Year: 2016

In Russia you see the brandishing of all that is Russian and much more. This is a wonderful thing to feel and watch. Russians are remaking Russia and Russians are rebuilding Russian items. It is simply astounding to witness. For Russia had falling into that trap of buy Chinese and to hell with the internal production…

Then I look overseas and see something that makes no sense at all. It makes no sense in any aspect, for a company that was made rich by the American way and now it leaves without a fight. For to make Oreo Cookies in Mexico is blasphemy…

While not all manufacturing of Oreo cookies is being moved to Mexico. The first step has been done and that means following steps will follow as Nabisco finds it much cheaper and easier to make cookies in Mexico, becomes predominate on their bottom line…

Therefore, while Russia is cranking up manufacturing and making delicious foods and that includes Russian cookies and such…

America is sending basic jobs out of America and the politicians are spouting revenge, but nothing will be done…For those same politicians are on the lam with big business…

The American cookie called Oreo will be made in Mexico, at least some of them will be. Soon though, all will be made in Mexico…

There was a time when the working class of America was the subject of happier tales. Dreams of manufacturing anything and everything. There was nothing that we needed outside people for. We built America and made huge iconic goods that still rock the world, except these items now are made somewhere else and not within the borders of America. A job lost is a job never coming back, unless we change the attitude and thoughts of America…

The easy life and cheap goodies has brought us to our knees…

1. Rawlings baseballs, which are the official balls of the MLB, are handmade in Costa Rica. Up to 2.4 million balls are made each year.

2. Production of the iconic red wagon moved to China in 2004 due to unsustainable maintenance costs at its previous Chicago plant, MSNBC reports.

3. Mattel manufactures many of its most iconic American toys like the Barbie doll in places such as Hong Kong.

4. Converse, maker of the iconic Chuck Taylor All Star sneaker, was purchased by Nike back in 2003, which promptly outsourced production to China, Thailand and India.

5. Levi jeans, which the company describes as the “ultimate icon of American culture,” are in fact manufactured outside America with the exception of one particular line that is made in North Carolina, Global Post reports.

6. Etch A Sketch outsourced manufacturing of its never-ending doodle machine to China in 2000 to save on costs.

7. Polo Ralph Lauren found itself in hot water when it was discovered that the uniforms it made for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team were actually manufactured in China.

8. Five Rivers Electronic Innovations, the last company to manufacture TVs in America, went out of business in 2004, according to Business Insider.

9. Huffy Bikes, that first bike of many American kids, haven’t been manufactured in America since 1999.

10. Despite widespread criticism, Apple continues to manufacture its popular iPad in China for cost-cutting purposes, among other reasons.

11. Monopoly, the game that embodies the spirit of American capitalism, produces many of its game pieces overseas, including the green and red houses which are made in Ireland, according to The Street.

12. $3.2 million worth of American flags were imported by the U.S. in 2010, with the vast majority being made in China, the Washington Post reports.

Twelve items that just scratch the surface of millions of items that we grew up with and have lost and or just do not care if and how we get them. Made in America is almost history, when we buy American flags from someone else…

Summing up of America…As it falls…

WtR

Reporter asking: Mr. Putin, how is it to be the president of the most aggressive, evil, despicable empire in the world?

Putin’s reply: I don’t know. I’m not the president of the United States of America!

WtR

I will be honest. I did not think we were going to make it out of the village. It had snowed, rained, sleeted and rained a whole bunch more. The puddles on the village road looked more like the lakes filling on the fish farm and mud was deep, axle deep…

Sammy the Volga crawled through it all and even crawled out of the middle of a field of mud in pouring rain, for the road was worse than trying to cross a field. Either way was terrible, but, the field ended up the way that Sammy was able to keep digging and forced her way to the better road. About two hundred meters of grass and mud. Not fun, but bless Sammy’s heart, she made it…

Sammy is getting tired and she needs an upper engine rebuild. It is hard to believe that we have been driving her for six years now and she still tries to do the best she can. We have put a lot of kilometers on her and she had at the freezing of the odometer five years ago, 155,000 kilometers at least the second time around, before it died. She takes a licking and keeps on ticking…

The trip to and from the village is hard, but going to the village is much easier than coming from the village. For going you get the worse part over with; the dreaded Moscow death race. Come from the village, the dreaded Moscow death race is the last and most formidable part of the trip. When entering Moscow after hours of driving, the drivers in the big city just plain suck and are, as Svetochka puts it, “They are stupid!” Oh how right she is. As they cut you off, pull in front of you and slam on the breaks, drive in the wrong lane and or just plain simply are stupid as Sveta puts it… 😉

It also does not help that I am living in a peaceful village and not having to deal with these idiots all the time like I use to. I am not tuned to driving with them anymore. My biggest thing is pulling Vova’s Niva out of the mud and snow all winter…

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I believe that Svetochka saw the need to get a few things done to our Volga. It is time this summer, before next winter, to get some major engine work done and a new rear axle. She has already called her son to get information about having a limited slip rear end installed and I have already got the steel pieces to weld the frame in a few weak spots. Then we have to take her in and have, most likely, a valve job done. I do not think just running the valves will do the job. The usage of propane has eaten the vales away over time and we actually are just idling on three cylinders. Running on 3 and a half is how I put it, but the vales are so worn in cylinder one, that at idle it does not fire…

Time to put up or shut up and I see the look on Sveta’s face. She loves her Sammy the Volga and after it made it out of a mud bath and drove home. Sveta was impressed. but worried at how she is starting to fair…

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““Panama Papers” — a trove of 11.5 million leaked internal documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca…”

http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/en/

I thought cool! Lets see how many western leaders and such are listed. Then as soon as I looked at the main news articles and realized that they simply forgot to mention virtually anything about the most corrupt people in the world and all in the list was western hated people. It became clear that this publication as another western driven propaganda issue to smack against mainly Putin and Russia, even though Putin had nothing, literally, to do with the whole damn thing…

And when I saw these names popping up on a regular bases: Panama Papers reporting team: Juliette Garside, Luke Harding, Holly Watt, David Pegg, Helena Bengtsson, Simon Bowers, Owen Gibson and Nick Hopkins: the haters of Putin and Russia…

I knew that this was crap of the diarrhea type and regurgitated stinky news just to attack the evil Russian Empire of death. Of course attacked by the angels of the western world and the ones who bring love into your life. The ones not mentioned in the report are there for your health and benefit…

What….no Americans mentioned here..?

Biggest leak in the history of data journalism just went live, and it’s about corruption. https://t.co/dYNjD6eIeZ pic.twitter.com/638aIu8oSU

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 3, 2016

Read between the lines on the articles where the Americans are not listed and you get the picture…The Sock Puppet Media has saved us the heartache of seeing the American names. Very considerate of them. Of course, they are protecting the kleptocracy governmental names of the innocent western countries…

Yessiree!

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Russian said that they would be attacked in the media and yes; they are being made the brunt of this whole report mentioned above. Even as they say later in their article, Putin did nothing wrong and or Putin only had two billion dollars associated with his name? Friends! OMG, 2 billion dollars of almost able to associate money with Putin (Association is possible if you have issues with hating Russia and or Putin!) against trillions of dollars in America and the EU of corruption…

Oh and did not you know that Putin is literally dating all women on earth?

Putin is some manly man! Dating all women on earth and hiding from plain view and the western world, enough money to make him the richest man in the universe. What a manly man, Putin is…

Yessiree!

WtR

Last day in the village for a few weeks. It is snowing today and getting colder by the second. Looks like Old Man Winter wants me to remember him for all the fun we had this winter. But I will be back to see if he leaves the village alone after awhile. Got to leave Russia and get some business done…

It will be a busy few weeks in Moscow and I need to have a checkup by my doctor. There is a clinic near our Moscow home that has very good doctors and I need to go there to have a few issues checked out. Life is interesting, cure one thing and have another problem pop up to deal with… 😉

Svetochka, Boza and I took a drive yesterday and made it out of the village area. It looks good and we should not have any issues getting out, even if it snows and rains. We have good tires, it will stay above zero degrees and if we do get stuck, the Fish Farm guys are always willing to help pull us out, if need be…

Thus, tomorrow we hit the dusty snowy trail. After a coffee of course…

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I was raised that media was unbiased:

They were to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, even if it hurt feelings and caused issues. Media had a job to do and getting the truth out was the rule and expected. Never take sides and never lie. That was the media I grew up to believe in. A Journalist was a respected position, if not upsetting people a times, but truth hurts and respect was given to media, even if the truth hurt…

Now media in the mainstream of most of the world and definable in the western world. Is extremely biased and extremely controlled. Nothing is printed to give the truth, all is printed to use as propaganda and weapons against the evil of life. Even when that evil is made up by the western world. Now we have embedded the tactics and destroyed even the truth within America itself. Internally, you would think that true should rule, but the days of Clark Kent as a mild mannered reported and caring about the truth and justice for all (?). Is history and a journalist is just a puppet on rubber bands bouncing all around the place and lying to gather a paycheck. Truth has become the mother in-law who is a backseat driver who tells you to slow down and you tied her up and taped her mouth shut. And in most cases, she has been pushed out of the car at high speed over a bridge and no one looked back as she hit the earth far below…

Glee of being free of morals, truth and other interesting evils to curtail governments and corporations of destruction of our country, has become the norm. Writing pure lies and having it printed in major publications, is not only accepted, it is expected and desired. In fact telling the truth will not get you a job as a journalist anymore. Just the opposite…

As long as what you say feds the agenda of the wannabes, you are in like flint and have a job as long as you lie instead of telling the truth…

Western media is either presented as two ways;

1. Crickets chirping as it ignores all truth and facts…
2. A Screaming Fat Lady, as she expresses herself and does not shut up for weeks at a time…

Nothing between is desired for it might change the scenario and upset the balance to fight evil and demons and also fight the truth and not allow the public to really know what is going on. That is the part that you like, as you eat up lies like a puppy drinking milk from a saucer and then realize that milk gives it diarrhea. Oh Well… A puppy can not learn such issues and repeats over and over lapping up that milk. The milk which is not good for it and will always due to greed lap the milk up and then have diarrhea…

The big issue is that humans still give that puppy milk, time and time again, and they do it even when the puppy has issues drinking it. So we are our own plight…

You know when Clark Kent quits The Daily Planet because of journalist issues and he was the king of lying journalists, due to his Superman issues. (Maybe Peter Parker (Spider-man) is the King or maybe prince of lying journalists?) Then you know that the world has lost the journalist edge. Even Clark Kent refused to cover up anymore…

A spokesman for DC comics confirmed the departure: “This is not the first time in DC Comics history that Clark Kent has left the Planet, and this time the resignation reflects present-day issues – the balance of journalism vs. entertainment, the role of new media, the rise of the citizen journalist, etc.”

It is simple people!

When what you read is so far from the truth and you turn your back and or laugh about the way the truth has been bent and twisted to fit the agenda. Then again I will say. “We are the issue and the problem and if we do not start demanding truth and accountability! We will have nothing to get truth and accountability from or for!”

We need a Hippocratic Oath for Journalists and we need it now or they do not work again. If they refuse to abide by it…

WtR

Oh my the shashlik was so good. The first of the year and a great treat for ending a long winter. As you see spring is here, but we still are struggling with cold and snow. But yesterday, Sveta saw a mosquito and I heard frogs croaking this morning, as Boza chased ducks and I sat and watched and listened to all the new wildlife showing up as it gets warmer everyday…

When Sveta is here, I have to endure sneak camera attacks as I work around the home…

Every time I do something, there is a little sneaky girl taking pictures. Oh well, that is life, just as everything else goes with it all as a big merry-go-round…

Yes the shashlik was excellent and we ate every last bite. I also grilled eggplant and it was good that way to. The sun was shining and it warmed the air enough to make eating outside comfortable, as long as you were bundled up. Or in my case my hooded sweatshirt fit the bill perfect. Sveta had on a winter coat, some of “my” warmest pants, long underware and most likely three or four shirts on also. She looked like a little Eskimo to me, but she warmed up quick and was happy as a bug in a rug to eat chicken shashlik… (So was Boza!)

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Last night we watched a movie on the computer called Tomorrowland, it was okay , but I had to endure another attack with my extremely spastic right kidney and back. The damage done passing a stone was probably not good and I did pass blood, enough to know that I was not having fun… 😉 You see I ended up passing it all the way to the outer world and it got rough. It was a big stone…

So I ended up taking another round of Nise and when it finally kicked in, I passed out. Thank god for Nise!

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I find life interesting and experiences like a kidney stone do not make life terrible, it makes life more precious after it is all over. There is something about the relief of the fact that you are going to live, even when you know the pain will not kill you, the relief of that pain is very important mentally and makes life so much more precious…

But I do admit that while the stone is passing, life kinda sucks for awhile…

We are going to try the Apple Cider Vinegar Treatment…

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Sunday we leave to go back to Moscow. I will be in Moscow about two to three weeks and during that time, I will be getting medical issues dealt with, passport issues dealt with and spending time with Svetochka my sweetie pie…

Today I am going to finish up around the yard outside and make sure that everything is safe to leave for awhile. It looks to be an okay day. Sunny sometimes and rainy some other times. Might be a good day to do another shashlik. I have plenty of chicken and Svetochka loves shashlik…

WtR

The night before was hell and full of fever, slight pain and very messed up sugar levels. That should be a sign to me, but I still have things to do and I still get them done. I worked all day yesterday and about 6 p.m. all hell broke loose. I passed a kidney stone last night. This is a serious issue due to diabetes…

I am so thankful that Russia does not have a stupid prescription issue, like America does. I took over the counter pain relief and as I knew, it did nothing. Then I found something I have not taken for a long time, a box of pills called NISE. NISE (or say NICE) are the best, but since they are a narcotic, I use them maybe once a year. When the going gets tough, the tough take NISE…

Nimesulide or as I call it, “The only way to survive a large kidney stone!”, is a non prescription drug in Russia. Not many drugs are prescription in Russia and I have talked about this before. Praise God that I live here in Russia and do not have to see a doctor just to get a simple pain killer…

What is NISE?

Nimesulide, a widely prescribed anti-inflammatory analgesic drug belongs to BCS class II and exhibit low and variable oral bioavailability. It is produced in India and Russia.

Nimesulide (4-nitro-2-phenoxymethanesulfoanilide) is a selective COX-2 NSAID drug. This compound, a derivative of p-nitrophenyl methane sulfonamide, is structurally a unique non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It belongs to selective COX-2inhibitors, with a potent analgesic activity.

It’s indicated as second line treatment for acute pain, symptomatic treatment of painful osteoarthritis and primary dysmenorrhoea.

Features include:

Desirable results
Helpful and beneficial
No side effects (to speak of)
Fast and quick effects

Usage of Nimesulide 100mg- Tablet

Analgesic and antipyretic.
Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, other degenerative joint disorders treatment
Musculo skeletal disorders treatment
Thrombophlebitis.
Improves skintone (?)
Heart Diseases
Dry Skin (?)
Cancer treatment

It was first given to me many years ago for osteoarthritis, which I have very bad and at times it almost puts me down. But I refuse to take pain killers and use it very little. I use NISE only for emergencies and last night was an emergency. I can stand a lot of pain in the world, but a kidney stone is the one thing that I can not get a grip on. The pain is like a roller coaster ride and it is a ride to hell itself. Finally I broke down and grabbed two NISE and within 20 minutes, I was able to go to sleep. The point of no return had been met and I became a wimp… 😉

The tablet I take consists of Nimesulide which is a well known anti inflammatory and non steroidal medicine. There is no other chemicals in it. It is pure and it simply does the job. I have been stunned at the fact that this wonderful medicine is non-prescription and am thankful for that fact. Heavy usage as with any pain killer is inadmissible, but for once or twice a year it is perfect…

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I should have seen it coming and been better prepared. I knew I was hurting and I knew that from the night before, I had issues. I also passed a stone a few weeks ago and I also know that they almost always come in twos for me…

This is an example of me not listening to my body and barging ahead like a bull in a china closet. I guess I am too excited about Svetochka coming to the village…

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Three tractors parked at Vova’s last night. The guys are from the Fish Village and they are cutting log poles in the woods. They use these poles to reinforce the damns at places. They are doing major work this year to get the ponds in shape for a huge harvest of fish. It looks like they will fill all ponds to the maximum and it will be a neat summer to watch the fish in the ponds. Our pond is the last to be filled and they have been working daily on the dams and such. This is a thriving business in Russia, as most businesses are here. Kinda throws a wrench in the illegal sanction issue…

Russians love their carp, almost as much as they love their caviar…

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I will most likely lay down again and rest. I still have a bunch to do, but I think that some of it will not get done for an extra day or so. Svetochka will be here for about four days and if she can take the dog walking off my back, it will allow me to take it slow and easy. Then I can get the same amount done as if I felt good…

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I want to thank several people for new donations. I still get all watery eyed when someone donates. It makes me realize that what I am doing is worth it. I know that it seems to some people that I am just a stupid American, who lost his way, but I have to say that it is the opposite. I found my way…

Coming to Russia has opened my eyes to a world that is hidden from Americans. We really do live isolated in America. It is done on purpose and the NISE pain killer is an example of such isolation. It may seem trivial to you as you read this. Though if you think with an open mind, why do we accept such control of our processes in America? I am so free in Russia that sometimes, I do not understand why Americans live so repressed. Then I sit back and realize that Americans are so isolated that they do not comprehend that there is a world out there. A world that is wonderful, beautiful and free…

Then I sit back and realize that you have a choice to make and it is your choice to accept what is happening. Just like the farce we call elections for president in America. No choice who to elect for president, but all the propaganda in the world to think we have a choice…

I am going to take my coffee and walk Boza to the hillside near the lake. He got to chase a fox this morning and he is one happy dog. I need to let him sniff where the fox was and do some serious investigation as to where this fox is living. We chase him once a week at least and like the Ralph the Raven, they like to play with Boza…

Boza likes that freedom. The freedom to chase a fox and pester a raven. The fact is they both like their freedom to instigate the chase…

I like that and thanks for the donations. It allows me to live in this freedom called Russia…

The sun is out and I live in a Tiny Russian Village called Sunrise to Freedom. How is that for a perfect place to live?

WtR

I can’t wait. Svetochka comes tomorrow and I am so glad. I will be busy getting ready for her and then I have to spend a few days getting ready to leave for a few weeks. I will be back, for a garden has to be prepared and planted. This year I will quadruple the size of the garden..

I had a rough night! My diabetes went off the deep end to the low side. I seemed to eat candy and food all night and could never get it to come up. To be honest I was scared to sleep and now I am paying for it. In fact, when my sugar is low, very low, my body does not let me sleep. It was a rough night and I will stay busy today, but keep the pace slow and even…

I think my sugar is high now and this usually means that I have caught a bug or something and that starts the roller coaster ride with sugar levels…

This morning at 8 a.m. I drove to the Church Village. I needed to see if the roads are passable and they are. It was fun and would have been great, except I felt bad. The Fish Village guys all waved and hollered hello and I think they were shocked to see a Volga rutting its way through the mud. Sammy is a mud covered girl, so I have to clean her today or tomorrow. But she will get all dirty again, for tomorrow night, she goes to the Big Village to get Sveta. We will make it, I am sure…

I had to pull Vova and his Niva LADA out and I asked him what he needed. He went home from the second lake from our Tiny Russian Village and I continued on. He thought I was nuts, but Sammy the Volga has really good aggressive tires and that gives her the advantage. I think Vova is upset at his Niva, for now Sammy has pulled him out about 5 times this winter… 😉

The Fish Village has bulldozers up the hill near the bell tower and it looks like some work will be done for the monastery. Not sure yet, but I know now why Vova tried to get to town. They are going to plow the road better also and so I grabbed a big bottle of Vodka, cigarettes and some treats for the guys plowing the roads and Vova will pay them with that. They all shook my hand and thanked me for the vodka, as they sat around discussing the day and sipping tea. I also got Vova a bottle of Kefir (sour drink,) because that is what Vova drinks after drinking too much Vodka. He said he will pay me back when his pension money gets here. I knew he was out of everything and stocked him with some basics to get by. He also will get whatever we do not eat and what will not keep until I get back…

Svetochka comes tomorrow and I am so happy…

Have a nice day…

WtR

Hollywood uses North Korea and Russia as the bad guy all the time. North Korea put out a video that shows the USA as the bad guy and the USA needs to be destroyed. Sounds very Hollywood to me and while I dislike either side doing such games and videos. What does it matter? Hollywood or HollyGov does things like this all the time. In fact we are the reason anyone else would produce such trash. We created the trash video…

I have to say, NK got it right and pushed some buttons with this video. The Americans within the comments are really in a prissy mood about such a video. This video is being shown all over the world and to me it is a come back against all the trash we toss at NK literally daily. But…

Americans are ready to go to war over this video, well at least from their armchair and computer screen… 😉

Got a question!

How does it feel to be on the receiving end of propaganda?

Maybe we should quit the crappy propaganda about our hate against other countries; such as Russia and North Korea and the whole damn Middle East…

I suspect that we will be feeling such humiliation and anger over it, a whole bunch more as time goes by. We started it, others will finish it, regardless of whether it is right or wrong. We started it…

Hollywood the good government movie source…

WtR

Sunshine means laundry day. Time to get ready for Svetochka to come. Boza and I need to look our best for our sweet pea…

The lake is almost ready and they got the hatching ramp put together and a bunch of new stakes cut to mark the feeding spots. They almost have the lake ready to fill. I am grouchy, because I want to be here when they bring the baby fish in. But as I always say, we take what we get in life, because i have things that have to be done away from the village for a few weeks…

The sunset last night was beautiful and I sat and watched it go down. I could actually see the sun disappear and watched it move below the horizon. Our planet is spinning quickly and it was amazing to watch. What a beautiful day and night last night. Still freezing, but beautiful and spring is trying to spring…

Have a nice day…

WtR

This morning is beautiful. The sun came up and Old man Winter left her alone. She is out and about as we walked and I hope she stays all day. The issue is that it will be about -6 tonight and I suspect with the wind coming from the North, that it will be colder than that. But you take what you get and be happy about that…

Ralph the Raven came to see Boza. I sat on my bench in the lower part of the village and as Boza checked out life, Ralph who is a young raven flew down near Boza and decided to check out what Boza was checking out. Ralph has grown interested in Boza, for Boza digs up stuff and Ralph finds tidbits of goodies after Boza leaves. This morning as many mornings, Ralph and Boza played chase. Ralph flies low to the ground to get Boza’s attention and off they go. Ralph flying just above the ground and Boza dancing across the field as fast as he can. Ralph is faster, but Boza never gives up. At least until Ralph decides that he is tired and both go their separate ways…

Boza has now become interested in the tops of the telephone poles to see is Ralph is hanging around. Ralph is always there, usually in the woods and watching and comes to say Hi! Many mornings…

This morning Ralph landed nearby and gave me a chance to get a picture of him. He was checking out a spot that Boza had just dug into. Boza as always finds nothing good for him, but it seems later that Ralph carried off a chunk of something white. So Ralph found something good in the mess Boza left behind. Maybe a root or something?

Therefore, this morning there is harmony in the village and everyone is peaceful and happy…

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It looks like Svetochka will come on the 30th of March, 2016. She will stay a few days and then we will drive back to Moscow. I have some business to attend to and will be staying in Moscow for about two weeks. I hope Sveta can put up with me… 😉

I will get back way before the May holidays in Russia, for that is a terrible time to travel the Russian roads. Everyone is leaving the big cities to their dachas and village homes. It is time to plant the garden at that point and Russians never ignore the garden times. That is food and food is important, especially food that you grow yourself…

I am not happy having to leave for a few weeks, I have so much to do, but it will have to wait and then when I get back, I will start my projects at the village home. April is a good time to get my stuff done, for it is too soon to plant and still the weather is constantly changing and not stable. I have a big garden planned this year…

I will be happy to be with Svetochka for a few weeks. I miss her and will be glad to be around her for awhile. It is just that Moscow is rough on me, for I am not a city boy and the city is what almost killed me in the states. Moscow is better, but slowly but relentlessly, my health suffers in Moscow. Just too much humanity for my senses and it weighs heavily upon me. I am not a human that thrives on close proximity to other humans. That is all I will say about that…

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In Moscow, I have to get a new cap on a tooth. The other day while I was taking my pills, I thought I had not swallowed all my pills and guess what? The extra pill was a tooth cap and I swallowed it with out thinking. I take a few really big pills so it did not seem out of place. I soon figured out what I did…

I also need to have blood tests run and probably should see a heart doctor. I need to be checked over for my health. We also need to get Boza his shots, flea and tick collar, have his eye looked at and in general see if he is healthy also… His eye is basically fine, it is just an old issue that causes him trouble at times and I want a doctor to look at it…

We also need to do some shopping at the big hardware stores and get supplies to take back to the village. It is cheaper in Moscow and I need a bunch of stuff. Also going to stock up again on bulk food items, canned goods and other easily stored staples…

Well it is warming up fast outside and Boza and I have lots to do. We have to get ready for Sveta, we don’t want her to think we are a piggy Bear and Doggy. Do we?

WtR