recaps of the last six weeks

18.  Reality Check?  Or could it be a Reality Gene?

Dear Readers (aka Mom and Dad):

Just when you think I have traded in sarcasm for sincerity, I'm baaaaaack!  I cannot believe I have been on my best writing behavior for ... well, far too many posts recently.  I need a Reality Check.  A good laugh.  And I have to say that I found it...

It may not be new.  But to me it is.  You see, I have been living under a roof without any leaks and getting out on some days is quite difficult.  My engineering husband has caulked and "great stuffed" every miniscule opening, crack, and line in the foundation, walls, ceilings, attic, etc.  I needed a bit of fresh air (although the thermometer says it is still 99 degrees!).

I visited a little ghost-cow-town of a place on a Sunday.  And when I arrived, I realized it must be owned by the Baptists (not that there is anything wrong with that) BUT every single place was CLOSED.  Not one storefront was open.  Sunday in the Bible Belt is QUIET.  Except the grocery store.  So what does one do when far from home and the only thing open is the market?  You go in.  And you browse.  For something, anything and nothing. 

And this is what I found; some good ole' TRUTH inscribed on a magnet.  My new truth.  The only truth.  The unspoken truth.  The whole truth.

I will write again soon. 

with love from south of the Mason-Dixon,
~ me

Isn't this the God-unspoken truth??

beauty has a price

AND, beauty definitely has an element of PAIN.

Botox, Restylane, Face lift, Lipo, SmartLipo, Abdominoplasty (Tummy and mini-tummy tuck), Breast implants, Breast reduction, Breast lift, Butt lift, Butt implants, Cheek implants, Rhinoplasty (nose), Blepharoplasty (eyelids), and the list goes on.

I have friends that began Botox and/or Restylane Injections when they celebrated their 3oth birthday. But, my question is... what happens when they turn 40? Will the need (not desire) for cosmetic surgery accelerate to a face lift at 40? or 50? For example, because the 30 year old decided to accelerate the 'anti-aging' process, will she desperately need a face lift? Will her face be 'older' than the average 40 year old because she chose injections over hydrating creams and SPF sunscreens?

I am definitely a plastic-surgery virgin... but there are a lot of women (18 and up) who have had more surgeries than I have had boyfriends. Breast implants are quite popular among the high school crowd. Boyfriends, Drinking and Boobs before college! Oh My!

The mommy mafia majority have all had Abdominoplasty! (Because they all got their boobs at 18, tummy tucks are IN for the thirtysomethings!) And for my age group, the fortysomethings, ANY and ALL plastic surgery is IN!

The thought of elected surgeries fill my senses with extreme pain. But... is it something I could consider, with highly effective post-operative pain MEDS?

MAYBE. MAYBE NOT.

PROBABLY NOT.

Considering my eyes well with tears at the "India Salon" - the new place in town to get beautifully arched eyebrows, I think elective, plastic, painful surgery is NOT in my future.

Eyebrow threading.

My four year old daughter innocently questions, "It is just string, how bad can that hurt?" IT hurts like HELL.