Breathe & Rehydrate

Non-Stop this week. Seriously, sometimes I feel like a hamster running the wheel. Between some contract work I have taken on, which requires travel to the university most evenings, showing the house (which has not seen an offer yet!) and having a blast doing summer fun stuff with Cole, I am wondering...


Where did July go?


Luck for me, Cole has been hanging with grandma as I make some cold hard cash...he came home the other day with a picture he drew for me.... kids pics are the BEST so I thought I would share it.. he likes to name his pictures...most of the time he states the obvious, but still funny. Let's analyze...

Ok the first obvious question is who is who? Well I am told that I am the first one....the biggest one....hum.....is he channeling the size of my belly into my head? Per Cole, I am the biggest as I am the leader. Glad he knows who is boss around here!

Grandma is the last and smallest (he noted his hand was tired by then) and he is in the middle as he wants to hold both of our hands. Again, very sweet..

The final question is what is up with the eyes? Why so big? His answer....we all have "big blue eyes" and the only way he can make them big enough is if he makes our heads big. Logical yes.....pretty looking, not so much...

Man... are kids ever funny and real..., makes me elated that I am being given 2 more....

Ok, so on a completely different note, fridays are "my day" where I generally relax and reorganize as Cole has fun at day care. I realized that I have spent alot of time in the washroom this AM. And then I looked over to see 2 empty water bottles on the counter and it hit me, I drink ALOT of water. Even the ultrasound lady yesterday made a comment about my water bottle.....or the SIZE of it.

The ultrasound requires a full bladder, so I just brought along my bottle to down in the waiting room, since they are always late. As I am chugging away she notes how HUGE the bottle is. It's only a 1 litre bottle...so I was confused. She asked me how many I drink of those in a day?

3 I replied....at least...



She looked at me like I was a freak, and even called over the admin girl to "check" it out.



I drink coffee and water, that is it. I am not into pop, juice, milk, crystal light, yada yada. Water is my beverage of choice. With a lemon wedge preferably.....



I started to think that maybe it was a bit weird, the recommended water intake is 8 glasses a day, so I am drinking more than that, but what is the harm? Water rehydrates, flushes out the toxins, keep skin fresh, helps with digestion...has no calories (if you are into that kind of thing!).



So my question for you is how much water do you drink? Is it enough? If not, try drinking more this next week and see how you feel. Tote a water bottle with you everywhere. Sip when you are at a red light, drink a glass before breakfast.. squeeze in an extra glass when you workout.



Have a fantastic HYDRATED long weekend!

I confess...I am cheating

On my hair stylist.....

I just booked an appointment with another stylist (who I used to see regularly) while the one I usually go to is away on vacation.

I feel terribly guilty....BUT, I have weighed all the pros and cons and have come to a conclusion...

Pros:

• current stylist is cheap. She is my sisters friend and will do a cut and highlights for $50
• she is funny and keeps me entertained throughout my appointment
• she is a great stylist, has won many awards. I have never had a bad haircut or color when I see her
• she is cheap....I know this is a repeat but who does not like a deal! The $50 I save can be spent on many other fine things!

Cons:

• She's 20 minutes further away
• she is always late, by at least a half hour
• she talks WAY too much (I am too old to listen to sexual escapades!) and my appointment takes 3 hours
• she answers her cell phone while I am in the chair...and leaves the room to do so. Who is more important than "moi"? Come on, I am paying you a whole $50!!!
• when she cuts my hair, she snips snips twice with the scissors and then tells me a story....a multi-tasker she is NOT! Hence the 3 hours.
• she drinks a bottle of wine during my appointment....hence the 3 hours....not cool when preggie here cannot participate in the festivities
• She "needs" a smoke while I am overheating under the dryer...there are only so many fashion mags I can read while I pass out from the color fumes enhanced by my overextended time under that dang dryer. My lectures on smoking, lung cancer and death have obviously not scared her enough.

So there you go. The list of cons was just too long, and given the level of discomfort I am feeling when I sit for even 30 minutes completely outweighs the $50 I would save.

I fully realize that when we return to one income this winter I will come crawling back to her begging for a cheap cut and 3 hours away from the chaos that will certainly be taking place at the McQueen "full of boys" household . She will also take one look at my hair and KNOW I cheated on her...and then trash talk the stylist for an hour while she "fixes" the mess (stylists are very protective of their work...no?). My $50 will increase to $80 no doubt!

I am prepared to deal with that...a bottle of red wine should keep the peace?

Plastic surgery...would YOU do it?

I have wanted a nose job since I was 15. Crazy? Some may say so, but for me, the bump on my nose (thanks to my grandma Z) is an eye sore that I want to see gone. Rarely will you see any profile shots of me...this is as close as I could find, from 2 summers ago!


In my teens I even started saving for rhinoplasty....part of my allowance every week went towards the $8k cost I was expecting.. and then the boyfriend arrived at 17. I suppose he liked my "bump" as it never really came up....I would have taken some "nose" abuse over the other abuse he dished out for 8 years...


Gone was the boyfriend and along came Tim. Once again, never a mention about the "bump". When I showed him my concern, he agreed. There was a bump, but so what? Did I really want to go through a major surgery where they flip back the skin on my nose and shave the bone and then lay around all bruised for weeks? Humm....good point, onto the backburner it went.



Marriage, graduate school, and having a child took my mind off of the nose issue for a few years....but every time I would see someone (ie: celebrity mostly) get rhinoplasty done, I would fall right back into wanting one.



Lately I have even noticed that my nose is now crooked from the front, it is becoming "J" like!! I recently read that as the body ages, the nose does lengthen slightly and may look more prominent....this is NOT good news for me. Once again, with some time on my hands I have fallen back into planning my rhinoplasty...this time I am more serious than ever.



Ashley Simpson was a HUGE for me...check out the before

And the after

Fantastic in my eyes...

This is not a self esteem issue, I am happily married and I do not dwell on my nose....I would just like to not worry about it anymore..but I wonder if I were to fix it, would I still be me? That gal from Dirty Dancing had a simple bump removed from her nose and noone recognized her anymore!!

So, is there any plastic surgery you are contemplating? Secretly, publicly, or have already had done?