Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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, September 27, 2010

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.



Thursday, September 16, 2010

JUST A THOUGHT OR TWO

I REALLY LOVE CATS. WE ONLY HAVE ONE HES ALL BLACK WITH BRILLIANT YELLOW EYES, HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE A BOMBAY.

TODAY HE CAME ON THE HOUSE AND I ASKED WANT TO GO OUTSIDE? HE RAN TO THE SLIDER AND WAITED, USUALLY WHEN HE COMES IN THE HOUSE HE STARTS TO LOOK FOR GRAM PA, NOT TODAY ... HE WENT RIGHT OUT DOORS.

IN A SHORT WHILE HE ASKED TO COME BACK IN ITS HOT OUT THERE AND HE DOESN'T LIKE HEAT THAT MUCH. DAD FED HIM AND HE DIDN'T EAT, MUST HAVE HAD A BIRD SNACK UGH.

I WAS WATCHING A PROGRAM ON CATS ON TV AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE DOMESTICATED, IT WAS NOT EASY THEY WERE FERAL FOR A LONG TIME, AND CATS IN EGYPT WHERE THEY ARE CONSIDERED SACRED WERE ALL FERAL

WHAT I LEARNED WAS THEY NEVER REALLY GIVE UP ALL OF THEIR WILD CAT STREAK. THERE ARE WOMEN WHO BREED THEM TO GET CERTAIN EFFECTS LIKE THE BARE SKIN NO FUR CAT UGH, TRULY AN UGLY SIGHT.

AND I LIKE THAT INDEPENDENCE A LOT. I LIVE VICARIOUSLY THRU THE WILD PART OF MY KITTY.

DAD HAS TAKEN A LIKING TO RUNNING TO THE POST OFFICE DAILY TO LOOK FOR MOVIES, I SENT OFF FOR A BATCH OF NEW MOVIES AND WE HAVE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW.

HE HAS BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO A MOVIE I ORDERED THAT WAS ON TV LAST WEEK BUT IT WAS ON A STATION THAT SHOWS GOOD OLD MOVIES AND NEVER REPEATS IT.

WE HAVE AN INDIE CHANNEL AND A SUNDANCE ONE , SUNDANCE USED TO SHOW MOVIES FROM THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL BUT IN THE PAST 2 YEARS THEY ARE ONLY SHOWING HOMOSEXUAL MOVIES , MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT HAPPENED?
WE ALSO HAVE A LESBIAN CHANNEL NOW CALLED LOGO.
WE WENT TO SEE A MOVIE CALLED CHLOE IN CHANDLER ONCE IT WAS FASCINATING AND HAD STRANGE COMPONENTS IN IT WHICH I WONT REVEAL BUT ITS A GOOD MOVIE WITH A KINKINESS THAT WAS A SURPRISE.

WELL I GUESS THAT'S ENOUGH OF MY THOUGHTS TODAY LATER DUDES AND DUDETTES.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

SUNDAY

TODAY IS SUNDAY AND WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE ALL OF OUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS COME ON SUNDAY.
I REMEMBER IN THE OLDEN DAYS ON B&W TV WE ONLY HAD GOOD SHOWS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS AND MAYBE ONE WEEKDAY EVERY WEEK LIKE MARY TYLER MOORE OR DICK VAN DYKE OR THE HONEYMOONERS.
IN THE 70'S WE GOT OUR FIRST COLOR TV AND WE SAW THE NOW EXPLOSION EVERY WEEKEND ALL OUR FRIENDS CAME OVER ON THE WEEKENDS AND STAYED ALMOST THE WHOLE WEEKEND WITH US THEY BROUGHT FOOD AND I MADE LOTS OF FOOD AS WELL AND WED WATCH TV HAVE TRUST WALKS AND PRACTICE ALL THE NEW TECHNIQUES IN PSYCH I HAD LEARNED FOR FUN, PLUS WE LIKED EACH OTHER A LOT AND TRUSTED A LOT.
THE NOW EXPLOSION WAS A SERIES OF VIDEOS WITH PSYCHEDELIC BACKGROUNDS THAT WERE REALLY FUN TO WATCH. AND THE MUSIC WAS WHAT WE LOVED IN THOSE DAYS.

I MADE ONION ROLLS AND CINNAMON ROLLS AND CINNAMON BREAD AND WE HAD SALAMI AND CHEESES AND PICKLES AND OLIVES AND WHATEVER WE WANTED TO EAT THAT WEEKEND. OUR KIDS LOVED IT!!

I USED TO LOVE TO BAKE AND EVERYONE LOVED HOMEMADE ROLLS AND BREADS.
I DIDN'T HAVE A BREAD MACHINE THAT CAME MANY YEARS LATER THIS WAS ALL DONE FROM SCRATCH.
WE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY SO WE HAD MILLIONS OF STARS TO SEE AT NIGHT IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. AND WE HAD APPLES AND PLUMS AND FRESH CORN AND TOMATOES FROM OUR GARDEN WHICH WERE REALLY GREAT.

OUR 70'S AND 80'S WERE A LOT OF FUN.
NOWADAYS IT ALL SEEMS SO BORING, NO ONE DOES PSYCH EXERCISES, OR LOOKS INTO THEMSELVES IN A GROUP AS WE DID.
IT IS ALL TV ELECTRONIC GAMES TEXTING AND LIKE THAT. MOSTLY ALONE WISE.

WE LOVED WHAT WAS CALLED POP PSYCHOLOGY AND WE INVENTED A LOT OF IT NOWADAYS YOU PAY BIG BUCKS FOR WHAT WE USED AS PLAY PSYCH.
IT IS AMAZING ALL THESE IDEAS WE MADE UP HAVE BEEN STOLEN AND USED FOR PROFIT BY SOME PSYCH PEOPLE. I DON'T CARE WE HAD FUN . THEY MAKE IT INTO A SCARY EXPENSIVE THING.

I MISS ALL OUR OLD TIMES AND OLD FRIENDS. ALL MY SCHOOL MATES THAT I PLAYED WITH IN GRAD SCHOOL.





Thursday, September 9, 2010

TRUCKIN'

TODAY WE WENT TO CHANDLER MALL AND AWAUTUKEE .
I HAVE NOW DEVELOPED A HABIT OR WHATEVER OF COUNTING TRUCKS WITH SLEEPERS ON THEM.
WHEN MY SON WAS ALIVE HE DROVE TRUCKS ALL OVER THE US AND CANADA.
HE LOVED HAVING THE TRUCKS THAT HAD A REFER STOVE AND BED AND TABLE IN THEM IT BECAME HIS HOME ON THE ROAD.
TODAY I COUNTED 130 OF THESE TRUCKS GOING TO CHANDLER AND 120 COMING BACK. A BUSY DAY FRO DRIVERS .
WE DON'T GIVE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE TRUCKS THE PROPER HOMAGE, THEY BRING ALL OUR HI FASHION AND LOW FASHION CLOTHES TO STORES, FOOD TO GROCERS, EVERY SINGLE THING WE BUY CAME ON A TRUCK SO WE NEED TO GIVE A PROPER THANK YOU TO ALL TRUCK DRIVERS.

IT'S A HARD LIFE AND MANY SUFFER BAD BACK INJURIES FROM HAVING TO LIFT ALL THESE THINGS I N MANY OF THE DELIVERIES.
AND YET I HEAR PEOPLE DAMNING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THOSE TRUCKS ON THE FREEWAY AND HOW ANNOYING TO HAVE THEM THERE.

SO 9N MEMORY OF MY DEAD SON AND ALL TRUCK DRIVERS IN AMERICA I AM DELIGHTED TO SHARE THE HIGHWAY WITH YOU.
MANY PEOPLE GET KILLED BY TRUCKS THAT HIT THEM AND YOU KNOW WHY?
PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND MERGING ON A FREEWAY... WHEN YOU MERGE YOU MUST MERGE FASTER THAN THE TRAFFIC ALREADY ON THE FREEWAY, TRUCKS DO NOT HAVE INSTANT BRAKES LIKE YOU DO, IT TAKES A WHILE TO STOP A MANY TONNED TRUCK AND ESPECIALLY WITH A HEAVY LOAD. SO NEXT TIME YOU GET ON THE FREEWAY , EITHER GO BEHIND THE TRUCK OR STEP ON THE GAS SO FAST YOU CAN OUTDISTANCE HIM OR HER. YES WE HAVE MANY WOMEN DRIVERS THESE DAYS AS WELL!!


SO PEOPLE BE KIND TO YOUR TRUCKERS THEY BRING US EVERYTHING WE LOVE TO HAVE AND MANY RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR.