22 august 2023…..so

I did a thing. 

Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful. 

Facial hair is a must. 

Natural sunscreen and cold defense. 

If you don’t grow a beard and can your a sucker. 

10 august 2023…..Trump was/is right

I was thinking about what a “friend” on Facebook posted a few years ago. 

It went something like this. 

“I’m not saying your a racist, but if you support Trump, you the friend of a racist.”

I question that kind of “Logic”. Take a slightly opposite saying. “I’m not saying he’s a black man, but he is friends with a black man.”

Some of the people I like best in this world are from “races” different than my own. By the way, my race is Viking. A Viking in a wheelchair? That’s probably an oxymoron. 

We, in the Union States, are living in a banana republic. I would love to have someone prove me wrong. 

Disney makes stupid movies. About the last good on was Lilo and Stitch.

 

20 July 2023……:)

I used to love Disney. 

It had the best adaptations of classic stories to film via animation. Animation has given freedom to tell stories in magical ways for years. The possibilities of animation are becoming limitless and more lifelike all the time. I would dare say that a movie could be made and nothing would need to be live action and nothing would need to cause a risk to an actor’s health or safety. 

That said, there is a new live action adaptation of Snow White. ? Snow White is an olive skinned Latina. ? The “Dwarves” are not dwarves and are multi racial. ?  From what I understood, the evil Queen is more beautiful than Snow White. ?

So I will say this. I don’t like what Disney does anymore. Disney bought Star Wars made two good films, The Force Awakens and Rogue One, then everything magically turned into crap. 

I still love most of the classic stuff. One of my favorites is The Cat From Outer Space. 

I know that I can’t do anything but complain, and that is worth less than the time it takes to write it. 

Still I probably won’t be going to Disney anymore. That said, if someone similar to the man Walt Disney becomes the head of the company again, maybe it will be worth something. Walt Disney, the man was flawed in many ways. This world needs more flaws. Everyone is human. I’m sick of people acting like they shit solid gold bricks. 

There is to much stupid, idiotic stuff in the world. 

So anyway my beard is a very important part of my life. The hair for my beard is so curly it is somewhat hard to care for. I have a hairdryer brush that I like to use. The only difficulty is me using it myself. I could. My wife does much better. Then after a few days I gets shorter. If I take a shower it gets really curly and short. 

I have this desire to shorten my beard. That said I want to grow my beard until I can wear it in a ponytail. Still it is a pain because it is so curly. 

But, I think a beard is one of Gods greatest creations. It can protect from the heat and sun. You can’t sunburn the hair. Also It stops your face from freezing. Outside or in the freezing house because of air conditioning. 

29 June 2023….life sucks, then you die

An open letter to “prince Harry”, Mr.  Mountbatten-Windsor

You have really dug yourself into a hole. 

In many ways I don’t care about you anymore. After you got married and decided to move the United States, you lost any of the worth you had. You had a very hard childhood because your parents got divorced, your mother died, and you got press spotlight for every step you made, good or bad. Life sucks. 

So now you have two children and a wife that has barely grown up, you find yourself living in a country that barely recognizes your title. Because you left your native country, your grandmother would not use you for some official events and your father, God bless him, has essentially demoted you in similar fashion. 

I love following the royal family. There is so much that is good that is done. You are not a member of the royal family anymore. 

You live in a country that doesn’t have royalty. Royalty is recognized in other countries, but you and your wife chose to not be part of that anymore. 

So, to use a phrase, “Shit, or get off the pot”. 

Do one of two things. Live in the states, drop the title, let your wife, go to work like she wants, she can get an agent, try to find jobs, you can be a stay at home dad and help raise your children away from the public eye.

Or,

Go back to Great Britain, beg your father to let you back in the the family you start working as a royal again. You don’t want your wife and children to go out, so they can stay home most of the time. You can go and be a working royal again. Going out by yourself most of the time. 

Maybe, become a duke that does nothing but maintain your land holdings and become the person you want the world to be. 

You were born to be a royal. You have few other skills.  I hope you become a worthwhile person.

20 June 2023…..it is hot.

Mark14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: ….

Abraham3:19 And the Lord said unto me: These two facts do exist, that there are two spirits, one being more intelligent than the other; there shall be another more intelligent than they; I am the Lord thy God, I am more intelligent than they all.

I have been studying money. I have been listening to audio books, one specifically by Rabbi Daniel Lapin. I very much like everything that is in the book. 

So it gave me some new insights. 

Basically how money is very good and it is good to work for money to help others. 

One thing I noticed was him referring to the New Testament. (Kind of weird a Jewish rabbi referring to the New Testament.) Still, he mentioned the passage about the poor always being with us. 

That got me thinking about the other scripture in the Book of Abraham. It is specifically referring to intelligence. I think we could say God is the richest and there are always people that fall under him as far as wealth goes. 

Taking these two scriptures you could say that everyone is more poor than God. So the poor will always be with us. I may be rich but most likely, there is someone else who is  richer. In comparison there are lots of “poor”. For example, Donald Trump is rich. Most people are poor compared to him. Still there are people that are richer than him.

There are the richest people in the world. If you compare most people to them, to Donald Trump, he is poor. If I put someone that makes $200,000 next to a billionaire who is poor. So everyone is poor compared to someone else.

I hate the way things are happening in this country. I hate to say it but I think the United States is becoming a banana republic. One political party saying and doing whatever they can co discredit the other party. I think organized political parties should be banned. I don’t know exactly how, but something could be done. Maybe political parties can not be part of national politics.

 So a little about my goals. 

Make bread every week. 

We are making bread every week. I cannot praise homemade bread enough. Eating store bought bread should be a crime. 

Floss my teeth daily. 

I’m doing much better. 

           

 Grow chilli peppers and trees.

The lemon tree is wow! 

I have bell peppers. I harvested the seeds from mini bell peppers I got at the store. So mini bell peppers might be a very recessive trait. Only regular bell peppers are formed when the seeds are planted. 

I had a Japanese maple but for some reason it died. It was doing very well. It got very cold at Christmas time. Then it was doing well for a while. Now it is a stick in the dirt. 

Exercise at least every other day. Spend time out of my wheelchair.

I do my standing up it really can hurt some of the standing muscles I have not used regularly in years. 

          

Help Hildete study English, at least one hour every day. Help her learn enough English so she can get a job as she would like and so she can go to the nail salon by herself. 

I really want to help my wife learn English. It seems very difficult to pin down a specific time every day. And I really want to help her get a job and go to the nail salon. I’m not sure how to help best. 

         

Work on money daily at least five minutes; budgeting, planning, or accounting, where did the money go, daily and make sure I am saving. Learn to be a good Jew, about money. 

I have been able to keep working on my money. It is easy once you get it started. Put together a budget/plan. Then I do accounting during the month. Make sure every dollar is going to the right place. 

Avoid Television as much as possible, listen to audio books, or spend time writing.

Television has a terrible hold on me. 

  Well, I think I have been helped a small bit. My TV stopped producing a picture. The sound seems fine. So that means I need to consider getting a new TV. It might actually be a good idea not to have a TV.  

        

Learn poker. Several different games and help my wife and children learn it. 

I really think this is a good idea. We have just not been doing it. I have been feeling very crummy on the days after I do a lot. It is actually very fun. 

Study gospel topics, Book of Mormon, General conference, Old Testament, New Testament, Doctrine & Covenants.

This is something that I do ok with.

16 May 2023……and now for something completely different, almost

 

So I am getting the feeling I need to do my writing different. That said I will give you an update about how I am doing with some of my other goals and stuff. 

Make bread every week. 

     I had my wife help make bread last night. It is awesome to have fresh homemade bread. Anything store bought pales in comparison.

Floss my teeth daily. 

     For the most part I’m doing well. I hope to have my teeth for years still. 

          

 Grow chilli peppers and trees

      Everything has been doing well. We have had lots of rain. That is good. 

        

Exercise at least every other day. Spend time out of my wheelchair.

      So people know, for me standing up is exercising. Also if I’m standing I’m not in my chair. I always have had grandiose plans. K.I.S.S.

          

          

Help Hildete study English, at least one hour every day. Help her learn enough English so she can get a job as she would like and so she can go to the nail salon by herself. 

     This is hard for me because I get the impression Hildete doesn’t want me to help. I am ready to help if she wants. Granted, I get sucked in by my own stuff sometimes, so, I don’t know. 

         

Work on money daily at least five minutes; budgeting, planning, or accounting, where did the money go, daily and make sure I am saving. Learn to be a good Jew, about money. 

     Working on money seems to be a favorite hobby of mine. 

If anyone knows the Dave Ramsey teaching money management, I highly recommend it. Also, the Rabbi Lapin, information is very good.  God wants everyone to be rich. That way we can all help each other better. In a slightly related subject. I had some rolls of quarters and rolls of dollar coins. They were just in a paper box. They went missing. The problem is I didn’t secure them by locking them up. I can be upset because someone took them, but ultimately it was my responsibility to secure them properly. Tough lesson. 

Avoid Television as much as possible, listen to audio books, or spend time writing.

    Television has a terrible hold on me. 

        

Learn poker. Several different games and help my wife and children learn it. 

      I want us to play more. Still it can be hard sometimes. 

    

Study gospel topics, Book of Mormon, General conference, Old Testament, New Testament, Doctrine & Covenants.

          Reading general conference talks is easy. Other stuff gives me more trouble. Still, I download an app with several versions of the Bible. I thought that I would look at and read the Jewish version of the Old Testament. Jesus and all the original apostles were Jews and were taught in the Jewish ways and traditions. Going with that thought, to come closer to the understanding of the Savior, the writing of everything leading up to His time will help. 

So I will only be posting some of my goals here monthly, or so. I think I need to work on other things that I can post here. Most people probably don’t care about all of the details of my life, so that will be less frequent.

21 April 2023……this world is stupid if you don’t look away.

What is your thoughts. 

WHY do people think they can’t love someone they disagree with. 

I wear fingernail polish. Does that make me unlovable. 

Now more important thoughts. 

My plants.

 Lemon tree. (Lemon drop). Half lemon half kumquat. 

I have been sitting here looking at my lemon tree. I finally got it repotted. I got past blooming and now tiny little lemons are starting to grow. 

The palms

They were volunteer. I bought some soil for a tomato plant, and the soil was based on coconut/palm trees. They got bitten by the cold at Christmas time, but they are coming back strong. 

Citronella 

My mom gave me this one because she was moving back to Utah. It’s a tough plant. It was killed by frost and cold the past three years. But it comes back. I had some wonderful people from church help me repot it so hopefully we are good for at least three more years.

 

Avocado

After my moms husband died I wanted my children to honor him. This is the Grandpa Larry tree. Grandpa Larry loves avocados. The cold last Christmas time froze the leaves off, but it’s coming back with vengeance. 

Maple 

This is one of the impulse buys I have allowed myself to make. Walmart can have very cool stuff sometimes. 

Catnip and chives

The catnip has really taken over. The chives we don’t know how to use properly.  My cat loves the catnip. But I have been told it can have a drug like effect on cats.  

Grapefruit

We started six seeds. We got four. Who knows what will happen. 

Potato (I think)

It started growing so my wife start watering it. Then I put the tomato cage around it because it was falling over. 

Peppers

these should be mini bells. We started with 5. Two died. So we will see what happens. It’s been sending out lots of flowers and growing a lot. 

Then I have three other pots that are just sitting and waiting at the moment 

My marvelous wife keeps things watered nicely. I can do it but it is a very slow process by myself. 

So. I love to sit outside with my plants. Watching them grow day by day can help me have a more realistic view of how life goes.