I’m now realizing I’m one of them now. You know that family member who always predicts the weather based on certain body parts hurting? Oooh, my knees hurt. It’s gonna rain. That’s me now! 😂
I digress. 😜
Invited out to breakfast Saturday morning.
Starbucks 😁
“I like this. I like starting my Saturday morning off this way. This is nice.” I said thinking out loud. I smile. He smiled.
🎶 Now, you best go about your way way and have a nice day. – Have a Nice Day, Roxanne Shanté.
Off we go our separate ways. He’s off to work and I’m headed to the mall to read while I get a car wash. #Twofer
This past Friday, we make plans for another morning date.
Same place, same time.
Oh, we’re doing this?! Again?! This IS a thing?! #Wow
🎶 Hello, is it me you’re looking for? – Hello, Lionel Richie
Bread Pudding for meEspresso Chocolate Cake for him
🎶 Feeling Good – Michael Bublé 😉
We leave the restaurant and decide to have a nightcap before ending the night.
“Why are we going here?”, I say.
“We haven’t been here in a while.”, he says
“Yeah, but….”, I say. True, I’m thinking to myself….we haven’t been here since our Valentine’s Days Date where you didn’t want to make reservations and just wanted to go out. #HotMess
I digress.
“Are you short on money?!”, I say.
“Noo.”, he says laughing. “Why?”
“This place is cheap.”, I say.
Crickets 😗
We enter this establishment and walk straight to The Bar. I order an Espresso Martini, my love, and he orders an Old Fashioned.
Crickets.🙁
My drink comes with a dollop of whipped cream in the middle, versus coffee beans. 🎶 Never Knew Love Like This Before – Stephanie Mills
No pictures 🫣
Still crickets. He’s not saying anything. He’s not even looking at me.
#Hmmm
Finally, he says “Two things you don’t say to a man…little and cheap.”
“Oh.” I learn something new every day. “Okay.”
#Facts
#GotIt
🎶 But I was caught up in physical attraction – If I Ever Fall in Love by shai
Sorry 2004 – Ruben Studdard
I was so caught up, I was not appreciating being in the moment.
The moment of 🎶 Just Me And You – Tony! Toni! Toné!
The moment of rolling with it. The moment of just because or the moment of why not?!
I scream. You scream. We all scream at what we see🫣
What happened?!, you say.
Well. Picture it. New Year’s Eve. 2023…
I have the pleasure and honor of Kitchen Duty at church. Being that it was Sunday and it was the last day of the year, I want to toast 🎶 love and happiness ~ Al Green) ~ into the new year. Starting with
Homemade Potato Broccoli Soup
With all the fixings.
In a Martini Glass
#Cheers
Ready to “ turn the page” ( actually The Pastor’s Message )😁
🎶Bye, bye, bye ~ NSYNC ~ to 2023 and MoreIn2024
It just didn’t turn out that way. NOW I KNOW you can’t warm up the center of a Crock Pot on the stove! The two go hand in hand, obviously.🙄
#Oops
🎶 Is this the end? ~ New Edition
#WhatHadHappenedWas
Church family just “ turned the page”, piled up their fixings in the glass and ate!❣️
Even though this was a short work week, #OffThursday #HolidayFriday #VeteransDay #ThankYouVets, I’m still celebrating #Birthday #WhyNot #WineNot
Sooooo much fun 😄
Also, missing my mom🥹💔💝
My favorite book with my mom❤️
It’s Sunday
#ChickenSoupForTheSoulDay
#NationalDayCalendar
I used to say chicken and me were tight, the best of friends. However, speaking of my mom, my mom gave me a book to read entitled Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type. Picture not present because I honestly don’t remember what the book looks like, much less where it is located now 🤔 I digress.
Anyhoo, the book said children was #Not good for my blood type. I discovered chicken and me were more like friend-enemies versus friends. 🙁 #What #SayItAintSo
I couldn’t believe it! I mean, I thought we were friends, even best friends. BUT, my digestive system said differently. My digestive issues all went away once I stopped eating chicken. I had to decide to eat it all day, every day, OR just 🎶 let it go. So, to make a long story short, chicken and me are #NotFriends 🎶 Bye, bye,bye, bye I’ll make new friends, #Turkey #Lamb 😜😂
My Homemade Turkey Noodle Soup 🥰
Plus
Anti-stress tea – Herbal Cup
read listen to my Bookclub book of the month
I’m relaxing
Snowman slippers – Revelation Boutique Montrose, CA
I was going to bake something #Chocolate #WeAreFriends
So, it’s been a day. 🎶 Friday starts the weekend off right. 😁
Round One
Dunkin’ Doughnut #CelebrateEveryDay #NationalDoughnutDay #TwoDaysEarly #GetItIn 😄Hmmm… Which one to use first🤔 #StarbucksMonty’s – Fried Shrimp Monty’s – potatoes with onions and black pepper 🥰Hot fudge sundae. #ForTwo #DateNight👍🏽 – Monty’s
Saturday is my day! I enjoy going to read and relax while sipping on some wine 😜 Starbucks. I also enjoy being out of the house and outdoors under an umbrella or sitting on an empty bench in front of a bookstore.
This weekend was my Bookclub meetup online. So, with my crown headset on my head and mike on mute, I planted myself in a corner seat at a Starbucks. Shortly thereafter, in comes this lady on a scooter. We make eye contact and I smile. She says something that I didn’t understand. I remove one side of my headset to hear, take myself out of screen and say “I’m sorry?” “Was I too loud?”, she says softly pointing to her scooter. “Oh, no ma’am. Not at all. You’re fine,.”, I reply with a smile. She nods and I go back to my Bookclub on screen and cover my ear.
I see two other people come close to her and begin to point her in the direction of two empty chairs in front of the window just to the right of me. With one quick jolt, the lady and her scooter moved forward. One of them turns her handle right and she avoids hitting the chairs as the other appears to say something to her before both of walk away. “I’m sorry.”, I say again removing one side of my headset to hear as the lady looks at me and starts to talk. “It takes a crew.”, she says. “It does!”, I say with a smile. She nods and I return to the Bookclub. I apologize. There’s an old lady talking to me., I type in the comments. “What’s she saying?”, someone types back. And now she’s a part of the Bookclub. 😆
She and her Crew enjoy their Starbucks coffee and pastries as I return to the book discussion.
“I think you are just fabulous!”, I say to the lady and her ‘Crew.’ “I want to be just like you when I grow up!”, I said. “When YOU grow up?!”another lady of her Crew said to me, leaning forward in her chair slightly to the right and in front of my chair smiling at me. “Yes!”, I say smiling right back at her. All of us laugh. I ask her can I take her picture and she nods yes, still smiling. When I snap the shot, she looks to her right. She is now distracted by this little toddler in a rainbow tutu. She and her Crew. Our relationship is over. #CantCompete
Then, with flip of a key in her scooter, she was leaving. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. Now she was loud. 😜 All of a sudden, she flipped the switch and took off moving forward so fast, she ran into the empty chair to the left of me and my chair. “THE FURNITURE STAYS HERE.”, the only man in her Crew shouted as the female Crew member detangles her scooter from the empty chair.
She left a lasting impression on me 😍
#Pink
#HeadToToePink
#PinkLipstick
#PinkJewelry
#PinkOutfit
#PinkShoes
#PinkToenailPolish
She even had a pink bedazzled phone and pink Pom-Pom keychain 😁
Even though it’s heck-of-a-hot outside, I’ve got a plan 🤔. I moved my patio furniture inside near the patio door. I can enjoy Mr. Sun without the heat. A.C. (Air Conditioner 😜 ) and me are just fine 😁
Exactly one year ago, I had major surgery. 🎶I’ve got all my life to live And I’ve got all my love to give and I’ll survive …(Gloria Gaynor)
I wake up and immediately open my closet door. First, I was going to look to the right. Thinking of wearing a bright Dashiki, long dress. But then, I quickly went to the left side of my closet. ‘How you doin’?!’, I say to myself when my eyes 👀 see a striped halter dress 👗. The three S’s, my own way FGH😉 (Shower, Stylin’(-n-profilin’ ), Swoop) and out the door I go!
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. 😃
I drive a little while, park and go to #MyJoy
Calabasas, CA
Walk inside and head directly to #Starbucks #Barnes&NobleCafé😍
With my #SecondJoy in hand, I start to walk outside. I love your dress. It looks so beautiful!, someone says. “Thank you so much!”🥰
This. Is. The. Life. As I sit with a smile upon my face, enjoying my iced drink, reading and relaxing, people pass by wanting to chitchat…
– I love when people smile. They need to do it more often! “You only have one life.”, I reply. Enjoy.
– I love your dress! A lady with her dog says walking by my table. “Thank you! Shopping in my closet!” She stops a little distance from me and begins to share: You know what? That’s what we all should do. I lost my mother and gained 70 pounds and refuse to shop… I’ve lost 40 pounds now. I acknowledge her throughout her talking with nods and smiles, thank her again and she smiles back before continuing on her way. “Enjoy shopping in your closet!”, I say and she laughs in the distance,
– I’m sorry to interrupt you reading your book, but it’s nice to see young people reading! “I thank you for calling me young!”, I say smiling 😀 “I’m in my 50’s.” You are young. I’m in my 70’s!, she replies laughing and smiling. “God bless you! Thank you!”
– Someone left the oven on. “Why?”
– It’s hot as hell out here, he says walking by the table. I look up. “ I wouldn’t know here in the shade.”, I reply laughing. The man laughs. Good point, he says with one finger pointing at me and keeps walking.
I continue reading….
– That’s the life, a woman says pointing at me walking by the table. Yes, I say. This is the life. When I’m done with this book, I can walk inside #Barnes&Noble and get another book 📚. When I feel like something sweet, I’ve got #SeesCandies
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