Hair News!

I really didn’t need to add the exclamation mark after that, as the news is not huge, lol, but I thought I’d update you, sans picture, since there have been a few changes.

First, once the New Year hit, my hair started growing like a weed!  I actually shaved it down a few times before finally deciding to take the plunge and begin the grow-out process that I figured was going to be horrific (and make me look like a fuzzy tennis ball, lol).  Well, it went……… well…..and really fast, without any super awkward stages which was a big, unexpected bonus.  At first it seemed straight, thicker than normal and definitely darker, but there wasn’t really a hint of curl…….until the end of february/beginning of march when I started to notice a bit of wave.  That wave turned to curls that everyone thinks are so cute (they drive me kinda nuts to be honest).  The few “Halle Berry” comments I’ve received make me laugh; I look at pics of her and am hopeful that my hair will look like hers at some point……. (if we could throw in her face with that as well, I’ll take it!).

Anyway, it’s growing, and I’m happy and all, but I totally forgot that the main pain in the ass with short hair is the upkeep, the DAMNED UPKEEP!  Ugh!  It grows so fast (I know, I know, I shouldn’t complain) and all is fine until that one day that I wake up and want to shave my head again because my hair is turning into a helmut that I don’t want to deal with.  That happened last week.  On wednesday.  And I was lucky enough to be working a job with a fellow artist (who cuts hair!) for a few hours and begged him to give me a trim (I have decided to keep it pretty short for the time being……mainly because I’m too lazy to deal with growing it out again hahaha!).  Thank god for Adriano, I’d be bald right now if it wasn’t for him……seriously.  I guess I could have tried someone here in Guelph, but I haven’t had the best luck with stylists here and he has cut my hair in the past.  So thanks Adriano!  And thanks to my agency who let us stop by that morning and use their office as our salon (we both live out of town, but nowhere near each other, so it was the agency or……I don’t know, a public restroom?  Our cars?).

Oh, and what’s NOT so cool now?  My brows and lashes seem to be getting sparse again for some reason.  I KNOW!  Nuts!  I haven’t checked into it yet, I figure it’s maybe the growing cycle or something like that.  I’ll give it another month before I freak the hell out hahaha!  It’s nothing major…..yet……but they’re not growing like they were when they originally started to come back.  It’s weird.  Oh how I miss my old lashes and brows!!!  Boo Hoo!!!!  😉

*New Favourite Things!!!*

It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of my lists that usually sends a few of you out to spend your hard-earned dollars on frivolous items based on my recommendations.  😉

Here you go:

~ ‘Burt’s Bees’ 100% natural tinted lip balm sticks.  A friend of mine got me a bunch of them for my bday and I am loving them.  They’ve had them before, but these are a new formula (I guess) with no shimmer and they look just like chapstick.  Nice range of colours that go on super easy and look completely natural.

~ Mason Pearson hair brushes.  Warning: they are not cheap, not at all, in fact, you may faint when you see the price (which I’ll let you look up for yourself), but they are amazing and if taken care of, will last FOREVER!  I can of course write them off, so maybe that’s why the price doesn’t ‘bother’ me as much, lol.  For a less expensive alternative head on over to a Target the next time you are in the US and pick up a Sonia Kashuk boar bristle hair brush, they’re pretty amazing too.

~ Quo false lashes.  Not that I wear them myself, but they have some really nice, natural looking ones and what I love best is that they don’t have a thick black band at the base, it is clear (which makes them look all the more like they belong to you!).

~ Tweezerman Tweezers.  They’re awesome, I have, like, 9 pairs of them all around the house and in my kits as I tend to ‘lose and find’ them all of the time.  They have tons of different……styles (?), but my fave is the slanted tip.  Runner-up is their super pointy tipped ones, but seriously, you really have to be careful with them otherwise you can hurt yourself, lol.

~ Smashbox Eye-Beam Double-Ended Brightener.  Wish it was organic, but I still love this product which can make your eyes look super huge (and awake!).  On one end there is a shimmery nude shade that you apply to the inner corner of they eye (the tear duct) and on the other end, a nude eye liner that you can use on the inner rim to kind of extend the ‘whites’ of the eyes, therefore making them appear larger.

~ Tarte Lipglosses.  So many shades that have pretty good staying power and don’t contain some of the yucky chemicals that I am now trying to avoid.

~ LaVanilla deodorant (at Sephora).  My ND got me on this and I am addicted to the smell of the vanilla coconut!  Not sure if it stands up to lots of sweat, but for me, it’s almost like wearing perfume………if you wore perfume under your arms, lol (and again, it’s not made with a bunch of chemicals and aluminum etc. that I’m avoiding due to my having lymph nodes removed).

~ Evian natural mineral water facial spray.  Just Evian water that you can spray on your face if you need a cool down.  Great for the beach or just really hot, humid days.  I have a feeling I’ll be going through this pretty fast this summer, lol.

~ Traumeel Gel.  It’s a homeopathic gel for muscle and joint pain, inflammation and bruising.  I use it on my right arm if I feel like it’s been over-worked and I swear it helps.  Also good for after the gym 😉

~ Kiss My Face Olive My Body butter.  I use it as lip balm or on my cuticles and it’s awesome.  Use it anywhere you have dry skin or want some shine or use it to groom your brows.

~ Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Blissful.  There are quite a few shades, so you can find your own match, but I just love this peachy pink that is perfect for summer.  The packaging is thin and sleek too which is always a bonus.

~ Parissa Sugaring kit (I also buy their applicator strips separately).  A really good sugar kit (it’s hair removal men!) that I have used for years that is effective and gentle.

I realize these are all very beauty related, don’t worry (Dad! 😉 ), I will be back with posts pertaining to…….food……..clothing………shows………shoes………you know, all the good stuff!

XO

Congratulations Uncle Pete!

Over the weekend, my Uncle Pete (Peter Brill) was inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame for his (Massive!) contribution to local sports, with hockey being at the top.  My uncle has had a lot of jobs over the years (seriously, I don’t think anyone’s kept count haha!), but hockey has always come first and in this area, which is known for it’s love of hockey, let me tell you, he’s kind of a King.  From playing to managing to scouting, his involvement and dedication (and love) of this game always shines through.  If I had a greater knowledge of hockey, I’d tell you more, but let’s be honest here, my so-called knowledge only extends as far as Tim Horton’s commercials (that make me cry) and thinking Sydney Crosby is cute (and being guilty of jumping on Olympic and playoff bandwagons, lol).  So I’ll let you read the link provided (he’s the 3rd inductee down).  Just wanted to say how proud we all are of him!

http://www.waterlooregionmuseum.com/region-hall-of-fame/2011-inductees.aspx

XO

S

What’s my Oncologist saying these days?

Well, I can tell you that she wasn’t as mad at my delayed Tamoxifen start as I thought she would be, although I did call and warn my health care worker in advance so maybe that’s why.  When I told her why I hadn’t started yet, I think she totally understood and was just happy that I was finally ‘at peace’ to begin my hormonal therapy or whatever the hell you want to call it.  Yeah, after much research and thinking and giving myself time to go with my gut, I finally took the plunge (a little more over 2 weeks ago)………..and it’s been no big deal so far (knock on wood!).  A few more ‘warm flashes’ than usual…….I think anyway.  That seems about it and I hope it damn well stays that way.  Summer should be quite interesting……hahahaha!   So not looking forward to hot flashes then, that’s for sure.  She was happy to learn about our fertility news and was also happy that I was doing well and moving on.  We all sat and chatted for a bit, she examined me, and that was about it.  I did try to talk to her about testing my hormones, but she didn’t seem to think it was all that big of a deal (go figure) so I didn’t bother pushing it as I would be getting my results from Dr. G at the clinic anyway.  Decided I would contact my normal doctor here in Guelph to do a bunch of blood-work to see how chemo has messed with my body (cholesterol, insulin, iron, liver enzymes, kidney function, hormones, thyroid, all that stuff).

Speaking of cholesterol and insulin, hahaha, last week I was on a job and helped myself to brownies and ‘Skittles’ and other random things (croissants from Bonjour Brioche!!!!! OMG, my total weakness!) that I should have stayed away from, but I just couldn’t help it!  That, combined with not making it to the gym for any of the classes that have now become a large part of my life, equaled not feeling so “fresh” by the end of the weekend.  Oh well, lesson learned!  I’m going to try to have a little more willpower from now on, just tough when you have a job that usually feeds you, and feeds you, and feeds you…………..and you know me, human garbage dump that thinks that cutting a brownie into 4 pieces makes it somehow ‘better’ for you and less calories, lol.  Ohhhhhh, I will get better at this, just been away from it for so long and forgot about the dangers, hee hee!

All for now, have to get back to making my lunch to take tomorrow so I (hopefully) don’t fall into my ‘food trap’ again, lol.  😉

Fertility news!

Sorry for the massive delay in getting any new info out!  Truth be told, I’ve been busy with a bit of work and regular life and sometimes I just plain forget that there are a few of you out there who still check in and read this sometimes 😉  So here goes:

A few weeks ago Darren and I went into TO to meet with our fertility doc and get some answers and ideas as to what we want (and are recommended) to do in the near future with regards to the (our) 11 Kidcicles we have frozen in-wait.  Was nice to see everyone again without going through the crazy ‘cycle-monitoring’ insanity (don’t get me wrong, while I wouldn’t classify it as fun, it was definitely an experience that was often quite hilarious).  So after a warm greeting and casual update on my progress thus far, Dr. G. opened up  her file and got right down to business.

First, she decided to go over ALL of our blood test results from before I began chemo and right away we were told that we were both negative for syphilis and chlamydia etc. and we started laughing since, like, you would think that if there was an issue, they would have told us about it, say, 8 months ago, hahahaha!  She assured us that they would have, but she wanted to go over everything since we were there and had paid for this anyway.  So along we went, with me learning that all of my levels of hormones and cholesterol and thyroid stuff and blood clotting factors etc. etc. were all within normal range and apparently, other than breast cancer, I was very healthy for a then 36 yr old, lol.  I think she was a little shocked……and a little worried…..that I hadn’t started the Tamoxifen yet (news on that to come, but just so you know, I’ve started the damn meds), but I told her that we wanted to speak with her first about our options AND I was detoxing AND since then have been using supplements from my ND as well to help regulate the estrogen so I was more than comfortable with my decision to wait.  She seemed okay with that and let it be (thank god, I so was not looking to get into a ‘drug fight’ with a doctor, lol).

In her professional opinion, it was recommended that I begin the drug therapy, do it for the 3 or so years (as per my Onc’s), wait 6 months to get them out of my system, and then we can try out our little embryo’s.  We’re cool with that.  I asked her about my hormones going all crazy during pregnancy and she said that while they still just don’t know, in the studies that she has looked at, it does seem that women who have gone on to have a baby…….or 8 (hahaha, just kidding!) have a longer life expectancy by a bit.  She did say that they don’t have all of the variables to the studies though; just like with breast cancer studies etc., you never know a persons background, all you have is the basic info used to get the stats.  Like I said, we’re cool with this plan as it allows us to get back to some sort of regular life for a few years before attempting to start some sort of family nonsense that doesn’t just involve overweight, yet cute, felines.  LOL!  😉

Since it’s been 6 months (almost) since chemo ended, she decided to do some more tests to see what my estrogen is up to (or should I say down to, since I am in chemopause) and how my uterus is looking (I am sure, damn fine! lol).  Got a call a few days later telling me that it is indeed looking like I am in menopause.  Oh goody!  Well, I guess it’s ‘goody’ for cancer, seeing as they wanted to put me into chemical menopause anyway, but it is kind of depressing, lol.  I’m only 37!  Of course, my cycle could come back, especially now that I’m on Tamox and it acts as a pro-estrogen in the uterine area, but I was told not to invest any money in stock that involves feminine products (of course, it wasn’t really worded that way since it was more of a joke, but I’m trying to be polite here haha!).

So this is our plan.  It’s good to know that we have the options that we do and my thinking (and hoping) is that ‘this’ isn’t really going to ‘come back’ so I think we’re in the clear (knock on wood!).  Life goes on……which is really quite nice!

XO

Wanna know my thoughts on the men’s skating performances???

No?  Oh well, too bad.  Hahahaha!  Sorry it’s so late (I’m sure you’re REALLY upset lol), but this week has been busy!

I finished watching the short and long programs and I have to say, there were definitely highs and lows.  Here are my breakdown and observations:

~ PATRICK CHAN:  KILLED it in the short and was totally loose and relaxed nailing all of his jumps and footwork, it’s no wonder that he received the score that he did (breaking Evgeny Plushenko’s record RIGHT in front of him and about 37 posters of him blanketing the arena………….let’s just say that is NOT a face I need to see every 2.2 seconds…..no offence EP, but you are no ‘Tim Riggin’s’; look it up people, if you don’t watch “Friday Night Lights”, you are Crazy……..for so many reasons…….yes, I will eventually get around to a post about one of my all-time favourite shows).  Anyway, back to PC.  He dominated with his speed and footwork and edges and balance and musicality, and performance, not like Takahashi who is such an artist and total pro performance-wise, but enough to garner him the marks the judges gave him.  Was amazing to watch!

His long program, also a world record breaker (yay!!!), wasn’t totally perfect, but almost, and showed his skill as a fighter and thinker as well.  I think after his SP performance and crazy score, the added pressure caused him to be a little more uptight, but not enough to take away from anything and he definitely loosened up halfway through.  It was probably also strange for him to be the first one in his group skating first seeing as most comps tend to go backwards according to the SP standings (but then there’s pressure when you have to wait till the very end, so whatever, I doubt it was an issue for him).  His opening quad, which was supposed to be in combination, was a little off balance, something you may not have even realized if you didn’t know a triple was supposed to follow (you could see he didn’t have the balance or speed to pull it off), but since he’s a quick thinker, and has another quad right after that one, he was able to tack the triple onto that and get the full marks.  His other jumps and combinations were excellent, with the exception of his triple axel which he stepped out of a bit, but I think he was still given marks for rotation since he did land it and not fall on his ass.  Another jump, while landed, had a bit of a forward landing, but he hung on.  This program is by far one of my favourites as, and I know I’ve said this before, you never know when he’s actually beginning or finishing an element since he’s always moving and not just skating around, biding his time before he has to jump again.  This young man, he’s now 20 so I will stop calling him ‘kid’, is in tremendous shape and I think he finally believes he is the real deal (I just wish he would stop apologizing for the 2010 Olympics where after a season full of injury and hardly competing, he still ended up 5th!).

~ DAISUKE TAKAHASHI of Japan: the 2010 world champion and olympic bronze medalist (the first for his country!) decided to leave his quad out of his SP, as it hasn’t been loving him lately, and decided to play it safe to, as the commentators say, “stay in the race”.  Who knows if this was a good idea since the score he received put him in 3rd position heading into the long/free program, but in a very tight spot with a bunch of other skaters with similar scores (all well behind Chan’s).  The man is genius though and I love watching him, as does most everyone else I would think, since he has a huge following (and it’s not just the Japanese!).  He is one of the cutest when giving interviews and is such a crowd pleaser.

His free skate was no exception, he is such an amazing athlete and I really felt for him as he went into his quad and had to pop it and stop his program because his one skate blade had come loose.  After quickly fixing that, he got right back into his program, which really showcases his flare with choreography (Canadian ice dance champ Shae-Lyn Bourne is one of his choreographers!) and you couldn’t even tell that he had had a major mind-f#$k setback.  But the quad was gone and he fell on one other jump and stepped out of an axel which left him to finish a disappointing 6th in the long and 5th overall.

~ NOBUNARI ODA of Japan: was in the silver medal spot after the short, but still over 10 points behind Chan (which is a pretty huge lead for the world championships).  I enjoy Nobu’s skating, his landings are crazy good on his jumps, he has the best knees in the biz hahahaha!  I sound so lame, but they are the reason for his textbook landings.  Anyway, liked the program, but hate the costume which accentuates a slight bend in his legs that I sometimes find distracting (it’s the ‘dancer’ in me 😉 ).  The best part was in the “kiss and cry” area when getting his marks, he was so pleased to be sitting in 2nd place and his reaction was adorable.  I have to admit, I love seeing stuff like this to remind me that they are not robots, most of them are actually kids or young adults.

His LP was an entirely different matter which has kind of been like his career over the last few years.  He left out his opening quad combo opting to instead do a triple-triple followed by a fantastic triple axel-triple toe combo.  Leaving out the quad and totally miscalculating his jumping passes which meant that a few of them would not count and therefore no points accumulated (you have to be so careful with that),  left him in 9th in this program and 6th in the final standings.  Poor guy, he skated pretty good and even though he looked a little winded.  I hate to see people get marked down on a technicality like that, but that’s why rules are there though and that’s why figure skating is not just an  athletic sport, but also such a thinking one as well.

~ BRIAN JOUBERT of France: has been on the world podium so many times, but now he’s considered old (he’s only 26, but when you’re up agains’t 16yr olds, well, that cannot be easy in such a sport), and just hasn’t been living up to the hype that used to surround him for so many years.  I feel for him, he said he just wants to ‘feel pleasure when he skates’, and it didn’t come at this competition, in his SP anyway.  He made a very costly mistake when he didn’t end up doing any of his jumps in combination after he fumbled his quad (which he used to be known for!!!)…….are you falling asleep yet??? LOL!  Anyway, due to that, and the fact that he had to skate after his 20 year old fellow countryman, Florant Amodio who is very dance-like AND athletic (Joubert is a power guy, from the time when it was ALL about the jumps), to basically the SAME music, he was left with a rather lack lustre and uncharacteristic score (which, when I think of it, is actually MORE characteristic if this year is anything to judge by).  You could tell at the end he was mildly upset with himself over the silly little miscalculation when he tapped his forehead for his not thinking to add a jump after another where he totally could have.  Time for ‘Stars on Ice’?  Poor guy, I really like him, but he just doesn’t seem to fit anymore 😦

Since after the SP he was sitting in 9th they didn’t bother to show his long, which I hate because obviously he stepped up and delivered as he ended up with the 4th highest score in the long leaving him in 8th at the very end.  So annoying that they cannot show him due to something like this, he is one of the skaters I would have loved to see and must have skated well.

FLORENT AMODIO of France: former French and current European champ, he’s quite the performer and consistent jumper and I’m pretty sure is soon going to be a force to be reckoned with……. that is, if you can fit his head through the door……something tells me this kid isn’t lacking in the ego department, but that could just be the ‘nice’ Canadian in me and I might be totally projecting that on him.  He’s fun to watch, and I really liked about midway through to the end of his program (found the beginning to be a little slow for him……and me!) where he was on fire.  The kid’s got star quality, there’s no denying that.

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why they didn’t show his LP since he was sitting in 5th following the short, but he must have had a few troubles as he dropped to 7th in the final standings after receiving 7th place scores in the long.

~ TAKAHIKO KOZUKA of Japan: they really didn’t show much of his skate which is unfortunate as he is such a great skater and has really been coming into his own this year, but I don’t think it was the greatest since he was left in 6th (again, why NOT show him, he’s a crowd pleaser!).  His score still kept him in it though since it was so close to Takahashi’s (who was in 3rd, Remember???).

What they did do is show his LP though where he was flawless, landing his quad in competition finally (I think this had alluded him thus far), received the 2nd highest LP score of the comp which lead him to take the silver medal!  His skating is very much a combination of Chan and Takahashi, he has the power, speed and grace and I was so happy that he landed on the podium!

~ ARTUR GACHINSKI: this Russian kid (17) kinda came out of nowhere (well, I haven’t been paying much attention to him anyway) in his first senior year of competition.  Awful and totally ‘Russian’ costumes aside (seriously, it’s becoming a bit of a joke lol), it’s looking like he is going to be the next big hope for his country, who has totally been lacking in the figure skating department lately (in a sport that they used to dominate, they are not considered the nation to beat anymore…….that spot goes to Japan and Canada now).  He’s also a little one dimensional I find, and VERY ‘Plushenko-esque’ in his skating which isn’t surprising as they share the same coach (EP has not competed since the 2010 Olympics, but is rumoured to be making a comeback……again……in order to compete in Sochi in 2014.  Dude, LET IT GO, enough is enough, stop trying so hard, you’re going to be 32 and ANCIENT by then, that’s a little tough on the old bod).  Anyway, if Artur can stop making lame ‘Ooooh’ and ‘Ahhhhh’ faces 67 times during his programs (drives me more than a little nuts, close your mouth for the love of god!) and skate in between elements (with speed) he will definitely be up there with the best of them as his jumping is amazing as is his musicality.  And he should also get a haircut since it seriously looks like his supreme idol is Plushenko, which is fine for skating, but looks-wise, I’d look elsewhere fella.

After a solid SP which left him in 4th, he went on to have another solid showing in the free skate, with the Russian crowd screaming for him, to wind up winning the bronze, therefore making him an overnight hero in his home nation.

Also, I know we’re in Russia and all, but why is there a big poster of Alexei Yagudin hanging around?  I mean, he was one of my favourite male skaters of all-time and an Olympic gold medalist and multiple world champ, but really?  It’s been more than a few years since his time…….it’s not like we have posters of Brian Orser, Kurt Browning, or Elvis hanging around during national or international competitions (god forbid…..and I’m talking about all of them, and I’m sure they would be glad shots of them from the 80’s and 90’s aren’t pinned up for all to see……and make fun of).

And never mind the podium, absent from the BROADCAST (ours anyway) were any signs of American men.  Which is very, very strange.  You usually have them finishing in the top three or at least the top 5-10, but this year has been very different since Evan Lysecek and Johnny Weir are gone from comp and poor Jeremy Abbott has been having a less than stellar season not even placing in the top three at the US nationals.  Speaking of those, it’s funny because the standings from nationals are not always taken into consideration by the governing body of US figure skating when choosing the world or olympic team, which is kind of shady, but it was  interesting to see that they stuck with them, therefore sending 2 virtual newcomers (Richard Dornbush and Ross Miner) and old dude, and new national champ Ryan Bradley (who has been around for a good long while, but always overshadowed by Evan, Johnny, Jeremy, and Adam Rippon).

Also, I really think that CBC should have to show our other Canadian competitors.  They have made it to world’s, which is huge, no matter what your age or how long you’ve been skating, and they don’t even get any airtime?  So sad!  I would have loved to see Joey Russell and Kevin Reynolds’ skates, even if they did end up 24th and 20th place respectively.  Oh well.

So I think that’s it, that is my take on the men’s competition.  I will not be doing one for the pairs as I’m not as nerdily ‘invested’ in them and if you don’t care about the men, then you probably REALLY won’t care about them, lol.  I may eventually get to the women who are looking amazing AND will of course Tessa and Scott of ice dancing who are currently in 1st after their short program!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, you knew THIS was coming!

I won’t go into massive detail…….YET, but I just got home in time to see my boy Patrick Chan win the WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!!!!!  Haven’t even seen him skate, only saw Kozuka skate to win silver.  Haven’t even seen the short programs where PC DOMINATED and scored a world record for the SP.

Have LOTS to fill you in on, not just figure skating hahaha!

xo

Surgeon visit

This week I went in to meet with my surgeon for a follow-up (am supposed to see her every 6 months for the next 5 years).  Much like my radiologist, I adore her!  Not only do I think she did a fantastic job with my surgery, she is very thorough and caring and we sat and talked for a good 45 minutes about everything (hadn’t seen her since july, but she’s been keeping up with my progress).  It probably doesn’t hurt that she’s basically my age, but whatever, I’ll take it.  After examining me she declared that all looks and feels fine (and as expected) and then told me she will be booking me in for an MRI soon.  Not sure if this in leu of a mammogram, will have to ask, but she wants this done for screening purposes as it’s more sensitive, especially for those with dense tissue.  Will be interesting to see what that turns up (due to the sensitivity), but I have read that a lot of women in the US would love to get MRI’s instead of mammo’s, but it’s quite difficult due the cost and their system (I believe it can probably be tough here too, so you definitely need a doc to push it for you).  I think she’s into this because she’s been attending conferences lately to keep up on things (Yay!  How about that?!) and this was most likely one of the topics brought up.  I’m not complaining 🙂  We also talked about chemical or surgical menopause (which is what my onc’s want to do if my cycle returns) and they must have been covering a bit of this wherever she was as she kind of agreed with me in that it just might be overkill, said “You know, they just don’t know the longterm outcome of doing that…..a lot of theory….”.  Made me feel better (isn’t it funny how I LOVE the people who say what I want to hear?????  Don’t worry, it isn’t lost on me 😉  Oh my poor Onc! hahaha!).

So that’s about it, was a great visit with her.  Will have MRI in the next couple of weeks (I’m guessing) and will keep everyone posted on the results.

Meeting with fertility clinic AND then my onc next week.  Should be LOADS of fun, lol.

Happy Weekend everyone!

xo

LOVE: Drunk ‘Vacation Baby’!

Hahahaha!  This little film is too funny.

My favourite part?  When she coughs up a piece of corn and then washes it down with more wine……and then stares at the wine glass and pours it out!  Oh, and I love her earrings and ‘boobs’ hahaha!

Happy Friday! Enjoy!

ATTENTION! BREAKING NEWS…….

THIS JUST IN………

J Lo. is PRETTY!

You’re probably wondering what the hell I’m talking about here, but I have to tell you what has just happened here in our house.

Darren and I were watching American Idol and just catching that Casey guy’s version of CCR’s “Have you ever seen the rain” (really good, had goosebumps!) and when he finished up, and they panned to the judges, my husband, bless him, who has apparently lived under a rock for the past 15 years, turned to me and said: “Huh, that J Lo. is really pretty”.  Yup, J Lo. is one good looking woman, according to him.   Ummmm, like I didn’t already know that???  She’s freaking gorgeous for the love of god!  So he sees the look on my face and says “I’ve never really looked at her before….” Hahahahahaha!!!!!!  Never. Looked. At. Her. Before.????? 😮  Omg, I love it!  WHO hasn’t ever really looked at Jennifer Lopez to determine whether or not they find her mildly attractive?  I mean, I know it’s tough since she usually just keeps to herself and seeing as she only has, like, 17 perfumes for which she is the ad model for, AND she’s in movies, AND with her music videos, AND her and her kids are hawking GUCCI, AND she’s that much of a red-carpet junkie that she’d attend the opening of an envelope………wow, thank god for “Idol”, because I was really beginning to wonder what had become of her lately!!!!

***I also have to say that I’ve really been enjoying the obvious fun Ms. Lopez has been having with her hair and make-up team on this show, I think it’s why she signed on, lol.  Love them or hate them, her looks are widely talked about, and not just by make-up artists (mint green eyeshadow and 8 pounds of pink blush ring a bell???) 😉

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1369397/American-Idol-2011-Jennifer-Lopez-cakes-FAR-eyeshadow-blusher.html

Oh I love her!!!! Hahahaha!!!!

I guess even J Lo. gets sick of looking like J Lo. all of the time!