Z Princess

This is the hardest story to discuss.  Recently, Zenyatta, a superb and wonderful race horse had delivered her third foal, a baby girl, after having already delivered two boys.  This little filly captured our hearts, and she is a beautiful lookalike of her very famous mother.  Sadly, she suffered some fatal injury in a paddock accident so that she was humanely euthanized last night.  It breaks my heart to think about her mother grieving for her now as well as all the owners, caretakers, and fans.  It is unbelievable at how many horses have passed over Rainbow Bridge to enter into their Heavenly Home.

I am sending thoughts of love to her mother and her father who are missing her tonight.  We were all blessed to know her for a very short time.  God bless and keep you, Z Princess.

Watching World Series and Breeders Cup

When I began to watch the World Series, the game was tied 2-2, but SF scored so that in this the 7th inning the score is 3-2.  It is a very tight game.  

This weekend is the richest horse racing game that is played in the USA.  There are two days of frantic horse racing which attracts horses from around the world to enter the Cup for a chance to win glory, fame, and fortune.

Unfortunately, this year a small group of favorites have been taken out of the running due to injuries or balkiness.  One horse was so frightened by jet engines that the trainer decided against shipping the horse to race in the famous cup.  

One wonders at what is going on except that when gamblers brag on their winnings it is always to brag about an astounding longshot that paid off big so that I would imagine that favorites are now afraid to risk losing.  Causes are bone bruises, lameness, or some other non life threatening injury but enough to give the odds makers thrills.  Fortunately, the two major races do not seem to have been affected by this late in the game defections.

I am highly suspicious is all that it is, and one can only wonder at which overlooked horse is capable of pulling off the astonishing surprise of a 35-1 longshot winning.

I suspect that the gambler who bet on either SF or KC are also shaking a bit in their boots right now.  It is never over until it is over, and it is a very close game.  The fans are loud on both sides of this ongoing battle.

When the game is over, I will comment on the finish of it.  Someone will get their ring tonight.

Some good news

It is hard for me to find good news to discuss when all hell is breaking loose, but a few good news items are of interest and importance.

I have watched Chaz Dean sell his Wen products for some time, believing that they are too expensive for me. I always read reviews and many of the reviews did not impress me enough to buy into his cleansing/conditioner program.  QVC is the source of this sale since they have a good return program if not satisfied. QVC is a very trustworthy company. I have been with them since they began their business years ago.

But my hair had been giving me trouble for some time as I found it dull and lifeless, so that when he presented his six thirteen treatment program, I decided to try it.  Never have I been so happy with a product as I am this one for my hair. I am his staunchest supporter on this.  Yes, it is expensive but my hair is behaving so well, looks so good to me, and staying in style that I am a total believer and supporter of Six Thirteen.

I love it!

I do leave it on for twenty minutes each time I use it before I give it a final rinse.  I also do use my own shampoo that I bought long before this which does contain argan oil so I am using a combination of both Six Thirteen and Argan Shampoo.  My hair has such great control that I am truly happy and satisfied.  Never has it behaved like this.

So that is my good news at this time.

Developments in Habitat

What a shock this morning.  After watching Price is Right, I turned to CNN to see what is happening in world today, but I have learned that Dish Satellite and Turner TV are having negotiation problems so that CNN has been replaced by MSNBC this morning.  How long this will continue is more than I can say.  Dish users can go to a special Dish location to voice their support for CNN to returned to the channel.  Several other Turner programs are also affected by this problem ABC reported. I decided to check it out on the search engines.

I am sure that CNN addicts and followers will be happy when this problem is resolved but I am not playing with all the stations on the t.v. to voice my support at this time.  I am sure that Dish will solve it without my input.

The problem at the apartment is that the roofing group has not returned since last Saturday when they did place panels on my roof section leaving only one panel to complete it...it is the unfinished roof as of today and the other three are waiting to be completed.  When they will return I have no idea, but it has been a problem to have the landscapers come in today with plants to be set around the apartment. When that job will be completed is something else to consider.  At this time,  the laborers are taking a break.    This remodeling experience has been one headache after another, with all the uncertainty, tools, and interruptions.  I am in open rebellion at this point, but I will be sure to relax when the next buildings have their turn at this horrible experience.  I am wondering where in the world they will put all the equipment and materials at the other end of the building. I drove back there on Monday to find it so narrow and difficult to get through with two trucks already causing problems. I made it through but I can see that there is no room there to put heavy equipment. I am thinking that they will use the east parking lot next to building 7 for most of their storage, but time will tell. Hopefully, it will be removed from the West parking lot.

But for now, all that is left for me to worry about is the roofing, the landscaping, and then all is done. I pray!

New Iphone6 plus

Let me explain that my new iPhone 6 plan will cost me less than my previous plan as I understand it. I am very fortunate to be connected to Sprint for which I exchanged my former phone and received the new phone under a preorder.  All this worked to my benefit since Apple was good enough to come out with their new phone in the way that I wanted  it, big enough for me to see comfortably, and so I ordered it through my already established Sprint account.  I am happy that it will cost me less in the long run than my previous plan costs.

I attended a second intro to the phone at 3:00 yesterday afternoon, wanting to take it after learning all about it. I learn more from you tube tips and tricks, and I found some magazines available to read all about it at Barnes and Noble.  However, one can learn a lot of that on the internet so that I will not yet buy another magazine to learn all the various things that one can do with it.  I will try to attend workshops if convenient for me.

I attended the first immediately after I received it so as not to make any noticeable mistakes. I had no sound on my ringer after I installed the iOS 8 operating system and so I made a genius appointment. I had read that others had also suffered that same problem when I asked in a search for apple support so that I assumed it was the operating system that caused it.  Turned out not to be that at all, but that a button on the phone had muted the sound system.

The second workshop I attended was full of people also as had been the first. Seems everyone is wanting to attend a workshop which is a good thing for anyone to do.  Quite a lot of difference between the way Bernard and Mario present the phone and I remember them both from my one to one. I admit I liked the first presentation better than the second, and I intend to attend one at either the Biltmore or the Chandler store if available to see what they have to say.  Mario did go through each app thoroughly and was well informed, but so far no survey from Apple on his session.

Usually, Apple sends a survey to inquire on your assessment or evaluation of the presentation.

The girl at the genius bar was able to help me immediately to know the cause of the sound problem. I had somehow or other hit a key button that mutes the sound and so I learned all about that.

I love the iPhone 6.  I think that it behooves everyone to have both systems whether they like it or not.  Subtle differences in each one but both are worth knowing and having if affordable.  I am leasing the phone from Sprint with option to buy at end of two years or to trade to new phone to continue ongoing plan.  All systems appear to be switching to this plan it appears as I learned yesterday.  If I keep up with two phones as I have now I will choose only a free phone, and I see that there are several.  My contract with Verizon is up in January, and I can wait til then to see what they have up their sleeves.  It seems they offer something every month so I will wait it out but I did visit the local store to see what is available now.

I just read that Google is coming out with a bigger phone than iPhone 6 plus which is 5.5".  The Nexus will be a full 6".  That is good for seniors and those who love google.


Sure, one can magnify the type but on a small screen, it takes twice as long to read...with a larger screen, I use the zoom feature to have larger type.  It is a part of the aging process.

So I am happy for the larger size.  I think that the iPhone 6 plus is a great phone for me to have, but I would like to see how the Nexxus will function when it finally is released in November.  I have no intentions of buying it at this time since I cannot imagine it being free to purchase.  The iPhone 5c is free at Verizon at this date but I am waiting until January before I decide to stay or terminate the Verizon account.

War Stories

The other night on the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon had one of the actors who perform in the movie Fury on his show.  This was the actor who played the part of a boy who did not want to kill others.  Brad Pitt is the leader who did a very poor acting job in my opinion in trying to get the boy to take orders or to be killed himself.  The lines alone hit home with me, as they reminded me of two scenes in my life where I have heard those same lines....Thus, I am a bit annoyed with the writer, director, and others who are parroting back for me to know some lines and actions used in my own personal domain.  However, I also told those same people the reason and purpose for such actions and statements which was to prove that Hollywood is using us for their own purposes.  This scene proved it, and I could tell that both the young actor and Jimmy knew damn good and well to what I am referring.  I know it for a fact.

That is all I wish to share at this time.  I did feel the welling from within come back up through me, which in fact, I had already written in a scene between Philip of Macedon and one of his young soldiers who was disciplined for reasons other than those shown in this movie.    So it is an interesting thing to watch but face it. I will not see this movie until it is free at the local library.

Thinking aloud

I have not taken the time to write much anywhere and this blog has suffered from lack of attention also.  This summer has been the most negative summer I have experienced due to the remodeling program ongoing here.

Several things about this remodeling have annoyed me. One, few of us were notified that it was taking place when we signed our leases, and none of us knew of the changes that would come with it.  Most everyone here is unhappy and grumbling about all that has taken place here.  It has been unfair and more than just an inconvenience, and the worst is that I am certain rent hikes will occur before too long. My lease is good until the end of May but I have to give a 60 day move out notice, so that I am now looking into other places to live once my lease expires.

I have not been writing my novel in months for many reasons.  Once I had learned of the identity of two characters in the past who had been revealed to me as people I know well in this lifetime I had a complete change in attitude about dwelling on lifetimes of the past.  Reincarnation is a belief system, and as I believe in myself more than any other person on the face of the earth, I trust my own inner revelations to myself. I finally agree with my mother about the fact that it is best to keep one's inner secrets to one's self instead of sharing with others.  I have learned much about other people's reactions to this belief system the hard way.  I know the truth and while I am intrigued by the past, learning of who others in my lifetime today had been yesteryear had the greatest impact on me.  So my novel is on hold while I rework it.

Another topic that concerns me involves a story I just read on Facebook about a woman in Florida who learned that her boyfriend had set up a secret camera to photograph all her personal life unbeknownst to her.  As I have harped for years about the t.v. industry, movie industry, and publications industry bugging me to death I have always wondered if it were possible to have a camera and microphone wired to watch me at all times.  Because some scenes which were clearly not available to cameras and microphones I had to consider other possibilities, some of which are more extraordinary than electronic eavesdropping. I still wonder about it all.

Next topic about which I am extremely sensitive is the ongoing minority groups over reactions and attempts to claim something for themselves that does not rightfully belong to them.  The color black is an example. It is not a race identification color so for Negroes to call themselves black is a false notion. In coloring, they are not black at all; thus, even Negro which is Spanish is an error as well.  And I am opposed to the gay group for adopting the rainbow as their symbol.  The rainbow colors belong to everyone and were originally the name of the girls who were a part of the Masonic fraternity group.  I dislike the gays for trying to use the rainbow as their symbol, as I think even First Lady Nancy Reagan had it as her secret code name also.  So gays, rainbow is not yours to claim.

The idea that black is racist made the ASU student body look ridiculous when they wanted to use blackface for a blackout idea.   Blacklisted means something totally different!  NBC is a bit ridiculous to name a t.v. show Blacklist when it makes no sense at all regarding the storyline or the stories that are dramatized on it.

Black is universally used for mourning.  I avoid using or wearing black for mourning though.  I consider death an escape from the present life in the flesh, and therefore, I do not mourn the passage of soul from flesh to next spiritual life.

Queen Victoria is famous for only wearing black clothing after the death of her beloved.

I associate the rainbow with summer showers and have seen the rainbows shown from space which turn out to be full circle.

Then today, on another Facebook post, I learned that a very artistic tree which was a balloon was vandalized in Paris for looking like a sex toy. In reality, it looked like a bottle stopper more than a tree, but to think that people were so outraged by the tree that they took it down is absolutely incredible as to how people can inflict their own guilty mind onto others who see it only as a tree.

It made me wonder what they must think of the obelisk.  If that isn't a sure sign of a phallic symbol, everyone has missed the point.  Why are people crazy I want to know?  So much so that they will destroy a piece of artwork?

Like I said, I am thinking aloud in this blog...will write another for a different subject when I  get the time.