Barbie, the glamorous blonde doll beloved by little girls around the world, is an icon of American femininity. She is also the most long-lived toy on the market, a fact that was celebrated throughout the world when she recently had her 40th birthday.
But in a tiny village in Bavaria there was no celebration, only bitterness and regret.
In the Hausser home, Rolf and Lily ignored the global celebrations and instead complained bitterly, as they have done so many times over the past four decades, about how badly they have been treated by history, or, to be more accurate, by Barbie’s secret story.
Like many starts, Barbie is not what she seems. Not only is she older than her official age, but Barbie is not real name, and what’s more, she isn’t even American, she’s German.
Barbie’s real name is in fact Lily. She is 45, not 40, and was born in a small town near Nuremberg. The secret story of the Barbie doll is about small-town naivety against big business determination.
Above all, it is a story of the tragedy of a bitter old man, a man who was been erased from Barbie’s history so completely that only a few people in the world know that he was the true creator of the Barbie doll.
But instead of making a fortune when she became a worldwide success, Rolf Hausser lost everything he owned.
Sometimes, it is very difficult for me to say “I love you” to my husband.
Or rather, I want to break the rules and want to express my feelings in other ways. So, can you imagine how to do it? Well. I have found the right method.
First of all, I think when to “say” it. I’m going to prepare either a romantic dinner and show how much I love him, or, organize a lazy Saturday morning in the bed. I will follow the first variant.
In fact, I want to be the first (from us) who will show my feelings in different way. I will do it unexpectedly for him. He will be very surprised.
O-la-la. I want to see his face in such minutes, in minutes when I will say in such way about my big love to him.
But, I have a fear. The fear if he will understand me correctly. In fact, I dream about the same declaration of love, but I’m not sure if he responses the same way as me. Generally, I think that telling somebody “I love you” is a big courage and this person merits my admiration.
So, I’m ready to show my love not saying it. Why? As you have already understood, I told him about my love long time ago and not only once. Now, I want to do it differently, in a more romantic way.
What to do? How to show my love, respect and admirer?
I’m going to fill out the fridge with his favorite beer. He will appreciate my efforts. Then, the romantic dinner will come. Tasty dishes, my kisses and then - the bed covered with roses petals. Isn’t this a simple way to show your love?
Readers, do you have anything to say? How do you say “I love you” to your lover, not using words?
I would like to see your ideas, comments and even suggestions on the bottom of this post.
Well, well, well. The time is coming. What for? Haven’t I told you?
So, tonight I will have a cocktail party. The husband’s workmates are going to come to our house to have discussions and share cocktails.
It sounds good. I’m glad to host such kind of party. Let’s have fun my dears. Actually, I’m a good hostess. I always take care of my guests, that’s why I prefer to prepare everything in advance.
So, what do I have? The house is clean. Moreover I have improvised a bar in the living room. The guests will serve each other with drinks. What kind of drink? We will serve cocktails, martinis and wine.
I have prepared also finger foods which suits perfectly for a cocktail party. I have arranged them on several platters and have put them near the bar. The house is full of smell. The smell is different: from food to alcohol. But, there is no time for complaints.
Well, I will tell you about the cocktail. It will be trendy. It will consist of 4 basic liquors: vodka, rum, scotch and gin. I will add also orange juice, coke, sparkling water and soda. I haven’t forgotten about olives formartinis. They are in the fridge already, waiting their appearance.
Wait, wait… How about the ice? I have a lot. I expect that the cocktail party will be very hot.
I doubt that my guests will not be surprised.
I have a problem. I can’t find a calm music which will not disturb the conversation between the guests. I think about “Sade” but I’m not sure. As you know calm music contains tension, maybe I will choose a calm one.
I will phone my husband and I will consult him. It’s a good idea. He knows his workmates better than me.
Time runs fast. I’m hearing even the voices of first guests. They are outside the door. They are tooting the ringer.
I put off the apron and go to the door. I open it and my smile welcomes them. Sara and Ben. They are always punctual.
“I want to be made of money” I know, know, they can’t make me happy… Money... What do you think? Are they important in our life?
Generally, people have 2 opinions regarding this question. Most of them think that money is the most important thing in our life and we could not live without them. Moreover, they think that everything can be bought, even the health.
Do you have the same opinion?
I wonder how people could have such ideas in their mind. There are lots of millionaires from all over the world but they die, are unhappy, cry, have problems and so on.
Money doesn’t make them happy. Maybe such as majority of people, money makes us happy just for a moment, but after several seconds your mood could change, because of … Everything could be, from a kiss to a look.
No matter how much money you can have, you can’t also save your life if you have an incurable disease.
Remember, millionaire could be unhappier than you, because they should take care about “their happiness”, which could be very difficult nowadays.
Another part of population thinks that money doesn’t have any importance, only “You” and “your soul” is the center of the universe. They could live in misery, eating not healthy food …
Don’t be childish… you can be very rich, using money for high goals, but you shouldn’t forget that first of all you are a human…
Make smart investments, start and run your own business and pay your taxes.
I think that every woman dreams to be like this woman.
Would you like to know more about this woman? Ok. I will try to write some useful information about her and how she started her business.
Elizabeth Arden was a Canadian business woman, the founder of Cosmetic Empire in USA. She came in New-Work in 1908, studied cosmetic art for 2 years and than borrowed money, opened own beauty salon.
Nowadays, it would be strange if you won’t use mascara and shadow for makeup. Arden promoted them and made them popular among women.
Moreover, she enlarged the spectrum of colours. She promoted the idea that make up of the woman should go together with her clothes, but not with hair colour.
So, I will describe some of her perfumes
5th Avenue Perfume
This perfume is destined for young, chic and fashionable ladies. 5th Avenue – is the heart of one of the most amazing city of the world.
After 5 o’clock in the evening, when the twilight comes with soft steps and an agreeable music is sounds from everywhere, she starts tolive with anticipation. Anticipation of wind-up parties, romantic dates and stormy night.
Namely these feelings were embodied in 5th Avenue after Five Aroma. The creator of composition Olivier Gillotin calls this perfume “sensual”.
Green Tea Perfume
Green Tea perfume is created on the green tea aroma. It is the most brilliant representative of tea tendency and even its founder. It is one of the first aromas with tea notes.
Coolness, clearness and energy – these are 3 components of this perfume. In this fresh, transparent perfume all notes are in so harmonious interweave, that illusion of submersion in cool water, flavored with green tea leaflets is created.
There is no much bitterness this perfume and it is fetched out with other ingredients which make the perfume unobtrusive and tender.
My husband loves the song” “I kissed a girl”. As you know, this song is sung by Katy Perry. I nice girl I could say.
In fact, my husband has no idea what this song really means.
I do.
“This was never the way I planned
Not my intention
I got so brave, drink in hand
Lost my discretion”
The title of the song is very exciting. “I kissed a girl” means that this girl is lesbian, that girl is lesbian and both of them like each other.
There are many cases, when the lesbian life starts not with intention, but accidentally. It starts when the person is not sober, I mean person that drunk some alcohol. In such moments, unusual things happen: somebody kisses a girl, another one gambles, someone else kills people.
Everybody likes to do something, but everybody does it in his way.
Generally, when a person is drunk he/she can’t understand what is going on around her/him. All things are like in a dream, but when the alcohol drops out of organism, he/she realizes what was done, but sometime it is too late.
Katy Perry, as other persons, after kissing a girl, realizes what she did and she sings about this in her song.
“It's not what, I'm used to
Just wanna try you on
I'm curious for you
Caught my attention”
In fact, we do things because of curiosity. The curiosity makes the humanity to develop. That’s why we were developed from monkey and became what we are today.
Katy Perry was very curious too and she wants to kiss the girl only because this process intrigues her. She wants to understand how it is. I think that every girl kisses another girl in her life, isn’t it?
“I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it”
Such as smoking, either you like it from the first time or dislike for entire.
Katy Perry likes the kissing and I think that she will do it again. Maybe, that girl (who she kisses) has beautiful lips, that is why the kiss was amazing and she likes her.
Moreover, Katy Perry is worried about her boyfriend (yes, she has a boyfriend) and hope that he will not despise her. She wonders how she could do it but after sometime she is happy that she did it.
”No, I don't even know your name
It doesn't matter, You're my experimental game
Just human nature, It's not what,
Good girls do Not how they should behave
My head gets so confused Hard to obey”
I think that it doesn’t matter which name the person has if you like it. The kissed girl is only an experiment for Katy Perry. Maybe she only wants to see how it is and after she will remain that heterosexual as she was.
The singer says that her head got confused. My head can also be in confusion after lots of alcohol. In fact, there is the process after drinking. Your head is like a bomb, you have huskiness. Don’t worry! The problem could be solved with marinated cucumbers. Try and you will see how good will be.
”Us girls we are so magical
Soft skin, red lips, so kissable
Hard to resist so touchable
Too good to deny it
Ain't no big deal, it's innocent”
As I said, you like or not something after the first experience. Katy Perry likes, because in her song, she describes other parts of the girl’s body: soft body, red lips.
She thinks that kissing and touching is innocent, but after this process and taking into consideration the girl is irresistible, she couldn’t stop….
So, the main purpose of this song is clear for me. How about you? What do you think about this song? Maybe, you have another interpretation?
I was occupied a little that’s why I haven’t written any posts.
I decided to make some changes in the house, especially in the kitchen.
Honestly speaking, I don’t like my old fridge at all. It was a wedding present from my mother-in-low. She didn’t ask which kind of fridge we like and she bought it herself.
As you guess, the fridge isn’t practical and stylish. I hate it.
When the question of changes came up, I was the first one who made suggestions. Guess, which ones?
The first thing which I recommended to be changed was the fridge of course.
The suggestion was approved and we started to visit shops to buy one.
Next days were attritional. Lots of shops, many beautiful fridges and incredible… I didn’t know what to choose.
“I don’t want to buy anything at all” – I said at the end. Can you believe that?
We have money, we want to change the old appliance and when we are ready to buy it – it’s very difficult to do it.
How interesting. It makes me listening to all shop assistants and the information takes me without words.
Haven’t you heard about these?
- The fridges are provided with special super cooling air circulation that ensures better food preservation and a constant and even temperature.
- The cool temperature of fridges slows the growth of most harmful microbes. Moreover, it doesn’t change the characteristics of the food.
Would you like to have such fridge in your house? Indeed.
After some days of thinking, we decided. We will buy a fashionable and practically one.
It has 6 easy-clean glass shelves (I thought of myself), 3 adjustable full-width door shelves, covered dairy compartment, extra large pull-out salad and vegetable drawers.
The frost-free freezer section has 4 removable transparent drawers for easy loading and unloading (I thought again of myself).
Quick-freeze function ensures any freshly-added food is frozen quickly to keep its quality. It is rated ‘A’ for energy consumption.
Finally, I bought it. Can you believe? The kitchen interior changed after the fridge was placed there.
I liked the changes. Perhaps I will continue with the bedroom….
Today is a special day. I am going to have guests.
As you know, it’s a long day for cooking, cleaning, dusting and so on. Finally, I must look sexy to amaze my guests.
How it could be? Various ideas come into my head. I am planning all my actions: which flowers will stay on the table, what kind of wine my guests will serve …
Lots, lots and lots of things I have to do and I have just a little problem. I don’t know what to wear to feel practically, because I will serve my guests and in the same time I should look sexy.
What to do? Come to me, ideas. I will use you. Oh, but I don’t have time for doing them. Maybe, I should buy a housewife costume via Internet. It’s easy and I will have free time for another work.
Oh, it’s not easy to be a housewife or a stay at home mom. We spend much time for cooking, cleaning and so on and don’t attract attention to our appearance.
So, I will order a housewife costume via Internet. I decided to wear a retro costume. It will make me a true and correct housewife. Sounds funny! I will see how I look in such retro housewife costume after trying it on.
I have already prepared all cookies, wine, sandwiches and aperitif.
I’m waiting for my guests. There isn’t any noise in the house. It’s like the silence before the storm. All appliances from the house seem to be stopped. The silence is even in the kitchen where all gadgets worked powerfully recently.
But now, I am sitting on the armchair and wait for… I don’t know what I am waiting for but … The door’s bell sounds. Oh, my housewife costume comes.
I need only 2 minutes to put it on and look in the mirror. So beautiful and incredible. I think that I will amaze my guests not only with my food but also with my dress.
I look like a retro housewife who uses modern machines for cooking. How clothes may change appearance of a person? I look like the Snow Maiden: beautiful, fashionable and kind.
I will order for the next time a sexy housewife costume to surprise my husband only. I imagine how he will gaze me….
In fact, I like cats. I’ve always had a cat when I lived with my parents and now, when I have a family.
As you know, cats make us feel relaxed and they make themselves comfortable on that “territory” of our body which needs affection and love the most.
Perhaps they feel a negative energy and as they are our friends they want to help us. They can’t speak, so they try to attract our attention through other ways: they emit sounds, fawn upon our legs and do many other things that make us happy.
I’m sure that after such a behavior you will not be able to refuse them. I mean to pat their back or add extra ounces to their daily food.
By the way, do you know that after some time of living together, the animals look the same as their owners? It’s a very interesting fact and I support it. I saw many relationships between owners and their pets … And do you know which thing amazed me?
They were alike, not only physically but also they had the same character. My neighbor had a small cat with downy hair. Its eyes reflected only kindness. It was always waiting for guests at the entry of the house…
It was quite hospitable and curious to meet people. It looked like “saying” “welcome” or “have a good day” in its language.
Guess, was the owner like its adorable kitten? Indeed. This old tiny woman has goodness without limits. She always asks us “How do you do?” She’s always waiting for us to visit her and prepare delicious cake with tea for this purpose.
However, in spite of the fact that health care providers claim in unison that “cats are dirty” I love to take them into my hands. I even kiss them. Don’t blame me!
They are like human beings that can’t speak. They have feelings and they are able to love or hate.
One fine day I was given the chance to see a truly furious cat. Oh yes! It was for the first and last time in my life.
Some years ago a friend of mine has visited me. She decided to toy with my little quadruped buddy fretting it very, very much by imitating it.
My lovely cat wasn’t in a good mood that sunny day. It got up in 2 paws and – fantastic!- a real Jackie Chan! It attacked my friend in the literal sense of the word.
I was shocked, too. Something cold “penetrated” my heart. I was frightened. It was my cat, but in a jiffy I understood that I don’t know it at all.
This story finished with a happy end, I mean that my cat calmed down after some minutes. But, I couldn’t relax even after several weeks.
My cat… O my God! It was able to hurt somebody!!? What should I do in such a case? For that time, I made a decision. I sent my cat in the village, to my parents.
Generally, I think that cats need an open area, a kind of “al-fresco” in order to play, catch mice and feel themselves - animals.
It was like in a fairy tale. Your secret admirer who stood in the last school desk. Your best girl friend who helped you in the most difficult situations.
It was really, really nice. Lots of such recollections are in our head, they don’t leave us and time to time they come back in our memory.
So, why I’m writing this? I want to say that 10 years passed after I finished the school. One of my ex-colleagues, Eric, called me last week and said that we should organize a meeting to celebrate it.
In that minute, many scenes of our school together passed in front of my eyes. How I could forget about this important event?
I turned red but my ex-colleague hasn’t seen me, it was a discussion by phone.
O, la, la. Who discovered the telephone? It was a genius.
However, we chose a beautiful and silent place where we could met each others and to have long and nice discussions.
The time was over. All my worries remained at home and I went to the meeting.
The place was really nice. Incredible, but here you may forget about all your problems, necessities. You are together with the nature only.
Ah, how much happiness could be in my heart!
I sow all my ex-colleagues. Incredible, but they haven’t changed much. Their faces remained the same; I read only some maturity in their eyes.
By the way, there was a funny situation. Somebody asked me: “Do you remember me?”
How I could forget such smile, lips and voice. It was he, it was my unforgettable love. It’s still in my mind and time to time appears in my night’s dreams.
Of course, we discussed a lot: about our new love, new life’s goals and how we missed each other. Don’t think that we gave ourselves up to passion. We just only flirted a little.
Majority of ex-colleagues have already a family, even children. All of them work, have the same habitual problems as me.
We discussed hours and hours on end. Everybody spoke, everybody listened and everybody said fine words.
We spoke as adults, but sometime we recollected how we studied together and everybody had a smile on his face.
We though about that, smiling, because we were so dumb at that time.
And about the place… The place was incredible. The rustic design made me speechless.
The view was magnificent. I decided to go to that place next holiday.
So, I saw my ex-colleagues. The time spent with them was the shortest.
And, some bliss and calmness came into my heart. I’m happy.
Today I decided to "spoil" my adorable soul! I was looking for some interesting stuffs for women.. For those ladies who love themselves and would eagerly present their soul with a gift...
It isn’t a secret for anybody that I love handbags. And I want one.
I have heard a lot of advice when it comes to choosing a bag. Now I want to find a bag that will perfectly fit my preferences. Recently, I've bought a fashionable dress designed by Gucci.
I’ve been thinking about buying a nice leather handbag. So, first I've googled for "handbag for housewife".
I was delighted to find so many beautiful bags!
I started scrolling down, looking through the google’s results. There were lots of sites which offered beautiful handbags for everyone, from simple models to fashionable.
I could arrange them by price, category, materials which they are made of and so on. In such a way, my work is easier. I call this process – work. Funny, isn't it?!
The first bag which attracted my attention was the "Paris Handbag" (it’s in the photo). It comes in 2 colors: white and black.
Imagine that you walk along the streets holding this handbag, wearing a fashionable dress which has the same color as your handbag. The shoes have the same color, too.
It sounds good and appetizing. It’s a joke. I can’t eat my clothes even though I wish that.
I will tell you a secret. I like black color that’s why I prefer namely this kind of handbag. It has the right size. I could put inside lots of things like: food, journals, wallet and many other objects.
While looking for something else, I remained wowed for some moments at all. I felt in love with “Spy Bag”. Sooooooooo lovely!
I love this handbag. I’m going to include it in the list for Santa…
Today, I would like to share my own experience regarding perfumesand the way I use to select one. So, I pleasantly invite you to participate in choosing a perfume for me.
Choosing a perfume for yourself, in fact, it's quite a delicate matter. I could say a problem.
When you stay in front of those hundreds of beautifully colored perfumes' boxes and attentively glance at them... What's in your mind? I guess you automatically pose such questions: how should the perfume smell? What color should it be? Will people appreciate the smell of your newbie or not?
In fact, the process of selecting a perfume for myself is funny and interesting but at the same time this is a responsible pastime. According to some data, if you incorrectly choose an aroma this may lead to depression, ill mood and even headache. The perfume is your second skin and the air you breathe. When owning a perfume that doesn't belong to you, your personality and self-assertion is wounded.
I have a dilemma. Before I went shopping I thought that it will be a simple procedure, but now I realize that I can’t solve this problem.
So, should that mean? It means that now I am going to smell all the perfumes displayed on the shelf and I will select only the perfumes which make me happy.
In spite of the facts that I read lots of information about how to select the right perfume I will follow my intuition only.
Thus, equipped with reliable information I am going to test them all. I’m right here, in the shop. I glance at these perfumes... Hold on! I shouldn’t be in a hurry. Why not? As simple as ABC! Because….Because after smelling different perfumes, I will not be able to differentiate the smell that perfectly meets my tastes and preferences.
What should I do in this case? Don’t worry!! I’m going to ask a piece of advice from the shop’s consultant. Oh, it’s a big relief. First of all, she gives me 3-4 perfumes for smelling. Naturally, she applies the perfume’s aroma on the various parts of my body. You should savor the scents and decide which one fits better for you and raises your spirit.
You'd better spread the perfume on your wrist. The consultant recommended me to not spread the perfume on my hair and neck. The aromas will be confused and I will not be able to value the new flavor.
Here is some other advice you should take into account:
- Aromas react differently to temperature' variation, the level of air moisture. In a wet, hot climate – aromas are propagated quickly while “strong” aromas become more intense. In a dry and cold climate aromas “muffle”;
- The skin of every person has its specific smell. It depends not only on your skin’s fat but also on what food the person eats, in which emotional state he/she is, in what ecologic and social conditions he/she lives. Fat food “provide” your skin with a more intense smell;
Finally, I choose the perfume namely for me. It has a soft and fresh smell. It presents me with a fantastic mood and I feel extraordinary.
I’ve met women who being asked “what is your job?” dropped their eyes down modestly and pronounced quietly “Housewife”.
I am not ashamed of my status, inversely; I’m satisfied with my position. Housewife position gives me big advantages in front of women who work outside their house. So, let’s talk openly about housewives.
Career in the family
I will start with the idea that honorable title “housewife” doesn’t fit everyone. I doubt that the women who dream about bright career will like to stay at home.
Though, the majority of women don’t understand that housewives could make also a successful career in their family.
Here, they could find acceptance, love and respect. Moreover, as opposite to business-lady, the housewife can control her time freely. I call all my colleagues to make useful this time.
Every housewife, as any other woman, has her dreams and desires. Generally, the woman forgets about herself because she is always worked up with worries and family needs. At this rate, in my opinion, it’s time to take out to the surface your own “I” and remember that it has also a right for existence.
The next step to the housewife’s career becomes the understanding of the thing that she holds a responsible post – householder. It’s disputable the question, of course, about “who is the owner of the house”.
Practically, namely housewife becomes the leader and directs the family’s life. I assure you that the housewife could make a successful career, “not leaving the house”.
By definition the family is a community where people live under one roof and keep the house together. Unfortunately, there isn’t love and respect in the family all the time, that’s why I make such a definition.
If the husband bears responsibility for the material condition of the family, the rest of things are in the hand of the housewife.
And, oh God, in my misspent youth as a housewife, I, too, used to bake bread, in those hectic and desolating days just prior to the woman’s movement, when middle-class women were supposed to be wonderful wives and mothers, gracious hostesses.... I used to feel so womanly when I was baking my filthy bread.
"My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky. "
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