I'm listening to Don Henly Dirty Laundry right now.
Some bad things happening right now. Clarice at work, her dad just died today. She loved him a lot.
I don't even know how to talk to my Dad. I love him tho. We went to Memphis and New Orleans last May together with him and his gal.
I feel like I am this monotone voice lately. I'm starting the change, so bear with me. Isn't that great?
Eff. Yeah!
I feel like jumping on him. (my husband)
I have to pee. LOL
Friday, November 23, 2012
Blind pick from Sharkdiver's Imps that I bought from her.
The Scales of Deprivation
I wanted a weird one so pulling this one out was somewhat ironic. It's a middle gold color. Like not dark but not light either. Middle.
I was really wanting a patchouli scent this time. I'm 'in the mood'. Which means it's Friday and I have about 3 Bud Lites down me. LOL I making up for lost time not drinking all week.
In the vial it reminds me of the sweat from a knight in shining armour. Peppery, steely gray, cologne-like and sinister.
There is a musk or something resiny to this. It's quite bright actually. Slightly sunflower seedy and metal.
It's one of those scents that I adore but can't wear in public because most people wouldn't like it. It's too 'different'. Almost manly in a way. Something that I alone adore. I know Jeff wouldn't like it either. ....but I should have him smell it. He's weird. The scents I think he won't like he does, and the ones I do think he'll like, he doesn't. I think we're on two different smell planes. I'm in first class and he's holed up in the cargo area. hehe I shouldn't talk about him so negatively since I actually like him.
Oy! all of a sudden I am reading all of these books that have Judaism or Jewish characters in them. What's up wid dat? The Prince of Tides...then this other mystery suspense novel that I actually had to toss in the garbage..... it was that bad. Isn't that funny how that happens? Like once I read a story about a dog, then the next book I read was about a dog too. Then the third book was a dog book. Freaky! I can name all the books too.
Merle's Door
Marly and Me
Racing in the Rain
Good books, so read them will ya!?! :)
The Scales of Deprivation is the BOMB. Incredible scent. It's super unique. Musky, sensual, metallic, lemony, heady. What's in this?
Thin, dark, and shadowed. A scent that offers no sustenance, comfort or satiety: lemon peel, white sage, frankincense, lavender fougere, sandalwood, vetiver and labdanum.
This satisfies me immensely. Seriously. Exactly what I was looking for tonight.
I am going to start making my own bath fizzy bombs. Not for sale, just for personal use. I have to! I'm tired of not only paying for them but paying the shipping too. bah! LOL
Plus I can make bpal bombs!! Yeah!
It's starting to get cold here in Iowa. We've been really lucky so far that we haven't had any snow. But it's COMING! WINTER IS COMING! As the Game of Thrones would say.
OMG Frosty the Snowman is on! Memories!! Gotta go!!
that likes to lie on his back. Like, all the time. When we first got him 6 years ago, he had this chronic diarrhea thing going on and I thought he just laid on his back because his tummy felt better.
I was wrong.
It had nothing to do with his stomach.
He just likes being upside down. He does it all the time but it's like clockwork if the dogs go out. Here comes Mojo.....on his back in the middle of the living room once we close the back door after letting the dogs out. Now don't get me wrong, it's not only when the dogs are outside. It's usually ALL the time. It's freaky. Picture an obese long haired orange cat upside down in the middle of the room in every room that you have. And he doesn't move. You can step right over him without him freaking out. The dogs don't even notice him anymore, that's how much of a staple he is lying there. We're all used to it!
So there he is with his big gut all spread out like a squished pumpkin laying in the middle of the road.
I told you all already.....I have some freaky ass animals.....So if you stop by, please ignore the McDonald's straws on the floor (cat toys), the excessive squeaky dawg toys, and the orange cat that thinks he's directing traffic using his body.
My BFF gave me a bunch of cookbooks today. I don't know why she even has cookbooks. She can't cook. She told me one time she made instant potatoes and didn't realize that the water needed to be boiling before she added the flakes. So she adds the flakes, reads the box and realizes she messed up. So she dumps all of it in the garbage to start over. She says about 15 minutes later she looks in the garbage and lo and behold, there was instant potatoes. ROFLMAO....now that's funny. Once we went over there and she was pulling some things out of the oven on a large cookie sheet and exclaimed, "LOOK WHAT I MADE!!"
It was english muffins with jarred pizza sauce and pepperoni and mozzarella cheese mini pizzas. So I think you get the idea on what I'm talking about here...... haha! Gotta love her. And I do. :)
All Souls (2007)
This is from bpals 2007 Halloween collection.
Yum in the bottle. Yes this is a 5ml of this one. I think it might have blood in it. It seems simmery. Foodie too but not a sweet foodie.
Wet on the wrist. Strawberry or cherry. Head shop smell. I feel a slight tingle on my wrist. Cinnamon? There's a flamboyant floral in this one. Like jasmine or lavender or lilac, maybe gardenia or honeysuckle. I'm also getting a musk.
It's getting a lot more floral as it dries. I love this and will have to wear it to work on Monday to see how it plays all day. I am really liking the resin/floral combination on this.
What's in it? ... An incense blend that invokes the higher qualities of mercy and compassion, mingled with the soft, sugared currant scent of offertory soul cakes.
Yay! There's a scent description....not much of one though. Booo.
Is everyone ready for Thanksgiving! I watched The Pioneer Woman's show on the Food Network today. She made a brined turkey that looked to die for. The way she shows how to cook foods reminds me of Anne Burrell, they both make it look so easy to make certain foods, so I'm not so scared to try to make it!
This All Souls needs slathered!!
It does smell somewhat foodie at first. Like maple syrup or gingerbread dough or something along those lines. Very chewy, honeyed, molasses cookies, or sweet brown buttered squash. Just everything sweet and bakery for the holidays. Then it turns musky. A good musk. Notice how this turned sweet foodie too?? I think this is one of those scents that men like their women to smell like. The homecook wife making toll house chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin pie, bread. Me thinks it goes back to mom cooking in the kitchen when they were growing up.
Okay, maybe that's too extreme, but that's what I pictured.
I received a half of a bottle of Door 13 today. Had no idea what it smelled like. It was listed on Ebay and just by the reviews I knew I wanted it.
It starts out fruity and floral....then mellows into a nice minty, sexy concoction. Somewhat metallic, but actually reminds me a lot of very expensive over the counter women's perfumes.
The graphic on the bottle is what first caught my attention. A skull. Who doesn't love skulls? Day of the Dead jewelry is a fave of mine. This skull has really big holes where the eyes were. I had pulled up bpal listings and ran off to cook dinner. When I came back there were several listings up with their pics all in a line going down. As I came closer to the comp this one really caught my eye because of the skull.
Isn't that cool?? So of course I had to click on the listing! No lab description. Bah!! Have I made that clear that I hate that?? ack! So after reading the posts, and 99% being positives, it. was. mine....since it was a buy it now. :)
It came in the mail today. At first I couldn't smell anything. And I thought, WTF!? So I slopped some on the back of my hand and got that first rush of candy fruit. Still, I was unimpressed. So I continued to ebay, read some discussion boards and kept getting whiffs of this slightly cold minty fruity goodness. Door 13 had finally opened! I kept thinking this isn't half bad!
I had also gotten off work early because we'd pulled in over $710,000 in collections last month so we were awarded a two hour bonus time off this month and I took it today, so I got home early. After perusing a few sites, smelling my hand, reading some blogs, smelling my hand, listening to Party All The Time song by Eddie Murphy on youtube (why am I lately addicted to that fucking song?????), smelling my hand, I was thoroughly worn out and I decided to take a Lush bath. And if you think THIS wears me out, you should see what sex does to me!!! I'm laid up for days!! bwahahahahaha!! TMI TMI! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
I have these bubbleroons by Lush that are freaking awesome. They are these small bubble balls that have lotion in them or sumpin because they are soft and dissolve into the water creating this marvelous softness and smell.... Well, anyway...I get done with my Lush bath and my hand still had Door 13 left on it!! NO CRAP! But now it's a musky (yet still lively) sultry smell. "I must put more on!!!", I say!
OMG
Can you say heart stopping good? Say it. Just say it. HEART. STOPPING. GOOD. ;)
Awesomeness in a bottle. Too bad I wasn't posting on bpal right now screamin my joy! heehee
I must say.....smelling Door 13 and listening to Party All The Time has GOT to be one of the best things about being alive. Thank you e-Bay. Thank you Youtube. Thank you Bpal.
Clap! Clap!!
( I totally realize this is like the cheesiest corniest video/song out there....BUT I LOVE IT!!!)
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!!
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
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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!
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
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.
Then add the tapioca and orange zest to the rhubarb mixture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
