Talk Till Dawn – 2

I’m excited to share with you a new series I’m starting called, “Talk Till Dawn”, I want this to be about my everyday life, the things I’m reading, eating, my everyday ups and down, along with photos that I’ve taken over the week.

I haven’t decided yet how often this will be, right now I’m just going to get it going and see what comes of it. I encourage you to share with me similar situations and we can all support one another.

My life and home is far from perfect even though I always share with you pretty home decor picture. Now from time to time I’ll give you a look at how things can get out of control like everyone else’s life.

It’s hard to believe that January is already past, I have no idea where the time goes but it sure does fly. When I was a kid I remember longing for summer vacations that I thought would never come, but now the time just slips away faster than I can remember.

If you remember in the last edition of “Talk Till Dawn” I mentioned with menopause I’m gaining weight, well I went back to strict Keto eating again, and the pounds are dropping off, slowly but they are coming off. I believe my culprit is sugar, that stuff is in everything and is a silent killer. As long as I stay away from it I’m losing weight. I really hate that this seems to be my life long struggle. I say I’m like an alcoholic or drug addict, mine is just with food. I also think I’m one of those people that have zero taste buds I have to have things extremely sweet, spicy, hot, or sour to taste them and I sometimes think that spurs on the food problem, I feel I have to eat more to really get what it taste is.

I found a couple of new products I want to share with you from Chef’nVibe, a small mandolin that fits on top of a wide mouth jar and a hand held spiralizer. I have both of these contraptions in a much bigger form, but it’s a pain to get them out and clean them so when I noticed these on the store shelf I decided to give them a try. LOVE them, I will be donating my bigger appliance to hospice. Im much more apt to use them when they’re hand held, and right at my finger tips. They’re also easy to store and don’t take up much room. I’m sure if you had a huge food project these may not be the ones to use but for salads and making veggie noodles for our family they’re perfect.

Our new furniture did arrive, the look like leather chair was seriously deformed and wonky at best so that had to go back and as of Friday the new one just came in. The Morris chair fabric pattern didn’t line up so that’s being remade too. When I spent the kind of money I spent for custom work I expect it to look like a custom upholstered piece. Luckily the place I work with is fantastic in the customer care department. It’s a mom and pop shop we’ve been buying from for 25 years, and they’re making everything right. The sofa was perfect though. Once I have everything back I’ll be sharing everything with you. I know I said that last month but I wan’t expecting all the glitches that have come up with it.

I still haven’t purchased anything to use as a coffee table, for now we’re using the round hair pin legged table that I picked up at a thrift store for $5 years ago. It works its just not the look I’m going for. I was hoping while out thrifting one day something would grab my attention and scream take me home but so far that hasn’t been the case. Hubby said he’d make me one, so it may come to that.

With age I’ve felt like an old woman with big earrings just looked tacky, but I so love my bling. Big earrings are heavy and make my ears feel tugged upon, until I discovered these leather earrings by Nickel and Suede, I’m in love with them. They have an earring of the month that’s discounted so if you like what you see watch for the monthly sales. I have the ones in “Silver Shell” because they go with most everything I have, but I’ll be ordering a pair in white next. BTW I’m wearing the 2″ size.

Hubby came down with the sickness this week 🙁 just a terrible head cold, not that killer flu that’s going around but I’ve been avoiding him like he as the plague. I just don’t want it, don’t have time for it, and could seriously do with out it. Poor guys miserable, I’m keeping him fed and stocked with tissue and meds but beyond that I’m steering clear of him. My hands are just raw from all the washing and hand sanitizer I’ve been using.

So I’ve been seeing all this buzz on social media about everyone shopping at Aldis, owned by Trader Joe’s, because of their fabulous prices and organic food line. Well I’m a one stop shop kind of girl, and I hate to grocery shop anyway but hubby and I decided to give it a go to see what all the fuss was about. First you have to put a quarter, that you get back when you return your cart, into the cart to release if from being chained to other carts. (Great way to avoid paying a cart boy that’s for sure). Well let me tell you that was a comedy act in itself, I’d never heard of such a thing so a kind lady showed me what it was all about, and I freed a cart from it’s chain and started shopping. OMG I can’t believe the prices, hubby and I were a little skeptical so we didn’t buy much the first trip; canned crushed tomatoes, chocolate milk, white milk, and cream of celery soup for a recipe I was making. Talk about a speedy checkout, those people mean business they whip you through the line so fast I hardly could keep up with loading the grocery belt.

I’ve since heard you’re timed before hired and if you can’t scan fast you don’t get a cashier job. Next you have to bring your own bag and bag your groceries after they’ve been paid for at a side section where there’s a space to get all your thing organized into your own bags. So of course I had to try it again, the next time I was ready with my quarter and freed the cart like a pro. I purchased 12 boxes of cereal, 4 gallons of milk, and 2 bags of mini organic cucumbers, all for $20. Can you believe that? My youngest son drinks a gallon of milk and eats a box of cereal a day so this was a huge savings to us. Yep we did it again the third trip we actually went for our weekly groceries and only spent $100, but many of the things will last much longer than a week. The only products that were on my list that they didn’t have were; toothpaste, beef jerky, and a particular flavored water that hubby drinks. I certainly don’t like the idea of making another stop to get those things, but for the huge cost savings I’ll do it.

If you follow me on Facebook, or Instagram you know I’ve been wanting to change the color of our kitchen island to hide all the boot prints the men in our home seem to put on the sitting side. I went to Sherwin Williams this week and picked up the paint colors I’ll be using and can’t wait for you to see what I’m doing. Now just to get motivated, because painting is one thing I hate to do. I’m going to have to push myself to get it done.

I also finally broke down and ordered Rodan+Fields regimen for my face. My skin is so dry, dull, and has sun damage that it’s in need of some serious help. It’s 20% off right now for the bundle so I figured it was time to give it a try. I’ll share with you my before and after pics, once I’ve given it time to work. Wow I’m really going out of my comfort zone here. Last month I shared my teeth with my mouth opened wide, and now I’m going to share my face with no makeup. Scary to say the least.

Getting back to ordering braces from Smile Direct, I sent my impression kit back only to hear back from them saying I needed to have a digital scan to complete the process. Well the closest place to do that is a 4 hour round trip, and with the snowy roads I’m not in any hurry to do that. I’m going to try the impression kit one more time and if that doesn’t get the results they’re looking for I’ll have to make the trip to Detroit for a scan. I swear nothing’s ever easy.