Two birthday Butterflies greeted me yesterday.
There was one on my window and I saw it when I first opened the window to greet the day. When I went outside to get a better shot, it was gone.
Later I saw a Monarch sunning on my deck!
Daily Prompt
Daily Prompt: You’re a Winner!
OMG!!
No, seriously, it could not have happened at a better time in my life since I’m about to be evicted by years end, jobless and penniless. I am so thankful that I finally won a lotto of any kind, since I’ve been buying tickets for many years now.
As an ex employee of the IRS, not sure how you guys got past the whole tax thing, unless this is a billion dollars after tax.
The first thing I’m going to do is pay off this house that I could no longer afford and then give it to a needy vet with some money in a bank account for the first few years until they get settled in. Then I’m pulling up all the info I have on some folks that I’ve always wanted to help if I get the money. Some are strangers, some acquaintances, but all with various financial needs like a local woman who died from an accident years ago in Dearborn and she had two small boys she wanted to send to college one day. There are those in my family that are mentally ill that need to be taken care of. I would take care of all my family and friends, as well as the local food banks and Christian shelters in the area.
There is a lot of needy people in this world and thank God that someone like me has finally won a lot of money so a lot of good can be done instead of those that waste the money on big houses and fast cars and drugs. Thank you God in the name of Jesus, I can finally make a difference to many of your other needy people in this world.
I hope this isn’t some kind of a Daily Post hoax because I will be despondently disappointed.
And Po’ Girl don’t like being played.
Daily Prompt: 32 Flavors and Then Some!
Just found these delicious Breyers Gelato flavors, Tiramisu and Triple Chocolate. I just used to pass these by in the freezer section purchasing Moose Tracks Ice Cream untill my grocery store had them on sale one week. Soooo glad I did decide to try them because I can really understand their new commercial now.
Tiramisu
Triple Chocolate
Daily Prompt: Wall to Wall Pictures!
I’m due to be moving some time this year, but still don’t plan on taking any artwork down til the bitter end!
Daily Prompt: Howl at the Moon and Other Stuff
I have eaten healthy most of my life. Thankfully they did not have fast food when I was young and we were too poor to over indulge in anything, thank God!
Love the local farmers market at harvest time!
Had to start sticking to a very low sodium diet lately in hopes of keeping my blood pressure at a more normal level. I’m so jealous of people who can eat anything and they’re fine. That’s amazing to me. I recently decided to change-up the usual pasta and sauce by baking it. Used an odd larger pasta called Gigli, made my own sauce with a tomato paste base and very low salt, mostly herbs and spices and layered it with some cheese I mixed up with low-fat sour cream, which is naturally low in sodium compared to cheese. Made for a nice creamy base. Recipe to come later on the Recipe page I’m working on.
Daily Prompt: “Rectum, Darn Near Killed ‘Um!”
When I used to work in the Automated Collection System for the Internal Revenue Service there was an email that made the rounds that someone started to make us feel better about our highly stressful position. It claimed that there was someone who actually tested the anal thermometers so I guess that was supposed to make us feel better about the daily reamings we received dealing with the angry taxpayer calls when they found levies on their bank accounts or liens on property. We did the dirty work for them.
According to Snopes.com, it was a joke. Click on the site if you wish to hear the whole story.
Daily Prompt: Brick Revival
Another Artist Retreat!
The grounds still need work
Each suite will have a private bath
Seclusion and privacy will be top priority
Like artists need a place to create! We can create anywhere when we stop procrastinating.
I have just inherited my family’s estate in the Toronto countryside and have decided to turn the home and the many acres surrounding it to an artist retreat! The gardens won’t be a problem, they just need to be loved back into existence, but the house is another story. The nice thing is I will be able to provide some jobs among the locals fixing it up, not to mention office help and a permanent grounds keeper.
Keep your eyes peeled for updates!
Daily Post: Gone With The Windfall!
Like I posted in a comment earlier today of why Po’ Girl Shines is the name of my post!
If I had that kind of money, I would begin a new blog called “Rich Bitch” but maybe “Moderately Wealthy Woman Sparkles!” would be more like it.
After taxes, you probably only have half that amount. After helping out a large family and few donations I would just pay off this house so I don’t have to foreclose and I would be about where I am now.
Daily Post: The Rage to Live!
Most of my life I was very meek and quiet and it wasn’t because I was stifling anything. This was my temperament. I didn’t really care to have things or be something. I was very content with very little. Even my husband would get annoyed with me because I never “wanted” anything. As I got older this changed. After menopause it really changed!
I would honestly say, well if I could have something, then I want a large home in the country (way beyond our price range) but I didn’t want things, but actually the lifestyle of the country and having gardens and animals. People didn’t get me mad unless the tried to put me down. Being raised very poor, I never had good self-esteem but knew who I was and who’s I was so while I didn’t walk around all arrogant and vain, neither did abuse go over well with me. I never liked cruel people. They are such hypocrites. They would never put up with someone treating them disrespectfully, yet they will do it to others. Never could figure that out since people who treat others badly really don’t like themselves. There must be a difference between low self-esteem and self-hatred.
I digress. The only emotion I have ever had a hard time controlling is rage or what I call righteous indignation. I don’t get mad to get mad but when I see others treated badly or when it happens to me for no reason, I seriously want to rip off that person’s head and spit down their neck, and that’s putting it mildly. I also have to say that my anger towards unjust situations actually gives me strength to try and do something about it depending on what it is.
Anger is great fuel for protests and such but I wouldn’t suggest mixing anger with anything that effects your decision-making skills such as alcohol or drugs. I know those serving time because they couldn’t control their anger and lacked the presence of mind to think out their actions before they acted on them.
Rage can help build things or tear them down depending on how it is acted upon.
Daily Prompt: No Apologies With Ice Cream!
My super guilty pleasure is Moose Tracks Ice Cream and lots of it!
Didn’t used to matter that much when I was younger and ate super healthy all the time and this was about the only fat and sugar in my diet.
I’m trying to cut down to allow for some of the other unhealthy food I now eat and the other day I picked up some natural vanilla ice cream by Breyers instead of my usual.
I had previously purchased some Dove candies that were on sale so I decided to forgo the usual fudge and peanut butter cups that are in Moose Tracks.
Then I got the bright idea to melt some of the dark chocolate candies in some butter and cream for a fudge sauce and split some of the peanut butter candies and throw them into my vanilla ice cream to see if it was close to the real thing.
It was better!
Po' Girl Shines 
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