Thursday, September 30, 2021

My Chanel Bag Got Sold to a Millionaire $$ in California


I sold my beautiful, semi-classic Chanel bag 😔 and felt a little sad in spite of the monetary$gain. 

It was one of two Chanel bags that I  owned; a staple, go-to black bag for dressy or any occasion. It left a void in my authentic-designer collection. The feeling was similar to losing a BFF to a new job across the country, lol.

 A quick search revealed the 💲 multi-million  dollar💲Starter Mansion that will be her new home. I felt somewhat better 😌








The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Extreme Frugality: Meal Planning & Eating for Cheap!


 This was the table next to ours at a restaurant. I thought, what a waste of good food! 

 I wanted to discreetly put certain items in a doggy bag and take them home. Not for the dogs, but for me (after intense heating/recooking to get rid of germs, of course 😆)


Here are far better and healthier ways to eat for less $$




But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4 )


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Sunday, September 26, 2021

Cat Eye Sunglasses from Australia via Nordstrom

 As modeled by favorite #2 son, and 4-legged fur babies 😀😎😁



pc: Nordstrom






the goal: beautiful cat eyes  😎😻 😁

FB: Christians in Sri Lanka






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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Medications and Mental Health

MEDICATIONS YOU’RE TAKING MAY NOT ONLY AFFECT YOUR BODY BUT MAY ALSO BE RADICALLY ALTERING YOUR PERSONALITY TO THE POINT OF MENTAL ILLNESS -- by G. Grider


Medications been linked to road rage, pathological gambling, and complicated acts of fraud. Some make us less neurotic, and others may even shape our social relationships.

We would never tell you to stop taking medicine that a doctor has prescribed for you, but we are telling you that you need to take full advantage of the research power of the Internet and find out exactly what it is you are taking, and what serious mental side effects it could be causing you. As you will see today, there are untold thousands of people across the world who are taking prescription drugs for a physical ailment and are actually causing themselves to develop mental illness.

“And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.” Revelation 9:20,21 (KJB)

If you are a student of the Book, you might find it interesting to know that our word ‘pharmaceutical’ meaning medicine, where we derive the term ‘Big Pharma’ from, comes from the Greek word ‘pharmakeia‘. In the book of Revelation where it talks about sorcery and witchcraft, that same word ‘pharmakeia‘ is used. Pharmakeia means ‘the use of medicine, drugs or spells’. Pharmakeia shows up in Exodus 7:117:228:18Isaiah 47:9Galatians 5:20Revelation 9:21 and 18:23. Just thought you might find that interesting. He who has ‘ears to hear’ and all that, you know.

 We live in a period of time where Big Pharma is saving lives, yes, but also destroying the lives of countless others. In the early stages of my graphic design career, I worked for two of the largest Big Pharma companies in the world, and I heard some very interesting things in closed-door meetings. One meeting in particular where the CEO of the company was boiling mad because the new drug they had spent $400 million on killed all the test patients. Killed them dead. So what did the CEO of this massive Big Pharma company want his people to do? He wanted them to repackage it with a new name and find some kind of condition it could be attached to. That’s who you’re dealing with at these drugs companies, thought you’d find that interesting as well.

The medications that change who we are

FROM BBC FUTURE: It turns out many ordinary medications don’t just affect our bodies – they affect our brains. Why? And should there be warnings on packets? “Patient Five” was in his late 50s when a trip to the doctors changed his life. He had diabetes, and he had signed up for a study to see if taking a “statin” – a kind of cholesterol-lowering drug – might help. So far, so normal.

But soon after he began the treatment, his wife began to notice a sinister transformation. A previously reasonable man, he became explosively angry and – out of nowhere – developed a tendency for road rage. During one memorable episode, he warned his family to keep away, lest he put them in hospital.

Out of fear of what might happen, Patient Five stopped driving. Even as a passenger, his outbursts often forced his wife to abandon their journeys and turn back. Afterwards, she’d leave him alone to watch TV and calm down. She became increasingly fearful for her own safety.

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” 3 John 1:2 (KJB)

Then one day, Patient Five had an epiphany. “He was like, ‘Wow, it really seems that these problems started when I enrolled in this study’,” says Beatrice Golomb, who leads a research group at the University of California, San Diego. Alarmed, the couple turned to the study’s organizers. “They were very hostile. They said that the two couldn’t possibly be related, that he needed to keep taking the medication, and that he should stay in the study,” says Golomb.

RESEARCH INTO THESE EFFECTS COULDN’T COME AT A BETTER TIME. THE WORLD IS IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS OF OVER-MEDICATION, WITH THE US ALONE BUYING UP 49,000 TONNES OF PARACETAMOL EVERY YEAR – EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 298 PARACETAMOL TABLETS PER PERSON – AND THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CONSUMING $1,200 WORTH OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS OVER THE SAME PERIOD. AND AS THE GLOBAL POPULATION AGES, OUR DRUG-LUST IS SET TO SPIRAL EVEN FURTHER OUT OF CONTROL; IN THE UK, ONE IN 10 PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 ALREADY TAKES EIGHT MEDICATIONS EVERY WEEK.

Research into these effects couldn’t come at a better time. The world is in the midst of a crisis of over-medication, with the US alone buying up 49,000 tonnes of paracetamol every year – equivalent to about 298 paracetamol tablets per person – and the average American consuming $1,200 worth of prescription medications over the same period. And as the global population ages, our drug-lust is set to spiral even further out of control; in the UK, one in 10 people over the age of 65 already takes eight medications every week. READ MORE

5 Prescription Medications That Destroy Your Health

You’re probably thinking that there is no way the pharmaceutical industry would sell harmful products. Unfortunately, you would be naïve if you thought that. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most powerful industries in the world. They have sole control over what drugs and medications are released and sold to the public.


A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Advice for Success From a Twin

 Some of my advice for success: (by Julie)

🌟Find something you care about more than the fear of failure. 

🌟80% of success is psychology and mindset 

🌟Have your mission. 

🌟Be courageous. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

🌟Step out of your comfort zone and begin to feel exhilarated by it!

🌟Don’t negotiate with yourself.

🌟Find role models. Surround yourself with people who have what you want: mentally, spiritually, financially ...all of it.

🌟Be as generous as you are committed.

🌟Find someone worse off and help them.

🌟Begin today. Get to it! Stop procrastinating and making excuses. 🌟Don’t wait for someday. Or you’ll end up looking back over your life wondering where the time went.

🌟Don’t wait to have it all planned out. Even great plans will need to be changed along the way.

🌟Expect struggles and setbacks. View these challenges as opportunities to learn and grow.

🌟Work on your mindset and your personal development every day...as if your life depended on it.

 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success (Joshua 1 )





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Thursday, September 16, 2021

PragerU: What It Takes to Become a Millionaire

How to become one of the 11 million Millionaires in the United States.  


Studies show that one of the main reasons these Millionaires were "lucky" with money was that they live in the United States?  Hoooorah, I've got a leg up already 😀 😁 😃




He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: 
and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.




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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Home Renovation: Our Home's Corner Window Creation, Part 4

Exterior Photos








Interior Photos
Interior, unfinished trim

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. (Matthew 18)



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Sunday, September 12, 2021

My Friend's Amazing and Vast Collection of Dolls


   
I've known P.S. for decades. To me she was never not a Doll collector.  Every single one of her dolls has a name; and each has a history. I estimate the collection to number over 2k 😮😀😍😲

I thought it amazing that years ago she had one glass display cabinet chock-full of dolls; but now her stuff literally take up half of all available space in her entire house, LoL 😁😀

The photos are very recent; the short YouTube video is from 2015 and worth watching. It would have taken  me hours of picture-taking to do her vast collection justice. Alas, she was also in the middle of hosting her daughter's party and we could only stay so long.  BTW, by the time this is published it would be P.S's birthday, Lord willing.  Happy, Happy Birthday, 🎂🎈🎉P.S!


















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