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Opium by YSL at night/Estee Lauder Pleasures during day [2008-02-27]
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Beautiful Sheer by Estee Lauder [2008-02-26]
I also love Azuree Soleil by Estee Lauder. Makes me think of a tropical island which is where I
right now i'm digging Pure White Linen by Estee Lauder [2008-02-26]
but other favorites are Euphoria by Calvin Klein, Romance by Ralph Lauren and Juicy Couture
Small Pleasures.... [2007-06-26]
ok, let's have a positive poll for a new perspective here!
What little thing do you do that brightens your day, whether it's every day or just when you can? A favorite routine, a little touch of color at your desk, whatever.
Guilty pleasures [2007-05-18]
Mine too! I love Y&R and I have been watching since I was a teenager. I think Phyllis is great! I would like to see her back with Jack though.
I'm not sure Nick is dead either. I guess time will tell.
I just bought an Estee Lauder lipstick- sm [2007-05-18]
I usually hate spending a lot on makeup and buy cheaper drug store stuff (usually L'Oreal) but I decided to treat myself. It was $22 but worth it!
menopause - and it's pleasures [2007-04-23]
I have been having my own personal summers now for 10 years ever since having a hysterectomy and removal of my ovaries (the dr wasn't supposed to remove them but he did - and the next patient got my bladder suspension - it was a big mess). Anyway - I tried some herbals from time to time - nothing really worked. I have been on estradiol injections every 2 weeks for the past 9 years - and this is the only thing that comes close to helping. It was nice in the winter - i would sleep with the heat off and especially when it was down in the teens, I could count on a goodnight's sleep with my room temperature sitting around 45-50 - and sleeping with as few clothes on as possible. I wish I had an answer for you - I would get out of MTing and sit back and enjoy my billions - but I don't think anyone has the answer. You might try some Ambien (the regular not the CR) it at least keeps you asleep - you just wake up with wet clothing and sheets in the mornings but you don't realize that you are sweating during the night. In fact, you won't even remember anything that you do or say after about 15 minutes after swallowing that little pill.
Gone but not forgotten [2008-05-20]
Along the lines of the Folgers latte post from below, thought I would mention a couple of sorely missed items on my list. For starters and most importantly, CARNATION INSTANT BREAKFAST BARS . . . OMG, I miss these sooooooo much. The best energy bars ever, IMO.
I also miss the Slim Fast Jump Start . . . lose 5 pounds in 5 days.
Also, a nail polish color by Estee Lauder called IMO, the color went with everything and, amazingly, looked good withall skin tones, even mine!
Beautiful Sheer by Estee Lauder [2008-02-26]
I also love Azuree Soleil by Estee Lauder. Makes me think of a tropical island which is where I
Misha and Furkids mom....Oh, for a pill to take to help lessen the pain! [2008-01-15]
I am on several golden and Sheltie email lists. Whenever one of our fuzzbutts are ill, orhave already made their journey to the Bridge, we include poems, passages, or what have you to express our feelings. Here is one of my favorites:
(Now, this might be too hard to read at this moment, if so, set it aside for another day. But, I promise you,someday you willget comfort from these words.)
THE JOURNEY
by Crystal Ward Kent
Copyright 1998 – All Rights Reserved
When you bring a pet into your life, you begin a journey — a journey that will bring you more love and devotion than you have ever known, yet also test your strength and courage.
If you allow, the journey will teach you many things, about life, about yourself, and most of all, about love. You will come away changed forever, for one soul cannot touch another without leaving its mark.
Along the way, you will learn much about savoring life’s simple pleasures — jumping in leaves, snoozing in the sun, the joy of puddles, and even the satisfaction of a good scratch behind the ears.
If you spend much time outside, you will be taught how to truly experience every element, for no rock, leaf or log will go unexamined, no rustling bush will be overlooked, and even the very air will be inhaled, pondered, and noted as being full of valuable information. Your pace may be slower — except when heading home to the food dish — but you will become a better naturalist, having been taught by an expert in the field.
Too many times we hike on automatic pilot, our goal being to complete the trail rather than enjoy the journey. We miss the details — the colorful mushrooms on the rotting log, the honeycomb in the old maple snag, the hawk feather caught on a twig. Once we walk as a dog does, we discover a whole new world. We stop; we browse the landscape; we kick over leaves, peek in tree holes, look up, down, all around. And we learn what any dog knows: that nature has created a marvelously complex world that is full of surprises, that each cycle of the seasons brings ever-changing wonders, each day an essence all its own.
Even from indoors you will find yourself more attuned to the world around you. You will find yourself watching summer insects collecting on a screen (How bizarre they are! How many kinds there are!), or noting the flicker and flash of fireflies through the dark. You will stop to observe the swirling dance of windblown leaves, or sniff the air after a rain. It does not matter that there is no objective in this; the point is in the doing, in not letting life’s most important details slip by.
You will find yourself doing silly things that your pet-less friends might not understand: spending thirty minutes in the grocery aisle looking for the cat food brand your feline must have, buying dog birthday treats, or driving around the block an extra time because your pet enjoys the ride. You will roll in the snow, wrestle with chewie toys, bounce little rubber balls till your eyes cross, and even run around the house trailing your bathrobe tie — with a cat in hot pursuit — all in the name of love.
Your house will become muddier and hairier. You will wear less dark clothing and buy more lint rollers. You may find dog biscuits in your pocket or purse, and feel the need to explain that an old plastic shopping bag adorns your living room rug because your cat loves the crinkly sound.
You will learn the true measure of love — the steadfast, undying kind that says, “It doesn’t matter where we are or what we do, or how life treats us as long as we are together.” Respect this always. It is the most precious gift any living soul can give another. You will not find it often among the human race.
And you will learn humility. The look in my dog’s eyes often made me feel ashamed. Such joy and love at my presence. She saw not some flawed human who could be cross and stubborn, moody or rude, but only her wonderful companion. Or maybe she saw those things and dismissed them as mere human foibles, not worth considering, and so chose to love me anyway.
If you pay attention and learn well, when the journey is done, you will not be just a better person, but the person your pet always knew you to be — the one they were proud to call beloved friend.
I must caution you that this journey is not without pain. Like all paths of true love, the pain is part of loving. For as surely as the sun sets, one day your dear animal companion will follow a path you cannot yet go down. And you will have to find the strength and love to let them go. A pet’s time on earth is far too short — especially for those that love them. We borrow them, really, just for awhile, and during those brief years they are generous enough to give us all of their love — every inch of their spirit and heart, until one day there is nothing left.
The cat that only yesterday was a kitten is all too soon old and frail and sleeping in the sun. The young pup of boundless energy wakes up stiff and lame, the muzzle now gray. Deep down we somehow always knew this journey would end. We knew that if we gave our hearts they would be broken. But give them we must for it is all they ask in return. When the time comes, and the road curves ahead to a place we cannot see, we give one final gift and let them run on ahead — young and whole once more.
“Godspeed, good friend,” we say, until our journey comes full circle and our paths cross again.
raw batter,dough [2007-11-24]
I'm so bad - I still do it myself and I also let my great niece do it. There are some pleasures in life just to good to give up. Of course, just like the posters above, I have NO cookie control, cooked or raw, and I gained a ton of weight, too. Glad I'm not alone. DH is our cookie baker and he used to have fits when I ate some dough - he has learned it does not good to get his shorts twisted, so indulges me.
Have you ever checked out [2007-05-19]
different lipstick brands and get disgusted when it takes 7 turns to get the lipstick out where you can use it? That's what I've noticed about some of the more expensive brands. If they turned quicker like Revlon I might have bought them. :o} (I don't remember if Estee Lauder is one of those).
Not sure if I'm lazy or just a stickler for efficiency. Ha!
Laundry Detergent [2007-05-07]
Simple Pleasures Lavender Vanilla (by Tide) - I buy the dryer sheets too. I love to smell it on my sheets! It doesn They have one with roses too, which I love, but I donoff or something. My husband doesn He says the Lavender Vanillasmells pretty fresh and good. Lucky, because I would still use it and have to listen to him whine if he didn My little grandson likes it too and asks to have his jammas washed in it.
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