Good Morning All;
I am a 52 yr newbie
I got legal 3-yrs ago and last year was my first successful growing year. 3-plants survived and looked beautiful, one turned out to be a male. I took it inside to watch it bloom, took pics. I named him Harold
The acquirement of my seeds is for another story.
In Nov. 2008 I was in a car accident. A drunk driver ran a stop sign and I got the privilege of T-boning him and his vehicle. His truck was bigger than mine, so he won and walked away from the accident and saw no jail time...Yeah NV! lets keep those drunk drivers on the road...
Brain injury, spinal injury and back smooched up...but I survived, and was able to walk...trust me you should have seen my truck, got lucky...I had amnesia for a few years, sooo not fun and scary. I did in 5-yrs what they said should have taken 15 yrs...I'm half Portuguese and stubborn
I'm not down until I'm dead
LOL
I do not look like the 'Elephant Man' on the outside so no one gets it. I would go back to being who I use to be if I could, to make everyone more comfortable around me, but that ship has sailed. I am closer to being emotional 5 and I lost a good 30 points with my IQ. I don't always understand what is going on or happening, but as long as nice people are around I can muddle through it.
I am a 'Retired' Jack-of-all-trades. I put myself through college twice. I use to be a kindergarten teacher back in No. CA...Loved, Loved Loved it
I have owned 4 of my own business in the past, successfully, I owned a Thrift shop (that was to be my retirement business) at the time of the accident ...I use to train dogs (they didn't come out of the package that way LOL
) and offer FREE parent/puppy/dog lessons as well as socializing gatherings for them.
I have 1 dog, Miss Capri (next mo 7 yrs), 1 pup Miss Jewel (10 mo), 3 cats, siblings, that I rescued 2 1/2 yrs ago (mostly out door cats) and 1.40 acres that I have been cleaning the last 4 yrs I have lived here. I live for hiking and am grateful I still can
The last time was in June. Took the dogs up to Ash Canyon in CC Capri loves it up there. Broke most of my toes on my left foot that night...total klutz, no gracefulness here LOL...So I'm looking forward to getting back to hiking this month!
My neighbor got me completely into "The Walking Dead". We now have Sunday gatherings and watch it together...I make dessert and salad and we set up 'buffet style'. I made my apple bread yesterday and had vanilla ice cream with it, yummy!
I love to garden out side and am pretty good at it. I was raised growing some of our own food for our table and have re-learned how again (since I hadn't a clue after the accident). I also grow food for the food bank in Minden starting next year.
I was born ADHD and my mother heavy medicated me with lots of pills. Doctors told me I was Manic depressive, bipolar and a boarder line personality disorder...Okay, who doesn't have any of this shit, right, come on LOL
and sever anxiety since the car accident with a lot of paranoid shit when I drive 'non-medicated'. Lets just say, one too many car accidents. So I HATE pills and try to take as few as possible, hence the becoming legal part.
I know I have problems, but I try to look at the good, not always easy, but I remember other's have it much worse off than me and I try to help instead of hindering. I was born with a soul that was kind and helpful, that thought of others first...I've changed a bit since then
I travel with a 'soap-box' and bring it out whenever I feel the need. I can't stand bullies, rudeness, or lying...never a need to lie...rapist, whether children, women or what have you, and if you abuse your dog I will torture you
as well as take your dog from you! Oh yeah, use your FU*Cing blinker, I'm not a mind reader!
A few other pet peeves, but those are the biggies.
I'm also a story teller so nothing is 'short' when I'm talking LOL and believe it or not, that is the jest of me now
PS... I love the movie "Rodger Rabbit' so much that this blond dyed her hair red for almost 20 yrs
And trust me, Reds have more fun than blonds LOL...went great with my green eyes
Favorite quote: "It's not the men IN my life, it's the LIFE in my men"...Mae West
and about 50 of them from Albert Einstein