I HATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS

YESTERDAY I WROTE AN EXTENSIVE BLOG AND WHEN I WENT TO EDIT IT IT DISAPPEARED.
I WROTE ABOUT HOMO HOMO SAPS AND ALL THEIR TRICKY TRICKS AND ABOUT SOME VERY ETHICAL MORAL AND SELF AWARE HOMOS I HAVE KNOWN.
I HAVE WORKED WITH MEN IN THERAPY MOST OF MY DAYS AS A THERAPIST AND MANY MANY OF MY CLIENTS WERE HOMOSEXUAL BY NATURE, A FEW BY CHOICE . BY CHOICE I MEAN TEENAGERS WHO WERE TALKED INTO IT AND FELT VERY ASHAMED OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WERE TRYING TO OVER COME THIS SENSE OF SHAME TO GO ON TO A MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN.

MAYBE THE TITLE WASN'T TO THE LIKES OF A PERSON WHO LOOKS AT BLOGS AND MAKES A DECISION NOT TO PRINT IT. IT WAS HOMO HOMO SAPIENS OR HOMO HOMO SAPS.

AT ANY RATE I WANT IT MADE CLEAR THAT HOMOSEXUALS GET THEIR UNPLEASANT STANDINGS FROM FLAMBOYANT, NARCISSISTIC TYPE MALES WHO SEEM TO HAVE THE NEED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES. THIS MAKES IT BAD FOR THOSE WHO ARE FAIRLY WELL ADJUSTED MEN WHO ARE LIKE THE REST OF US TRYING TO GET BY AND HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE AND WORK AND BE NORMAL .

WELL, YES FOR A NORMAL HOMOSEXUAL IT IS NORMAL

I HAVE 3 SONS AND 2 WERE NOT MARRIED BUT HAD A LONG LIST OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH WOMEN IN THEIR LIVES AND AT TIMES THOUGHT OF MARRIAGE . BOTH WERE HETEROSEXUALS AND WERE COFFEE HOUSE TYPES WHO WENT TO COFFEEHOUSES TO DRINK COFFEE AND USE THE FREE COMPUTER FAST INTERNETS. THEY LEARNED THIS HANGING OUT BEHAVIOR FROM THEIR PARENTS. ACTUALLY , WELL ... ANOTHER STORY ILL TELL LATER.
NOW, WHILE ATTENDING THESE PLACES THEY WERE APPROACHED ON MANY OCCASIONS WITH FLAMBOYANT IDIOTS HOMOSEXUALS WHO WOULD GO TO EXTREME MEASURES TO GET THEIR ATTENTION. MY OLDEST SON RESPONDED BY MAKING THREATS AND YELLING AT THEM AND MY SECOND SON BY IGNORING THEM AS MUCH AS HE COULD. NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE IS BUSY DOING COMPUTER THINGS OR READING THEY APPROACH LIKE DOGS WHO ARE HOMELESS.

IT WAS A SOURCE OF GREAT ANNOYANCE TO HIM UNTIL HIS DAD TALKED HIM INTO FINDING THE HUMOR OF IT ALL. AND OUR SON TELLS STORIES NOW OF HOW HE AVOIDS THE DEVILS.
THIS HAS NOW MADE HIS LIFE EASIER AND MORE INTERESTING.

WHEN WE MOVED BACK TO SACRAMENTO AFTER BEING IN THE WOODS IN SONOMA COUNTY WE HAD A DOWNTOWN HOUSE WE BOUGHT IT WHEN EVERYONE WAS MOVING TO THE BURBS AND RENTED IT OUT AND WHEN WE RETURNED IT WAS OUR ONLY HOME SINCE WE HAD SOLD ALL THE COUNTRY PROPERTIES. AT THE TIME DOWNTOWN WAS JUST BECOMING CAMPY TO LIVE IN AND IN MY DAUGHTER AND MY WANDERINGS DOWNTOWN WE DISCOVERED AN OLD COFFEE HOUSE IN 21ST STREET, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THAT COFFEEHOUSE WE FOUND INTERESTING TO TALK TO, SO WE BEGAN A REGULAR ATTENDANCE THERE BETWEEN MY WORK MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL AND BALLET CLASSES .IT BECAME A REGULAR HABIT AND THEN MY HUSBAND AND SONS BEGAN ALSO COMING THERE . SO COFFEEHOUSES THEN BECAME A FAMILY TRADITION.

MANY OTHER FOLKS STARTED SOME AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT BUT WE CONTINUED OUR VISITS TO THEM DAILY.
I MISS THOSE DAYS BECAUSE WE MADE MANY LONGSTANDING FRIENDSHIPS THERE. WE ARE NOW IN A PLACE WHERE THE ONLY COFFEEHOUSE IS STARBUCKS AND WE ONLY GOT ONE AFTER I WROTE THEM LETTERS ON THE INTERNET TELLING THEM MANY CALIFORNIANS WERE HERE AND WANTING A COFFEEHOUSE.
I HAVE FOUND THAT WRITING MAIL ON THE INTERNET TO PRAISE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS BRINGS MANY THINGS TO US.

I HAVE RECEIVED FREE CREDIT IN RESTAURANTS AFTER A COMPLAINT AND HAD SHOPPING CARTS AT SAFEWAY REPLACED WHEN I WROTE ABOUT FINDING BABY POOP IN A CART AND ASKED HOW THEY EXPECTED US TO PUT FOOD IN SUCH FILTHY CARTS I EVEN WENT TO ALBERTSONS FOR AWHILE AND SAFEWAY DID GET THE NEW CARTS AFTER THIS.

I WROTE TO FRYS WHEN I SAW THE MARKETPLACE WASN'T C0MING IN AS PROMISED WE NOW HAVE A FRYS MARKETPLACE THAT I LOVE.
NOW , IF SOMEONE COULD START AN OLD FASHIONED COFFEEHOUSE WHERE THE COFFEE WAS THE SAME STRENGTH AS REAL COFFEEHOUSE IN CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST COAST SERVE WE WILL BE IN BUSINESS.
WE HAD A LOVELY PLACE IN THE DOWNTOWN HERE BUT THE COFFEE WAS WEAK AND TASTELESS THEY TRIED TO MAKE MORE MONEY RATHER THAN SERVE EXCELLENT COFFEE.

AT HOME WE USE COFFEE FROM THE COFFEE FOOL WHICH I ORDER SEMIMONTHLY OR MONTH ELY PRN.
IT IS DELICIOUS.
OK THATS ALL FOR NOW.

ONCE UPON A TIME

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO LITTLE ADORABLE GIRLS WHO VISITED WITH ME .

THEY LOVED TO PLAY WITH DOLLS.

I HAD LOTS OF DOLLS BUT THEIR FAVORITE ONES WERE TWO BABY DOLLS I HAD LEFT OVER FROM MY PRACTICE AS A PSYCHOTHERAPIST. ONE WAS A BOY AND ONE WAS A GIRL AND THEY HAD CORRECT BODY PARTS. AND WITH THEIR MOTHER'S PERMISSION THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH THEM.



INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THEY BOTH WANTED THE GIRL DOLL SO TO COMPENSATE FOR HAVING A BOY DOLL THEY DRESSED HIM AS A GIRL.



THESE WERE TWO VERY WISE YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE NOW IN THEIR TEENS AND LOVE BEING WOMEN.



AND BOTH ARE VERY BRIGHT AND CANDIDATES FOR SCHOLARSHIPS , I WISH THEM A VERY HAPPY GROWNUP HOOD BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE THEM A LOT.



FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR WE GAVE OUR NEIGHBOR'S CHILDREN SOME NICE GIFTS ONE IS A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL AND A 3 YEAR OLD BOY. ON CHRISTMAS MORNING SHE CAME WITH HER MOM TO GIVE US A CHRISTMAS CARD SHE DREW UP FOR US.



SHE WAS VERY EXCITED UNTIL SHE SAW WE HAD COMPANY AND BECAME VERY SHY AND UNABLE TO SPEAK.

THIS FROM A LITTLE CHATTERBOX WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH FOR ABOUT THE PAST 3 YEARS.

AS A RESULT OF OUR FRIENDSHIP WE BEGAN TO GIVE HER GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS AND THEN RANDOM GIFTS YEAR ROUND , WE USUALLY PUT THE GIFTS OVER THE BACK FENCE TIED TO A STRING.



CHRISTMAS EVE WE HEARD A LOUD PIERCING SCREAM OF EXCITEMENT WHEN SHE DISCOVERED THE BAG HANGING OVER THE FENCE I KNEW IMMEDIATELY IT WAS HER .



SHE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHILD. FOR LACK OF OUR OWN GRAND KIDS WE POACH ON NEIGHBORS .

WE CLAIM EVERY BABY OR LIL KID WITHIN ANY SPACE OF OUR PRESENCE.



WE ARE INDEED LUCKY FOR ALL LITTLE ONES ARE OURS TO ADMIRE AND LOVE FROM A DISTANCE.

AND EACH HAS A UNIQUE MANNER OF RESPONDING TO US WHEN WE SMILE OR WAVE OR CHAT WITH THEM.

MY AUNT MADELINE

I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE MENTIONED MY OLD AUNT MADELINE DOMINGUEZ SHE WAS MARRIED TO A BROTHER OF MY GRANDMOTHER ON MY MOTHER;S SIDE. SHE ALSO WEIGHED ABOUT 400 LBS AND LIVED IN AN OLD GARAGE MADE OVER INTO A VERY SMALL ABODE .
WELL, SHE USED TO LIVE IN A MANSION WHICH WAS NEXT DOOR TO THIS SMALL TINY MINUTE PLACE AND IT HAS RENTALS AND I THINK SHE COLL-E CTED RENT FROM THEM.
I WENT INTO THE MANSION AND LOOKED AROUND ONCE IT WAS A FASCINATING PLACE.
ANYWAY, MY AUNT SEEMED TO BE MY MOTHER'S MENTOR. IN F THIS TEENSY ROOM WHERE SHE LIVED WAS A HUGE BED AND ACROSS FROM THE BED IS A TOILET.
ONCE WHEN MY MOTHER WAS VISITING MY OLD AUNT I WAS IRRITABLE BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE SOMEPLACE ELSE AND WAS CRYING AND COMPLAINING , MY AUNT SUGGESTED TO MY MOTHER THAT I MUST BE CONSTIPATED AND SHE SHOULD TAKE ACTION.

SHE AND MOM DECIDED TO GIVE ME AN ENEMA SO ONE WHOOP WITH THAT THING AND I SAID I WENT I WENT!!

I LIED BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY TRAUMATIC THING FOR ME.
BEING ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS OLD IT WAS MY ONLY DEFENSE.

THAT WAS MY LAST EXPERIENCE WITH THAT TOOL.
IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN I HAD MY BABIES I ALWAYS SAID I WENT .


WELL, I NEED NOT COVER THIS SUBJECT ANYMORE, I WAS SHOWING HOW MY MOM AND AUNT WERE THAT CLOSE.

SOME YEARS LATER , MY AUNTS PLACE BURNED DOWN, AND ALL HE INTERESTING THINGS WERE STOLEN FROM THE REMAINS OF THAT SMALL PLACE AND SHE WAS BADLY BURNT AND WA SIN HOSPITAL FOR A LENGTH OF TIME, SO WHEN THEY DISCHARGED HER SHE CAME TO LIVE WITH US.

IT WAS A TERRIBLE TIME FOR US ALL. SHE HAD A VERY BAD ODOR FROM THE HEALING BURNS AND WE CHILDREN WERE NOT TOLERANT OF IT.
EVENTUALLY MY AUNT WENT SOMEWHERE I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE AND I DON'T REMEMBER HER DYING.

BUT I HAD MANY INTERESTING VISITS AT HER HOUSE DURING MY EARLY YEARS. I LIKED TO WATCH HER TEACHING MY MOM TO READ CARDS.
AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF HER MY MOM WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT US WITH THIS SKILL. PEOPLE WOULD COME TOHER FOR A READING MANY TIMES THEY PAID HER 1.00 EACH TIME , AND FOR A LOVE POTION THEY PAID 3.00
I RAN TO TEICHERT'S OUR DIME STORE IN SANTA FE TO BUY EVENING IN PARIS OR ANY PERFUME THAT WAS A DOLLAR A BOTTLE FOR MY MOM TO FILL SMALL BOTTLES WITH TO SELL AS LOVE POTIONS TO HER CUSTOMERS ... AND THEY CAME BACK FOR MORE MANY TIMES SO AT SOME LEVEL THE STUFF WORKED!!!

NOW I HAVE A SISTER BY THE SAME NAME AS MY OLD AUNT, AND SHE ONCE COMPLAINED TO ME ABOUT BEING NAMED AFTER A WHORE, HAHAH I WAS NAMED AFTER A SAINT AND MY OTHER SISTER NAMED FOR THE VIRGINS PAIN AT THE LOSS OF HER SON.

ALL CATHOLIC TYPE NAMES.

I WILL NEVER FORGET MY OLD AUNT MADELINE SHE WAS A VERY INTERESTING WOMAN IN MY LIFE.

I ALSO HAD A FRIEND NAMED CARLOS NAUMER AND HIS DAD WAS A FAMED ARTIST NAMED HELMUTH NAUMER. I LOVED CARLOS BECAUSE HE WAS KIND AND SUPPORTIVE TO ME THRU GRADE SCHOOL WHEN I WAS BULLIED BY A BIG KID NAMED ------- FORGOT HIS NAME OH JOHNNY WAS IT.
BIG BRUTE HATEFUL AS THE DAY IS LONG HE PICKED ON QUIET SENSITIVE KIDS ALL THAT TIME . I SPENT AS MANY RECESSES INDOORS AS THEY LET ME.
BUT IN TIME WE WERE SEPARATED BACK INTO SMART KIDS AVERAGE KIDS AND SLOW KIDS JOHNNY WENT INTO THE SLOW KID PLACE. I WENT TO THE SMART KID CLASS WITH CARLOS. CARL0S DIED A FEW YEARS AGO IN SANTA FE . HE WAS A VERY DEAR PERSON I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. HE TOO, WAS AN ARTIST.

WELL, I AM OUT OF MEMORIES FOIR TODAY. WILL DO MORE ANOTHER TIME.

MORE MEMORIES

TODAY WE HAVE TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS MEALS IN THE "CITY".

I REMEMBER ONE CHRISTMAS WHEN MY BOYS WERE 4,7, 8 YEARS OLD WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THE 7,8 YEARS OLD BOYS A NEW BIKE BUT THE LITTLEST BOY NOT SO WE BOUGHT A USED BIKE AND FIXED IT UP LIKE NEW OR SO WE THOUGHT, AND HE GOT THAT FOR CHRISTMAS. OMIGOODNESS!!! HE WAS HEARTBROKEN AND REFUSED THE BIKE AND CRIED MOST OF THE DAY.
THAT WAS OUR WORST CHRISTMAS DAY FOR HIM EVER. BUT HE MADE IT UP EATING OUR KIDS LOVED TO EAT, THEY WERE ALWAYS HUNGRY TOO AND SOMETIMES THEY BROUGHT OVER FRIENDS TOO WHO ALL ATE US OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME. THAT HAPPENS WHEN KIDS WANT TO BE IN YOUR HOUSE ALL THE TIME.

ONCE A FRIEND OF OUR KIDS DECIDED TO MOVE IN WITH US, SUITCASE AND ALL BUT I INSISTED THAT I HAD TO NOTIFY HIS PARENTS BECAUSE ITS THE LAW. AND ONLY IF THE PARENTS AGREED TO HIM STAYING COULD HE LIVE WITH US. WELL, HIS DAD CAME FOR HIM WITHIN THE HOUR.
NOW WHAT THESE TWO BOYS HAD OBJECTED TO WAS THE PARENTS HAD MOVED THEM ALL INTO A NUDIST COLONY, AND THEY WERE EMBARRASSED TO LIVE THERE AND THE PARENTS HAD NO CONCEPTION OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO THESE KIDS.

THIS WAS NOT CONSIDERED A CPS PROBLEM FOR SOME REASON.
I MUST GO NOW TIME TO GET READY FOR MY LONG DAY SEEYALL.

MONDAY ONCE MORE

WELL.HERE WE GO AGAIN STARTING A NEW WEEK. TOMORROW I WILL SHOP FOR CHRISTMAS MEALS:

CHRISTMAS EVE ; POT ROAST WITH CARROTS ONIONS AND POTATOES
SALAD , TAMALE PIE AND WE HAVE PUMPKIN PIES AND FRUITCAKE COFFEE SODAS AND ETC MANY CHIPS AND DIPS FOR SNACKS WITH GUACAMOLE AND RE FRIED BEANS AND CHEESE

CHRISTMAS DAY:
Turkey breast
stuffing
mashed potatoes gravy
salad
sweet potatoes cranberries
pies and cake for dessert

for breakfast we can have that egg cheese casserole
and bacon and turkey sausage in case anyone wants it


there you go my kids the menu
OK now for history lesson

I HAVE AN OLDER BROTHER, I DO NOT LIKE MY OLDER BROTHER
WHEN I WAS A CHILD HE DESTROYED EVERY TOY I EVER GOT.

WE WERE POOR AND TOYS WERE HARD TO COME BY.
ONCE I GOT A DOLL WITH BLUE EYES AND SHE WAS A BABY AND HAD A STUFFED BODY WITH BREAKABLE ARMS AND LEGS AND HEAD
MY BROTHER TOOK SAID DOLL AND REMOVED THE HEAD TO TAKE OUT THE EYES TO USE AS MARBLES.

I HAD A BABY BUGGY FOR A DOLL MADE OF BAMBOO LIKE WOVEN STUFF IT WAS PAINTED PINK. MY BROTHER TOOK THAT ONE DAY AND FILLED IT WITH NEWSPAPERS AND LIT IT TO PLAY WAR . DESTROYED AGAIN. I LET THE AIR OUT OF HIS BIKE TIRES AND HE BEAT ME SEVERELY FOR THAT.

NEXT I GOT A LITTLE PIANO THAT REALLY PLAYED HE TOOK THAT AND REMOVED THE MARBLE LIKE THINGS IN IT TO PLAY MARBLES WITH ONCE AGAIN.
EACH TIME I CRIED A LOT,BUT HE DIDN'T CARE, MY AUNT WOULD TALK TO HIM EACH TIME BUT HE DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE.

ONCE WE GREW UP I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM AT ALL. BUT AFTER A VISIT TO A COUSIN SHE ENCOURAGED ME TO FORGIVE HIM
SO WHEN WE MOVED TO ARIZONA I DID INVITE HIM TO STAY FOR A VISIT. WELL,HE CAME AND DURING HIS STAY HE COMMENTED ON HOW WE HAD BOUGHT A HOUSE TO "SHOW OFF" AND WANTED TO HEAR EVERY DETAIL OF MY DAUGHTER'S DEATH I SAID I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT AND I KNEW HE KNEW HOW SHE DIED BUT HE SAID I WANT YOU TO TELL ME. I TOLD HIM AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT AND AFTER THIS, I REALIZED HE WAS DOING THIS TO TORMENT ME BY THE LOOK ON HIS FACE.

MANY OTHER NASTY CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND LATER WE DECIDED WE NEVER WANT TO SEE OR SPEAK TO HIM AGAIN.
HE IS A SOCIOPATH OF THE WORST KIND. ONCE HE EVEN SAID IF I DIED HE WAS GOING TO CLAIM ON MY PROPERTY BECAUSE WE ARE RELATED.
HE IS A HALF BROTHER. AND I DENY A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM OF ANY KIND.
THIS IS THE KIND OF RELATIVE ONE MUST STAY AWAY FROM.
AND I PLAN TO SINCE IT IS HARMFUL TO ME.

AND NOW ITS MONDAY AM

AAAH, I AM TIRED TODAY, I HAVE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR OR ELSE ID SLEEP TIL NOON.

ALL THESE DOCTOR APPTS ARE EATING UP MY LIFE.
ANYWAYS I KEEP THEM IN YACHTS MANSIONS AND VACATIONS NOT TO MENTION THEIR BLEACHED BLOND WIVES TRIPS TO SALONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL.

EVERY DOCTOR I HAVE MET HAD A WIFE LIKE THAT. AND THE DIVORCES I WATCHED !! THEM DOCS GET THE MONEY WHACKED OUTTA THEM AND THEY START TO CHARGE MORE TO COVER IT.

AND ALL THE DOCTORS I WORKED WITH WERE SO EASILY MANIPULATED BY CLEVER WOMEN INTO MARRIAGE. THANK GOD I ESCAPED THAT TRAP.

BECOMING A DOCTOR I MEANT. HAHAH SOCIAL WORKERS HARDLY EVER DIE RICH OR MAKE ENOUGH TO ATTRACT ANYONE EXCEPT A HOMELESS MAN.

ALL THIS IS TONGUE IN CHEEK OR HAVE YOU GUESSED?

MOST DOCTORS DO START OUT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR TO MAKE THEIR MILLIONS THE BEST ONES DO BOTH.

WITHOUT A DOCTOR I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DIED SOONER, SINCE I WAS NOTED TO HAVE A LEAKY VALVE IN MY HEART AND THEY CAREFULLY MONITOR IT FOR ME.

THEY GAVE ME PILLS TO SLOW MY BLOOD PRESSURE ALTHOUGH MY PRESSURE RAN 110 OVER 70 AND PULSE AT 55 TO 60 ALL MY LIFE . NOW MY PRESSURE CANT BE 110 OVER 70 WITHOUT THE PILLS THANKS PILLS YOU HAVE MADE ME REGULAR. THE ONLY TIME MY PRESSURE JUMPS UP IS WHEN THEY PUMP MY ARM UP TO 200 AND THE PAIN DRIVES IT UP. I TELL THEM I ONLY NEED THEM TO GO TO 175 BUT THEY NEVER LISTEN. A VESTED INTEREST IN PROVING MY PRESSURE IS HIGHER THAN IT IS.

MY CHOLESTEROL IS GOOD BUT I TAKE THOSE PILLS TOO DOCS ORDERS BUT THEY ALWAYS KNOW BEST.
I HAD A READING OF 150 THAT IS GREAT READING AND MY TRIGLYCERIDES WERE GOOD TOO. I KNOW HOW TO READ MEDICAL CHARTS I HAD TO READ THEM TO DIAGNOSE MENTAL PROBLEMS IN A HOSPITAL. BUT ONE DOC I HAVE REFUSES TO LET ME SEE MY CHART LIKE ITS A SECRET. HIS HELPERS ORDER ME TO COME IN FOR TESTS AND REFUSE TO TELL ME WHY.
EVEN THOUGH A LAW HAS BEEN PASSED THAT I HAVE A RIGHT TO COPIES OF ALL MY RECORDS I HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THEM FROM THIS ONE DOC. HIS HELPERS HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER HIM AND PATIENTS. THE TAIL IS WAGGING THAT DOG.
OKAY TIME FOR MY HISTORY LESSON: WHEN I WAS A KID MY MOM ONCE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE THAT HAD DIRT FLOORS. WE OWNED OUR OWN HOUSE, BUT MY UNCLES AND AUNT WANTED IT SO THEY FILED COURT DOCUMENTS SAYING THEY NEEDED MONEY TO HELP ME AND MY BROTHER AND SISTER.
WE DIDN'T GET A CENT THEY KEPT ALL THE RENT FROM IT, WHEN MY MOM FILED A COURT ORDER WE EACH GOT A CHECK FOR 7.00 AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF RENTING IT OUT WHERE THEY TOOK EVERY CENT THEY COUNTERED WITH USING THE MONEY TO MAKE REPAIRS WHAT REPAIRS? IT WAS AN ADOBE HOUSE WITH ELECTRICITY AND A WOOD STOVE FOR HEAT WHEN WE GOT IT BACK ALL OUR FURNITURE WAS GONE AND THE FRONT ROOM FLOOR HAD BEEN RIPPED OUT AND WAS ON THE DIRT. MY MOM HAD THE FLOOR REPLACED I CANT REMEMBER WITH WHAT BUT WE HAD LINOLEUM OVER WHATEVER IT WAS.

OUR WALLS WERE CALSOMINED EACH SPRING THERE. AND I LOVED THE WINDOWS MADE FOR SITTING ON AND LOOKING OUTDOORS. WE HAD A WOOD STOVE IN THE KITCHEN AND THAT WAS THE ONLY HEAT I REMEMBER HAVING. WE USED EMPTY WINE BOTTLES TO PUT HOT WATER IN AND WRAPPED THAT IN A RAG TO WARM OUR FEET IN BED.

I CAN REMEMBER ALL MY LIFE MY UNCLES AND AUNT SUING US FOR THIS HOUSE MY GRANDFATHER LEFT US, THEY SAID HE ONLY LET US HAVE IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT US KIDS TO BE HOMELESS BUT BY LAW THEY WERE THE ONLY HEIRS ENTITLED TO THE PROPERTY. THIS WAS AN ONGOING HASSLE MY ENTIRE LIFE MY MOM WORRIED ABOUT LOSING OUR HOUSE AND HAVING TO HIRE LAWYERS ALL THE TIME. I GUESS THAT IS WHERE MOST OF OUR MONEY WENT PAYING LAWYERS TO KEEP OUR HOME. WE WERE SO POOR AND ALL OF OUR UNCLES AND AUNT WERE QUITE WEALTHY. GREEDY PEOPLE.

OUR LIVES WERE SO STRESSED AND OUR POOR MOTHER BARELY GOT BY . SHE MARRIED OUR STEP FATHER OUT OF NEED FOR INCOME AND HIS INCOME WAS SPORADIC AT BEST.

WE SPENT MANY RIDES ON THE ROAD IN HIS TRUCK DRIVING DAYS WE RODE IN THE BACK OF THE SEMIS HE DROVE AND HE WOULD LEAVE THE BACK END OPEN AND WE HUNG OUR LEGS OUT AND ATE WHATEVER FRUITS HE WAS DELIVERING ALL THE WAY I REMEMBER EATING SO MANY BANANAS THAT I'M NOT VERY FOND OF THEM ANYMORE. IN PRESENT TIMES WE WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED ABUSED NEGLECTED KIDS BY THIS MAN AND IN TIME OUR RELATIVES MANAGED TO DO JUST THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS ONLY OUR AUNT WOULD TAKE OUR SISTER IN HER HOME THE REST OF US WENT INTO FOSTER CARE FOR MANY YEARS.

I WAS GLAD FOR MY SECOND HOME IT WAS VERY STABLE AND I WAS ALLOWED FREEDOM TO EXPLORE MY SURROUNDINGS AND HANG OUT WITH MY ONE BEST FRIEND. I EXCELLED IN SCHOOL WITH STRAIGHT A'S AN NO ONE WHO EVEN CARED HAHA.
I USED TO LIKE TO WALK DOWN THIS LITTLE STREAM ON GARCIA STREET AND I THINK CANYON ROAD THERE WAS A BRIDGE OVER IT AND I WENT INTO THE STREAM BED TO WALK AND WADE AND IN WINTER I SLID ON THE ICE. IT WAS BEHIND MANY LOVELY HOUSES AND I WOULD LOOK AT THEM AND SEE THE PRETTY GRASS YARDS THAT WENT DOWN TO THE STREAM. AFTER A BIG RAIN IT WOULD REALLY LOAD UP WITH WATER AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN TOO BUT YOU ALWAYS HAD TO WATCH FRO BROKEN BOTTLES IN STREAMS BECAUSE SOME IDIOTS ALWAYS THREW THEM IN THERE AND IT CUT OUR FEET. ANYTIME IT RAINED IN SUMMER I WOULD GO OUT TO PLAY IN IT.
THEY HAD NO SEWERS WATER OVERFLOW WAS HANDLED BY LITTLE DITCHES ALONG THE STREETS A VERITABLE FUN AND HAZARD FILLED PLAY GROUND FOR US IN OUR BARE FEET . WE ALL WENT BAREFOOT ALL SUMMER WHAN WINTER CAME WE WOULD HAVE OUTGROWN OUR SHOES. AND WE HAD TO WEAR THOSE DARNED RUBBER BOOTS TO KEEP OUR FEET FROM GETTIGN WET ALL WINTER IN THE SNOW. PROBLEM? THEY WERE TOO SMALL TO GO OVER NEW SHOES AND WE FORCED THEM IN CAUSING MISERY AND BREAKS IN THE RUBBER AND LEAKS INTO OUR FEET.

BUT WE LIVED THROUGH ALL THIS. AND HERE I AM AND THERE ARE MY SIBS ONLY ONE BROTHER HAS DIED... JUNIOR HE WAS THE SWEETEST GENTLEST PERSON I HAVE EVER KNOWN. HE WAS MODERATELY RETARDED. BUT HE WORKED AT A JOB AND HAD A HOME HIS OWN BLESS HIS HEART.

WHEN I LEFT HOME AT MY TENDER AGE I LEFT AND ABONDONED ALL THEM BEHIND BECAUSE THEUR REMINDERS OF MY BAD TIMES KEPT ME AWAY.
I ONLY SAW THEM ALL AT MAMAS HOUSE AFEW TIMES AND AFTER I MARRIED, ONLY ONCE FOR HER FUNERAL . I WAS 23 WHEN SHE DIED AND I HAD 2 TINY BOYS. EVERYONE THOUGHT THEY WERE TWINS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO CLOSE IN AGE. I HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

ALL BLOND TOWHEADS AND HAD EITHER BLUE OR GREEN EYES OR A HAZY GREEN AND AMBER.

SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN BY SAMMI SMITH

IT'S ANOTHER SUNDAY WE ARE MEETING 2 YOUNG FRIENDS FOR MIDDAY DINNER AT OLIVE GARDEN TODAY,
YESTERDAY MY KIDS CAME OVER AND WE WATCHED THE NEW SIMPSON'S THEY HADN'T SEEN AND CHATTED A LOT AND WENT TO MASS.

WHEN THEY GOT HOME I GOT MYSTERIOUS CALL FROM MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ASKING ME WHY HAD I DONE IT? I SAID DONE WHAT?
SHE SAID ARE YOU READY?
I SAID GO AHEAD.
SHE ASKED WHY WE SENT THEM A FRUITCAKE WHEN THEY DIDN'T BUY ANY CUZ THEY WERE TOO EXPENSIVE THIS YEAR.
I JUST SAID AND WHY IS A GIFT TO BE DENIED? SHE SAID HER THANK YOUS AND ET AL THEN HANDED THE PHONE TO MY SON
HE SAID what?
I SAID WHAT?
HE SAID NOTHING I SAID NOTHING WE LAUGHED AND SAID I LOVE YOU AND HUNG UP.

MY DAUGHTER IN LAW IS A FUN TOY!!

I CAN'T REMMEBER A VERY GOOD MEMORY I WAS GOING TO PUT IN HERE

CHRISTMAS 2010 THIS IS WHERE ALL THE FOOD TAKES PLACE WAHOO!!!
AND THE FAMILY ROOM IS WHERE WE OPEN THE PRESENTS

SUNDAY ROAST

DAD HAS A PUZZLE HE LOVES AND DISCOVERED HE WAS MISSING 6 PIECES TODAY WHEN HE TRIED TO FINSIH IT.

HE HAS ABOUT 100 PUZZLES STACKED IN A CORNER OF THE FAMILY ROOM
AND HES GETTIGN MORE THAN 10 MORE FOR CHRISTMAS AND... HE LOVES ALL OF THEWM SO MUCH HE WONT GIVE ANY AWAY.

THAT CORNER WAS SLATED FOR A BOOK CASE DARNIT.

I GUESS WE WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A MESS UNTIL HE DECIDES TO LEAVE THE PREMISES WHICH HES NOT PLANNING AT ALL!!
SOMETIMNES I FEEL LIKE A TENANT HERE NO SPACE THAT IS ACTUALLY ALL MINE EXCEPT MY BATHROOM WHICH HE ALSO OCCUPIES WHEN WE HAVE COMPANY. HUMMM

AT ANY RATE, WE GOT THE TREE UP AND DECORATED MY DAUGHTER IN LAW AND I AND MY GOOD SON FIXED DADS WIRELESS SERVICE AGAIN.
IT WAS A FULL DAYS WORK FOR HIM. GOD BLESS HIM I NEEDED TO REWARD HIM BUT I FORGOT I WAS SO DEMENTED

WELP CHRISTMAS IS COMING HE CAN GET AN EXTRA PRESENT .

DAD AND OTHER FUNNY MEN

MY GF WAS JUST CHATTING WITH ME AND SAID I HAVE TO GO MY HUSBAND CAN'T FIND HIS BOXERS. THEY ARE IN HIS DRAWER WHERE THEY BELONG THAT IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR HIM I MUST GO.

FUNNY I ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MINE. IT IS A HUSBAND DISEASE THAT STARTS RIGHT AFTER THE WEDDING AND GROWS LARGER WITH TIME. THE HELPLESSNESS IS FOSTERED BY WIFE FINDING ITEMS THAT ARE "LOST"

ALMOST ALL THINGS ARE LOST TO THEM. I AM PREPARING ALL YOU YOUNG WOMEN FOR MARRIAGE AND WHAT TO EXPECT.
MY HUSBAND COULDN'T FIND HIS GLASSES THEY WERE ON TOP OF HIS HEAD, AND HIS SLIPPERS WERE EVEN ON HIS FEET, HE HAS BECOME SO USED TO NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND STUFF HE MISSES IT EVEN WHEN HE IS HOLDING THEM.

WELL NOW YOU KNOW WHAT A WIFE IS EXPECTED TO DO AND YOU MUST PREPARE FOR IT. I ADVISE YOU TO LEARN TO KEEP YOUR BOOKS ESPECIALLY THE CHECK BOOK, BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD IDEA FOR A WIFE TO MANAGE FINANCES AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MONEY IN AND OUT AND ADMIT WHEN YOU BUY A PAIR OF SHOES OR WHATEVER FOR THE HOUSE , TELL HUBBY AS SOON AS HE ARRIVES LOOK WHAT I GOT FOR THE KITCHEN WE REALLY NEEDED IT. AND HE WILL SAY UH HUH
IF YOU ASK HIM IN ADVANCE IF YOU SHOULD BUY SOMETHING HE WILL ARGUE ABOUT IT BEST TO BEG FORGIVENESS AFTER THAN TO BEG TO BUY IT. I MEAN IF YOU ARE KEEPING THE BOOKS AND NOT ACTING LIKE MONEY LUNATIC YOU WILL BE TRUSTED AND YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY.

ALWAYS PAY ALL BILLS FIRST FIGURE HOW MUCH FOOD MONEY AND GAS YOU NEED BEFORE EVEN CONSIDERING SPENDING FOR THESE WANTED NEEDS.
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR MONTHLY EXPENSES CAREFULLY. AVOID THE TRAP OF FIGHTING OVER MONEY.
ONLY SPEND WHAT YOU HAVE DON'T CHARGE IF YOU CANT PAY THE CHARGE OFF TOTALLY.

IF YOU DO SPEND AND PAY A MONTHLY BIT ON A CREDIT CARD YOU WILL STAY IN DEBT FOREVER.

OK NUFF SAID

SUNDAY MORNING HAM DAY

I COOKED A HAM LAST WEEK WE HAVE SO MUCH HAM WE NEED TO EAT IT. THEN I MADE A POT OF WHITE BEANS FOR DAD WHO LOVES THEM IN THE OLDEN DAYS THEY MADE PORK AND BEANS WITH THOSE BEANS AND YOU'D OPEN A CAN AND THERE WAS ONE TINY PIECE OF PORK FAT ON TOP AND THAT WAS IT HAHAH.
THESE DAYS THEY MAKE SO MANY FRESH SOUPS IN STORES THEY ARE QUITE GOOD I LIKE THE TOMATO BASIL KIND.

MY OWN SOUP FAVORITE IS CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE AND HERBS I PUT IN A FEW CARROTS AND CELERY AND ONIONS AND GARLIC AND A BLEND OF HERBS THAT MAKE IT ALL WORTHWHILE. AND I MAKE FRESH BREAD TO GO WITH IT. I USED TO MAKE ONION ROLLS AND ONION BREAD WHEN I WAS YOUNG I HAVE BECOME LAZY STRAIGHT WHEAT BREAD TOPPED WITH SESAME SEEDS IS ALL YOU WILL GET AND SOMETIMES CORNBREAD THAT GOES WITH PINTO BEAN SOUP. THIS I FEED TO MY SICK FAMILY AND FRIENDS .ITS A CURE-ALL.

OH AND JUST USE CHICKEN BREASTS ITS TASTIER.

WELL TODAY IS A COOK FREE DAY JUST OLD HAM MAYBE AN OMELET TE WHICH I NEVER FEEL IS COOKING.

I SPOKE WITH MY NUMBER 2 SON SEVERAL TIMES THIS WEEK AND HE SENT ME PICTURES OF HIMSELF WHICH WERE NICE TO GET.

HES ON ANOTHER ART PROJECT AND NEEDED 2 OLD MOVIES ORDERED FOR IT SO I HAVE ORDERED THEM AND WILL SEND THEM NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY ARRIVE . I ALSO GOT HIM A COPY OF JIM CARREY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL ITS WONDERFUL!!
MANY FRIENDS ARE GETTING A COPY FROM ME.
I HAVE STACKS OF CHRISTMAS PRESENTS IN THE CORNER OF THE LIVING ROOM WHERE I ALWAYS STASH GIFTS.
I GOT LITTLE CHINA DISHES AND ACUTE LUNCHBOX FOR ANNA FOR HER BABY BRO I GOT DIGGING TOYS FOR THE BACK YARD AND A BOOK . FOR ANYA I GOT DISHES TOO.
FOR AJ I WILL GIVE MONEY, OOPS I ALMOST GAVE AWAY THE PRESENTS S FOR MY SON AND DAUGHTER AND THE REST CUZ I NEEDED FILLER FOR THIS WRITEUP, HAHHAH.
MOSTLY WE GIVE MONEY RATHER THAN PRESENTS THEY WONT LIKE WORKS GREAT!! UNLESS THEY PRE ORDER A PRESENT.

LAST NIGHT I CHATTED WITH A FRIEND I MET DUE TO THE TWINS AND HE IS A NICE BOY I WANT HIM TO SUCCEED IN LIFE. I REALLY DO FEEL HAPPY WHEN ONE OF OUR FRIENDS SUCCEEDS IN LIFE.

TODAY MY MEMORY OF THE PAST IS NOT WORKING SO I WILL SKIP THAT FOR TODAY.

FRIDAY CLEAN UP DAY

TODAY WE ALWAYS CLEAN UP THE HOUSE BECAUSE THE KIDS COME OVER ON SATURDAYS USUALLY.
I PUT ON A POT OF BEANS WITH A LEFTOVER HAMBONE SINCE I BAKED A HAM YESTERDAY. DON ASKED ME HOW COME I SAID BECAUSE IT WAS THERE.

AT ANY RATE WE WILL HAVE HAM A LOT AND NOW BEANS WHICH HE WILL EAT IN A DAY HE LOVES BEANS.

I WROTE A BUNCH OF STUFF ON FACEBOOK NOW ILL WAIT UNTIL FOLKS ANSWER IT ALL.

MY CAT IS SLEEPING IN HIS CARRY BOX UP HIGH IN THE GARAGE WITH HIS FACE HANGING OUT ITS SO CUTE

MONDAY AGAIN AND A GRAMA STORY FROM THE PAST

YEP IT IS MONDAY AGAIN!! BUT I DON'T HAVE TO GET UP ANYMORE I CAN SLEEP ALL DAY SLEEP TIL NOON OR JUST WAKE UP WHENEVER I WAKE UP!!

I USED TO HAVE TO GET UP AT 530 AM START DRIVE TO WORK AT 600 AM AND WORKED UNTIL 500PM . FOUR DAYS A WEEK. I HAD SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY OFF. AND THIS I DID BECAUSE I COULD NEVER FACE MONDAY MORNING. IT WORKED FOR ME. I USED TO GET DEPRESSED ALL DAY SUNDAY BECAUSE OF MONDAY AS A WORKDAY.

THE STATE I WAS IN ALLOWED US TO DO THIS I WAS SO LUCKY. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I WAS PRETTY TIRED ALL DAY SATURDAY AND SLEPT A LOT.

AFTER WORKING 36 YEARS AS A SOCIAL WORKER AND BEFORE THAT VARIOUS JOBS THAT KEPT ME BUSY. ALTOGETHER I BELIEVE I WORKED ABOUT 52 YEARS IN MY LIFE WITH CARING FOR 4 KIDS IN THERE SOMEWHERE.

I HAD A VERY BUSY LIFE. AND IT WAS EXCITING SOMETIMES AND TERRIBLY BORING OTHERS.

NOW I AM SELDOM BORED AND THE DAYS RUSH BY IN ABOUT 5 HOURS,
YES, WHEN YOU START TO AGE THE DAYS FLY BY SO FAST ITS LIKE GOD RUSHES YOU TO THE END OF DAYS QUICKLY HAHAH.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE WELL ENOUGH TO VOLUNTEER SOMEWHERE BUT I AM ALWAYS HAVING SOMETHING OR ANOTHER BLOCKING ME. I REALLY PITY THOSE OLD FOLKS WHO HAVE TO WORK OR FEEL COMPELLED TO WORK BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO LIVE ON IT OTHERWISE OR JUST WANT MONEY FOR JUST IN CASE STUFF.

WELL I WORKED AND SAVED A LONG TIME TO RETIRE IN A MANNER WHERE I DID NT HAVE TO WORK ANYMORE, AND UNLESS THE GOVT STARTS TO TAKE ALL MY MONEY I AM OK. THEY DO TAX THE HECK OUT OF ME THOUGH BOTH FEDS AND STATE TAXES NOT TO MENTION THE SALES TAXES WE ALL PAY INCESSANTLY WHICH ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD.AND I REALLY DO NOT HAVE ALL THAT MUCH I DON'T MAKE 250,000 A YEAR WHERE THEY ARE TAXING LESS SO I'M TAXED A LOT.

I PAY WELFARE TAXES TO THE SUPER RICH NOW. AND I AM SUPPOSED TO BE GRATEFUL BECAUSE SOMEDAY I WILL GET BENEFITS DUE TO THE TRICKLE DOWN THEORY. BUT TRUTHFULLY, I DON'T THINK ILL EVER LIVE LONG ENOUGH FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

AT ANY RATE, I AM NOT YET STARVING AND MY MEDICAL COSTS ARE COVERED SO FAR SO I AM A LUCKY OLD PERSON DUE TO MY CAREFUL PLANNING. THE ONLY DRAIN ON MY PAY IS DENTAL BILLS BOY, ARE THEY EVER HIGH. THEY PICKED UP WHERE MEDICAL DOCTORS LEFT OFF IN COSTS.

OKAY, NOW A GRAMA STORY, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMETHING GOOD ON HERE.

IN 1964 MY HUSBAND WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO ENGLAND , HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO AND ANOTHER FELLOW WANTED TO GO BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE SOLD OUR HOME IN THE COUNTRY AND HAD NO HOME AND THE AIR FORCE DECIDED TO TRANSFER THE GUY WHO REALLY WANTED TO GO AND LEAVE US HERE. SO WE MOVED TO A PLACE CALLED RANCHO CORDOVA WHICH HAS MANY ABANDONED HOMES MUCH LIKE WE SEE NOW SINCE ALL THE ENGINEERS AT AEROJET WERE LAID OFF AND LOST THEIR HOMES AND HAD MOVED ON . THEY LOST A GOVT CONTRACT AND WERE DECIMATED PRETTY MUCH. WELL ANYWAY THE HOMES LEFT ABANDONED WERE SOMETIMES BOUGHT BY THE REMAINING HOMESTEADERS AND RENTED THEM OUT AS THEY WAITED FOR THE ECONOMY TO RISE AGAIN SO THEY COULD PROFIT FROM THEIR ACQUISITIONS.

WE WERE ONE OF THOSE TENANTS . WE BOUGHT AN OLD HOUSE FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND HAD IT MOVED TO OUR ACREAGE WE STILL HAD BUT IN THE MOVE IT RAINED SO OUR HOUSE WAS STUCK IN THE CLAY MUCK UNTIL SPRING AND THAT IS WHY WE WERE LIVING INA DEVELOPMENT.

AT ANY RATE, IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING PLACE AND THEY HAD THE WORKS WIFE SWAPPING AND ALL THAT STUFF AND IT WAS A FOUNTAIN OF GOSSIP AND PROPOSITIONS HAHA AND PARTIES AND WE HAD TO GO OR WOULD BE OSTRACIZED, THE BARBECUES WERE QUITE TASTY, AND THE CHAT INTERESTING, BUT I COULDN'T WAIT TO MOVE INTO OUR OLD HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
WHILE WE WERE THERE A CAT DECIDED TO MOVE INTO OUR HOUSE. HER NA,ME WAS SASSY AND WE DISCOVERED THAT SHE DID THAT WHEN SHE WASN'T PLEASED WITH HER CURRENT HOME. SHE HAD MOVED MANY TIMES.

SHE ALSO HAD KITTENS 2 TIMES A YEAR AND ALWAYS AT LEAST 5 OR 6 A LITTER. SO WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE COUNTRY WE TOOK SASSY WITH US WHERE SHE LIVED QUITE AWHILE WITH US UNTIL WE GOT 2 SIAMESE CATS A BOY AND A GIRL CAT NAMED JOHN AND MARSHA. ONE DAY SASSY SAID ENOUGH AND PACKED UP HER KITTENS AND LEFT WE NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.

SO WE HAD ABOUT 5 CATS BY THEN. BUT WE WERE IN THE COUNTRY AND WE FED THEM DRY FOOD AND LOTS OF FIELD MICE . WELL SASSY USED TO BRING US GIFTS OF CRITTERS SHE CAUGHT WE GOT LIZARDS AND ANY LIL THING SHE FOUND . SHE WAS AN AMAZING MOUSER. SHE HAD A LITTLE OF THE FE RILE IN HER, WE ADMIRED IT A LOT.

LATER ON WE GOT A GUINEA PIG ONCE AND IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVERY TIME WE OPENED THE REFRIGERATOR IT WOULD SQUEAL WERP! WERP! WERP! HE LOVED LETTUCE AND VEGGIES ONE DAY HE DISAPPEARED FROM HIS CAGE AND I DISCOVERED MY HUBBY HAD LET HIM LOOSE OUTDOORS IN THE BACK YARD . AND HE ONCE STEPPED ON A BOARD AND HE WAS UNDER IT. HE NEVER TOLD ME FOR YEARS WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THAT SWEET LITTLE CREATURE.

OH AND BACK TO THE STUCK HOUSE... WE FINALLY HAD IT DELIVERED BY THE HOUSE MOVERS IT WAS IN SPRING AFTER THE RANCHO EXPERIENCE WE WERE REALLY HAPPY!! WE POURED THE FOUNDATIONS AND HOOKED UP THE ELECTRICITY AND WERE WORKING ON THE PLUMBING AND WHILE THAT WENT ON IT WAS PRETTY HOT BY THEN AND WE WOULD TAKE A BATH IN THE TUB USING THE HOT WATER IN THE HOSE IT WORKED QUITE WELL.
WE DID HAVE ALL THE PLUMBING AND ELECTRICITY WORKING BY THEN. WE STILL HAD A HOLE IN THE WALL AND WHEN WE GOT UP MORNINGS WE HAD QUITE A LOT OF DOGS AND CATS VISITING THE LIVING ROOM WE LEARNED TO SHUT THE GLASS DOORS BETWEEN THE LIVING ROOM AND DINING ROOM TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE BEDROOMS UNTIL WE HAD THE FIREPLACE PUT IN.

WE GOT SOME PALOS VERDES STONES FOR IT AND IT WAS QUITE A LARGE FIREPLACE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL.
WE WOULD MUCH LATER BUILD ON A SECOND STORY WHERE WE HOUSED THE KIDS IN 4 BEDROOMS. BUT, THAT IS ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME AND IT HAS MANY LINKS AND STUFF TO MORE STORIES.

WE FINALLY HAD THE HOUSE SOMEWHAT TOGETHER AND LIVABLE .
SO TH ATS ALL I'M TELLING TODAY.

ANOTHER WEEKEND TO RELAX IN

WELP, TODAY WE WENT TO THE XRAY LABS SO THEY CAN LOOK AT MY BREASTS AGAIN AND TO CHECK MY LUNGS FOR TB. I KNOW I HAVEN'T ANYTHING GOING BUT THEY NEED THEIR MONEY.



OUR KIDS WONT BE OVER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HOST MOM VISITING . I BOUGHT SOME CARDS TO SEND MY KIDS WHICH I FEEL THEY NEED.

I ALSO RENEWED MY POLICE THINGY FOR THE HOUSE ALARM.



SO MUCH TO DO... OH! AND I REWROTE MY WILL IN CASE I DECIDE TO JOIN GOD SOON.

BUSY BUSY BUSY ME.

NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SIT HERE AND WRITE STUFF. I FOUND SOME SECOND COUSINS LAST TIME I WENT TO SANTA FE. WE KEEP IN TOUCH NOW BY EMAIL AND THOSE SOCIAL THINGS ONLINE. PLUS CHRISTMAS CARDS.



I FEEL LIKE I CAN LOG ON ANYTIME AND CHAT OR WRITE TO PEOPLE I LOVE IT IS REALLY A WONDROUS THING THIS INTERNET.



YOU NEVER RUN OUT OF STUFF TO CHAT ABOUT. SOME ONE ALWAYS COMES UP WITH A SUBJECT.. FOR INSTANCE MY FRIEND LAURA WROTE HOW SHE WONDERED HOW HER DAUGHTER COULD LISTEN TO THE MUSIC SHE DID I LISTENED TO IT AND IT WAS GRRREAT.. A 14 YEAR OLD NOW CAN DICTATE TO ME WHAT IS GOOD SOUND. I REALLY REALLY LIKE THAT. OTHERWISE I MIGHT MISS IT SINCE WE TEND TO LISTEN ONLY TO SONGS WE HAVE ALWAYS LIKED, LEAVING NO ROOM FOR THE NEW.

I ALSO KEEP UP WITH FASHIONS MAKEUP YOU NAME IT I CAN SEE IT IN MY SOCIAL CLUB ROOM.

I ALSO HAVE MADE FRIENDS WITH NEPHEWS AND NIECES I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE WHAT A LIFE WE ARE ALL CONNECTED NOW. I EVEN CAN TALK TO MY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN THE MILITARY ABOUT HOME THINGS.



I ALSO HAVE BEEN MADE FRIENDS WITH YOUNG AND OLD FOLKS ON HERE.

AND CAN KEEP UP WITH RELIGIOUS, IRRELIGIOUS AND ALL SUNDRY STUFF ON HERE.



IN 1977 WHEN I BOUGHT MY YOUNG SON A COMPUTER FOR HOME USE I NEVER SAW HOW IT WOULD AFFECT ALL OF OUR LIVES. IT IS MIRACULOUS.



I ACTUALLY NEVER GOT HOOKED UNTIL 1996 ALTHO I HAD TAKEN A CLASS IN 78 AND HAD A COMMODORE THEN TO USE .



I STILL DON'T TYPE WELL NEVER DID AND DON'T CARE TO. I EVEN FOUND ONE OF MY SECRETARIES ONLINE THE ONE I LOVED THE MOST.

WHAT A GIFT!

NOW I AM AWAITING A SITE WHERE GOD WILL CHAT WITH ME DIRECTLY WHEN I FIND THAT I WILL PROBABLY DISAPPEAR FROM ALL OTHER PEOPLES LIVES. HAHAH

LOVE YOU ALL!!

MOVIES I HAVE HATED AND DAD DID IT AGAIN

I AGREE WITH POPS ON THE LAST MOVIE WE SAW YESTERDAY IT REALLY STUNK WE DID GET COUPONS FOR A FREE MOVIE DUE TO OUR COMPLAINT. LAST TIME WE SAW A BAD MOVIE I HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING COUPONS TO REPLACE THE BADDY MOVIE BUT YESTERDAY, DA STEPPED IN AND STARTED TO MAKE IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET MOVIE COUPONS TO REPLACE THIS BUMMER.

YOU CAN BET YOUR UNDIES THAT IF DAD GETS INVOLVED IN REFUNDS YOU WILL HAVE A VERY HARD TIME. HAHAH

HE SEEMS TO BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DON'T DESERVE ANY COMPLAINTS EVER AND THAT GOD GIVES YOU WHAT COMES UP. I, ON THE OTHER HAND BELIEVE THAT GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES AND I NEVER HAVE ANY PROBLEM UNLESS DAD IS THERE TO INTERFERE. IF MY EGGS ARE RAW I'M SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THEM AND PAY FOR THEM, IF THE DRESS I BUY IS TORN WHEN I GET HOME, I'M SUPPOSED TO TOSS IT AND FORGET IT. BY DAD'S STANDARDS.

BY MINE I EXPECT TO GET WHAT I PAY FOR NO MORE, NO LESS.

AT ANY RATE I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE COUPONS FOR ANOTHER MOVIE SO I AM HAPPY.

I ASKED THE DAD TO STEP AWAY WHILE I HANDLED THE TRANSACTION HE INSISTED ON DOING IT HIS WAY WHICH WAS GETTING US NOWHERE.



BUT I FINALLY GOT IT SETTLED DESPITE HIS TRYING TO STOP ME WITH MY WAY.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY ITS A BAD MOVIE AND THEY REFUND A COUPON BUT DAD STEPPED UP AND INSISTED I NEEDED THE STUBS, WELL I NEVER DID BEFORE HE STARTED THIS NONSENSE MY WORD WAS GOOD ENOUGH BEFORE THIS. SO NOW THE CHILDREN AT THE THEATRE WILL INSIST ON STUBS BE CAUSE OF DAD'S CRAP.

TACOS ALA SANTA FE

TODAY WE WENT TO MIMIS FOR BREAKFAST AFTER MASS AT ST ANTHONY'S. DORCAS WAS THERE WE LIKE HER A LOT. WE LIKE ALL THE WAITRESSES AT MIMIS . THE STAFF THERE IS SO CONGENIAL....
THEN WE CAME HOME AND WHEN I SAW MY BABY BOY START TO SHOW HUNGER PANGS I MADE SOEM TACOS WITH STEAK AND BLUE CORN TORTILLAS. IT WAS GOOD. I MADE BEAN TACOS FOR MY DAUGHTER BABY GIRL HIS WIFE. SHE IS STILL A VEGETARIAN.
SHE JUST CALLED SHE LEFT HER JEWELRY HERE ON THE DINING TABLE. WE ARE PLANNING TO GO THERE ON TUESDAY AND SEE A MOVIE AND HAVE LUNCH AND DO OUR ROUNDS AS ALWAYS SHE IS COMING WITH US.
WE REALLY ENJOY OUR TRIPS TO THE MALL AND TO THE BOOK STORE AND TJ'S ITS A HIGH LIGHT OF OUR WEEK. SOMETIMES WE DOTN FEEL LIKE GOING THOUGH BUT USUALLY WE DO.
I AM ALL READY FOR HALLOWEEN, WE WRAPPED UP ALL THE TOYS AND CANDY WE PLAN TO SHARE OUT. NOT A BIG EXPENSE TOYS ARE FROM THE DOLLAR STORE BUT ARE KINDA NICE.
WE DO THIS TO PREVENT TOOTH DECAY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN KIDS. DENTAL BILLS ARE WAY OUT OF LINE ANYMORE. USED TO BE HOSPITAL BILLS COST THAT MUCH NOW WE HAVE MEDICAL COVERAGE AND DENTISTS DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT DENTAL PLAN PAYMENTS THEY WANT A FORTUNE MORE FROM US.
LAST MONTH WE HAD TO PAY OVER 3500 DOLLARS ON CARE TO A DENTIST.
THAT IS EXTREMELY EXCESSIVE. THEY OWN YACHTS WHILE WE WORRY ABOUT GROCERIES. SHAME ON THEM.
OK ALL FOR NOW.
LOVE, MAMSIE

MY MOTHER AND HOW I MET MY HUBBY SPECIAL FOR THE TWINS

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, WE WERE VERY VERY POOR, AND IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR MY MOTHER WITH 4 CHILDREN AND AN EX HUSBAND WHO RAN OFF WITH HER PROPERTY AND MONEYS TO MONTANA .
HE WAS A VERY BAD MAN. COURTS DIDN'T GET INVOLVED IN THOSE THINGS THEN NO SUPPORT ORDERS OR LIKE THAT. A MAN RAN OFF AND WAS OFF THE HOOK.
I AM GLAD HE WASN'T MY REAL FATHER.
AT HIS DEATH HE LEFT ALL THIS FORTUNE TO MY HALF BROTHER AND SISTER WHO WERE HIS REAL OFFSPRING. EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OF OURS SINCE MY MOTHER WAS THE HEIR TO MY GRANDFATHER'S PROPERTY.

WE HAD A HARD TIME FINANCIALLY FOR A LONG TIME. WE EVEN HAD TO TAKE WELFARE WHICH SHAMED US ALL HORRIBLY. AS A SIDELINE MY MOTHER BECAME CREATIVE AND STARTED TO READ CARDS FOR PEOPLE AND SELLING PERFUME (LOVE POTIONS) TO MAKE MONEY FOR HER KIDS FOOD.

WE HAD AN OLD VERY FAT AUNT NAMED MADELINE WHO TAUGHT MY MOM A;LL THESE TALENTS. SHE WAS SO FAT SHE HAD A BIG BED AND A TOILET IN A CORNER BY HER BED AND LIVED IN WHAT ONCE WAS A CARRIAGE HOUSE VERY TINY AND VERY CRAMPED. SHE ONLY GOT UP TO HER DESK ONCE IN AWHILE TO DO HER CARD BUSINESS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. ONCE I SAW HER BURN A BLACK CANDLE AND I WAS REALLY SPOOKED I WANTED TO GO HOME BUT WE HAD TO WAIT FOR MAMA. I ASKED HER WHY AUNT MADELINE WAS BURNING A BLACK CANDLE AND WAS IT EVIL OR WHAT? SHE SAID NO CANDLES A RE CANDLES AND SOMETIMES A BLACK CANDLE MERELY WAS IN MEMORY OF A DEAD FRIEND.
BUT I HAVE NEVER LIKED BLACK CANDLES I GUESS BECAUSE I'M A CATHOLIC AND ALL THE CANDLES IN CHURCH WERE WHITE.
I DO LIKE COLORED CANDLES NOW RAINBOW COLORS FOR CHRISTMAS.

OKAY NOW HOW I MET MY HUSBAND: ONCE UPON A TIME MY ROOMMATE JILL AND I HAD JUST BEEN TO CHURCH FOR CONFESSION FOR EASTER, IT WAS A SATURDAY I THINK MAYBE A WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER BUT WE WERE WALKING DOWN A STREET AWAY FROM THE CATHEDRAL IN DENVER, WHEN THESE TWO GUYS STARTED TO YELL AT US. JILL KEPT ENCOURAGING THEM AND CALLING BACK, I SAID THEY WERE NOT MY TYPES SO WOULD SHE PLEASE STOP. BUT NO.... JILL KEPT TURNING AROUND AND CALLING TO THEM.M THEY FOLLOWED US AND CAUGHT UP WITH US
THEIR NAMES WERE DON AND TOMMY AND TOMMY STARTED TO WALK ALONGSIDE ME, I SAW HE WAS NOT TERRIBLY INTELLIGENT SO I TOLD JILL I DIDN'T WANT TO WALK ALONG WITH HIM SHE DECIDED WE WOULD TRADE GUYS SO WE DID.
DON DIDN'T SHOW MUCH EITHER HE BARELY TALKED , GAVE LITTLE INFO ABOUT HIMSELF, BUT WE DID AGREE TO GO SEE THE ROBE AT THE MOVIES NEXT DAY.
WELL, NEXT DAY THEY CAME TO GET US AND WE FOUND THEY HAD NO MONEY FOR THE MOVIES SO WE HAD TO PAY THEIR WAY. THIS WAS LOOKING LESS AND LESS DESIRABLE TO ME BUT IN MY NICE WAY I DECIDED TO CHALK IT UP TO CHARITY AND
I CAN ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE LATER. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAME ABOUT BUT THEY CAME BACK AND DID PAY US BACK FOR THE MOVIE. WE SPENT TIME GOING TO PARKS AND PLACES ALL OVER DENVER.
EVENTUALLY DON BOUGHT A STUDEBAKER CAR IT WAS LIKE A SPORTY TYPE CAR WITH ONLY 1 SEAT ACROSS THE FRONT NO BACK SEAT AT ALL .
IT HAD A BIG DENT ON THE SIDE BUT IT WAS AWFULLY CUTE ANYWAY.
WE DATED FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM I SAID NO 3 TIMES BUT HE WAS INSISTENT I FINALLY SAID OK.

WE WERE MARRIED ON MAY26.1956 IT WAS A FUNNY WEDDING WE WENT TO S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND MADE 2 TRIPS WITH OUR ONE SEAT ER CAR. BUT ON THE WAY BACK JILL SAT ON TOMMYS LAP AND WE ALL GOT IN THEN.

LATER ON OUR WEDDING DAY DON TOOK ME TO THE BASE ASKED ME TO WAIT WHILE HE WENT TO EAT IN THE MESS HALL HE DID I WAS A BIT ANGRY ABOUT THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT ANNULMENT ALREADY.

BUT EVENTUALLY I GOT OVER ALL THAT AND FORGAVE HIS IGNORANT STANCE.
I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A WEIRD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ECCENTRIC MAN.
AND IT HAS BEEN. I LIST MANY DAYS HIS OFF ACTIVITIES FOR YOU. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK BACK ON IT.
WEHAD A FEW ROCKY YEARS WITH 4 SEPARATIONS BUT EVENTUALLY I GAVE UP I WAS STUCK WITH THIS GUY.
MORE ANOTHER TIME THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES IN 54 YEARS HAHAH.

VOTER'S TIME!

I LOVE ELIZABETH WARREN SHE IS SO INTELLIGENT AND KNOWS WHO THE CROOKS ARE ABUSING OUR TAX MONEY .

I EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM HER .



THERE ARE SO MANY WOMEN WITH HER IQ AND VERY SELDOM DO WE GET TO USE THEIR BRAINS INSTEAD WE GET RETARD BIGOTS LIKE PALIN AND HER BUNCH.

WHEN A COUNTRY GETS THIS LOW IT TENDS TO SINK LIKE THE GREAT ROMAN EMPIRE ONCE SANK.

WHEN PERSONALITIES WHO SHOUT LOUDEST GET THE MOST ATTENTION WE ARE IN A BAD FUNK AMERICA!!



I VOTED FOR THOSE WHO HAD A DECENT PLAN TO RECOVER AMERICA'S GREATNESS AND NOT THOSE WHO ARE IN IT TO BECOME MILLIONAIRES. ALMOST EVERY POLITICO WANTS THE POWER AND MONEY THEY CAN GET THRU GOVERNMENT MISHANDLING.

JERRY BROWN IS ONE OF THE TRUE CLEAN PEOPLE LEFT IN THE USA. I WISH I WAS IN CALIFORNIA I WOULD CERTAINLY VOTE FOR HIM AND WORK ON HIS CAMPAIGN.

WHEN WE LIVED THERE HE PROTECTED OUR HOMES AND ENVIRONMENT FROM THE REALTY THIEVES AND MONEY GRUBBING POLITICIANS .

GOD BLESS HIM.



HE SLEPT ON A FUTON IN A RENTED APARTMENT AND TURNED DOWN ALL THE FANCY ACCOUTREMENT'S THAT WENT WITH A GOVERNORS LOOT. A REALLY TRULY RESPECTFUL PUBLIC SERVANT. HE DROVE HIS OWN HUMBLE CAR FOLKS.

HE PAID HIS WAY AND SERVED US ALL. AND HE WAS AVAILABLE 24-7 THE WHOLE TIME HE SERVED HIS APARTMENT WAS IN A HUMBLE BUILDING CLOSE TO THE THE CAPITOL .



OK I NEED TO ADD THIS RIGHT NOW SINCE DAD JUST INTERRUPTED ME .

WHEN DAD IS WRITING ON HIS BLOG AND I APPROACH HIM WITH WHAT I CONSIDER IMPORTANT INFO HE YELLS AT ME AND SAYS NONO GO AWAY LEAVE ME ALONE!!

TODAY HE INTERRUPTED ME WITH SOMETHING HE READ ABOUT MARTHA STEWART AND HER DAUGHTER. SINCE I LIKE MARTHA STEWART HE SAID... I ONLY LIKE ONE COOK BOOK SHE WROTE THAT'S ALL THE LIKE I EVER HAD FOR HER. AND ONLY BECAUSE IT HAD A PLAN WHERE ALL YOUR DINNER STUFFS CAME TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT IS HARD TO DO.



ANYWAYS IT HAD TO DO WITH MARTHA'S DAUGHTER WHO CANT STAND HER MOM . UGH.



YESTERDAY WE SPENT A PART OF OUR DAY WITH OUR DAUGHTER IN LAW WE TOOK HER TO BRUNCH AND THEN TO THE BOOK STORE THEN TO THE LIBRARY AND WHILE AT THE LIBRARY WE GOT A CALL FROM HER HUBS OUR SON WHO WANTED US TO COME HOME HE JUST GOT THERE AND HE MISSED US. WHEN WE GOT HOME... OUR DAUGHTER IN LAW WANTED US TO GO RIGHT AWAY TO THE ADORATION CHAPEL TO SPEND TIME WITH JESUS , WELL DAD DOESN'T LIKE TO GO SO WE VISITED A FEW MINUTES THEN THEY WENT. AND WE WENT TO TRADER JOE'S THEN HOME.

I HOPE SOMEDAY WE GET A TRADER JOE'S IN OUR TOWN AND A BARNES AND NOBLE BOOK STORE THEN WE WOULD ONLY HAVE TO GO TO CHANDLER TO SHOP IN THE MALL FOR WHATEVER WE CANT FIND HERE. I DO WISH WE HAD AN ARRIBA'S RESTAURANT TOO.

I DON'T LIKE THE MEXICAN FOOD PLACES HERE TOO MUCH. THEY ARE TOO BLAND TASTING. IF I WANTED BLAND FOOD ID GO TO DENNY'S. I LIKE MEXICAN OR NEW MEXICAN FOOD HOT HOT HOT WITH REALLY FRESH VEGGIES AND MEATS.

HOMES/STUPID REALTORS

I JUST LOOKED AT HOMES IN CALIFORNIA OREGON AND WASHINGTON STATE. STUPID REALTORS. HOW CAN YOU SEE IF YOU RE INTERESTED WHEN THEY DON'T PUT PRICES OR PICTURES AND JUST WRITE N/A ON FAKE LISTINGS?


I USED TO GO ON;LINE BEFORE WE MOVED HERE AND WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY SHOP FOR A HOME ONLINE. WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF? THAT WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ANOTHER AGENTS HOME AND THEY WILL GET SCREWED OUT OF A SALE? AND HOW CAN ANYONE KNOW IF THE WANT A PLACE UNLESS THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET STATS ON THEM?


I AM SURE A LOT OF HOMES AREN'T BEING SOLD DUE TO THIS GREEDY STUPIDITY OF SALES PEOPLE.

IF I CANT SEE THE PRICE SIZE AND LOCATION OF A HOME HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I BUY IT OR THINK I MIGHT WANNA BUY IT?


OKAY THAT WAS A RANT.

IT IS WEDNESDAY AND POP'S STILL SLEEPING TODAY I'M GONNA MAKE UP SOME REFRIED BEANS WITH ONIONS AND CHILI WITH GROUND SIRLOIN TORTS AND SALAD. ALL COVERED IN CHEESE OF COURSE.



DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY I MADE A ROAST. IT WAS VERY GOOD WITH SALAD DAD WANTED CARROTS IN IT I DIDN'T DO THAT. NOW WE ATE IT ALL. I HAVE TO SEARCH QUITE INTENTLY FOR BEEF GROWN IN THE USA FED ON GRASS AND NO HORMONES . MOST MEATS TODAY ARE COMING FROM CANADA MEXICO AND AUSTRALIA. NOW WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY SELLING TO US FROM THESE PLACES? USED TO BE ALL BEEF CAME FROM THE USA JAPAN PAID HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO GET OUR STEAKS THEY WERE SO GOOD.

MORE OUTSOURCING. AMERICA WAS CONSIDERED THE BREADBASKET OF THE WORLD UNTIL THE FARMERS WERE DRIVEN OUT OF BUSINESS BY THE SAME BILLIONAIRES WHO NOW HOLD 97% OD OUR WEALTH AND MOST OF IT IS FROM OUTSOURCING.

EVEN OUR MOVIES ARE ALL MADE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES OR OWNED BY THEM.

THEY PAY OUR ACTORS TO STAR IN THEM AND THE ACTORS EXCEPT FOR INDIE MOVIES GO FOR IT AND MAKE THE WORST POSSIBLE MOVIES FOR MONEY.



THIS IS NO LONGER A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY IT IS A COUNTRY THAT WORSHIPS MONEY.

GO TO A CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WILL SHARE WITH THE POOR. THEY GIVE OUT USED CLOTHES AND CANNED FOOD THAT IS DONATED NOT MONEY FOR GAS AND RENT AND ETC NEEDS. AND YET CHURCHES PAY ZERO TAXES.

ONCE WHEN I WAS A CHILD WE WERE ( A WHOLE FAMILY) IN A STRANGE STATE AND HAD NO MONEY CAR BROKEN DOWN AND NOT A CENT TO OUR NAMES... WELL THE SALVATION ARMY GAVE US ALL THE NECESSITIES TO FEED AND HOUSE US AND MONEY TO BUY GAS AND FOOD ON THE ROAD.


TO. THIS IS NO REFLECTION ON OUR CATHOLIC CHURCHES NOW, THEY DO COLLECT FOOD AND CLOTHES FOR THE POOR AND FAIRLY GOOD STUFF BUT I WONDER... DO THEY EVER SHARE MONEY ?

I AM A CATHOLIC BUT I DO NOT KNOW IF THE CHURCH EVER PROVIDES MONEY FOR RENT AND SHELTER? I THINK ILL ASK MY BELOVED PRIEST HOW THAT IS HANDLED. AND IS OUR COLLECTION BASKET FOR OUR COMMUNITY OR DOES MOST OF IT GO TO ROME?

I HAVE NOW FOUND MYSELF A MISSION I WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THIS . I'M REALLY CURIOUS HAVING NOT HAD OCCASION TO ASK FOR HELP FROM MY CHURCH THESE DAYS.

WE HAD A YOUNG COUPLE FRIENDS WHO WE MET THRU A HARDWARE STORE WE WENT TO THEIR WEDDING AND WE WERE THERE WHEN THEY LOST THEIR FIRST BABY SO SAD. AND DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE HURTING DUE TO EXPENSES FOR THE MEDICAL BILLS A CERTAIN CHARITY PICKED UP MOST COSTS BUT KNOWING HOW THE MEDICAL GREED FACTORY WORKS THEY WILL SQUEEZE EVERY POSSIBLE LAST CENT OUT OF ONE. SO WE DID GIVE THEM A LITTLE HELP WHEN THEIR HOME WAS AT RISK OF LOSS IT WAS A RENTAL BUT IT WAS HOME FOR THEM.



THESE DEAR PEOPLE NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING AND PRAYED IT ALL AWAY. THEIR CHURCH DID HELP THEM SOMEWHAT AND WE MET THAT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BOTH AT THE WEDDING AND FUNERAL AND THEY WERE VERY KIND AND SUPPORTIVE.

WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR LUNCH OUT WITH THEM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY BOTH WORK BUT WE MANAGE TO HAVE LUNCH ABOUT EVERY 3 MONTHS. WE HAVE GAINED S FEW GRANDCHILDREN THRU THE GRACE OF GOD AND THEIR OPEN HEARTS TO OLD PEOPLE. NOT TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SO KIND.SO WHEN WE MEET GRACIOUS YOUNGSTERS WE REALLY GET ATTACHED TO THEIR COMPANY. WELL I DO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DAD.
I AM NOT ALL THAT LONG FOR THIS WORLD SO I DO FIND I NEED A BIT OF ATTENTION FROM YOUNG FOLK THEY KEEP US GOING EVERY MORNING IS A SURPRISE TO WAKE UP TO. THEY ARE CERTAINLY THE MOST ENTERTAINING AND THEIR MINDS ARE NOT USUALLY SET IN STONE.

I FOUND THE CUTEST COSTUMES IN A CATALOG AND I HAVE A YOUNG FRIEND WHO APPRECIATES DRESSING IN THEM SO I ORDERED A COUPLE FOR HER AND TODAY ILL MAIL THEM TO HER SO SHE CAN ENJOY THEM. WHAT WITH HALLOWEEN AROUND THE CORNER.
WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER AND OUR KIDS WERE YOUNG WE USED TO DRESS UP AND GO TO PARTIES THAT MY SCHOOL MATES FROM COLLEGE SET UP WHAT A WONDROUS TIME IT WAS... I REALLY ENJOYED A LOT OF MY COLLEGE DAYS AND ALWAYS DRAGGED MY KIDS TO A LOT OF THESE HAPPENINGS.
PEOPLE NOW A DAYS DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THAT MUCH FUN AS WE DID SEEM TO BE FOCUSED ON WORK ,MONEY, TRIPS THAT COST MONEY. WE HARDLY EVER SPENT MUCH BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. WE ALL SHARED FOOD AND ACTIVITIES AND IT ONLY COST WHATEVER GAS NEEDED TO GET TO WHERE WE WENT FOR FUN. CONCERTS THAT WERE FREE , AND GATHERINGS AT HOMES . I DO LONG FOR THOSE DAYS SO REWARDING AND CLOSE WITH FRIENDS.
I MISS MY FREINDS a whole lot.





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DAD... AGAIN

WELP! DAD SAYS HES NOW PSYCHIC. I'LL TELL YOU MY TAKE. WHEN HE SHOWED ME HIS NAME AND PHONE NUMBER INSIDE, I SUSPECTED HE WAS TESTING TO SEE IF THEY'D COME BACK TO HIM BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED HIM HOW HE WAS GONNA COPE WITHOUT HIS READING GLASSES HE DIDN'T SEEM CONCERNED MUCH.

THIS IS A MAN WHO READS ABOUT 3 TO 4 HOURS A DAY AND PUTS TOGETHER PUZZLES FOR MANY MORE HOURS AND IS ONLINE THE REST OF THE TIME HE ISN'T MAKING COFFEE OR EATING. HE USES GLASSES FOR HIS LIFE'S WORK WHICH I JUST DESCRIBED.



HE TESTS THE UNIVERSE A LOT SO I SUSPECTED THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE TESTS. HUM PSYCHIC? WELL HE DOES MORE PREDICTING THAN ANYTHING, SOMETIMES I SHUT HIM UP BECAUSE HE HAS A HABIT OF SAYING THINGS THAT COME TRUE AND HE JOKINGLY SAYS REALISTIC DRASTIC HORROR SHOW STUFF AT TIMES AS A JOKE.



I USUALLY SAY SHH DON'T BE SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY BAD TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.



HE DOES HAVE SOMETHING PSYCHIC GOING.



I USED TO BUT WHEN MY KIDS DIED I LOST A LOT OF IT.

MONDAY MORNING HAS COME DOWN

TODAY I AWAKENED AT 4:30 AM SO I BAKED SOME SCONES. I ADDED CRANBERRIES BECAUSE MY BELOVED DAUGHTER ATE THE BLUEBERRIES SATURDAY. HAHHA SHE LOVES THAT STUFF DRIED FRUIT AND CHOCOLATE.

DAD DOES HAT TOO. WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE I WOULD BUY INGREDIENTS TO BAKE STUFF AND BEFORE I HAD TIME TO BAKE, THE INGREDIENTS WERE USED FOR SNACKS.

STILL HAPPENING KIDS ARE BIGGER HABITS STILL THERE. I WILL HAVE TO BAKE CHRISTMAS GOODIES WELL IN ADVANCE AND HIDE THEM WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE. MAYBE MY BATHROOM AND CLOSET UGH. THE CLOSET IS OFF MY MASTER LADIES BATH. DAD HAS THE GUEST BATH AND ONLY USES MINE WHEN WE HAVE COMPANY.

OF COURSE MINE IS CLUTTERED WITH EVERY BEAUTY THING I HAVE BEEN CONNED INTO BUYING. DAD'S HAS ONLY HIS WATER PICK TOOTH BRUSHES AND HAND MIRROR BRUSH AND COMB SET.
WHEN WE LEFT OUR OLD HOME IN CALIFORNIA I DONATED THE SILVER BRUSH AND COMB AND MIRROR SET TO THE CANCER SOCIETY HE BEGGED TO KEEP IT BUT I ALREADY HAD GIVEN IT TO THEM SO WHEN WE SETTLED HERE I BOUGHT HIM ANOTHER ONE.

I HAVE BEEN PREPARING MY RECIPES AND MENUS FOR THE HOLIDAYS TO READY IT ALL FOR A GALA CELEBRATION. I WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE CHRISTMAS EVE AND SERVE FOOD AND SODA AND DRINK FOR THOSE WHO SO CHOOSE. NOBODY SEEMS TO DRINK IN OUR FAMILY, NOBODY DRANK IN MY OWN FAMILY WHERE I GREW UP IN SANTA FE.
THE FEW PEOPLE WHO DID DRINK HAD WINE BOTTLES ALL OVER HAHHA.
MY OLD UNCLE THAT I LIVED WITH UNCLE TONY USED TO KEEP A BOTTLE BEHIND THE COUCH IN THE LIVING ROOM. ONE DAY AT AGE 13 I DECIDED TO TRY THE WINE, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID IT WAS PRETTY SWEET SO I DRANK ALMOST THE WHOLE PINT AND PROMPTLY THREW UP ALL OVER MY BEDCLOTHES . I GOT SUCH A LECTURE FROM TIA CARMELITA THAT THE DESIRE TO TRY DRINK WAS QUASHED PRETTY WELL.

I DID AT AGE 16 TRY CHAMPAGNE WITH MY FRIENDS. THERE WAS PETER THE RICH ONE CHARLES THE OPERATIC PIANIST ONE JOHN THE CHUBBY ONE AND MICHAEL WHO HAD SUCH A CRUSH ON ME HE COULD HARDLY LOOK AT ME BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THERE . HE TOOK ME TO THE SNOWBALL FORMAL AND GAVE ME A RED CAMELLIA CORSAGE TO WEAR WITH MY LIMEY GREEN DRESS .

I DANCED MOSTLY WITH BOBBY WHO WAS MY BIG CRUSH AND I FOUND OUT HE GREW UP TO BE A CAR SALESMAN AND HAD 4 KIDS LIKE ME AND WAS DIVORCED AND HAD A GIRLFRIEND AND WAS DYING OF CANCER WHEN I VISITED SANTA FE IN 1996. I TALKED TO WHAT FRIENDS I HAD LEFT THERE . WHEN I VISITED BUT I STAYED WITH MY COUSIN FRANCES AND JOE HER HUBBY. THAT WAS A GREAT VISIT. THEY WERE SO HOSPITABLE. AND JOE AND I DID SHOTS OF TEQUILA WITH LIMES AND SALT FOR FUN HE LOVED THAT.

AND LATER WHEN HE AND HIS DAUGHTER VISITED ME I MADE HIM SOME TEQUILA DRINKS MY GRANDDAUGHTER GAVE ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

I DO LIKE TEQUILA WITH LIMES AND SALT LOTSA LIMES AND LOTSA SALT.

BUT RARELY HAVE IT. JOE WAS MY ONLY TEQUILA PARTNER. HE WAS FUN!!
WE GIGGLED AND DRANK .

MY FAMILY IS THE MOST HOSPITABLE FAMILY I HAVE EVER MET MY COUSINS I DEARLY LOVE. THEY ARE LIKE SISTERS AND BROTHERS TO ME.