I am the Princess and the Pea

I want to know where my princess crown is with all those shiney stones ! When we pass a jewlery store, my husband and daughter both tell me to close my eyes. I always tell them "Too late, I could smell them as soon as we walked in the door!!" (talking about diamonds of course...) !

Mrs_Mike said...
YEP!! What Shirly said, newer T's usually don't have tags in them. I just picked some SUPER SOFT, pre-worn out (haha) T's at Old Navy (Maybe that's why they call it "Old?"). They were on the clearence rack for $1.75. I LOVE to find bargains. But I also love shopping at goodwill, salvation army, etc.

And I'd have to admit there are days where seams, tags, wrinkles don't bother me too darn much. But that has to be a day when the stars are aligned, some planet crosses some moon's path (just trying to sound like i know what I am talking about) and there has to be a full eclipse. OK, slight exaggeration but you get the picture. actually, today is turning out to be one of those days. After I got over not being able to sleep last night, I started to feel pretty good. and considering it's a droopy cold mess outside, I feel GREAT today!

I have changed since this dreaded disease got me. I used to be such a morning person. And in a way I still am. My hubby brings me my coffee at 6 something and it takes me till darn near 10am to make myself look presentable. I used to be able to whip myself into shape in 45 minutes flat from bed to walking out the door including makeup, curled hair, breakfast, etc. Oh to reminise about the good old days.

I wish I could be out and about but it's just too yucky out today. I'll just have to catch up on my posts !

LOL! my mouth is practically watering at your descriptions. i don't know where i'd find an Old Navy (do they even have any in Canada?), but i'm definitely going to keep my eyes open for these shirts that don't have tags! those have been the bane of my existence for so long i can't even remember any more.

oh i hear you about bargains! i love when i find a really good sale, or sometimes a total freebie like i find at the recycle centre (it's where people take stuff - including clothing - that people can go through before they're sent off for recycling) it just makes my day. i'm still cackling and rubbing my hands together with glee over a big stack of books i got a couple of weeks ago for 50 cents! (it's the little things in life )

i'm really glad to hear you're having a good day! ... and while i'm laughing about the stars aligning and so on, i know what you mean. it's so rare, and something to really enjoy for as long as it lasts.

i'm a morning person for sure, always have been. i think i drove my parents nuts because from the time i was old enough to go outside without an adult supervising, i'd be out the door at or before sunrise and then my Mum would have to come hunting for me to give me breakfast (boy, you can tell that was a long time ago!) it was very helpful being a morning person when my kids were growing up. waking up so early (usually 5am) gave me time to get at least half a cup of coffee into me before getting the kids fed and out the door in time to catch their bus. now i still wake up early, but it takes hours for my brain to catch up

... and by the time my brain catches up, it's nearly bedtime! good grief, what a life

yep, some days especially i stop and wonder if i dreamed those good old days of boundless energy and not having to spend so much time trying to figure out how to make life a bit less uncomfortable. but i have photos that prove that's the person i used to be and the life i used to lead. i spend a lot of time pondering on how to make the best of my "new" life (it's been about half my life, actually, but somehow i'm still a bit surprised every day when i wake up and i'm STILL sick) i feel like a real "lilly of the field" (who toils hardly ever, and certainly doesn't spin except when struck with vertigo) and i know there's got to be more i can be and do. um, does that make sense? when i have to stop reading or replying to email or posts and set the rest aside for "later" because i'm already worn out, i really wonder what i can still offer this world. i don't mean to sound gloomy, because i love life and am never bored because there's just too much that's interesting going on all the time, but some days i really want to be more and contribute more.

and how's that for changing horses in mid stream? i vector off like that a lot these days (blush), and it's definitely my cue to take a break. best now rather than later when i'm talking total gibberish

bless

Irish Babe said...
Sami, I generally get the Hanes Tees from Walmart. Short sleeves for summer and long sleeves for fall and winter. They have no tags to annoy my wimpy, er, I mean my sensitive skin. I wash everything before I wear it. I do the same for my DH and I used to do that for my children's clothes. I also wash all sheets, blankets, towels, etc before it can be near my body. My children are 'grown up' and believe they don't have to do this w/ their clothes now. EEEKKK!

Yrs back, when I was a child, my mother was buying a pkg of men's athletic tee shirts - sleeveless- and I asked her if they were for my father. I didn't remember him wearing that kind of undershirt. She said, 'No, they are for your grandmother.' I laughed b/c I thought she was joking. She was dead serious. My gm (Dad's side) was well endowed, but bras hurt her so badly and irritated her delicate skin. At that time a lady wouldn't dream of going out w/o 'something' under her dress. This is what my gm used all the yrs I knew her. I have become my gm and my DM! LOL [img]/community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif[/img] I use the tank tees from Walmart under my blouse. My DD likes the pretty, lacy cami-bras, but just the idea of lace can send me into a frenzy.

My feet and hands are always cold - again, that's from my gm. I have my gloves in all my jackets and I have already used them this season. Even under a flannel sheet, thermal blanket and 2 quilts in bed at night, it takes forever for my feet to not feel cold touching either me or my DH. I don't like winter.

Shirley, I know what you mean. I make a bee line for where I 'know' something is located. I hate when they move things around and I have to relearn a store. I have gotten a layout of a store from my grocery store and I keep it hanging in my kitchen to help w/ grocery lists. I haven't gotten one from Walmart - darn! lol

God bless. Alice.

first i want to apologize for including so much quoted material; i can't figure out how to break it up so either end up leaving it all in or "snipping" big chunks.

like i said, we don't have a Walmart here, but there's a small department store that does sell Hanes products, both for men and women, so i'm going to make a point of checking those out. i have never seen a long-sleeved t-shirt, though i've seen plenty of thermal undershirts with long sleeves. i think i'll have a look as i haven't used "longies" in over 30 years. they might be soft enough i could tolerate them. it's worth a try at any rate!

i never thought of singlets. great idea! the only thing i'm wondering is if they'd keep the "girls" from ending up in my waistband (ewwwwww, what an awful visual! ) they sure look comfortable. the cami-bras i get are all super-plain, usually mostly cotton, though a friend did give me a really pretty one with a bit of lace on it. i saw the lace and promptly started wondering how i could stick it in the bottom of a drawer without hurting my friend's feelings, but turns out the lace doesn't touch my skin. i don't even feel the stiching from it. the trouble with those cami-bras and pull-on sport bras is that they really hurt my ribcage and often my shoulders as well where the straps sit, so singlets are definitely worth giving a try!

"on my bad days it is intolerable, on my good days it is merely unbearable."

this makes me want to give you a big hug. i think it's something most of us can relate to in one or more ways with this disease, and it makes me so sad (and mad) because it's totally unfair

my hands get cold fairly often, sometimes for no apparent reason, and my gloves are put to use long before the first snowfall. i get some funny looks once in a while, but better that than the pain of cold hands, especially now that my arthritis is so bad. i guess i'm lucky by comparison, though, as cold hands aren't nearly as big a problem for me as my feet. i sometimes think i'm being kind of ungrateful, grumbling about my feet because if not for the dedication and skill of my dr at that time i probably wouldn't have much in the way of feet at all due to the severity of the frostbite. (he was such a kind person, the kind of dr you don't see very often any more and i miss him SO much!)

i must have missed the original comment about when stores re-arrange things, but i can relate to that sooo well! i guess i'm lucky in that the stores i go to most the staff all know me at least by sight so when they see me standing there looking dazed, someone will often come over and help me get a feel for the new layout. it's really hard if i have to find my own way around either in a store i've never been in, or one that's been changed around and there's no one to help me find stuff, because i get so exhausted i usually go home with only half the things i needed to get.

this disease is not for wimps! and i think we prove that every single day

bless

sami

sotiredoffibro said...
Usually its mens that I get i dont like the shortness of the sleeves on womens but Im pretty sure you could find womens tee that dont have tags too
Gentle Hugs
Shirley

i think i'd take whatever i can get i've seen men's t-shirts with a vee neckline, so if i could get a couple in black (white makes it really difficult to get away without wearing something underneat) that would be great!

Krista,

Yes, me too. And I was always the one who LOVED to hug and cuddle. That's one of the meanest things about this DD, in my opinion.

Debbie

Wenderful, welcome to HW.
What you're describing is totally normal for us. A wrinkle in my pajamas is painful to me at bedtime. Right now I can't stand the pressure of my bed sheets. I have to stick my feet out from under the covers so the pain won't keep me awake.

Since, this is an old thread how about starting a new thread to introduce yourself? You'll get more welcomes that way....