Tuesday 4 ~ Bath Time!

 Bath Time

Hello! It is nice to have you back again for Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.
Our hostess Annie says: "There is something lovely about a nice hot bath on a cold autumn night after a busy day isn't there?
Growing up our home had an old claw foot tub and I loved to fill it to the brim and sit there until my toes were like prunes."

Can we discuss the secrets of the bath?

1.Do you take baths or showers? Is there a reason you prefer one to the other?

Yes, I prefer showers. Why? Well, at my age, getting in and out of a bathtub can be very treacherous and dangerous to my health!  I don't have one of those fancy bathtubs for senior citizens.  But I do have a "garden" bathtub that sits unused and collecting dust. Why do they call it a "garden bathtub", I've often wondered.  It's not something I would think of putting in the garden... but here it is all ready for our pretend bath tonight:

Yes, it is lovely, and I wish I could get in and out of it safely and sit there and soak. But another reason is we have to pay for our water here, and it takes a lot of water to fill this tub, plus it doesn't stay hot long enough so I have to keep adding more hot water to it. But it is tempting, seeing it all lit up with candles, and I have some delightful smelling lavender bubble bath just waiting to be used.  It's a wonderful thought...but I still prefer to take a shower...much safer, hotter, and I can rinse off easier than in a tub. (Now if it was a jacuzzi tub with jets, I might be really tempted to get in.  My aching joints and muscles could really appreciate a nice hot jacuzzi bath!)

2. Once a day shower or bath or do you have a different schedule?

I am a once a day shower person, and I prefer to shower at night before going to bed. I don't like the idea of going to bed dirty or hot and sweaty (we live in Florida), so night time has always been my preferred time to shower.

3. What is your favorite soap and shampoo?

My favorite soap is a lavender goats milk soap, which is home-made by a friend of ours, who lives in the town where we lived before moving here.  We used to sell her soaps in Dixie Cottage when we owned the store (our kids owned it), but now I don't believe the new owner carries it, and we have to contact the soap maker lady privately and order it.  Which reminds me, I am about out of it and need to get some more!  I also prefer lavender scented liquid hand soaps, and will buy those wherever I can find them.

Shampoo: I use Pantene volume shampoo and conditioner.

4. Back in the day many loved Jean Nate spray after a bath. My mom enjoyed Avon's Skin so Soft.. what do you like in the way of skin creams, oils or sprays?

I prefer to use this Aveeno Daily moisturizing lotion on my face and body. It is fragrance free, which I prefer.  I don't like strongly scented lotions or soaps as they give me a headache. Lavender is really about the only fragrance I can tolerate.

Here is a Lavender lotion and soap that I bought while on our trip to the mountains of Georgia.  I have had this lotion before when Rose bought it for me, and I needed some more as I especially like to use it during the winter months on my hands.  I haven't tried that soap yet, but it smells good...a mixture of evergreen and lavender is rather nice and kind of woodsy.

Rose and Benton had visited this place one time when they were traveling without us, and she especially wanted to go back there this time.  And so we did...

They grow their own lavender there and make their own soaps and lotions and all kinds of lovely items.

This is their home too! They live AND work here!

They grow these lovely dahlias also! What beautiful flowers!

It was fun to see their little lavender farm!

And speaking of flowers:

I picked the rosebud from the Memorial Garden today. (Monday). It is starting to open up, and I was afraid something would mess it up outside like last time, so I picked it and brought it in and put it in my mother's pretty green vase.  I've shared many times that this rosebush is in the memorial garden for our son Matthew, and that in the past it has frequently only bloomed around special days.  However, it hasn't bloomed in the past year or more until now.  This week is our daughter in law Nicole's 50th birthday. Nicole is Matthew's wife (widow).  It should be opened up nicely for her special day. I will take a picture and send it to her on her birthday.  I'm not sure how she will feel about that...she's not the sentimental type, but I think it's pretty special and I hope she will appreciate it. Oh, and it smells so sweet...a perfect rose scent! 

Here it is this morning, Tuesday. And it still smells SO good!

I read this in a little devotional calendar yesterday, and so appropriate for these days:

Good thoughts for this time..."With God, ALL things are possible!"

Let us be praying for our nation at this all important time.

For more bath time stories, check out these older posts:

Link to another bath time!

And here's another link to a bath story

This is a WILD BATH TIME post... read on to get the whole story...from our previous home in the forest...Yes, that is a REAL Bear taking a bath!

Good Night dear friends.  I wrote this on Monday night...BUT NOW it is Tuesday morning as I am posting it! If you haven't already, please go out and VOTE!