Helen ~ Heynen

I figured I’d write a little blog letting you all know that I and my CAT are alive and well! He’s sprawled out on the couch right now. Me..I’m on the floor where I belong. Typing quietly, of course, so I don’t disturb him…Man, then he’d really get all hyphy. Have you ever seen a hyphy cat that is usually lazy? Well, it ain’t pretty. He usually starts hissing at me in with his over-exaggerated lisp and then he takes his tempurpedic pillow from the bedroom and slams the door. Whatever!!! I don’t need this!

Well, let’s see…I've been doing the work and have been swimming more (Thanks to Torpedo Larrisa) Although, this morning at the pool, I’m lowering in..…I’m lowering...lowering (I am kind of a cry baby for this sorta thing, and just learning how to just jump right in without the slow agonizing slowness of it all)

But.....sometimes the sun is shining right into the pool area through the ceiling windows and in certain spots you are actually blinded by it. I’ve thought about wearing sunglasses in the pool, but I don’t like to draw attention. I’m already pushing it by wearing my boots with my shorts. That’s to hide my house arrest ankle bracelet…whole nother story.

Yeah, I sneak to the pool haha….Suckers! Don’t judge me!! Anyways, my knee is down by my chest as I am inching down the steps into the pool, and I see the back of my thigh and I’m like, "Whoa. What is going on! Is that MY leg?" You know how the hair on the back of the upper leg grows in an opposite direction than the lower leg? Well, it does….and when you think you are getting it when you do your basic upward motion razor sweep in the shower…you’re not. Quit fooling yourself. Of course, the sun was like beaming right down onto it just to make it more obvious. Everybody saw it. I was the laughing stock of the pool!

Now here’s my question. Do you think it would be "socially unacceptable" to let’s say, in the hot tub, maybe have a Gillette Mach3, some Satin Care shaving gel? You could see everything there!! See, I’ve seen the posted signs outside the steam room, "No shaving in the steam room." Pshhht…yeah, who would even do that? The hot tub. That’s where it’s at. No sign there. I think I found a loophole here.

So, this provoked a spa night at my place tonight! No more of these sun shining down on my faults at the pool and embarrassing me!…I don’t think so! I need more spa nights. Oh, yeah…my buddy gave me a new exfoliating scrub recipe. It’s great! Mind if I share it? Ok, you take 1/2 cup of coffee grounds (used or not), 1/4 cup olive oil and a little squeeze of lemon juice. You mix it up and scrub with it in the shower. It’s awesome b/c you don’t even really need lotion afterwards b/c of the oil in the scrub. But…..it’s pretty messy. This is why I suggest using the shower at the pool. Hey, I don’t wanna dirty up my own shower. Ahhh, spa night, I heart you so much!! I took it easy with the Ped Egg this time though, because I overdid it last time.

I even wrote my daily sermon and texted it to all my peeps when I was soaking in the bubble bath "God is love, Peace out." haha! Nobody texted me back….weird.

Oh I finally took some pics....yea....I just woke up in these. Funny how I wake up and I'm like, "oh, I think I'll take some progress pics now" LOL...that's what usually happens.

Actually, I jump roped for about 8 seconds and then just took a bunch of pics of myself all sweaty n' stuff.
Hope everyone is doing awesome and staying healthy!