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Friday Favorites

Last week was summer vacation week and I had a lot of favorites to share, but no time to share them.  This week I went back to work and had barely any favorites.

Nevertheless, I was able to pinpoint a few

Happy Friday Favorites!

Favorite # ONE

I was the lucky recipient of a beautifully colored picture of Shutterfly the birthday pony.  At first glance I thought it was Pinkie Pie but someone corrected me immediately lol.  It was sent by a little girl who calls me Glammy and spells it like this:

gLamE

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Favorite # TWO

Tanologist Express Tan

Self Tan Mousse

Part of a collection of beauty products that I received from Stephanie and Amanda for Mother’s Day.  Once I figured out how to use it I realized this stuff is GREAT!  Instant tan.  No kidding!

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LB and I went to dinner and a show at the Alhambra Theater and Dining recently.  Dinner was excellent and the story and music were GREAT!

Favorite # THREE

The dress I wore on that date night was a birthday gift from LB

Favorite # FOUR

It is cute, comfortable and conscious fashion for the conscious consumer!

IBUKL multi-functional intelligent moisture sensor fabric, Icefil combines with your own body’s moisture to create a cooling thermal reaction so you can stay comfortable and odor-free on hot and humid days. Our garments feature UPF 50+ sun protection to combat harmful UVA and UVB rays. Your everyday concerns met with our modern solutions.  Stay and be cool with IBKUL! (source)

Because some of us are vexed with everlasting personal heat.

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Favorite # FIVE

Patriotism

The silent majority has begun to raise its voice and it sounds beautiful to me!

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Good News of the Week

Two of the most effective weapons in psychological warfare are discouragement and demoralization.  If your opponent can discourage and demoralize you, it is likely that you will stop fighting.

But take heart,

you are WINNING

on many fronts!

Good News of the Week

for June 9, 2021

[source: CJTRUTH (OFFICIAL) via Telegram]

1. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has announced that he will vote against Democrats’ sweeping election reform bill, “For the People Act.”  He has faced expected Democrat backlash for this, but he is not being swayed.

2. As of Wednesday afternoon, 80% of the ballots have been counted in the Maricopa County, AZ audit.

3. Delegates from six states –PA, GA, CO, AK, VA and NV–have already visited the Arizona audit facility.  Other state’s delegates are scheduled to tour the facility later in the week.

4. Several people have been subpoenaed in

Fulton County, Georgia

for their activities in the 2020 election.  These include Ruby Freeman, an election worker who was caught on tape scanning ballots multiple times as well as her daughter, Shaye Moss.  Shaye told GOP observers to go home and then pulled suitcases of ballots out from under a table.

5. The Georgia GOP approved a resolution to censure Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for failing to perform his duties and for undermining the security of the 2020 election in Georgia.

6. Texas Governor

Greg Abbott

signed a bill into law that increased the penalty for intentionally altering ballots or election reports to a second-degree felony.  These crimes can now land people in jail for up to 20 years.

7. The border town of McAllen, TX, which is 85% Hispanic, elected their first Republican mayor in 24 years.  Republicans also held two other mayoral seats in the DFW area and had major wins in DFW-area school board races amid a raging battle over critical race theory.

8. President Trump was back in campaign mode mode at the NC GOP State Convention Saturday and millions of people tuned in to watch.  You can watch the full speech on RSBNetwork.com.

9. Social media’s censorship and bans have not hindered President Trump from getting his messages out.  A New York Times analysis, said 11 of his 89 statements after the bans have attracted as many likes or shares as before he was banned.

10. The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that immigrants who entered our Country illegally and then were granted Temporary Protected Status are not eligible to apply for “green cards” to remain in the US permanently.  If someone enters the US illegally, they will not be rewarded with permanent citizenship.

11. Kamala Harris traveled to Guatemala to discuss the border crisis with their president.  She was greeted with huge banners which read:

“Kamala, TRUMP WON”

“Kamala Go Home” and “Kamala Mind Your own Business.” Guatemala’s president blamed Biden’s change in Trump’s message for the rapid border crisis.

12. The criminal investigation into NY Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “cover-up” of COVID-19 deaths at state nursing homes continues.  Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed communications, contracts and documents used during the pitching process of his memoir to aid their investigation.

13. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to protect individual rights.  He threatened to enforce FL law on cruise companies which would fine them $5,000 every time they asked for proof of vaccination.  This forced Royal Caribbean to change its stance.  You may now sail with them unvaccinated.

14. Florida Governor

Ron DeSantis

went on the offense and signed two bills that will combat the influence of foreign adversaries.  One bill bans Confucius Institutes on university and college campuses, and the other creates new criminal offenses for the theft and trafficking of trade secrets.

15. The United Nations has suspended Iran’s voting rights after it failed to pay $16M in dues.

16. The best news of all is that Jesus laid down His life for you and me.  Jesus said, “As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down My life for the sheep.” John 10:15

This good news was created by CJTRUTH in partnership with “Good News of the Week.”

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Summer Vacation 2021

We left Jacksonville on

Sunday May 30th

and headed for Orlando.

I’m not a regular at the Disney theme parks, but I do like to visit Disney Springs. There are so many shops and restaurants at Disney Springs.

LB and I stayed in a nearby hotel within walking distance.  After we checked in that afternoon, and waited for the rain to pass, we walked to Disney Springs.  Our reservations at the Mexican restaurant were  9:30.  Nothing earlier available.So we shopped!

LB and I visited Anthropology, Zara, Francesca’s.  and there were several other shops whose names I can’t remember.

I have this little oil diffuser.  It was a Mother’s Day gift from my girls.  The shoes… I might have eventually.  The dress may be just a distant memory.

We left Orlando on

Monday

morning.

I wanted eggs Benedict… it is my favorite out of town breakfast treat. My low blood sugar had reached its lowest point as we pulled into a gas station and saw a restaurant across the way

“First Watch”.

Never had I heard of this place, but it was meant to be.

This is scary Kim when blood sugar is low…

The first of a 3 day eggs Benedict-paloosa.

Afterward, we had a four hour drive to our tropical destination

Captiva Island

We stayed at the Captiva Island Inn, which is actually a 3 story house.  Each floor has its own living room, kitchen, bedrooms and balconies.  We were on the 3rd floor, which they call the Penthouse.

Right after we took our luggage inside, we walked to the beachtook a selfie and walked along the shore for awhile, just enjoying the tropical paradise.

Afterward we stopped for dinner at The Mucky Duck.The seafood was excellent.

The next day was my birthday…

June 1st

I was awakened to the usual “Happy Happy Birthday Baby”.

We opened birthday presents and then got dressed for breakfast at the Keylime Bistro. Eggs Benedict again. That’s a BIG breakfast.

Then we enjoyed a whole day at the beach.It is a beautiful place. I didn’t pick any of the flowers, but I had to touch them.

Later that evening we enjoyed dinner at Cantina Captiva where there are dollar bills attached to every square inch of ceiling and walls.  This is the only Mexican restaurant that we have tried the carnitas fajitas instead of our usual fajitas trio.  I highly recommend!

It was a great birthday/vacation week!

Before I knew it, the time to head home had arrived.

As we drove away, I was thinking, “this is the type of place I should live”.  I was thinking about how I could make that happen when I looked to my right and saw what appeared to be an iguana crossing the road.

(might need to rethink that one)

The week was fun but it went fast.  It reminded me of a quote by the great Ferris Bueller…

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

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Presidential Election 2020

No doubt you’ve heard of the Watergate scandal.  It began in the early morning hours of June 17, 1972.  Several intruders were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee.  That office was located in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.  You probably saw a remake of this drama in the movie Forrest Gump.

This was not an ordinary intrusion.  The intruders were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents.  President Nixon’s role in the conspiracy was eventually revealed.

He resigned on August 9, 1974.

It has been suggested that the Watergate scandal changed American politics forever, causing many Americans to question their leaders and think more critically about the presidency.  I was only 8 at the time and I don’t remember much about events surrounding President Nixon.  But fast forward 46 years and I can tell you plenty about events surrounding President Trump.

This is just a bit of what I know.

On November 3, 2020

I went to bed believing President Trump had been elected to a second term as President of the United States.  Although I was still scratching my head about the VERY EARLY Arizona call for Joe Biden, I still had a good feeling.  Somewhere between 3 and 4 AM on November 4th, I woke up, looked at my phone, and saw a dramatic change had taken place.

And I was wide awake.

Michigan totals revealed added votes for Biden, which is typical when counting votes, but votes for Trump were SUBTRACTED.  How could the tally show a reduction in the number of votes?  At this point I started questioning what was going on.  I found a lot of interesting information like THIS.

It took awhile for everything to be sorted out, but it was finally determined that Biden had been elected.

And now

Many People are Waking UP

and the audits have begun.

Starting with Arizona. In Maricopa county a forensic audit has begun.

You can watch it live at AZAudit.org when the audit resumes again on May 24th.

That’s not really news.  And if you listen to the journalists in the MSM [main stream media] grouse and screech, you may think the audit is happening because those “Conspiracy Theorists” are trying to overturn the election.  But why would a journalist report anything other than the unbiased truth?  Why would a journalist be wildly concerned about an audit?  Surely, when discussing “the most free, fair, and secure election in American history”, there is no reason to be anxious or insecure.

“Confidence is silent, insecurities are loud”

The louder they become, the more it appears that something was fraudulent about the 2020 Presidential election.  If the election was free, fair and secure,  a forensic audit is nothing to fear.

According to constitutional rights

We The People

[including the state of Arizona], are deserving of election transparency.

I hope that everyone will come to understand that the audit is not about Democrats versus Republican.  All people across the political spectrum stand to benefit from this audit… not to overturn the election, but to ensure that every citizen of the United States who is an elector qualified to vote, knows there is accuracy and integrity in our elections.

Is there something to hide?

If there is nothing to hide

…there is nothing to fear.

I don’t buy everything MSM sells and you don’t have to either.  There are alternate news sources, some on YouTube, although many have been censored.  Facts Matter is a good place to find unbiased truth.  And RUMBLE, has several informative sources…  And We Know, Christian Patriot News, Red Pill 78, and X22 Report.

 If you’re in the mood for a good show, everyone’s favorite Pillow Man tells it like it is on Frank Speech and provides Absolute Proof about Absolute Interference.

Grab your popcorn.

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Friday Favorites

Even though I am working from home, and I have not had to endure the insane traffic that vexed me on my travels to the office, I still look forward to Friday.  I rejoice on Friday afternoon that I will not have to log into my workspace for TWO DAYS.  It is a liberating experience and I typically find myself dancing like no one is watching.  And it is a good thing they aren’t.

So I am once again celebrating Friday by sharing my favorites from this week.

Happy Friday!

Last week I mentioned that the glam babies would be visiting Florida for a few days.  They would have the chance to sleepover at 3 of their grandmother’s houses.  Friday night it was Glammy’s turn.  I could and should dedicate an entire post about that visit, but for now I’m going to choose a few photos that LB took to be my

Favorite # ONEThey are so Pretty!

Inside and Out!

The glam babies went to stay with their YaYa on Saturday night while LB and I “participated” in my graduation.

 I’ve been looking at this card pinned to my bulletin board for months, I thought it should be my

Favorite # TWO

Tim Tebow was the speaker and he did a great job.  The choral group sang beautifully.  That’s about it.

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Favorite # THREE

Yep, plant-based hot dogs.

Not the healthiest plant-based food I’ve tried, but only 60 calories.

LB decided he wanted to grill hot dogs earlier this week.  He grilled the greasy jalapeño cheese stuffed sausage dogs for himself, but I’ve been wanting to try these.  I have to admit, they have an odd texture, but taste excellent covered in yellow mustard and stuffed in a hotdog bun.

I ate 3

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Over the weekend I hurt my knee.

I was being goofy and ended up on the floor with my leg twisted in the wrong direction.  It hurt so bad, I couldn’t walk on it for almost 24 hours.  LB bought a knee brace and it has been helpful.  There was no visit to an urgent care center, because I figured if I gave it a few days, it may get better.  I was right.  My knee is much improved.  Every once in awhile I find myself not wanting to put weight on it, but overall it is improving daily.

With all that said, my next favorite will have to be my new friend

Favorite # FOUR

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and last but not least

Favorite # FIVE

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Friday Favorites

WHERE DID I GO?

You might think that since I’m working from home and finished with college courses I’d be blogging NON STOP.

But alas, I have been unmotivated.

I’m not sure if it will get better anytime soon.  We’ll see how it goes.

On the subject of college courses, I mentioned that mine have been completed.  Finally.

I got this in the mail

Favorite # ONE

A box of trinkets from Liberty University.

Now, one of those trinkets is special… it is a cord that is meant to be part of a graduate’s regalia.  This one is red.  It means I am a Cum Laude graduate.  Sadly, it is the wrong color.  It should be BLUE!

 

I’m so tired of dealing with them I’m not even going to protest.

I’ll hang it around my neck and pretend it is blue while I watch my virtual graduation this weekend.

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Last weekend LB and I went to the St. John’s Town Center to return some items that I ordered from LOFT.

Favorite # TWO

I’ve said it many times… LOFT is my favorite.  LB is too.

I also like Express and we stopped in there as well.

Favorite # THREE

I really like this outfit.

Off The Shoulder Ruffle Top//Super High Waisted White Button Fly MOM Jeans

MOM jeans?

 NVM… I need another outfit like a need a hole in the head.

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The Glambabies are in town this weekend and I’m looking forward to a visit.  They haven’t been to Florida since February.

Today they went to the Caddyshack with their Mema.

Afterward they rode along to pick up Levi and Thea from school.  Then they all went to Mema’s house for a fun time together.

I took some photos the last time they visited earlier this year, but never posted them.  I came across these photos recently and they are my

Favorite # FOUR

When Lydia and Rory came to Glammy’s house, they found the My Little Ponies that had magical color changing tails.

 

And now I’m going to walk next door and get them!

That will be my

Favorite # FIVE

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By the way…

Happy Friday!

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An Offer You Can’t Refuse

A post by Mary

Today I had the most unusual and pleasant experience when I called AT&T to change my service.

The young man in customer service I spoke to was from Asia.

He said his name was

Bart

Bart told me that I would be able to call him Super Bart once he had helped me.

And he would make me an offer I couldn’t refuse.

During our conversation Bart sang three songs for me.

Three Whole Songs

First he sang “Country Road” by John Denver.

Have you ever heard an Asian person sing with a country accent?

It was funny and cute.

Next he sang “In My Life”.

This was followed by I’m on the “Top Of The World” – all the way through!

I mean the whole of all three songs!

Now I ask you, what kind of person sings not one, but three songs to their customer? More than that, what kind of person sits there and listens to it?

Well, I didn’t listen the whole time; I sang with him. I guess we really made a connection.

When we hung up we were probably both smiling. I like to think so.

He even invited me to his country. Maybe I would go sometime if I understood what country he said it was.

By the way my cable and wireless bill was reduced from $250 a month to $103.

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MDR

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