Dental Pain Stinks on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023

 Good morning! Greetings and salutations dear Reader. We're enjoying a beautiful morning here in the American Southwest. The sunrise today looked like orange and pink flames, it was just gorgeous. I'm wearing a little Guerlain Rosa Pop with coffee this morning and he's up with me. The cat and rabbit are awake, all the other creatures still sleep. 
I have a couple of teeth that are going to need some serious attention soon; my entire jaw keeps just aching until I get them taken care of. I never take anything for pain either as I already take enough as far as pills go. Pain meds are too temporary anyway though if it gets any worse I'll be more welcoming to medication than I am right now. They'll probably get me an antibiotic first anyway, we'll see. Right now as long as I don't eat or drink a thing I'm fine, haha. So yeah I need to get that done soon. I hope that you don't have any pain today dear Reader. One of us being in pain at a time is enough. ✊

I think I'll take Love's Baby Soft glittering body spray with me, I haven't used it for a very long time and, sniffing it just now, it's so comforting, since childhood as it was my first proper perfume before I was even ten years old and I still have an affection for the scent. It's aching so I'm going to go now; I wish you a good day and night today dear Reader; may you be blessed in all that you do. Thanks for stopping by and take care. 

Tuesday November 7th, 2023

 Hello again dear Reader! Greetings and salutations on another gorgeous day above ground. Right now I'm dressed and just drinking coffee. My hair decided to look okay today so I'm leaving it down, parted to the other side (left, I usually part it the other way). Well it's not exciting information any way that you look at it. 🤣

He's still sleeps; the cat, rabbit, and one of the dogs are awake with me today; I think the turtle's still asleep. We replaced the coffee maker that was affected by a storm not long ago (maybe a month ago now); the new coffee maker's been used two or three times now and we both like it. Of course our Walmart didn't have any of the cheapest model available so we spent like thirty bucks, no big deal. It works, we're happy. 👍

I hope that I'm able to continue to lose weight, as long as my body wants to adjust to being healthier then I'm on board with whatever change may be required, like losing some weight. I've been losing for about three years now, up to a hundred pounds gone almost. It's a trip, the way my clothes fit me now. I find that I'm still wearing plus size in dresses mostly because of my height and physical dimensions more than due to room. Like if I purchase from SHEIN, I always get a 1X or a 2X and those are the best fit for my frame, even if they are a bit loose. The sleeves are long enough, the dress itself is long enough, etc, if I buy a larger size. Anyway, I find that the sizing in the East is much tinier than American sizes. 

That's all I feel like saying for now. Other than may God bless you this day, dear Reader. Be blessed, remember that God loves you. 

Remember Remember the Fifth of November, 2023

 

Remember, remember, the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. 
Happy Guy Fawkes day, everybody! I managed to get the DVD player hooked up to the new tv correctly and have just started playing V for Vendetta as it is the fifth of November after all. We just took evening meds. 
I hope that each of you pauses to say thanks for freedom today. ☝

Saturday November 4th, 2023

Greetings and salutations on this fine, sunny day above ground, dear Reader. God provided the time I need to take care of things for him here, like setting up a month's worth of his AM and PM medication as he has no clue what he takes because I've managed our meds from the beginning. I have to do that today. 

Here's what I read for morning devotions today, the links will take you there if you feel like reading them, too. 

2 Corinthians 3

Proverbs 4

We've been watching a lot of this young woman living in the Vietnam countryside who can do anything construction or agricultural in nature, she's amazing. 

We bought the turtle her favorite food and I filled her dish with it yesterday; she's made some progress with eating it and she's eaten like four huge grubs in the last day or so; I'm so glad to see her flourishing with us. (She came to us in great condition too though). 

Here it is November and our high today is going to be 84F. I'll take weather appropriate clothes to Kansas with me though. I've been there in Winter before. If y'all would pray for me that would be the best, thank you if you do. I pray all good things for you, whomever you are, whosever eyes read my words I just pray that God will bless you, directly and soon. 

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

 Hello again, dear Reader! Greetings and salutations! It's about one-thirty AM here in the Mountain Time Zone and I'm drinking reheated coffee. 

There we are, that's such a good song!

Minnie Pearl the Turtle is settling right in and now in our menagerie we are: two humans, three canines, one feline, one lagomorph, and now one reptile. I asked him if I can please have a hedgehog and I still want some tree frogs or a huge bullfrog and one chameleon. The kind with the mitten-looking hands and curly tail. 
The next time I have a job, I think I'll pick up a 9mm. The kind the police use. 9mm has knock-down power so even though I'm a good shot, a 9 might be more visually compelling to an intruder than the 22 as well. I need to clean that 22 to keep it in good working order, I need to buy the oil used. It's on the "do these things" list. 

We can't bathe our dogs every week because, here in the desert, their skin will get way too dry so it's every two weeks in this environment. 
We're watching Donald Trump on YouTube; it occurs to me that he is very entertaining and probably a lot smarter than some give him credit for. If he runs again, he's got my vote this time. I'll even say that I should have voted for him last time but I went Libertarian that time. Jo Jorgensen would have done a fantastic job as POTUS. Oh, well, maybe someday we'll get a Libertarian in there. I want to see how that would change things. I love the meme I saw about Libertarians and it's basically the philosophy in a nutshell that said "Libertarians are plotting to take over the world so we can leave everyone alone!" 🤣

Well, my hair's long enough to tie into a knot like a bun. We have the heater set on 75F and it'd be too warm in here for me if I were differently dressed. (Thank You, Lord). 
That's all for now, just some middle of the night rambling. 

Wednesday, November first, 2023

 Hello; greetings and salutations, dear Reader, on this fine day above ground. Right now it's the peak heat of the day and is only in the seventiesF. I had to change to shorts and a short sleeved shirt but I'm good now. I'll put the black hoodie and jeans on when it gets cold again. I got him into the cardiologist this coming Friday so I'm very happy about that, his annual post-heart-attack check-up is overdue and I needed to get that taken care of NOW. Like, they discontinued his Plavix because he took it for four years instead of the normal one, but, BUT, he has two partially blocked arteries that he was taking it for, so I want to know if he needs to get back on that and start taking it again. I'm not playing when it comes to our heart health; oddly enough he and I had the same heart attack (blockage in the Widow Maker artery). 

After I changed into shorts and a bright short sleeved shirt, I went in there and put on some Clean Skin by Clean so I am wearing fragrance today after all, even if it is a bit of a non-perfume perfume, that will make sense to at least some of you. I'm not feeling the whole "get gussied up to go nowhere" thing today so I'm sitting around in a comfy ponytail and not one iota of makeup. Our youngest (dog) Chloe wants me to stop typing and cradle her in my arms instead. She's currently settled for curling up in my lap since I'm sitting Indian style in this chair. 

I'm so bummed out by Matthew Perry's death, y'all. He was a great comic actor and seemed like just a really great guy in real life. We watched "Almost Heroes" with him and the late Chris Farley and it was a good flick, albeit bittersweet, knowing that both of them are now gone. Just generally speaking, our time in this life is so short and flies by so quickly! No wonder the Bible calls man a vapor. We're also compared to sheep (do you know how dumb they are? haha) In Isaiah we're compared to the grass that is here today, gone tomorrow. And in the Grand Scheme of things, that's precisely what each one of us is, like a blade of grass. I don't think that any of us (including me) really gets just how short that time really is. It was as though one day I woke up and discovered that fifty years have gone by. I'm fortunate to have been given the time I've been allowed to live so far and will continue to be grateful every day that I wake up on this side of the grave.