To All Women Who Wear Makeup,

I Salute You! I do not know how you all do it. More power to you all!


OH MY GOODNESS.


It has come to my attention recently that I might possibly want to consider wearing some makeup. Now I have not worn any makeup since... well..... ever. And I am 52. I mean I think I wore some in High School...but was called "Bozo" way too often, so I don't think I wore it long. I obviously didn't know how or the other kids in my school were absolutely horrendous. Which now that I remember, I think they were as I was chased by several girls each day I went simply because I wore a Bra to school. (mom always said you should wear a bra to school)


Geez, I don't know why I'm not in some kind of therapy. :(


I didn't have anyone to "show" me how to wear makeup, except for when I went to Bible College in Florida and a few times they had a lady come in to demonstrate the correct way to wear makeup. It was shortly after that when I burnt my face and the doctor told me it was better not to wear any makeup especially foundation or any type of liquid and if I wore any I should use Cover Girl only. So that's all I use.

Then I remember asking my dad for some kind of allowance to go buy some makeup to wear, as I saw him dish out cash constantly for my older sister who wore makeup like it was going out of style and didn't use the cheap stuff either, she shopped for her makeup at a place called Merle Norman's..and back then it was one of the more expensive places to purchase makeup products.

But back to ME.....
when I asked dad for some money for myself, he said no I didn't need any, I was naturally pretty and didn't need makeup like my sister. Well it hurt some not to get any money, but then of course I got a thick head for a while and was sure my sister had to look like Cruella DeVil without makeup. But then got older and realized how cheap my dad can be and what he was really doing was saving money by not having to give me any for makeup. Because I remember having the same conversation with him over buying school clothes. He told me I could go to Kresge's, as their clothes were exactly the same as the higher priced stores, it just made a difference to how you took care of them all the while giving my sister an open charge account to Paul Harris.


Man, I really cannot believe I am not in therapy.

Ok that took way too much outta me.


Anyhow, as I said since it came to my attention that I needed to consider wearing makeup, I just have not got it out of my mind. (Some people are just mean) So I decided to go try something different. The only thing I do is a bit of blush. So, First off I got some lipstick/gloss or whatever it's called. I saw a commercial and decided it was for me as it was to make your lips plumper and shiny, and my 13 year old niece wears it why shouldn't I, besides I had a coupon.

Holy Crap, how does anybody actually wear this stuff? I mean I didn't just try it once I tried it twice. And the second time I could not wipe it off my lips fast enough...it stung the crap outta my lips. I used creams, Vaseline, soap and water but nothing helped for what seemed like an hour. I had to sit with my lips down in a glass full of ice and Mountain Dew for about 20 minutes. It wore me out.


Ok a few weeks went by and I thought I was over it, then I got another coupon and bright idea. I got some mascara. I tried it one day while I was home alone, it didn't take too long til I took it off, about 5 seconds as soon as I could pry my eyes open. My eyes felt like I had mud on them. I decided to give it another try and I could only think of one thing to say after seeing myself, so I went to Shankie and placed my hand over my forehead and said...







"I am ready for my closeup Mr. DeMille!!"


You know from the movie Sunset Boulevard with Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond?



But I have to say I looked more like Carol Burnett when she portrayed Norma Desmond in a comedy spoof.






I think I scared the poop outta Poor Shankie.

Here We Go....Again

It was just 2 years and 10 days ago, but somehow seems like yesterday that Shankie had his heart attack. I don't want him to ever have to go through anything so terrible again. I don't want to go through it with him either.

But here we are....again.

For a couple of weeks his left arm has had the pain in it that he had on that day we went to the hospital. He says he will never forget that pain and its the same pain. Each day it comes early in the day and along with it the High Blood Pressure. It also happens again later on in the evening. Each time it happens we try all the things we know to try to get the blood pressure down quick. He was getting the headaches too and Shankie never has headaches so we know its happening again. I wondered if in a small way it was etched into his mind just as it is mine that the anniversary, if you will, is now or was approaching and it was an ever present reminder that it could be possible for the stent to collapse or maybe the medication quit working and another artery could be blocked?

Each day I would say lets call the doc and each day he thinks maybe its a fluke and will go away. Finally, after having to use the nitro one too many times, yesterday we called the Heart docs. They wanted him to come asap and he did. They wanted to either do the nuclear test again or the Heart Cath and just upon hearing the words "Nuclear test", Poor Shankie's pressure skyrocketed right there in the room. He had such a reaction to all the crap they put into him the last time before doing that test, that he has never quite gotten over it. He tells them sure but you have to KNOCK ME OUT! I mean if he told that nurse practitioner that once he told her 100 times so I am SURE she got the message. Actually I know she got it as she called when we got home and said Good Ole Dr. Paul remembered and said we are not only going to Knock him out, we will bypass the test and go straight to the Heart Cath.

Not the best news for Shankie but at least it will be best to know exactly what is going on.

Actually he said he would rather to have this done as to have to go through what he went through with the test again.

I don't care which is done, as long as it comes back he is fine and the stent is fine and the other arteries are still beautifully clear!

Keep him in your prayers.

Happy Valentine's Day!

SNOW update

NONE YET!!



Which is sad to me....because I love the snow.