yesterday, jiminy threw up on the bed, so I had to change the sheets, wash everything (that is still happening), and clean the mattress because I did not catch it until it was too late. I will spare everyone the gross details. This meant however, that I upset Ron by not cleaning it correctly, and forgetting about it. The baking soda still needed to be vacuumed up, but because I didn’t put any cleaning solution or stain remover, of course there was a stain. He was scrubbing away and getting very unhappy when I came upstairs from putting the bed spread in the wash. We used an old quilt since the bed spread was in the machine, and he was clearly annoyed. I would love to have nice things, but we, and I mean WE every living thing in this house, are just to destructive, and end up ruining things. This just continues to drive home why I don’t want the dogs on the bed.

714: woke up, drank some coffee, finished logging what happened yesterday, made smoothies. Apparently, there are people in the world who believe they should be getting paid twice as much, or be transitioned from gig workers (aka independent contractors) to full time employees. Some people are also going on "rent strikes" with the misbelief it is just getting back at big corporations by not paying their rent. I am truly sadden, and more disappointed every day by how ignorant some people are to how money and economy works. I am thankful my house, which I rent out through a property manager, is not currently enduring a rent strike. If my renters decided to stop paying their rent, it would not be affecting big corporations, it would be destroying not only my livelihood, but that of everyone involved in that home. See below for a clearer explanation of how this affects people

• Renter doesn't pay rent
• I must cover the mortgage from somewhere, if I do not receive the rent payment, I have to find the money still.
• I am not able to pay the property manager for ensuring the house is in proper living order
• If something breaks, because the property manager has not been paid, they are not able to send someone to the home to fix it. They are not able to order the appropriate parts for the service. They are not able to provide expected living conditions to the renter.
• Renter must continue to live with broken whatever
• Mortgage company (this is still a business that is someone's livelihood) does not receive payment.
• Taxes from mortgage are not collected.
• County does not receive taxes, so they can't pay the city or their workers.
• Because workers cannot be paid, city workers cannot do their jobs - roadways, streetlights, firefighters, EMTs, police officers, etc.
• City workers do not do their jobs, so homes burn down, there is an increase in crime, there are more accidents because the people who are on the roads are driving in unsafe conditions (like fallen branches, not potholes) and the streetlights don't work…and so on
• Insurance from mortgage are not collected. Insurance company is unable to pay their workers. God forbid something happen to that house, because the renters would be the ones facing homelessness without insurance to provide for a back up home.
• Employees at mortgage company are not paid, thus affecting how they will cover their necessary expenses

Does that make sense? Nothing happens until someone sells something, and those somebodies are living, breathing, family having people just like the rest of us. Not some computer in an office that is just hoarding dollar bills to make our lives miserable.

9: printed 30 Mother's Day Mailers

930: looked at blog, I have an increase in my views, that is exciting, I need to make sure I am keeping up with the posts. I haven't published since Day 18, which was the 26th of March, so I am about a week behind, but thankfully, I did at least keep a light log of what my activities were.  Completed publishing the 19th day, day 20 & 21 (a weekend), and days 22-24.

1030: phone call with Anna helping her set up her group for her Mary Kay

1130:shower and get ready for the day, eat leftover pasta from last night, post my cake baking tip on IG, enjoy some to the sunshine on the deck with the puppies

1: address 21 envelopes for mailers. These are already people I have worked with, and know me. I have 27 names with addresses total.

230: Bookkeeping tasks - trash bill, renew jeep registration, print jeep insurance, throw out a bunch of junk