Looking for the thin me.....

Inside every large woman is a skinny woman screaming to get out.....but cartoon people lose so much easier than real folk....

I use to be "little", "thin", "tiny", skinny......long, long ago....vague memory
Went and saw my Mom recently and she made the comment " I never thought Carolyn would be as big as she is!"

Ok, I know Mama is old and old people are somtime blunt....even rude... but it's not like I am huge.

I mean, I am bigger than I was when I was 40 but I am still a size 12. They say the average woman is a size 14 so I am below average.....right????

I use to be Olive Oyl


Yep that was me...a stick..straight up and down...no curves..(kinda like my hair..see a pattern here).

I was a perfect 36......12, 12, 12...5"5" 110 lbs. Alright,probably 115 lbs....but thin!!!!!

Then I quit smoking...that is a good thing..but my body did not like me depriving it of all that nicotine(smoked a lot).....vengeful little thing...one's body....

So, the body said.....watch what I can do.....POOF!!!!!!!!!


I'll make you beefy...your body and fat will become BFF.....


I'm still a perfect 36....the numbers just grew a little...still straight with no curves but now more of a log...tree trunk. I am still a perfect 36 just now I am more like 36, 36, 36.

So dear hubby and I are dieting...he lost 16 lbs..I lost a finger nail...

Sitting on the couch, watching the Biggest Loser on TV..eating my 100 calories Blue Bell Moo Bar and thinking I sure would like to lose 6-10 a week.....but to many cigarettes(could not physically do what they do), lots of work, nobody to cook my meals for me, not enough time to measure out the food.....



Ya know size 12 is not so bad after all.

Could be a lots worse...............

Fall and Festivals

It has finally begun to feel like fall here...sorta...

It was in the low 50" last night and is suppose to be in the lower 70's today..
Went to a craft show in Fairhope,Al. with Grandson # 1. He is my 14 yrs old and is a budding artist....

The festival was at the pier ..which is so cool...this was taken before Katrina..not quite fixed yet...


We checked out all the tents and discussed (in depth at times)the color and shading of several painting....

We went to Mickey D's for lunch...sooooo very healthy......

No pictures cause daughter had camera for camp out with Grandson # 2(did not use it)..

I love Fairhope..it is a little quaint community with cool little shops...need to take a day trip and blog about it...


Anyway, this was my first "official" festival of the year....I love festivals...

HAIR..long beautiful hair......NOT

All my life I have wanted "model hair". Long, silky, sexy with curls. Soft and flowing just like in the commercials. That did not happen.....

When I was young I had middle hair..not long..not short. I was the page boy generation.....
But would my hair do that...NO !!!!!!!!!!!!

All my friend had this beautiful page boy and hair I had ....middle hair....straight(like a stick) fine..fine hair.....more boy.... less page.....

This is where the "PERM" comes in....


My hair was so tight ...it made my eyes slant...curled to the scalp and because the perms were so "ammonianey" it crackled.....

Enter the wire curlers......no blow driers, no curling iron...
REMEMBER DIPPITY DO.......

Curl the hair..put the cap on ...go to bed...roll anything up to lay on so the curlers did not stick in your head at night....

"Hair, hair long beautiful hair...come on sing along...I know you know the song.....
When the 70's came along and hair was long and straight.....mine was short and straight

I would have sold my soul to the devil for Farrah Faucet hair.....

But..... I had short,fine ..did I mention straight...like a stick hair.....

Then the 80's and the "FRO" oh yes...I had a "FRO".....for the second time in my life I had curly hair.....loved, loved ,loved the "FRO"....but alas...they did not last...

Next was the short, flippy hair style

I had the short...did I mention my hair is straight (like a stick)....no flip here!!!!

For years I kept a perm in it and wore it really short, curly on top (kinda like an old lady)until I got tired of paying $70.00 for a perm...for reallllly short hair....

Thought I had to perm it cause if it got to long...limp, dishrag..did I mention straight and if it was to short.....with no perm..stick straight up.....use that word a lot huh???
Enter 2008.....hair is still sexy and curly but for some of us ..or me at least..not so sexy and defiantly not curly.....
Before....lots of mousse,curling iron (very small) and lots of hair spray..not bad hair for about 2 hrs. ..then flat sticky up..did I mention straight ?

Last week went to my beautician and announced ....cut it....short...really short...

"You know if I cut it really short...it will stick straight up......

"Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At almost 61 my fight is over.....I have come to the realization that I am not destined for greatness when it comes to hair.....

Now I have "Wash and wear hair".....wash it and let it dry...out the door...no hassles...no gel ...no time ..no worries...

I love my new old hair.......it actually looks better than the picture but it had rained earlier......also I colored it so no more red