On Facebook and Instagram I keep seeing people’s “2009 vs 2019” or #10yearchallenge posts and it got me thinking about how different things are now. Ten years ago I was building a costume business, partying late two or three times a week and traveling all over for conventions. A decade later, and I’m living a … Continue reading The Ten Year Challenge: 2009 vs 2019
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I’ve always been a little self-concious of my hands. Even when I was younger, they appeared a little on the “older” side with visible veins and light wrinkles around the knuckles. When I was modeling I was always critical of how they appeared in photos. One time I was at a bar and a guy guessed my age at 30ish. I was in costume so I asked how he could tell, and he said “I could tell by your hands.” So after I punched him in the face, I calmly told him I had always had these hands. My mom…
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I’ve discovered my first few strands of gray hair, and this is how it happened. My husband and I were having a conversation went in the car the other night. Me: The blond around my face looks like it’s growing out really silvery. Like sparkly blond. Husband: You mean gray? Me, HORRIFIED wide-eyed, mouth open response: It. Is. Not. Gray. I said silvery dammit. It is just really light blond. Husband: So, silver? Like gray? You’re going gray? Me: Stop saying gray! It’s not gray! Conversation over! But yeah, it was totally gray. Going Gray For the last 20 years…