"Cause It Smells Good"

This had been setting in the orginal box, in the back corner of the bathroom cabinet for maybe 2 years.

David "discovered" it the other day and maybe used it once.  I like the way it smells....so I have used a couple of dabs here and there for the past few nights after my shower.....and I mixed a few drops with the body cream that I made....
David hasn't mentioned it....and nobody at work has mentioned it....
You think I'm getting eccenric in my old age..??

A Question For Nonna

Avery:  Nonna, why does Fontanna have a teeter?
Me:  The same reason that your brother does.  Take a deep breath and hold it....hold it....hold it...
Avery: Oh.
Me:  Let breath out slowly....

The Tune In Dan's Cafe

If any of yawl are of a certain age...like me and watched Rod Serling's Night Gallery sometime around 1972...like I did and watched the re-runs....like I did you will remember the episode "The Tune In Dan's Cafe"....like I do.

And if you were an impressionable teenager...like I was, you might just remember the episode quite clearly...like I do.

"A weary couple destined for divorce happen on an old out of the way diner which has a creepy jukebox with a mind of its own. The couple learns the tale of the jukebox and not only is their marriage healed but an angry ghost finally wreaks his vengeance."

It seems that despite the fact that the records have been changed over and over, and despite that even the jukebox has been replaced with another one ...it still plays the same song, over and over....which was their song...it can be heard here.

And the story of the song can be read here.

And now you know why on a recent trip to Florida when we stopped to let the dogs take a walk and I saw this I was ready to get the heck out of there.
 

AngelMc's Favorite Things

I'm sitting here with David watching the Super Bowl, not because I like football, but because I like being with him and we made a football board at work.  Each quarter somebody wins $120.00.  It's fun to see who is winning.  Yes it's gambling.
But anyway, since Oprah has her favorite things, I thought I would share some of my Favorite Things.

I love this shampoo.  I don't buy shampoo for conditioning, thickening etc.  I buy it for the scent.  And these make your hair smell wonderful.  I especially like the teatree mint.


Okay now let's see..

The above thing is the greatest thing since sliced bread when you have ceilings like this.  I went for 2 years, that's right 2 years with no light in one side of the bed room and a pitiful one on the other side.  This is the ceiling in the living room.  It would be impossible to change these without this little gadget.  David bought it about a month ago.  And I was beyond excited.  Now I have new lights in the bedroom and was able to change one in the living room.  Oh and it also has other pieces that will fit it you break off a bulb and a duster too. Sigh....

I don't know what I would do without my Swiffer WetJet. I use it constantly.  This is my third one.  I wore the other two "slap out."

Odor Ban is better than Frebreeze, Nature's Miracle or anything else I've tried, and trust me I've tried everything when you have 4 furkids living in the house with you.

 I had a light bulb moment and now their puppy pads go into this diaper genie, rather in WalMart bags.

 And again since we live with 4 furkids, I wash just about everything in hot water.  Tide is the best I have found to clean and "descent" everything.

 And of course Favorite Things would not be complete with out my babies.

 Fontana, named after Elvis' drummer--D. J. Fontana.

 Ginger-named after Elvis' last girlfriend, Ginger Alden.

Ann Margaret, named after of course Ann Margaret, one of Elvis' long time friends.

And of course, Priscilla, named after Priscilla Presley.

Things My Cousin Sent Me

My cousin has a vintage clothing store that she named after our grandmother, Sweet Ludie's Vintage Clothing."
She is the ultimate estate sale shopper and she found theses neat things for me.
This is a 1940s nurse's uniform that she even cleaned before she sent it to me:

These vintage nurses books---which I adore:

This precious Betsy McCall doll (I have always wanted one), handmade clothes and also this doll case.  I just love them.

And this hankie.  Sigh.  Thank you cousin.

I Bought This At The Estate Sale

I have been meaning to share this with you.  I bought this really cool old post card album from at an estate sale.
I know the people, and it was kinda sad, but still these things are loved again by me.
The album is in poor condition...but that doesn't keep me from loving it.

These are some of the cards that are inside:

Pretty cool huh?
And I also bought this tiny devotion book.  It is about 2 and 1/2 inches by about 1 and 1/2 inches.  Does anyone have any idea how I can clean the outside without harming it?

This is the inscription on the inside.

It's over a hundred years old!!!! And I paid $2.50 for it...
Here is on of the devotions.

More pictures of my treasures tomorrow....or the next day....or the next...

A Time Saver Tip

For years I pretended I was Martha Stewart/Donna Reed.
I folded David's underwear, sorted and paired his socks, separated everything and placed it neatly in the chest of drawers. 
The way I folded the T shirts was thing of beauty.  I was able to get dozens of them lined up just so in the drawer. 
The socks were also lined up just so, sorted by color and type. 
The briefs were folded just so...I wish I had a before picture to show you.
And even when David would dig through them and unfold/mess up everything, I would sigh deeply and  straighten it all back out again.  I was so proud of my Donna Reedness.
And then one day I had a moment of perfect understanding.  This was a waste of time.  This did not fill up David's love tank.  He did not care whether the underwear was Donna Reed neat!!  He only cared that it was clean and in the drawer.  I was doing it for me.  Not for him.  I could save an untold amount of time by just dumping it all in the drawer. 

Today I did separate the T shirts, briefs and socks.  But other than that I just threw them in the drawers!! And guess what?  It only took me a few minutes.
And guess what?  I did not have chest pain or apoplexy.

And since I did not have apoplexy I did the same thing with my underwear!!! (But you don't get to see a picture of mine--sorry...)