It's called Communication and it won't fry your brain like drugs do.
​Isn't that what they say - Don't do drugs - it will fry your brains?
Drugs I know of that did fry brains, legally administered were once created in a pharmaceutical​ lab.
So when I see that these drugs are being approved for women 'to enhance the mood' -
 do NOT tell me you won't have partners making the suggestions.
NOT the person actually putting the drug into their body.

I have had many friends confide & including myself over the decades, that have NOT been 'in  the mood' and it had little to do with sex at all & but more to to with the person involved.   Miracles happened over night when affairs were introduced - or marriages/relationships ended and new partners were involved.
A Sexual desire "Like when we were teenagers" returns.
We have all witnessed this,  some might be living it now. 

Now more and more people are struggling to make ends meet, moms work and then come home - and still work more (hopefully with some  quality time for the family and mom when all is said and done.  The majority does not go home at 5 and put their feet up and relax.- till a luxurious bubble bath, foot massage and bed. 

Being 'NOT in the mood' -IS, I agree,becoming a problem!  
Who is in the mood when  exhausted?  
Please don't think I am saying all men sit at home on the sofa and do nothing, because of this cartoon but reality is most women still work harder, for less.
ALL around the world.
Sex is not the top of womens priorities. reading, education, skills  -they are, just like everyone else.  Raising stronger daughters is. 
WHAT this cartoon is about is putting a drug into your body that can alter your mind.
And we tell our kids not to do drugs - lol  Oh my Gosh! Will the side effects outweigh the orgasms? Probably! lol  If we are being 100 % honest they WILL!  
​*it's no laughing matter
Am I lying?  Enlighten me.

More women are dying of heart attacks than ever before in the country and the great USA
ANYONE who tells you the FDA is never going to approve a drug that won't kill again  is insane. That is an impossible statement to make.  How can they?
Can you tell me the average time a new drug is tested before it hits the market?
Can you tell me  if they have altered drugs designed for the average man dn the average woman separately and then taken our age differences for account? For example?
These are ALL very important factors when taking any medication that can possibly kill you.
Ones NOT yet defined clearly... all I am asking is that you ASK. 
If not your Doctor, ask yourself!  What/who is really the problem  - ASK yourself
would I get excited with someone else?  If so use your imagination before you take pills. 
DO we need to work on other areas of our relationship, more important than sex?  
I hear all the men gasping - No! ... lol 

YES... and what can I do about it before I permanently alter my mind. 
Talk.  For women that are struggling and very happily married to their partner - once you have explored all other avenues TOGETHER - then decide. 
Never forget it is one body, one mind being effected.

Said with Love.
Georgia

It's a new day.. I need it.
What a blessing  - each new day a new start. 
Today like every day I start with asking: 'o.k. what do you want to teach me today?'
I should not have asked. lol 
I see how 'Jared of Subway Fame - you know the guy who lost all the weight - eating subs..
 is now going to jail for being a PEDOPHILE - and guess what - he might only get what Todd got- for growing plants. Ruin a mind of a child for life and get a couple of years. Grow plants to help ease minds.. get several years and some serve a LIFE sentence! 

Then I watch how the FDA approved a new  drug for women and could be coming to Canada near you! It does not mess with the body - like a man  viagra- it messes with your mind instead.  Watch the interview... I am so glad 'his rats are frisky', go to his professional page and see he is paid  by these companies.  ?  Come to your own conclusions.
He actually says 'it puts the brakes on part of your brain',  and it STILL really depends on the person. How many women will suffer from side effects- God forbid they don't happen as you sleep like they recommend you take the medication... & you have to take it for months in advance. $$$ long term customers.. Is it addictive?  
       "The FDA loves the idea of a sexual satisfying encounter"  This made me LOL when he said it. WTF!? Isn't that special. Perhaps the FDA should fucking focus on our health. FOOD & Drugs and not our sexual encounters,  he states "interestingly they all come through his lab".  ?
Yes, that's of interest.  It should be, shouldn't it?
A conflict of interest- we hear/read about it all the time now. 
Am I making this stuff up? 

The FDA still passes pills that they know kill. We read about it every day and many we don't dread about.
For those small percentage that  might have an adverse reaction - oh well, too bad, so sad.

You decide.. Norm and I we know how to  romance each other - Not with pills.
When we do struggle - we still don't think it's worth the side effects- all relationships struggle.  The choice is yours but hopefully YOU will READ the WARNING labels.

More reading on the topic: http://www.vox.com/2015/8/18/9173067/flibanserin-female-viagra-science  
here also: 
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/02/16/384043661/female-libido-pill-fires-up-debate-about-women-and-sex

My friend Ivan Art put it best:

it's now 9:11 a.m. and I'm turning on my music and off the computer - drawing about nature and what else Birds.  I will go out back to the patio to paint and  pray & perhaps a bit of play with my girls! New news on Poppy! She is two now you know!
**If you want one of Ivan's post cards instead of mine- send me a e mail message. 
I have a couple I'd be thrilled to mail out! This above will be one!  
Time to paint draw!  
Have a creative day.
Have Faith!  
<><

No fucking way! 
Good Afternoon! Woot Woot!  Let's get crackin!
I just finished my first toon of the day, about to go and start a new pallet sign and then lunch, then more drawing! A new Bear toon that I can't wait to start!
Is this the same mood my day started. NO.
It started at 6, when the twitch alarm clock clicked in.  The pain not long after.
I lay there thinking, tears welling up...  again.

I remembered NOW. 
Now, I am still here, I have been given another day to enjoy. In joy.
I know what it is , I've had it for a while, I know how it feels, it terrifies me several times a day - but only for a few seconds, that is not to say the pain is not there all the time. It is.
Today as I felt the first tear roll down my cheek- Poppy stirred and shook her head, when she does it makes this neat ear flapping noise, a little kiss good morning... I am loved.
Get up.  ENJOY! 
Be - feel the cool air, see the beautiful leaves, hear the rustling of Daisy as she forever patrols the lot for squirrels. 

Am I depressed. YES. 
Forever? NO.  Short periods and occasionally - yes, I do go back to bed, but less and less with each passing day!  I'll work to keep it that way,  by doing STUFF! 
 
Some might get upset by this cartoon - some who feel antidepressants are helping them.  I am speaking from 1st hand experience. I did it for decades.  I research antidepressants now and  the only conclusion I continually come to is: DONT!!!  
 I was in shock to read one antidepressant in particular was 
pulled by the FDA (of course  or should I say - probably RE-designed and re-packaged out to the public* NEW patents and name changes happen ALL the time) because it was responsible for putting ON anywhere from 20 to 1oo lbs!!!  100 lbs!?  
Now, think.. more women are on antidepressants, more than men. Women already suffering with poor self images as we are aware - a huge problem in our society -  add those pound and it is a recipe for DEPRESSION!  I KNOW! 

What do I suggest?  Guess.
Keeping BUSY!  Busy hands - less time for the mind to wallow/plot. ;) 
&
Cannabis. 
I feel more importantly - in my case Cannabis is helping me DEAL with all that I have presented to me.  
RESEARCH! What have you got to lose? 
YOUR LIFE! 

xox <>< 

Labels...

It occurred to me, how so many are still very ‘concerned’ about labels and not the ones they should be.  I recently had someone talk to me - he was ‘asking for a friend... ‘, really - and the friend has a child who is experiencing grand mal seizures. Well, apparently he is thinking about cannabis but “is worried about the kid getting stoned.”
Really?

I do not understand how a parent of a child  can watch them have a grand mal seizure  but are afraid to see them ‘high’? What ever that may be in their mind.  
Then there is the medicine. How is that o.k. to start to watch your child become a pharmaceutical junky?  BEFORE you would look into cannabis? A plant. Never been recorded for causing a death, certainly not by anyone using for pain, nausea, epilepsy, cancer... It’s endless.  

Don’t believe me? Google it.
Wait! God forbid someone find out your googling ‘cannabis’!  That would make you a ‘stoner’!? LABELS.  We are less consumed with what actually goes into out bodies, and can cause us damage from the inside out.  The labels - ‘name calling’ bulling - for lack of a better word, can cause many problems as well. STRESS. 

The sooner we learn we are not responsible for how anyone else thinks about us the better off we will be. I know people I have met and like and later find out - they don’t like me. Go figure LOL  In the past I just might ponder that. Now, I have better things to ponder. :) Love, Peace and Happiness.  
I’m not saying a child cannot benefit from  western medication. Although, I am not longer convinced this is the golden rule.   As parents WE are ‘the gatekeepers’ and the first thing we can do - as ‘hoaky’ as it is is give our kids the key to success - EDUCATION! I’m NOT saying university- I believe it is NOT for everyone. Just encourage learning and passion and teach them about consequences..
I am not preaching, I am praying out loud.
There are so many already messed up people that were probably messed up as kids - but they don’t all grow up nasty and mean. 
You can be introduced to love at any age! <3

For those of you still tempted to take this drug or other cox-2 inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDS) pain-killers:  be careful, they can kill more than pain. READ the LABELS !! Know what does not kill? Good for pain?  Cannabis. 
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/fda-approves-pain-killer-linked-to-death.htmlhttp://cannabisdigest.ca/  also on FaceBook  @ https://www.facebook.com/CannaDigest

Another one of those things I heard and thought.. nooooooooo it can't be true.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/01/beaver-butts-emit-goo-used-for-vanilla-flavoring/    
I am not a real fan of ice cream but my guys are ;).  I only USE real Vanilla when I bake, I can't figure out why they don't! Don't tell me its cheaper than  - putting the beaver to sleep so it can be milked!??? Ewwwwwwwwwww   REALLY!?  Think of it, they have to cage the beaves, feed the beavers, look after them, put them to sleep to squeeze them...
Criminal IMO that they don't even 'HAVE to list it' - thanks to the FDA it can be listed as 'natural flavorings' ... But.... BUTT.. yes... Natural Flavorings.   
WOW, what does FDA stand for - I think that deserves a toon alone. FreshlyDugA$$?
Mmmmm, here kids have some 'beaver butt' - But don't touch that cannabis, that stops you from having seizures little ones!  Insanity on the GOVERNMENT level.
 Is this world truly this F*cked up? 
What will you do, will you continue to eat it?  
BEAVER GOOOOO squeezed from its ASS. WILL you continue to EAT it? 
No you KNOW. The choice is yours..   Yoga matts,  Beaver butts..  yum.

LOL,  will it be the blue pill or the red pill?

FDA approved. Means to me BULLSHIT.  FOOD and Medicine - Bullshit
Time to take control of what we put into our bodies and start at the ROOTS!

The more I read, the more I know, the more I think it's all a big joke. We are the fools. 
Fool me once shame on you Fool me twice shame on me. Done. I will NEVER eat subway again, I've already stopped Mc Donalds. The last time I 'caved to a crave' I had explosive dia..  anyway, for those that are NOT aware:
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/06/subway-to-remove-yoga-mat-chemical-from-bread-report
The day before I ate at Subway ;(   
Irony, I was talking to my friend Jim on the phone that day and he was going to go grab a sub, he said his was 'a healthier choice than mine'. 
YEP.  HAD we known the day before about the yoga matts.  NOPE.   I'm done. 
I checked out the FB page and it's all about  'yes, we are removing it'...  
Fool me once shame on you.  Fool me twice.   Shame on me.  
When will we wake the FU*K  UP!  I can tell you truthfully, when suddenly your life is ruled by a menacing twitch in your head that wakes up  and can rule your days and has lasted for 4 years!!!   You start to reconsider what you put in the temple. ;)
Time to go grab a healthy breakfast! Nuts' fruit, honey and tea.
My guys are gone to the sportsman show for the day! 
There will be no living with Storm when they get home after that show- he will be even more excited, he is already experiencing camping withdrawal and boat fishing fever!! 
I will sit at my drawing desk most of the day!  Do what you love!
 
<>< xox 

2/15/14 Note: I thought about this post and will I ever eat a Sub again.... IF. I can't say for sure I won't, I also read it is a lot more than subway that have this 'ingredient' - 
I do not blame Subway or any of them initially - were they aware?? 
 I blame the FDA - clearly they approved it...  them I blame myself (us) for continuing to let this happen.