Bet You Didn’t Know That…

Use a post-it note to catch drilling debris. Today I got an email with this interesting piece of information. The photo shows a post it note folded across, with the bottom forming a V. The note is then stuck to the wall directly below the hole you are drilling.

Gee, and to think that sometimes I just delete something like this. If this article saves one person from having to clean up ‘drill dust’, my day will be complete.

THAT’S ALL, FOLKS!

A Story for Women…and a good deal

A STORY ALL WOMEN WILL ADORE!

THE BOTTLE OF WINE

For all of us who are married, were married, wish you were married, or wish you weren’t married, this
is something to smile about the next time you see a bottle of wine:

Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly
Navajo woman walking on the side of the road.

As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like
a ride.

With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car.

Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old
woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally.

‘What in bag?’ asked the old woman.

Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, ‘It’s a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband.’

The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said:

‘Good trade…..’

OK. Now here is the good deal part. Whole Foods has a wine special. Three Wishes wine at $2.99 a bottle or $35.88 for a case of twelve. This comes in Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet. Pretty hard to pick up six bottles of wine these days for less than $20.

Lo Cal Martinis

PER SERVING (entire recipe, 1 martini): 109 calories, 0g fat, 69mg sodium, 2.5g carbs, 0g fiber, 0.5g sugars, 0g protein — PointsPlus® value 4*This low-calorie cocktail tastes EXACTLY like those sherbet ‘n ice cream bars you used to eat as a kid… Mmmmmmmm!Ingredients: 4 oz. diet orange soda, room temperature 1.5 oz. orange-flavored vodka (like Smirnoff Twist of Orange) 1.5 oz. Torani Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup 1 tbsp. Cool Whip Free Directions: Place all ingredients in a martini shaker, but DO NOT shake (or the carbonated soda will explode!). Mix thoroughly with a spoon until mixture is mostly lump-free. Add about 1 cup ice (crushed, if you’ve got it), and stir until mixture is cold. Then place the strainer on top and pour into a large martini glass. Enjoy! MAKES 1 SERVING

Mounds Bar MartinisPER SERVING (half of recipe, 1 martini): 112 calories, 0g fat, 80mg sodium, 2.5g carbs, 0.5g fiber, 1.5g sugars, 1g protein — PointsPlus® value 4*Creamy… chocolatey… coconut-y and deeeeeeeelicious. This recipe will rock your world! Ingredients: 3 oz. vodka (80 proof) 1 packet Diet Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa Mix (the 25-calorie one) 2 oz. Torani Sugar Free Coconut Syrup 2 tbsp. Fat Free Reddi-wip Directions: Fill a martini shaker halfway with ice (preferably crushed). Combine cocoa mix with 2 oz. hot water, and mix well. Then add 2 oz. cold water, and pour the mixture into the martini shaker. Add the vodka, syrup and Reddi-wip, and cover the top of the shaker. Shake for about a minute, or until the liquid is cold. Then strain into 2 martini glasses. Enjoy! MAKES 2 SERVINGS

Kickin’ Key Lime Pie Martini PER SERVING (entire recipe, 1 martini): 129 calories, 0g fat, 21mg sodium, 7g carbs, 0g fiber, 4g sugars, 0g protein — PointsPlus® value 5*This one tastes even better than a slice of key lime pie! Don’t believe us? TRY IT!!! Ingredients: 1.5 oz. lime-flavored vodka (like Finlandia Lime or Smirnoff Twist of Lime) 1 oz. Torani Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup 2 tbsp. pineapple juice 1 tbsp. lime juice 1 tbsp. Cool Whip Free Directions: Place all ingredients in a martini shaker with 1 cup ice (crushed ice works best). Cover the top of the shaker, and shake thoroughly. Strain into a martini glass and enjoy! MAKES 1 SERVING

HG Non-Alcoholic Alternatives! For the Orange Creamsicle Martini, just swap the alcohol for an extra 1.5 oz. diet orange soda. For the Mounds Bar Martini, use cold water in place of vodka. The alcohol-free version of the Orange Creamsicle Martini or one Mounds Bar Martini will have 15 calories or less and a PointsPlus® value of 0*. For a virgin-style Kickin’ Key Lime Pie Martini, trade the alcohol for 1.5 oz. diet lemon-lime soda and STIR your drink instead of shaking it — that liquorless beverage will have just about 30 calories and a PointsPlus® value of 1*.

Great Cough Remedy

During a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the foot soles can absorb oils. Their example: Put garlic on your feet and within 20 minutes you can ‘taste’ it.

Some of us have used Vicks VapoRub for years for everything from chapped lips to sore toes and many body parts in between. But I’ve never heard of this. And don’t laugh, it works 100% of the time, although the scientists who discovered it aren’t sure why. To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out personally), put VicksVapoRub generously on the soles of your feet, cover with socks, and the heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. Works 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly.

Just happened to tune in A.M. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good, due to the chemicals in them This method of using VicksVapoRub on the soles of the feet was found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bed time. In addition it seems to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then went on to sleep soundly.

My wife tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago and it worked 100%! She said that it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her, coughing stopped in a few minutes. So she went from; every few seconds uncontrollable coughing, she slept cough-free for hours every night she used it.

If you have grandchildren, pass this on. If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be amazed at how it works.

DON’T SHUN THIS ONE … TRY IT THE NEXT TIME YOU GET A BAD COLD. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE
VICKS VapoRub

It’s That Time of Year…

Today I got an email from Nordstroms. It was to remind me that it is now time to purchase a new swimsuit for summer.

I’m not really in the market for a bathing suit. I have at least five in my drawer that have never even gotten wet.

I think swimsuit shopping is every woman’s least favorite thing. First of all, the mirrors in the dressing rooms must be trick mirrors. I don’t think I look that awful in my home mirrors.

Then you have to get almost completely undressed. Figuring out size is not so easy either. And what if you get all undressed and then realize you need another size? Good luck having a salesperson come check up on you and see if you need anything?

But to order a swimsuit online must take some special courage. Or you have a perfect body and know exactly what brand and style you like.

I can remember back in the day, when here in Hawaii, we had our swim suits custom made. The place was called Linn’s and there were two color choices, red palaka and blue palaka. This is an island ‘plaid’. The suits were two piece and you had your choice of bottoms with a sailor front or not.

It took a week and everyone had the same bathing suit. This was in the 50′s.

Then I was in the school Aquacade every year and our ‘costumes’ were beautiful bathing suits. Now thirty or forty of your friends all had the same suit. I remember when I was about twelve, I was in the ‘comet’ number and had a metallic one piece red orange bathing suit that glowed in the dark.

These were some of the choices on the Nordstrom’s Web Site. By the way, they had lots of bathing suits well over $100.

If I had to choose from this list it would definitely be ‘minimize hips and bottom’.
Swimsuit Item
Tops
Bottoms
One-Piece
Two-Piece Sets
Cover-Ups
Beach Accessories
Fit
Enhance Bust
Full Bust
Long Torso
Minimize Hips & Bottom
Trim Tummy
Trends
Crochet & Lace
Fringe
Mix & Match
Retro Inspired
Sport
Stripes
Very Sexy One-Piece
Featured Brands
Becca
La Blanca
Robin Piccone
Tommy Bahama

Hope Springs Eternal

Well, my last blog was not very successful.

Dear Thunder from Down Under: Thank you for the nice note. Yes, it is too bad I am in Honolulu, Hawaii and you are in Perth, Australia.
Good luck in your search and Aloha Sandy

Dear Sandy: You misunderstood. I am moving back to Hawaii next month. Can I call you when I know the dates? Aloha to you too, mate
Thunder
Dear Thunder: Well, if I’m not spoken for by then, sure. In the meantime, are you planning to ship your truck and your motorcycle? Aloha Sandy

Dear Sandy:
I have sold just about everything including truck and motorcycle. I plan to purchase a few acres on the beach, hunt for my meat, spear fish, grow my own fruits and vegetables. I would like to build a 500 square foot tree house, but may have to settle for an A frame chalet.
I am going to buy a 35 foot sailboat and we can sail to outer islands.
I’ll be doing my hunting and fishing in the mornings, and so I plan to spend my afternoons making love to my woman.
Thunder

Dear Thunder:

I think you have me mistaken for somebody else. First of all I have never met you, and you have us living together and sailing to outer islands on your sailboat.
I do not visualize myself in your picture. I live in a luxury condo with 24/7 air conditioning, full security, covered parking and a maid.
Why would I trade that in for living in a tree house, with no bathtub, washer/dryer, dishwasher, garbage disposal or flush toilet? And certainly no air conditioning. Probably not even running water. What do you do? Carry a bucket up a rope ladder?
Good luck in your search, and by the way I think your plan to purchase a few acres on the beach is a little unrealistic. You would be lucky to be able to afford to buy an 800 square foot one bedroom condo. Aloha Sandy
p.s. that would be somewhere between $200K and $400K. Plus a monthly maintenance fee of $400 or more and taxes.

And what I described would be miles from any beach. If you want oceanfront, triple all prices at least.

And so life goes on…

Matchmaker Wanted

‘Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match. Find me a find, catch me a catch’. Remember that song? I think it was from Fiddler on the Roof.

So Dear Readers, I need your help. For those who have been reading my blog, you know all about me. If you are just signing in for the first or second time, then besides the fact that I like to cook and bake and am very funny, I have lots of other good qualities. The worst thing I do is: I use two paper towels when one is sufficient.

This is a recent photo of me. I am a 75 year old widow, with no man in my life just now. I would like to change that ASAP. I usually post one blog a day. In the interest of ‘hitting’ as many readers as I can, I will let this blog run until Sunday. (Free advertising)I was married to three husbands over 43 years, had numerous boyfriends, but now find myself single. Here in Honolulu, it is very difficult to meet potential suitors if you are not in the work force and don’t belong to any clubs or organizations.

I am Jewish, but don’t go to temple, or any other religious activity. I don’t care what religion a person is, as long as they are not fanatical.

I have lots of interests, love music from The Stones to Country and beyond. Love going to the movies, playing Texas Hold Em, watching sports of all kinds. Favorite TV shows were Deadwood, Sopranos, The Wire and Sex and the City.

I have the additional ‘problem’ in that I am more comfortable with ‘younger’ men. Probably mid sixties would be about right, but if a man were my age and very peppy and fun, that would be OK.

I do have certain criteria: He must have a good sense of humor and be able to laugh at himself. He cannot smoke. He has to be clean and honest. He has to be intelligent enough to know the difference between your and you’re. He cannot sleep with his pets in his bed. His car must have a working air conditioner. He should look good in jeans. There, that’s pretty simple.

He can’t be too young. If they are too young they want to hike and bike. Oh, and sail.  And on dating sites, so many men think the perfect first date would be a walk on a moon lit beach. Sure, any woman who would go for a walk with a perfect stranger on a dark beach would have to have her head examined.

I did get a letter from an admirer whose dream it was to grow his own food, spear his fish for dinner, sail on his boat to other islands, live in a tree house on the beach, all with me. My idea is to go to a nice restaurant, order fish from the menu and live in an air conditioned condo in a high security building.

So if any of you readers have a brother or an uncle or a friend to recommend, please send me a comment and I will follow through.

And what’s with these 69 year old men, who claim they are looking for a woman between 30-50, slim and who likes to go sailing? And ride on the back of their Harley. Guess that let’s me out on all counts.