THIS NEW DEPRESSION

WE ARE IN THE   BEGINNINGS  OF A REAL DEPRESSION  FOLKS AND WE NEED TO START OUR VEGETABLE GARDENS GOING  THATS HOW WE SURVIVED THE LAST ONE  THAT AND STEALING A BOTTLE OF MILK OFF THE RICH NEIGHBORS DOORSTEP HAHAH.

IN MY YOUTH MILK WAS DELIEVERED TO THE DOOR BY MILK MEN  AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT EGGS AND BUTTER AND DAIRY PRODUCTS .

WE WERE VERY VERY POOR AND  OUR WELFARE CHECK DIDNT CARRY US MONTH TO MONTH IT WAS LIEK  $30 DOLLARS A MONTH AND ON TOP OF THAT, ONCE THE WAR STARTED , WE HAD TO HAVE  STAMPS AND  TOKENS FOR BUYING FOOD.

THERE WERE NO JOBS  AND TEICHERT'S DIME STORE  WAS WHERE WE GOT WHATEVER FEW THINGS WE BOUGHT FOR GIFTS AND SUCH.

AND THERE WAS  A SMALL GROCERY STORE CALLED BEECROFT'S  WHERE WE HAD A TAB GOING WHICH WE PAID WHEN THE CHECK CAME. HAMBURGER WAS 10 CENTS A LB. SO WAS EVERYTHING ELSE BREAD  10 CTS A LOAF AND POTATOES 10 CTS A LB.

GAS WAS 10 CTS A GAL AND CIGARETTES WHICH ALL SMOKED WERE 10 CTS A PACK.

WE ATE TORTILLAS HOME MADE ONES FLOUR  WAS CHEAP AND BEANS WERE CJHEAP AND CHILI WAS AVAILABLE WE HAD BEANS AND TORTILLAS AND CHILE A LOT.

ON SUNDAY WE HAD  A ROUND STAEK WHICH WE BAKED IN THE OVEN TO MAKE CARNE ASADA.

AND SOMETIMES WE USED THE STAEK TO MAKE ENCHILADAS WITH BLUE CORN TORTILLAS WHICH HAVE THE MOST FLAVOR. 

 A MAN IN A HORSE DRAWN  WAGON CAME AROUND IN SUMMER AND WE GOT FRESH VEGGIES AND FRUIT FROM HIM   AT A CHEAP PRICE OUR FAVORITE WAS SQUASH FRIED WITH ONIONS AND  CHILI PODS  AND A SPRINKLE OF CHEESE.  AND FRESH PEACHES WERE SOO GOOD BIG BIG ONES  SWEET AND RIPE YOU NEVER GOT FLAVOR LESS GREEN ONES LIKE THE SELL AT STORES TODAY THE FRUIT THESE DAYS IS PICKED SO GREEN IT HAS NO TASTE.

MY MOTHER READ CARDS TO MAKE MONEY AS WELL AND SHE SOLD LOVE POTIONS IN TEENY BOTTLES. I WENT TO TEICHERT'S  TO GET EVENING IN PARIS COLOGNE AND PERFUME FOR MY MOM TO MAKE INTO A LOVE POTION.  AND BLUE WALTZ COLOGNE WAS CHEAP TOO YOU COULD BUY A SMALL BOTTLE FOR 10 CENTS OR A BIG ONE  FOR ABOUT  25 CENTS. SHE READ  CARDS FOR 1.00  AND THE  LOVE POTION COST 3.00  IT WAS VERY POPULAR I REMEMBER LADIES COMING AND SAYING " I NEED MORE LOVE POTION IT REALLY WORKS!!"

WELL IN THOSE DAYS YOU MADE A LIVING ANY WAY YOU COULD.  MY MOM HAD 4 KIDS TO FEED SHE WASNT PROUD.

AND THE DAY WE HAD  ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO EAT EXCEPT SOEM OATMEAL       AND SUGAR MY MOM SENT MY BROTHER TO STEAL A BOTTLE OF MILK OFF THE NEIGHBORS DOORSTEP THEY WERE ALSO RELATIVES WHO HAD  FARED MUCH BETTER THAN WE . SINCE THEY HAD A BUSINESS THAT FED THEM AND KEPT THEM WELL.

ANYWAYS THAT WAS PART OF DEPRESSION DAYS IN THE 30S  IN MY MEMORY.

 

 

 

GREEN THUMB WOMAN

MY SON TOLD ME TO WRITE IN MY BLOG THAT I AM A GREEN THUMB WOMAN BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE DESERT  AND EVERYTHING I PLANT GROWS  OUR  PATIO IS COVERED WITH POTS I PLANTED THINGS IN  AND THEY LOOK PRETTY GREEN I DONT  ALWAYS HAVE GOIOD LUCK IF ITS A COOL WESTHER PLANT THEY DONT LAST PAST APRIL BECAUSE OUR WEATHER HEATS UP SHORTLY AFTER THIS.

RIGHT NOW  WE ARE TRYING TO GROW TABASCO PEPPERS FOR SON # 3  WHO STATES THAT THYE CAN ONLY BE  FOUND SOEMWHERE IN MEXICO  I LOOKED IN MEXICO AND DISCOVERED THAT TABASCO MEX NO LONGEWR GROWS THOSE PEPPERS THEY ARE ALL NOW IN A SOUTHERN STATE WHERE HEY MAKE TABASCO SAUCE AND FINDING SEEDS WAS A REAL CHALLENGE I NOW HAVE ABOUT 5 PACKETS OF TABASCO SEEDS AND HAD PLANTED 2 OF  THEM I RECEIVESD THE OTHER DAY.

LEST I SEEM MEAN

WELP I REALIZED MY LAST ENTRY WAS A BIT SNAPPISH LEST I HURT ANY FEELINGS  I MUST CORRECT IT. I WAS MERELY TRYING TO BE AMUSING   ALTHO AT TIMES IT DOESN'T SEEM SO.

 ONCE WE HAD A COFFEEHOUSE CALLED "THE TRUE LOVE  COFFEEHOUSE"  WHERE ALL  WORK WAS VOLUNTARY THERE AND THEY SERVED THE  BEST APPLE PIE HOME MADE EVER AND I WOULD HAVE THEM ME;T A SLAB OF  CHEDDAR CHEESE ON IT AND WITH COFFEE AND CREAM IT WAS SPECTACULAR.  NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH HAV E I FOUND A PIE  TO COMPARE EXCEPT MY OWN HOME MADE DOINGS.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY      WE HAD COMPANY EVERY WEEKEND  I WAS GOING TO COLLEGE THEN AND IN SUMMER I WOULD SCHEDULE MY TIME SO I MADE ENOUGH BREADS AND  SWEET ROLLS AND ONION ROLLS TO LAST ALL WEEK . THEN THE COMPANY WOULD CO E  WITH THEIR FOOD DONATIONS AND WE WOULD SET IT ALL OUT ON THE OLD REEL TABLE  HUBBY AND I MADE WITH A GLASS CENTER AND  COLLOGUED  ART ALL AROUND IT. 

I MADE CINNAMON BUNS AND BREAD AND  ONION ROLLS WITH REAL ONIONS  ALL OVER THEM AND HOMEMADE BREAD AND WE ATE UNTIL WE WERE SLEEPY WATCHED T "THE NOW EXPERIENCE" ON TV AND  TOOK NAPS AS NEEDED. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE WOULD EXPERIMENT OUT DOORS BY DOING TRUST WALKS AND  WHATEVER CURRENT POP         EXPERIENCES WERE HAPPENING  WITH ONE  ANOTHER. IT WAS REALLY FUN.

THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL SEASONS  MANY OF MY FRIENDS WERE  GRAD STUDENTS IN SOCIAL WORK ALONG WITH ME.  SO WE KNEW ALL THE CURRENT THERAPIES AVAILABLE. WHICH WE TRIED ON ONE ANOTHER WE ALL HAD FAMILY THERAPY VIRGINIA SATIR TYPE, AND HYPNOSIS,   AND RELAXATION      STUFF.  WE DID  REBIRTH THERAPY WHICH WE INVENTED AND WAS LATER MADE OFFICIAL BY SOME ENTERPRISING PERSON WHO WROTE THE BOOK AND SOLD THE COURSES.

WE MADE UP WILD THERAPIES    WHICH WERE MADE REAL LATER  BUT I HAVEN'T FELT  ANY RANCOR WE KNEW WE INVENTED THEM AND WE LAUGH NOW ABOUT IT.

LIFE WAS A LOT OF FUN THOSE YEARS.

NAME DROPPING

WE USED TO GO TO A COFFEEHOUSE ON 18TH AND CAPITOL IN SACRAMENTO  AND THERE WE RAN INTO VICTOR WONG THE MOVIE ACTOR, AND  ONCE WE RAN INTO ANDY WARHOL DOWNTOWN  AND GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH  MY DAUGHTER GAVE HIM HER AUTOGRAPH. HAHHA .

ALSO MOLLY RINGWALD WAS FROM SACRAMENTO  THERE WERE SO MANY FAMOUS ARTISTS AND ACTORS IN SACTO WE RAN INTO THEM EVERYWHERE.

THEY HUNG OUT AT OUR WORKOUT PLACE THE CAPITOL ATHLETIUC CLUB AS WELL AS ALL THE COFFEEHOUSES . WE HAD MUSICIANS AND ALL THAT JAZZ. I ENTEREST THIS JUST SO EVERYOEN WOULD KNOW WE HAVE NAMES TO DROP TOO. HAHAH

OH I FORGOT ARNIE SCHWARZENEGGER ALSO RAN AROUND TOWN AND  GOV  BROWN JERRY THE YOUNGER  WAS SEEN EVERYWHERE AND ANY RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN WILL BRIUNG YOU INTO THE REALMS OF THE FAMPOUS AND RICH IN CALIFORNIA.

THERE IM DONE.

THE WEATHER

TODAY WE HAD A HIGH OF 105 AND IT IS NOW 90  SUPPOSED TO REACH 75  SOMETIME IN THE NIGHT I NOTED THAT SACRAMENTO HAS A LOW OF 54 AT NIGHT  ISN'T  THAT LOVELY ? YOU CAN SLEEP WITH NO AC THERE.  THE CURRENT TEMP IS 70 AND IT WAS 90 TODAY. WE TRADED  WEATHERS WHEN WE MOVED I REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE WENT OUT IN THE EVENINGS  TO THE COFFEEHOUSES IN SACTO I NEEDED A SWEATER BECAUSE I GOT TOO COOL.

I MISS THOSE NIGHTS AND THE OLD COFFEEHOUSES. THERE WAS ALWAYS A CROWD THERE AND PLENTY OF CONVERSATION IF YOU SO DESIRED IT. NOT TO MENTION MANY LITTLE DRAMAS GOING ON FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT  ALL THE TIME. I THINK SOON I MAY NEED A TRIP BACK HOME FOR A  REDO OF THOSE FEELINGS.

I ALSO NEED A TRIP TO SANTA FE AND DENVER AND  ARKANSAS TO SEE MORE FOLKS. MY KNEES ARE SO GETTING WELL I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WALKS NOWADAYS THE ONLY REASON I LIKE TO PARK CLOSE IS TO AVOID A LONG WALK IN THE UTTER HEAT.

HOORAY!!!! IM WELL AGAIN

AAAH IT IS SO GOOD TO BE WELL, I WENT TO THE DOCTOR SINCE I ALREADY HAD AN APPT FOR MONDAY AND HE FIXED ME RIGHT UP I HAD MAC N CHEESE AND NOW I'M PLUGGED UP PROPER HAHHA.

 A NICE LADY WHO READS ALL MY BLOGS AND DADS SENT ME A COMMENT   AND SUGGESTED SOME OTC MED'S WELL WHEN YOU ARE TAKING  MED'S FROM PRESCRIPTIONS ONE IS NOT ALLOWED TO ADD ANYTHING TO THEM WITHOUT DOC'S  REMARKS .  HE GAVE ME A MIRACULOUS DRUG THAT TOOK AWAY ALL CRAMPS AND AN ANTIBIOTIC TO FIGHT THE BACTERIA AND OF COURSE I'M ON  ELECTROLYTES AND VITAMINS AGAIN.

I WAS SO FEARFUL OF FOOD I DIDN'T EAT THE WHOLE TIME BECAUSE I FEARED STRONGER ERUPTIONS. I STILL HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE FOOD THAT POISONED ME AND THE LAB WILL CALL ME WITH A REPORT NEXT WEDNESDAY.

AT ANY RATE ALL THAT IS OVER WITH.  DON SAID  IF THEY DECIDE I'M POISONED HE WILL BE THE IDENTIFIED CRIMINAL  HAHAHA. HE'S SO FUNNY.

HE TRIES SO HARD.

 OUR SONS HAVE CALLED DAILY TO  FIND OUT IF -IM RECOVERED ONE ASKED IF I ATE TOMATOES. ANOTHER JUST WANTED ME TO BE WELL.

WELL I HAD AN ASPARAGUS OMELET AT MIMI'S  IN WHICH THE EGGS TASTED BAD I  DIDN'T EAT MUCH OF IT I CANNOT STAND OLD EGGS THEY ARE DISGUSTING MAYHAP THAT WAS WHAT  HARMED ME.

AT ANY RATE WE WILL RETURN THERE TOMORROW AND ILL HAVE PANCAKES THEY CAN'T POISN YOU TOO MUCH AND I HAVE TO KEEP MY BULK UP AS THE DOC SAID TO PREVENT ANYMORE DROPPINGS HAHAH.

 

 

SUFFERING THE DIRE REAR

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY ILL FROM THE DIRE REAR.IT STARTED THURSDAY AFTER NOON AND CONTINUED UNTIL TODAY  AND ALTHO I'M NOT 100% WELL I'M MUCH BETTER  I WAS QUITE WEAK UNTIL I ATE SOME MAC AND CHEESE AND  ELECTROLYTES  DRINKS.

I HAVE LIVED IN FEAR OF FOOD DUE TO FEAR OF LARGER DROPPINGS.  I FOR ONE WILL TAKE  A PLUG UP RATHER THAN A  RUNNING  OUT.

AT ANY RATE I THINK NOW I MAY LIVE  ALTHO I HAD BEEN FEELING I MAY END UP IN THE HOSPITAL I GOT SOME PILLS TO STOP THE CRAMPS AND RUNS AND SOME ANTIBIOTICS NOW AND I AM IN FAIR SHAPE.

WELCOME TO MY WORLD  AGAIN IM ALMSOT HAPPY AGAIN.

AND WHAT'S MORE...

I    WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE FIRST USED THE INTERNET, THERE WAS NO PARANOIA AND MOST EVERYONE TOLD THE TRUTH EXCEPT FOR WEIGHT AND AGE HAHHA

ALSO, EVERYOEN FEARLESSLY WROTE THIR PROFILE  MOSTLY HONESTLY          AND THEN ALONG CAME THE LOWLIFES WHEN THEY STARTED TO MAKE  COMPUTERS SO CHEAP ANYONE COULD GET ON, THE DISHONEST PEOPLE BEGAN TO  LOG ON AND START THEIR SCAMS AND CONS. AT OEN TIME WE HAD  NO SPAM. YES ITS TRUE THERE WAS NO SPAM SENT OUT. AND WHAT WAS SENT WAS EASILY IDNTIFIABLE AND COULD BE  ERASED. AND WE RARELY HAD VIRUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THE INTERNET WAS FAIRLY CLEAN AND THE PROVINCE OF BRAIN EXPLORERS.

OLD AGE AND TOLERANCE

I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU ARE OLD YOU HAVE EITHER A LOT OF TOLERANCE AND AN OPEN MIND OR  INTOLERANCE AND NO ONE CAN TELL YOU ANYTHING.

WELL   I SEE MOST FOLKS AS BABIES  EXCEPT THOSE  PEOPLE WITH A TOLERANCE AND  RESPECT FOR EVERYONE. AND THEY ARE BABIES TOO EXCEPT THEY KNOW IT.

WE ALL WANT TO HAVE THINGS OUR WAY WHICH IS JUST TO BE THE MOST COMNFORTABLE ACCORDING TO OUR THOUGHTS OF WHAT IS COMFY. THE GROWN UPS KNOW YOU CANT AND ADJUST THE BABIES CRY AND HAVE TANTRUMS.

I LIKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN PLACES I KNOW NOT. THEY TEACH ME NEW THINGS. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THOSE YOUNG TEENS WE MET DIDNT THINK WE HAD HEARD OF THE BEATLES. I RELAIZED THEY HAD JUST DISCOVERED THEM AND THE BEATLES HAD LIVED WAY BEFORE THEY WERE BORN SO FINDING THEIR MUSIC WAS A NEW THING TO THEM. AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FOR US AS WELL.

THSES ARE KIDS BORN IN THE 90'S DAD AND I ARE  FROM THE THIRTIES AND OUR KIDS WERE FROM THE 50'S AND 60'S  OUR GRAND CHILD IS OF THE 80'S AND SO IT GOES.  EACH NEW GENRATION SEES A NEW BUT ONLY WHAT THEY DISCOVER.

AS OLD FOLKS WE BRING HISTORY ALIVE TO THEM. THEY BREING NEW   DISCOVERIES TO US WHEN WE MISS THEM.

LAST NIGHT I VISITED A SITE ON A NEW ROCKET SENT INTO SPACE  CALLED THE GLAST 

The mission of the GLAST telescope is to find rapidly sources of deep-space gamma rays. One way it will do it is to use a big thick block of rather ordinary plastic that is wrapped to be light-tight with photomultiplier tubes inside. Plastic has the interesting property of converting high-energy photons like gamma rays into lower-energy photons that we can see. The photomultiplier tubes capture the faint light pulse that each gamma ray will produce in the plastic block, render the pulse into an electronic 'count', and monitors their rate. When the rate suddenly goes up, it is hoped that means that a gamma-ray burstar has been detected. A signal is sent within one second to Earth, and other telescopes automatically and immediately are commanded to point to the gamma-ray burstar 'spot' spot in the sky.

 

Understanding gamma rays and their sources in space are believed to hold great promise for advancement of particle physics and astrophysics. We live in exciting times!

 

THIS LETTER WAS SENT TO ME BY ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS AT STANFORD WHHO IS MY EMAIL BUDDY  HE  KEEPS ME APPRISED OF NEW  PROJECTS HE WORKS ON AND I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE HIM AS A FRIEND. WE LEARN BEST WHEN WE LSITEN,  NOT ALL EMAIL BUDDIES ARE PERVERTS SOME ARE GREAT PEOPLE  WE COULD NEVER HAVE MET IF NOT FOR THE COMPUTER AND THE INTERNET. ADD TO THAT THAT WE ANSWERED WHEN THEY CONTACTED US. WE DID NOT BLOCK THEM FROM     A N EMAIL RELATIONSHIP. THIS YOUNG MAN IS INHIS 50'S AND HAS A FATHER IN PA IN HIS 90'S  HE IS OF MY SONS' GENERATION. HE IS A PHYSICIST.

I HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS DUE TO HAVING OPENED MY MIND TO LISTEN TO THEM. I CONSIDER THESE GIFTS OF THE INTERNET AND GIFTS FROM REAL LIFE . ONLY BY OPENING YOUR MIND TO NEW POSSIBILITIES CAN YOU LEARN AFTER YOU GRADUATE.

DENTIST DAY

TODAY I HAVE TO HAVE A FILLING ALLEGEDLY UNDER THE GUM SOMETIMES I SUSPECT THERES NO CAVITY I ALWAYS FEEL THEY ARE JUST SCREWING WITH ME FOR THE MONEY I DONT THINK I HAVE ANY CAVITIES I NEVER HAVE HAD.

SO TODAY IM GOIGNTO ASK HIM TO SHOW ME THE CAVITY BEFORE HE DRILLS.

DAMN GREEDY DENTISTS AND DOCTORS THEY MAKE YOU SICK WHEN YOU ARENT

DUMBING DOWN AMERICA

TODAY I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS ON THE FOX CHANNEL  THERE WERE TWO BLONDES TALKING AND THEY SAID  THEY ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE SPELLING OF SOME WORDS IN THE US  BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE HOW THEY ARE SPELLED. PLUS WE HAVE STARTED SPELLING LIKE IT SOUNDS ON THE INTERNET   AND YOU HAVE SPELLCHECK ANYWAYS.

 AND PREVIOUS TO THIS NEWS THEY SHOWED A GIANT COMPUTER THAT MONITORS BOMBS AND SECURITY AND ETC AND ITS HUGE, THE BLONDES  SAID " SOON WE WONT NEED TO SPELL AT ALL WITH THAT COMPUTER WE WONT NEED A BRAIN."

GOTTA LOVE THOSE DUMB BLONDES ON TV

IT WASN'T THE NEIGHBOR LADY... THIS TIME

WELP DAD JUST GOT BACK FROM THE TIRE PLACE WHERE OUR TIRE WAS FIXED FREE OF CHARGE BECUZ WE BOUGHT THEM THERE.

SURE ENOUGH BABY BOY WAS RIGHT IT WAS A NAIL!!!

 

THE TWIN BABIES WE MET

WHEN WE WENT TO STAR BUCKS ON  FRIDAY WE MET TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND I MEAN LITTLE ...THEY WERE PETITE ABOUT 5'1" TALL GIRLS AND ONE OF THEIR BOYFRIENDS AS WE BEGAN TO TALK THEY TOLD US A LOT ABOUT THEMSELVES THEY WERE GOING TO BE SOPHOMORES THIS YEAR AND THE BOYFRIEND WAS GOING TO BE A SENIOR. THE GIRLS HAD SOME PRETTY WILD HAIRDOS  ONE HAD A SEMI MOHAWK OVER TAPERED LONGER HAIR DYED BLACK AND BLOND THE OTHER HAD HER HAIR DONE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD HAIRCUT STYLE. IT WAS UNEVEN AND CHOPPED OFF ON ONE SIDE AND A BIT LONGER ON THE OTHER WITH A BANDANA TIED ROUND LIKE AN INDIAN.  HER HAIR WAS VERY BLACK.  I SUSPECT THEY WERE BLONDS THOUGH . THEY WERE ON RESTRICTION. I ASKED WHAT THAT MEANT... WELL THEY WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO GO TO LUNCH HERE AND BACK HOME THEY HAD WALKED HERE EARLIER AND NOW IT HAD GOTTEN HOT AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THEIR RIDE ON THEIR CELL PHONE. IT WAS A BROKEN CELL PHONE   HAH A THE MOHAWK HAIR GIRL EXPLAINED TO ME HOW SHE BROKE IT. BUT IT SEEMED TO WORK .

THEY WERE IDENTICAL TWINS

ANY WAYS  WE CHATTED ALL AFTERNOON AND FINALLY  THEY HAD TO GO AND HAD CALLED EVERYONE THEY KNEW TO GET A RIDE HOME  NO ONE WOULD COME THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK HOME. WE OFFERED THEM AL A RIDE AND TOOK THEM ALL HOME THEY GIRLS WENT INTO A VERY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY              AND IT WAS LANDSCAPED VERY NICELY AND SET BACK AWAY FROM THE ROAD WITH AN IRON GATE THAT OPENED WITH A KEYPAD LIKE OUR ALARM SYSTEM.

THE BOY LIVED IN A HIGHER PRICED DEVELOPMENT   AND HE WAS WAY OUT OF TOWN I WONDERED HOW HE MANAGED TO GET THERE HE SAID HIS MOM DROPPED HIM OFF AND SHE WAS GOING TO PICK HIM UP UNTIL WE OFFERED TO DRIVE HIM.

 THEY WERE SO  SWEET AND CHILDLIKE I REALLY LIKED THEM. HOPE SEE THEM AGAIN.

OILY TO WISE

ONE TIME IN OUR FANCY ELK GROVE HOUSE   WE HAD A CUPBOARD TO STORE GROCERIES  AND IT WAS REALLY FULL BECAUSE I ALWAYS KEPT A STOCKED LARDER ,  WE HEARD A LOUD CRASH AND AS WE ENTERED THE DOORWAY TO THE KITCHEN , WE FOUND THE ENTIRE SHELF THAT HELD OILS AND  VINEGARS AND THE LIKE HAD FALLEN APART AND ALL THE OILS AND VINEGARS AND SUCH  HAD CRASHED AND BROKEN AND WERE ALL OVER THE CARPET  IN THE HALLWAY BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE HALL . IT WAS THE MOST HORRIBLE MESS I HAD EVER SEEN  I                   FELT FIRST DESPAIR THEN ANXIETY THEN I BEGAN TO PICK UP THE PIECES  AND FILL THE TRASH CAN WITH THEM AND THROUGH DETERMINED ACTION, I EVENTUALLY HAD ALL THE MESS CLEANED UP. SOON HE WAS HAULING THE  TRASH OUT DOORS TO EMPTY IT AS IT WAS CONSIDERABLE.  I EVEN MANAGED TO GET THE CARPET   FAIRLY CLEAN AND LOOKING DECENT  AFTER.

 REDWOOD FOREST WE BOUGHT IN SONOMA COUNTY  WHERE WE BUILT A SAD LITTLE CABIN AND ROUGHED IT  AND I GOT A JOB AT THE SCHOOL AND TAUGHT THE KINDERGARTEN AND AFTERNOONS CO TAUGHT 1ST 2 ND AND THIRD GRADES AT THE COUNTRY SCHOOL THERE . THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED I NEVER WANTED TO BE A TEACHER .  OUR LIVING WAS QUITE ROUGH AND I ENDED UP IN THE HEALDSBURG HOSPITAL                WHERE DOCTOR NEAL  CARED FOR ME  AND I ENDED  UP HAVING BIOFEEDBACK TREATMENT FOR MY SORE BACK WHEN I RETURNED TO SACTO. THAT WORKED THE PAIN WAS GONE.

AND FINALLY ITOLD THE TENANTS THAT EITHER ID  HAVE TO RAISE THEIR RENT TO THE AMOUNT I PAID FOR THE APARTMENT OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO MOVE.  THEY WERE REALLY PISSED AND THEY MOVED AND DID A LOT OF LITTLE BAD THINGS LIKE STEALING SOME PROPERTY WE HAD STORED IN THE BASEMENT .

ANYWAY WE THEN MOVED INTO THE APARTMENT AND CLEANED IT UP AND FIXED IT A BIT.

 

MY BOOKS AGE 5 TO 15

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL THEY USED   TO MAKE THESE BOOKS THAT WERE ALMOST A SQUARE AND THE STORIES WERE ABOUT TARZAN,RED RYDER, AND ANY OTHER  COMIC CHARACTERS YOU COULD THINK OF . THEY COST 10 CENTS AND THEY WERE VERY THICK AND YOU ALWAYS FELT YOU WERE GETTING A LOT FOR YOUR DIME.

I LOVED THESE LITTLE BOOKS THEY WERE IN COMIC FORM.

 I ALSO BOUGHT LITTLE LULU EVERY MONTH SHE WAS A FAVORITE OF MINE IN COMIC BOOK FORM. I LOVED WHEN TUBBY SOLVED THE MYSTERIES WHICH ALWAYS WERE HER DAD WHO WAS THE CULPRIT. THEY WERE FUNNY AND NICE AND CLEAN UNLIKE THE TERROR STORIES WE SEE NOWADAYS.  SOMETIMES I GOT ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN WHICH WERE KINDA SCARY.  I ALWAYS HATED THE STORIES THAT HAD DEVILS IN THEM I WAS AFRAID OF DEVILS , AFTER READING A STORY ABOUT DEVILS I ALWAYS CHECKED OUT UNDER MY BED AND ALL AROUND MY ROOM FOR THEM. AND THEN I PRAYED AND GOT UNDER THE COVERS AND WORE MY ROSARY.

I USED TO HAVE A LITTLE RADIO THAT I GOT FOR A BIRTHDAY FROM MY MOM ONCE AND I LISTENED UNDER THE COVERS   AND SOMETIMES I TOOK A FLASHLIGHT  UNDER MY COVERS TO READ A BOOK WHEN I WAS FORCED TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AT BEDTIME.

I LOVED TO READ I READ OUT THE LIBRARY IN ONE SUMMER. WHEN  I FIRST WENT TO THE LIBRARY I HAD BEEN TOLD YOU COULD BORROW THE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY SO I WOULD PICK OUT MY BOOKS AND TAKE THEM HOME READ THEM AND RETURN THEM .  NO ONE EVER TOLD ME YOU HAD TO CHECK THEM OUT TILL MUCH LATER.  WHEN I ASKED THE LIBRARIAN FOR HELP ONCE HAHHA. SHE WAS AGHAST BUT UNDERSTANDING SINCE I LOVED BOOKS SO MUCH.

I LEARNED TO READ WHEN I WAS ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD MY OLDER BROTHER AND SISTER TAUGHT ME A LOT BECAUSE I WAS A QUICK LEARNER AND IT TICKLED THEM TO SEE ME DO IT.  ALSO MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME FRACTIONS BY ASKING ME IF I WANTED AN EIGHTH OR A 4TH OF A CANDY BAR OF COURSE I SAID 8TH  CUZ 8 WAS MORE THAN 4 AND THAT IS HOW I LEARNED MY FRACTIONS.

I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE HOME SCHOOLED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOL ONCE MY MOTHER MARRIED THAT AWFUL SCREAMING MAN SHE  WAS WITH. I WAS SO HAPPY TO GET TO GO LIVE WITH AN AUNTY AND UNCLE BECAUSE LIFE AT HOME WITH MAMA WAS HELL WITH THAT MAN.

WE ALL WENT TO LIVE WITH AUNTS AND FOSTER PARENTS AS A RESULT OF HIS  HORRID WAYS.

MORE SOON.

MORE MATERIALISTIC THOUGHTS

WELP, I WAS READING MY GREAT BRAIN ADVENTURE  FROM NEIL SLADE THE GREAT BRAIN MAN, AND ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS WAS COMPLAINING TO HIM ABOUT A PURCHASE HE MADE FROM HIM ON EBAY, LATER AFTER NEIL FIXED THE PROBLEM HE APOLOGIZED AND RECOMMENDED HIM.  

I WROTE NEIL AND TOLD HIM IT WASN'T HIM IT'S EBAY I HAVE HAD MORE MISADVENTURES WITH EBAY SO I SWITCHED TO AMAZON AND I'M HAPPY AS A PREGNANT WOMAN ON CHOCOLATE.

I   HAVE FOUND THAT AMAZON IS REALLY GREAT MY MONEY IS REFUNDED IMMEDIATELY NOT PUT IN TRUST UNTIL SOMEONES  READY TO LET GO AND IF THERE IS A DEFECT IN MERCHANDISE YOU RETURN IT   FOR REFUND NO CRAP THERE.

AND THE QUALITY IS REALLY BETTER  AND IT COMES FROM THE MANUFACTURER USUALLY  NEW IF YOU DON'T ORDER USED AND ITS AS PROMISED ALMOST IN EVERY CASE AND WHEN ITS NOT YOU SEND IT BACK.

I BUY CLOTHES,   ELECTRONICS, DVD'S , COSMETICS HOUSEHOLD  ITEMS AND HEALTH ITEMS FROM THERE ITS A PLEASURE.  NEVER A FUSS THE MONEY COMES BACK .

AND WHAT IS MORE WHEN YOU TIRE OF WHAT YOU BOUGHT YOU CAN SELL IT BACK ON AMAZON.  WHAT A DEAL!!!

 

WHAT I HAD FOR LUNCH SATURDAY

THIS IS ACTUALLY A CAKE I BOUGHT FOR MY SON

HE TOOK IT TO WORK AND IT WAS CONSUMED IN A FEW  HAHHA

HE JUST LOVES BURGERS AND FRENCH FRIES SO WHEN I SAW THIS CAKE I HAD TO GIVE IT TO HIM.

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ONCE UPON A TIME

ONCE UPON A TIME MY GRAND DAUGHTER GOT A MAGIC WAND  AND SHE CALLED IT HER BIBBIDY- BOBBIDY- BOO AND SHE REALLY FELT SHE HAD MAGIC POWERS AT HER DISPOSAL  SHE WOULD WAVE IT AND SOMETIMES SHE'D LOSE IT, BUT SHE ALWAYS HAD THE POWER.

SHE HAD SO MUCH POWER THAT ON ONE OF GRAMA MANS  AND MY VISITS  SHE MANAGED TO WATCH  ROCK-A-DOODLE WITH US FOR ABOUT 7 SOLID HOURS ONE DAY  AND WE WERE HELPLESS TO STOP IT HER MOM WAS SLEEPING AND DAD WAS AT WORK AND WE DIDNT WANT TO MAKE A FUSS  AND WAKE MOM UP SHE WORKED NIGHTS.

THE POWER OF LITTLE PEOPLE OVER GRANDPARENTS. HAHAHHA

WHEN SHE FIRST DISCOVERED SHE HAD GRANDPARENTS SHE CALLED ME GRAMA AND SINCE NO ONE HAD MENTIONED GRAMPA SHE CALLED HIM GRAMA-MAN WHICH MADE FOR THE CHUCKLE OF OUR FAMILY FOR QUITE AWHILE.