Niki News Update…

A quiz for all. It is a word problem. I know, those always sucked in school. But don't worry, the answers are multiple choice! 😆 Q: Last night, your mail got stolen, and your car was broken into. The HOA has decided that they are going to post four armed county sheriff on your front lawn, to keep you and your mailbox safe, and they have two additional state troopers on the way. A week later, the president of the HOA informs you, that these armed patrolman are not going to be allowed to go home, until you... at your own personal expense... install a full scope security system of their choosing, that meets their full board's approval. How does this make you feel? A: I think I can handle my own mailbox. I'm going to call/write/head over to the HOA offices, and tell my board members they have lost their f**king minds. B: I'm done with this HOA. I'm moving. C: It's all good. They have my best interests at heart, and my security system only protected the house, not my mailbox, so I guess I'll replace the whole thing. D: I don't understand what your point is Niki. ANSWER KEY: D: You're a wiseass... and I probably love you for it. 😆 C: You either have money to burn, or you're a carpet. B: Check your privilege, and/or maaaaybe your radically emotional decision making. A: Welcome to the democracy. Los Angeles and the entire state of California will join you at the HOA office. 😂😎

We don't use our military forces to "liberate" citizens from their elected officials. I don't care which party you voted for. NO. NO. NO. Am I being loud enough for those in the back? NO! Insurrection Act coming to a town near YOU too. #nokings Fox News: Troops being deployed against the governor's wishes, are there to protect ICE officials while doing their jobs and to protect Federal buildings.......... meanwhile, @kristinoem over there in LA all 'Hold my beer' 😳😶‍🌫️🫣🫢😑😬 KRISTI NOEM: “We are not going away,” she warned. “We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city.” <--- Quit your position Kristi, you're a national embarrassment.

Where we’re at. 🚨WARNING… “icky” pics if you scroll 🚨🫣😂 Micronodular Infiltrative Basal Cell Carcinoma on the right nasal alar. Looked like a little bit of nothing on the surface… but was digging roots. #sneaky #rude #surgicalrepair #mohs Photo 1: current state, Photo 2: How it started… middle pics are the mohs, the repair process steps (two phase surgical repair with three weeks between. Last photo is same as the first, just to bring it all back around and up to date! 🥰😎 Feeling fine, but easily annoyed. 🤣 Might be the lack of running. 😬🤷🏼‍♀️😂 #wearyoursunscreen

It is NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS DAY. 🥰👏 There is no way in which your story left you unchanged. Take at least a small moment of time today to reflect on the toughness you didn't know you had in you, until it was your only option. Then high five or fist bump that strong inner you. https://ncsd.org/today-is-national-cancer-survivors-day/ #cancersurvivor #NCSD2025 #NCSD #NationalCancerSurvivorsDay #CancerSurvivorsDay #cancerawareness #celebratelife #cancersurvivors #cancersurvivorship #cancerfighter #cancercommunity #fightcancer #beatcancer #cancerlife #cancersupport #canceradvocacy #cancertreatment #cancersurvivor #firstsundayinjune

Peacefully enjoying morning coffee in my breakfast nook, when one of these scrub jays “knocked” on the window to let me know their feeder has been empty for far too long. I kid you not… this bird clung to a 1/4 inch wide ledge, stared at me, flapped its wings against the window, then flew directly over to the feeder, where it sat squawking until I came out with a bag of seed. 😳 Multiple nests in the shrubs around the yard. I’ve often heard that crows are smart… but my goodness… these scrub jays 🤯

Every mom or doctor anywhere: “Don’t put things up your nose.” Post op visit to Otolaryngology… ME: “Is there still that dissolvable packing in my nostril, or is that just swell….” DOC: ** tilts headlamp and runs metal tube up the nostril ** 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️ Note to self— Q-tips up the nose are definitely safe. Might possibly be fine to include toothpicks or bbq skewers as well. 😬🫢🤣🫠

When the package design class you took waaay back in college comes in clutch for contour taping the mohs surgery on your nose. #winning 🫢🫠🤷🏼‍♀️🤣😎 #mohs #basalcell #skincancer #wearyoursunscreen #calpoly #graphiccommunications

Rocks were moved. Bodies were broken. 😬🫠😁😎 Just a few more pavers and pea gravel to fill, and it’ll be done…… for a few years until I get bored again. 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️ We’ll be on the couch complaining for the rest of the week. 😂🫢😝 #ouch #retirementprojects

If you’re easily grossed out… don’t scroll the photos… just enjoy the lovely flowers. (Thanks Craig!)🚨🫣 I know you’re asking… “Why not? What’s in the photos that follow?” #mohs #basalcellcarcinoma Sooooo… no, it’s NOT melanoma, but it is my skin being a sh** again. The snap with the green circle shows you how tame and innocuous this thing looked. It had opened up and healed two or three times… so it needed further investigation. Derm biopsied “Basaloid structures”. He sent me to mohs for removal. We got one dig in, and the surgeon noted what I asked might be “worst case scenario” in consult the day before. It’s invasive. It has “roots”. She patched my nose with a white clown nose cotton ball, and we returned home to await consult with ENT (reconstructive surgery). The plan (at this loose point) is to return for mohs to complete the digging and full removal… followed the next day by plastic surgery to fix what’s left of my nose and face. 😶🫠 I have no details. Just a small hole that is going to get worse before it gets better. The melanoma was never rude enough to attack my face. I guess it was awaiting its bratty cousin to cover that territory. Bilateral craniotomies gave me a bit of a face tugging lift on each side… now I’m getting a nose job, courtesy of basal cell. #winning Wear your sunscreen folks. #myskinsucks