Not By The Hair On My Chinny-Chin-Chin

Well, maybe so. I mean, it was getting to the point that I was going to have only two choices when I joined the circus - bearded lady or fat lady. And since getting the hairs off my chin would be much quicker than the other, I headed for the laser lady. And yes, I could tweeze, pluck, shave, wax, Nair, Epilady, and Nono my hairs away, but having been there, done that, I was totally done with it all.

I had been to laser lady several years ago and was happy with the results. Basically, you go for the initial visit and then go a couple more times to clean the area up, and then you should be good. Sorta like a good diet - you get it looking good and consider yourself cured and let life go on - until your waist button pops and you have enough hair on your chin to braid and bead it.

Anyhow, back to the laser lady. As I said, I have been there before. I went back when she would slather some goo on your chin and get out the Star Wars laser gun and zap the hair holes, thus killing the little dark suckers. Then she would swab off the goo and off you would go until you saw a few more little dark suckers and returned for a repeat laser performance.

I did this for awhile until I felt like my chin was smooth as a baby's bottom (well, not really, but it was better than a crazy hairy chin witch lady). Slowly, hair seeds found new hair holes and found some fertile epidermis for growing. It started as all yucky things do - a hair here, a hair there which were easily tweezed or shaved away. And then the hair reunion got started and they all started meeting up and mating and soon I had a hair party going on. And I used all the methods stated above until finally I declared martial law and made a laser appointment for today.

It all took about five minutes. The goo portion of the treatment is gone - I'm not sure why but I'm fine with it. And the laser wand seems to have been reduced in size. But the zapping still feels the same - like a tiny rubber band snapping your face (just in case you've never been zapped). But it's over soon and although there might be a tiny bit of evidence of hair warfare, I was out the door. I'll do a careful inspection for the next several weeks, as I don't want any stray hairs to think they are still welcome. I'll return as I deem necessary to keep my bearded lady job opportunities null and void. So you can mark me down as an advocate for laser hair removal. At least until you bring up the b words - bikini and Brazilian. For those, I shall be elsewhere. As in far, far away. There are some tricks this old dog doesn't want to learn!

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Thankful today for: laser with Kelly; Everley time; beautiful fall day

Friends Funnies

I talk a lot about friends. But as my children got older and moved out to create their own homes and families, once again I understood the value of my girlfriends. Maybe it was because once again I found time to spend with girlfriends. Maybe it's because we had shared experiences. Maybe it's because we had finally come around to the notion of treating and taking care of ourselves, and found like-minded girlfriends to share those moments. Maybe it's because I was ready to laugh without explanation, exhale without reservation, and rest in the company of those who understood.

There's something to be said for women who understand us, stand behind us, and are willing to accept us as we are. 

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."

CS Lewis

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Thankful today for: Steve's safe travel home and picking him up at the airport; Steve's steak and burgers on the grill for lunch with the family; Lindley and Everley time

I Heart Fall!!

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Thankful today for: donuts and table delivery to Lindley and Sam; another lazy rainy day; taking Molly to the airport and her safe arrive in Las Vegas; early morning Wal-Marting; checking books out of the library

Movie Review Time!!

So I haven't been to many movies lately. My movie pass expired, so I had to renew and get moving again. Still haven't gotten back into the swing, but with so many movies coming out, I hope to get going again. That being said, here are the latest movies I've seen ...

"The Intern." Starring Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway. And the dude who was in the "Pitch Perfect" movies and is now on "Modern Family." And Rene Russo. Anne Hathaway owns her own clothing company - something about ordering stuff online. She also has a husband who gave up his marketing job to be a stay-at-home dad to their little girl. Anne's company started a new program for old people to be interns, and Robert DeNiro got hired. But Anne doesn't want him to be her intern. But he is anyway. And slowly she figures out how valuable she is. There's some family drama along the way and Robert's character coming out of his shell. And Anne's company needing a man to be the head dude. The movie was sweet, it was cute, and it was funny. It might have sagged a little bit in the middle, but picked back up. The only part I didn't like was the very end - it just seemed to stop, when I wanted a little bit more closure. It was totally worth seeing.

"Everest." Starring Jake Gyllenhall and James Brolin's son and some other actors that I've probably seen in other movies but don't really remember their names. Basically, it's about a group who were going to climb Everest, and not all of them made it. Or made it back down. If you like spoilers, you can google the real story and know what actually happens. And then read some more about Everest and the controversies that surround expeditions up the mountain. As I was watching, I thought that I could understand people who want to do this. And then as the group started experiencing the situations that happen when one attempts to scale Everest, my thoughts changed. As to how in the heck can anybody do this. There's a lot of snow and anguish and tears and freezing and black frost-bit body parts. It was good, but I think I would prefer a real-life documentary on the subject. Maybe it will inspire you to go scale Everest. Especially if you have nothing else to do. Me - I need to see more movies.

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Thankful today for: going to see "Everest"; lazy rainy day; Steve's safe travel to Texas

What The What??

I know I saw this at least once a month, but today is the first day of a new month??? How did that happen??? Where did last month go??? Why have I not lost the 739 pounds that I should have lost by now? How can it be (fill in name of month here) already?






Well, whether I am ready or not, it is officially October. Here's what I know about October ...

• Pumpkin cheesecake will soon be on the menu at Cheesecake Factory
• Fall started last month
• Daylight Savings Time starts (or ends) next month
• Today is Julie Andrew's birthday
• I hate Halloween
• I have no half-marathons this month
• I should actually train for a half marathon this month
• There is a lot of candy in the ding-dang stores right now
• There is also a lot of Christmas merchandise in the stores
• Leaves are falling in pretty colors
• I'm glad I have a yard dude to suck up the falling leaves
• It was cool weather today in Nashville
• It will probably be a record high temperature next week in Nashville
• There will be pumpkins on people's front door steps
• There will be my cobwebs on my front door steps, and not because of Halloween
• Oktoberfest happens in October, which is where you drink beer and misspell October

So there you have it. It's October, and if I don't hurry up and publish this, it's going to be November. And since that's Daylight Savings Time Change month, I'll be busy trying to figure out what time it is!!

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Thankful today for: beautiful, cool weather; Cracker Barrel breakfast with KB (it was too wet to wog); J Alex lunch with Lynnette and Maribeth; brief stopover by Sam; getting ice cream with Steve; texting with Lynnette, Maribeth, and Molly