At the Hairdresser

My sister recently sent me this photo of sunset at the Florida Keys.


I was at my hairdresser's last week, a new magazine had just arrived. It's 'Fashion' magazine. Flipping through the pages I was shocked at the prices of some of the clothes the models were wearing. The dresses were well over $3,000 dollars and the shoes were over $800.

I heard that some people are  throwing their census forms in the garbage  in their apartment buildings. Hmm, this is not good.

A customer sitting beside me was telling the hairdresser that her friend was using molasses in her hair as a treatment to ward off grey hair.  Hmm, I don't know about this one!

The lost gift card

Son K took this photo one evening at sunset when we were out shopping, I thought it was pretty:

So last week I was rushing out of the house and stepped out into  my garage the wrong way and hurt the instep on one of my feet. I was okay until many hours later that night when the foot started to hurt and I couldn't put any weight on it.  It was a terrible, helpless feeling although my family was very helpful.  Fortunately, I was able to limp around by the next morning and things improved quickly as the hours went by.

I had gone Christmas shopping that day and realized one of the gift cards I purchased was missing!  We decided to go back to Walmart to see if the cashier might still have it.  The cashier didn't but she thought she might be able to re-print the gift receipt and cancel the card.  She went to check with her supervisor and the supervisor said 'was it a red card ...with a receipt folded over it?'  It seems she had found one lying on the floor next to the cash register hours earlier!  So we went to customer service to retrieve it, armed with my bill of sale.  I don't know if a $25 gift card was worth twisting my foot over, but it was still a good feeling.

Paint Party Friday - Sunset

Welcome to Paint Party Friday!  I have a sunset scene on an index card for you today.  It is done in acrylic.

Pretty Clouds and Sunset

I spotted these pretty clouds on the weekend. It was a gorgeous, warm day, almost T-shirt weather.

Pretty Clouds

A few hours later, I caught this pretty sunset in the same spot:

City Sunset

Yesterday in my aerobics class our instructor asked us what we wanted for Easter. She's funny, after a pause, she said she wants Diamonds! Didn't think about that one, sounds good to me! It seems everyone has an Ipad these days, she did. In fact, she played her songs on it, as she had misplaced her regular CD.

After that, the weather was great, so I took my mom to McDonald's to try their new McBistro Chicken Sandwich. They have a 50% off special this week, so I got 2 grilled chicken ones with bacon. The bacon made all the difference, and probably the generous helping of mayonnaise that goes with it! Well, it was whole-grain bread.

While I was in line, this older woman was loudly pushing her way to the front of the line. Her son and daughter were with her. Her son put his arm on her shoulder and she yelled 'don't touch me!' I asked the daughter if it was Alzheimer's and she said 'yes'. Apparently her mom had walked out of her nursing home and they were contacted. She said she wanted to go to Walmart. They gave her some lunch and I noticed everytime the daughter tried to offer her a bite of sandwich, she re-coiled as if being attacked until she eventually decided to take a bite. It's a difficult time of life.