Photos - Google+

Photos - Google+

I love this Sculpture... Its the Old Man of the Sea... of sorts.. LOL

How to Stop buying Processed Foods

Its the hardest thing to do, but I am going to try my best to start eating better this year. Its not a Resolution .. Its something I have tried getting better at last year.  Its kinda hard with what I have to deal with.

I get a very small Social Security Check each Month. And so with that I am fortunate enough to get Government Food Stamps, or now as they are called "SNAP".  I don't know how they determine how much each person or family receives.. But for me they have determined that I only receive $109.00 per month. Well, for the next 6 months anyway.  Then it is determined again. We have to be re-evaluated every 6 months.  My Monies have not changed in that 6 months, so I have no idea why they cut them. Other than they just don't have enough for everyone, who knows.

So, where should I buy my  groceries?  There are several Grocery Stores around, Some on the very high end of the spectrum, while others are on the very low side.  There is no difference in food products within these grocery stores.. Only that the high priced ones for some reason sell higher than the other ones.

I have been visiting a Food Bank, which helps out a lot, but I can't get there unless a friend is going. And so far we haven't gone in several months.  We are suppose to go each Monday, but for some reason or another we just have not gone.   By going there I can get fruits and veggies,canned and boxed items.

I usually go to WinCo.  I always thought those letters meant Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon.  See.. ... But no it doesn't.  But that is OK.. I loved my way of thinking .. LOL.. Anyway, they usually have everything I need in their Grocery Store.  And now I am going to see if I can buy everything I need by trying my darndest to not go down the Isles.. I know. What if I need  a Cream of Mushroom or a Cream of anything soup for a dish I am making?  Looks like I will have to make that soup before I make that dish.. Its going to be an interesting Month. I think I want to see what I can do myself.  That is the Challenge I have for myself this month.  Now Lets see if I can do it..... LOL.. Am I going to have fun with this?  I don't know.. we will see.

Now I have to see what I want to prepare for my Dinners for the Month. Well, I usually grocery shop each week, it seems to save me money this way for some reason. And I make out weekly Menu's that I go by for the week, another thing that saves me money. When I have a menu, I buy what I need from that menu, and use everything that I buy, Hardly nothing goes to waste..

Which before, I was just going to the store and buying meats, veggies, and canned goods,, butters, milks and such without knowing what I was going to do with them.  And there were times I would open the crisper up and notice something in there that I forgot to use, and had to toss it out.  I cannot afford to waste any foods or money ... And I was.. It has taken me a very long time to figure it out.  But that is OK.. this is an important time in my life.. Living to the end of it .. Keeping me strong, and sound, and making sure I have the best foods to sustain me till the end of life.. 

Babies Sleeping

How old is a baby before they aren't a baby any longer?  I have a friend who has a Grandson who will be 3 years old in Feb. He has been I think Coddled his whole life because he was born with a serious Kidney troubles.  He only has one now, but he seems to me to be doing very well.

He goes to Morning Day Care since he has his Grandmother and Grandfather to go pick him up. And then his Mother comes home and puts him down for his nap.. He still breastfeeds,  Only at Nap time and night time.

So this is what is going on.  I know that he has his naps starting at 12 noon.  And his Grandmother and Grandfather have to be very very quiet so that he doesn't wake up.  When I went to visit them in June, and he had his napes. My friend and I would whisper or even go outside to talk normal so he could not be woken. Now, they live in a pretty big house.. And the door is not completely closed to his room, but no noise is allowed when he is sleeping.  To me it doesn't make since.. that child should be sleeping with dogs barking or door bells ringing or the cell phone ringing without him being woke up.   What harm does this type of thing do to a child ??   

Very Exhausting and Expensive Day

The first of the Month, getting my Social Security Check on Friday instead of Sunday is Great.. although at the end it really is hard..But that is the way it is.

So, I made my Menu for the week, wrote out my Grocery List... and got ready, and walked to the Bus Stop with my cute little 2 wheeled cart... Yes.. Now lets talk about that 2 wheeled cart... Here it is, its a really nice cart,,, Only,, it has some really weak wheels on it. And I took it today to go grocery shopping and guess what??  Yep.. I had it loaded to the brim with groceries.. and as I was pulling it along, it lost a wheel.  This guy found it, so yelled over at me to let me know,, at this time I knew I would have to call a cab, there was no way I would be able to pull this broken thing all the way home.  So, I found a Taxi and called them and they were so nice. I got home,, and here

 is what the cart looks like on the bottom.  Broken and not able to fix it. OH.. well.. in the trash it goes...

Getting things in Order

Since I am moving in December either at the end of the month or anytime after I receive my Housing Voucher, I have to get someone to help with the heavy lifting of furniture. So someone told me about a few places that would help.

So, I started looking and on Facebook one of my friends told me about the Mormons and the young boys have to do service work to finish up their Mission. So I looked online to see where I should call, and got hold of someone in the church in Utah I think anyways... LOL.. He gave me a phone number here in Tacoma. And I held onto that phone number till yesterday,when I thought I should call to see if they could help. Only when I dialed the number, it came back as a disconnected number.  So I had to start all over again. Someone told me to call Deseret Industries, so I did and they gave me a phone number to call, which I did... and got hold of a woman who was in a meeting and would give me a call after the meeting to give me the phone number where they could help me.

I hung up and finally this morning I got a phone call from that woman, she said she was so sorry to get back to me so late.. but that was fine I know how things are. She gave me a phone number so now I called them. Now am waiting for a call back from that number. LOL.. It is a process isn't it?  

Almost Midnight ...

I have been watching You Tube all day long. Trying to figure out Google+.  Now why can't I figure it out?  Really confusing.  I have all my photos over there and I like that.  But, I have to figure out how it all works.

Has anyone else had a problem with it?  Or as usual it must be me... LOL..

Since I have a Roku Device, I am able to watch You Tube Streaming through my TV. It really makes it easier for me to watch and follow the program... but still its a bit confusing... But there are still things on  there that I really like. Just have to figure out how its done.. 

What is a true Friendship.

Friendship is not a contest. And that is what ws told to me after she walked down the hallway.  "All That I Have Done For You". Is that what you tell your Friends?

How do you think they would feel after you told them this?  "All You Have Done For ME....is make me feel and look like a Bully.  I was told to choose my Battles. And I should have left that friendship alone after the first break up.  Now I feel like a Fool for all the things I had done while in this friendship.  I was a Marionette... To this person,, I have no idea why I became this other person.. I suppose it was because I was a bit lonely for a friend.. I hadn't found that friend in Seattle, and then after moving to Tacoma, I met this woman that was from Southern California and we just clicked as friends.  But, there was something about her that I would dismiss.  Things she would do or didn't do.  She would do and say things and then forget that she did them.... She would get a bit wired at times.  Then she wanted to go sit in the Social Room and she would sit looking toward the Lobby to see who came into the building, She would want me to turn around to see who this person or that person coming in was.  She would make horrible remarks on lots of these people. Now why did I stay friends with her?  I have no idea, only that she was a friend and I was accepting her as she was.  At one time I told her that I didn't care who it was that walked into the building.  I was not interested. Then there were times that she was talking about something and when something would catch my eye and I would look away beyond her. She would get really upset, and say,,,Well if you don't want to listen to me then you can go home.  Once I did that and that was the first time I stopped talking to her.  She told me that, I then just got up and walked away, and stopped talking to her for a few months, then one day as I was walking Jenny, Jenny wanted to walk over to where Von was, She really missed her. So we started the friendship up again.  It only lasted.... 4 weeks, before she started acting funny again.  I cannot speculate as to why she was this way. But I do know that she takes a pill to sleep and it is actually for depression I think. And so it is.. I will not be treated in such a manner.  Even though she started something I was the one that did the deeds.. I was the one that was a follower... I wanted a friendship so bad, that I Jeopardized my Housing.  And that is not what I wanted to happen.

So what do I do?  After making a total fool of myself, do I go apologize? Or just leave it alone ? Or do I go talk to the Manager about all this?  I know I will be leaving this apartment at the end of the year.  But I want to leave with the feeling of not being the Bully they think I am.