Month: July 2020

Ponytail

I have a vivid memory from the summer of 2013 where I was laying on the turf at Barwis Methods on my back and I told Jesse, my trainer, that I missed having a ponytail. I had cut my hair all off five years earlier on my 26th birthday.

I thought about this from the beginning of this pandemic and subsequent Florentine. Sean snapped this picture and I think I had not had my haircut for almost 2 months at that point:

I have since documented my hair growth during this:

So, check out my ponytail now:

I ordered ponytail holders from Target, some thing I haven’t done for 12 years but they arrived in yesterday and I put my hair in a ponytail for the first time in 12 years. I would have taken a picture then but my hair was dirty. I think it’s crazy that I have forgotten how to put a ponytail holder in my hair. Yesterday, it took me a few times to remember.

A Teeny, Tiny Bit

We are still feeding Leia band food. She finished her medication to stop her from throwing up and she has not thrown up since. She has been pretty listless but today, she walked up to me with her pool toy in her mouth:

She looked like she wanted to play. I grabbed one end and learned that she didn’t have a strong grab so I just shook my hand and a little bit and she bit down harder and played for just a teeny, tiny bit. I am focusing on the progress but she is not better yet…

Christmas in July

The day before yesterday, my brother, Steve, asked me if I saw the movie Last Christmas because it was on Netflix. I just re-posted on Facebook the post I wrote last year after I saw the movie and after Sean’s Ring Day. (that post was one month late because it’s not good for me to book 2 things in one day) Anyway, so I saw it again yesterday because it’s named after my Christmas jam!

I watched it yesterday because it IS July and I have participated in my sister-in-law‘s “Christmas in July” festivities for her Paparazzi jewelry and I participated in a 31 “Christmas in July” party. I was okay with watching this movie because I have watched a few Hallmark Christmas movies this July as well.

I still dug this movie and I even cried but I don’t have a problem with that because I cry at a lot of movies even when I see them more than once!

#MyGirlL: She Stinks!

So, Leia is sick. She has been sick for a while now. She is having digestion problems and she messed in the house a few times! She has never gone potty in the house but for the past few days, we awaken to mess at the front door and at the back door.

This happens in the middle of the night and if she could, she would go outside but she can’t. This poor little girl can’t control it! She went to a different vet Thursday because she also threw up. She was given medicine which we are still giving her. Today, she had an appointment and her normal ver and she was given an x/ray to see if she swallowed something or had a blockage.

The x-ray didn’t show any blockages but she noticed a soft tissue mass at the top of her stomach. It may be her gallbladder. She ordered an ultrasound for next week.

I can’t believe that I have cried over a dog but I am so afraid for her! She is slowly getting better and is still eating bland food (ground sirloin and rice) and next week, we will work on re-introducing her dog food.

With all of this going on, she hasn’t had her two baths a week because she trembles during them. She is stressed out enough( so, consequently, she stinks! Please say a prayer for her, #MyGirlL.

24 Karat

Today is my oldest nephew’s birthday. He is 24 years old. I had a heckuva time finding to sleep last night so at about 1:30, I wished him a happy birthday in a Facebook post and added this song:

I told him that I used to say that when I turned 24 so long ago! It was my first year teaching when I turned 24 and I told all my students and I was, “24 Karat.” it’s too bad this song was not around then but I can share it now!

So, today, after I reapplied my cucumber mint chapstick, I realized that my nephew is 15 inches taller than me! He told me that I am and shrimp which I am but I am grateful to have made the 5 feet tall plateau! Many females in my family have not made it that far so I am “#Blessed.” I can’t believe that being 24 was so long ago for me and I had so many more physical capabilities back then!

Cucumber Mint Day 2

OK, so I do believe I have found my new chapstick for the Summer! I woke up this morning and my lips felt more moisturized than they ever have! As I applied the cucumber mint today, I had to twist the bottom up because I’ve been using it so much because I really love it!

I think it’s a family thing because my cousin, Ariel, commented on my last post that she likes this one too!

So, I added this picture here again so all the guys will know what my lips taste like if it is in the summer months! 😂😂😂

Cucumber Mint

Okay, my choice of chapsick today was cucumber mint:

Even though, technically, this is out of order but the yellow one was just the first chapstick and it smelled like peppermint which is NOT a summer aroma! So, I skipped that chapstick and moved to the last one:

When I first tried it, I smelled the cucumber and it was comforting. It reminded me of the cucumber melon lotion I used to get from Bath and body Works:

I tried to get a picture of the bottle of lotion but when I googled it, the container is so much different than what I remember! I thought about it, and I haven’t bought that lotion in like 15 years, at least!

But with each replication, I keep smelling the cucumber and that puts me at peace. I think I think I will do this one for a while! It was an until my last replication that I smelled the mend but I still dig it!

HI-C Orange Lavaburst

So today, I decided to try another flavor of my chapstick:

I think the name was a bit misleading. Reading it, I thought that it would taste like orange wedges from halftime at my soccer games in grade school. It does not!

It’s not waxy or anything like the watermelon one but it tastes like the orange drink that used come in those large drink coolers from McDonald’s. (Talk about showing my age?!) i’ve learned that it is called HI-C Orange Lavaburst so the chapstick was not unpleasant with each replication, I am reminded of summer parties at Hemlock Park having to do with the Dearborn Barracudas Swim Club, Which is NOT a bad thing!