'Gypsy Dreams' - My New Home.....

.... ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS "Believe" you can ..... 

I know... y'all are gonna think I'm crazy, and yeh, y'all are probably alittle bit right... but my NEW HOME is an 'Old World' style Bow-top Canvas Covered Gypsy Wagon.... and I named her; "Gypsy Dreams".

 Had Bobby Lee survived Chemo, We'd probably have named her "Destiny" or something like that, but I've given her a name that suits my future... which is definitely uncertain and most certainly going to be nomadic. My idyllic World with my Husband has been shattered forever... Replaced with one that instead of being predictable and comfortable, (Living no doubt in an overpriced, underperforming 55 and over retirement community!) is one that will be challenging (at best!)...  but also an opportunity for growth and re-awakening. (I mean, what 'choice' do I have?).... Since I don't have this incredible Man who made my Life complete, totally forever spoiled me and gave me endless Joy in my Life anymore, I have something I would never have imagined and entirely not forseen.... No, now, I just have 'me'.... beside myself with grief.... empty most days, sad.... scared sometimes, overwhelmed always... but determined to live the balance of my Life as fearlessly and wonderously as I can. I want to commune with Nature, be totally alone with God, and depend on no one but myself, (save for God).... 100 percent self sufficient. I can physically and financially accomplish this in my 'Gypsy Dreams' Wagon. 

This is what 'she' looked like the day she arrived.... Paint primed & ready to be transformed by whimsy mixed with blood, sweat & tears... (lots of tears). 

She's built on a 5x10 foot trailer... 8 feet wide at her widest and just alittle over 8 feet tall. 

The full-sized 'bed-to-be' is 37.8 inches high and 7 feet across. 

So, here she is as she stands today....  I've painted her and adorned her and yes, already slept in her... (multiple nights). A couple were two blanket nights... even here in Florida.

The stained glass window is aptly named, "Flaming Hearts".... I like to think it represents the Love that Bobby Lee and I shared through the years... 

Traditional Gypsy Wagons generally have 'benches' on both sides for seating.... 

I love this Mirror my Sister, JoAnn purchased for me.... It's the only Mirror I have in the Wagon so far... but who cares what you look like when you're a Nomad? 

Under the Bench storage crates.... I lifted the storage units up a few inches off the flooring so it wouldn't be tripping me, or others, up all of the time.

Lots of 'Pioneer' Woman items for my 'Kitchen'...... The bright floral patterns were a perfect compliment to the Stained Glass Window and overall Gypsy theme.

I re-purposed the Pioneer Woman 'Keurig K-cup drawer' into my silverware drawer, and the Napkin Holder for my small dishes.... They work perfect. The 'spice' box holds various spices and tea bags. The 'sugar bowl' holds packets of Organic Stevia.

I wanted my Bed to be 'magical' as well as comfortable..... it is. 

(Have I told you nightime is MAGICAL in this thing?)

Soft glow electric LED lights surround my front door... This is my main source of light in the evenings when I don't want to use the lights that run on Batteries.

I will continue to create my 'Gypsy' themed Journals in the near future... (Can't do them anytime soon as I've got a huge move planned and no permanent place to park my 'Buggy' yet). I'll let everyone know when I'm creating them again. 

This particular Gypsy themed one (below) is my personal favorite and the standard by which all of my Journals are created.

My 27 inch frige that goes nicely beneath my Bed..... It will hold more than enough. (Frost free as you suggested Jo-Jo.) :) 

God is in the details...... (And Bobby Lee's ashes are in that Crystal necklace... He will be with me always... in my Heart and over my Heart.)

What's a 'Gypsy Sheep Wagon' without a Sheep? (lol) - (No 'actual' animals were harmed during the decor process of this Wagon.)

Everything I 'need' is in here. Everything I did in my 'regular' home, I can do in here... it's just been extremely downsized and 'glamper-ized'.... From my 27 inch Refrigerater (Located beneath the Bed which is almost 38 inches high)... to my "Port-A-Loo" (Also located beneath the Bed. Yes, I have to do a LOT of crawling underneath that Bed to get to my Clothing and storage, but that'll keep me flexible and in shape. I really don't mind.

I even have a stained glass 'Rooster' to match the stained glass Window. (Thank-you Jody.) 

This Pink (Retro-style) micro-mini-Frige will keep my snacks and drinks cool... and yeh, I'll have to stock it daily (from the main 'under-the-bed' Frige)... but that's OK... for me.

My one-gallon beverage dispenser for my daily water needs.... I'll store 'back-up' water beneath my bed..... 

There's a 'place for everything' and 'everything is in it's place'.... a nice 'change' for me. 
I'm selling most of everythiing I own to live this way... but 'stuff' had been taking over my Life for years.... so now I'm learning 'how to let go' of everything... I had to let go of the 'one thing' that I couldn't, (Bobby Lee... the love of my Life and for all of eternity)...  to many things that simply don't matter anymore. It's all just 'stuff'.... except for the many items he created for me.... those are treasures I can't part with.

A tea Kettle and a single burner stovetop...  perfect. I don't cook much anyway, (I prefer whole fresh foods), so this will brew the water for my Teas and Organic (decaf) instant Coffee. Simple and uncomplicated. This will be 'some' of the aspects of my new Life that I truly look forward to. 'Things' never mattered as much as People to me anyway.... the 'loss' of People throughout my Life has helped me to understand that we acquire 'stuff' to compensate for the 'loss'. It doesn't work. The 'stuff' complicates and constricts. People can do that as well, but in a way that comforts. Oh what I wouldn't give for the 'complications' many People who are now gone gave me. I relish the thought. 

In the above Photo, is the 'Countertop' that I re-purposed out of an item I purchased on sale at Beall's Outlet Store.... The fold-down countertop surface is made out of galvanized metal with wooden 'edges'.... (to prevent cups or plates from sliding off the edge)..... I added three bronze hinges along the backside and attached them to one of the slats of wood that support the Wagon's bows.... when there's no one visiting I leave it 'up'... when someone visits, it folds down completely out of the way so the person (or persons) seated on the bench beneath are completely comfortable. 

I have 'multiple' lighting sources inside my Bowtop Gypsy Wagon.... Battery powered Edison Lights, Solar powered Hummingbird Lamps, and soft-glow (warm) electric LED lights.... 

Solar powered Hummingbird Lamps.... I have to 'charge' them by day in the Sun to enjoy them all night long.

"When Pigs Fly" decorative wall hook..... had to have it because the 'blue' needed some 'red' in order to 'pop' because it's one of my 'laws' as an Artist. It's also what I would have said a few years ago had someone told me my future would end up with me living in a Gypsy Wagon.... (lol). Had to insert some brevity here. 

"Believe" is there because I will always believe there is order in the World even amidst upheaval and chaos.There has to be a meaning to things.... to loss. Out of utter despair there must be hope... Like a Phoenix rising up from the ashes. (This is not a metaphor representing me as the Phoenix.... I'm referencing an actual Phoenix... lol. I aspire to be a Phoenix, but I feel more like a migrant Bird with broken wings. I'm not looking for sympathy or pity... just stating how things are for me right now. Will I ever get over it? I don't know.... I'm supposed to everyone says. 

I want to add more decorative embellishments to Gypsy Dream's exterior in the future, but what I've painted so far will do for now. I've got a huge move ahead of me and just can't find the time to to do it all.

More photos will be added as my Journey to "I don't know' continues... This is a very cathartic process for me. 

*(Update as of 11-4-2018)

Since nothing is ever carved in stone when you're designing the Abode you'll reside in; "Gypsy Dreams" keeps changing in ever so subtle, (and some not so subtle) ways. The original White Shabby Chic Coffee Table has been replaced with one that affords more floor space for me. The single original Silk Scarf has been replaced with many that now drape from a curtain rod that I installed to allow me easier access to the underbed storage area... and lends more 'color' and 'whimsy' I think. As I practice 'living' in this space, it helps me to determine what I actually 'need' as opposed to what I thought I actually needed. (Big difference.) 

'Gypsy Dreams' was built by an amazing Mother and Daugter-in-Law Team out of Houston, Arkansas..... Their names are Barbara and Cathy..... if you're interested in a 'painted' Wagon or an 'unpainted' Wagon (like mine was), they are the Gals to contact. My Wagon was under $4,000 and even my little Chevy HHR can tow her. So if anyone is interested in obtaining their own Bowtop Gypsy Wagaon like my 'Gypsy Dreams', I recommend you head over to Barb and Cathy's website and do some shopping. They'll work with you to make your 'Gypsy Dreams' come true.

Here's that Link - http://gypsywagonbuilder.godaddysites.com/

SHATTERING ILLUSIONS with REALITY...

SHATTERING ILLUSIONS with REALITY....

The Simple Truth about our Economy;

THE SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT OUR ECONOMY - ECON 101

Imagine a corporation where there are weekly employee conferences, and in the middle of their particular conference room there is always a rock band playing loud, disturbing music. Rather than simply removing the rock band, the attendees are required, by their boss, to work around the noise. The attendees methodically create an entire system where they can use special headphones, and acoustic panels to block the rock band's music long enough to have an audible discussion. Sometimes the attendees are rewarded when they figure out a highly effective scheme to counter the noise. None of the attendees can ever acknowledge the band, or even dare to speak in condemnation of it, instead they learn to adjust and operate around the problem. This is precisely the case with monetary policy.

The greatest secret to understanding the economy lies in this: Commercial private banks counterfeit money while most everyone else has to work for it. This type of money (sometimes called currency) is called the broad money aggregates and It is defined as counterfeiting because the supreme law of the land states that only congress can coin money (read that to mean in today's world, manage the creation of money). But more than 90% of our money is created outside the government ledger/digital and ledger/digital money is not legal tender.

This broad electronic money is created by private banks such as JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Citibank., PNC Bank, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Capital One, TD Bank, etc. Furthermore, the Swiss Federal Institute (SFI) in Zurich released a study entitled “The Network of Global Corporate Control” that proves a small consortium of corporations – mainly banks – run the world economy. The reality of the matter is that this banking cartel is a criminal organization, and operate despite the constitutional laws of a sovereign country. This organization is the apex of gangland strata. They have hundreds of trillions of dollars at their disposal. They wear proper suits with ties. They attend government galas where the politicians kiss the ground the walk on. But most importantly, they are involved in controlling information. On March of 1915 they bought 27 of the top newspapers and inserted their own editors. They use operatives to monitor prominent politicians such as state governors and senators. The Banking cartel is one of the oldest and most powerful criminal organization in the modern world.

Today the banks have taken the counterfeiting a step further by introducing direct deposit debit cards. Our money is mostly created when we borrow money from the bank, and it is not legal tender paper money, It is counterfeit credit electronic money. Only the base money supply is legal tender, But this is less than 3% of the total money supply. There was approximately $1.37 trillion in circulation as of June 4, 2015, of which $1.32 trillion was in Federal Reserve notes. Meanwhile, we have a national debt of 18 trillion dollars and a consumer debt of 12 trillion dollars. This is primarily, because the banks are loaning counterfeit electronic money.

There are three economic models proposed to explain what banks actually do. One model is called “Financial Intermediation Theory”,(FI) another model is called the “fractional theory of banking (FR)” and finally the third is the “Credit Creation Theory of Banking(CC)”. The FI Theory is what banking is with a 100% Banking. That means that for each deposit there is an equivalent amount of money in reserve. The second, the FR model is fractional reserve banking. Banks only need to keep records of deposit and lend out the rest. Sometimes this model is explained with reserve requirements. This is in line with what is taught in schools using the concept of fractional reserve lending and the consequential multiplicity effect. Spend 80,000 dollars and four years and this is what they will teach you in college.

The third model, CC Theory of banking, is based on empirical evidence and therefore the correct model. It follows money creation by banks without affecting deposits. In other words, credit truly comes out of thin air (ex niholo).

Today, the courts, scholars and intelligentsia are pacified by counter explanations such as fractional reserve lending and the velocity of money. But let us be very clear about it, this is merely to hide the counterfeiting.

To the uninformed, the ECONOMY appears to be a series of coincidental events. When something catastrophic occurs in the economy, the media addresses it as though it was unforeseen. They make great efforts to avoid letting the cat out of the bag.

There are some groups that believe that the economy collapses because the banks only create the principal and not the interest, and that, therefore, there is insufficient money in circulation to pay back the he interest. The fact is that the interest and the principal could be paid back because of the velocity of money. However, if too much credit is issued too rapidly, the system collapses and the velocity of money is ineffective.

Crossing that threshold should be criminal because it is an intentional destruction of the economy. But Banks time and time again used these asset bubbles to cause foreclosures and bankruptcies and thereby wealth transfer. Quite simply these recessions and depressions, are in the insider bank's agenda. The use counterfeiting schemes to transfer real wealth from the public to their control. In short, they are trading commercial machinery, businesses, houses for computer money created out of nothing, and the courts are at their disposal.

The media mentions the national debt, but it never directs it's attention as to who is buying the savings bonds and with what money? They don’t address the fact that our money does not need to be created as a result of credit, and therefore, those savings bonds are entirely unnecessary. What's more, most of our Income Tax revenues goes to pay of the interest on the savings bonds that the banks acquired through the use of schemes involving counterfeit money. The schools and the media do not publicize the exact mechanism involved, so the public is always in the dark when catastrophic economic events take place. In many cases those attempts to address the issue of counterfeiting are dismissed in court because the idea is “patently ludicrous”.

The end result is a fiefdom, where they own the corporations and the homes we live in and we pay a mortgage for most of our lives. We are going to be buried in debt, nationally and personally. Now you can look the other way and ignore the problem. You could keep voting in the Clintons and Bushes and Obamas, plenty of those guys around.... You can label this comment as misinformation, and look the away from the possibility that one day our constitutional republic will be no more. It may be that you might see the validity of this comment when one day, for one reason or another, they may come knocking on your door. =  "They" (The NWO) serve LUCIFER.

Closing Scripture; " And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord". - Joshua 24:15 (KJV)

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                                          The Forbidden Secret with Dr Stanley Monteith 2007