Home Sweet Home - Tuesday 4

 

Home Sweet Home

a 1939 Living Room

 Welcome once again to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4
where we hope you will stretch your mind, your imagination and your friendships online by sharing a bit of yourself with others.

This week the subject is Your Home .

1. What kind of home do you have and does it need repair or improvements this year? - I live in my mom's bungalow. I want a new garage door opener, because ours stops working in the winter! Got a firm no on that. I hope we don't need any repairs so far.

2. How do you accessorize your home inside and out?    Plants, art, books, wall hangings, maybe music in the background? - We have paintings, and plants,and we love music. My mom also gardens, so we have rose bushes and tulips come summer time!

3. What objects reside on your coffee table? Night stand? Side tables? Kitchen/Dining table?  - Oh, so many things. I have books, our cellphones, thins for the kids to play with! My dining table is a mess right now, covered in gifts and other assorted things - I say mess means it is lived in, my mom would disagee.  

 

4.  Do you like your kitchen organized and with counters cleared off or do you prefer to have  the things you use often out on counters?     Do you mind  what some might see as clutter or do you hate having to dig out tools and appliances  when it comes time to use them? and prefer to have them within easy reach?

above : a 1940's Kitchen.

It is usually clean, but important items like spoons etc are on the counters, along with the toaster oven and microwave respectively. My mom also has jars of almonds, prunes, and other munchies on one counter, and we have some other stuff like containers on the other counter! 

Funny enough, when my mom and stepdad travel, the counters stay clean L O L. But can't tell her that! 

Countdown is ON!

 A week from today, my youngest sister will be getting married. Now, I will be the only person in my immediate family without a partner/spouse. Fun. Oh well, it is what it is!

 I saw that another blogger has lost their spouse, Sam @ Sam, Coffee, Money and Thyme. It breaks my heart, as Kim also lost her husband at Christmas and another commenter Hilogene lost her husband as well. I am so sad for all these lovely ladies. They share so much with us and are so supportive towards each other :( sending love to Sam, Kim and Hilogene. I may not always comment but I read the blogs and follow along closely. ♥️

Tuesday 4 - Hooray for Hollywood !

 

Hooray for Hollywood

 Back so soon?  Well, weeks fly by it seems. Welcome to Tuesday 4 in memory of Toni Taddeo it's first host and founder.

How about the subject of Hollywood, it's 'stars', its products and it's affect on the world?

1.  Which of the big movie stars of the past were your favorites? why? -oh I like Jimmy Stewart, just for It's a Wonderful Life alone, and Gene Kelly seemed swell. Princess Grace, amazing, and Vera Ellen as well (basically I just love White Christmas!)

2. Of the 'Blockbusters', which do you think is the all time greatest? Which was one you would see again? - I watch White Christmas every.single.year !!!! And that is all I need, tbh.

3.  Are you up on the latest Hollywood gossip? What interests you or alternatively why doesn't it interest you? Oh I LOVE celebrity gossip. It's just so fascinating? I am into gossip, tbh and it's just a curiosity!

4.  /Some movies, plays had a big impact on people.  Orson Welles radio performance of War of the Worlds caused havoc including suicides and accidents.   Is there a movie that you were greatly influenced or affected by? - nothing sticks out to me, but I do have movies that I enjoy rewatching because they touch my heart - like Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, and Love Is All You Need, When Harry Met Sally.

Thanks for dropping by and thank you so much for participating and making this a lot of fun for everyone.

TIme is Flying

 My sister's bachelorette is tomorrow. I hope it all goes well, there is so much drama, I am over it and cannot stand it. I feel badly, but I have not a lot of joy left to give. There is just too much going on, and my mom and sisters have all gotten into one tiff or another :/ I hope it can make it to the wedding without any more fights, it has done a number on me. SIGH! 

 IN other news, my boss wants me to go in some Fridays and not get paid extra, just take two hours off early on a different day :/! So if I go in Friday for 2 hours, I will take off two hours early on a different day. I'll have to discuss it more with him, I would rather he just pay me 36 hours a week and cover the additional 4 hours that way but he is cutting down on work so yeah :/ smh. Meanwhile today is a snowy day, and I am watching Youtube clips and not being very productive. Pray that we all survive this bachelorette tomorrow!!!

Out West - Tuesday 4

Out West...

 Howdy Partners... welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.

Today let's talk about  the West.

1. Got some favorite Cowboy or western movies or TV shows you have liked? - I loveddd Longmire! Does he count? Otherwise I can't think of any cowboys :/ or even Westerns that I love.

2.  Ever been to a rodeo or horse show of any kind? - no, I never have. I would probably enjoy it, depending on the snacks.

3. Can you ride a horse or would you like to try? No I cannot ride a horse. I am not a real sporty gal and horse riding even for fun was way out of the budget for my family. I would try, how bad could it be? Just need a gentle guy or gal 🥺

4.  How would a vacation on a dude ranch suit you? It depends - but it probably wouldn't suit me. I assume the point of vacationing there is to take part in ranch life which ... I don't want to clean up after animals etc. If it's just a dude ranch in aesthetic only, I might enjoy it!

The Re-Occuring Dream

 Usually once a month before my monthly cycle, I dream about my ex. We dated from high school into university, then ended up in this super long on and off cycle. Last night, I dreamt of him once again. They all go the same way, we fight, we have some passion, but at the end - he never stays. Last night, I asked when he would come back to see me again in the dream - and he made all these excuses about the next time we would see each other. And that is how things went when we were slowly breaking apart, I never knew when we would see each other again. Our relationship is really deep in my psyche LOL. The dreams had stopped during the early part of the pandemic, but they have turned up again. 

We had a lot of rain here today, made for some very scary driving. You can't see the lines on the road and I was drifting in and out like a drunk! I cannot believe we're getting so much rain in the winter :/ I grabbed gas just incase the weather continues to be wet and yucky, and worse it may all freeze over. I am off to bed, in the hopes that my dreams are more pleasant!

Happy New Year!

 Clearly, I fell off blogging! Odd, I love to read everyone's! For now, I wish everyone a joyous and loving 2023. Sending love to Rhitter on her continued healing, and Kim (who I don't follow follow but I know her blog and know she is loved) and Hilogene who I definitely don't know but I know she is dealing with loss too. Sending love as we all get into this new year. xx