It's Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

Hello/ good morning, et cetera, dear Reader, and welcome; starting last night, I have the new symptom - tiny amounts of an incredibly thick, white mucus now making infrequent appearances as the result of the periodic, ongoing cough. I'd go back in to the ER, but won't because of the doctor's appointment coming up in mere hours from now; I hope it's a safe call (but if I'm 'dying', then I sure don't know what that feels like, because right now, I feel fine). 👏

I gave the turtle her first bath today while the coffee brewed, and she's now out, wrapped in one of her turtle-towels, and currently laying with her Daddy, getting warmed-up in the soft bed. I sure wish that she'd also keep eating those nightcrawlers, but ever since she tried the superworms, they're all she wants right now. 😂 Spoiled turtle - who knew that could even happen?! It IS super cute and entertaining. 

So, the first thing that stands out (to me, for obvious reasons) from today's Proverb are these verses:

Here's the entire day's Proverb in audio format as well:

I hope there's enough time left in this life for me to get this corrected within. 🙏 But I'll take the 'win' that God is reaching out to correct me, He hasn't left me. That IS a win! 

Additional reading is also course-correcting (for me today) especially the last several verses:

Ephesians 4 ESV

Well, I don't think I've had/have any fever; if so, it's been/is very, very low-grade - too low for me to feel/sense on my own. Oddly I did not have to keep taking Prednisone at the same pace (in half the prescribed amount of time) since yesterday's return ER visit, and I'm pounding fluids like some desiccated maniac. 

Dear Lord God, Thank You for waking me up again today for another portion of Life, that You do not in any way owe me and that I do not and would never deserve. Please give me the grace, desire, and ability to use the gift of this time wisely in Your eyes, God. Please eradicate the human trafficking industry world-wide, Lord, and bring all workers of darkness out into the light of the undeniable, unhidable Truth, God, in Jesus' Name. Please change the hearts of all who 'work' in any/all efforts of evil and change their hearts, drawing them all to You and use Your converts to accomplish Your good will, God. Please protect all godly leaders world-wide, God, and bring down all workers of iniquity, in Jesus' Name. We thank You, God, for President Trump, and ask that You continue to protect him and all who surround him, now and always, in Jesus' Name. Father, please expose any traitors and/or otherwise disloyal actors if there be any, God, and thank You. Father, please end all wars globally and replace all conflicts with Your peace, God, in Jesus' Name. Please eradicate the murder of abortion globally, God, in Jesus' Name, giving a deep love for the unborn to every expectant mother every day of every pregnancy, now and forever, God, in Jesus' Name. Father, please heal all broken hearts, please remove all deception and replace it with Your truth for everyone who is in need, God, and let Your love reign, now and always, in Jesus' Name. Please meet every human need today, God, and we thank You, asking that above all else, that in all things that Your will is what prevails, in Jesus' Name, amen. 

I'll leave you with the verses that currently express my state of mind, dear Reader, with thanks for you joining me here these few minutes of your time today:

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One patient's thoughts for doctors, on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

 Hello, dear Reader, and welcome (back, if applicable) to this obscure American blog.
I just got back from the emergency room for the second time this week and, yes, it's only Tuesday. 🙄 This series of hospital visits are due to asthma + C.O.P.D. this time; I'm afraid the first attending physician seems to have used a very medically-conservative approach (very, very minimal in the way of medications) and I had to return today. It's alright; none of us is perfect (so I don't vilify her for it) but the fact remains that I did have to go back for more emergency care today.

lol, I found out today that the hospital doesn't have any frequent-flyer options 😂

This time, the doctor (a different one, who's seen me several times) basically doubled the Prednisone and benzonatate already written and ordered a large Solu-Medrol injection as well; the young woman who gave the IM injection did so very skillfully and any/all 'pain' from the shot is now wholly gone. 😎 I'm afraid that my gruff demeanor when I first got there today shook her up; poor kid. 😟

Doctors/nurses/healthcare administrators/ insurers, this is for you:

I was able to have a brief conversation with the doctor today and just want to share some thoughts - from a patient's perspective - about the way patient management is approached these days.
Recalling other times in life when I've had medications such as Tussi Organidin, Lortab, or even just generic codeine, I am abundantly aware of how therapeutic those medications can be for those of us suffering from lung diseases. And, I'm well aware that the emergency room is legally disallowed from administering anything of the sort (opiates) due to the knee-jerk overreaction of banning them altogether, rather than seeking to find a healthy, therapeutic and balanced approach that would allow for the responsible dispensation of said medications with guidelines in place to prevent doctor and/or patient misuse/ abuse of these same things.

Even my doctor today heard my concerns and agreed with me in large part. Honestly, if (for example) cucumbers provided the breathing relief that I seek, I'd happily buy those from the local market and be happy as a little clam. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. And, we live ON the US/Mexico border; I'm well aware of the fact that all I have to do is cross, go buy the medicine, and come back; I prefer to submit to medical authority here and believe it the safest way to proceed, only making the rare exception to take this most recent Prednisone in half the allotted time (due to a literal *need* to breathe). 

My point is, is that we've got to stop these exaggerated, unnecessary swings from one extreme to the other (in this case, from "HEY, write Rx for Oxycontin like it's candy" to "never give anyone the medicine they need or you will be unable to practice medicine"). HONESTLY! Whatever happened to the sane, more centrist approach to these things? 

Anyway, I'm sick as hell so I'm going to go cuddle MY TURTLE and watch YouTube. Thanks for spending a few minutes here; have a good Tuesday. 

Choose Wisely on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

Hello (again?) dear Reader, and welcome to this unknown, free blog on a late Spring day slightly before Dawn. The biblegateway.com Scripture of the day today is Job 19:25, so here is Crystal Lewis' song as well as the chapter that the verse is taken from:

Job 19 ESV

And, the regular reading, today's Proverb:

Proverbs 29 ESV

Well, today I've taken literally all of the tiny little Rx of Prednisone given by the attending ER physician the other day and will be going back in to get an adequate supply later this morning. Yes, today's another day when I had to wake up and immediately take meds and do two consecutive duoneb breathing treatments. 🙄 I guess breathing is like your heart beat, something that you just don't think about or are even aware of that much until something goes wrong, and then, it can become all you're able to think about at times. Well, that's my experience, I won't pretend to be able to speak for anyone else. 

and SO DO I. 

In the last approximate 36 hours, I've had to take all 120mg of Prednisone given by the ER attending physician because I am a big fan of breathing and don't think that I'm yet to the point of having to be on machines; that'll be closer to the end, if I'm not mistaken. Anyway! Until then, here I am (much to the Democrats' collective chagrin, which is glorious). 

Again, I am (internally) reminded to admonish the Reader to please not smoke and, those who do, please consider at least trying to stop before it's too late and you end up with breathing that will eventually (at least seem to) get worse by the day, if not by the hour. It's up to you, but at least I can give you an honest idea of what you have to possibly look forward to if nothing changes and you keep smoking. So, there's no excuse now, just like there wasn't for me, either: I KNEW BETTER going in and STILL chose to smoke anyway. That, dear Reader, is what is known as "profound stupidity" coupled with a teenage arrogance, and by the time I felt like quitting I'd already become it's slave.

And, dear Reader, please allow me to encourage you to choose wisely. 💋

Monday, April 28th, 2025 morning thoughts.

Everything is hacked. This computer, the 'smart TV' that we bought from the middle-aisle at WalMart a few years ago. That profoundly almost-completely silent (read: useless!) Samsung 'smart' phone. 🙄 But I am persuaded that God (being Eternal) has had a special little plane of Hell created specifically for hackers since the beginning of Time; their day of Judgment IS coming and the only One Who could stop it probably won't. Hackers, sexual predators, animal abusers, mail thiefs... 😎

aka "DELUSION" - ALL of you. are only on the LEFT, the other does NOT exist outside of Reality.

Good morning, et cetera, dear Reader, and welcome to this small portion of American cyberspace at just a few minutes after four a.m. at the start of this entry here in the Mountain Standard time zone. Since finally going to the emergency room yesterday, today is the first day in recent memory that I did not have to immediately take two nebulizer breathing treatments first thing after waking up, which is a wonderful thing. The attending physician gave me some intravenous long-acting steroid yesterday; the shot itself was strange. The nurse sent a portion of it into the IV and waited, and repeated that two or three times before the syringe was emptied; not long afterward, I felt some bizarre tingling in various places all over my body (and was told not to worry, that it's completely normal). And, though it seemed to take a while to start working in earnest, by the time I woke up this morning, the improvement is readily apparent for which I am very grateful. 😇

Starting today, there are three days of oral Prednisone, four more days of Azithromycin (which, strangely, does work on pulmonary inflammation for whatever reason), some benzonatate with three beautiful refills, et cetera; those are the only three 'new' ones added to my list of 14/15? that I take every day.
 
And, even though I just spent some time re-reading all 14 pages of the patient discharge paperwork, the name of the intravenous, long-acting steroid just isn't listed (oh, well). 

I'm taking a breathing treatment now, but at least got to be awake and have a cup of coffee first today. 😏

In the discharge paperwork, the patient is encouraged to seek immediate emergency medical attention if confusion occurs, but I submit to you that, if I become super-irritable then, for me, that's a sign as well. There's never a good excuse for deliberately bad behavior including mine; I'm just saying that, now that I'm not just barely-alive and struggling for every breath, I'm also not seething with rage, either. It's totally incumbent upon me to be aware, make that decision, and go in (to be seen) right then.

 I do not know why I wait so long before giving in and getting help? Well, sometimes it's like "oh, if I just do this or that and/or wait and see, maybe I'll get better..." and, maybe that worked when I was younger, but even if it did, that tactic is failing more and more as time progresses and this body inches closer to failing once and for all (which is just a truly normal part of Life; it's what happens to one and all). It's like with that last heart attack (in January) and I waited so long to be seen that my troponin was over 6K by the time I got there. Anyway, like I said yesterday: I am one of so many who qualify to be a poster-child for grave imperfection, where do I sign up?

After the hospital last night, when we got home, Terry and I were talking and I told him that I realize that I will probably pass away the way (both of) my mothers did and that is, you go in to the hospital to be seen, but lo and behold, that is when the Lord has decided to call you Home, and you just don't leave the way you came in. I feel like maybe half of all natural deaths probably go that way; working at a hospital (or almost any medical facility for that matter) must be psychologically/emotionally difficult for everyone there, from the Janitor to the CEO but especially for those in service as medical professionals at all levels. Anyway, any time that Jesus wants to call me Home, it's fine; to live is Christ and to die is truly gain. But I don't want Terry to find me, I think it'd be better to be in the hospital instead. Poor man, he's so kind and patient, so sweet and gentle and loving: his strength is much, much greater than mine.

So here is today's Proverb:

Proverbs 28 ESV

And I hope that it blesses you, dear Reader. Thank you for your time; if you pray, please lift me up as it is abundantly clear that I am in desperate need, and thank you. 
Be blessed. 💜

Some thoughts on Forgiveness, Sunday, April 27th, 2025

Hello (again?) dear Reader, and welcome to my insignificant online journal of sorts, this free to read (YAY!) little bit of cyberspace where real streams-of-consciousness are written almost always in unedited real-time (at least at the original time of publication). 

Recently, a person who was once a long-time friend insulted my intelligence. Then, when called to account for doing so, she instantly doubled-down and justified her conceited arrogance instead of showing *any* modicum of integrity/honesty and literally zero humility.
When someone shows you who they are, BELIEVE THEM. 

No one who ever speaks to me like that will EVER retain the honor of my company, deserves zero percent of my love, attention, consideration, or another thought again for as long as I live, period.

Now, you might think I don't forgive her. But I do, I do. I'm commanded to. But nowhere in Scripture does it say that I have to ever again subject myself to her 100% self-important and satanic abuse. Again. Period, ever. So I won't.

Of course it's about as unlikely as finding snowballs in Hell, but maybe there IS a chance that she will take this chance to learn at least one crucial lesson in how to speak to other human beings. 

 

Who God is? on Sunday April 27th, 2025

 

Psalm 73 ESV

And that, dear Reader, is why I can never fully/completely turn away from God, no matter how bad it gets, regardless of how angry at evil and injustice I can get, none of that can take from real reality and that is that God IS the beginning and the end of all things. 
So, having said that:

Proverbs 27 ESV

The wonderful thing is, dear Reader, that no matter how very rotten I am as a human being, no matter how frustrated or angry that I get, it does not one thing to alter Who God is in ANY way, shape, form OR fashion. And, His Love? None of us could ever deserve it, don't you see?! I mean, I am a walking poster-child to advertise the fact here. But, one time in North Texas when He paid my very high rent out of apparently-thin air, He spoke to my heart and told me that when He looks at me, He doesn't see 'me' - He sees His Son. 

Therefore, as far as thieves like my own neighbors go, as far as sexual predators like the ones at Twin Buttes RV park go, as far as the evil of Democrat leadership in America goes, as far as any of that goes, none of it can change Who God is nor His love for His children. And that is something He gives us to hold onto up until our very last breath, when we finally let go and run into His loving embrace, finally Home.

💗

What's Happening on April 26th, 2025

 Hello (again, if applicable), dear Reader, and welcome. It's early evening here in the great American southwest; we rearranged furniture today and the new set up is extremely superior to the way it was before the changes.

I haven't been to the emergency room (yet) though I'm sure that I should go (and, once there, will refuse to leave until I'm given large doses of oral corticosteroids). Look, if you're young and choose to smoke, let me tell you something: IF you live long enough and continue to smoke, there WILL be the inevitable point that your breathing WILL get so extremely bad that you will eventually - frequently - cough and choke for every breath so intensely that you WILL find yourself concurrently vomiting at the same time that urine is forced from your body like a firehose, while you have literally ZERO control over either function. 

☝☝☝

For my part, I am 100 percent confident that - probably very, very soon - Terry WILL wake up and find my lifeless body in a disgusting pool of my own vomit and urine.
Poor guy.

But, I am white, and Christian, AND conservative, the trifecta of literally everything despised and vilified in the real United States and, for those three reasons I WILL NEVER receive the disability THAT I PAID INTO and BOTH DESERVE and DESPERATELY NEED. 

So, everyone involved in denying me should go straight to the eternal fires of Hell.

😎

'white privilege' MY ASS.

My health is getting exponentially worse by the day and I won't be alive for much longer, I'm afraid, so while I am I WILL say my piece.

At 53 years old, I am UNFORTUNATELY visibly WHITE (even though I'm actually also Cherokee and Choctaw). The next time I hear the words "white privilege" I will personally shove those words up the ASS of whoever is STUPID enough to say them, especially in MY hearing. 😡 "White Privilege" is some racist BULLSHIT slur invented by lying, RACIST MORONS, POINT-BLANK PERIOD and only a profoundly STUPID PERSON would EVER disagree with that statement of UNDENIABLE FACT. 
Anyway. 

I am now taking up to about 15 duoneb nebulizer breathing treatments every 24 hours (or less, without exaggeration); I buy rescue inhalers on the black market, from 3-5 other people and can use an entire commercial-size inhaler in less than 24 hours easily and have completely emptied (from brand new) up to TEN full-size rescue inhalers in a week (yes, in a SEVEN day time-span).

But I am WHITE, so no "doctor" in the UNIVERSE will even CONSIDER giving me the disability status congruent with physical reality that would maybe give me the ability to have slightly MORE than nothing. But no. I commit the grave, unforgivable sin of being WHITE in America. And I'm not LIBERAL, so NO DECENT HUMAN BEING on planet earth exists to HELP ME. 
NOT ONE.

So, by the way? If you're NOT WHITE, SHUT THE FUCK UP, you DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. 

I'm 53 years old and have been discriminated against MY ENTIRE LIFE 100% ONLY because I AM WHITE. THIS is reality even though it doesn't fit the LYING LEFT'S SATANIC NARRATIVE.

Therefore, soon when I DIE, I WILL spend every moment in the spirit begging Jesus for JUSTICE. To every so-called "doctor" who did NOTHING to even HELP ME GET disability. To EVERY SSA employee WHO DID NOTHING, and especially to every SSA JUDGE who has denied my desperate pleas up until now, I WILL BEG GOD FOR JUSTICE, PERIOD, and pray that ALL OF YOU ARE SENT STRAIGHT TO HELL. 

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Hello (again?) dear Reader; greetings and salutations. It's almost 4:30 in the morning and, God help me, I nearly typed "2024" instead. 🙄
It's another day above ground, so we should try to say 'thank You' to God by doing our best to maximize on the Time given us. 

Here is today's Proverb:

Proverbs 23 ESV

and, from the New Testament, Romans chapter 14:

Romans 14 ESV

Lately, no matter what I do, I have the literal worst static in my hair since childhood, when it used to plague me so much. It's so irritating now, though, that I am going to get a can of that static-guard stuff the very next chance that I get. 😡 I just brushed it, having just woken up, and got Frizz City instantly. In the grand scheme of things, I know that it doesn't really matter, but that doesn't prevent me from wanting to correct it.

Terry and I were talking about feelings/emotions yesterday and we agree. Both of us feel that, these days, there is way, WAY too much emphasis put on feelings, on not hurting feelings, on knowing one's feelings, about your feelings, my feelings, feelings, feelings, feelings! Yet this is not the way that it's supposed to be. AT ALL. NO. Truth is the foundation of reality, period. Truth - as in, substantial fact (think: the Law of Gravity for example) is both the starting point and the end of all things. Period, whether we like and/or agree with that Truth or not, point-blank period. No matter how much I feel like going to the edge of that cliff and flying, Truth dictates that, if I jump and try, I'm going straight to the ground, every time, period.

Why? Because Truth trumps feelings. Not just in that example, but literally every time. 
100%. 

To the extreme, I knew a young man who, at 15, took his own life. Why? Because he was consumed by feelings that went uninterrupted by Truth. It cost him his life and destroyed his mother's forever. It never had to happen, but here we are. So, please be aware that our feelings can and often literally will kill us if we allow those feelings to reign supreme and guide our decisions; it's like driving 100 mph blindfolded.

In line with this concept is the fact that 'acceptance' is not synonymous with 'agreement'. And, dear Reader, I'll let you click on each word so that you can go and compare the definitions for yourselves. See, living a life of feelings-based decisions is the lazy way to live. It requires zero to little effort and is self-perpetuating in a downward spiral. Like riding a rollercoaster on it's descent, our feelings take us for a ride that we think we want to be on, one that can even be exhilarating at times, but it often leads to our Death if left unchecked. 
I implore everyone of you to think more and look deeper into these things. Thank you for stopping by this morning; I pray you are guided by Truth, dear Reader, and that that Truth serves to save your very lives. 💜

Resurrection Sunday and My Stolen/returned Mail, April 20th, 2025

Good morning (et cetera) dear Reader, and welcome (back?) to this comparatively insignificant little sliver of American cyberspace on Resurrection Sunday 2025. 

Here is today's Proverb (from the Book of Wisdom):

Proverbs 20 NKJV

And (given today being Resurrection Sunday, here is 1 Corinthians 15):

I Corinthians 15 NKJV

Now, on to far less important things (but things that still matter nonetheless):

Just like I thought, I received the notifications that our mail had been delivered, but our mailbox was empty when we got there. So, I texted the known, undeniable thieves and, wouldn't you know it? The package was all of the sudden mysteriously where it should have been without ever having been touched in the first place and that is our mailbox. There will be no more warnings - ever, the next time they do it, I will call the police immediately, full-stop. 

Yes, everyone sins, but to deliberately commit acts of unmerited evil is a one-way ticket straight to Hell.
Further, it is exponentially worse to steal from the poor, even worse to lie about it (there's yet another deliberate sin!) et cetera. So, prison in this life and Hell in the next.
Instead, how about just not stealing from me ever again?!  

In the Old Testament, when people lied (to God, at least), the ground opened up and swallowed them alive.
So you see, we're supposed to read these things for a reason. Only the profoundly stupid would ever "think" (if I can use that word to describe the brainless) that they'd get away with it. There will be no more grace, no more notice, nothing but an instant call to the police next time, full-stop, forever, and I will pursue charges to the fullest allowable extent of law as needed.

I do not steal from others, ever, and will NOT tolerate it from anyone, under any circumstances, period, EVER. 

So, dear Reader, may you read and try to apply the Scriptures today and may they bless you inside and out. There is nothing wrong with standing up for yourself in righteousness; no one should ever lay down and let others steamroll them with EVIL. EVER.

Enjoy your Resurrection Sunday, and be blessed.

📬 ⚖️ 🔫 Saturday, April 19th, 2025 - about my MAIL = FAFO

Good morning (et cetera) dear Reader, and welcome to this obscure American blog on a sunny Saturday morning in April. We slept in today; I've been up maybe twenty minutes and the Sun was already fully risen by the time that I finally did get up today; Freedom Turtle had a little drink/bath and is now back laying down with her Daddy; yesterday, she ate two entire nightcrawler worms. 😊

To keep from having to have anyone thrown in federal prison (which I absolutely WILL DO if need be), Terry went and very clearly marked a mailbox with our house-number. Further, I've now signed up through the USPS to have both text messages and emails sent to me for every single step of the shipping process.

I ABSOLUTELY WILL receive 100% of all mail coming to me or there WILL BE HELL TO PAY.
POINT-BLANK, PERIOD.

IT IS A FEDERAL CRIME FOR A REASON.

It would be smarter, wiser, SAFER! for them to AVOID FEDERAL PRISON or worse. 💀🪦🔥

Anyway, it's only fair to disclose reality as a fair and decent warning to those who would otherwise be TOO STUPID to comprehend that they are literally placing their lives directly into MY hands. 
As well as INVENTING IMAGINARY gay, Hispanic neighbors who go into open trailers and STEAL impact guns.
Yeah.
We will believe that that filth exists WHEN WE SEE HIM WITH OUR OWN EYES.

Until then, WE KNOW IT WAS YOU. You STOLE IT, got together, pawned it and split the METH YOU BOUGHT with the money.

There WILL BE POLICE INVOLVEMENT 100% of the time going forward, IF YOU ARE LUCKY.

 

Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 - quick morning thoughts

Good morning, et cetera wherever you are, dear Reader, and welcome to yet another day above ground. It's not yet five o'clock in the morning; I'm on cup of coffee no.2 and already changed out of night clothes. 👍 
Since God is good, ALL the time, and all the time, God is good:

Here is the Proverb for today:

Proverbs 16 ESV

We don't know why, but the hot-water heater here at home works only intermittently, so we ordered a new small, tankless one yesterday (cha-ching); it can't get here fast enough, though I showered at a friend's house last night. A proper shower is one of life's great luxuries; no how much money I ever have, clean, hot water on demand will always epitomize luxury to me. I feel this same way about most modern conveniences/advancements like electricity, (much of) modern medicine, automobiles, technology in general, but if I had to let all the rest of it go, I'd definitely choose the clean, hot water on demand above all of those other things.
 
How about you, dear Reader?
What things in Life strike you as 'luxury'? 


Here's a worship song I've never heard or seen before; let's check it out! 

I just found this nice prayer, too, y'all:

Today I just want to say that, no matter how dark it gets before the Dawn, sunrise is on the way, so don't lose hope! Take heart, hold on, the light will break up over the horizon before you know it. 

💜

Today is April 15th, 2025 🌞

Good morning, et cetera; hello, dear Reader, and welcome (back?) to this obscure American blog, some time before Dawn in the middle of April where I sit in a comfy, oversized cotton nightie, drinking coffee somewhere in the American Southwest. 

Without any further ado, here is today's portion for us from the Book of Wisdom:

Proverbs 15 ESV

Yesterday, we took care of a couple of errands in Sierra Vista; the drive is beautifully majestic, stunning and post-card-worthy literally everywhere you look and it's that way for the entire drive; it's really like being on vacation.

Terry and Freedom Turtle

We went into a fast-food restaurant and the girl behind the cash-register admired Terry's red MAGA hat so he gave it to her right from his head (and I replaced it with mine when we got home). And while we were at our PetSmart, we got some new food for Freedom Turtle, they call it 'superworm'. I understand that those will become beetles if allowed to go through that process. She refused them yesterday, both inside and when we tried to feed them to her outdoors; hopefully she will, at some point, recognize them as a food source. At least we got the last two containers of night-crawlers for her (thank You, God). Those are her very, very favorite. 💖🐢 

We'd get her crickets, but: we don't know if she'll eat them; 2) we don't keep her trapped in an aquarium or other small enclosure anymore and, frankly, 3) we just do not want to house food that sings at night. If we ever have the means, we will create the richest, most extravagant habitat for the turtle anyone's ever seen - I'm talking waterfalls, pure spring water kept at the perfect temperature year around, a massive variety of live food options (animal proteins and plants), tons of rock features to climb on and hide in, the whole nine yards. Maybe she doesn't realize how poor we are; hopefully, the love that we lavish on her will compensate for the environment we provide. Part of our plans here at the new home include creating outdoor spaces for all of the creatures (dogs, cat, rabbit, and turtle).

The windows have brightened so it appears as though Sunrise has arrived. I'll leave you with this photo of two real leaders as they both embody strength, courage, integrity, common sense intelligence, and leadership (thank You, God):

Monday, April 14th, 2025

Hello, dear Reader; good morning (et cetera) and welcome. I hope that you enjoyed your Palm Sunday yesterday (whether or not you observe it as such). 

Here is a quick look at our current weather and forecast (F):

Overcast and a wee-bit cooler than it's been = very nice! I'm looking forward to it. I, for one, dear Reader, am glad and relieved that we're now going into the Summer months. I don't know about you, but - for my part - withstanding the extreme heat is exponentially easier than trying to survive extreme cold, which makes me think of this Robert Frost poem:

Some say the world will end in fire, 

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire, 

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if I had to perish twice

I think I know enough of hate

To say that, for destruction, ice

Is also great, and would suffice. 

And now for life-changing, life-giving words from the living, active Word of God:

Proverbs 14 ESV 

And, this one came to mind just now, so here it is (well, here's an occurence of it from the Old Testament at least):

And all that means for you, for me, for any of us, dear Reader, is that we almost never have to 'take matters into our own hands' as God is the Great Equalizer and He absolutely will see to it that the scales are in balance, full-stop, point-blank, period. Anyway, think of this: as effective as you or I might be at 'getting even' - can either of us even imagine how effective God Almighty is at doing the very same thing?! RIGHT?!
So, yeah! I, for one, am quite content to leave it all up to Him. 

So my new perfume came in the other day. I know. I KNOW: new perfume?! Yes, I did it. 😊

My beautiful friend, Janice, has been telling me for at least a solid year that I need this one in my life. The 100ml bottle, brand-new, wasn't even $25. So, earlier this month, I placed the order and received it a couple of days ago. As always, she's right!
It's gorgeous and I love it. The Paris Hilton Ruby Rush is in just the tackiest (so tacky that it's cute) bottle but the scent itself is just divine and truly unlike anything else in my overly-extensive collection. Though, I did purge about thirty full bottles from it last week, putting them in a box for the neighbor ladies to choose from if they wish to, no obligation of course (some people just cannot or will not wear perfume, and it's all good). 

Also, I've decided to not wear yellow or rose gold as rings any more. Both just turn me instantly black and, it seems, the higher the karat of the gold, the worse it gets, every time, without fail, in five minutes or less of putting the ring on = blackened skin (like in the example photograph above). Yuck. I've decided that I am no longer willing to walk around like that. Now, all colors of gold are fine on me in the form of earrings or maybe a necklace which I'm already not big on, but rings? Those are going to have to be metals other than yellow gold or rose gold, full stop. My wedding set is white gold and has never caused discoloration even once. Anyway, I'm not as huge on having to wear a ring on each hand as I used to be though there are plenty to choose from. 

The coffee is fantastic today; I just got another cup. While we're out later one, we need to pick more up along with a few other items. Ah, errands! ☺

Well, President Trump got himself checked out by the Physician to the POTUS and has a clean bill of health. The man is 78 and only takes 4 prescriptions: just four! That pales in comparison to my 15 (two of which are over the counter, though). At any rate, thank God that our leader is healthy and strong and doing well; the fate of our nation, the fate of the world, (at least in part) depends on it. 🇺🇸

Dear God, thank You for giving us each another day of Life, Lord. Please help all of us not to waste it, God. Please bless and save everyone we know today, God, in Jesus' Name. Please pour Your Spirit out onto all flesh today and change the hearts of men to love You and one-another, God. Please end all wars in the earth today, God, in Jesus' Name. Please set all the captives free, God, and eradicate the entire human-trafficking industry, in Jesus' Name! Please pour Your spirit out onto those currently working in the human trafficking industry, Lord, and cause them to come forth in truth and expose all works of darkness in the Light, God! Please raise up new converts to do Your will, God, in Jesus' Name. Please set every human being who is currently in any form of bondage free, God, in Jesus' Name. Amen. Lord, we also ask You to please make the murder of abortion unthinkable to every expecting mother, God, in Jesus' Name! Please give every mother an undying and fierce love for her child, God, leaving none out. Lord, we ask You to please protect President Trump and all who surround him, God, exposing any and all who are less than loyal, God, in Jesus' Name. Please surround him and and his circle with Your angels and Your divine protection, God, in Jesus' Name! God please eradicate all forms of communism on earth, God, exposing it for the satanic evil that it truly is, in Jesus' Name. God, I ask that You please bring Your salvation to every soul whose eyes see these words and thank You for that very thing, God. Please bless this nation, God, and lead us in Your will and we give You praise, in Jesus' Name. amen. 

❤️ Saturday, April 12th, 2025 ❤️

Good morning (et cetera) dear Reader and welcome (back?) to this obscure American blog in the quiet hours before Dawn somewhere in the great southwest near the US/Mexico border. I'm on a third cup of coffee, having turned the space-heater on not long ago; it's insane here in the desert: full blast A/C during the day and the heater at night/ early in the mornings. 😎

For my oldest son, may his day be blessed:

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Here is today's Proverb from the Book of Wisdom:

Proverbs 12 ESV

Last night, we watched one video featuring Mr. Tom Homan speaking in Phoenix, Arizona (several hours north of where we are) - but I cried to hear him prioritize the 300K "lost" innocent migrant children and am so grateful that he's got his heart set on finding and saving every one of them. May God make that a reality, in Jesus' Name, amen. Thoughts of those babies and what they might be going through plague me day and night. I'm even considering going on a hunger strike until every last one of them is accounted for (but am on the fence, wondering if it's better that I stay as strong and healthy as possible so I can be of more use to them?) Anyway, a hunger strike wouldn't work: I'm not famous, no one would care; it worked when Gandhi did it, though.

Ah, Gandhi! 😂
When I was four years old, my parents took me to the wax museum in Arlington, Texas. The tour-guide addressed us all as a group before leading us into the Hall of Horrors where movie monsters like Dracula and the Werewolf were kept. After agreeing that yes, I understood that they were all wax figures, I still screamed and ran out of the room anyway.

My parents found me in another room, holding the wax hand of Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi. 😏

 

Anyway, I was a terrible mother and pray that my children are peaceful, wise, and successful in spite of me. Thank you for spending some of your precious time here today, dear Reader, and may the light of God's love fill you and spill out onto everyone around you, now and always, in Jesus' Name. Amen. 💖

Morning Thoughts on Friday, April 11th, 2025

Good morning (et cetera) dear Reader, and welcome to this obscure American blog about an hour before Dawn here in the MST. I already feel better than I did yesterday and look forward to (finally) calling my friend, Janice, back as I said I would yesterday; today I will be better able to give her the attention she deserves, whereas yesterday I just wasn't up to it (physically).

And my oldest son, Keven's, birthday is tomorrow. 💖

And, even though I've already been window-shopping a little bit, it's time to stop the silliness, grab another cup of coffee, circle back, and focus on the Lord and seeing what His Word has to say to us today. So, without any further ado, here is today's portion from the Book of Wisdom: 

Proverbs 11 ESV

And, something told me to also read this one from the New Testament: 

Titus 1 ESV

Dear Lord, thank You for another day above ground, God; please help us each to make the most of this time You've given as one day it will be the last for each of us, here in this Life; may we always have an awareness that the clock is ticking for us, one and all. Today, God, we ask You to please release every human from bondage, God! Please eradicate the entire human-trafficking industry, Lord, from the inside out. Please pour Your spirit into the hearts of all who currently work in that industry and provide such love and conviction that they do Your will instead of perpetuate and hide evil, God. Please bring every human heart to repentance and acceptance of You today, God, in Jesus' Name. Please protect every unborn child from the murder of abortion, God, and give each expectant mother eternal love for every unborn child, God, in Jesus' Name. Please end all wars across the earth, God, and send Your peace instead, in Jesus' Name. Please stop all of the innocent from dying today, God. Please surround and protect President Trump and all other leaders, also protecting all who surround them and reveal any who are disloyal, God, in Jesus' Name. Lord, please send Your salvation to all of our family, friends, acquaintances, and enemies, God! Please also save those who we do not know as You know one and all, God. Please provide every human need today, God, and fill our hearts full of praise that You will shine through and heal the wounded, in Jesus' Name. amen. 

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Thursday April 10th, 2025 🌅

Hello, dear Reader; greetings and salutations on yet another day on this side of the grass, which is a miracle in and of itself (Life is, rather). So there's item #1 for today's "Gratitude List" - you're welcome. And, if you have coffee? There's #2. And so on. 

Here is my new (to me, it's new) favorite song:

Brandon Lake "Count 'em" (click the title to be redirected to the lyrics). It's another song that Terry found and played first and I'm positive that he's being lead by the (Holy) Spirit. 

Here is today's Proverb:

Proverbs 10 ESV

There are many back to back verses today that all relate to the tongue (and, for that reason, stand out to me today). See what I mean in the following little screenshot:

verse 19 = "words"
verse 20 = "tongue"
verse 21 = "lips"

So, it's expressed with three different words but all meaning the same basic concept of human speech/ what we choose to say.

Anyway, we enjoyed hanging out with friends last night and even played Jenga; the first time, we built it up 27 rows but the second time it crashed almost immediately. 😂 Great game, where everyone wins and everyone loses, both/all at the same time either way. Though I'm super-keen on learning until breathing my last, I don't feel as though I'm super competitive (maybe I am and am just blind to it, the Reader is encouraged to speak truth to this idea whatever that truth may be). 

Anyway, today I pray the Lord pour His love out into your hearts, healing everywhere that you've ever hurt, dear Reader. May He make you completely whole this day, lacking nothing, looking forward to the day when you finally get to see Him face to face; it's worth living for. Thank you for these minutes of your life, dear Reader, and be blessed this day and always, in Jesus' Name, amen. 💖

❤️ Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 😎

Hello; good morning, et cetera, dear Reader, and welcome to this obscure American blog (again, if that applies). Today it's supposed to reach nearly 90F at its peak:

And in a few days, it will be my oldest son's birthday; I pray the Lord bless him and fill him with hope, peace, and love, now and always, in Jesus' Name, amen. He and Trevor both, in fact. 💖 

Here is today's Proverb from the Book of Wisdom:

Proverbs 9 ESV

And, James chapter 5:

James 5 ESV

And here's Psalm 117:

And, that came to mind because I almost posted Psalm 119, but thought "aw, MAN, that's a long one" when Psalm 117 then popped into my head, and look at how short that one is 😂

Short, yes, but jam-packed and potent with relevance and truth. 
I see the Word as being super rich in spiritual nutrients, like fudge is densely rich in chocolate and sugar; sometimes, we don't have to take in more than a little bit in one sitting to become 'full'. And, I'm afraid that without taking the time to 'digest' what is consumed, the nutrients don't do nearly the good that they can if we work hard to assimilate their meaning (which, is my opinion of what it means 'to seek'). 

Today, I pray the Lord will send an influx of finances to Fort Worth Teen Challenge, to meet all of their needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Though there may be others just as deserving, none is more deserving than they are. Larry and Larice, and their ordained and anointed staff, are true servants of Christ and it shows in each and all of them like the noonday Sun and I (for one, of many) am forever grateful. 💙

Dear Lord God, thank You for yet another day of life that I was not promised and do not deserve. Today, Lord, we ask You to flood the home and hearts of Tim and Adrianna and their children, God. Bring Your peace, love, and salvation to their entire household for the glory of Your Name, God. Please pour Your provision out that they will want for nothing. God, please silence any/all wicked and/or unclean/lying spirits and minister Your peace and truth to them God, in Jesus' Name. Thank You. Also, Lord, please meet all of our needs according to Your riches in glory by Christ Jesus, everyone who lives here - you know them each by name, God. Thank You. Please teach us to know You and love You more and more until You occupy all of our waking thoughts, God, in Jesus' Name. Lord, we lift President Trump up to You and ask that You please protect him and all who surround him, Lord, today and always, in Jesus' Name. Also, Lord, please expose any who are disloyal to him and bring all deeds of darkness out into the light, God. Please give him favor and inspiration as needed, God, in Jesus' Name. Lord we also ask for You to please eradicate the entire human-trafficking industry world-wide, God; please turn all of it into ashes and deliver every single captive from bondage, God, in Jesus' Name, thank You. Please end all wars currently raging on planet earth and replace all hostility with Your Peace, God, in Jesus' Name. Please protect all of the unborn from the murder of abortion, God, and give each expectant mother an undying love for her developing baby, God, in Jesus' Name. Please make abortion unthinkable world-wide, please, God, in Jesus' Name. Please heal the sick, give company to the lonely, embolden the afraid, educate those of us who are fools. Please guide us each through this day, God, and bring salvation to every soul whose eyes see these words, and we give You praise. Above all let Your will be done, in Jesus' Name. Amen.💗

Thank you for spending time here today, dear Reader; I pray the Lord touch and heal you in and out like never before, in Jesus' Name. Amen.