Beauty

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

@just bee

This is not your week!  Maybe you should lock the doors and stay inside with a good book and some white cheddar popcorn.  

On second thought, you might not be able to handle both at once with only one hand.  Skip the book.

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@geezerette

For some reason Better-half bought more of it.  I came home with my temporary crown and started chomping on the white stuff.  Mistake.  Got a hull stuck up there and it drove me crazy.

It took an hour and a half to cut my hair.  She books for an hour but just kept chopping.  It's... short.  Pixie short.

Like Mia Farrow on a bad day.  I think my bangs are shorter which means I look half as smart.  At least my face scabs are gone.

[Oshare-girl]

Oh my, I'm away for a couple weeks and so much happened! @just bee Happy belated birthday and I hope you are recovering from your accident!  It sounded horrible.  Did the dog poop smell go away? Did you get your tooth fixed?

@aprilskies Good job on cleaning out your cart.  I did the same thing.  I had a couple of makeup products (lippie on sale and Viseart petite palette) that I ended up removing.  It was that little voice that @geezerettetalked about that did it.  I think I have 2 inner voices.  One that makes me do the stuff I know I shouldn't do like add makeup to my cart and the two that makes me take it out of the cart.    I did place an order but only for boring but necessary replacement items and the mini hair straightening brush.  If the brush doesn't work well, I will return it.  I will not make VIB status this year, which is a win! 

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

@just bee

This is not your week!  Maybe you should lock the doors and stay inside with a good book and some white cheddar popcorn.  

On second thought, you might not be able to handle both at once with only one hand.  Skip the book.

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@geezerette

For some reason Better-half bought more of it.  I came home with my temporary crown and started chomping on the white stuff.  Mistake.  Got a hull stuck up there and it drove me crazy.

It took an hour and a half to cut my hair.  She books for an hour but just kept chopping.  It's... short.  Pixie short.

Like Mia Farrow on a bad day.  I think my bangs are shorter which means I look half as smart.  At least my face scabs are gone.

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@just bee

Not necessarily a bad thing...😉

[geezerette]

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@Oshare-girl wrote:

Oh my, I'm away for a couple weeks and so much happened! @just bee Happy belated birthday and I hope you are recovering from your accident!  It sounded horrible.  Did the dog poop smell go away? Did you get your tooth fixed?

@aprilskies Good job on cleaning out your cart.  I did the same thing.  I had a couple of makeup products (lippie on sale and Viseart petite palette) that I ended up removing.  It was that little voice that @geezerettetalked about that did it.  I think I have 2 inner voices.  One that makes me do the stuff I know I shouldn't do like add makeup to my cart and the two that makes me take it out of the cart.    I did place an order but only for boring but necessary replacement items and the mini hair straightening brush.  If the brush doesn't work well, I will return it.  I will not make VIB status this year, which is a win! 

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@Oshare-girl

😈😇

👍 Good for you!  👍

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

@just bee

This is not your week!  Maybe you should lock the doors and stay inside with a good book and some white cheddar popcorn.  

On second thought, you might not be able to handle both at once with only one hand.  Skip the book.

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@geezerette

For some reason Better-half bought more of it.  I came home with my temporary crown and started chomping on the white stuff.  Mistake.  Got a hull stuck up there and it drove me crazy.

It took an hour and a half to cut my hair.  She books for an hour but just kept chopping.  It's... short.  Pixie short.

Like Mia Farrow on a bad day.  I think my bangs are shorter which means I look half as smart.  At least my face scabs are gone.

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@just bee

Not necessarily a bad thing...😉

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@geezerette

Like, I kinda, like, know what you're saying.  Sorta.

The nice thing about very short hair (and I think Mia has more than I do in the pic) is that it feels great.  I can do the dog thing and roll down the car window and stick my head out.  I can wash my face without restraining all that hair.  I can put products on my face with less hassle.  (Now scabless, I'm using the new Lumene again and I do like it.)

It's good for me to be shorn like a sheep from time to time.  I tend to hide behind my hair.  Right now there's no place to hide.  Going out with no makeup or earrings, bearing raw patches from nose to chin.  But I managed to fill in the little circles on the ballot yesterday when I voted.

Better-half will tie my shoes but is hesitant to do too much.  He reminds me: "What if I wasn't here?"  Good point.  So I've been opening my own Amstel Light bottles.  I just hold the bottle between my knees and use my left hand to open.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

[just bee]

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@Oshare-girl wrote:

Oh my, I'm away for a couple weeks and so much happened! @just bee Happy belated birthday and I hope you are recovering from your accident!  It sounded horrible.  Did the dog poop smell go away? Did you get your tooth fixed?

@aprilskies Good job on cleaning out your cart.  I did the same thing.  I had a couple of makeup products (lippie on sale and Viseart petite palette) that I ended up removing.  It was that little voice that @geezerettetalked about that did it.  I think I have 2 inner voices.  One that makes me do the stuff I know I shouldn't do like add makeup to my cart and the two that makes me take it out of the cart.    I did place an order but only for boring but necessary replacement items and the mini hair straightening brush.  If the brush doesn't work well, I will return it.  I will not make VIB status this year, which is a win! 

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@Oshare-girl

Thanks!  The dust has settled, the scent has subsided and I have a temporary crown.  My concern now is that my night guard might not fit.  (I'm supposed to wear one but rarely do.  Still, I paid a small fortune for the thing and should use it.)

I have a list of things to consider.  Upon superficial examination, this is an unfortunate situation.  I hate inconvenience and this is inconvenient.  However, it could have been so much worse.

I crossed a busy intersection and wasn't hit by a car because it was Sunday morning and traffic was light.  I held on to the leash and the dog wasn't hit.  Two very nice women stopped to assist and they and their vehicles weren't hit.

My glasses were damaged but they're still functional.  The scratches are only on the metal frame and side of the right lens.  The tooth I destroyed was one that would have needed to be addressed one day anyway.  There was enough of it left so I didn't need a root canal.  The chipped teeth around it are not as bad off as they could have been.  I didn't break my nose or jaw or hip or leg or arm or...  I mean, what if I'd landed on my knees?  The damage could have been so much worse.

I still managed to pick up most of the dog poop and get to a dumpster to throw it away.  My clothes weren't torn or permanently stained.  Yes, there's the humiliation of sitting in the ER smelling like a steaming pile of dog sh_t, but we healthcare types have smelled much worse in the hospital.

And there's the expense.  I used up my dental insurance this year so the crown is all out of pocket.  And I don't even want to think about the medical bills.

But I had around 450 hours of sick time accrued.  I don't call in sick because I'm a paranoid freak who is all about fret, worry, woe and what-if.  I'm always afraid of an accident or illness and I hang on to that sick time.

Like I said, it's just a major inconvenience for me and for my coworkers.  I've registered for three classes related to work (three all-day sessions) and I still have projects for work that I can address while I'm home.  I need to stay involved, do things and not become a hermit.  And I have some time to think about things.

And congrats to you for staying true to the replacement plan.  Those little voices can be such a pain.

[just bee]

[just bee]

Ever since I ordered Lumene CC cream from Dermstore I've been getting a lot of email.  I haven't purchased anything else so now I've received another email:

We just wanted to say hello.  Let's get it right.  Maybe we overdid it on your inbox.  Don't worry -- we can tailor it your way.

And what's creeping me out is when I visit sites -- like my tea company -- and, just before I leave, a pop-up appears that says something that sounds too much like:

Don't you like us anymore?  Aren't you going to order anything?

And then they send an email:

We couldn't help notice you stopped by.  You were looking at such 'n' such -- don't you want that?  Don't you?  Huh? Huh?  Don't you?

I feel like I'm being stalked by these companies.

Technology's getting just a little too... Weinsteinesque.

[just bee]

And another thing...

So I get my Dermstore email and it's an article about must-have products according to their employees.  Well, I'm kinda stuck here so I might as well read the article.

One product is DHC Olive Virgin Oil.  It's a one-ounce bottle of "Olea Europaea (olive) Fruit Oil."

It's $42.

I have a liter, certified organic from Italy, sitting in the kitchen cupboard.  I don't think it was $42 an ounce.

I'm baffled.

[aprilskies]

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@just bee wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

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Lol!!  Just yell “never again” and vow to to start clean tomorrow only to wake up and it is like ground hogs day. Just make sure the cookies are ready. 

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@aprilskies   @geezerette

You know, that's really not a bad idea.  A clean start.  In high school I picked up a postcard and stuck it on my closet door (under the painted wooden letters that spelled out "THE WHO").  It said:

Aujourd'hui est le premier jour du reste de ta vie.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

My French class went to some function somewhere and I saw it and bought it.  Sometimes I think I should put that up again so I can see it every day to remind myself.  Maybe I can find one in Italian.

But it's true.  Every day is an opportunity to change your life.  Sometimes that decision is made by someone else or by circumstances.  But sometimes we can actually have something to do with it.

Oggi è il primo giorno del resto della tua vita.

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Yea, the other day I put a sign up on the weight I want to be.  I am not set on that weight, I just want my clothes to fit, but I figure I could see it and keep it in my sights.  Yep, signs are only good if you keep to them. 

I always liked that saying "first day of the rest of your life.' I think it is a good way of looking at things. Sometimes I think, well, I have 30 years to go (maybe) so what do I want to do.  I need to work on that.