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Through the eyes of a writer and traveler ๐! Life and some spiritual musings. |
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Welcome Y'all ๐ค . I'm into animal rescue and rights. Positive vibes and activism! ๐ป๐ It's been interesting for the past 20 years. Good folks on here and a great ๐ writing community. It's time for rethinking my writing and growing as a person . Sharing how to help others and ourselves ๐ has always been my motivation! Hugs ๐ค to new and old peeps! " The journey of 10,000 miles Begins with one step ๐ช. --Lao Tzu What you don't like Don't do to another. Rabbi Hillel Do unto others as you would have someone Do unto you. Jesus ๐ |
| Hi y'all ๐ค . Whew it's been a busy day and of course wiped out! Tomorrow I'll give you the run down of going to Aldi's ๐. So glad we did and saved a grip load of $. If you have one near you, it's def worth checking out. Will give a few examples of what we got tomorrow. Receipt down stairs! Later it got emotional for me and had a cry. I don't usually do that much anymore ( even though I know it's a healthy thing to do.) I miss having friends that I could turn to and be able to talk about things and get feedback. I do go to groups here but probably not when I feeling the most down... Anyway my grandson sent me some some funds, bless him for being a good person in this world. He offered it and I had a hard time accepting. Even though I've been there for years and sent it to him, when he needed it ( unless I didn't have it.) I was there more than his mother was sadly,most of his life. Today we bought us each a Christmas ๐ present to save and put under the ๐ฒ. It was nice to do ๐โบ๏ธ! Tomorrow I'll let him know that those will be from him! This one will be small compared to most Christmas ๐ past. I have pictures on Facebook that would blow your mind! We used to decorate the house and it was gorgeous and fun. Someday hopefully will again. Sis sight is getting worse and our only hope for any help is our future move. It's a " do or die " situation and in January will be cutting back even more to save and plan to move in the next year or half. Rolling cigarettes and buying way less packs. They are cheap here about 4 a pack. Tough times call for tough measures. That's the tip of the iceberg but if we don't, we'll be stuck here. No bus , and no access. It's a scary thing. She won't be able to drive forever. It's hard this is the first year, she doesn't want anything for Christmas. She can't see to draw or so many things. She wanted pajamas and found some nice ones at Walmart. She insisted I get the Hello kitty comforter to match my room, and I wanted it for months ๐. Trying to find joy in the gloom that is happening. So thanks for listening and have a blessed night ๐๐. |
| Hi y'all and thanks for being on this journey with me. It's been a week of changes for most of us, one way or another. I was surprised and happy to see Intuey had found and shared "Try a little kindness!" I got to listen to it tonight while washing the dishes. It's such a beautiful and simple song for a simpler time,yet it was upbeat and told a good story. Now I'm thinking of "You find out who your friends are" by Tracy Lawrence. My niece turned us on to that song,a few years ago. Another good song.๐ผ๐ And true! The phone rang and it was my grandson checking to see how I was and how we're doing. It was nice ๐ to talk ๐ฆ again. He's busy with work and his hobby of translations of video games to Esperanto! He has Asperger's and has come so far since he was younger.๐๐ I've seen miracle's in both my grandsons. As some of you know. It took a lot of love time and patience for them to get there,as some of you have had the same experience's. Well tomorrow we go check out Aldi and see what we can find to save some money ๐ฐ! We still have to go to ugh Walmart for a few things, but plan to get in and out quickly!! Monday is laundry ๐งบ so maybe can take it easy somewhat Sunday. I was sorry to see some members had a negative attitude and pray for them to see some light ๐ฏ๏ธ and Try a little kindness. Even if the world isn't perfect and there's blue ๐ต meanies sometimes. Just because some folks act likes the back end of a horse ๐, don't mean I'm going to! I can stand my ground in a nice way. For now I'm staying away from drama and working on some Vignettes for a contest. It's been a while since I committed to something like that. I've been wanting to get back to ballet ๐ฉฐ at least try again. If I wait till I feel better, that may not happen LoL. It would be good for my muscles, and help my spine bones ๐ฉป!!! It's been fun chatting but gotta go. Have an awesome weekend y'all ๐ ๐! |
| Hi, y'all ๐๐ค , and thanks for your comments and writers' energy ๐! ๐ I look forward and appreciate the tags, emails ๐จ and genuine " hugs ๐ค" when I hear ๐ from you ๐ฝ. I know some of you are divided รทร= by the election results but let's not divide โ up each other ๐๐. Can't we just agree to disagree?! Let's find what we have in common ( sense ๐๐คง) Just a thought ๐ญ ๐คโบ๏ธ. We all are human and have our frustrations and other things we are dealing with. We as writers have the power to influence and inform. It's nice when we support and encourage each other ๐. This morning ๐ was a rough one for me. I usually am at 5 or 6 Level of pain when waking up. Today it was 7 or 8 and made my way downstairs. Sis was having her coffee โ and the kitties ๐ป ( Maxy and MoJo) were waiting for me at the foot of the stairs. They must have known I felt like crap and Maxy let me rest till almost 8 AM. ( She can get loud ๐ข๐ with her wake up meows! I grabbed a cup ๐ต of coffee and after I finished my cig on the couch, went into the kitchen and got the fancy feast out. Mojo was rubbing her head against my arm,as I opened the package of white fish ๐! I split it up on their plates and both of them ๐ฑ started eating. Oh I forgot one had an accident on the paw shaped mat , below the litter box. It must have been the hair ball medicine. I gave them both fresh bottled water and headed back to the couch ๐๏ธ. I have a bunch of meds to take and space out. Thyroid is first and have to wait 30 minutes for anything else. Which is my pain med. I only get one kind. Since this opioid crisis people who really need any kind just to live a normal life, don't get enough anymore. It also depends on where you live and how good your care is. Mississippi is on the bottom of the list for decent care. which sucks for folks like me. I didn't feel like a 3-4 on the 1-10 pain chart until 11 am . We went to Walmart and the cashier messed up our order after we went all over the store to get what we needed. We were going to be charged $22 instead of $5, and the manager and another person couldn't fix it. They told us to call our card people, but it wasn't our card at fault. Sis got off the riding cart and said cancel it and we left. We went to Win Dixie and got most of what we picked out at Walmart. We had no problem with our card โ ๏ธโฆ๏ธ! I was exhausted after running around both stores and know,we have to go to the laundry again tomorrow or next day! And go back to Walmart because they have a couple things we can't find except for there. No I'm not upset about the election!!! I pray ๐ we will be able to move to a place that isn't this rural! Lol ๐ I don't know what happened or why I wrote this all. It's day seven and still Blogging every day! Hugs to my sweet peeps here! Thanks for being here ๐ ๐! You make life ๐ป ๐จ bearable. ๐๐ฝ |
| Hi, y'all. Tonight's post will be a short one. Personally, I'm feeling overwhelmed by the way someone is being after knowing them 50 years. While the world is having a meltdown over who won or didn't. I was going to join a conversation on the WDC wall, but by the time I got back ( now) I'm drained. I found a FB post that I was going to share also in the hope of making a bridge ๐ between people. The biggest communication problem we do not listen ๐ to understand. We listen to reply. Stephen R Covey I think ๐ฌ that's very true much of the time for many. More eager to reply then hear. We heard from an old friend and our granddaughter about the voting results this morning and afternoon. He's in his 70's and said " his freedom is over and hope's he won't lose his SSI." She wrote him not to worry about things that won't happen. Our granddaughter was afraid to go do her errands and take her Social studies GED class tomorrow, because she heard " people are going to be freaking out in the streets". We assured her nothing was going to happen,it was just stories that were made up. My other friend of 50 years posted how depressed she is and full of grief over the election. I've emailed her 2 x this week and commented but heard nothing back. I think it's because I'm not bummed out about it. I didn't post I'm with her or him since everyone started. It's to me just hype. And people of different faiths and backgrounds in many states showed they were not happy with the last four years period. I respect their rights to be bummed out but it's not going to change the high price of food or make my reality any better. If she got in it would be the same as above. Like him or not he's a very rich business man and politicians have dropped the ball ๐๐ for years. 3000 more men are about to cross the border soon. I don't know these people ( does anyone?) My great grandparents came to this country from Poland and stayed at Ellis island. Tested for TB and waited to be allowed into America as many were. They weren't giving gift cards or any help. They got jobs and slept many to cramped tenements . They didn't bully their way in. The immigrants who live here ( some for many years) did it the proper way. Many didn't support others taking a short cut and voted for border protection. There's town's ( one in Ohio Lakeland) population around 3000. They have had people come from Africa for decades. This past year 3000 came to their Village, don't speak English or know how to use a stove. They hang around the town and can't work. The government is paying for them to live in apartments. The mayor is asking for help and this scene is being played out all over the country. Is that right? Everyone should get a chance,if they play by the rules. We who live here have to. Have a blessed night |
| Hi, y'all ๐ค on this election Tuesday evening โจ๐! It started at 6 AM with the alarm going off ( still feeling crappy) but got out the door ๐ช by 8:20 to vote at the Church. The parking was hard to find and packed,as were the area around the Church grounds. At least 100 people were already on line at the building! By 9:30 we finally made it to the door and figured it would be over soon ๐-- not. When we got in about 75 people or so were crammed into a "walkway" of about 3 and a half feet wide space. It was very dim and chair ๐ช backs lined the way. They would call out " R to Z" and if your name starts with it, you were calling upfront. Even if you were way back of us in the line. They called out those letters more than any. We hardly had any room to move anywhere ๐. When they called " A to G" I told the lady I was F but had to wait with my legally blind sis who was P. At the end people were getting uptight, because they had a lady in a wheelchair come from the back and had to get through the line. We felt bad for her and they only had 8 people total to call out and to check ID's. They asked the crowd if anyone would like to volunteer to help? One of the ladies next to us,was a CNA and was already late for work. It was a mess! Finally we got through and after almost 3 hours total,we voted and left. We never had so much trouble ๐ตโ๐ซ voting in our lives. Last year we voted for Governor and there was twice as many people to get us out. Whew. Well onto something better! This month we've been trying to figure out how to save money ๐ค on Kitty ๐ litter. Like everything else it's gone up too. I found a 40 lb box of special kitty ( Walmarts brand for 12 bucks) The Fresh step I tried was more expensive at 15 bucks for 18 lbs. We saw a bag of pine ๐ litter and it was cheap at 10 bucks for 10 lbs. We brought it home and I filled the box with it. The cats looked at me like I lost my mind! It's not clay little but little wood ๐ชต๐ช pellets! I didn't realize that you were supposed to put an inch in and cover it with clay litter at first ๐ holy cow ๐๐ฎ! Well I figured it out the next day and I found that covering the bottom with it, and putting a layer of clay litter made it usable! I saw that when they pee the pellets turn into sawdust and was easier to scoop! I learned they pee by the front and back, so I keep a bunch by those areas and it's a lot easier to keep it clean ๐ซง! Plus I'm using less clay litter. I scoop the box every morning ๐๐ธ adding a bit of each. Every week I clean the whole box out. This past week I noticed that: 1 there was no kitty cement ( pee turns clay litter into literally cement! The pellets keep it from happening! Big news ๐๏ธ๐ฐ in my world after 2 years! 2 the box stays cleaner longer and smells better because it's made from PINE trees and adding some each day keeps it smell like pine. 3 the Pine pellets are cheaper and I'm using less clay litter. Usually I throw away 2 garbage bags of small bags ( about 4 in each) and it's super heavy ๐ชจ to get it to the car and the dumpster ๐ญ๐. This time I had 2 smaller bags to deal with and having a bad back and body, this makes a difference about how worn out I didn't feel to get it done ๐โ ! So that's the best hack I've found so far y'all! Thanks for dropping by me mateys! If you have indoor kitties ๐ป you'll thank me! If not be glad! Hope you're day went well ๐ and see you tomorrow! Thanks for reading and responding! It really warms my soul. |
| Hi y'all ๐๐ค , as some of my readers know, ( I appreciate they have thanked me for sharing this important info.) I'm talking about the Greater Good site and a new feature to help that started this summer ๐ Paws for a cause, which is about Evacuation for animals in dire need from shelters hit by Helene and Milton, and volunteers in Ukraine transporting cats and dogs from the front lines to safety ๐. They feed love and provide medical care to these awesome loving and traumatized creatures. All you need is a few moments out of your day,to click a link free ๐ to help. If you are able there's more opportunities but just this click can save lives from all you animal lovers like me ๐. They have daily emails and reminders and they also help Veterans and their pet kids, provide food and books ๐ for kids to aid literacy. Plus more causes. They started with one web page in 1999 and have been growing and going strong ๐ ever since. There products are quality at fair price. ( I have a paw ๐พ watch from last year and buy my shoes mostly there!) Please help if you can - even once would be a blessing. Better still make it part of your daily routine to help save these darlings. I thank you for your time and please pass on to others who may be interested. ๐บ๐ถ๐พ We all thank you... ๐ท๐๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ Paws.greatergood.com  Tomorrow kitty litter box hacks with pine pellets! Stay tuned for more!    |
| Hi y'all ๐ค the time change has me a bit wobbly! We gained an hour but I don't feel it! Anyway tomorrow I will write about how I and some of you can help animals. I'm going to start working on it in the morning ๐ instead of at the end of my day โบ๏ธ! My good friend of 50 years surprised me last night with an Amazon gift card " just because" โค๏ธ wow very sweet. Thinking of getting a bookcase. ๐๐ She let me know " Not that many people are poor in this country. It's only 11%. Half the homeless are 50 or over but not that many she read to me. Not a million. So sorry if I mislead you. And no wonder the government doesn't care it's not that many. I didn't say that even that to me was a lot. So I won't be talking about that subject here anymore. I guess if you have health or other problems,or don't get a high enough paying job or marry well, it's your own fault. At least that's what she thinks. Or it's just the breaks. So I'll be back tomorrow with some links about the Animals. At least I can do some good anyway. Peace โ๏ธ |
| Hey y'all ๐ once again another episode of as the stomach turns ๐! There aren't too many places to go out here ( that's one of the reasons we are again thinking of moving to Virginia - another story for another time!). Today we were planning to go to Pascagoula just over the bridge. Twice a month St Vinny's ( St Vincent de Paul, Catholic services) opens it's house for people to buy all kinds of things, from clothes to housewares, stuff for kids, picture frames for very cheap. We were looking for kitchen knives for 50 cents each ( instead of crappy new ones for 12 bucks etc.!) Anyway they have pet and holiday stuff. Last time we went found a bunch of neat stuff we picked in two shopping ๐๏ธ bags for less than 20 bucks! Hard to find deals like that! I even found a Beatles picture frame for 50 cents โบ๏ธ๐ถ. I set my alarm for 6 AM and by 7:20 we were out the door ๐ช. Until we got some gas and saw how big and bright the sun was and it was serious. We thought it was going to be overcast and instead the sun was larger than usual. It was more like in the middle of July instead of November. My sister knew as I did that driving into it and going over the bridge, would be too dangerous for her, because she wouldn't be able to see the lines on the road so in that moment we both knew we had to go home instead. We were pissed off and it was a big disappointment. Yeah it really sucked. So we went home and I looked at the map of Roanoke that I just ordered and tried to change the focus. We talked about having to figure out what we're going to do with Maxy and MoJo for the 10 days we will have to go check out the area, housing and stuff. It would be too much to take them with us. When they go out in the car to get their nails cut,they cry most of the way. They go every couple of months or so. It's 20 bucks for both. Jennifer at Posh pet's is awesome to them and it's super cheap, compared with other places ๐. I trim the tips in between and we don't always have the money to do.t I also found a way to use less kitty litter and keep the box cleaner! I will share my secrets with you in tomorrow's post ๐ฏ! I'm pretty darn tired been up since 6 and it's 7:30 PM. I cleaned the whole kitty box and made my bed and other stuff! I cleaned my toilet last night but didn't get the sink or floors. Tomorrow will wash the kitties room floor! They have the dining room as we don't have a table for it. We have TV tables that we pull out ( one holds a lamp!) We used to have everything but had to start from scratch 2 years ago. We had 2 beach chairs and got 2 air mattresses to move in. Found 2 nice chairs by the trash and a nice guy helped us get them home! Unfortunately they both had fleas and it was a bitch getting rid of em ! Life goes on! I made a go fund me, when we couldn't find a way to buy a couch and get it home. I raised enough to buy us 2 beds from Amazon โค๏ธ๐. We paid off a nice couch ( it took a year with all the interest they charged) It looks nice in here! We live well and clean for not having much money. Anyway tomorrow I'm featuring helping animals ( my definitely most passion) along with the litter box hacks ๐. It's been fun chatting with you and checking in on my peeps there on the WDC community wall feed. There's so much love here and thanks for being a part of my connection here. Sweet dreams y'all ๐๐ค love one another! See ya tomorrow ๐ธ๐คฉ๐๐๐ค๐น๐ชป |
| Well ๐ hello y'all once again! Last year I learned about Nablopomo from Wordsmitty! It's the National Blog Posting Month. The sister of National Nonfiction Writing month. I took on the challenge last year and surprised myself and a few others by finishing it! I was proud ๐ฆ of myself and saw I could do it. This year I'm back at it and hoping to bring some good and just be myself! Here in the USA the country is a mess and will be voting this coming Tuesday. The price of food is beyond belief as is rent and just about anything you can use. My sister is telling people " she got robbed today at Walmart. Spent almost $200.00 and didn't get meat ( they have lousy meat) or veggies or fruit ( the fruit is usually unripe and never ripens) The Oregon Tillamook cheese ๐ง went up to 13.00 bucks. It's great cheese and don't have chemicals in it. The Great value ( most of it isn't a good value) half and half went from $4.29 to $ 5.98 this week. We are very loud ๐ข in the store finding these things out and the people around us are also agreeing and saying it's true... Almost every time we are complaining, people come over to us and tell us what they think also and we are on the same page ๐. Not very happy campers. Well I have to feed the kitties ๐ป, Maxy and MoJo will be looking for me as soon as they wake up LoL ๐น๐! They know when it's about 4 PM on the dot! I have stories about kitty litter to share for my friends that have to use it! The weather is back to 80 again but no rain ๐ง๏ธ for the past 2 weeks ugh. The Amish have 56 ๐ bus loads of volunteers going to North Carolina to help people who live far from Asheville. And most are only getting help from regular people, not FEMA. So I will be back. Hope you're Halloween ๐๐ was fun ๐ and I will have more from my world views, here in Mississippi! |
| A chance to trust A chance to reach out when living seems more than you can bear ๐จ. A chance to believe someone won't judge you, but accept you because both of you have lived the same pain. Walked in the dark places. Felt hunger. Felt alone. Slept in a van. After working, giving your all. Struggling to provide for a family on making much less than you should have been paid. Getting lousy health care after you had been getting much better. Still getting up and giving your all. You give your heart and soul. You can give but not so easy to ask when you're at the breaking point and you've been there on and off for years. Your faith has been strong but no angel showed up for years. So you take a chance, because there's nothing left to lose. And tomorrow might be better. |
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