Ramblings of a Canadian Gypsy Phoenix

  Page 356 of 365. Good Morning Lovies. I hope you all have a great Monday. We are in the home stretch of the end of this rather insane and almost crippling year, 2025. Today, I, along with a few others, are taking on the big corporation. We are sick and tired of the conditions we have to live in. We are in a first world country, and we pay for the places we live in.  We should be able to live in a safe, clean and secure dwelling... all of which these slumlords are not providing.  So today, after much fandangling, we finally snagged a meeting with the actual owner of the company. I admit, I have a lot of anxiety right now. I have really bad social anxiety, and it seems like I am going to be the one who lays all the shit on the table, and be the voice of the tenants... I AM known as the "one with the voice". I guess it's true. I cannot stand injustices and I really don't like when big corps think they can run over the little guy; especially since the little guy is LITE...

Page 355 of 365. Holy Crappola, Can you believe there are only ten days left to 2025.  Good Morning my Lovies. I hope you all have a good Sunday. I am reflecting on this past year this morning, and it is hard to believe it is almost done, yet I am very happy to see it coming to an end. It has been a difficult one for many of my loved ones and to some degree, me as well. Many, many people have faced financial difficulties this year, some still going back to when COVID hit; whether it affected them medically, or their companies... People continue to suffer. Just look out your window. There are homeless people everywhere. The foodbanks are overwhelmed. Shelters are full, with no alternative for thousands, if not millions of people. This is a first-world country...  THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! I know I write often about the homeless; but this is a serious issue that no one in the government is taking seriously. In the United States, you have a President who is spending millions, if no...

Page 346 of 365. Good Afternoon Lovies. We have finished another work week, and we are quickly approaching the end of 2025. This year has been rough for a lot of people. Honestly, here in Canada it has really been the last 5 years. Watching people suffer, break and even die by the boat loads over these 5 years has been heartbreaking. The worst part about it is none of them died from this supposed COVID. Don't get me wrong, I fully acknowledge that COVID was a serious, serious FLU; but it was NOT what the media and governments claimed it to be. COVID caused hell in ways that has nothing to do with medical! Families crumbled ~ over finances, opposing decisions about the jab, losing jobs, being confined together 24/7. Lack of resources, the mental toll. People who have taken the jab (several of them, even), are dying of rapidly deteriorating illnesses that could only be caused by the vaccination the government forced on people. Unbelievable side effects and devastating diagnosis becau...

Page 344 of 365. Good Afternoon my dear Lovies. I come today with a story that really affected me. I am going to post the link here, so you can all see what is pulling at my heart strings, both with mad respect, gratefulness and outrage... all wrapped into one. Link :   KING OF THE DAY Now that you have seen the video, what are your thoughts??? I am not one that has the right to throw stones, as I am and never was a great mom. I am not going to make excuses for my actions and take full responsibility for them. I did the best I could, at the time I did them. One thing, my kids can never say, is their mom doesn't love them!!! Before I express what I truly think... I almost feel like there is context missing from this.  I give this man a lot of respect and praise. He saw something was amiss, and instead of ignoring it, he did the right thing to do... The sad part about the whole situation is he DID record it. I mean, it was a good thing to have, it's just maddening that some...

Page 339 of 365. Good Afternoon Lovies. I hope you are all enjoying this sunny, yet brisk Friday. I love to look outside and see the beautiful fresh snow; but I wasn't thrilled on the wind... UGH!!! I am in a weird mood today. It's one I can't really describe. I am quiet and somewhat at peace. The story is pretty simple... I have gone round n round in circles with my parents for decades, and I basically closed the door on them; when I could no longer tolerate the rudeness without disrespecting myself. I couldn't do it. My 50th birthday was a few days ago. I didn't really blow it up on social media; because even though I ALWAYS celebrate the people I love birthday... I just wanted to lay in peace and solitude. It gave me the chance to reflect on all my blessings and lessons. I am grateful that I have a genuine, honest, loyal, loving man. I lack for nothing. I am getting way off track.... What I was getting at here, is this... my parents never called, texted, nor emai...

Page 336 of 365. Good Afternoon Lovies. I know it has been a few since I have written. I can honestly say, it has been my health, or lack thereof which has kept me away from writing. I swear I have been in a fibro flare for the past month... I feel like I could finally be coming out of it; but not before I gave in and went to the hospital's ER on Sunday. Oh the joys of leaving your life in the hands of the medical professionals... I can't stand it. I have to be alert, because if I wasn's... I'd be dead before I'd even get to the hospital.  People don't like to pay attention, or read notes... like c'mon, some of patients, especially those of us who have long-term chronic pain, or health disorders; we know A LOT about our own bodies. We may not be medical professionals; but no one knows our body better than us. The ER visit didn't do me much good.  It only showed that my kidney doesn't have stones in it, at this time; but I continue to have leisons/cys...