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Welcome Y'all 🤠. I'm into animal rescue and rights. Positive vibes and activism! 😻🙏 It's been interesting for the past 20 years. Good folks on here and a great 😃 writing community. It's time for rethinking my writing and growing as a person . Sharing how to help others and ourselves 😉 has always been my motivation! Hugs 🤗 to new and old peeps! " The journey of 10,000 miles Begins with one step 🪜. --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 🙏 |
| This past week I was " Blog-stuffing". Not sure if it's a word but for now it is! I usually go to my blog and just write ✍️😉. Not always sure exactly 🤔 what my topic is or where it will lead but just go with the flow! The past two weeks I've been saving my posts to Doc's or color notes app on my phone. Today I did the proofing for Blogging Bliss newsletter and it's another wonderful issue! As always Wordsmitty brings great insight on Blogging and tips that are useful! Showcasing Blogs on WDC 😉 so come and check it out tomorrow! Sorry,p Last week I didn't feel great, having argued about how much meds I have to take and the whole foods situation. What is safe to make? After having normal dinner for couple weeks, 2 things didn't totally agree with me. Not terrible but I noticed in the middle of the night on the way to the lady's room! A slight irritation in my stomach. Next morning I had to mention it and she got worried that I'm not healing yet and don't want to set me back. So back to smoothies and pancakes for breakfast with blueberries and bacon 🥓. Tomorrow I'm going to try to convince her to let me make breaded pork chops. It didn't bother me last time! Ugh that's why I didn't write much this has taken over my life and I want my life back! On the other side I had a lot of soul-searching and some crisis of faith. I didn't know much about Pope Francis in the past 12 years or all the good he did. That he turned down pomp and splendor for a simple guest house and sharing lunch with everyday people like janitors and store owners and making friends forever... I was helping to raise our grandkids and learn about special needs to help our family be ok. I was also learning about my Jewish roots and things I didn't learn as a kid. I wanted to be a Nun about 7 or 8, after watching the b/w version of Our Lady of Fatima.( On the late-show on TV) My aunt wasn't happy when I told her. She said " Little Jewish girls can't become Nuns!" That was the end of the conversation even when I asked why. Later in life I learned about Edith Stein a Jew who became an atheist but became a good Nun for the rest of her life! I heard about Pope Francis in passing but until he went into the hospital this spring, I didn't pay attention. I read about him and wanted to pray for him. The Vatican had a story about his health and, I subscribed to the newsletter. Easter I watched the news and saw him with the crowds at St Peter's. I knew his Doctor's didn't want him near crowds... But that's who he was. He gave his all to help others and he brought so much joy to others and not all were Catholic. I watched the Funeral Mass and saved links about who he was. A simple man who loved people and didn't judge. He saw people, not how much money or color or all the things that some people see and keep them apart from others. Rest his soul 🙏❤️. |
| New vision blog format April 2025 Hi y'all 👋 🤠! Today via my “ Update your blog” email it's been 8 days since I posted in New vision! To me it feels like a month has passed! A lot going on here, working on a format for it and a contest entry to name a couple of things! Hope y'all are doing good this weekend and glad to be getting back in touch with my peeps 😀! WDC Corner: A new feature about Contests and News here! Things of interest to share with folks who may not be aware of them! This time I'm bringing you news about
It ends April 30th so I'm working on my entry now! Thanks Princess Megan Rose   For this awesome contest and for adding me to your Prince fan club here!💜 💖 🎼🎶 Oh and the Rockin Prince Merit Badge. I appreciate and treasure it. As for me and mine things are getting better 🙏 🌹! I'm still taking the meds and being mindful of what I eat! And limiting my cans of Starbucks Mocha! I wrote some blog post's in the middle of going to Dr appointment's and other things going on and saved them to my Color notes app! I'll be sharing some soon 😁! And hopefully be rejoining other people and places here soon too! Started a plan for revamping my Port here and projects for the rest of the year! Thanks for your friendship and prayers 🤗 y'all. Enjoy your weekend! |
| HI y'all 👋! It's been a couple of weeks since my last post. It was a pretty rough time and I appreciate the 😘 care emojis and those that showed support 🙏🕯️😸 in prayer or just giving me some much-needed space 🌌 to weather the storms that passed through. We aren't handed an instruction book when we land on this planet! There are guide books like the Bible, Torah, Koran Buddhist and Pagan teachings. Sometimes you still go through the dark night of the soul. Astrology and the planets play their part as well but it comes down to ourselves to figure out our own life and the issues we face! Like thinking just now I lost everything just written because I touched a link by accident! Nope, here it is! So been thinking about making a format for this blog. I took some notes on it and also wanted to make sure the fonts are big enough for everyone to read and trying to figure that out! I've been writing on my phone and don't see it yet! I'll be writing about our life ( the Cheryl and Diane show plus Maxy and Mojo!) By the way Maxy is 13.4 lbs and Mojo is 9! Our awesome 😎 groomer Jennifer who trims their nails and they love, because of her TLC! They are 3 years old now and happy to vote for Posh Pets as the best Groomers on the Mississippi Coast! We are now FB friends forever! Cheryl had her first eye injection today and was brave as usual! We will be keeping an eye on her progress. I have to check on her soon so I'll finish this up! Here on WDC, there will be an awesome contest about the Beatles and I will be sharing the details and links soon. It will be in June so stand by 🎸🎶🥁 and Beatles Merit badges are up for grabs Yeah yeah yeah oh come on! I will be working on my b-item issues! Hope your having a wonderful day and going to share to Facebook as well! It's been a long road but my health is starting to get better. I've followed the doctor's orders and still struggling but taking the " zillion" meds etc to be well and able! Also will still be giving my 2 cents or more on goings on in the world and our country. Did you know our farmers are paying 3 trillion dollars a year to get fertilizer from places like Russia and Canada? And a few more you might be surprised at. Can you imagine spending $1,700 an acre? We did some digging wanting to understand what's really going on with our farmers. One question led to another... Anyway thanks for dropping in and I'll be back sooner than later lol! Will be back in touch here with you folks and a few other places as I can! 😸☺️🌻✍️ Drop me a line about the font's and what's on your mind!🙏🪻🌼🐾🌺 |
| ( weekly goals mar 28 update) Another nutty week. My sister's eye appointment today is rescheduled, because found out the day before she had to contact insurance. To give consent and med will be sent next week. I have to arrange the rides and just like now,run downstairs to help her find " jelly roll liar" on you tube. I may have to take my ulcers meds until Xmas. It's from the moment I wake up to before bed, when's the next dose of what. I'm losing my creativity and maybe my mind! It's not a joke though. I edited my poem and replied to the review. This is not what I planned for, to get little done when who knows how much time I have left in this life? If I give up I will let you know. I may copy this in my blog since haven't written in 12 days. Started to and then had to get up to go out and pick up meds. Hi y'all 👋 I started and saved my blog from this morning. Sorry didn't mean to be cheap but steady writing is very hard these days. Below is what I wrote. Hi, y'all 🤠👋! The past 12 days have been full of setbacks and reorganizing life. On the human side, I've pretty much stayed off the grid and focused on getting better and some complications with my pharmacy. I went back to Walgreens after being told I had to pay over 50 bucks for meds that I knew was covered. I overheard people having the same problem... I reported it to my insurance company and they are looking into it. It's very wrong to overcharge people, to keep up a high maintenance store. I'm hoping this will help others to show fraud that seems to be happening there. On a happier note 🎶 we got out last week and found some nice capris,shorts and things at the Goodwill store. $5.99 for most and name brands! Then I ended up going out and sis freaked out about how long I could have to be on the meds. She insisted I call and ask if this is true. The nurse said it was severe and because I said I'm having trouble eating and afraid to eat much etc , they will get me in before my recheck in May. Am I just fooling myself thinking I can write ✍️? What good is talent if not many cares? I'm not sure I even care days like these. People tell me God G-d Jesus Hashem etc care. I used to believe that. Now at 70 after a life of tragedy and suffering but always doing the right things. Is there an end to my constant stress and struggling? Wanting to do good stuff and does it matter really? Someone said in a mean spirit " I pay more rent to my daughter than you get in a month" After I trusted them to be a friend here. I know some are like that but they have their own karma. This world is full of hurtful people and some who are good souls. Is it wrong to want to be included? I don't have the time like I did and don't know if and when I will. This is a busy site and I don't have time to fix all my stuff let alone post on a brag page. I pray 🙏 things change. Tired of being blue 🔵 Hope seems far right now. I keep getting up in the morning and keep going anyway 🌄. ☯️☮️🏳️🕊️🕉️   |
| Dear y'all, yesterday there was horrible storms, and tornadoes across the Midwest and South. There was an earthquake up north here in Mississippi. We were spared and wish we were able to help the others who weren't. Please 🙏 pray for them. And the people where it is headed South Carolina Etc I haven't been Blogging for 11 days. She went home and hopefully will take care of her heart. We have done all we can to help for many years and can only do so much. All the projects and getting back to the awesome reviewers and others have been on hold. To be honest I've been feeling drained past 2 weeks. Been watching YouTube videos on the Kennedy assassination and learned a lot about what really happened and the people involved. In time I want to write a piece on what I found out. The interviews and so forth have been out there for a very long time. The ones that make the facts clear. Also watched a couple of Gene Hackman movies and did a bunch of Googling on his childhood and life. A lot of interesting things and facts. A tragic ending. Keeping up on the housework has taken a lot of me and I'm behind in cleaning and spring cleaning. I have to vacuum and hope to be back later. Thanks for being there! |
| Hi, y'all 👋. I was hoping to come here and talk about the Merit badge and Awardicon album I ordered this month. Please hold that thought. I was going to talk about the Dear Me contest ( I didn't win) but 2 of the judges gave me inspirational and helpful Reviews on my entry. My goal for this week is add the B-items to it to help members find the links to How to plan for your white case. In the middle of this I have a family crisis back in Oregon. My niece Erika is very seriously sick. She has fluid on her heart,a long with other heart problems.She was in the hospital for 3 days. It's sis's daughter but I've been more like a mom-aunt. So I ask for prayers for her healing. Her daughter is only 21 but doing a lot to help her mom. She is also making sure her younger brother is ok. ( He's 13 and on the autism spectrum. Intelligent and sensitive.) I'm going to go back to praying my Rosary 🙏. And ask in other places here so we can create a strong prayer chain! I'm hoping to get back to my writing after. I have to clean my bathroom. We did laundry yesterday and I'm still on what feels like a Million meds for my issues. I'm sorry if I haven't emailed or got back to folks. I'm overwhelmed at the moment with life. Trying to be calm. I lit a candle 🕯️ for prayers. Thanks for your support and prayers. Thanks for your friendship always. |
| Hi, y'all 👋🤠. It's been 12 days since I wrote here. Mars was retrograde basically things seeming like it's been going backwards. Now it's direct and forwarding motion! At the moment waiting for my check to hit the bank. Very little food past 2 days. For some the end of the month is tough. With the rising prices it seems like the middle of the month has become the end! I used to have a blog called " The Cosmic Political Wheel". It was just as it said, a compilation of Astrology, insight and the political reality. There is now so much " In your face" options and for some like me looking into the facts of what's really going on. So this blog is going to be about some of the recent research my sis and I have learned in the past month. It started with a rather heated comment above the news story about " The CDC website having to take down certain Trans and HIV pages." My friend who posted it on Facebook doesn't usually use such pissed-off words! She's Catholic and has been into Woman's right and human/animals rights like I am. So we started Googling the CDC... ( By the way part of our conversation was that, "whenever I'm looking up something medical and have looked at their website it's mostly Data . I've been on PDFs on it and I understood most of it, but it was Too much information that wasn't specifically what I needed".) Sis started telling me about how The USIAD is studying food carts in Singapore. What is that supposed to do to slow down pandemics or disease control in the USA? This and other things are costing millions of dollars. That's just the tip of the iceberg of what we learned. Just one simple example. I found many more and took notes and have been processing everything. It's not going to be one post! I can tell you that! I guess this subject is going to be a teaser at the moment. We watched a couple of YouTube videos from Forbes ( which I trust a lot more than other biased outlets. I read the conflicting sides and try to glean the truth from all sides...) The video was of Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana. He's a very well spoken man and down to earth. I never heard of him before but he really got my attention and hers. While people are tripping on if 150 years old people are getting Social security checks (!) he takes about real situations where people are getting those checks that shouldn't be. Like a woman who had been collecting her mother's checks for 48 years. The mom was a Veteran and had passed away but her daughter kept them anyway. This is off the top of my head and my notes are somewhere else. Needless to say my brain is full of what I learned and knew I had to say something about it. Some people's attitudes are " Don't confuse me with the facts" They take a stand and won't open their mind with anything they don't agree with. Or even want to dig deeper. They "know what they know and that's it!" I may not agree but I'm willing to listen and at least consider anothers viewpoint . Most get so heated and emotional they can't hear anything but what they think. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything except what I learned and my takeaway from all of this. It's on you to decide what you think! Years ago we were going to get degrees in Mass Communication. During the classes we learned from Jim Dunn the head of the Media Department about " Staged Media Events" This was in the early 1990s . How the Camara could make it appear like very few people showed up for a protest for example. Or how it could show a lot showed up. As we learned more about the manipulation of news stories. We both decided to drop out rather than be a part of it. I went into performing arts then Nursing. So I'm going to end here for now! I'm in the middle of the ulcers race, trying to get better and dealing with on top of my regular meds having to take liquid that tastes like cheap Pepto bismal 4 times a day and live my life! I don't know if my lifelong faith is real or not most days. Hanging on to hope that things will get better. Fixing the car took a lot of money but thankfully we have it working. Uber costed a bunch for me to get to the store. Life goes on ! Be blessed and hang in there 😀🙏! Stay tuned! |
| Hi y'all 👋 so how's by you? Good, I hope 😃! It's been ok but sort of shaky for me. 🥼 Experimenting with food, like tried pink lady apple 🍎 Kubucha, a health food drink that's supposed to be good for you. Lot's of probiotics etc. Took a drink and ugh it tasted like sparkling vinegar 🤮. Activia and Choboni are good, I like the strawberry and strawberry banana drinks. They are like Kefir or yogurt . Sis made Spinach, cheese quiche and a few onions in. It was so good ( I haven't had onion, tomato, cukes since Early Jan) I had a second helping and it didn't sit well with me the next day! Trial and error trying to get rid of these ulcers... Anyway we are under a tornado watch from New Orleans to North Florida 🙏. It's supposed to hit here with high winds and a cold front around 10 pm. Chance of thunderstorms that can cause tornadoes. Fun times! Sis has been hitting the car part near the solenoid to start the car sometimes. We went to Aldi's this week and used up our 130 snap 🫰,yeah goes in a snap ! The car wouldn't start so we whipped out the hammer 🔨 and soon were on our way home. We spoke to the nice guy that is a car mechanic and he's going to do the work for us. The auto zone wanted over $250 and were snotty too. He can get the part from the junk yard for $80 and in next couple weeks it will be done and next payday can pay for his labor. He was giving people jumpstarts, after the big snowstorm last month. People still having car issues from that. So far car is still running ( she keeps it running, while I run in the store or pharmacy!) She keeps telling me I'll be better soon and we'll be able to go to the beach again! Can't wait. He also has eye trouble and did the eye injections and said they helped him. He still drives too. Sis is cracking jokes about her going to be in a horror movie with her eyes taped open! She does like some weird movies 🍿! Me not as much as used to. I was pretty down yesterday and disappointed that the Rabbi I wrote ignored me. I wasn't surprised because so many clergy are more concerned with what's in your bank then in your heart. I've seen all kinds over the years, didn't matter the denomination, it's the same story. I was always looking for the spiritual realities and not hung up too much on money. It comes and goes. We've had a lot and not so much. But with some people it changes them. It's what inside that you get to take with you on the end of your life. So time to clean 🫧 the kitchen and on to Farmville 3 and Jenny Solitaire! 6:30 AM comes early! Be blessed and be kind to each other 😉. If I'm not here, I'm having a rough day but this too shall pass! I'm so behind in writing and stuff, hope I live long enough to play catch up 😜! Probably will live to over a hundred with my luck! 😆 |
| Hi, y'all 🤠. The fun just don't stop 🛑 around here! Yesterday seemed like a normal day. Loaded up the laundry in the car. ( 3 weeks worth between the endoscopy scene, the big snowstorm 🌨️ and the town shut down for 3 days! Sis got sick or something last week.) The car wouldn't start... I went to the office and payed the rent and asked if the maintenance guys were around . I explained what was going on both with the car and a leak from the faucet and the tub having a hill and not letting the tub drain. Resurfacing. The guys are cool and know us . They always find our place clean when they have to change a filter or so on. They gave us a jump but it didn't help. We had to take Uber to Walmart and bring the battery and buy a new one. Took Uber home and they helped us get the terminals connected. ( They are heavier new One called over a tenent who is also a mechanic! At first it seemed like we needed a part but he got a hammer and hit the solenoid and it started!!! I was praying really hard 🙏 every chance I had. Today we went to the eye specialist ( woke up 5 AM). A lot of new information and hope. Still processing it. This is the most I've written except weekly goals. Peace out Very tired... It's 6:22 Made dinner and watching survivor 47. |
| Hi y'all, hope you're hanging on like me. It's been a rollercoaster in the world and in my own life. Tragedy with the souls killed in the DC plane crash. Responders finding the lost bodies, so family members can identify them. I've been physically drained and my days are filled up with keeping the clock fed! Meaning that I take certain meds on time. I'm sitting cross legged now on the ground, outside of the clinic having a much needed ciggy. I just saw my cool 😎 provider. My lab's are good 👍 and will stay on the current thyroid MGC. I was able to talk to her nurse about some of the things I went through as a teen and after. My life could make a good horror tale! I'm not even kidding. Maybe that's why I can find humor in the worst situations. At least most. It's cool and cloudy and hopefully won't rain before the new ride person gets here. It's quiet and hard to find that sometimes at home. I re visited " The quiet room" and I've been analyzing it. I woke up this week and decided to make it private. My sister couldn't believe I decided to not write it as personal information. She said " for 40 years all you wanted to do was write about your life. What changed?" I'm not even sure right now. Part of it was that there were so many views on it, I was surprised. Yet not one mention on any level like a review or something. That could be good because people were reading it but maybe bad because they didn't say if it was helpful. I'll have to read it again later or something. I was so sure about it being a good enough project to write for the Dear Me contest! It was exciting last week because it seemed that my writing had a planned purpose for the year. And wanting to have something positive to look forward to, besides all the work it's taking to " get better". I have like 5 or 6 bottles left of this horrid liquid, I must take an hour before I eat. Half hour before a pill to take! Arrrgggh. Sis tries to cheer me up " at least you aren't in chemo or something like that". True I'm counting my blessings it could be worse. I was afraid that it was serious. Anyway sorry for the rant! I'm not sure what God G-d wants me to do with my life and experiences. So many things can trigger me back to the past. I've learned from whom I called " my Cool Shrink" That I should " stay out of bad neighborhoods. Meaning the thoughts of dark negativity. In the past it could be that I didn't matter etc. Also she taught me to Revisit the past BUT Don't Remain/dwell in the past. I think it's a fine line to write about the past with an agenda to help others, yet it's not a story in this case. I used to think that " everything happens for a reason" That my life ( and everyone's) had a purpose. That God G-d in the end would show who really deserved to enter the Gates of peace. That the others wouldn't be happy there or deserving enough to be there. In my case there was a lot of injustices, because of others choices. The thing that got me through was my faith. That God G-d didn't want people to suffer, but couldn't prevent it. But was there to help us through it. On another note 🎵 After 3 years,we paid off the car! It's 12 years old and runs like a champ 🏆! Now the insurance won't be full coverage and can get sis a TV she can see. We watched all the Survivors! And most days I have to " dig Deep"! Just to make it through the day. This week we see the eye specialist and praying 🙏🙏🙏he has good news for her. That the retina specialist will help her see better. It's a big freaking deal in our world. Otherwise I don't want to think about it. It's like that old show "Beat the clock ⏰" We have to get to Pensacola while she can still drive. Please add your prayers to mine. And for a friend here who has been very sick. I noticed she hasn't been on yet. It's raining! I'm standing under a overhang. I noticed that this has become a journal! Bits and pieces 🧩 of life 😁! One day sis said " My life has become, four walls and a virtual life" Can't go anywhere but to the store and laundry 🧺. I'm either on my tablet or phone ". I said" I know what you mean, I see pictures come up on my memories feed, all the places we went and 10 years of raising the grandkids and going to the beach,or holiday market. And we are alone out here not too many places to go or parks. She said " Yeah and you've been so sick, can't get to the beach early enough, before it gets too hot at 11. I just want you to get better and be ok so we can do things again 😊!". I'm in the van now so I'll end this for now. Have a blessed weekend 🌹😁!+ |
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