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7 of Cups

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  7 of Cups In Tarot, the 7 of Cups is about choice and fear. Fear of having to make a choice. Fear of wondering if the choice is the correct one. Fear that may lead to stagnation. Today's focus is to analyze that fear.  ? Why do you have this fear ? ? What value is this fear providing you ? ? What are the consequences of letting the fear go - getting rid of it ? The 7 of Cups wants you to analyze what actually happens versus what you "think" might happen if you choose one thing over another or not choose anything at all. It may be helpful to rank your choices and do a cost benefit analysis of them. Honestly and dispassionately look at what is going to be best for YOU the receiver. Make your choice. Let go of the fear.  Read More about the Tarot Cards: 10 of Cups 6 of Wands 4 of Wands Tarot A'Day Personalized Reading I will pick ONE card a day while focusing on you. That ONE card will help you focus your energies for that day.  This aids in manifestation, connecting w

10 of Cups

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  The 10 of Cups In tarot, the 10 of cups is all about Passion! When this card is drawn the receiver should focus on doing what excites and energizes them. Think about what brings you pleasure. Then, go do the things that bring you pleasure. The receiver should joyfully do the things they love and enjoy with confidence and abandon. Give yourself over to the feeling of happiness, joy, and gratitude.  Get YOUR Personalized TAROT A'DAY  < Click here for your personalized Tarot A'Day. Each day a single card is drawn. The card determines how you focus your day.  Curated by Princess Vic - unique and fun gift ideas!  < Click here for some unique gift ideas, scented candles, one of a kind novelty t-shirts.  Beautiful Stationary by Princess Vic  < Click here for college rule, spiral bound notebooks with some of my most popular photography and designs. Perfect for taking notes, journaling, writing a diary, or making to do lists.      READ MORE 4 of Wands 6 of Wands The High Prie

6 of Wands

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  The 6 of Wands  In tarot, the 6 of Wands is all about trust. Not blindly trusting without question, but trusting in others and your community. The 6 of Wands shows one should be trustworthy and responsible. The person who gets this card should focus their day on being loyal, responsible, and trustworthy.  4 of Wands The High Priestess The Chariot Ace of Crystals Get YOUR Personalized TAROT A'DAY  < Click here for your personalized  Tarot A'Day.  Each day a single card is drawn. The card determines how you focus your day.  Curated by Princess Vic. A lovely tie in to Stevie the Octopus character I created. My other curation is spreading random bits of kindness and senseless beauty in the form of handwritten letters. My favourite curation is TAROT A'DAY! Not precognition, just hey, here is a nice roadmap for how to approach your day. Helful, concise, takes the pressure of the chaos that day can throw your way!  Get a Handwritten Letter in the Mail <Click Here!   As a &

4 of Wands

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  4 of Wands In Tarot, the 4 of Wands is all about aspiration. The sky is the limit. The person who gets this card should reach for more. They should fulfill their desires and potential. The focus for the day is to liberate yourself and be free. Activate your fire energy and go forth and conquer your day. Nothing can hold you back from achieving what ever you set out to do. Be the best you you can be today! Get YOUR Personalized TAROT A'DAY  < Click here for your personalized  Tarot A'Day.  Each day a single card is drawn. The card determines how you focus your day.  Curated by Princess Vic. A lovely tie in to Stevie the Octopus character I created. My other curation is spreading random bits of kindness and senseless beauty in the form of handwritten letters. My favourite curation is the TAROT A'DAY! Not precognition, just hey, here is a nice roadmap for how to approach your day. Helpful, concise, takes the pressure of the chaos that a day can throw your way! The Chariot

The High Priestess

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  The High Priestess In the Tarot, the High Priestess is a major arcana card. The High Priestess represents the law of knowledge and truth. The person who gets this card should practice inner stillness and equilibrium. There is a calmness and stoic nature. The focus is to see yourself objectively; to have no emotional entanglements. The goal is to bring metaphysical perceptions into the material world.  Get YOUR Personalized TAROT A'DAY  < Click here for your personalized Tarot A'Day. Each day a single card is drawn. The card determines how you focus your day.  The Chariot - Tarot A'Day Ace of Crystals - Tarot A'Day Curated by Princess Vic - Gift Ideas 70s Style by Princess Vic's Bits and Bobs Scottish Poem Birthday Cards by Princess Vic's Bits and Bobs

VII The Chariot

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  The Chariot In Tarot, The Chariot is a major arcana card. The Chariot symbolizes movement and knowledge. When a person gets this card, they are moving onward and upward. There is a freedom and effortless momentum to their day. The focus for the Chariot is momentum, going towards a destination.  Get YOUR Personalized TAROT A'DAY  < Click here for your personalized Tarot A'Day. Each day a single card is drawn. The card determines how you focus your day.  Scented Candles Clean Cotton ** Sea Breeze ** Vanilla Bean ** Apple Harvest ** Cinnamon Vanilla ** Sea Salt + Orchid ** White Sage + Lavender Ace of Crystals - Tarot A'Day Curated By Princess Vic - Home Decor / Gift Ideas Tombstone AZ - A Visit Music Can Help You Learn

Ace of Crystals

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  Ace of Crystals In tarot, the Ace of Crystals signifies brilliance. When this card is drawn, there is insight for the receiver. The person has an "Aha!" moment. The focus for the Ace of Crystals is inspiration, clarity, genius. Let the ideas and inspiration come to you; don't try to force anything. Let go and see what happens.  Get YOUR Personalized TAROT A'DAY  < Click here for your personalized Tarot A'Day. Each day a single card is drawn. The card determines how you focus your day.  Coffee is my love language. Tote Bag (AOP)     Curated by Princess Vic

Silence By Ella Deloria

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 "We Indians know about silence. We are not afraid of it. In fact, for us, silence is more powerful than words. Our elders were trained in the ways of silence, and they handed over this knowledge to us. Observe, listen, and then act, they would tell us. That was the manner of living. With you, it is just the opposite. You learn by talking. You reward the children that talk the most at school. In your parties, you all try to talk at the same time. In your work, you are always having meetings in which everybody interrupts everybody and all talk five, ten or a hundred times. And you call that ‘solving a problem’. When you are in a room and there is silence, you get nervous. You must fill the space with sounds. So you talk compulsorily, even before you know what you are going to say. White people love to discuss. They don’t even allow the other person to finish a sentence. They always interrupt. For us Indians, this looks like bad manners or even stupidity. If you start talking, I’m n

Curated By Princess Vic

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 It didn't start as a curation. It started as a way to sell some of the landscape and animal photographs I had taken. It blossomed. Over the years I would sell t-shirts, socks, tote bags, and even pajama sets. However, it was a hodgepodge of items.  To make things easier, I decided to put my items in order. I made a curation. Then, I put my curation into a pop up shop.  Curated by PrincessVic The pop up shop has several curations. My favourite is the 70s themed Curation . It started as a doodle I would write on the board in my classroom. Then I found myself doodling this all over the place. My mum mentioned it looked like the wallpaper I had in my bedroom when I was 6 (in 1976). A lightbulb went off in my head. If it is something nostalgic that brings back happy memories for me, maybe it is for other people as well.    70s Style  by  Princess Vic's Bits and Bobs      So I put this groovy 70s themed flower design on pillows, bathroom towels and wash cloths, bathmats, blank

Pluto starting new All Godzilla Channel

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  Squeeeeee The universe has heard my prayers and those of every diehard kaiju fan. Pluto announces an all Godzilla channel - all the time! Slated to launch July 1, 2023, here is a list of what will broadcast on the channel: All Monsters Attack (Godzilla’s Revenge) Godzilla 1999 Godzilla 2000 Godzilla (1954) Godzilla Raids Again Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956) Mothra Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster Mothra vs. Godzilla Invasion of the Astro-Monster Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster) Son of Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Godzilla vs. Hedorah Godzilla vs. Gigan Godzilla vs. Megalon Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla Terror of Mechagodzilla The Return of Godzilla / Godzilla 1985  (Exclusive) Godzilla vs. Biollante  (Exclusive) Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (Exclusive) Godzilla vs. Mothra  (Exclusive) Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2  (Exclusive) Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla  (Exclusive) Godzilla vs. Destroyah  (Exclusive) Rebirth of Mothra Rebirth

Ishi: The Last Yahi

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   Ishi (c1861 – March 25, 1916) was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the present-day state of California in the United States. The rest of the Yahi (as well as many members of their parent tribe, the Yana) were killed in the California genocide in the 19th century. Ishi, who was widely acclaimed as the "last wild Indian" in the United States, lived most of his life isolated from modern North American culture. In 1911, aged 50, he emerged at a barn and corral, 2 mi (3.2 km) from downtown Oroville, California. Ishi, which means "man" in the Yana language, is an adopted name. The anthropologist Alfred Kroeber gave him this name because, in the Yahi culture, tradition demanded that he not speak his own name until formally introduced by another Yahi. When asked his name, he said: "I have none, because there were no people to name me," meaning that there was no other Yahi to speak his name on his behalf. Ishi was taken in by anthrop

Saga of No Hot Water pt.2

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 I'm working in Vegas and mum calls me. No hot water. She calls SRP gas company to come out. They shout off gas and water to hot water heater. Says heater is busted and there is a leak.  So apparently warranty companies tell the plumber what they can and can't do. So Summit Plumbing is only going to do what the warranty company and insurance tells them they can do and nothing more. The insurance company is waiting on some third party to come out and assess the damage so they can get another quote. The adjusters are calling and talking to the plumbers, the water remediation company, and the water damage fixer company. None of them can do anything thing until one of them does something as long as the adjusters say it's ok.  Meanwhile.... I haven't had hot water in a month. It's now raining. Everything is sopping wet.  20th Feb SRP came out and turned off pilot light. Water poured out of something. They did not say what. They shut off the water.  20th Feb 1920 hours ca

Saga of a Water Heater and American Home Shield pt. 1

 I lost hot water on 19 February, 2023. Originally, the local gas company was called. They came out, shut off the gas to the hot water heater, heard a leak and told us that our hot water heater was busted. I go online to American Home Shield to submit a claim. I also contact Progressive Homeowners Insurance. On the 20th, I pay the $125 to AMS to get this sorted. They put me with Summit Plumbing. The plumbers couldn't come until the water closet was dried out, the old water heater removed, and new flooring put in. I look on the AMS portal and see nothing can move forward until I pay the plumbers $885 for uncovered costs. But that just lists standard water heater.  On 2/23 at 0949 I called and spoke with Obed and he said he would send me an invoice. I called Summit Plumbing at 1055 (I was at work trying to do this) and she gave me a list of things that AMS didn't cover: gas line shut off valve, ball valve, water line, sediment trap, vent, TNP line, and a pipe pan.  At 1329 hours,

Floating Floor: Tongue and Groove

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So, I ended up having to move into an apartment. After weeks of searching, I choose one. It isn't perfect but it'll do. The one major drawback was the carpeting in the bedrooms. I have no bloody idea why anyone would want carpeting. It's manky, smells funky, hard to keep clean, and if you are like me, full of allergens. Can you tell I flat out HATE carpeting.  So what to do? I had an idea about vinyl flooring, the tongue and groove style. I watch WAY too many HGTV shows. But I had wondered if it was something that could be put over carpet. So I google it. Sure enough, how to go about it depends on the pile, the thickness and depth of the carpet. I thought I had a high pile carpet, so I was looking at getting wood planks as the subfloor and then laying the vinyl tongue and groove planks over it. My mum looked at the carpet and told me it was low pile. That was great as I didn't have to buy huge 8 feet by 4 feet wood planks (and figure out how to get them to the flat). Af

Coulter Buick on Camelback in Phoenix

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It's hard to find a good mechanic now a days. Back in the day, you had a guy that you knew and trusted and never had to go anywhere else. One avoided dealerships like the plague. They were wicked over priced, the workers were condescending patronizing cockwaffles, and it was not a place you wanted to spend all day in. Gladly, that changed for me when my car started doing things I could not fix nor my Buck guy, Mr. Harry.  2019: I owned a 2002 Buick Century, Betsy, the best car in the world. Drove her all over tarnation, I did. She's good for hauling camping equipment, fire wood, and dogs. I even drove her thru the King Range in Norcal to get to Shelter Cover. I loved her with all my heart. But she was old. Many parts had to be replaced. Hell, I replaced one of the shocks myself (with the help of my Buick guy Mr. Harry). I had replaced the motors on the windows multiple times. I was really learning a lot from Mr. Harry about maintenance, and taking apart and putting together Bet