WALKING THROUGH JANUARY LOOKING FORWARD to February!
OLAF and I FLATTENING THE NEW CARPETS in the KITCHEN!
ANOTHER HELPER IN ADDING WEIGHT TO THE THREE NEW CARPETS!
Three animals and THREE CARPETS……….makes sense to me!
The ITALIAN dislikes them as they are tripping hazards.
HE LOST THAT ROUND!
THE CARPET MASTER IN ACTION!
WITH ASSISTANT ON COFFEE TABLE.
THIS IS WHERE OLAF GETS HIS BRUSH OUTS NOW.
HE KNOWS TO CRUISE BY HERE FOR A GOOD BRUSH OUT EACH MORNING!
I can even FIT on the floor with HIM on the carpet!
SANTA BROUGHT HIM A RAINBOW HAIRBRUSH FOR HORSES AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY!
SPEAKING OF OLAF THIS IS A MEAL FOR HIM.
1/4 CUP PIGGY PELLETS.
ABOUT THREE MINI BABY CARROTS.
A BANANA.(WHICH IS A SPECIAL FRUIT ONLY ONCE IN AWHILE!)
A HEAD OF ROMAINE LETTUCE FROM COSTCO.(AS THEY ARE SMALLER AND CHEAPER!)
PLUS, PRUNE JUICE IF A MORNING MEAL.
I COVER THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL with the juice.THEN ADD HOT WATER.
ANYONE CARE TO FIGURE OUT THE CALORIES HERE?
NOT MANY!
THIS MEAL IS GIVEN TWICE A DAY with a different vegetable or fruit; MINUS THE PRUNE JUICE. THAT IS GIVEN JUST ONCE A DAY.
A PROFILE VIEW FOR YOUR CRITIQUE!
IS HE LOSING WEIGHT OR NOT?
HE DOES NOT GRAZE OUTSIDE AT ALL, NOR AM I GIVING HIM ANY SNACKS.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE HAVE HAD HIM NOW FOR FOUR MONTHS.HE HAS DONE A BIT OF DAMAGE TO MY PHOTOS AND ANTIQUE TEXTILES…………HE HAS SHREDDED MY TABLECLOTH AND MOVED ITEMS THAT ANNOY HIM!
HE HAS DESTROYED THREE DOG BEDS.
WE WILL GET THROUGH IT……….
THIS IS THE TODDLER STAGE.
A BIRTHDAY TO CELEBRATE in Southern California!
80 YEARS OF LIVING!
THE BIRTHDAY GIRL (my cousin) AND HER SON (my second cousin).
Along time ago My Cousin NINETTA came to help my mother when I was born in MODESTO, California!That was 1960.She would have been 16 years old.I guess there was a small accident with an electric MIXER and the BEATERS!
As I heard about it for the rest of my LIFE from my MOTHER!
Ninetta got her fingers caught up in the beaters as it was moving.I do not think any fingers were broken but it was a story that has stayed with me FOREVER!Whenever, I use that KITCHEN AID MIXER I THINK OF HER!Always,unplug it before trying to remove THE BEATERS!
THE LESSON WAS LEARNED BY ME AT A VERY YOUNG AGE!
I DID LOVE TO MAKE THOSE BETTY CROCKER CAKE MIXES!
LATER IN LIFE I READ SOMEWHERE IN A MAGAZINE TO ADD ONE CUP MAYONNAISE TO IT ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER INGREDIENTS AS IT WILL BE SO MOIST!
NOW YOU KNOW MY SECRET!
NO ONE CAN GUESS ITS A BOX CAKE MIX!
Then when I was 16 years old 1976 I went and lived with NINETTA and her family.
This guy here (my second cousin) had a MASK and hid under my bed one night!
MY SCREAM WAS SO LOUD;I think I may have SCARED HIM MORE as HE NEVER DID THAT AGAIN!
I had to SHARE that STORY with HIS SONS AT THIS PARTY as it was the first time I had met his SONS as ADULTS at their GRANDMOTHERS 80th BIRTHDAY SOIREE!
ED’s two SON’s on either side of me with ANOTHER COUSINS SON on the end.
A SECOND COUSIN!
GOT THAT?!!
THERE WILL BE NO QUIZ at the end, but a FUN FACT is the two on either side of me( third cousins) their GRANDFATHER played major league football for the DETROIT LIONS and San Diego CHARGERS!
GUESS WHO THIS IS………….thats right THE ITALIAN!
THE BIRTHDAY GIRL told me NOT TO DRESS TOO WILD so I WORE BLACK!
We both wore black with PEARLS!
Over the years I became the BENEFICIARY of her CLOSET CLEAN-OUTS and her WONDERFUL TASTE IN CLOTHES AND SHOES.
We both wear the same size shoe!
When I lived with her she was into EARLY AMERICAN ANTIQUES and had an (ugly) portrait of a child she named BETH after me!I wonder what ever happened to that painting?I MUST FIND OUT!
IT was a FUN JOKE and we would GIGGLE from time to time about THE PORTRAIT hanging in the Family Room while she made home made DUTCH BABIES for breakfast!Her style now is ELEGANT EUROPEAN.YOU COULD SAY A LOT OF MY TASTE CAME FROM HER!
SHE HAS ALWAYS GIGGLED A LOT AND THAT IS SOMETHING I ADMIRE.
AND HERE WE ARE………….I ALWAYS CONSIDERED HER MY OLDER SISTER!
Here WE ARE leaving THE BALBOA BAY CLUB where we stayed for two nights to CELEBRATE MY COUSIN!IT poured rain all day and I rested and had my hair washed at one of those DRY BARS!
ALL GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU TO HAVE!
JOKING!
THE ITALIAN HATES WHEN I ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE OUR PHOTO but truth is we do not have that many TOGETHER and its not easy getting a good one I like!
I LIKE THIS ONE!
FLOWERS BY THAT NURSERY THAT NO OTHER NURSERY CAN MATCH!
THEY NOW HAVE A RESTAURANT CALLED FARMHOUSE.
WHERE I MET TWO BLOG FOLLOWERS AND AN OLD FRIEND FROM WAY BACK!
DONNA I DID THE MATH!
SIT DOWN!
WE GO BACK AT LEAST 45 YEARS!!!!!!!
FARMHOUSE IS A BEAUTIFUL SITUATED RESTAURANT IN THE MIDDLE OF A GARDEN NURSERY IN Southern California.MY MOTHER USE TO WORK HERE ON THE WEEKENDS AND LOVED EVERY MOMENT!SHE WOULD TELL ME STORIES ABOUT THE “KIDS” THAT WORKED THERE AND HOW NICE THE PEOPLE WERE…………THERE WAS ONE PERSON SHE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT WHO HAPPENED TO BE AT OUR TABLE THE NIGHT OF THE BIRTHDAY SOIREE!
MY MOTHER WAS SPOT ON ABOUT OPAL!SHE CAN MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN AND HAPPENS TO BE THE NICEST PERSON YOU CAN MEET.HER HUSBAND IS JUST AS KIND AND LOVELY.HE TOO WORKS AT ROGERS GARDENS.CAN YOU IMAGINE WORKING TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE?
WELL, THATS HOW THE ITALIAN AND I MET SO IT CAN BE A POSITIVE THING!
THEN AGAIN MY MOTHER WAS RIGHT ABOUT MY HUSBAND!MY MOTHER WAS THE ONE WHO POINTED OUT THAT THE ITALIAN WAS A CATCH AND TO GIVE UP THE HIGH HEELED SHOES!
I LISTENED TO HER AND TOOK A BETTER LOOK.
WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 40 YEARS!
MARRIED FOR 38!
NOW ABOUT THOSE LADIES I MET FOR LUNCH AT FARMHOUSE!
Below is TRACY a follower of mine for years!The Blog and Instagram.Years ago when I did AGELESS STYLE I recall asking her to be one of my VICTIM’s!We had a lovely conversation about it but it never came to be.Recently we have re-kindled that conversation and have been discussing home decor, grown children and LIFE!It’s AMAZING the connections that can be MADE HERE IN THE CYBER WORLD!The BEST PART IS MEETING IN PERSON!What a DELIGHT that is and there is NEVER ENOUGH TIME!
Lunch at YOUR HOUSE next time TRACY so I can SEE THE MILLWORK!
THE GAL WHO KNOWS ME FOR OVER 45 YEARS AND STARTED THE EXHAUSTION CLUB WAY BACK WHEN!OR WAS IT JULIE?I THINK THE TWO OF YOU CAME UP WITH THAT NAME WHICH OF COURSE WE LOVED!FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT CLUB WAS ABOUT.IT WAS ABOUT ESCAPING THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND GOING TO THE DESSERT TO RELAX FOR TWO DAYS A WEEKEND AND SIP COCKTAILS AROUND A POOL, LOOK AT MAGAZINES AND GO OUT FOR DINNER.THIS OF COURSE WAS BEFORE AIR B&B AND UBERS!
WE LAUGHED A LOT!
CONTESSA WITH ONE OF HER OLDEST FOLLOWERS……………..LOREEN.
LOOK WE ARE BOTH WEARING FLORAL MOTIFF’S TO MATCH OUR SURROUNDINGS!
WE THINK A LIKE………..I LOVE THAT AND DIDNOT EVEN NOTICE IT UNTIL NOW!
NINETTA’s CAKE and NO I DIDNOT MAKE IT WITH MAYONNAISE!
There is one last tidbit to share as a dear friend says CROWD SOURCING IS GOOD!
LAST week I had the EJECTION FRACTION test done on my heart to see if we had made progress in the last SIX MONTHS.It will be a YEAR come MARCH I was told I was in HEART FAILURE.I personally felt like I was headed in the WRONG DIRECTION as I SLEEP ALL THE TIME.SO VERY TIRED…….its getting rather ANNOYING!
Well, I went UP ONE WHOLE POINT SO NOW MY NUMBER IS 42.
I started at 31 last March.
Not the number I was LOOKING for but I’ll take it!
If any of YOU HAVE STORIES OR KNOW OF ANYONE WHO has gone through similar EF NUMBERS would you be so kind as to SHARE with me in THE COMMENTS.
We will continue on the Heart medications and I have decided to go back to MY PILATES REFORMER CLASSES.ONE on ONE with the PRIMA BALLERINA I use to take group classes from in a gym prior to COVID.WE will start one day a week and see how I do!
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND READING ALONG!
ALL COMMENTS WELCOME BELOW KEEP SCROLLING DOWNWARDS!
YOUR ONE AND ONLY CONTESSA in your LIFE I would IMAGINE………loads of GIGGLES from me TO YOU!
BE WELL.
XXX
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