My Only Sunshine

Happy Chinese New Year

Hairdo

Crazy medical week.  On Tuesday I had my follow up breast MRI.  If you've been here for a while you probably remember all of my many breast tests.  I haven't gotten the results yet but after having the BRCA test and "passing it" with flying colors I'm not as worried as I would be.

On Thursday I went to see a plastic surgeon.  Now my breasts are plenty big enough, so that's not why I was there.  Actually I have a mole on my forehead that has been itching a growing so my GP thought removal was probably the best way to go.  Since it's on my face she suggested I see someone who could give me the smallest scar possible.  That visit was tons of fun.  The doctor looked at my mole and said, "the scar will just be a line that will blend right in with the other lines on your forehead."  Wow, thanks.  At least she didn't come right out and say WRINKLES, she just implied the W word.

Today I went back to Dr. Tylock to have a follow up check on my eyeballs.  They said my eyes are healing "perfectly" from my LASIK and that they didn't think I would need further procedures and that I could push my next visit out to May.  That is very good news, that office is not just around the corner.

So, since I am going to have a procedure done on my forehead which will require bandages and then the healing of a wound I decided it was time for a new "hairdo" as my Bit would say.  My hair had gotten pretty long and needed a cut anyway.

Please excuse the horrendous pictures but I wanted to show you the hair style I have had for the last 15 years or so.  I haven't had bangs since I was a sophomore in highschool and have pretty much worn my hair quite long, forever.

My hair looks so red in these pictures but it isn't really quite THAT red.  I went tonight to a Toni & Guy salon and got a new cut.  I thought maybe a little bit of bangs would help hide my up and coming forehead situation.  A fun little change too.  I'm not sure yet how I feel about it, but it sure is lighter on my head.  What do you think?

Sweet and Sassy

See all of these cute little 5 and 6 year olds?  Well the one on the top, Miss H, had a birthday last week.  She turned 6, and as all 6 year olds should, she had all of her friends over for a party.  The party wasn't at her house though, it was at Sweet and Sassy.

In order to get to this new fancy girly place the girls got a ride. In this...

That's the Sweet and Sassy limo which came to pick them up and take them to the store where they would get makeovers and a chance to walk down the runway.

I wish there were some way I could truly get across to you what it is like to see 12 little girls piling into a pink stretch limo and immediately start to worry about car seats and the lack of enough seat belts.  We've trained them well.  They were quickly distracted by Cheetah Girls on the movie screen and I'm sure the trip ended much too quickly.

As you can see, The Cheetah Girls inspired Bitty to choose her outfit for her makeover.  She was still having tons of fun at this point but she lost interest pretty quickly.  This place didn't really capture the attention of the kids like Libby Lu did for Bit's birthday party.

At this place they find out what the kids' interestes are and then announce them as they do model walks down the runway.  Bit and her new best friend (this changes weekly) T weren't interested in this, they just wanted to eat cake.  I think it's a little weird to have eating birthday cake 4 feet from where they are cutting and styling kids' hair.  After the runway they take a group picture of the kids to give to each of them before they leave and then they have cake.  After the cake they get back in the pink limo and head back to Miss H's house for all the Mommies to pick them up.

What a DIVA wears on Super Bowl Sunday

Congrats Michael

As a life long fan of the Dallas Cowboys it makes me proud to see our all time leading receiver make it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

  Michael Irvin played with a joy that equalled his talent and along with his partners in win, Emmitt Smith, and Troy Aikman, made the team a joy to watch.

Good job, Michael.

Next year, it's all you Emmitt.

Silent Poetry (for Bob)

The Flotz

I am the Flotz, I gobble dots,
indeed, I gobble lots and lots,
every dot I ever see
is bound to be a bite for me.
I often munch on myriads
of sweet, abundant periods,
I nibble hyphens, and with ease
chew succulent apostrophes.

From time to time, I turn my gaze
to little dotted "i's" and "j's,"
and if I chance upon a dash,
I soon dispatch it with panache.
I chomp on commas half the day,
quotation marks are rarer prey,
a semicolon's quite a treat,
while polka dots are joys to eat.

When I confront a dotted line,
my tongue flicks out, those dots are mine,
Morse code becomes a feast, and yes,
I've snack upon an S.O.S.
For I'm the Flotz, who gobbles dots,
I gobble them in pails and pots,
and you'll not like my brief embrace
if you have freckles on your face.

The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

Poetry read silently to celebrate the Feast of Brigid, to learn more look here.