OK, can someone offer guidance??

MH - is this what I get for buying the curlers WG suggested and not the hooker/ evangelist ones you suggested??

Last night I went to good 'ol Wally World and purchased myself some "Hot Sticks".  I should have known better when I read online that the skill level required for them was "moderate"...

I sat on the sofa with my new purchase when the hubby asked what I had.  Hot rollers, of course!  He smirked and said "oh, the gap between you and my sister is quickly closing..."  He almost got to sleep on the couch last night for that comment.....

So this morning I plugged those suckers in and went downstairs for breakfast while they were heating up.  I came back upstairs prepared to "girl it up"!

I had a hard time keeping the ends of my hair wrapped around the stick.  Any suggestions? 

Because the sticks are rubbery to avoid hair-slippage they also yank the be-jesus out of your hair when you take them out.  Ouch!!

Here I am mid-curl....  I took one out of the front and you can see how it frizzed out...  Then the long one on the other side just fell limp..

Above you can see where I took out the rollers but hadn't yet "pouffed" out my hair.  Some of the curls are loose and more natural looking.  Some are pretty tight!!  The roller set does have 2 sizes.  I started in the front with the smaller rollers.  I grabbed about a 1" section for each, as indicated in the instructions.  I'm thinking I need to grab a lot more!  I had some really kinky, frizzy curls goin' on!  The back ones were better but usually too loose.  And then I couldn't get any of the hair at my nape to stay in a roller, even a small one.  Don't know how I'm going to deal with that...

When I was done I did the obligatory head flip, ran my fingers along my scalp to shake out the curls and wha-la: (photo complete with the obligatory lip pout...)

That crazy pouf out on the the left side is from all the tight frizzy curs.  You can't really see it but I have a mini-Farrah going on in my bang-area. 

I think the reason I may have some issues is that my hair is layered.  Those layers make for a bitch to get wrapped correctly!!  I'm going to give these rollers a few more tries to clarify whether the above look is purely user-error or just not the right type of roller for my hair.  Since they were only $15 I don't feel bad at having spent the money on them.  If I decide not to use them I'm sure I'll be able to find them a good home. 

If I move on to another set - I said "IF" - I'll go with the traditional cylindrical roller with clip.  And as MH pointed out - they would come in handy if I wanted a career change into TV evangelism or a hooker.  Oh, wait - I don't think she suggested that I become one of them.  I think she said if I wanted to look like one of them... 

I'll let you know how subsequent tries turn out.  In the meantime I'm doing a 5K trail race on Sunday.  Wish me luck!!

!!!!!!

OMG! I just heard they're opening a Sephora in our mall!!!

I think I may relapse back to my make-up hoarding self!

HELP!!!

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Well, that backfired!!

I try cooking all sorts of things.  Not all of it ends up being "my favorite" but I generally like most things I make.  I would say 90 - 95% of recipes fall into the "I'll make that again" category.

Rarely is it that I make something that I can can barely eat or absolutely hate.

So this must be one of those rare times...

Last night, after making dinner (from a Cooking Light recipe, where I get most of my recipes) I whipped up a quick soup, also out of CL.  I knew tonight would be busy, the hubby at practice and then I leave to swim and run before he gets home.  And I won't be home until 9 or so.  I figured I'd make this soup, take some for lunch today and then eat it for dinner too.  The hubby surely can heat up soup for his dinner, right??

I was interested and excited about this soup.

1. It was easy to make
2. It only made 4 servings so I wouldn't be left eating soup lunch and dinner for the next week
3. It had parsnips - which I feel is a very under-utilized veggie in my house
4. It also used a gourmet mushroom blend - and I love me some fungi!!
5. It had chickpeas and I'm trying to incorporate more beans into my diet (flatulence aside...)
6. It used a prepared rotisserie chicken - can't get easier than that

I whipped all of it together while doing other things like cleaning up the kitchen, watching TV, etc...

Today I just heated up the soup for lunch and...

Ugh!  It was awful!!  Not often will I say that about a recipe.  I practically held my nose to get it all down.  (It was all I had for lunch, after all....) 

Shame on you Cooking Light for publishing that recipe!!!

Hopefully I can get the hubby to suck down a serving before I bring to his attention that I didn't care for it and throw out the remaining 2 servings... (or for my luck he'll actually like it...  who am I kidding?  He doesn't like mushrooms and I don't think he really cares for parsnips....)

I'm like a retriever

The past four months that my back has been bothering me has caused me to notice 2 lumps in the same general vicinity as the pain.  Although I can assure you they do not appear to be connected to my back pain. They're just there.

Any of you with a lab, or probably any other old dog, may be familiar with lipomas.  They are fatty, soft blobs right under the skin.  Usually harmless.  I figured this is what I found - but in our culture they sure do a good job at teaching us to get all lumps checked out. 

So I did today.  My doc wasn't worried, but did admit it doesn't look/ feel like a usual lipoma.  (it's not "just under the skin", it's deeper.  So you can't actually see it if I were in, say, a bathing suit.)  On the other hand it doesn't look/ feel like any other of the sort of bad things you would worry it could be.  Just to be sure she sent me to have a sonogram.  Looking at the screen during the scan both lumps I have appear to be nothing of concern.  But of course I'll have to wait for the "official" diagnosis.

So now you can call me "Lumpy".  Or "Old Dog"...  But don't be surprised if you get a whack upside the head for the second one...

My computer is "fixed".. but my hair is not.

And I don't mean "neutered"....  at least I don't think so...

Week before last I had to send my laptop to the mothership to get it upgraded to Windows 7 'cuz it just wasn't cooperating.  And believe it or not, I do  have a job I have to get done on this thing....

I got it back up and running this morning (no more of dealing with the "loaner" computer...  pshaw!)  Within an hour I had to reboot.  I'm still getting an alarming number of "Not Responding" messages.... 

On the bright side - files are opening much faster!!  (as in "I don't have to get out of my chair, take a bathroom break and then maybe my file will have opened"...)

In other news I think I've given up on my morning spinning classes.  Between trying to get in the pool at least three times a week and being required to run 6 days a week for my running group I'm not finding a lot of time where I want to wake up at 5:20am to get to a spinning class. 

And on a related note - really!... MH you'll be happy to know I'm considering purchasing hot rollers.  Only "considering" at this point.  I have not yet purchased.  My rationale?  I've been working out in the evenings which requires me to take a shower at night.  My hair is never dry by the time I go to bed.  (I really hate to use a hairdryer if I don't have to!)  I wake up in the morning with wacky hair.  By "wacky" I don't mean "sticking straight up in the air" (thank god...)  But it will be flat.  Or have weird kinks on my scalp that give those crazy bumps if you try and put it in a ponytail.  (did I mention my hair is a bit past my shoulders now??  Which falls into the "long" category for me.) 

Sooo - I figure if I get hot rollers I can just throw those puppies in while I'm getting ready and look a bit more put together.  Anybody have any experience with doing this?  Am I hoping for a miracle that will never happen?  If so PLEASE tell me before I buy the darn things.  I obviously don't want to spend money if it's not going to work and I DEFINITELY don't need yet another unused hair "thingy" taking up space in my house.

hot!

I've decicde we MUST get my hubby a huge, full size pick-up 'cuz he looks SO hot driving one!

I guess I'm just a pick-up girl! ; )

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great ideas

I went downtown for a craft show today that took me a part of town I rarely go. Previously these RR overpasses were covered in grafitti buttoday I noticed something different!

I don't know who repainted them but I thought it was a great idea! I only wish I was able to get you photos of all of them because they are so neat!!

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Internet Idiocy part II

Have you ever watched a show where they show you the suspenseful ending first and the rest of the story is how they ended up there in the first place?? This is that kind of post.

I just opened the browser on my phone with the intent of checking email. My phone browser keeps your last search on the screen. So imagine my surprise when I opened my browser to find....
A close up of a naked man's "micropenis". (The wikipedia entry, if you're interested...)

Not what I was expecting. I was momentarily disoriented. Then I remembered what I had been doing. It was innocent I SWEAR!

Now I feel compelled to explain how I got there.

Earlier today I was reading one of my fav sites, slate.com. A woman had written in to "Dear Prudie" how she's been dating this great guy but after their first sexual encounter she was disappointed to find that he had an extremely small penis.

The response partly included a quick reference to the medical condition "micropenis" and the fact that Prudie googled it before responding to this reader's letter. I was curious and wanted to do the same. Not because it was male genitalia but because I admit to having a perverse interest in abnormal medical conditions. (I totally want to go to the Mutter Museum in Philly!)

Of course I wasn't going to google "micropenis" on my work computer. I know they don't monitor our computers but I didn't want to chance it.

So I looked it up on my phone browser!

And that's why I just gave myself a shock when I just opened my phone browser only to see a real "micropenis"!

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Internet Idiocy

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I think I threw up in my mouth a little...

In case you were wondering Garmins are not impervious to tiled bathroom floors.... I accidentally dropped it last night. I swear I think I threw up in my mouth a little when I realized what I had done.

The good news it that I think I can send it in to be repaired for $100. Which is better than having to buy a new one for $350.
Whew!

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the Doc's office

When you go to the doctor are you one of those people that makes sure to wear "nice" undies (like not granny panties...)??

I've been having back problems so I'm at a specialist. Didn't even consider I would need xrays today. I wore both an underwire bra AND a thong. Ooops! Guess the doc's gonna get a show... the xray techs sure did!!

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Already "one of those days" and it's not even noon...

Ok, as I'm writing this is past noon.  But that's only because it took my computer that long to get to this page.  It was before noon when these thoughts started.

My work computer is acting up again.  I swear it's not me.  But it really is.  Let me clarify - I'm not getting into the "innards" and trying to fix issues myself thus more royally screwing up my computer. (and we all know someone like this...)  I appear to have electric or magnetic hands or something.  Whenever I'm around a computer for a period of time it goes hinky.  I don't know why.  It just does.  That said - don't let me near your computer... 

One of the main issues I'm having - my computer won't open programs, specifically PDFs.  Which was frustrating when Bagel Boy came in first thing this morning needing me to open and review some PDFs.  Well, I can't.  Can you print them out for me?  I'm not trying to be a princess but I'm having computer problems again...

And then some people out of the office start acting like infants (that would be non-communicating, panic-ridden children) and I'm bombarded with emails and excel attachments with "can you look into this?!?!"  Well, I would if I were able to open the excel files.  Ok, they opened but not in what I would call a "timely fashion".  I know I have no patience but when I click a file to open, get up, go to the restroom, come back and it's still not open?  PA-LEASE!

And combine that with many other "issues" this morning and I already want to call it a day. 

Which is a good thing I start his running program at the Y tonight.  Of all nights I'm going to really need it today!  The program goes through the middle of December.  The idea is to keep you running even when it's cold outside.  So every Wednesday at 6:30pm and Saturday mornings at 7am I'll be outside with a bunch of other nutters running in the cold.  I believe they give us personalized running program to do on our own aside from the two organized runs.  I have a feeling I may be doing those on a treadmill.  Let's face it - sometimes it's just waaay too cold to run outside - like whether or not my snot is freezing on my face. 

But today looks like a beautiful fall day outside and I'd rather be "out" than "in".  Alas, I must stay inside in order to earn my paycheck.  I'll have to remind myself what a great job I have one day when the rain is pouring down... or worse, when we have snow  up to our private parts...

I love fall!

Have I mentioned fall is my favorite season??  I LOVE it!  Where we live we usually get, oh, three weeks of fall before the depressing winter sets in.  I don't know if it made the national news but the last few weeks we've have rain of biblical proportions - luckily no sump pump failure this time! - but there might be a day here and there that peeked through of TRUE fall.

And I just saw the weather report for this coming week.  It looks FAB!  Highs in the low 60's, high 50"s....  clear or very slight cloudy sky....  leaves are still turning...  THIS is Fall!

And how do I like to spend fall?  Outside with a big cup-o-Timmy's!

Outnumbered asked me "what about the Tim Bits"??  I should explain:  "Timmy's" is my affectionate name for Tim Hortons - only the best coffee EVER!  "Tim Bits" are their version of donut holes.  But that's not how I spend my weekends.   As soon as I get up I brew up some Timmy's coffee at home and then head out to a great little local bakery for some yummies.  So I'm still getting my favorite coffee and still supporting a a local establishment.  And I love this bakery - not only are they yummy but they open at 6AM so I can go as soon as I get up and walk right in with my cup of coffee, still in my jammies.  That's my kind of place!

If you've never heard of Tim Horton's it's understandable.  It's a Canadian coffee/ donut place.  Their only US locations appear to be in the Eastern US along the Canadian border.  I was first introduced to Timmy's when I live in Toledo, OH.  We now have them here!!  Several have opened in the past year in our town and surrounding 'burbs.  I'm in HEAVEN!! 

 I'm not a Starbucks fan - I find it bitter as though they over roasted their beans.  I was a huge Dunkin Donuts fan but I find the coffee tastes slightly legume-y.  I don't know how else to explain it.  I'll still drink it if Timmy's isn't around....  But Tim Horton's is definitely the BEST!  I can even get ti in the grocery store!

If you are a big coffee drinker at home let me know.  I WILL send you some Tim Horton's to try.  Let me know!!  If you're sold I'll send you cans to keep you stocked!  (ok, you'll have to pay me for the coffee if I start buying you big cans...)