HAVE you ever heard about making a lip scrub of sugar and honey?
My lips were so dry from our cold weather.
I googled lip scrubs.
TRA LA!
So easy to do and so WORTHWHILE!
My lips have Never been so soft!
APPLY TWICE A DAY FOR A MINUTE AND RUB……..THEN RINSE!
I MADE A SMALL BOWL AND LEFT IT IN THE BATHROOM.
NO MORE DRY LIPS!
THOUGHT I SHOULD SHARE WITH YOU BEFORE I FORGET!
GARDEN FIRECRACKER SOLAR LIGHTS ABOVE!
I NEVER SHOP ONLINE OR SHOULD I SAY CRUISE TO SEE WHATS AVAILABLE.
BEFORE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE LATEST HEALTH FAILURE.
(AND I NOW HAVE THREE DIAGNOSIS IN THREE YEARS!)
LUNGS, BRAIN AND HEART………
1. NON-TUBERCULOIUS BACTERIUM = LUNGS
2. FOCAL SEIZURES = A FORM OF EPILEPSY
3.HEART FAILURE = DUE TO A WEAK HEART AND A LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH
THE ITALIAN I AM MARRIED TOO WANTED TO GIVE ME A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE GARDEN!
I TOLD HIM I DONOT THINK I HAVE THE ENERGY FOR THAT!
I KNOW I DON’T!
HE SAID, HE WOULD HAVE RUDY DO THE CATERING.
SO, NO FOOD PREP AND NO COOKING BY US!
MY EYES PERKED UP!
STILL THERE IS A LOT TO DO AS WE ALWAYS DO A SIT DOWN DINNER IN THE GARDEN.
I AM STILL NOT SURE ABOUT IT AS I AM SO TIRED BY LATE AFTERNOON!
BUT THAT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THE GARDEN AND HOW IT NEEDS A BIT OF TLC………
ENTER FIRECRACKER SOLAR LIGHTS FOR AMBIENCE!
BOY, OH BOY DO I LOVE THEM!
I ORDERED MORE!
THEY PUT A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE!
THIS YELLOW FLOWER IS CALLED WALL FLOWER……..IT WILL BLOOM AGAIN IN THE FALL!
PEOPLE ARE ODD HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT?
I NOTE HERE WHEN I WRITE ABOUT MY HEALTH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ALWAYS UNSUBSCRIBE TO THE BLOG!
GUESS THEY WANT ALL FLOWERS AND FASHION!
BELOW ME IN 1991 IN ITALY CUTTING A FEW ROSES FOR LA CASA IN ESCADA JEANS AND HOUSE SLIPPERS!
Those jeans were very expensive for the times and came in fabulous colors!
I worked for NORDSTROMS in the COLLECTOR DESIGNER section and can still recall my employee number!!
A GRAND PERK WAS WE GOT THE CLOTHES AT COST!
IT SOMETIMES MAKES ME SAD AS I CAN SEE WHO THEY ARE AND HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ME!
THE UNSUBSCRIBES.
ONE WAS FOLLOWING SINCE 2013!
I GET IT WE ALL NEED TO MOVE ON!
OVER SATURATION, BOREDOM AND UNPLEASANT TOPICS!
WHICH BRINGS ME TO FLORIDA!
I HAD NEIGHBORS MOVE THERE RECENTLY AND I SAID,”WHY”?
CHEAPER BIGGER HOMES………..WAS THE MAIN REASON.
BUT CAN WE DISCUSS MICHELANGELO’S STATUE AND HIS EXPOSED PENIS!
OR THE BOOK BAN?
THESE CHILDREN FROM WHAT I READ WERE AGE 11 AND 12.
NOT TOO YOUNG TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER SEX LOOKS LIKE!
IT’S NOT AS IF ITS A REAL PERSON………
A LOT OF THESE GIRLS ARE HAVING THEIR PERIODS BY THAT AGE!
THEY BETTER HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT’S TO COME!
( NO PUN INTENDED!)
NEVER MIND ITS THE MASSIVE SIZE OF THE DAVID STATUE AND HIS HANDS AND THE VEINS IN HIS LEGS THAT TAKE YOUR VISION!
WHAT ABOUT THOSE EYES?
(THE PUPILS ARE HEART SHAPED!!)
(I HAD NO IDEA!!)
ALL CARVED OUT OF ONE PIECE OF MARBLE!
HOW ONE PERSON CAN RUIN SO MUCH FOR OTHERS IS ASTOUNDING TO ME!
THIS HAPPENED TO US IN MY SONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL!ONE MOTHER COMPLAINED ABOUT A CHRISTMAS THEMED CONCERT WITH PUPPETS MADE OF WHITE TUBE SOCKS THAT THE 5TH GRADERS DECORATED WITH TINSEL AND LIGHTS ETC.THE MUSIC TEACHER PLAYED THE PIANO AND THE “SOCKS” SANG ALONG!IT WAS A VERY FESTIVE OCCASION AND THE KIDS LOOKED FORWARD TO IT!
POOF GONE!
FROM ONE COMPLAINT.
THIS WOMAN DIDNOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.
IN MY OPINION,DONOT HAVE YOUR CHILD PARTICIPATE!
OR EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND HAVE THE CHILD LEARN FROM A DIFFERENT RELIGION.
SO IT WAS SHUT DOWN AFTER YEARS OF MAGICAL, CREATIVITY and RIGHT OF PASSAGE FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
BOTTOM LINE THE JOY WAS SNATCHED!
NEVER MIND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE MALE FIGURE HERE IN AMERICA FOR WHAT 15 YEARS?
MAYBE LONGER!
IN THE STYLE OF THE DROOPY PANT WITH THE BUTTOCKS CRACK SHOWING!
THAT WASN’T BANNED!
MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE JUST LOOKING AT THEM WITH THE PANTS TO THEIR KNEES!
GRABBING THEIR CROTCH TO HOLD THE PANTS UP!
THE ENERGY ALONE TO WALK LIKE THAT AND THE UNCOMFORTABLE STANCE WOULD MAKE THAT PERSON GRUMPY IN NO TIME!
EVEN ANGRY!
UNLIKE THESE COACH POTATOES……..ANY SPACE LEFT FOR ME?
(I know I need a new headboard!)
THIS IS ME AT THE AGE OF 17 AT VERSAILLES………..
I BET THAT SIGN SAYS NO HUGGING THE STATUE BY MY FOOT!
OR STAY OFF THE GRASS…………
WELL ME BEING THE UNCOUTH RECENT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL GIRL IN 1978 DID IT ANYWAY!
I CAN TELL I HAD ALREADY BEEN TO FLORENCE FROM THIS PHOTO!
HOW?
THE BELT AND THE SANDALS……..NEW ITALIAN LEATHER.
SO THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME SEEING THE DAVID STATUE in FLORENCE,ITALY AND WHAT I REMEMBER MOST WAS THE LINE TO GET IN AND THE LINE THAT MOVED SO SLOW AROUND HIM!
NO ONE WANTED TO LEAVE!
HE WAS MAGNIFICENT AS YOU ROUNDED THE CORNER AND THERE HE WAS TO THE RIGHT!
HE TOOK MY BREATH AWAY AND NOT BECAUSE I COULD SEE HIM NAKED BUT FOR HIS OVERALL BRILLIANCE!
NO POWER TOOL WAS INVOLVED MAKING THIS FINE CREATURE!
FACT!
MOST LIKELY A CHISEL AND A HAMMER.
BY THE WAY IT TOOK THREE YEARS OF DAILY CHISELING TO MAKE HIM!
FACT!
NO MUSIC BLARING OUT OF A SPEAKER TO KEEP HIM COMPANY EITHER………
FACT!
LONG HOURS AND DUST.
BACK BREAKING WORK!
NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO SEE THE DAVID BEFORE HE WAS FINISHED!
FACT!
MADE BY A MAN WHO BEAUTIFIED THE WORLD WITH HIS ABILITY TO PAINT AND SCULPT.
FACT!
THE PHOTO BELOW ARRIVED TO MY HUSBANDS EMAIL THE DAY AFTER IT MADE THE NEWS HERE IN AMERICA!
FROM AN ITALIAN FRIEND!
WE BOTH BURST OUT LAUGHING!
I think I have mentioned before how when I lived IN ITALY in the early 1990’s the AMERICAN MEN would be in shorts and white knee socks in sandals!
I would be so EMBARRASSED!
YOU COULD SPOT AN AMERICAN A MILE AWAY!
TRANSLATION ABOVE…….bottom line IT says…….
“TAKE THESE AND PUT THEM ON!
THE AMERICAN TOURIST’s ARE ARRIVING!”
I HEAR BY GOOD AUTHORITY A LOT OF EYES ARE ROLLING OVER SEAS!
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HEART AN UPDATE ON MY CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WENT WELL ON TUESDAY!
THEY FOUND NO BLOCKAGE IN MY ARTERIES OR VEINS!
SO GOOD NEWS.
HOWEVER I STILL AM IN HEART FAILURE!
I SPOKE WITH A WOMAN YESTERDAY FROM THE HEART FAILURE TEAM!
THEY WILL BE PUTTING ME ON MORE PILLS AND INCREASING THE DOASGE AS WE GO!
REASON.
TO GIVE THE HEART MORE STRENGTH SO I CAN SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT MORE JOY IN THERE!
SO,WE CAN GET THE EJECTION FRACTION TO GO BACK UP AND THAT IS MY NUMBER ONE GOAL!
YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY IT ALL CAME CRASHING DOWN FOR ME!
I AM NOW OFFICIALLY OLD AND WILL BE MONITORING MY BLOOD PRESSURE DAILY AND PULSE AND WEIGHT!
NO MORE SALT FOR ME!
I SUPPOSE THE GLUTEN INTOLERANCE WAS THE TRAINING I NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE THIS BIG PUNCH!
SALT IS IN EVERYTHING IF YOU DONOT READ LABELS.
I DO MEAN EVERYTHING!
I KNOW I TOLD YOU NEXT UP WOULD BE THE GARDEN!
SORRY TO SAY THE RAIN KEEPS ON POURING DOWN HERE IN CALIFORNIA!
THE DROUGHT IS OVER……………AND I AM OVER THE RAIN!
MANY THANKS TO THE RAIN GODS FOR ANSWERING OUR WISHES HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
XXX
PS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE FASHION AND REMEMBER DIANA VREELAND AS THE HEAD HONCHO AT BOTH VOQUE AND HARPER’S BAZAAR.
BOTH HER SONS ARE FOLLOWING ME ON INSTAGRAM!
IT IS THE LITTLE THINGS SUCH AS THIS THAT KEEP ME SMILING and OF COURSE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW MAKE IT ALL WORTHWHILE.
KEEP SCROLLING DOWN…………..
SUBSCRIBE TOO!
I ONLY BUG YOU IN YOUR EMAIL A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH!
NEVER MIND YOU CAN JOIN MY CLUB /BLOG FOR FREE!
NO DUES, NO NEEDS NEED TO BE MET.JUST LOOK AT MY OWN PHOTOS AND WATCH ME NAIL THIS HEART FAILURE CRAP!WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITHOUT ME AND MY HUMOR?!!
SURVIVE I AM CERTAIN!
BIG HUG TO ALL OF YOU!
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