...'lest be thrown upon ye pyre fire..

Pyre fire?  You may ask, what IS a PYRE FIRE?  Well in some days of yore, upon one's death, a funeral fire would be built, usually a pile (pyre) of combustible materials would be gathered, then set ablaze (fire).  Sometimes this would be in a pit, on some type of platform, maybe even an alter!  Primarily, this served as a way to a society to "dispose" of the human body, as a rite of "passing" and was significant to many religious beliefs.  Usually this also included the ritual 'tossing upon thy fire' (disposal) of items that were considered very personal, tainted or just had superstitious connotations. (Bad MoJo) Sometimes maybe even just their old "junk" that nobody else wanted!  "Anyone want this?" Poof;smoke!

What (?) the heck does that have to do with this web site?  Well, I am on the downhill slope of my life span and my kin have assured me that if this trove of treasures is still hanging around when it comes time to build "MY" PYRE FIRE, this stuff will be kindling!  HAHAHAHAHA!  But seriously, It really does need to go! STUFF

I have here for sale, numerous things that I would love to sell.  Please visit my products page at any time.  Other than that, I guess the rest of this site is merely a journalistic rambling that makes up the scraps of my life!

This web site is a portal into my world.  I am on a journey here, and, No, I have no idea what I am doing at all, so here I am anyway, plundering and bumbling along, I’m going to do the best I can.  At this point I just know I need to get this done...  Please have patience with me and my slow progress okay!  PLEASE!  Thank-You!

Just to be clear here, in case you are still wondering what this web site is all about, please let me try my best to enlighten you!  I'm going to be coming to the end of this life here soon and I need to put things in order and prepare for the finale!  The main purpose of this site is to generate a positive cash flow, which of course, should hopefully, be directed right towards my pocket.  I do not want any misconceptions about the true purpose of my efforts here.  No, this is not just a narcissistic release of my “pent up” writing talents, an outlet for my small trinkets, nor is it here merely for your entertainment purposes either!  It is actually a combination of all of those things, plus a good measure of oddity, just for FUN!  Please, I implore you, please visit my “Pyre Fire Sale” page, or even visit any of the other sites in my neighborhood! 

Now that we have that out in the open I’ll try to move along.

 I will do my best to write the brunt of my tales without too much whining, because I do know how truly irritating and insufferable whining is, but, there is apt to be some nasality apparent as I go along.  For this I apologize in advance, but the truth is, honestly, if I didn’t have woeful tales, why would I even be here doing this?  Of course, my whole life is not a complete tearjerker either!  Happy, Happy!  I’m actually pretty darned happy with the core of my life right now; it’s the outer edges of my planet that are out of wack right now!  I will do my best to be entertaining enough, but really, this is the end of my life, so forgive me if the celebrations are not too jubilant, aye?

 Where oh where to begin…

I am a middle aged Grandmother of at least four children!  The fact that I have the need to put it that way would be a lead off to some of the many trails in my life.  At this point though, we will just move along the main path ahead and talk about the four that I do know about for now!  They are really some great kids.  Of course I say that knowing full well I get to escape and be home with my Honey for a couple of weeks of peace in between!  HA, HA, HA!  They are basically okay, maybe they have some issues, but then don’t we all?  Life is what forms your character and hard knocks make stronger people!  Of course, I will concede that they have had more than their share of problems, but guess what?  Their problems are minuscule compared to the horrors suffered everyday by some children on this planet, so, as far as I am concerned, they do not have it so bad!  They have not suffered atrocities!

Their physical needs are more than met and at least there is an attempt towards paying attention to their emotional ones.  I will admit that, at times, it does feel strikingly similar to when you just barely remember to stop and fill up your empty coffee cup with water and pour it on the wilting plant next to the front door, on your way out to the car!  You do what you can, smooth over it with a kiss, a hug and a lame promise of better / more of your time later, while you desperately do a mental time audit to see if and/or when that may be more than just a fantasy!  Hopefully before something dies right? [Of course it doesn't help if your cat is secretly eating the plant either! ](smile)

I live at home, most of the time, at least as much as I can, with my life mate!  I really do thank God for making a soul just for me, as it is completely obvious that he did!  I’m not even kidding!  I know for a fact I could not possibly be where nor who I am today if not for the power, love and grace of this wonderful human being!  Somewhere along the line I will try to elaborate on this story so that there is more enlightenment on that particular tale! 

What a man, what a mighty fine man, have I!

Uhmm..did I happen to mention that he is a real A-Hole too?  Well, just in case I forget along the way, he is an A-Hole!  In fact I call him the “King Of The A Holes!”  Of course to be fair, he calls me (a well earned moniker to be sure), the “Queen Btch”!

 
Recently, during a visit to our home, our “girls” were doing some craft projects in the workroom, when they found, scrawled on our old beat up work bench, in black marker;

 “Frick the King!”         (Written by HIM “marking”)

“Loves Queen Frita!”         (Written by ME messing with Him!)

  I heard them crooning “aaawww, that is sooo sweeet!” "Look what Grandpa and Grandma wrote to each other, they whispered, and I knew they had just envisioned some "Hallmark" moment.  The both of us staring deeply into each others eyes all smarmy like, so then, as I thought about it, I kinda felt like that, so, what the heck, jest let ‘em believe…, I simply smiled and walked on!

I guess the question here might be, what the hell am I doing here?  Well Frick has been towing the barge here alone, all alone, for quite some time now.  Why has he been pulling all the weight?  I have spent the better part of almost 3 years now, going back and forth to stay every other couple of weeks, at my daughter’s home.  I go there to help her with the previously mentioned youngsters.  She finds herself in the situation to be a single mother right now, and unfortunately that job really calls for more than one person!  I do not do much.  I really just go there to offer her a break so she can cut loose a little!  A relief valve so to speak.  She works 6 days a week from 9a.m. till 7p.m., then she works the 7th one on the weeks that I am there because otherwise, she cannot afford daycare for them that extra day!  She has no choice but to trudge forward and do the best she can!  I wish there was something else I could do to help, but financially speaking we are barely hanging on right now!  Hence, the web site here, Heh, Heh, Heh!  

Why is this our problem?  Because you just do what has to be done, she is our daughter!  I just want to cut to the chase on the explanations right now, so let’s just say for the sake of moving forward here, that my daughter met with an unfortunate spouse!  He’ll be away for an short vacation with the state!  Again!  It is an ongoing soap that is not going to go away!  She really does want to get away from him but that is nearly an impossible feat when there are so many children involved!  If she only knew then what she knows now…..(more...) 

Meanwhile, back at the "ranch"… 

I used to own a small shop, then, after 15 years at it, I made some really stupid business decisions, which ultimately lead to the demise of same said shop!  After a long, desperate attempt at resuscitation, I eventually closed the doors early in 2000. (more...) I bounced around over the last few years from one customer service job to another, but now with all this, some serious health issues and other ongoing life circumstances, I have pretty much hung up my ties!  It’s just a little tough to apply for a position and say, "So how about that health care? Oh, and by the way, I need a couple of weeks off every month to run down (a few hours away) to my daughters house and help her out, so that she doesn’t go crazy and have to turn her children over to a state program”!  I have a feeling they have left that space off of most applications!

So here I am with this life dilemma (Drama)!  What to do, I need to raise some money and help out with our financial world!  The list of things that require cash grows every day, but there is no sight of another income, so, what I need to do is part with some of my life's treasures! Yaahhoo!  That sounds like a good plan!  The problem is that I do not really have a clue as to what the hell I am doing when it comes to the Internet world!  The thing is though; I’m determined to learn!  Hmm, it is starting to sound like a theme here!  Ha! 

I have a plethora of moneymaking plans and ideas, just ask my friends!  The problem is that I truly am not going to live long enough to do even one hundredth of the things I have in my idea / project craw!  I figure that the only thing I can do at this point is to try to market some of the goods, trinkets, talismans and miscellany that make up the driftwood in my life.  At least this is something I can manage to do in the time I have allotted to this portion of my life.  When life hands you lemons…!  I figure that if I just start doing it one step at a time, I will eventually get going?  So I am hoping to earn something from at least (one or more?) of my projects to help us out on our way in life!

The primary task I have at hand seems to be the disposal of a significant amount of personal "treasure" that I will other wise have "Thrown upon my pyre fire" as it were! There are imminent health issues, to which my response, is a bit of urgency in this particular task!

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