Restylane injections

Well I did it. I got Restylane injections for my under eye hollowness. I've thought long and hard about this one. Since turning 40 I have the repeated comment of looking tired. I used to wear contacts but now wear glasses to hide my under eye flaw. After trying every and anything under the sun to correct this problem I realized that my issue was not under eye circles but a loss of fat in my tear trough area due to age and heredity that causes a shadow under my eye. Depending on the light, sometimes it's more noticable than other times. Evening is the worst since most lights are from above creating a nice ugly shadow that looks like huge eye bag! The struggle with getting the injections? It's cosmetic. It's expensive and temporary. Surgery is another opption but I'm not quite there yet. So Daddy let me get it done if I wanted. I wanted so I got. I felt a huge amount of guilt sitting there with a dab of cream under my eyes to numb them for the injections. I almost told them I changed my mind. I just couldn't stop thinking about how vain this all was and that some people didn't have food to eat. But as you know I went through with it. It only took about 15 sticks under each eye! No kidding. Good thing they numb you, though I did feel a couple. Ouch.
After it was done and I put some ice on it. After I was given a mirror. I was shocked but not surprised by some bruising from the sticks. But the big whole ditch was gone! I can't lie it was a great moment after fighting that thing so long with every cream, cosmedic thing that came in a jar. The bruising is not too bad and should be gone in a couple of days. I'll be icing it and using some herbs stuff to help with bruising and swelling. Next week I'll be going back for a check up.
How long should it last? Well could last for 8 months on the short end or a year on the longer. I've done alot of reshearch and it seems that it's different for everyone. Some with a higher metabolistion break the stuff down quicker like in a few months. I am of course hoping for the later lenght. We just have to see. I be posting pics after I get Daddy to download the one's from today.

Valentine's Day 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!
We all thought it would be nice to all go out for breakfast instead of cooking one at home today. We went to one of our favorite breakfast places, Chubby's. Yes you read that right. It's called Chubby's. Nice name don't you think? It's a small home cooking kind of place that seems to LOVE children. We had a nice breakfast and I enjoyed not having to cook and clean.
We all traded our Valentine's cards and told each other how much we loved them. Daddy's home for a three day weekend! Yahooooo. It's much needed time to be with him since his been busy at work.
I got some stuff to make some Valentine cupcakes but I'm not sure we'll get to it. We still have alot of goodies left over from our playgroup party last Wednesday! Plus we don't need any sweet cupcakes laying around on the kitchen counter do we?
T-Bone and Daddy are taking a nap right now while Bubby and I are hanging out. He didn't want to nap today. Seems like the normal for him lately though it catches up with him and then he's a mess. I've tried to stop them altogether but he tells me that he still needs them so.........? I guess we are playing that one by ear. I think it's been an adjustment for him since Daddy's new job. Daddy leaves alot earlier now and he doesn't get spend any morning time with him like he did before and he misses it and gets up at the crack of dawn with him. It's messed up our schedule a bit.
So Daddy spends special time with him when he's home to hopefully help him through the adjustment. He's growing up so much! He's now getting himself in the van all by himself and making his favorite peanut, jelly and butter (peanut butter and jelly) as he calls them. He's seems to more capable than I think and amazes me when he proves me wrong. I suppose I still see him as my baby boy, and always will.
Anyway hope everyone has a great "Love" day today!

Whew! Daddy's back.

Ok. I now have a new appreciation for single parents out there! After spending a week being the only parent I'm spent! When you are the only parent/caregiver 24/7 it can be trying on one's mind. I love my boys and do cherish my time with them don't get me wrong. But it's nice to take a breath once in a while and have some come around and back me up. I suppose it would be different if I worked outside of the home and could get some "adult" time in there too. The only time I had to myself was at night after they were asleep for the night which meant staying up late to get some "me" time in. That didn't work out because it just made me tired and cranky for the next day! It backfired on me.
Anyhoo Daddy came home late last night to tell me about his 5 star dining/hotel experiences and share about the wonderful beaches. Thanks Dad. Oh me? I've just been hanging on to sanity by a thread and living off of whatever scrapes I could find around the house. OK, I'm kidding. But there was no lobster or seared Salmon with capers on my plate.
Well it seems as though Daddy may be doing some business travel this year. It did state that there was a 10% travel involved. But at the rate he is going it's looking more than 50% since he's only been there since December and have already gone out twice. Oh well it's part of the position. They are trying to get him integrated into the company and travel/training is just part of it for now. Maybe there is a way that I could use this to my advantage? Hum? Anyone up for a short trip to Mexico? ") Ok maybe for now I just get a massage tomorrow while he watches the boys!

No DisneyLand trip for us "(

Daddy's going on another business trip to Anaheim California. Daddy had thought we could pull something together and all go as a family and check out Disney Land while we were there. We decided it was just going to be too rushed to enjoy so Daddy will be going alone. "(
So as plan B we are thinking about a Disney World trip to sunny Florida this fall. Are we nuts? Yes I think we might be. I'm thinking I would prefer an all inclusive trip to the beach somewhere! But the boys are not buying it. I've got some time to work on them and change their minds. Hummmmmmm......................

You know your getting old when........

One of the most EXCITING new discoveries is that you can set your computer font to a larger setting! I never knew it could be this good. SWEET.

It's been awhile

Well I see it's been a while since my last post on here. Reason? I guess I'm still trying to catch my breath from the Holidays and Daddy getting his new job. I can't say that anything new has been going on around here lately. I've been trying to get back into "normal" mode. Getting Bubby plugged back into a home school routine and doing some serious decluttering. Daddy and I both seem to use any open time to clean something out and organize. It's just time to do it. We've got to put some time and money into the house and get it back up to par. My excuse is having two little ones under our feet all the time. It's hard to much done with so much toddler help! ")
On another note I did manage to have some "mommy" time last night with my friend Aunt J. She hosted a neighborhood Pocino night. We ended up playing Bunco instead once we got around to doing it. Food, wine and laughter filled her house. It was fun to check out some new faces and have some down time as an adult. My the memories we make at those things!

Happy New Year! 2009

Wow Ok so it's now 2009. I can remember how my parents used to say how time flies as you get older. Well I now know what they meant! The years roll by almost like the days did when I was young. Why is that?
Anyway we brought in the New Year with a quiet night at home. Complete with Rotel cheese with sausage, chicken wings, bbq little smokies and a veggie tray to keep things healthy. ")
And of course a bottle of the bubbly and watched Elf on the tube. The boys slept. They both have missed two days worth of naps and it was really starting to show.
So we hope that everyone else had a nice time bringing in 2009 too. I hope that the new year brings many blessings to my family and friends.
On another note we went out and purchased a new automobile two days ago. It's a Sport Jeep. It's pretty nice and we got a great deal on it. Did we need it? Well no but I've always thought Daddy Dude would look so nice driving one. He's got the jeep guy look I think. He's got the facial hair, baseball cap and loves flannel shirts! (Shhhhhh I also thought it would be so cool for me as well. I was right). T-Bone and I took it out for a spin while Daddy and Bubby cleaned out the garage yesterday to make some space for it. Let's just say it was a Christmas present or part of our mid life crisis maybe ")
Any way here is a picture of it. BTW is anyone in the market for a '91 Ford Explorer with really low millage? Thought I'd ask :) How about a huge Coleman pop up camper that's in great condition? Some downsizing is in order over here.
Well Happy New 2009 to everyone. Hope it's a wonderful one!