Pinned It, Made it! Monday: Haircut

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It was time for a hair cut, but I was not up to going out to a salon.  I know a self-cut is scary, but to me a salon-cut is scarier.  I've had some very bad haircuts in my 61 years of life.  I cry thinking about some of them.

Okay... here is me pre-cut.  Yep look'n a bit puny too. :-(   I hate my droopy eye, but health insurance will only pay if it interferes with my vision.  It only does that when I'm really tired.. I'm really tired here.

Bathroom mirror photos are not the best.. even with flash.  They should open in a new window for you.

I love pulling my hair into a no-fuss ponytail, but my hair is still very thick and is heavy when it is long.  Too heavy for my bad neck.

The back view.... my waves cause it to flip thisaway and thataway even when it is cut even.

My hair is wavy and no matter how much conditioners and leave-in conditioners I use with our humidity it is unruly.

I figured I could do no worse than the last stylist did.  Once a stylist does me wrong I do not go back.  First I wanted to do a little layer in my hair.  So I followed the directions for layering.   I had to do it a couple of times.  I then did the u-shape trim.  I had to do this more than once too... the hair tends to comb different every time no matter how careful.  There are also directions on how to do a straight-across trim.

It does look better.  It took a few more days after this to get some of it right.  With my waves it just isn't easy.

 

Here we are at a Grandparent's Lunch with our granddaughter, Mary.  You can tell my hair has settled a bit. My bangs are a bit messed up because I shoved my sunglasses on top of my head :-)

I cannot leave Nick out... this was a few weeks ago and we are hamming it up for Mary behind the camera.  My ugly shoes are cause of that foot surgery :-)  It was not easy getting up :-(

I pin more than I try :-)

1948 General Electric Refrigerator

We have had this frig since the early 1980s. It was time to spruce it up a bit.  Rust removed and scratches filled.  A dent was left for character.  A new coat of paint for beauty. A new door gasket for efficiency.  Our neighbor helped... Thank You, Robert.

It is nice to have our spare frig back. 

Foot Surgery

I was not going to write this post, but since some of my friends have been asking how I am I decided this might be the best way to tell them.

On the 24th of April I had foot surgery.  I had two neuromas removed.  A neuroma is basically a growth around a nerve.  It sure it painful.  The pain started at the end of last November.  Of course I went through all the conservative treatment first.. except NSAIDS, which I cannot take because of my sensitive stomach.

This is how my foot looked when I came home from surgery.

... and without shoe

I got the stitches removed on 7 May and this is 3 days after the stitches were removed.

This one is about 3 weeks post-surgery.

This is 6 weeks post-surgery.  You can see I now have swelling around my ankle.  When you cannot put weight comfortably on the ball of your foot you walk differently and put stress upon other parts of your body... ankle, knee, hip and back.

This is 8 weeks post-surgery.  

A closer view compared to my other foot.  Yes, I know I need a pedicure and I have a lot of lotion on my toes in crevices and under nails.  The top of my foot is still red. There is still dark bruising under my next to pinky toe. My foot is still swollen.

The doctor said that I will heal slowly because I cannot take an ant-inflammatory.  I may have weeks or months to go before I am completely healed.  I am hoping not.  I miss my walks.  Right now I am only allowed short, slow walks.  I went to WalMart with Frank a couple of days ago and I stood on the Dr. Scholl's machine and then picked out a pair of insoles.  The insoles cost close to $50. I have done my short, slow walks with them and they do help.

I always appreciate your good thoughts and prayers.