Thursday, April 18, 2024

The Apple Shape and the Powder Puff Take Down Part 2

 


In prior post, the Powder Puff Take Down, you may have seen the above creation of 
#OOTD (# outfit of the day) and read the story of taking down our Powder Puff tree.

The above #OOTD ugly jeans are the leg protectors for yard work, I only have one good pair, these are the old ones I wore when I weighed 70 pounds more than I do now.  Thus the "draped jean skirt effect"



The story of the pants is the fact that underneath whatever I wear, the body parts between head and hips is a perfect Apple Shape. This has frustrated me for all 79 of my years. Even as a child/teen, even though I was not overweight, the apple waist was always larger than the bust and hips.
Anything I buy, from skirts, pants, blouses, underwear, if it fits my waist comfortably, it is way to big on the top and bottom.  
See the apple above?  In 2017, I found stretch leggings, and a box shaped T-shirt, hides the apple from sight. Comfy and the apple disappears unless the wind is blowing like last week and it presses the box shirt up tight against me then the apple appears. 


This size chart is off of Amazon and since they are never correct, I am using it to show you there is no size that is small bust, large waist, even smaller hips. My hips are 6 inches smaller than my waist. NONE of this is my size because I have no size. I must try things on to do the mirror test of 
DOES IT HIDE THE APPLE


I created 3 of me showing the Apple Effect, this was a photo of a real apple, sitting on a pepper shaker.
MAD? MadSnaper

Someone Please Design pants and a top to fit the model below created in Bing Designer

this is my shape, legs/arms like sticks, the more weight I lose the skinnier they get



below is my Failed Attempt to describe what I wanted. 
It is all about what you say in AI... 









Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Powder Puff Tree Take Down🌳🌳

2023 photo, and there are more, they all look the same. I did not take a photo this year

 Every April for the past 34 years Bob cuts the powder puff bush down to about 3 or 4 feet, and by November it 12 feet tall and as big as a small school bus and flowers in November until March and down it goes again. 

The past 5 years, he does the wielding of the chain saw, I run to the curb dragging the limbs for trash pickup. 

The tree is down, the deed is done. It was our first time at ages 79 and 87 and it nearly killed us. 

This time I counted the drags to the curb. I dragged 10 piles of limbs to the curb, walking 100 feet there and 100 back. This feat was accomplished by bending, stooping, gathering up about 20 limbs, and dragging them while walking 1000 feet. Also, I had to fight the limbs through the privacy fence gate and then a chain link gate. NOT a wide one, a person sized one. Did you hear my words?

Picture this, An American football field is 360 feet (110m) long.. I walked 1000 feet that day. DRAGGING Tree Branches. Bob was nice enough to say, I did the hardest part. The thing is, I can't do the chain saw. he can't walk. He can stand but now really well, while I walked out of sight, I pictures in my fretter mind, returning to the scene of the take down and find him on the ground bleeding.

For 3 full days, each morning the neighbors may have heard the sounds we made when getting up out of bed, sitting, walking, or making any movement at all of our limbs. Our Limbs not the powder puff.

Because last year, I ended up with multiple stab wounds on my legs, this year I donned the 

#OOTD

But Wait there's MORE! 

TO BE CONTINUED




Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Dear Proctor and Gamble

 


Dear Proctor and Gamble, makers of Dawn Dish Detergent,
I have used ONLY dawn for more than 40 years. Not by choice, but by my husbands Choice because he swears that Dawn is the only detergent fit to use. He washes cars, boats, dishes, anything but his body with Dawn. I came to love it and now you have GONE TO FAR!

You now have TWENTY FOUR different types of DAWN on you website.! I have chosen to stay with the Original because it has NO SCENT and Works Well... Last week  came home with a bottle that looked identical but failed to see the yellow tag that said NEW CLEAN SCENT! I poured the first drops into my dishpan, yes, dishpan, I HAVE NO DISHWASHER and am in fact The Dishwasher. 

Every single one of my Scent Sensitivities kicked in, and my husband yelled from in front of the TV, what is wrong with you?  I may have said, D#@%$% Dawn has added SCENT to the bottle.  In case you don't know what it did to me, here is the list.
A ticklish feeling in your nose
A raw or burning sensation in the nasal passages
Watery, itchy, or red eyes
A dry cough
Sneezing
Headaches
Nasal congestion
I Paid $4.44 for that bottle of Dawn, it used to be 99 cents, and drove it to my friend Jackie's house and gave it to her. I stopped by Dollar General to buy a bottle, and was told by the manager ALL THEY HAD COME In was the New Clean Scent.  I drove to Walmart and they had 10 different bottles, none of which were original scent. I searched until I found the bottle below which is so big and heavy I can't lift it with my arthritic hands, and it cost $9.99. I had to put it in a small OLD bottle so I can do dishes without injury.  

I have decided to bill you for the gas I spent going to the store and my friends house to get this bottle that doesn't make me sick. 

PS: I did find out why there is no original Dawn at WM and DG, when I checked Amazon and they have all the bottle of originals in every size and NONE of the clean scent.
PSS: in Florida we have oil spills and we wash the oil covered seabirds with Dawn and it does remove the oil. Can you imagine how they will feel when they are hacking and coughing due to PERFUME in Dish Soap?

No love from Scent Sensitive Sandra