lifted the Main Gate, they had, but the Water was backing up into their Property and ours.   Coz it had nowhere to go due to the obstruction in that New Neighbor/Omar's Family part of the Ditch, which is Covered, and is behind both of their Properties and THEY must Maintain!  We and Laura Maintain the part of the Ditch, which we chose not to be Covered, behind our Properties, which are back to back, that's how it Works.   So, we even went over to help them clear the obstruction and show them how to work their Gates properly, like Good Neighbors do.  So it was an Asshole move on their part to then file a Complaint against us and Laura.  So now Laura's Boyfriend is in Agreement with us that every time they now have their loud Ass Parties on the Weekend, we're all calling the Cops on them earlier than we have been.  Usually we wait 'til 2-3 in the Morning, now I'm calling at Midnight, fuck them.  If they wanna Play Neighbors hard by causing Trouble, they'll regret it coz the rest of us will band together.  Nobody likes them anyway coz the once beautiful expensive Property they bought, they've turned Ghetto, it looks laid to waste and neglect now.

It's why Laura, who lives next to them and the Neighbor directly across their Street from them, have both put their Properties up For Sale.  Both Families have been here since the 1960's but don't wanna live next door to Party Central that also has trashed an almost $900,000 Property and has Asshole Owners who aren't getting along and playing well with their Community!!!  They cut down all the Mature Landscaping, tore up the Graveled front Yard and have Cars parked all over it, looks like Da Hood, it's beyond tragic coz that was a gorgeous piece of Real Estate before they bought it!!!   They have raucous loud Parties every Weekend, which, we wouldn't mind if they Dialed it back at a decent time to be considerate of Neighbors, most of whom Work on the Weekends so need to get some Sleep.  

 I have 8-10 inch thick Adobe Brick Walls to our Home and sometimes their Music is so loud you can't hear your TV!  And most of the Music is Karaoke Mariachi being sung drunkenly and badly and with Musicians who don't play their Instruments well either.  Anyway, we hope this Rotation they're not already so drunk again they can't get their Irrigation distributed Right and then blame the rest of us for their own fuckup and file another Complaint?   Coz I'll file a counter Complaint with SRP about their inability to take on the Water they should, backing it up onto our Properties, so that we have to take on excess Water and risk Flooding, and preventing it from flowing to who gets it next, depriving those Neighbors of their allotted Water.   Water in a Desert is a Big Deal, so the Neighborhood doesn't like it when someone is fucking up Irrigation distribution, Flooding other Properties, or Stealing Water.  Anyway, it will Shake Out okay if enuf pressure is exacted upon the Problem People.  *Winks*

The Man and I spent the Morning doing Environmental Cleanup while the Temps were in the 70's to low 80's earlier in the Day.  Now it's gone Windy and Cooler as it's heading towards Evening.   I see that Nationally we're having Tornadoes creating high Fatalities and DOGE ensured that the Early Warning Systems got compromised due to their Cuts, so, more folks are Dying or Hurt and not being properly and adequately Warned I'm guessing?   The indiscriminate Cuts were made with no real understanding of how vital the Services provided actually were to Communities and to National Security as well, or what the Jobs even involved.   Now the consequences of those ignorant and irresponsible Actions are being felt and are playing out in very Negative and harmful ways.   The Death toll was hovering around 25 in a couple States and is expected to go up as they assess damage and whose missing.  Then there was the Bombing in Palm Springs of a Fertility Clinic.  So much violence and division has been fostered and encouraged by this Regime.

Violence never really Solved anything or made anything better, but, it's a route far too many folks resort to when they disagree or feel some kind of way strongly about something.   I don't know Why someone would Target a Fertility Clinic where Couples are just going to try to have a Baby or Deal with their inability to Conceive without Help?   But, the type of Person that would Bomb anything for any reason isn't wrapped too tightly and is very likely Extremist bent.  The one Fatality I kind of Wonder if it isn't the Perp who blew themselves up without intending to?  We'll find out after a thorough Investigation is concluded.  Witnesses say that the Human Remains were Outside of the Building, which is Why I'm speculating it could possibly be the Perpetrator of this Domestic Terrorist attack?   I'd rather the Fatality be the Bomber and not some Innocent Victim of their Violent Act.

Next Day:  They are now thinking the Fatality of that Bombing is the Bomber and it seems there were no Clients or Staff hurt and all the Fertility area with Embryos wasn't damaged either, which is a relief.  I still don't understand why a Fertility Clinic was targeted that is helping people with Fertility Issues?  Usually it's Abortion Clinics that Extremists have Targeted in the past.  But, these days there's so many Extremist Groups and Individuals that you never quite know what it is they're getting violent about and being a Terrorist for?  Any Bombing is a Terrorist Act, whether Foreign or Domestic Terrorism, it's just as Evil and must be stopped, and we're getting much more of the latter in America these days, Home Grown Terrorists with no regard for Human Life.  I always found it ironic that anyone professing to be Pro Life would then be willing to Murder Innocent People and try to Square that Mentally.

The Tornado damages look catastrophic with lots of loss of Life too, Climate Change is creating more and more catastrophic weather events everywhere.   And with all the DOGE Cuts I don't know that States impacted will get the Federal Relief they should to recover from what has happened?   Slashing Federal Agencies was done so recklessly that it compromised so many critical Agencies being able to function and Serve the American People.   It Cost and Lost more Money than it Saved, so it was redundant in what they alleged they were going to do and far less effective at doing anything truly Positive for the Citizens.   And now the Ketamine King has bailed on it, it Cost and Lost him a lot too from a personal perspective so it was a bad decision on his part to accept the Role they gave him.  Handy Scapegoating by the Orange Coward tho', to project blame when it all blows up, upon THAT Guy and not himself, as is his M.O. every time, someone is going under the Bus.  This time it's Elon, and his 'Baby', Tesla, is going Down with him.

 

Couldn't happen to a Greedier and more Arrogant Guy, so I feel no pity for him.   Being the Genius he professes to be, he should have seen this coming tho', and know he was being Played, even tho' he was smug that he'd Bought the Presidency.  You might be able to Buy an unstable, equally Greedy Sociopath/Psychopath, but you should never turn your Back on one, Trust or underestimate one, that's for damned sure.  I do not Like or respect this Prez at all, but I definitely do NOT underestimate or Trust him at all either, and I know for certain he's a Back Stabber, but I think Elon made that fatal mistake of doing all of that, to his own peril.  And now he's not only a Target of America's Ire of what he did on behalf of his Bought Prez, but he's got a Knife in the Back too, and the Bromance looks definitely over.  His usefulness has Expired and it will be a Wonder if he doesn't too, I'd say he's a Marked Man at this point and put himself in some Crosshairs.

I personally don't think the American Public will Stand For these slashing cuts this Regime Plans to Medicaid, Medicare, Veteran's Services and Social Security, all at once, to fund Savings to enrich Billionaires.  It Negatively impacts too many Americans and they'll feel it instantly and react with hostility, pretty sure.   At some point even most MAGA will Turn on him once they can't deny they've been Played and Exploited like a bunch of easy Marks and Used as Pawns in his Long Con Game and the Big Grift in Play.   When they Lose everything on account of one Guy, it will only be the Cult-iest Members who will be willing to Go Down with him.  Think along the lines of Jonestown, Heaven's Gate or Waco Devoted Cult Members... but... that would be the tragic Outcome for them.   But, you're too Far Gone to be Saved at that point of Devotion to any Cult anyway.

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Hang in there my Friends and don't be among the Too Far Gone to Save Yourselves... Dawn... The Bohemian