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Agony…well, not exactly

Emily

These are not my tootsies!

As I type this, I’m sitting here with my left foot soaking in hot salt water…Last Saturday, my two girlfriends took me out to celebrate my birthday by treating me to a pedicure and lunch. As all three of us sat there sitting on the plush, pedicure thrones, chatting and laughing, in one seconds time, my fun came to a screetching halt. The girl working on me got rough and overanxious using the razor callous remover and pushed down waaay too hard. She not only took off every centimeter of callous, but one or two layers of my fresh skin. I immediately felt that horrific jolt of pain and knew what she had done. It felt so gross-like I was getting skinned alive! DAMN, did it hurt, and still hurts today-5 days later. I sat there bleeding all over the towel, other customers watching and in a lot of pain. The owner and the culprit tended to my agonizing razor abrasion. To top it off and optimize my pain, the woman in charge poured something over my foot that looked and felt like iodine and almost caused me to scream out in pain. It felt like she put my foot on hot coals….omg-not good.

This is probably my 20th pedicure, and I’ve never had a bad experience-maybe a crappy job, but never have I gotten hurt in the process. It’s funny how you can have hundreds of positive experiences, but if you have just one bad one, it mars you for life. I’m thinking now, I don’t want another pedicure for a long time. In fact, just today while at Target, I bought my own razor callous remover and a pumice stone. I’m going to go very gentle on my feet.

I sit here tonight with a throbbing foot. It’s healing, but it hurts like crazy. I’ve been soaking it in hot sea salt water to keep it from getting infected, but it just won’t stop hurting. I’m so pissed at that nail place, and I probably won’t be going back there. They have a tendency to be a little rough, even with their manicures. The only thing that makes me feel at ease is I saw the girl put a new razor in, so I know it wasn’t used on someone before me, giving me thoughts of staph infections or worse. (Gosh, I’m a worrier as it is. I don’t need this!)

Why am I telling you this? I don’t know. All I can say is, pass on the razor when you get your next pedicure. Let them rub your callouses off with pumice stone. All of a sudden, I’m getting visions of Sweeney Todd. {{{SHUDDER}}}
Onward, (with a limp)
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Contentment

Emily




These photos were taken today by my 15 year old daughter, Carrie. She really does have a gift for photo composition, and an eye for just the right moment. These are two of my 4 cats. Chaz is black and Ollie is the long haired grey beauty.

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It’s a wrap….my birthday is almost over.

Emily


Today, I woke up to a very sick kid. My 18 year old, Scott, came in my room around 8am to inform me he was feeling terrible. He had severe sharp pains in the top of his left lung, a really high fever and chills so bad his teeth were chattering. He really scared me because the pain was so bad it brought him to tears, and that doesn’t happen often with 18 year old guys. I gave him 3 motrin and a vicodan to take the edge off the pain and help him relax. I called the Dr. and got him in at 5pm tonight. Dr’s diagnosis? The kid has pneumonia. That doesn’t surprise me, considering the fever and chest pain and difficulty he had breathing. He’s on antibiotics now and should be fine.

I ran out in between time this morning to Lane Bryant to cash in my Real Women Dollars. I picked up some goodies for myself for my birthday. When I got home, I was greeted by a big beautiful bouquet of colorful flowers on the kitchen table. They were from my out of town husband and the card read, “Love you. Miss you. Be home soon! Happy Birthday, love Larry.

What a pleasant surprise. They are so pretty and were such a surprise! Thank you Larry, I love them!

My kids had tidied up the house while I was gone and Scott’s girlfriend had a batch of cupcakes going in the oven. What a sweet girl, she’s knows just what I love–cupcakes!

And so ends another birthday. It was definately different! Oh by the way, remember the Emily-ISM about having something special to do and coming down sick? Scott had that exact problem today. He was scheduled to go to a concert tonight in downtown Chicago. He’s had the tickets for 4 months now. He was so sick, he decided to sell them to a friend for a 1/3 of what he paid for them. Go figure. Life does throw us a curve ball now and then. At least we have cupcakes to console us.
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Emily-ISMS

Emily

During these wee early hours of my 45th birthday, allow me to share with you a sampling of the little bits of ironies and lessons I’ve learned thoughout my life. These kinds of things happen to me on a fairly regular basis. Some are funny, but dang it, they all are true. You may even be able to empathize with me on a few of these ”Emily-isms”…

1.) No sooner do I get all settled on the sofa with a good book, my steaming hot cup of coffee and my feet up all comfy that the the dog starts whining to go out side and pee. Grrr..

2.)It’s only after I’ve been sitting at a red light for a few minutes that I decide to reapply my lipstick. I open the case, pull the visor mirror down and at the moment I touch it to my lips- the light turns green. In fact, when I’m really in a hurry, and find myself suck behind a red light, I pull my lipstick out and begin the process, knowing that this alone will make things go my way, hahahah!

3.) I could be completely healthy all year. My friends and I plan a getaway weekend to NYC 6 months in advance. The day before I leave I come down with stomach flu and don’t feel like going anywhere except the sofa and toilet. Now why does that happen?

4.)When I lose something, I know better than to spend precious time looking for it. Surely I’ll search for a few moments to give the object a chance to be where I thought I left it, but inevitably, it will turn up sometime in the near future when I least expect it-and frankly after I’ve completely forgotten about it. It happens to me every time. The most recent item I misplaced was my favorite attachment to our new Dysan vacuum. I lost it over a month ago, and just last Saturday, it turned up on the shelf of my pantry, waaaaay in the back, completely by accident and much to my delight!

5.)I have this little inner voice that guides me sometimes. It’s almost like this little voice has the power to see into the future and warn me of things that may cause me or someone else harm. For instance, when my son was very little, I realized he was not in sight and knew he was in the kitchen. Something told me, “go check on David NOW!” At that moment, he had a fork and was about to stick it into an electric socket. Wow! That’s the same voice that tells me to put the forks in the dishwasher tines down (a cat will surely leap on the counter at that moment, lose its footing and land on the silverware caddy and suffer death by sharp fork), and other important messages like those. The times in the past when I’ve ignored that ‘voice’ are the times when something happened exactly as I was warned. I’ve learned the hard way not to ignore that voice.
6.)Always, always when I look forward to something, it usually turns out that I hate it or it wasn’t nearly as wonderful as I had anticipated. It’s only when I dread something, it turns out to be kinda fun. Who’da thunk?

7.) That sweet, pet rat Rupert, who licks my finger when rub his fur with it though his cage will turn into a savage alley swine and bite my nose if I stick that through the cage bars instead. Stop laughing, I learned this valuable lesson the hard way and probably have a little scar on my nose to prove it. I think my feelings were hurt worse in that incident.

There are plenty more of these little Emily-ISMS, and I will post more as I think of them. I bet you can hardly wait.

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An early quirky birthday present to me…

Emily

I’m so sick tonight with an awful head cold. The hubby is in Florida with my youngest, and I’m here enjoying my down time, regardless of my runny nose and throbbing sinuses. I was passing the time, just my laptop and me when I hit this Etsy shop. The seller’s name is Paraphenalia . They are located in England. I love quirky, funky jewelry, especially vintage ladies. I’m especially taken with that huge fish on her head. I just had to have this brooch, so I ordered it and now I await it’s arrival.

So, I’m going to curl up and continue to search Etsy some more…you never know what you’ll find and end up with when you make the excuse of having a birthday around the corner a reason to spend, spend, spend!
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Six Quirks or weird habits-I’ve Been TAGGED.

Emily

Here are the Rules:

1. Link to the person that tagged you.

2. Post the rules on your blog.

3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.

4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.

5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

Ok, let me think here…

1.) I approach opening a tube of biscuits or cinnamon rolls with utter trepidation. I am terrified of the “pop” the cannister makes when it opens. My heart literally pounds at this point!

2.) When I watch tv, I either bite my nails or run my fingers through my hair, feeling for thicker, more wirey strands.

3.) I hate horror movies.

4.)I can’t stop thinking about cake.

5.) I drink way too much coffee.

6.) When I fold clothes, I am compulsive about making sure the hems on all the teeshirt sleeves and bottoms are turned down. It bothers me if they are turned up. Honestly, this is my only compulsion!

Now here are the six wonderful people I am tagging!

1. Time with Tascha

2. Mockingbird Hill

3. Mustard Seed Originals

4.) Cucaroo

5.) Paper Mojo

6.) Kelly Rae