Scrubby Shoes

Scrubby Shoes



There is floor scrubbing and then there is floor scrubbing with style.


Fabiola has been absent for a few days because she was working on the Fabiola gem above. A masterpiece in progress. As it runs -- play in your mind radio (or your real radio) the opening bars of "Disco Inferno" that is where Fabiola is going with this one.


Fabiola is going -- she aint there yet, but Fabiola, like Disco, dances on...

Favorite Outfits


Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a foot stool, Fabiola has something to say.

Flying Carpets, Ruby Slippers, Horses with Wings and Magic Rings, Fabiola believes with all her heart, she believes in all of these things. But more powerful than any of those others, is the perfect outfit. Oh, don't laugh. Wearing the perfect outfit is pure joy.

Fabiola recalls her very first perfect outfit, she was 8 years old. The outfit? Yellow elephant bell knit poly pants with an elastic waistband and a light pink knit poly mid sleeve shirt decorated all over with dark pink, bright yellow and orange dots. Sublime ice cream colors in stretchy no iron completely man made fibers.

It wasn't the double-knit, It was the colors. It was the way that the huge bells on the bottom of the pants swung with every stylish step.

It was before Fabiola discovered cashmere.

Do you remember a perfect outfit? How did it make you feel?

TV ad writers know Nothing About Granny Panties ...

Fabiola, being every inch a lady, would never speak about underthings in a public blog ....


Oh, Wait. Fabiola started this very Blog with a post about unmentionables.

Anywho, there is a TV ad on that claims that The Beverly Hillbillie's Grany is in a bad mood because of tight granny panties. Fabiola would tell you (If she talked about such things), that Granny Panties are never tight.

They are sail like and snowy white. Perfect for movin about and just about the ideal garment to be wearing in the event of natural disaster or being shipwrecked on a deserted island. What other times are better for having yards of strong cotton fabric available?

Practical, always practical. That is Fabiola.

Fabiolavision

Fabiolavision

Life lessons to be learned from each of them. Fabiola knows.

Wednesdom 01-16-08 - Old Women, Cobwebs and Brooms

There was an old woman tossed in a blanket,
Seventeen times as high as the moon;
But where she was going no mortal could tell,
For under her arm she carried a broom.
Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I,
Whither, ah whither, ah wither so high?
To sweep the cobwebs from the sky,
And I'll be with you by and by.

Anonymous

Apparently, brooms have been the subject of great writing for a very long time.

Fabiola Geocaches Again!

Despite the light rain and a bit of a wind, I, Fabiola donned my festive festive Geocaching Gear, and with my trusty Garmin GPS unit, headed off with a friend for a quick trip to a local reservoir.

FORE-5! N 41° 06.945 W 083° 26.994 -- We found it!

Fabiola left:


A snowman (about 5 inches tall and cast from concrete -- so there is little chance that it will melt anytime soon). This quest involved about a 1 mile round trip walk. Fun Fun!
Fabiola took: Pathtag 113909 -- treasure!

Recipes From Comments! Fudge!

Dear, dear Anony has posted another recipe in comments:

New Years Fudge! Yum!

Mix 1 1/2 Cup Sugar with3/4 Cup Milnot -
Cook until it forms softball.
Remove from fire - add
-7 oz. Jar "MARSHMELLOW CREAM"
- 1 Cup peanutbutter
- 1 Tsp Vanilla

-mix until creamy. Pour into buttered 8inch pan and cool.
(Make another batch in order to use the rest of your Milnot - or not)

Thank you Anony! You are a darling!

Hairspray Thoughts








Scrubbing Saturday - Dog Hair Day

Dog hair day.

Dogs are wonderful companions, but they are also hairy beasts that leave a trail of cast off hair everywhere they go. For the most part vacuuming solves this problem, but every once in a while, I, Fabiola have to go through the house opening closet doors and cupboards near the floor to remove drifted dog hair.

Why it tends to collect in certain spots is a mystery to Fabiola, but collect it does. Today, Fabiola is going on safari to find and remove it.

Side note: Despite reservations as to their ability to handle dog hair, Fabiola bought 2 Roombas for the first floor. They do a splendid job of picking-up dog hair. That said, they don't replace a real vacuum (at least not in Fabiola world). Roombas do, however keep the carpet (and floor) surface picked-up inbetween deep cleanings.

Why two Roombas? Because Fabiola finds Roombas highly entertaining when they are let loose in the same room. Better than most TV.

Fabiola Has A Dog ...

Say hello to Puppy!! What would Fabiola world be without a canine companion? You folks had Fabiola pegged as a cat person -- didn't you? Cats are lovely, but they are not nearly as much fun as dogs. Dogs are just plain loopy most of the time.

How does Fabiola know this? In a previous iteration, before Fabiola became a beauty, cooking and style Icon-ette to blogdom, Fabiola consulted on pet beauty and psychic needs. Pets can multi task too. New fur style and advice on living with humans was Fabiola's specialty.

Fabiola couldn't help but notice that cats don't much care what humans think of them. Any animal that knows that it is pointy from every angle doesn't need to care what others think.

Wednesdom January 9, 2007 - It Is Not Just Emily



"Owing to the use of ballad meter, the lyrics (Of "The Yellow Rose of Texas") are interchangeable with those of many other songs and poems. Popular examples are many of the poems of Emily Dickinson, the hymn Amazing Grace and The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle."

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Rose_of_Texas

Fabiola had heard that you could sing "any" Emily Dickinson poem to the tune of the Yellow Rose of Texas. This came as no surprise to Fabiola as she happens to be tone deaf, so she can and does sing anything to the tune of anything else, and it all turns out sounding the same. In a way this is fortuitous, because Fabiola isn't any better with lyrics than she is with tunes.

For those of you who are not challenged by music and lyrics or poetry, go ahead, give it a try.

Fabiola Quotes the Masters ...


"We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had, in the dreary years of routine and of sin, with souls that made our souls wiser; that spoke what we thought; that told us what we knew; that gave us leave to be what we inly were." - Emerson
Don't question! Fabiola knows!

Vicks and Vaporizers!

Hello Darlings! Thank you so much for your patience. I, Fabiola have been buried under a mountain of germ filled tissues for the last while. Now, of all people, Fabiola should be one that could turn the common cold into a style statement. But even Fabiola can't be stylish when she can't breathe.

Thank God for Vicks and vaporizers! That is Fabiola's comment for the day.