Why Do I Not See That Many Cadillac Cars On The Road? Do You Wear A Watch Or Not? Two Thoughts Combined Today.

I noticed this the other day, I do not see too many Cadillac's on the road anymore. I see a lot of Lexus, BMW, Infiniti, and sporty types of cars. As long as I can remember my Father drove a Cadillac. Maybe the model changed throughout the years but he drove Cadillac's. It was not until his last few later years of his life did he drive a Continental. He was on a trip and rented one and liked it. I thought they were OK but I enjoyed the ride of his Cadillac vehicles.
I keep seeing the really sleek billboard signs for the new Lexus ES Hybrid and wonder to myself, How come you do not hear much about Cadillac's? The older generation are the type of people that you use to see driving them but now I see younger people driving them too. Is it a case that they did not advance in technology or downsize the size of the vehicle or create hybrid options? I do not know the answer I just know that I enjoyed riding in my Dad's Cadillac's throughout the years.
My Father was a particular/fussy person when it came to his vehicles. There was no snacking in them and no finger prints on the windows etc. You behaved when you drove with him. He was particular about his vehicles. I even remember this as a child riding with him, you just knew not to finger print the windows or make crumbs or anything like that. You sat in the seat and behaved. Of course a child should sit in their seat in the car and behave. I guess it was more of a case of respecting his property so you did not get corrected for being unruly while in the car. In one respect I like and honor that, too many children get things so easy today that they tend to not respect what they have and treat it as a valuable item. It is the throw away generation...if you do not like this watch you are wearing today you can toss it and get another tomorrow. Instead of taking good care of that watch or watches and not tossing it when the battery needs to be replaced but actually getting a battery to keep it running. I had a beautiful watch that has turquoise pieces on the watch band. It is a unique watch band and it would be hard to replace it because a standard watch band you cannot use. I was in Jamaica and the high humidity caused me to lose two of the pieces of turquoise so I put it in my jewelry box for about many years,  it is about 10 years old. I really liked the face of the watch and kept hoping I would find a band or maybe I would be able to fill in the two slots and then get a battery and wear it again. Well, guess what? It may have taken many years but I can wear that watch today.
The two pieces that fell out were in odd places so I first went to a craft store ( I did that on several occasions) in search of the item to fill in the blank spots. I finally came up with an idea this past year, it worked. I got glue-on jewels something that was close enough in size to fill in the space I needed to fill in. It is not a precious stone it is decorative and it allows me to wear that watch. I then looked at the band and decided where they would best be placed to balance out the look of the watch. I popped out the two last pieces close to the closure catch and then used my jewelry glue to place the turquoise in the other spots and then glued in the two pieces I bought to make it work.
Next step, trying to remove the back piece to get to the battery to replace it. I could not get it off at all, I tried several different things and to no avail. I even went to Walmart to get an instrument that is suppose to take it off and I sat in the parking lot of the store and attempted to take off the back and it would not budge. I had to go back to the jewelry department to return the item and the woman was so gracious to me. The policy of the store is to not replace a battery for your watch if you did not purchase the watch there. I explained my story to her and said I have not worn it for about 10 years now and if it broke while replacing the battery I would not be out anything, really. Well, she even had to struggle with removing the back but she got it off and then I purchased a battery and she put it in for me. The watch works now. Thank you for helping me Walmart employee, I really do like this watch. I do not even know if it is real turquoise or not but I am all about the look of a watch when I get one. I really pay attention to the face of the watch, I tend to like mother of pearl faces. It is a softer, more feminine look for me.
I had another watch that I just love the band too, the only thing is that the crystal face broke on it. Believe it or not it cracked while I trying to get the back off to change the battery. I just did not want to let go of that watch either. It will be a challenge for this one because I would have to find another face for it. I saved all the pieces and do not even know if it would work. I am going to show you that watch too because hopefully you would agree the band is pretty. It is about the same age as the  turquoise watch. They use to make more creative and feminine looking watches years ago. Now, they just have no style to them that is what I find. Anne Klein made the green watch and Marcel Drucker the turquoise watch.



turquoise watch and the other one is actually peridot colored stones

 I have another Marcel Drucker watch that is similar to the turquoise style watch but the  pieces are a light purple jade color. You use to be able to purchase really unique watches at TJ Maxx years ago, now the watches they carry(in my opinion) I think are nothing special or striking about them. Oh, did I tell you that I love wearing watches. A smart looking watch can be a great accessory to your outfit. Here are a few of my favorite watches, do you have favorite watches you wear or maybe you do not wear a watch?



Other favorite watches, purple jade, pearls and then just glittery. All have mother of pearl faces.

 Either way, one is not better than the other, wearing or not wearing a watch. It is a personal preference and you have to do what works for you and your lifestyle. Just remember to use your cellphone or some other means of telling/keeping time so you do not miss that very important meeting that just may change your life (for the good that is.)