Ramblings of a Canadian Gypsy Phoenix

Page 91 of 366. I have so much flying on my mind that I don't even know where I should begin writing. First off, Happy 24th Birthday to one of the most beautiful souls that I have ever had grace my life... I know that sounds weird, but I am talking about my youngest child, my son. He is a great dad and husband; I couldn't be more proud of him and the man he has become. Props need to go out to his dad and his step-mom too. He is a good man!!! I am just so not in the mood today to deal with bullshit. My mind is already tired, seems like it is running non-stop at the moment, and I don't like feeling like this. I will not get into details about some of the stuff, because it isn't my story to tell.  I DO want to talk about the age old question as to whether men and women can have friendships ~ true friendships with nother sexual between them??? I know I can answer that they wholeheartedly can. I have a few guys that I call my "brothers" and there has NEVER been eve...

  Page 90 of 366. Are we really this far into the craziest year of our lives??? I cannot explain all the feels I am feeling these days. I truly have no words for them, as I cannot even identify all of them. Between the celestial events, the religious and spiritual events, and personal events (my son's 24th birthday, is tomorrow), happening so close together... I am complete mess. I am pretty sure I lost a day or so this week; so forgive me if I am in a bit of a brainfog. I gotta admit, that throughout it all, I have been able to keep myself pretty busy on reviewing cases that I think would make a great part of my crime blog. It may sound morbid to some, but I have always been fascinated with crimes and the judicial system; so to write about gruesome cases, seems pretty normal to me.  I like to know the ins and outs of the case, as well as the trial proceedings with the sentencing, and aftermath. It does sadden me that once a trial that received huge publicity is soon forgotten...

  Page 89 of 366. Good Morning everyone. Sorry, I am going to be extremely blunt in this blurb because frankly, what I just read is making my blood boil!!! This morning, when I booted up my laptop, this news article popped up and my mouth literally dropped open, before a LONG, and I mean LONG stream of cussing followed. I am going to post the link here to the story, but I am going to discuss it too. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/parents-asked-if-they-want-disabled-children-removed-from-class-photos/ Am I the only one who sees a problem with this??? To make it very simple, parents of disabled children have been asked by the photography firm if they'd like for their child(ren)'s photos to be removed from class photos... Then to go on, a elementary school in Scotland, did just that!!! I am not using names, as it is in the article, and I obviously didn't ask for their permission before I went on this rant... One mother, was furious when she saw that her daughter, with sp...

  Page 88 of 366. Hi everyone. I know I am super late with my entries today, but I had to get shopping in, laundry and cleaning the house a bit.... of course, I ran out of spoons long before I could accomplish everything, but I am still here. I don't really have a subject to write about today, other than this world is literally going to "hell in a hand basket" (if you believe in "hell")... Some wild shyt went down yesterday in the States, where two major bridges were destroyed. I feel this is just the beginning of stuff that's going to happen in the next 11 days.  Celebrities are finally getting arrested for their slimey, scummy, pedophiliac behaviour. Yes, I know what the true agenda is here. The media wants us to concentrate on the newest person they are arresting and hopefully along the way, we are forgetting about all the monsters that went to the Epstein Island... YAH, UMMMMM, it's not working!!! All while we are paying attention to this news, we ar...

  Page 87 of 366. Good Morning y'all. Just grabbing my tea and I will be right with ya.... Hang on!!! Unlike all you people, I don't drink coffee... so let me appreciate the finer things in life; like a good ol spot o' tea. Don't worry, I don't stick my pinkie out as I sip it. I ain't that proper LOL Well, it's Wednesday everyone; and for some odd reason, Wednesday has always been my favourite day of the week. I don't really know why, but I am assuming it's because its the middle of the work week and all you got to look forward to is the weekend now?!! This weekend, however is a long weekend, as it is the Christian Easter wknd., which always drives me bonkers because the Orthodox (Greek) Easter isn't until May 5th this year. Someone please make this make sense. I mean, I know one religion goes by the Gregorian calendar and the other by the Julian calendar.  To be perfectly honest, I really don't care about why trivial things like dates are su...

  Page 86 of 366.. Good Day my Lovies. This is going to be a very short entry, as I feel motivated to work on other things today. Not much is happening in my life, other than I slept for 14 hours last night... My body finally made up for the lack of sleep this past week. Yes, I know it is only Tuesday, but my sleep schedule has been a mess since last week sometime. I suffer from insomnia, so it is what it is; I take sleep when I can get it.. Now what can I say about the world going on around me??? It seems the world is trying to destroy things and people and places. I am soooo frustrated with all the bullshit that continues to be thrown at President Donald Trump. It seems as soon as one case is about to resolved, the opposition throws more at him.. They are literally doing everything possible to make him penniless and get him into jail so he may not run for the Presidential Elections coming up. Why isn't that idiot and braindead Joe Biden facing the consequences of HIS actions??? W...

  Page 85 of 366. Good Morning my Lovies. I've got the Monday Blues!!! I didn't get a lick of sleep last night, I think I did finally crash 8:30 this morning and it is now 10:47, so I am lucky if I got 2 solid hours.. So I am treating myself to a "me" day... consisting of using frequency therapy and writing; the perfect way to spend a day, no??? All I really gotta say is can we get through these celestial events already... they are reeking havoc on me (and many others).  Although it is daytime, we are having the first of FOUR eclipses this year... Not like having a full moon 13 times a year isn't enough, eh??? This one is the penumbral eclipse, and it is happening as we speak; of course it is full daylight outside, so would be hard to see by the naked eye. But if you do get a chance to spot it, the moon with look eerily red!!! I guess the eclipse that is causing so much commotion is the full solar one that is coming on the 8th of April. I don't know what is up...

  Page 84 of 366. I am in a restless kind of mood today. It's odd that I am taking such pleasure in writing again. I, for a long time, never thought I'd find true joy in it. I was writing as a job for a number of years; then I got too sick to write. Maybe one day I will get back into that, only if the company I worked for is still around; they were by far the most amazing people to work for. I am quite pleased that my other blog is gaining attention too. I had originally thought about doing a podcast all about crime; but that seems to be the source of media most people are using right now... so I wanted to do more of my own thing, one I know I am really good at it. Again, I ask all of you, if there is a particular case you would like to hear about... just comment on the blog itself :) I truly don't want to go into a big rant about all the BS happening in Canada right now... All I am going to say is that we as Canadian citizens are sitting ducks when it comes to our governme...

  Page 83 of 366.. I don't think this one is going to be a very long entry. I just wanted to reassure readers I am not neglecting my personal blog; but I am so excited to be working on the criminal one  2 P's in a Pod Crime Tales  (click the link to have access to that blog). Don't forget to save it for future blurbs!!! It's a rather slow, lazy morning; honestly I didn't want to get out of bed. I don't know who on here knows that I am diabetic. I try to avoid my insulin as much as I can. I hate needles and I am supposed to inject myself 4 times daily and on Fridays 5 times; on top of that I have diabetic meds in pill form that I need to take daily... this all seriously sucks ass. Anyways, last night I DID take my long acting insulin, as well as my ozempic... and trust me when I say I HATE OZEMPIC!!! It makes me sick for a good 48 hours after taking it. SO I tend to NOT take it neither.. I am going to make a conscious effort to at least maintain taking my nightly...

  Good Evening my beautiful Lovies. This is going to be a very short blurb, as my mind is completely fuckered at the moment. I mean, today my one furbaby went into the vet to get neutered, and let me tell you... the anxiety I felt until I had him back in my arms was insane. It broke my heart walking out of the vet office and looking back to seeing my wee lad sitting in a massive metal cage. He was looking back at me, confused and wondering what was going on.  Anyways, on a good note, he is fine. He is 4 and a half months old and weighs 6lbs; but he is built like a brick house. He is going to be the very definition of a tom cat. He is such a beautiful furbaby. I have owned cats before, but never a tuxedo cat, and I gotta say, this one has the most beautiful temperment. I honestly lucked out on both my furbabies. Karma, I will be bringing in a few months from now, because I find she is just too little to go through such a procedure right now. Maybe I am just being an over protec...

Page 82 of 366. I didn't have a great night's sleep again, but it was for valid reasons. This morning, we brought my little Draco Zombie to the vet to get him fixed... The poor lil guy meowed the whole way there, but once we got into the building, and he met the vet, he did nothing but purr. He is in execllent health; but leaving him behind in that big metal cage broke my heart. He is momma's lil sucky boy and I am literally leaving his life in someone else's hands and I do NOT like this feeling. (I'll give you updates when I get them :) Well, peeps, we made it through another week. What are your plans for the weekend??? I don't think I have too much going on, as per usual. I don't know if it is my anxiety, but I rarely leave the house; so if I do go out with you... trust that I am literally trusting you with my life. I know with the good weather approaching, my goal is to get out more. I'd like to just be outside; but I will definitely need some coaxing...

  Page 81 of 366. I apologize for my tardiness today, but it has been kind of a wonky day for me. I have been dealing with a lot of pain lately, and with pretty much no sleep last night, I have been a mental case all day. I spent part of the day researching criminal cases that would be a good read on my other blog; then I did some baking, and of course made dinner fresh... it was a simple one of homemade burgers, and we treated ourselves to a milkshake :) There is a reason I am writing this tonight, it's because we were talking about our mothers, no I am not going to disclose who I was talking to; but we shared a similar childhood when it came to heartless, cold, unloving mothers, especially!!! In the middle of our conversation, I had blurted out that on my birthday, every birthday from the time the movie came out, in 1982, so I would have been 6 years old.... my mother would make me and my friends who came to my birthday party, watch this particular movie. Now to most, this may se...

  Hi everyone. I am not sure how long this blurb is going to be, but it is something that has been weighing on my mind A LOT. I don't need to state the obvious when I say that our world is in shambles, and it looks like it is going to get a whole lot worse before we can see the light on the other side of this one. I don't want to say this is a battle between good and eveil, because then it's truly just people fighting within themselves. There is something much more sinister happening. Our governments have turned against our own people, borders are being shut down, families are being torn apart as several countries continue to threaten an all out world war. I want to say this doesn't frighten me; but I'd be lying if I said that... I am scared shitless. Let me clarify that statement... There is so much misinformation out there, it feels like the powers that be are holding back vital information, while they make sure their own asses are covered. We are watching those i...

  Page 80 of 366. Are we really this far into the year already??? It has been an interesting day, to say the least. I am kind of all over the place with my emotions; but I am doing okay. I made a nice dinner, Portuguese crusted chicken thighs with some pasta, garlic bread and I made some lemon cupcakes.  Yes, I know most of that isn't healthy for me... but to be honest, I eat like a bird. I had maybe half a chicken thigh, 2 spoons of pasta and a piece of garlic bread... You would be proud, I didn't touch a single cupcake, although they sure smelled yummy!!! I am going to settle in for the night. I have already taken my medications and plan on chillaxing the rest of the night. I just hope this back pain eases soon... I know my kidney is acting "stupid" but this feels more like it's the osteo acting up, or maybe it's simply another flare up of my fibro... either way, the pain sucks!!! It may have been a difficult day, moreso emotionally than anything else; but I...

  Page 79 of 366. Hello all you beautiful souls. Today is supposed to be the last day of Winter, but Mother Nature is playing her usual tricks and it's snowing today... only a few days ago, we were in shorts and tshirts. This is nothing new to me, I just say, "Welcome to Canada; where the weather is as bipolar as the rest of us!!!" I am kind of in a daze today. I had such immense pain last night in my right flank. This seems like a never ending cycle for me. I have had a few surgeries on my kidneys and it seems like it may be that time again... I hate saying this, but the kidney thing is hereditary; and it breaks my heart that my sister is now on dialysis for hers. It sucks donkeyballs... Well, I don't want to put a damper on everyone's day, so this is going to be a fairly short blurb. My heart hurts and I cannot explain why... it's emotional, not physical; just to be clear. There is so much sadness in this world and most days I can kind of ignore it and stay ...

Page 78 of 366. I am kinda in the zone today... don't ask me which zone because my brain is going about a mile a minute and my hands surely cannot keep up with it. I have always hated Mondays, not for any specific reason, but on Mondays I am usually at my lowest mentally, emotionally and physically. I did, however, get out of bed today, did a few loads of laundry and I went to visit my sister; so to say that I used all my spoons already for today, would be an understatement. The weather, in my parts of the world, has been extremely bi-polar lately, and I think it is making a lot of people sick. I believe it is also screwing with our ecosystem... animals don't know what season it is because we have had an extremely mild winter here...one could say that we missed winter altogether and have just had a really long extended fall. There are so many insane things happening in the world right now; leaving many of us up in arms. Our government officials (not just Canada), have worked so...

Page 77 of 366. Good Day to all my Lovies... it is Sunday Funday!!! Although, I seem to be in a weird kind of funk today. I am not really sure what is triggering me today, but I literally didn't feel like leaving my bedroom. Usually I will venture into my living room, and obviously the kitchen; which I DID do today because I had a hankering for homemade fries.,,, and NO, I don't use an airfryer, I am an old school cook... oil on stove and away we go. I am now back in my bedroom and I feel like I did a month's worth of work in 10 minutes. Am I the only one feeling this way, these days??? I started working on my true crime blog and published one story that was divided into 3 blurbs; and I wanted to do more today, but as of this moment, I really feel like I have spent all my spoons and just need to rest. I've got laundry to do, but again, that means stepping out of my apartment, and I don't have the "spoons" for that today. It's not that I am feeling terr...

  Well, it appears I really have the writing bug today... this is what? Entry 6, between my two blogs?!! I may seem really daft when I ask this question, considering I am 43% Irish... But wtf is Saint Patrick's Day? I guess I am going to write the details about it here. I have never celebrated the day EVER, and even though I have learned I am Irish in the past couple years, I still don't understand the desire to drink green beer and to get completely wasted out of your tree.  So here is the history I have found... March 17th commemorates the life and legacy of the Patron Saint of Ireland ~ St. Patrick.  So who the hell is Saint Patrick??? He was born in Roman, England approximately in 385 AD, but was brought to Ireland when he was 16, abducted to be a slave. After escaping captivity, he returned (???) to Ireland and is believed to have brought Christianity to the Irish people.  One of the better known versions of his legacy is that he used the clover leafs to explain...

Hi all you beautiful souls. I know this blurb is going to come off a bit weird, but it is something that is weighing on my heart and I need to express it. I always promised to be transparent (The actually meaning, not the alphabet crew version), with all my readers and followers, so this is me being an open book... I will continue to stick to my rule of not mentioning any names because there are such mixed feelings about the situation that I don't want to hurt anyone in the process... especially myself!!! Let me put it to you, this way... If you see people you care about being run over by their partner, or someone you love doing something reluctantly, only to appease the person they are with; would you step in or fall back and let them make their own mistakes??? This is the situation I am going to talk about today. I just wish that the person I love in this position had chosen themselves over following what their wayward partner is doing. This is very hard to write without blasting...

Page 76 of 366. Good Morning everyone. I know it is an early start today, but I am excited about writing about criminal cases... I am very passionate about law proceedings, especially cases in recent years, and those decades, maybe even years ago... so this new venture is going to be another great thing to keep my mind occupied; causing me less time to lounge in bed, just stuck in my own head. I also have a surprise up my sleeve, that I cannot reveal until it has been confirmed; but I AM HOPEFUL!!! It's supposed to be a dreary day today, 80% chance of rain... which is fine with me, because I LOVE the rain. I find it purifying and peaceful; yes, even those loud booms of thunder :) So, it is my hope that we get some thunderstorms today...  LOL I get it, it is supposed to still be mid-winter; but it appears like we skipped winter altogether... at least here in Ontario, Canada. I am probably the only one complaining about that... mostly because I love the cold, but it also wasn't c...

Page 75 of 366. Hey everyone. It is Friday and LITERALLY the middle of March (already)... I don't really have a lot to talk about today, but I have made a decision that was nagging on my mind.  As you know, I am a huge legal buff and I follow a lot of court cases, as well as having some law school experience... so I am going to be starting a second blog and will be doing my legal entries there...  This will remain my daily blog, where I keep sharing my opinions, views and events happening in my life. I WILL still write about legal stuff on here, but solely my opinion... the cases will be on the other blog. I truly hope you will also follow me there. I will post the link shortly... Give me a chance to get things set up there, but this is the url... Please remember, you are more than welcome to share you comments there. It's all greatly appreciated. If you'd like me to focus on a specific case, let me know and I will see what I can do. I look forward to your comments... https...

  This is a continuation of my previous post "The Disappearance of Laci Peterson"... On April 23, 2003 Scott was arraigned and he was charged with two felony counts of murder with premeditation and "special circumstances". Of course he pled not guilty.  The trial began on June 1, 2004... to make a long story short, this trial did not come without its own set of drama. A juror had to be dismissed after it was discovered they had spoken to Laci's brother. The prosecution didn't have much to go on; since being a cheater doesn't necessarily make you a murderer. The lack of circumstantial evidence was also an issue BUT there were several motives for Scott to do this. 1. he was tired of his marriage. 2. he felt pressure from her with the pregnancy. 3. He wanted to continue his affair with Amber, free and clear with no strings left behind. 4. He was under financial pressure... Scott was desperate.. He tried to sell the house, he did sell Laci's car, but he ...