Well Darlings I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas? I do hope so.
This Diva had a fabulous one, I drove to my oldest brother’s home in San Francisco, with the cold weather the view from his house was limited as there was fog and clouds, and he had the fire going in his fireplace which made everything so cheerful.
Lois, my sister-in-law, helped me get settled in their guest room, she had not met little Princess but she was enchanted with my Diva Darling and the good thing is she is so well house broken. After we got settled, my brother Tom suggested we take a little walk around the neighborhood just to see the lights, and my little girl had her exercise.
When we returned, we had a light dinner, Lois’s housekeeper Marla was going to go to mid-night mass at her church afterwards, but would be with us on Christmas day to serve dinner, but was going on holiday after it was served. Lois had contracted with a house cleaning service to do the clean up the next day, which was just fine for everyone.
Mass at our church was lovely, and uplifting, as we walked back to my brother’s car, there was a man and woman who were homeless and living out of their car, my brother gave them a fair amount of money, they said that they could get gas for their car and drive to her sister’s house who would take them in---they only problem was getting enough to fill up the gas tank because they needed to go to San Jose, they blessed us and we wished them well.
As we got into my brother’s car I asked him, “what prompted you to help them?” and he said he wasn’t sure but he just knew they needed help and felt that what he could give them would make a difference. Lois and I looked at each other and agreed, if by their getting to their relatives’ home it would give them a chance that could make all the difference in the world.
Back at my brother’s we had a nice hot glass of milk with Kuala and went to bed, the next day, I helped Lois with the last bit of preparations and Marla put the finishing touches to the dinner.
And we were invaded. My brother has 4 children all married and all with children, so it was quite a noisy affair, to make it easy on Marla we had dinner first, then Marla could catch her ride to her relatives house and Lois and I would serve the dessert and coffee, but first had to exchange the presents after dinner but before dessert, and I have to say not a single person was disappointed, one of my nephews heard that I had a tiny dog and even got a little gift for her, a squeaky mouse, and it turns out that Princess would not give it up, so to make things interesting for her one of the children would sneak the mouse and roll it up in the left over gift wrap and Princess would look for it and tear into the gift wrap to get it, the children did it over and over until Princess was just worn out.
I must say that I had a wonderful day, and took lots of pictures because they grow so fast.
The next Day Lois and I slept a bit late but we had to be up and ready because the contracted housemaids would be at the house by 11 a.m. I must say they were very efficient and careful. And in a matter of a few hours everything was washed, dried, vacuumed, straightened, neaten and put away. Then we grabbed a cab and went shopping.
That evening we all were invited to a friend of theirs house for Bridge and snacks, but for the next few days, Lois and I went to this Spa that she loves and we had facials, and massages and foot massages, and just pampered. It felt so good, then we grabbed a cab and went to Union Square and plunged into the Holiday sales, for me I just love the perfume package sets, and bought Dior’s J’adore and Gurilan’s Insolence, Of course I just had to see what was being offered by Estee Lauder, then a light lunch and back again to shopping.
We did that for 3 whole days, I found the right black everyday use Coach bag, simple in style without being so gaudy with the Coach logo, and was able to get another piece of the Samsonite Retro collection luggage. And some beautiful pieces of jewelry.
Of course all fun things have to come to an end, and so this Saturday morning I had breakfast with my brother and sister-in-law, packed all my treasures into my car Ms. Wicked, tucked Princess into her little carry tote and drove back home. One thing I’m happy to say is that my mail and newspaper is dropped directly into the house so there is no tell-tale that no one is not at home and all was well.
So this Diva is taking a little break from putting things away, shredding junk mail, putting old newspapers into the recyclable bin, sorting the bills, balancing the check book, and thinking what to do for dinner. Hmmmm I think I’ll go to Angela’s, do some grocery shopping, and then I’m either going to watch Nick and Nora solve the mystery of “The Thin Man” or watch La Marlene in “Witness for the Prosecution” hmmm maybe a James Bond movie, well I guess I’m going to have to spin the dial for that choice.
But Monday I’m going to have to contact Merry Maids to see if they can do a fluff and dust on the house, without my precious Juanita to keep things in line things can get out of hand.
And then its NEW YEAR’S oh I’m looking forward to that! But it will be a bit sad to take down the holiday decorations, but then the spring will come.
Now my Diva Darlings, a little lesson for all of you, I know that not all of you are in the wonderful position that I am in to be able to have a live-in housekeeper or daily help, but if you keep your home organized and work to maintain that organization, it will make it much easier for you to keep it clean, I also suggest at least once a week a good housekeeping service to vacuum, dust and if need be see if they can do other more heavier cleaning such as the stove and changing sheets, you can always do your own laundry, I certainly am no stranger to a washing machine, iron or stove but if you want to maintain your manicure and soft hands and you can afford it do look into a good house cleaning service.
Well Darlings, until the next time all of you use this time wisely and recuperate for the next holiday event.
Until Anon Darlings, this fabulous Diva signing off and going to have a few days to rest.
