Remember back in the 80s when, if we broke a long nail, we would fix it with a tiny piece of toilet tissue and some clear nail polish? Yeah, those days are gone. My longest nail is broken beyond repair and I'll just settle with removing it and letting it grow back.
So yeah ... I knew who Frida Kahlo was long before we moved here, but moving here, you get a whole new level of immersion into her face. It's everywhere! There are restaurants with stunning murals ...
Gently borrowed and cropped from here: https://share.google/s71z1cGu9a0rpN0es
Streets in her name, etc., and yesterday, we went to Borderlands Trading Co., where there was a PLETHORA of Frida images, art, etc. along with a vast array of Mexican furniture, pottery, dinnerware, and beautiful lamps and crosses.
It brought out my love for Romeo + Juliet ('96) so much so that we bought two crosses, one a gorgeous rusted iron piece with scrollwork that we're going to clean up a bit, and clearcoat, and then hang on the back wall outside, and the other a smaller tin cross that is just what my office needed. I'll take pictures when we've got them hung up.
Back to Frida, I don't know all that much about her, but I'm certain I will be educating myself, so I can understand her significance in this part of the country!
In sad but humorous news, what I think was a hummingbird MOTH, flew up beside the outdoor ceiling fan last night, THEN proceeded to fly INTO the ceiling fan, then ricocheted off into the wall, and then somehow (it survived) ended up flying back out into the great good night. I'm sure it was just as startled as I was!
We left Borderlands in search of an antique store. First one was so packed, there was no parking, so we meandered back a bit to a newer store that was NICE AND QUIET and not busy at all. The layout was also stress free. I just don't understand vendors, though, who pack their tiny booths SO FULL of stuff that you can't even move, or reach anything you might WANT to look at. Makes no sense.
I found a metal sun that I'm going to hang up also out here on the patio, along with two little iron suns that I found at Borderlands. Seems fitting, given our location.
There was a print that I would have bought had they not so very overpriced it. If I ever want it bad enough, I can easily find it online for half or less than the price of this one:
Here we see the edge of my metal sun wall hanging framing the overpriced print :)
It was a lovely booth. There was even a Rita Moreno doll I had never seen before that was gorgeous. Must have been from her earlier years. Just stunning.
The one I've never seen again, since way back in my 20s, when Meijer used to have Barbies in display cases on the endcaps, is the Bob Mackie Moon Goddess Barbie. It was absolutely captivating in person. This person's eBay listing does NOT do it justice:
Maybe it was the exquisite detail. Maybe it was just the fact that, back then, I couldn't afford it. Who knows. Either way, if I ever find it in person somewhere, I may just get it. We shall see. Some things are better left unbought.
Speaking of fashion, we started watching The New Look because we are in a show hole. It's a pretty enlightening story about fashion and World War II, etc. Plus, Dior ...
Sigh ... <3
In other news, the moon has been putting on a pretty spectacular show the past few nights:
I'm closer and closer to getting out my REAL camera, as my phone camera sucks ASS, as we can see here. Maybe then, I will be able to get some better shots of what I am seeing.
In keto news, I'm ending the week at 197.2, so down 2.8 lbs.
I did buy a new tape measure because curiosity. I don't know if I shall publicly announce those measurements, but for me, it will be a way to see progress if the scale isn't showing anything.
I've learned and tried a few things this week:
- Those "low-carb" chicken nuggets (I think the brand if Real Good) are not all that keto friendly. Going forward, I'll just do the pork panko and cheese coating if I need some format of breaded chicken.
- Eating after dinner, at all, is not a good plan. I mean, sometimes, it's going to happen, but it's a habit, along with any snacking, outside mealtimes, is NOT going to be the norm.
- I haven't religiously tracked blood sugar, but for a while, I was UP THERE ... and I tested yesterday, somewhere between lunch and dinner, and it was down to 127, which is progress. Maybe this week I'll start tracking and check before my first meal.
- I'm not doing any sort of intermittent fasting per se, but usually it's at least 15 to 17 hours between last meal and first meal, so there's that. I never have been much for breakfast fare, but I was snacking in the mornings, before lunch, which wasn't helping matters. I have stopped that this week.
That's about it for now. Same ol' same ol' ...
Happy Sunday!
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