Fun Facts

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Fun Fact #1:  I took this, very (!) bad, photo of myself with my MacBook yesterday afternoon.  Do you like the messy, un-brushed, hair?  (Seriously, I'm not sure I even brushed it with anything other than my fingers yesterday!)  

Did I photoshop away enough of my wrinkles?

The reason why I'm sharing this, less than flattering, picture is because I just received the shirt I have on.  I ordered it from Boden.  I've mentioned before, I like some of their clothes.  It was really hot here yesterday and this top was cool, comfortable, cute and ... just a little bit sex-ay due to the low-cut.  I always like to share a good find on Twenty Four At Heart.  (No, I'm not getting any freebies from Boden).

Fun Fact #2:  Someone on Twitter used the expression, "Omigod I just pulled a TwentyFour!" to explain something embarrassing she'd done.  It made me laugh.  Then I thought about it for a minute, and now I'm not sure if I should be flattered or insulted?  

Fun Fact #3:  My friend Mr Lady gave me the greatest tip on Twitter the other day.  I was cooking a dish with a lot of garlic in it and my hands reeked of it.  Mr Lady told me to rub my hands on stainless steel and the smell would go away.  I'd never heard of doing this before and, I admit, I was skeptical.  But guess what?  It works!  It might have looked a little odd as I gave my appliances a hand job, but the garlic smell disappeared completely.

Am I the only one who didn't know this trick?

Fun Fact #4:  Today is Day #4 of my 1,000 calorie per day diet.  In reality, I think I'm actually getting around 1100 calories each day.  I'm trying to do this for two weeks to kick-start my body into losing some weight before summer.  I don't know if I've lost anything yet, but I'm definitely eating healthier.  I'm also hungry.  I'm using SparkPeople to track calories and nutrients.  The most interesting part of the experience so far has been realizing what I DON'T have enough of in my diet.  (Vitamin C, as an example.)  If nothing else, it's making me very conscious of eating healthier which is always a good thing.  (And no, I'm not following the SparkPeople diet plan.)

Fun Fact #5:  I had a pukey kid home for the beginning part of this week.  If I catch what he had?  Shoot me.

Fun Fact #6:  Someone in my immediate family departed for Russia this week.  It wasn't me or Briefcase.

Fun Fact #7:  A local Orange County woman recently got upset with me for swearing on Twitter.  If you're on Twitter, you know swearing is extremely prevalent there.  Also?  clearly, this woman was not a 24 reader or she would have already known I'm not a G-rated blogger.

I woke up in a lot of pain that particular morning and I believe I tweeted something along the lines of, "Holy shit my arm hurts.  Fuck you Anthem Blue Cross for taking my PT away from me."  This particular woman replied back to me her son had read my tweet and I needed a time-out for cussing.

Excuse me?

If you know me at all, you know I absolutely cannot keep my mouth shut at times.

This was definitely one of those times.

I replied back this is why kids should not be on Twitter.

She replied back this is why [she] would "unfollow" me.

My reply?  

If you're easily offended, you never should have followed me in the first place.  Be a responsible parent and don't let your young kids read the Tweets of adults you've followed.

Fun Fact #8:  There are a LOT of women in Money Town right now who look like chimpanzees.  

 

Why?  

They've botoxed their faces to the point where their faces don't move at all.  Their eyes look permanently startled or frightened due to a combination of botox and bad brow lifts.  They've put so much filler in their lips, they flap in the wind.  But worst of all, they've added fillers to their laugh lines (parentheses) around their mouth.  Women here are going so overboard on the fillers, they look horrible.  Honestly, it looks like they're walking around with snouts.

Stop it Money Town women!

It doesn't look good - it looks ridiculous.  

And glaringly obvious.

And many of us are laughing at you.

And in a year or two you will look back at photos of yourself and say, "Omigod - what was I thinking?!"

Because that's exactly what I'm wondering right now.

What the hell are you thinking?

© Twenty Four At Heart

Comments

[Michelle]

Surely they don't look quite like chimpanzees. Surely they've been waxed!

[Maureen@IslandRoar]

I love your photo, hair and all!
Russia? That's pretty darned exciting!
I agree with you about the plastic surgery; it's getting so women accept no aging in their faces at all. Every other celebrity's eyebrows are pulled up in constant surprise, while they give whole new meaning to a stiff upper lip. Sad. I've earned every line I've got; it's called Life...
Even younger celebrities are doing these ridiculous things.
And I wouldn't know what to think if you stopped cursing...

[di]

Pretty shirt!. And yes, that mother should not let her son see the tweets of those people SHE follows. What's wrong with her?? Sheesh.

Di
The Blue Ridge Gal

[Michelle Pixie]

I have to admit I will never look at a tampon the same and anytime Aunt Flo is visiting I will have one hand on my pockets at all times! So you are teaching us girls! ;)

Really someone scolded you on twitter?! Um since when did it become everyone else’s responsibility to sensor themselves for HER child?! And *gasp* if they are old enough to read it and understand the meaning of the word I am betting it's not the first time they've ever heard shit or fuck...Get over it!

I think you look fabulous! Love the shirt you sex-ay thing. :D

[missy]

The stainless steel trick does work - someone told me about that one a while ago and I have always referred to overly filled lips as "fish lips", but the chimp lips look a lot like what I see around here!

[Kelly]

Nice boobs! : )
Who lets their kids read twitter? Stupid.
I've seen women who look JUST LIKE that chimp!
Fun post!

[Lo]

my husband is Russian, he immigrated in 93 from Minsk Belarus, interesting that your family member is going over there.... i'm just curious what for, even the Russians in the family only go every two to three years!!!!

speaking of diet, ahve you ever heard of the drink Kombucha??? at first it tastes like a monkeys ass but it grows on you, and it's reallllllllly good for cleansing your liver and promoting weight loss. maybe you should check it out? i swear by it. i get tons of vitamin c from it!!! also, eating veggies are 'free' foods....... when i was doing my jump-start diet (i mix 200 calories, next day 400, next day 600, next day 800 and then back down again for two weeks- after i've fasted for two days) i loaded up on veggies. tons of salads with only lemon juice as dressing... once again.... tastes kind of asstastic for a couple days but you get used to the taste and start craving it.

good luck!!!!

[Jan]

Be flattered dear - "pulling a 24" will be an entry in the Urban Dictionary before you know it!

[Tami]

You swore on twitter? (GASP!)

[Mike]

Shirt? I'm too busy looking elsewhere. Nice pic.

[Mike Krause]

That chimp is looking pretty good to me about now. That is all.

[Mr Lady]

It's a chef's trick. You know, a restaurant thing? Fun is when all you have is a knife blade to use. :)

I'm doing 1000 calories / day, too. It's harder than I thought!

[Mama Bub]

The chimp lips - HATE! I don't understand why anyone thinks that's an improvement!

[stacy]

Suzanne: Hi from Stacy from pt. Anyways, I think I told you that they sent me back to pt for my hand. I just wanted to tell you that they told me they resigned with blue cross and are accepting the insurance there again. Just in case you wanted to know.

[Lorna Harris]

Only you could turn Boden into something sexy! It's supposed to be for middle class British women collecting their kids from school in their SUVs. You should be walking the dog in your wellies, making jam, flying a kite on a beach - anything but sexy!

[Twenty Four At Heart]

Lorna,
I AM a middle class woman who collects her kids from school in my SUV. I don't need wellies in the OC (those are rainboots, right?). I DO like to fly kites on the beach. I can't help it that my bionics show up in whatever I put them in. I was surprised when I received the shirt how low-cut it is. But I do love it. It's comfy, cool ... and yes, sexy!
: )

[Lex - @laprimera]

As the "pulling a 24" enacter, I proclaim that you should be very flattered! Embrace the 24-ness! No embarrassment to be had! Only a Yes! I did a 24! Go me! ;)

[goodfather]

Hi 24! Macbook, eh? Nice...

[TheBitchinWife]

Love your photo, too. The English women here really know how to work the cleavage thing and my boobies just won't cooperate, so I am hopelessly jealous.

[mama llama]

Nice blouse. My barely-As would never fit a shirt like that appropriately.

I (heart) ALL of my Macs as well. Better than Dell Hell.

I agree, parental responsibility at the helm of tweets, blogs, etc. But when parents let these be their children's babysitters instead of parenting them themselves...well, don't get me started on that tangent.

Be well, 24.

[Joanne]

gosh, so much to comment on in this post!
OK, no I never heard of the stainless thing for garlic stink.
F-bombs away to the whiners....
oh, and money town fish lips are laughing at your little (cute, by the way) laugh lines too , you just cant tell! bwahahahahah!

[Duchess]

I think you look lovely. And those slim arms are not at all in need of 1000 calorie a day diet.

Several years ago my elder son gave me a piece of steel shaped like soap, just for that sort of thing. And yes, it really does work.

[Linda]

I'm picturing women all over town with chimp faces.
hahaha!!

[Linda Tustin]

Wow, All I can say after that post was DONT HOLD BACK 24! LOLOL 24 -on over drive.. too much honesty and wittiness for just one post. Way to go girly girl.

[Sandi]

I love these posts. And I beg of you to tell me if and when I ever look like a chimp. Thank you in advance.

[Mad Woman]

Naked chimps. Cool.

And by the way, the day you stop cussing is the day I unfollow you.

[terry]

so many assumptions are going on, i thought i'd give my two cents. i've been reading your blog for a while. i've commented on it, offering support and friendship, and you've sent me emails, so yes, i knew you are not a PG blogger. since you never followed me on twitter you don't know my humor and, honestly, i was not upset. i expected you to say something silly back like, "oops, my bad". that didn't happen, but you instead threw it back at me that kids shouldn't be on twitter, which i agree.

people assume and judge, so i'd like to clear the air and say that i don't park my kid in front of the internet as a babysitter. in fact, i try and steer him away from it as much as possible. But laptops and the internet are now in our lives, and sometimes kids like to peek at what their parents are doing...just like my daughter likes to try on my jewelry or perfume. it's my job to keep my environment safe for my kids, so that's why i said i'd unfollow you....because you had a valid point. i didn't diss you to my followers or stop reading your blog, but since you didn't reach out to talk to me about it, even though it seems to have upset you, you never found that out. tweets don't tell a full story, so i hope you don't mind me taking up space here to open up a bit more than 140 characters would allow.

i'm not easily offended, and i'm sorry if i upset you. i'm just here to say hi and squish the drama. pax?

I hope your arm is doing better and that the pain has subsided somewhat. i know you're on a difficult path of recovery and i'll still be around to offer words of encouragement and hopefully less of the misunderstood wisecracking time out comments.

good luck on your diet. i should be doing one, too, so maybe i'll get inspired!

[Twenty Four At Heart]

I've responded to Terry's message directly to her since the comment section didn't seem like the appropriate place for me to do so. In fact, I was following Terry on twitter but she didn't realize it. I follow everyone back except for marketers and people trying to sell me stuff. I think that's all that needs to be written here for now.

[christine]

Just read Terrys comment. Why would you say "oops my bad" when you were just tweeting as normal. Maybe as a mom she should have thought, "oops my bad" for letting her kid read something intended for adults. Just my two cents.

[Priscilla-She's Cookin']

I love my necklace from the Plastic Surgery party - wore it several times already. Great tip about stainless steel/garlic - I'll remember that when I'm out of lemons, which doesn't happen often since Lemon Drops are an important food group. Screw the lady on twitter - who needs followers like that. And, finally, I see a lot of chimp lips in my Pilates class, soon we will stand out only because we don't look like all the other women in OC ; )

[Midlife Slices]

Hi 24. Just thought I'd let you know I stopped by and pretty much caught up with the goings on here but I'm only leaving one comment because I'm lazy like that. :)