Window Shopper

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Now there’s a title for you. I was thinking of the title Last Time I Saw Paris, the country not the woman. In August, I was so disgusted because I went into the hospital and could not really manage my droopy hair. It just went wild, stunk, was way too long for me, in short it was nasty. And I vowed then that I was going to get it cut before something else happens. After that, the first chance I got to go out, off came the hair. It’s incredibly short now and I love it. Why? Because I am sitting here with a leg problem again and I have SHORT HAIR!!! Not hard to take care of at all. HA!

While we were at the salon that day, a few very different people came in to get hair cuts and styles. One that struck me as strange was this one lady who got her hair coiled up in little ringlets. You know all those guys with comb overs? Very obvious try at faking out people as if you could not tel it was a comb over? Well, this lady and several others I have seen since have what I would call coilovers, there is nothing else I could call it. Little ringlets all over the head and then scraped over on one side. Very strange, very strange indeed. One would think that there are foreigners among us. And that, folks, was the last time I saw my hair.

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The last post I put up here said that shopping is so different and yes, it is. For one thing, people who usually buy things at a more upscale store are now inhabiting places like Wal*mart and other discount stores. We can tell that here simply by the larger numbers of people at the store these days. We live in a tourist area. Usually when the season begins, you can tell. In the fall and winter, we can go to the store and find a nice parking place right there in front. During the tourist season, there are few parking places unless you get there just right. So, we have a plan. My husband goes in and does the shopping while I find a space to park. Then I watch for him and pick him up since he would not know where to look for me. That has worked for a while now. It is now into the latter part of October. The tourists all stayed or that’s what it seems like anyway.

Today’s shopping was an experience. My sister and I went to the store to resupply Mom’s house with food. She and I had to navigate around a lot of people there. She likes to buy beef so we headed that way. Now we, my husband and I, sort of gave up on eating beef unless it’s something special like a roast that we get once in a great while. Most of the time, we eat ground turkey, chicken and other things. We tend to leave the beef alone. My goodness, it’s like trying to buy diamond rings when you check out the prices of the meat these days. I think I am going to stick with the turkey and chicken. At least with a diamond ring, you would have something to show for your purchase. The only way I could ever see my beef purchases was to look at my backside in the mirror. Ugh.

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In the last three months, I have been starting up some new blogs. A couple of them have really turned out to be more fun than I actually expected. Well to explain, I do expect them to be fun because if they aren’t, why bother? But these two are a lot more fun than I have been having with the current ones. And that’s saying something. One of them is a toy information blog that is a blast. I really love to do that one. It gives me a lot more ideas for gifts for the kids and teens in our extended family that way. Then, I also have a food or cooking blog. Now, that one is a lot of fun because I like to try out the recipes before I blog about them.

One drawback to starting up new blogs is that you have to be able to write the posts fairly often. In the case of the toy blog, that requires some research. Not bad. I like research. But the other one….that one is going to be a problem eventually since I am trying out some of the recipes. At some point, I may contemplate getting some weight loss pills or some other thing to get rid of weight I can see me putting on every time we try out that new recipe. Ah well. It will work out, I just know it. And I do love to taste test the newest creations.

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Well, at least for now. Thinking back, I have not had any, I SAID ANY, chocolate in months. Frankly, it had not occurred to me. My chocolate withdrawals must have happened during my time in the hospital so they were not apparent. Since then, we have been a bit limited in our going out and coming in. Recently I was freed from the problem of daily shots so getting out is much more of an option. We can go get some chocolate. We could if it wasn’t going on 11 pm, that is. I do not travel at night anymore unless I have to do so. I guess I am getting pretty spoiled about that. There was a time when I would have done so all night long to get to my appointment. But now, I can stay home and……wish I had chocolate!!! I think the lack is getting to me.

Actually, even thinking about chocolate can make my skin break out if I’m not careful here. No, that isn’t really true but it sounded good to the story, right? The reality is that I could have chocolate but I don’t since we do not have any available in the house. No one thinks of it when we’re out. So, no chocolate. Does it ever make you crazy when you want something but it is not there? Do you wait and find out it wasn’t necessary at all or do you go rushing out to get it before you blow up or have a fit of some type? Are you aware that this type of chocolate withdrawal is not going to hold? When I finally get the chocolate I crave so much, not even the best acne treatments will be able to keep me from the breakout I am going to have. No amount of creams or diet restrictions are going to do the job this time. I WANT CHOCOLATE!!!!! It is going to happen…maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow. But I promise, it is going to happen!

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This may sound a tad ridiculous but right now my whole shopping thing is either online or looking out my own front window. Right now, I am home bound. It’s a temporary situation but is giving me a complex. We could do shopping for hummingbirds, I guess. We have feeders outside the window. They visit fairly often when the feeders are full. At the moment, they are getting pretty low. I must speak to my husband about that.

And then there is plantzilla. Plantzilla plans on taking over the world. We know this because it has tried it before. This plant is growing to occupy the most space available. Right now, it’s just outside the front door. There’s a bird’s nest in the middle since it is so big. The bird thought it was a whole city, I imagine. Anyway, I see that plant as wanting to take over the world because when it comes in for the winter, there really is no place to put it. We tried the table but it wants ALL of the table not just a small part of it. Plantzilla spreads her wings and would fly if she could. I believe that firmly.

You might have noticed that I could be a tiny bit bored. Yes, that is very true. What the heck. I might as well go buy some things on eBay or Amazon. I have nothing better to do but lie here and wish for more to do. There ya go!

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I told you before that I hate moving. Frankly, it seems that I hate doing anything to change stuff. Even if it would make things better, I just hate to change because it means that my ordered world is in flux. Does that make sense? Probably only to me. But that’s all right. There was a time when everything was new and exciting. I think I was 6 years old. After a while, I did not want to change anything. Too much work? Probably. And then I figured out that it was going to take time to learn the new whatever. That was the problem. Its always a problem for me. If nothing changes, I can live in my nice little world and relax. If things change, there is no relaxing. Okay, I am very lame here.

So you can see what kind of difficulty it was when we started changing banks. We had checks from the old. We had to order checks for the new. New tellers to meet, new accounts to start. Getting known at a new bank when you are known very well at the old. It was all about getting the balance transfers done with as little problem as possible. I know. You are thinking, “What the heck is wrong with this woman?” She acts like the world would end if anything changes. That would be sort of right. I enjoy things staying the same. That’s a world I know. The unknown is out there but I want someone else to go look at it first. Captain Kirk, I am not.

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The day was non-remarkable. We had to go to the store and some other errands. Because of where we live, the travel needs to be as short as possible. I wanted to go to several stores so that I could get all the food products we needed. We stopped at the first store and that is when the whole thing started.

Out of the car and walking into the store, I reached up to scratch an itch on my brow. It was right there….a ZIT! At my age! A zit, mind you. Of course, when I was a teen they did not call it that. It was simple acne and nothing more. All of a sudden I thought I needed a hat, a mirror and whatever else it took to get rid of the doggone thing before I went into the store. It was a nightmare!!!!

That was what went through my mind in the seconds after I felt it. And then it dawned on me. Why should I care? Nobody gives a hoot about zits these days anyway. Ah well. Some acne cream and it goes away. Poof. Problem solved.

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At one time, I did ask myself that question. Those were the good ol’ days. No, I’m kidding. All days are good for me. But when I asked myself that question it came with several others that I had to ask myself as well. The truth is that I have been to California when I drove a semi-truck. And if I were not already living here in rural Arkansas and loving where I live, I might just think about it again. For a few moments anyway.

What do you ask yourself when you want to move to another place? For instance, where would I want to live? And in what type of place? Every time I think about California, the first thing that comes to mind is that kid in The Karate Kid. He started out hating it there but liked it much better after the conflict was over. But I think he lived in Los Angeles, right? So, if you wanted to move there, would you start looking for apartments? Do you do this long before you go there to check it out? I would. Heck, I would start by looking up Los Angeles jobs and go from there. Hey, if you can’t find that, the rest would be pretty difficult to do, right?

To answer the question in the title, nope. I really do not think I would live there now. Rural life is just too good for me. Nope. Never met the Beverly Hillbillys.

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Some of you are not Americans so may not necessarily celebrate our holiday. But we must celebrate our freedom, such as it is today. And I have been celebrating my freedom to shop. But then, I do that anyway. I do love to shop. The problem is that I do not have the funds to do so. Guess that’s the same problem a lot of folks have right now. At some point, we need to see the brightest side of this we possibly can. Why? Because if we don’t, it takes the fun out of shopping. Then it becomes desperate shopping. I would hate that.

Yesterday, it was more or less desperate shopping for us. We had a recent drain on our supplies and needed to replenish. And now we have more month than money. WOW! That was so fast. Today, I sit here thinking about our situation and sometimes get a bit down about it. And then, I think that today is not the day to care about those things. Today is a happy day. Today we get to celebrate the beginning of our country. I do love my country even with all it’s problems, aches and pains. She is still a youngster. She hasn’t quite grown up yet but she is definitely working on it. We love her.

For those who love the American Flag or those who do not understand the American citizen, please take the time to read this post about our flag. Ya might just learn something about our American feelings. We are proud of our country and our flag.

So, HAPPY 4th OF JULY TO EVERYONE!!! Anyone out watching the fireworks tonight? We hear them but can’t see em. Too hot. Too buggy. And we are too used to staying inside for it. Yes, we are wimps. Yes, I have seen my share of fireworks before. I love watching them when I can.

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The year I graduated, lots of things happened. The Prom. Dates to the park and the movies. Yeah, I know. Not all that exciting. Those were not the most exciting times…unless, of course, you are a girl who is finally dating the guy she wanted to date for years. That makes it pretty exciting, wouldn’t you say? We did get to the prom. I had an awesome dress! Beautiful night. We danced for what seemed like hours, then went out to eat with another couple to a great place. I say that with all the straight face I can.

The place where we went to eat requires a reservation so you might figure it’s classy, right? Thought so too since my parents and I had been there several times prior to my date there. It was always nice….until. After the waiter took our orders, we talked about the prom, well, we girls did. Frankly, I have no idea what the guys talked about. But we were interrupted several times by the guy vacuuming the floor next to our table. Are you serious? We could not believe how rude the guy was. But I guess he wanted to go home and we were stopping him. Not just us, of course. There were other diners. We laugh about that night now. Well, my husband and I laugh about it. Not the guy I went with. I have no idea where he is now.

Ya know, if I had known then what I know now, I would have taken that brand new luggage I got for a graduation present, gotten into a car and taken off to see the world or at least the portion of it that I could get to then. Surely there were some places out there that served good food AND had their vacuuming already done. Don’t you think so? The memories get a bit hazy over the years but I really do not think I will ever forget about that date and the night of the great vacuum caper. LOL!

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