Wednesday, February 22, 2023

And I love you too

 
Thank you for your love.  Oh Natty, it's been such a long time.  I'm so sorry it's taking so long, I sincerely am.  Please forgive me.  The fashion industry needs to hurry up and give me money so I can afford to give you a good married life.

Are you hungry?  Dinner turned out quite well, alhamdulillah.  I was blending lentils, peppers and onions for snacks later, and I had onions and garlic next in line to be blended to make fond for fried noodles.  There was a lot of lentil mush at the bottom of the blender, but I was too lazy to scrape it out so I included that in the fond.  Lentils brown nicely and impart a nutty flavor, and when water is added the mix becomes thick.  I cooked up cubed eggplant and whole bok choy in the soup, added beef then the noodles.  The result was a thick fried noodles, add an egg made it even denser.  A very satisfying dinner.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

26.  Say, "O Allah!  Lord of Power, You give power to whom You please, and You strip off power from whom You please.  You endue with honor whom You please, and You bring low whom You please.  In Your hand is all Good.  Verily, over all things You have Power."

(The Family of Imran 3:26)

What is a BAFTA?  Obviously it's an important enough event that the Crown Prince and his wife showed up.  With all those people competing to be the prettiest girl on the red carpet, I suppose I should judge it.  Now girls, a beautiful dress isn't automatically going to make you the winner of the red carpet!  The woman must make the dress even more beautiful!  So if you looked like Jabba the Hutt then you're definitely not going to win this competition, no matter how much money and power you have!  Anyway, the winner of the 2023 BAFTAs is Sheila Atim!

I was pleasantly surprised at how many outfits I liked from the Zimmermann FALL 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection.  Here are my picks:
















Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The Terror of the Washer: "Water is a very complex thing" featuring Anna the kitten

 


Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope you are having a fabulous time over there, and keeping safe and healthy.  I just had spaghetti with beef and mushrooms for dinner.  There's a weekly market about a couple of miles away, and I got about 10 bucks of produce.  Oyster mushrooms, bok choy, Chinese cabbage, carrots, tofu and a little bit of salt fish to make ramen broth.  No life without ramen!

It was laundry day today.  Anna had a little adventure with the laundry.  Oh dear!  I keep water in a couple of reservoirs in the bathroom, one being a large red tub the size of my bass drum which happens to be made of a large red tub.  I have to fill the washer with water by carrying it there bucket by bucket, the washer is by the back door.  Anna decided to jump onto the rim of the large red tub which happened to be slippery, so she fell in .  Good thing I was close by, and heard her struggling.  The water level wasn't at the rim, but it wasn't low enough so her feet could touch bottom, so if I hadn't fished her out of there she would have drowned.  You can see the photo above of her curling up feeling sorry for herself, after I dried her off with a towel.  It kind of reminds me of how Elisa Lam fell into the water tank on the roof of that creepy hotel by Skid Row after being gang raped and drowned.  Kind of.  How long ago was that?  I guess everyone's forgotten about it.

Mary's avatar has a big butt today!  It's the clothes that make her look fat.  I like her better with a smaller butt.  Mary's outfit is:

:*BABY*: Sparkling Barbie Lipstick
Alli&Ali Designs Laura Hair
.::E.D.D.A::. Maniae SET
*NEW HOPE DOVE MOONSTONE/DIAMOND EARRINGS
Phedora ~ Shelbie Heels






Here are my picks from the Zero + Maria Cornejo FALL 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection:


Monday, February 20, 2023

Last portion of beef, 2½ fish cakes, and one month old hot sauce


Hi Natty!  Honey, you look awesomely beautiful!  Those are some NICE boots.  Those clothes are gorgeous, too.  Say Natty, do you still have that white furry jacket that you used to wear all the time?  I like that jacket.  It probably got old and worn out, huh.  It probably smells like the dog by now.  There are people who could fix that though, and bring it back to life.  I have very few nostalgia clothes, maybe a US army jacket and a couple of T-shirts that I bought back in SLC.  One of them has become a snare drum cover.

I'm regularly at the mosque before Mary's vocal session, and lately I've been spending my time there reading the Qur'an.  Allah seems to like it though, and so do some humans.  I don't have any ambition regarding the matter though.  I'm still seeking knowledge, so I'm not perfect.  I read only for the entertainment of Allah.  I don't want to be amplified, I don't want to enter any competitions, I don't want any special honors, and I don't want any snappy duds.  Ya Allah if you liked me, can I please have a raise?  It's going to take a lot to marry my Natty but for now, can You please help me look after my 7 cats and keep my freezer full?  It's not that big.

Mary's outfit is:
:: J :: I Love Coffee Dress
LIVIA::Just Reds // Lipstick 6
Alli&Ali Designs Esra Hair
M&M-Women necklace WN- 81
Pure Poison - Dixie Pumps






Here are my picks from the Zadig & Voltaire FALL 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection:





Sunday, February 19, 2023

Sunday

 Hi Natty!  Hi Honey!  How are you?  I hope you are enjoying yourself over there, and coping well with popularity.  Please keep safe and healthy OK!  It's Sunday over here.  Not much to report, just the usual routine.  I did go to a small banquet before the afternoon prayer.  Just a humble serving for a circumcision.  Dinner wasn't very special either, just rice with beef and veggies.  I used up the last of the Blonde Roast I got from Starbucks on Christmas today.  I can't afford any Starbucks right now, so I might as well just give up coffee since Ramadan is coming up in about a month.  I'll just start drinking coffee again after the fasting month.  But maybe there will be a miracle at the end of this month, and I will have money to buy coffee.

Mary's outfit is:
KARU KARU - Kira outfit (RUBY)
LIVIA::Just Reds // Lipstick 1
It's Darling Many Loves Earrings
LAQ ~ Kira hair 2
R.icielli - IRNA High Heels






Here are my picks from the Yuhan Wang FALL 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection:




Saturday, February 18, 2023

Supernatural part 2: that Yoga language

 

Hi Natty!  How are you feeling today, Honey?  I hope all is easy breezy for you over there, and you are safe and healthy.  You know, I wouldn't have noticed that psychic comment but something compelled me to click that post again after having already inspected it before.  I usually check up on you then leave it at that unless something new is posted.  So if someone leaves another threat like that, please alert me somehow so I can take a look at it.  

How long do you think that psychic has been observing you?  Certainly not on March 2, 2021.  Your right hand.  My guess is for only a few days.  I suppose I could make an effort to track them down, and grab the soul by the scruff of the neck and shake it about for the world to see.  But the Qur'an has taught me to exercise forgiveness or at the most, justice.  By the way, I'm sure you know what those numbers mean.  Of course you would see those numbers all the time, it's on the clock.  They think you're stupid, and try to psych you out with something obvious.  Many people do fall for it, though.

Mary's outfit is:
.:Glint:. Moon & Stars earrings
Alli&Ali Designs Wendy Hair
-KC- NENYA HEELS
RebelsSpirit_GroupGift_EDWIGE Pink Model Ocacin






Here are my picks from the Yohji Yamamoto FALL 2022 READY-TO-WEAR collection: