Oranges to apples and no more cats!

Okay, I gotta get back to posting. ;) I bet you all think I've been in the bathtub this whole time huh!!!??? I meant with my Moonalisa stuff I got!  ha!

Noooooooooooo!  <shaking my finger>

Been lazy. That's it. The truth. Too lazy to type. Or maybe 'wasn't in the mood's a better answer. Oh well, whatever. I'm back.

I haven't decided what to make for supper yet. Last night I made homemade alfredo with garlic shrimp. Tonight's garbage night too. Tomorrow is trash day and my husband has named the night before as Garbage Night. That means we have to scoop all the litter boxes (8 of them--I know, right? Seems like a lot for 4 cats....but....... it's what we have), gather all the trash in the small trash cans throughout the house, so he can take all the garbage to the curb in the morning. pffffff

He get's all hypertensive about it too. Like if he walks in tonight and I haven't started 'garbage night' he's pissed. My responsibilities are the 5 litter boxes on the main floor, and all the garbage cans too (5 total-one in each room except the kitchen). His responsibilties are the 3 litter boxes in the basement and the 1 garbage can in the basement bathroom. Sounds unfair right? Nope. Because the cats like the basement litter boxes better!! Mine have like 4 pees and 4 poops total in all 5!!!  Hehe....his has like all the rest!! 4 cats x a week of pottying!

NO MORE CATS. NO MORE CATS. NO MORE CATS. NO MORE CATS.
I chant this every day.
When I see a cute little kitten I have to smack myself upside my head, really hard like I need to hear bells and see stars type smack. Notice I'm not laughing? Yeah.

Blind pick!

Ladon

Gold in color. Ooooh, nicely sweet and solid. Sweet but it still has some depth in it. Reminds me of an orange flower. Like a sunflower. I am liking this a lot! I don't know if this has oranges in it but it sure makes me think that. This is a warm smell. Smoky. Sunshiney. Definitely a big bottle winner.
 What's in this: The hundred-headed dragon that guards the garden of the Hesperides: dragon's blood resin, golden apple, apple blossom, white musk and hyacinth.

Oh it's apple! That's what I smelled. I should have realized that since I have Golden Apple of the Sun. In fact this reminds me of that. I will get that bottle out to compare.
Golden Apple is a lot more appley while Ladon is warmer. I like Ladon better. Where's Elin when I need her, she'd love this. Here's what Golden Apple of the Sun has in it:
Golden apple with amber, hibiscus, carnation, frankincense, golden spiced tea, ginger, and champaca flower.

Now I don't get much of the champaca in the Golden Sun, but I do get the musk in Ladon. I think that's why I like it better because the musk really makes it warm and enveloping.

While Golden Apple seems to me to be more like a rotting apple, Ladon is sweet and freshly picked with the musk and blood resin giving it some depth. Edible.
Golden Apple is not edible, but it's unique in it's own way.

Both remind me of this song:

BE SURE TO CLICK THE BOX ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT TO MAKE IT FULL SCREEN. OH AND TAKE A HIT OF ACID FIRST.  LOL  JUST KIDDING!!

Brown cats

Why aren't there brown cats? I mean it. There really aren't any solid brown colored cats. I mean brown like a boot. All one solid color. And BROWN. Sable. Cognac. A brown color. BROWN. I don't know why I need to enforce that, but I do.
Some people can say their cat is almost black with a brown tinge at the ends of the hairs.

DOESN'T even QUALIFY.

My cat's a brown tiger cat.

Stripes?

DOESN'T QUALIFY.

Solid mother effing brown man.

OMG. I just realized if I was making a big too doo about brown cats. Then why aren't there green?

Orange.....                                       well there are orange cats....but they aren't  'orange' per se.. I have an orange cat. Two actually. One short haired and one long. Marly is 16 years old and short haired. Mojo is 6 yrs old and incredibly beautiful. Even he knows it.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful

 

I love ebay.  :)


Bpal needs to make an Ebay oil. It should smell like car parts, used clothing, shoes, soap, books,  and vinyl albums. hehe

Blind pick!

Kubla Khan

Wonder if that's any relation to Genghis Khan?  <smirk>

If it is then Kubla must be the underacheiver cousin that no one wants to talk about. Everyone hopes he doesn't wind up in prison or marrying a centipede or something weird like that. Poor Kubla. tsk tsk


Really light yellow in color.

How many hands are up guessing this is another freaking floral!! One, two, three.......all I see is three hands. Hey, but that's out of three total so that's a majority! Wooo hoooo! I'm glad you all were willing to cast your votes. I have such super Hype Girls.  :)  Oh wait, one is mine. sigh

Smells somewhat mediciney in the vial. Yeah, there's a tinge of that wet on the hand too but it's bursts with candy! Minty too. A goooood mint. Missy this is for you!! You'd love this. I LIKE THIS!!

It's not a floral!! Yay!!! But that means we were all wrong. I could go back up and change our answers.......but that would be cheating, wouldn't it. Okay I won't do it.
What's in this?
Through sunlit caves of ice, roses unfurl amidst dancing waves of serpentine opium smoke and amber tobacco, golden sandalwood, champaca, tea leaf, sugared lily, ginger, rich hay absolute, leather, dark vanilla, mandarin, peru balsam, and Moroccan jasmine.


Fucking liars. I think they make this shit up. LOL
Okay, I'll admit.....I get the sugared lily.....okay I'll give them that one....and maybe the dark vanilla.....but the rest??!! Bullcrap!  ;)

OPIUM SMOKE CANNOT DANCE!


I LOVE THIS, and it's definitely a big bottle winner for me. So now I'm thinking Kubla Khan is Genghis' gay cousin. Which means he is NOT an underacheiver and he has a male chihuahua named Tinkerbell. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Later: about an hour. Kubla turns ambery musky. I was petting Stark and I got this whiff of a musky smell and knew it wasn't him. Smelled my hand. Oh wow. Kubla Khan turns sultry!!
LOVE THIS!

Per request-the most awesome rhubarb pie ever!

Aunt Pat's Rhubarb Pie


Ingredients

• 2 pie shells
• 4 cups rhubarb cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/3 cup white sugar
• 2 tbls red Jello-(strawberry, cherry, even watermelon works great)
• 3 tbls instant tapioca
• 1 tsp orange zest or fresh orange peel
• Butter or margarine

Directions

1. Mix the sugar and salt with the Jello. Toss the sugar mixture with the rhubarb. Let sit for at least 1/2 hour or more.
2. Then add the tapioca and orange zest to the rhubarb mixture.
3. Put 1 pieshell in bottom of pie pan. Pour in rhubarb mixture. Place a few dollops of butter/margarine on top of mixture, then top with 2nd pie shell. Flute. Make some splits in the top. I usually make a big happy face. LOL Optional:Brush the top with melted butter and sprinkle some white sugar over it.
4. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Cover edges with aluminum foil. Lower oven temp to 350. Then bake an additional 40 minutes or until as brown as you'd like it. 

I submitted this on Allrecipes but they've never approved it yet. Bah!  The tapioca and jello gives some body to the sauce so it isn't runny.  You could add strawberries too.   



Love in Idleness. I do not have that. Can you believe it!! LOL 


So to make up for it, I will do this one.

Fire Of Love     

It's pink! I've seen red bpals but never pink. In the vial I first thought 'fiesty' when I smelled it. This is stro-o-o-o-o-o-ng. Gotta be jasmine or lavendar. It POPS! I think it's jasmine because it's kind of reminding me of Lush's Lust soap and perfume. It's also turning soapy. Rose are you in there??
This is one strong floral soap. Gorgeous too!

What's in this? Bah! There's no description. I hate that!! A catalytic, potent love oil used to spark (or rekindle) the flame of desire between lovers.

My husband wouldn't like this so no flames in this house tonight.. hehe
The reviews are all over the place on bpal, some get ginger, some get baby diapers, some cedar or wood, some musk.
 I still think it's jasmine. I like it, but no big bottle winner.


1/2 hr later: Nope it's roses.


     

Sirens!

Today was the first Saturday of the month and my city always tests their emergency sirens at noon. Today was no exception. Now, I've never taught my dawgs to pay any attention to storms or sirens. In fact we live 2 blocks from a fire station and we are on one of the main streets so we have paramedics and fire engines squeal by quite frequently.  Doesn't bother my dawgs a bit.
But the sirens on the first Saturday of the month??? That creates a whole howling system between the two of them that lasts for the entire 60 seconds the sirens are set off.
Today Ava was in the bedroom sleeping on the bed. Me and Stark were in the living room when the sirens went off. Stark jumps on the couch while I open the window (yeah, I'm an enabler!) and starts howling. I hear Ava wake up in the bedroom and she starts howling from there. So of course I have to join in.....and the three of us wailed for a minute. It's a freaking riot. LOL I'm going to get video to post next time. I attribute it to them being German Shepherds, and it's probably ingrained into their heritage. Hearing sirens I mean. LOL I don't know. All I know is it's freaky crazy and if anyone is ever walking by at the time I'm sure they think we're crazy. HA~


Blind pick.


Blue Morpho 

Super light yellow in color. Sweet in the vial. I'm thinking lilacs and violets. LOL If I say violets it's gonna be roses....just watch!! HA! This is sugary sweet on the hand. Uber feminine. It's not so much floral either.....it's more like a sweet perfume from the olden days....like victorian. There's also something bitey in it like carnation. So even though it's amazingly feminine, it's also strong and frisky.I love this and will have to get a big bottle. It's seems complex, like I like.

What's in this?

Wild orchid, pikake, honeysuckle, calla lily, agave nectar, pink geranium, violet leaf, and white amber.


Ahhhh, I love honeysuckle. The amber and agave is keeping this from being too big of a flower bouquet. They ground the florals to make them seamless and well blended together. What a beautiful scent. I love this combination. It still reminds me of a fragrance from old. Something from long ago but timeless. Audry Hepburn would have worn this.

Where's my homies? Hype Girls??

Homies be missin'! No chatter, comments or letting me know you're there! :) Bad Hype Girls!


I'm watching my three Ellen episodes I have DVR'd. I love Ellen. If I was gay she'd be my celebrity crush. LOL
Why is it the least known actors are the most comfortable on TV, but people like Denzel are totally uneasy. Isn't he great though? He was chosen the best actor by the public for playing the role of Jesus Christ in a movie. Or something like that. I forget the correct verbage.  LOL I heard it on Bob and Tom.
Chick rocks. He's my God. He's on Bob & Tom. Actually he's my husband in another man's body. LOL I understand him in every way.
I was going to get on on a tangent about laughing......but decided against it. effin weird


I've been reading Chelsea Handler's books. Freaking hilarious! Talk about laughing.

I'm going to do a review.

Of BPAL. ;)

The caps get your attention? Blind pick? U want a blind pick?

If this goes wrong. It's not my fault.....

I need to take video of this because I really do pick up a 100 count bullet case/ammo case and swirl my hand over it then close my eyes and stop and drop my hand into the imps. Sad. I know. Maybe weird? LOL

Wrath   

Have I reviewed tha earlier?It's red. You're disappointed. I'm moving on.


Namaste

Yellow in color.

Pine Sol.

In the vial.
Lemon on the back of the hand.
Crazy bold lemon. I can't believe I love lemon. Especially like this. It's a true, clear lemon. Lemon pie with no top crust. With lemon wedges laid across the top. Sweet and surprisingly tart in one smell swoop. Southern lemonade with no sugar, just lemon and ice, the smell permeating the surroundings.

I think I've reviewed this one too. LOL

Anyone remember when MTV had the video contest and MTV viewers were supposed to make a video to Madonna's song True Blue. Remember hearing that song every 3 minutes for two freaking days? Thankfully I still love the song, regardless. Now that's a feat. LOL!

Namaste, Namaste.....haunting, familiar, scary and lemon to the 9th degree. It's like the perfect lemon and rivals Possets Limoncello: Giardino Rosmarino. Rosmarino turns gentle, feminine, florally,
herb-y and sweet.
Namaste stays tart, tangy and lemon, but I can tell it's mellowing.....yum yum



Madonna. I love you.
Now play the following video every 3 minutes for the next 48 hours. Yeah.


Did anyone get that?

Moonalisa!!!Moonalisa!!

I got my Moonalisa package!!! Now if you've never received  an order from Moonalisa you're in for a treat!! Not only does she package her orders with creativity and lots of colored papers etc, but she always gives little treats that you didn't order!

This is what it first looked like when I opened the box. And this time she had a contest where she put a sealed envelope in the box. Unfortunately I didn't win. Booo! Also when I opened it it smelled soo good!! Sweet and really girly!

 

There's my contest envelope!

 

No win, but I got a cute little ball with a purple fuzzy ball inside. It'll be a cat toy! They'll love it!

She also includes little cards that can be collected. One Moonalisa fan gal decoupages them on furniture!

 

They wrap each item individually. So much fun!! All the while I am smelling the most delightful fun and fantastic smell!

The delightful smell in the box is some free Blood Orange Bubbling Bath Brew they threw in! It's the item in the starburst looking bag on the left. I ordered all Pumpkin Batter items. Three bath gels (background), one bath scrub (forefront in orange tub), a lotion potion (farthest right) and a perfume oil (skinny tiny item in middle). The blue small item in the middle is a free Winter Porridge with Apple Strudel winter rich cream! The perfume oil even came in a cute little box (in the picture above with the gold ribbon)!
Her Pumpkin Batter items are the best smelling pumpkin I've ever smelled. So now I can layer! Before all I had was a bath gel (that I'm coveting but now I can use it up!!!) and a spray bottle of the perfume.  I can't wait to use the scrub parfait. It's has three levels of color in it. It's sugar scrub on the bottom and top and in between the scrub layers is a layer of body cream that's orange in color.  My bathtub's gonna stop up for sure! LOL