Sunday, November 28, 2010

Waxing.... Girls Only!

I know it is long, but it is totally worth reading!!! Guys read at your own risk..
CAUTION: This is very funny. Be prepared to laugh out loud… I laughed til I almost cried as I could just see this happening!!
All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal—The epilady, scissors, razors, nair & now…. the wax!
My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours:
“Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet.” So I headed to the site of my demise: The Bathroom!
It was one of those “cold wax” kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm & you peel them apart & press them to your leg (or wherever else) & you peel the hair right off… No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I’m not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (ya think?)
So I pull one of the thin strips out. It’s two strips facing each other, stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer & heat it to 100 degrees. (Cold wax, yeah right!) I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight & pull. It works!! Ok, so it wasn’t the best feeling, but it wasn’t too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of all wayward body hair & maker of smooth skin extraordinaire!
With my next wax strip I move north. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties & place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I apply the one strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my *hoo-hoo* & stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek. (Yes, it was a long strip) I inhale deeply & brace myself…RRRIIPP!!!
I’m blind!! Blinded from pain!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! Vision returning, I notice that I’ve only managed to pull off half the strip. CRAP!! Another deep breath & RRRIIPP! Everything is swirly & spotted. I think I may pass out… must stay conscious… do I hear crashing drums?? Breathe, breathe... Ok, back to normal!
I want to see my trophy—a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There’s no hair on it. Where is the hair?!? WHERE IS THE WAX???
Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair. The hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax.
Crap! I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax & matted hair.
Then I make the next BIG mistake… remember my foot is still propped up on the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot down.
DARN!!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door. *Hoo-hoo* ? Sealed shut! Butt?? Sealed shut!
I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do & think to myself, “Please don’t let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!” What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!!
I’ll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits & the wax should melt & I can gently wipe it off, right?? WRONG!!!
I get in the tub—the water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment—I sit.
Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together is having them glued together & then glued to the bottom of the tub… in scalding hot water. Which, by the way, doesn’t melt cold wax?
So, now I’m stuck in the bottom of the tub as though I had cement-epoxied myself to the porcelain!!
God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom!!!
I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before & has some secret of how to get me undone. It’s a very good conversation starter—“So, my butt & who-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!”
There is a slight pause. She doesn’t know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, “Are we talking cheeks or who-ha?
She’s laughing out loud by now… I can hear her. I give her the rundown & she suggests I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH, RIGHT!!!! I should be the joke of someone else’s night!
While we go through various solutions. I resort to scraping the wax off with a razor. Nothing feels better then to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub, in super hot water, & then dry-shaving the sticky wax off!!
By now the brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike & I’m pretty sure I’m going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this event.
My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace… the lotion they give you to remove the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at this point? I rub some on & OH MY GOODNESS!!!
The scream probably woke the kids & scared the dickens out of my friend.
It’s sooo painful, but I really don’t care. IT WORKS!!! It works!! I get a hearty congratulation from my friend & she hangs up!
I successfully removed the remainder of the wax & then notice to my grief & despair… THE HAIR IS STILL THERE….ALL OF IT!!!!!!!
So I recklessly shave it off. Heck, I’m numb by now. Nothing hurts. I could have amputated my own leg at this point!
Next week I’m going to try hair color…. Now that’s funny!!! NOT!!!!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

My Best Friends Wedding


the Beautiful Stacia Pedersen & the Handsome Jake Edmonds
Today is the day, Stacia & Jake become Mr.& Mrs. Jake Edmonds! I am so happy for them both. I love you Stacia!! Your gonna be a beautiful bride!

(after today the grand total will be 2 best friends married 1 to go!)