Our Constant Preference Evolution

Another Vignette completed in The RV Garage Mahal on a piece of Display Furniture I  brought Home from the Old Showroom {Next few Images Revealing the Results}.  I also found a Tie Dye T-Shirt for Rob in my stash of Hippie Tees, he'll be delighted with it... I'm giving it as a Gift, he's done a lot of Work for us and really knocked himself out with getting everything looking so good around the property.   Due to it being Irrigated Thursday Night, it Cooled off enuf I could work some more in The RV Garage Mahal and I got so much done I amazed myself!   I'm still going to spend the first couple Hours of the early Morning doing work in there before the heat sets in for the day too.   With consistency I think the progress will be significant.

Also, as I'm finding Placement for Displaying my favorite things, it's showing me what has no appropriate Placement and helps me detach from those Objects and Sell or Donate them.   When I find garbage and disposable packing materials, I just toss that or burn them in the Firepit.  If something is broken I also toss it now, I'm just not interested in repair Projects or doing extensive Restorative work on anything.   The Young Prince had emptied out almost all of my Vintage Suitcases and stacked them for me to decide what to do with them or put in them.

So far I've decided not to put anything in them and put an Art Tag on it with the Description of Contents yet.   If I change my Mind, I think only Seasonal items without permanent Display will be Stored in them now.  I've really divested myself of enuf that I don't have need to Store a lot away unseen, unused and not enjoyed.   Seasonal Decorations would be the only exception that makes sense for Holidays.  And... I'm trying to Display those permanently now anyway, especially Vintage Halloween and Vintage Easter.   

Then when the Holidays comes, I won't be having all the Work of putting it up and taking it down afterwards.  I still get to enjoy it and can minimize what I do in the Main House Common Areas Seasonally.  My Family just isn't Into Decorating or helping me to do any of it, so, since it matters not to them, I'm the only one I really have to please.  It pleases me to put up permanent Vignettes of a Lifetime worth of Collecting Primo Holiday Antiques and Vintage Collectibles.  I don't want to just enjoy them briefly for whatever few Holiday Seasons I have left.

I have extra Christmas Trees, and once I get things more Organized and Displayed in there, I'll put those Trees up in the different designated Areas and Decorate them with a Theme and just leave them up.   I already have one Pencil Tinsel Champagne Colored Christmas Tree in an Antique Italian Olive Bucket that I have Decorated with Vintage Show Ribbons upcycled with Antique Bling/Brooches in the Centers and are the Decorations.   I keep that one up all the time and have for Years in the last Three Homes we've Owned.  Now it's in The RV Garage Mahal.   I can go Balls to the Wall with Decorating a Fantasy Space.  The Warehouse Sized Garage Mahal is like my Personal Disneyland of Funky Places, where I can Create with unlimited uninhibited Imaginings and constant Transformations.

I get Artistically Inspired when saturated with Inspiration that is Visual. I'd like to put up one Tree with my Hallmark Ornament Collection, which is my Oldest Holiday Ornament Collection I began as a Teenager.   We've often rotated them as a Themed Christmas Tree, every so many Years.  But, it's a LOT of Work to take them out of Boxes and then match them back up to their Boxes when you take a Tree down after the Holidays.   And, if I only rotate them onto a Tree every 5 Years or so, how many more times will I ever get to enjoy them really if I don't put them up on a permanent Tree Displayed Year Round in my Fantasyscape Building?  *Smiles*  And I'm absolutely Mad as a Hatter once I get a Vignette the way I want it and complete.  I'll stand there Gazing upon it, while Sweating Cobs, coz it's gotten too Hot to stay in there by Late Morning and is rather Sauna Like.  *LOL* 

That's what The RV Garage Mahal is really, my Playground, where I can Decorate in ways you wouldn't Decorate a Home, or mebbe even a Business if you really don't want to Sell the items, yet, enjoy your extensive Collections all the time.  It can be as Over-the-Top, deeply down your Rabbit Hole and bizarre as you want it to be, since you don't have to live around it 24-7 or accommodate the Family.  *Smiles*  And if you have everything on Display, it's easier to know what you have and what you might want to Upgrade, Sell, Gift, or no longer have as your preferred current aesthetic.   My Tastes haven't changed a lot, but, they have evolved over Time.   What I like the Look of now is somewhat different than what I liked the Look of in other Homes and other Eras.  I've enjoyed my Style Journey tremendously and the Evolution of it.  

Sometimes I even look back and Laugh out loud at what I used to really think was Wonderful and Stylish... and now... well... NOT.  *Bwahahaha*   I have my Phases, as we all do, of experimentation or preferences that passed or really weren't an abiding Taste, just a Phase or a Fad.   I had my Mid-Century Phase when it was Modern, still Like it a lot, just don't Live it anymore.  I had my Psychedelic Phase during the height of my Hippie Years.  I also had a fling with a Rain Forest Era where my domicile looked like a Jungle with all the Live Plants.   I had my Sunflowers Motif Phase, where I had Too Much that had Sunflowers on them... well, it was the early Eighties.  A Culturally Deprived Era if ever there was one.  *LOL* 

 I had my Chili Peppers Motif Phase, I think that was the early Nineties.   My Indigenous Phase which overlapped some of the others.   My Shabby Chic Phase, which was late 1990's and early 2000's.  I went thru Victorian, Art Deco and Art Nouveau Periods when I owned the Historic Home for 15 Years, which just Showcased it so well and I do Love those Periods.   And, I did Toy for a brief while with Primitives, which I J'Adore the Look of and always have, but, can't Live with it.   It just makes me feel like I'm in a Time Warp and should be wearing Prairie Attire from the 1800's and doing way too much Homemade everything Domestic shit, which, just isn't my Jam nor my Talent or Strength at all.   I never have been a Domestic Goddess... I had the Strength of Earning Potential instead.  So, The Man doesn't mind me not being Suzy Homemaker, the Bread I brought Home was The Benjamins.  *LOL*

I once had a Vendor Friend at our Antique Mall who had a large Booth of everything Primitives and it smelled Divine too, since, she made her own Candles and Sachets.   There was also, in Historic Downtown Glendale, a Fabulous Primitives Antique Store for over 25 Years called "Apple Tree Antiques" and it too smelled like her Booth did for the same reasons.   Think Spiced Apples, Cinnamon Buns, Spicy Ground Cloves, Maple Butter Biscuits, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Waffles and Scents like that.   Sadly, when the Chinese National bought up damned near all the Buildings in Historic Downtown Glendale, he either wouldn't renew Leases or jacked up Rents to where nobody could afford it and now it's like a Ghost Town and intentionally blighted again.

Often big pocket Investors do that so as to depress the area enuf they can Buy it all up Cheaply, displace everyone, dominate enuf to sway Zoning, and then do whatever they want, since they Own it all and have Paid Off all the right City Officials so they Own them now too.   Anytime a Public Servant accepts Bribes and Gifts too ostentatious, that's not called Friendship, it's called Ownership.  All the way up to the Supreme Court certain Individuals have been Bought and Paid For, they are Owned by whoever Paid them Off and now pulls their Strings like Puppets.   There are no Free Rides in Life... everything comes at a Cost, be sure you're willing and able to Pay it when Payment comes Due.  And it will come Due.

Our Irrigation topped off coz Rob forgot to turn off the Pump, well, at least it ended up being a good head of Water!  *LOL*   And, we get up early so managed to see it was flooding some and turn it off.  We've got so much Water in the Pasture we've got Ducks swimming in it like a Lake this Morning.  *Bwahahaha*   Well, it looks very bucolic... and sometimes you don't get a good head of Water some rotations, so it makes up for it when you do.   Should be a lot Cooler this Morning then when I work in The RV Garage Mahal, all that Water really takes the temperature down considerably.   I'm really enjoying working in The RV Garage Mahal now progress is visually encouraging.

You finally do get to that tipping point in the right direction to where more looks Done than needing to get Done.   The momentum of consistency is Key and I hadn't been getting a Rhythm about being consistent until recently.  Even just devoting a couple Hours, but every Day, really makes a difference.  I need to do the same about going to the Gym as well.  I already have with Working the New Spaces at the Antique Mall and Pricing Inventory to take in.  But, one thing at a time, not overwhelming or overloading myself is also Key.  I have a bad habit of doing that so I need to pace myself and make it manageable.

I see that The Son is Calmer now he's got a place to Be and some Guidelines of what he has to do to be able to stay.   With the Age of Q's Sons being very Young, I'm sure it was just a rough few days to stay with them.  Plus, Q's Youngest had bad allergic reactions to things, so their household can't have any remnants of those Triggers that cause the Child Respiratory distress or any other severe allergic reaction.   He's one of those Kids with Nut Allergies, Sensitivity to certain Smells, he's got a lot going on, poor Kid.  I've had Kiddos with severe Respiratory, so I know how Careful you have to be to keep them Healthiest and not rushing to the ER with them all the time.  We've had Nebulizers in our Home since Forever, so I can administer Breathing Treatments here myself.

Princess T, as an Infant, Child, and clear up until almost her Tweens, was on as many as Five Breathing Treatments per Day and had to Sleep sitting up until she was Nine Years Old!   I'm surprised that The Son is a Smoker, since, he was so allergic to Cigarette Smoke as a Child that I would never allow Smokers around him and forbid it in our Home.  I've never been a Smoker and almost didn't Date The Man becoz he was a Smoker when I met him.   He gave up all his Vices in order for me to Date and then Marry him.  Awwww, now that's Love, Right?!  *LOL and Winks*   The Daughter has Asthma too, but not as severe as her Brother had it.  She became a Smoker as well, among picking up other Vices like her Brother also did, even tho' they grew up in a Smoke, Alcohol and Drug Free Home... go fucking figure!  *Le Sigh*

Ah well, Kids gonna do what they rebel and decide they will do, and regardless of what Sage advice and Warnings you give them sometimes.  In the end they inevitably say, you know, you were Right.  *Bwahahahaha*   Ah, the things my own Parents were Right about and I didn't heed... could have avoided a lot of the Issues of Life I experienced due to poor Choices of my own.  *Smiles*   Anyway, Princess T is going to First Friday with Timmy and Matthew.  So she'll spend more time getting Dolled Up to go out with her Gay Boy Posse than she ever does to go out with her Boyfriend.  *LMAO*  Well, it's becoz with her Posse, it's all about being Seen with that Trio.   And, she says you can't look Busted when you hang out with Gay Men.  *Winks*

I have a funny yet embarrassing Story that happened to me at my Granddaughter's High School when I went to pick her up a bit early on Friday.  I Signed her out and was in the Lobby waiting for her, a Young Black Rasta Student was already in the Lobby waiting to go to Class and sitting beside me.  He reeked of Marijuana, stronger than I've ever smelled on anyone, he had to be Holding... and a lot of it!!!  Shit, you could have gotten Contact High, I kid you not!!!   So, the whole Lobby smelled strongly of MJ, and, when the Bell rang, he got up and went out the Door to Class!   Well, the strong Odor was still there and now I'm the only one sitting in there and Security comes in!!!

OMG, they're looking at me Hard... go out together and stand outside the Door talking, then come in again and Eyeball me Hard again!!!   I'm thinking OMG... they think it's ME!!!   Bringing Drugs onto a Campus is a serious Felony and I'm thinking, these Guys are gonna shake me down... they see an Old Hippie Woman with Dreadlocks and smell Pot, they clearly think it's me!    Which was funny, yet also potentially a Situation. *Bwahahahaha*   Well, by then Princess T comes in to the Lobby, sees Security there, wrinkles her Nose up, coz it smells so strongly of Pot, and gives me this Weird Look like WTF???   And motions me Silently mouthing to hurry up and leave.  I can see she's looking confused, concerned, yet, also ready to burst out Laughing.

When we got out the Door she's like, "GRAMMA!!!   Why does it smell so strong of Marijuana in the Lobby?   And who brought it in, coz Security is clearly looking for them and probably think it's YOU!!!"   She's Laughing hysterically by now and I tell her about Rasta Guy Student who was already sitting in there reeking of it when I came in, but had gone to Class now, and definitely had to be Holding, nobody smells that strong of it from just Smoking it.   The Kid was super Skinny and Tall, had his Jeans down practically around his Knees and could barely keep them up, had Bright Red Underwear showing all the way, wearing a Rasta Knitted Beanie in Green/Yellow/Black and had Dreadlocks almost as long as mine.  He had to be bringing Weed onto Campus. 

 Anyway, don't know if Security got him or not... glad I didn't have the further embarrassment of them frisking me!!!   It was embarrassing enuf knowing they were Stereotyping me and I knew they thought I was the reason it reeked of Weed.   And probably the Secretaries too?  *LMAO*   I mean, at another High School that The Grandson went to, the Students were all the time telling him that they were sure his Gramma knew where all the Good Kush was, and wouldn't believe him that I don't partake.  *Smiles*  But, people Stereotype other people all the time, painting with a broad brush stroke that is usually quite inaccurate and far too exaggerated. 

I filled in on Friday Night for my Friend Wanita at Work, her Husband has Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer and she's needing to take time off to be with him.   Then I'm filling in for my Friend Gordon at Work on Saturday Night.   I have a regular Sunday Night Shift of my own, I just Hope that working Three Days in a row won't kick my Ass?  *LOL*   I'm Writing this part of the Post after my Friday Night Shift.  It hadn't been busy during the previous Two Shifts, but the amount of Customers thru the Door between 5-9 p.m. was more than what had come in from 9-5.   So, the Day Shift wasn't all that busy and Sales picked up after 5:00 p.m..

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Happy Spring my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian

The Latest Iteration

 

I've been doing much better at disciplining myself to Price my Merch at Home and get it into Inventory.   Pricing being the most time and labor intensive part of the whole endeavor... so, the least favorite part.  I don't spend nearly as much time as other Vendors do at Staging Product tho'.   The Fav Vendor who has the Booth Photographed Above and Below, she will spend literally all day foofing her Booth, which is a very small one.  Yet, she knows how to Merchandise and Stage things, making it look most appealing.  I just realize that it takes a lot of effort to do what she makes appear effortless and isn't.  I just wouldn't have it in me to devote that much time or work in just Styling any Space.

  

And she'll completely re-do this entire Booth and everything in it about every Pay Period, which is only Two Weeks!!!   She literally disassembles the entire Booth, taking everything out and bringing all new Merch in, then re-style the entire Booth again!   And taking what hasn't Sold in a Fortnight back Home.   I could tire out just watching her, she comes in when the Mall Opens and usually is there until almost Closing, which is Twelve Hours!!!   I do Love her Space tho' and I've bought from her fairly often, she really does have a good Eye and good prices.  Her Aesthetic is similar to my own, so, I enjoy beholding her Work and her Product.  I always Hope she's doing very well, but, I don't know her well enuf to ask or pry.

Princess T's favorite Cartoon is "Sponge Bob Square Pants" and she has it on almost continuously in her Room.  Her Cat, Eli, Loves it too and will watch it for Hours, which is rather hilarious.  Tho' not as hilarious as a YouTube Video of someone's little Ginger Kitten watching Michael Jackson do the Moonwalk and then literally mimic it, as it watches him doing it!  OMG, Google it if you haven't seen it, Animals are more Intelligent than we often think, and a Kitten giving itself a Tutorial on Moonwalking, you can't make that shit up!   

Anyway, I always wonder what Drugs the Creator of a Cartoon like "Sponge Bob Square Pants" were on, I mean, it is very Strange, Colorful and Trippy.  *LOL*   The Granddaughter also advocates strongly for the LGBTQ+ Community and many of her Best Friends are Gay, her Boy Posse is, and of coarse, so is her Older Brother, The Young Prince, and his Husband Allen.   So, I was Surprised she opted out of Keeping the Sponge Bob Gay Pride Tee we Sourced... and said we'd just Sell it.   I know, we can't Keep them all and we're finding such good ones now we're trying to Source them!

The Food Porn of the day {Above Pix} is compliments of "Village Inn".   We were shocked that the one we usually go to had permanently Closed with no Warning, just like the "99 Cent Only" Store nearby also did... well, they all did.   I thought it was Odd there were no Cars in the Parking Lot and The Daughter said it looked like it was Closed.   We'd been there not long ago and there was no indication it would be Closing it's Doors, they simply had put a Note on the Window.  I'll miss that location, it was always very busy, but, usually short Staffed.  Very concerning that so many Businesses are suddenly doing that, I can't help but wonder what it might portend? 

 There is another "Village Inn" even closer to our Property, so we went to that one instead, it was Free Pie Wednesday and The Man LIVES for that.  *LOL*   We did the Build Your Own Breakfast and as you can see by the Pix above this one, I got carried away.  *Smiles*  I haven't been eating much lately and for some reason I just felt hungrier than usual and could eat more than usual.   But, just for that meal, the rest of the day I had no appetite at all, so, clearly it had sustained me.   The portions of each item you choose is small, which I like that, a variety of small portions suits me best.  Their Honey Ham was Salty and Fabulous!  I'm trying to remember where the above Dish was from, I think "The Tipsy Egg" in Chandler?  I had failed to use the Image and couldn't just Waste it.  *LOL*

 

As you can see, the "Sponge Bob Square Pants" Tees were plentiful and I couldn't resist picking up a couple to Resell.   I also got another Snoop Dogg one that is adorable, haven't Photographed or Priced it yet, but, I will.  The first one I got $25 for and a super quick Turn, this one I should be able to also.  Had either of them been large enuf, I would have Kept them for myself, his Line is intentionally Funny with the Graphics and I appreciate his sense of Humor on the Commercials he does.   Especially the ones with Martha Stewart, who knew she had such a wry sense of Humor and could be so self effacing for a Laugh?   Now I Like Martha becoz of it, she used to come off as frigid and pretentious, now she's got wicked Humor and Street Cred as a Convicted Felon.  *LOL*

 

This Meme/Quote seemed so appropriate for the Present that I had to Share it.   Remember his dystopian Novel "1984"?    Tho' we have now lived thru the Eighties and far beyond, he wasn't off too much with his Futuristic Predictions, was he?   The fact he Lived and Died before my time when you consider all of that, is pretty remarkable.   He wouldn't be Surprised at the current State of Affairs I think, his Predictions would just have been manifested in spite of his Warnings.   He had opposition even then to Totalitarianism and support for Democratic Socialism.  He was quite Young {46} when he Died, a lot of the great Visionaries don't necessarily have a long tenure in this Realm, perhaps their Purpose having been Served, I dunno?

I get Mad when Good People Die prematurely and some truly Bad People have a long run.  Some real wicked Devils have been allowed to exist far too long, do too much damage in this Realm, and should have been taken out early IMO.   Tho' I'm a deeply Spiritual Person, that makes no Divine Sense to me at all, if I were Omnipotent, I'd keep the Good Ones around longest... just sayin' God.   Yes, I say shit like that to my Creator and am probably that very pesky annoying Child that asks the difficult Questions and says the things many won't dare.  *LOL*   And Yes, I am also the one who will dare to Buy and Resell the Darker Graphic Tees becoz they Sell well, tho' I wouldn't let my own Kiddos wear any Satanic looking ones, so, Pray for me.   Hey, I'll make a Buck off any Devil, I'm not beyond that, Okay?   *Winks*

Besides, I'm very Morbid in Nature and rather Dark in my Sensibilities, but I don't think that makes for Being a Devil.   You can wear a String of Pearls but it doesn't make you an Oyster.   I've seen some of the most Sinister folks look Wholesome and benign, they SO aren't.   In fact, they infiltrate the masses by blending in undetected, it's what makes them particularly insidious.   You see, I have never pictured Satan as a horrible hideous looking Beast.   But as probably an extremely Handsome Devil who you wouldn't be repelled by and could thus easily lure you in with Charm, Deceit, utilizing fully the Lust of the Eye, Pride of Life, Lust of the Flesh and the Best Con ever.   Think of the Series "Lucifer" with that drop dead gorgeous Welsh Actor, Tom Ellis, playing The Devil.  *LOL*

Okay, so here's the Snoop Dogg Shirt, so Cute, wish it had fit me... dammit.   I did call the School, got transferred to Five different People becoz nobody knew what to tell me about the "Super Seniors"... insert Eye Roll... but, after a Committee of them got together and had put me on Hold for Twenty Minutes, I finally got all our questions answered.   She doesn't have to attend any of the Graduation Practices, she ends when every other Senior does after the Graduates finish, which is May 15th.   Summer School starts May 29th and is Mon-Thurs. from 7:30am-1:30pm and she'll be going to both of the Sessions they have thruout the Summer.  If she recaptures her Credits early, she ends early next Year.

You're getting a bunch of T-Shirt Graphics Images since, well, I haven't been out and about much to Photograph hardly anything else.  There are some May Events coming up and then I'll have more variety.   For now, Food Porn and T-Shirt Graphics is about the scope of it.  *LOL*   At least you can vicariously window shop some of our Showroom Garment Section via my Blog.  *Bwahahaha*   While I was in there Today re-stocking Merch, my Co-Worker Friend Richard was on his Shift, he's looking really as ill as he is, it breaks my Heart.  Nice Guy, we both Retired from the same Bank we Worked for back in our First Corporate Lives.  He too was a Bank Executive, but when the Industry morphed into what it became, we got out and went on to other Corporate Career options.    Now we do what we have a Passion for in our Retirement Years.

Richard Specializes in High End Antiques and Jewelry... and he Buys and Sells Precious Metals.   He has at least one Locked Case of Gold and Silver Antiques and Vintage Jewelry, but, he'll Buy any Gold and Silver.   Gold is at $2,313.40 as of Today, Silver at $26.93... so Richard and I always lament we didn't stock up on those Gold Krugerrands back in the 1970's when we both worked for Valley National Bank at $208.10 an ounce, they were always Selling them at our Bank back in those days!   We'd be Made now if we had.   *Le Sigh*   Ah, Hindsight is 20-20 isn't it?  *LOL*  Anyway, Richard is an Insulin Diabetic who did not manage it well and now all of that has caught up to him.  

For Years now I've chastised him about it, he'd eat a whole freakin' Pizza sometimes and fall asleep standing up from being on a Carb induced Coma Diabetic reaction to it!   His major Organs are now crapping out and he's probably very close to Dying.   The deterioration has been rapid and shows visibly, it's tragic and Sad, but could have been avoided, had he Managed his Condition like he should have.   But, we also have some of our Co-Workers who have Survived Cancer and still Smoke like Freight Trains, so, sometimes even a Close Call isn't enuf for some people to Get Right and Do Right by themselves.   They're still Frustrating Grace.    Anyway, our Neighbor Rob has been admiring my Tie Dye Hippie T-Shirts so much that he wants one and I plan to find one in his Size and Gift it to him as a Surprise.

He's been working on making me a Hippie Garden behind the Wall of our Pool and beside the RV Garage Mahal's West facing backside.  He's put in the Auto Watering System and joked that as well as growing our own Veggies, we could grow our own "Herb"... wink wink.  He refuses to Believe that an Old Hippie with Dreadlocks does not partake, even tho' my whole Family have Testified I don't and never have.  *LOL*   I tell him, "Rob, I've been High on Life... so, never needed Drugs."   And, that's the Truth actually.   Anyway, Tonight we get Irrigation at almost Midnight, so he's got a long Night ahead of him, since he does his Parent's Irrigation first, they get theirs right before we get ours.   You get it whenever SRP decides to send it and make your Rotation Time, you don't get to choose and it's different every time. 

While we were at "Sprouts" doing our Grocery Shopping, the inevitable happened, The Man always gets a kick out of it too.   For some reason if you look like an Old Hippie and are in a Health Food Grocer, random people ask for your advice about what Foods are best.  *LOL*   I had Two different people do it, an Older Lady and a Young Mother, The Man got such a kick out of it, coz, they could have asked Staff there who probably know a whole lot more than I do about everything there.  *Smiles*   I appreciate them valuing and trusting my Opinion, but, it is just MY Opinion after all, I'm no Expert on any of it.  *LOL*  I know what I like and Buy all the time and why I do.   

 

So, I'm a good Ambassador for those particular Products, from experience of using them and being a satisfied Consumer of them.   If I don't know something about a Product, I just say so.  But, you can Google anything about any Manufacturer and their Products these days.  When I Like a Product I always Google the Company to find out why it's so good, then I also inform myself about what they're doing Right to make such a desirable Product.  It's not even Surprising that many of the Products I prefer, have kind of a Hippie Roots way of doing their Business and you can just tell.   The Quality and Natural Methods line up and are evident.   I could be a Salesperson for such Product Lines as Zeal Creamery Milk and Happy Eggs.  People see me Buying it and ask me about it.  *Ha ha ha* 

The Son came by and we did talk about my Conditions and he's fine with them.    He hasn't been drinking at all ever since that incident here at the House.  It scared him that he got so Mean Spirited and Emotionally lost Control and couldn't regulate his Mood, since, that's not like him at all and was definitely out of Character.   But, I was sure it was the result of Alcohol magnifying some other Issues he has to Manage and can't when under the Influence.   He can't do anything about being Bipolar and Autistic and so Managing those behaviors has to be done with Sobriety and intention.   He's sought all kinds of Treatment but there is no Cure for either Condition, you just Manage it as best you can.  I made suggestions I thought would be Helpful, he's not the only one in the Household with Issues after all.  *LOL*

So, it's very complicated to have this many Loved Ones Sharing Space and each has their significant Conditions/Disorders to Manage.   Yet, we have a pretty large Home still and everyone has their Private Spaces to retreat to whenever they aren't able to be Harmonious with everyone else... or, want to disengage entirely for whatever reasons.   The Man spends a lot of time here in our Bedroom, he has trouble with Social interactions of any kind becoz of the TBI, his Age and the onset of the Dementia.   So, he's not always easy to get along with and it isn't going to get Better, so the Younger ones have to realize it's as good as it gets.  This is his Home and I'm his Caregiver, so, I Manage him and Deal with him when he's difficult.

The Daughter and Princess T also have their significant Issues, so, everyone is working on what is Wrong with them, including Yours Truly.  *Winks*   I'm not trying to throw The Son under the Bus or blame him entirely for every conflict that has arisen, but, he can't drink here anymore, he was getting too Dark while under the Influence of Alcohol and it's a Trigger for me and makes the others feel nervous.   Let's face it, nobody Drunk is someone anyone wants to have to Deal with in that Condition.   Anyway, so long as he abides by the Conditions, all is Fine, and, he desperately wants his own place and wants to make that happen as soon as possible.   He's still having 25% Garnishments of his Wages, so, it's hard.   And, all his Friends are Married with Families, so none are looking for a Single Roommate.

Most of the time The Son stays in his Room anyway and plays Video Games or watches Cable TV when he's not Working.   He's most comfortable being Solitary, so, as long as he refrains from Drinking, things should be okay.    Q couldn't have him there at their Apartment too long without having problems with their Landlord.  Plus, Q has a Wife and Two Young Kids and it's a very small Apartment.   But, at least letting The Son stay there temporarily gave some Time between what happened and sorting it out satisfactorily.   Anyway, each Day is a New Adventure and as a Family we're always Working Things out due to the Complex Nature of everyone's Diagnosis and limitations.   Not my First Rodeo, it's a Lifelong Journey when Loved Ones have significant Disabilities and/or Illness.

So, anyway, we reached a mutual agreement we both felt good about and he's good about Honoring anything we agree upon.   I know that for Young People and Old People who don't yet Own their own Properties, it's hard right now.  Interest Rates are high and the Feds aren't going to reduce them anytime soon since inflation is just not going down.  Rents are therefore ridiculous too becoz Landlords know the Housing Market is in Crisis right now.   And Capitalism run amok is always brutal like that.  The only time high Interest Rates benefit you is if you're the Investor and getting that high Interest Rate Return.   Or, if you have the means to pay Cash when there is Blood in the Streets and don't need to Finance anything.

If they're having a hard time Selling anything, that's the time to Buy it.  When demand is High, you're better off thinking you can Live without it becoz you'll pay too much for it.    My Mantra always has been to make my Money on The Buy.   There's still Deals to be had, but they Change all the time and you never know what can and will be a Deal further along into the Future becoz it lost Value.   You might Predict it or have an Instinct about what it might be that is increasing in Value later and take the Risk of Investing in it when you can get it at a Deal now and Bank on it being worth more later.   But I can't tell you how many folks bought High and then the Future became the Present and whatever it was devalued or lost Favor and now is the Deal, after they Paid too much for it to have been a Sound Investment.

Anyway, these days I do more Window Shopping and acquiring Inspiration than needing to do any Purchasing.   So, I still like attending all of the Events even if I don't need another thing in this Lifetime and might not find anything that even Tempts me.   I'm very Visual and so how things are Merchandised interests me more than the sum of whatever it happens to be being Sold.   Take the above Vignette for an Example.   Love the Visual of it and find it truly Inspirational.  Yet, the only Tempting piece for me personally would be that Industrial Vintage Workbench and I have no reason to own another one.  I have one almost identical to it, but I do like that this one is Black.

 

This Vignette is also Visually Stunning and I enjoy Photographing and Beholding one like this.   But, there is no particular item I'd feel compelled to not be able to Live without or have a Purpose for in our Home right now.   And... so it goes.  We're just at that Season of Life where divesting ourselves of Objects is our Primary Purpose and Goal and I know most Seniors are in the same predicament.   Thus, when I'm Selling, I'm not catering to my own Demographic at all.   Becoz the chances that other Seniors will be my Customer, it way lower than it being a Younger Person just starting out and with the Resources to be more of a Consumer of everything and anything.   Not that some Seniors might not be your Best Customers, they could be.

This Vignette, those Turquoise Antique Doors are Killer... but... again, I'm not Buying stuff like that anymore.   I already have enuf Architectural Salvage that it's Rare I'd Buy any these days.  I mostly Sell Off what I've already Hoarded Up of it since the 1970's.  *Smiles*   Now, that doesn't mean I am not still Madly Passionate about it or that I don't Rescue pieces all the time, but, I don't go Shopping for it.   And I'd have to say in the last Decade, the Architectural Salvage I've Rescued would have been Landfill bound or just destroyed when the Historic Home or Business was being Razed, had I not rolled up on it and Salvaged it just in time.   It ONLY still Exists becoz of my Rescue of Saving it.  I still feel Good about that and never regret Salvaging anything worth Preserving.  Now I mostly Sell what I Rescued to Industry folk I know.

Now that Garments and Accessories at Hot, Hot, Hot, we're really getting into the Selling of it and Sourcing it now.   I just Love the Garment District at the East Side Antique Mall.   They did away with their Picker's Alley, enclosing it and converting it into the Garment District.   The Picker's Alley had it's Day, but now, this is the Future and what is Profitable at this latest iteration in the Industry.   You can't get stuck and mired in what used to be... it all changes and the only constant is Change.   Sure, I reminisce about the Good Ole Days of the Industry and what I miss about it that no longer is.  But, we keep moving forward and the Present can be just as exciting and I'm sure the Future will be too if you embrace it and catch up to it enuf to participate.

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Blessings, Love and Light from the Arizona Desert... where Spring is now in Full Bloom... Dawn... The Bohemian