AYE AYE EYE !!!... or.. Looks who else is 50 !!!

It must be summer ... One of the ways you can tell is that the posts aren't coming in daily.

I guess the nice weather makes for other things taking priority... but folks don't give up on me.. I would ask that you check in on me now and again for many reasons.. Mainly because if you don't you may hurt my feelings ..that and you run the risk of missing riveting little blurbs like this one...

If you have followed along you will remember I kind of have a morbid fascination with the show Hoarders..

I admit...

It's a sick obsession into the world of mass chaos..

Now I don't pretend to be Mrs Clean.. But I do like things tidy and in order..

(Ok.. I have an addiction to having nice lines in my carpet) but I am not obsessive ...

No really !!! * twitch * twitch.. I can stop anytime !

Anyway.. People I do believe I brushed shoulders with a true real life hard core hoarder.. and at first wasn't even aware of it !!!

Let me back track a bit...

Yesterday....Mamma had a dentist appointment ... Poor thing is still swollen from the whole thing .. anyway after a brief stop at the store.. We stopped in for lunch at our favorite little Italian restaurant for some soup and salad..

(You know it must be OK if Mamma is willing to go there!) anyway..

The hostess seated a woman behind us and asked if anyone would be joining her .. she replied no..(this always makes me sad....)

After a few minutes the waitress approached her and asked her if she was ready to order.. and the woman said she was having a hard time reading the menu .. and would need a few more minutes...

Well what could I do?...

Being the good catholic girl I am.. jumped up and offered her one of the 593 drug store quality reading glasses I have scattered in my home and purse.

It wasn't until I was in mid transfer I noticed she had a nasty looking white foam around her eyes..YIKES !!!

She thanked me and said she had just had surgery and still couldn't see very well.. I sat down with a hot then cold streak running back and forth on my spine.. I wanted to just tell her to keep the glasses but I didn't want to offend her.. minutes ticked by like hours.. How long was she going to keep them perched on her face..and how in the world was I going to handle retrieving them?...

Finally when the waitress came to take her order.. I glanced over to see if she was done.. as she wiped her eye with the table napkin glasses in the other hand.. she motioned that she was done.

She did graciously thank me again.. as I delicately held them by the tips... Now what?.. I assured her it was no problem.. and in one fell swoop gathered up my purse.. and informed Mamma that while I was up I thought I would visit the Ladies..

Let me tell you ... I would have made a great surgeon.. not necessarily because I can operate.. but let me tell you....I can scrub down with best of them..

Not only did they get washed twice with soap and HOT water.. but were also doused with the antibacterial cleanser that I keep in my purse.

Once I gathered my wits and returned to the table.. Mamma just looked at me... I think I must have looked like I had seen a ghost..

Not quite understanding why I had suddenly lost my appetite.. We had the remainder boxed up for home..

When we got up to leave...

Our new found friend smiled and nodded..as she gently dabbed at a bit of newly formed white stuff forming around her eye.. AYE AYE EYE !!!

Once outside.. I felt like I could finally breath a little easier... and that's when I saw it... Parked right next to me...

The pictures do this junk mobile on wheels absolutely no justice..

I didn't want to get out and get right up close... but .. the back end of this vehicle was jammed to the brim with nothing but garbage...

Full almost to the top !!! and quickly approaching the same condition in the front !!!

Now I don't' know who this automobile belonged to .. but .. all I am gonna say is that it was early.. and the place did not have alot of people in it.. Mamma and I... our frothy friend and a table of 12 business types in the corner... Hmmmmm....
All I can say is this.... The glasses .. case and all were pitched when we got home. Still I cannot lie.. it was exciting to think I had witness a possible candidate for upcoming segments of Hoarders.

Now on a completely Positive note.. and opposite end of the spectrum....

I want to wish my dear dear friend Grazia a Happy 50th Birthday !!!!

I think people would be surprise to fine out she is 50 !!

You're still looking good girl... We have been friends for a LONG LONG LONG time.. and have see our share of the amusement park...I think we have remained good friends mainly because we both know how
to have a good time..
OK.. so sometimes I go overboard.. but over all .. it's goodSo here's to you... I raise my mug.. err my tea cup ...

May you have many more..

I know that I am older than you..(By a week ! )

*I stand corrected.. Gra informed via FaceBook it's actually 2 weeks...

Thanks for the gentle reminder...!
Guess it really IS old age creeping in !
But I think I am on track.. ( Get it ! On Track... ) and still look pretty good too ...

Well not bad for an old broad...

Bye Bye...

; )