I told you about the hair product I won from Lucky Magazine but the WINNING! doesn’t stop there. My long time bloggy friend Jenny at LJCFYI had a giveaway around Valentine’s Day. I entered and was chosen to win this adorable ring by Little Sweet Thing! 
COME ON! How cute is this?? Look at the sprinkles! I have no idea how they made this but it is so adorable I can barely stand it! Thank you Jenny!
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Last summer I was outfitted with glasses. I’m still not used to them! I forget they’re on all the time. I try to scratch my eye and poke myself right in the glasses. I can’t tell you how often I’ve gotten in the shower with them on and it’s very awkward when I try to put my CPAP mask on my head and my glasses are in the way! I do like the way they help me see though. I only have to wear them for task related things but isn’t everything you do a task? In an unrelated note, I’m back to wearing bangs. I asked CSP if he liked me better with or without bangs and he said “Oh God WITH!” Okaaaay…who knew for the last 8 or so years I’ve been running around with no bangs that he’s been secretly wishing and hoping for some hair to cover my five-head? -
I entered the Lucky magazine Lucky Breaks giveaways a few months ago. I didn’t think about it again until I recently received an email saying I’d won a prize! I confirmed my info then a few weeks later a package arrived. I won a full size Joico K-Pak Deep Penetrating Reconstructor. Basically it’s a deep conditioner. It smells SO good! And it really does make your hair nice and soft. Thanks Lucky & Joico! -
I may be the only person in the Carolinas who’s not looking forward to Summer. I sometimes wish we lived in Canada or Alaska so it would stay cool all year. Mainly because I don’t like wearing shorter sleeves. Not because of the sleeves themselves, but the people. Recently I was out and about and ran into a woman I’ve met maybe 3 times. I was wearing a shirt with 3/4 length sleeves. Actually it was the Penelope shirt! The woman looked at me and instead of the normal Hello greeting she said “Girl, what the hell is going on with your arms???” I was mortified. I have severe eczema and it really affects my forearms. I don’t know why I don’t have it on places no one can see. I’m used to people looking at me funny, esp at drive thrus or other places where I’m exchanging money for goods. People look at my arms like I’ve been a victim of an acid attack. And frankly, that is what it looks like. During the winter (when I get to wear long sleeves, natch) my eczema is better. When it starts to get warm out the heat flares it up and the patches look really red and angry. But that DOES NOT give anyone the right to embarrass me like that! And in front of people! I would never look back at her and say anything like “Girl, what is UP with your hair?”
If you are unfamiliar with eczema and what it looks like, my arms look very similar to this:
It’s not fun. Luckily I have pretty good self esteem and a husband who thinks I’m beautiful even with my spots. Now, before you start listing all the “cures” for eczema, please know that while I appreciate it, I’ve heard – and tried- them all before. I’ve been dealing with this for 20 years. I’ve tried every bath, cream, pill, spray, balm that you could think of. Bottom line is that there is no cure, only temporary remedies. Just do me this favor- please teach your children to not stare. That eczema and psoriasis and the like are not contagious. That unwanted comments are just that- unwanted. That the only license you could have to make comments would be a medical license. And if you weren’t aware of this, now you know. I really don’t want to go through another summer having to educate the ignorant in how to be polite. -
I was checking out my friend Susan’s Facebook wall when she (or someone commenting on her wall, I can’t remember) mentioned the site Damn You Auto Correct.com. I’d never heard of this site but I’ve sure experienced my share of cursing at my iPhone when the auto correct feature turns normal misspellings into ridiculous word substitutions. So I clicked over and immediately began laughing. Not just a regular chuckle, but full on can’t breathe tears running down my face howling. I’m serious. Now, you may be reading this and think “Come on, NO site is that funny!” PEOPLE, I’m telling you. This site is. My Mom & I spent like 20 minutes the other day going “ooh did you see the one where…” because IT’S SO. FLIPPING. FUNNY!!! So go! Now! You’re welcome! -
My friend Christina has opened up a Pandora’s Box with CSP the likes of which I’ve never seen. There’s a bit of a long running joke with Christina & I about hair extensions.
She has long gorgeous hair and when we were at a party once a girl commented on Christina’s hair. I whispered to the girl that Christina had extensions but to keep the secret. She does not have extensions. But that’s how it started. Lately when we’ve been discussing my hair Christina has been pushing me (jokingly I think) to get extensions. I mentioned it to CSP. That started a whole conversation about extensions. Could you tell when girls have them? Does that lady have them? Etc. I mentioned that quite a few celebrities have extensions and some are pretty obvious.Well, that did it. Now every single time a long haired woman appears on the tv screen I have to hit pause so CSP can examine her hair and ask me tons of questions and comments. “Does she have extensions? How can you tell? Her hair looks fake, those have to be extensions!” How am I supposed to know if some random celebrity has extensions? I’m not the hair stylist to the stars! I’ve never seen a man so obsessed with hair! We were watching Rules of Engagement last night and the actress who plays Audrey was on the screen. “What about her? That’s gotta be extensions. Look how long it is and how old she is! (he thinks if you’re over 30 your hair can’t grow past your shoulders for some reason) Now I’m suspicious of every long haired woman!” OMG. The man is a manager at a grocery store. I can just see him now, walking the aisles, peering at long haired women wondering about their hair! He’s gonna get in trouble for being some sort of hair perv!
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Ever since I saw Monsters Vs Aliens I’ve been thinking about how to get hair like Ginormica. Now, it might seem odd that my hair inspiration is a cartoon, so technically I suppose her hair color isn’t really found in nature. But what nature can’t give you, you get from the salon! Look how cool her hair is though!
And I did find some real life (sort of) examples. The singer girl from Steel Magnolia has almost white hair. SO cute! 
And the new movie Sucker Punch has a white haired girl in it. 
Now, I’m aware that I’m neither 50 feet tall nor a country music star or fictional head band wearing chick in what appears to be a leatherette army. But I don’t really have anything to lose, so I may just go for the full on vanilla blonde at my next salon visit. I’m a natural blonde anyway, so it won’t be much of a stretch. Well, it wouldn’t have been 20 years ago. But the older I get the darker it gets so the more chemically enhanced it gets. Poor CSP is worried I’m going to come home looking like a cartoon character. But hey, no risk- no reward! -
CSP & I were reminiscing about our wedding day, all the things that stand out in our memories. He stayed at his parents house the night before while I stayed with my Mom & sisters at the Hilton where our reception would be held after the wedding. We woke up and took our time getting ready. The day started out fairly clear but it ended up raining. I was bummed about that because there are beautiful spots at the church outside where I wanted pictures, but they say rain on your wedding day is good luck. I thought I was going to be fine when it came to walking down the aisle but as soon as those doors opened I went right into the ugly cry. Emotion just washed over me like a tidal wave! The ceremony was beautiful and just flew by. My friend Priscilla sang The Lord’s Prayer and it was so amazing it gave me chills.
We were married before digital cameras were a thing so I took a picture of this picture. That’s why Sara & Morgan’s dresses are blown out by the flash. They were all a gorgeous periwinkle. Look how young Morgan was! Only 10 years old! Well, 1 month away from 11.After the ceremony we went to the Hilton for the reception. It was nice to have a little alone time with CSP in the limo on the way over.
We LOVED how the Hilton took care of us. When the wedding party arrived we were taken to a private room where we were able to spend a half hour or so having some hors d’oeuvres and catching our breath while the guests mingled and had their hors d’oeuvres. Then they announced us and the big party started. We had a great time. We stayed up so late and it was such a long day that by the time we were able to go to bed I was so exhausted I almost slept in my tiara and veil rather than wrestle with the 900 bobby pins holding it on my head! The next morning we had breakfast with everyone who stayed the night then it was off to the airport for our honeymoon in Vegas! -
Ten years ago today I became Mrs. Captain Safety Pants. It’s been better than I could have ever hoped or dreamed. We still laugh and have the best time. I love my Cap’n! -
I get a few emails each day from various web sites and one really caught my eye today. They showed a deal on a Wii game saying something like “This would make a great addition to your child’s Easter basket”. I was floored! Really? We’re giving Wii games in Easter baskets now? Isn’t that a bit much? What happened to candy and maybe a stuffed animal? I mean, it’s your money and all, but it just seems that we’re really throwing gifts at our kids more and more these days. When you give a gift at Easter that is as extravagant as a Wii game then don’t you end up feeling like you have to top that at their birthday and then Christmas and the next thing you know it looks like you robbed a Toys R Us on any given holiday. Do kids really need that much? With this adoption we’re at the paperwork/ introspection stage where we’re really analyzing our feelings on parenting. I don’t know how it will actually be once our kidlet comes home but we are all for a more simple approach. No over the top birthday parties every year- some of those cost hundreds of dollars just to have the party at those kid party places. Nothing wrong with cake and pizza at home with the family and a few friends. I just hope when our kids go back to school after Easter that they don’t catch slack about the lack of electronics and expensive toys in their baskets. Hopefully the candy and family time will make up for that. We can’t be the only ones who feel this way, right?
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