Sister's Day

My oldest sister lives away from us so we don't get the chance to all be together very often so this summer my sister Starla planned a sister's day complete with an agenda, timeline, lunch, maps and a surprise.  

We don't need much to entertain us..... if you remember from a few of my posts we like to pose with the mannequins in the store and there happen to be 5 of them.  We almost always are in order without even trying.   

We laughed so hard during this and stopped a lady to take our picture.... all of a sudden a head store person came and asked if she could take our picture for their website...... Oh no we're shy!!! 

Our surprise was changed to plan B surprise and it was a blast.   We usually end up buying the same things, liking the same stuff, paying for it with the same currency, eating the same stuff... we are so much alike it's scary.  We all laugh a lot, we are all goofy and talk a lot to people we don't even know. 

The girl who was helping us in the store was a chatterbug and blonde, she asked lots of questions about us and laughed just as loud as us.  We told her there were 11 of us and she immediately said "can I be number 12"  Yes, yes you can.

We referred to her as #12 the entire time.  

The store teaches you how to place your rubber bands to get the design you want and you get to chose the colors.  

#12 was a big help with picking colors for us.  There are so many it's hard to decide and know what should go with what.  #12 assured us you can't make a mistake.  

Our nephew's wedding reception was in a few weeks and he had a tye dye theme so the sweatshirt would be perfect for the chilling night by the fire pit.  

Any chance you can get a picture with all your sister do it....... it doesn't have to be perfect it's the memory you will have not that the exposure or focus was perfect.  Sometimes the most unperfect photos are the most treasured.  

You have to take your item home in plastic and wash it out in 24 hours so us sisters were not together for the washing out part but I can tell you our group messaging was blowing up that night.  I was taking newborn pics and I finally had to stop and silence my phone.

Here is mine fresh from the rinsing.

This Sunday Sharon came home again, her last trip until next year so we all bought our shirts and finally got our picture.  

Remember what I said about not perfect.... we sisters have a really hard time getting a picture with all of us looking, not acting goofy and in this case Gayle blinking.  This was the best one out of all of mine that my niece took. 

So being the Certified Head and Eye Swapper Surgeon I pulled her into photoshop and gave her Sharon's eyes.

Nope doens't do it.... 

I gave her my eyes.  

My head is way fatter than Gayles so I had to skinny them up on her...... I think I bust out laughing 20 times tonight and poor John thinks I might just be losing it.

Okay let's go with the non perfect memory photos.

Our brother Wally and his wife Elaine needed tyedye for their sons wedding so they headed to the store and had them create their wedding attire.  They chatted with the girl at the store and all of a sudden 

Store girl -  are you my brother?  

Wally - I don't think so

Store girl - no I think I'm sister #12

Wally - {confused}

Store girl explained the sisters trip that Wally didn't know about and Elaine sends all us sister a text with Wally met his other sister

ALL OF US RESPOND - #12?

I couldn't match up DiAnn's cell pictures for Gayles eyes because they are too different than mine but let's just say the non perfect happened again.

And again.....  This could go on for about 12 more but I won't make you suffer through them.

I love my non perfect sisters and even #12.  

Ta2 time with the sisters

Have you ever done something that you probably would have never done but since your sister wanted it done so badly and you kinda did so you did it with her?   What????   Really you haven't ever done that?????? ..... well it's not my first time doing something with my sisters just so we can do it together.  Yep I'm the one that would jump off a bridge because my sisters were doing it (or they pushed me I not really sure) ..... I'm the youngest they did this to me, they made me feel like I had to do everything they did and do anything they told me to do just to "hang" with them.  When I was very young they would play Witches and the Children.... and yes they were the Witches and I was the Child who had to do everything the Witch told me to do.  They would blindfold me and walk me through dark buildings and then leave me inside to find my own way out, they would stick my hand in slimy stuff (they called it things like bloody eyeballs and sewer mice)  and I would have to figure out what it really was.  YES they were mean to me but I got to hang out with them and it's still happening.  I got to hang with them but I have to get a tattoo this time.  

A tattoo of a different kind..... Here is the Witch..... I mean my sister Gayle getting her tattoo first.  

And me waiting and waiting and waiting and wondering why I'm doing this so I make funny faces to my cell phone.  

And then it was my turn, Gayle survived and rated the pain on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the worst.... she rated it a ONE.  Hell I can do this.

AND I DID..... this was what I looked like before she cleaned me all up.

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John was worried about me so I sent him that picture..... that was mean of me huh?  He texted me back and told me to call the cops to catch the guy that beat me up.  

Here is Gayle and I directly after our sisters tattoo eyeliner.  Very puffy eyes but still happy girls.

Here's just me right after.  I loved it immediately and so happy that I did it.  At the time of sitting in the chair I wasn't so sure about it.  Remember Gayle rated it at a ONE.  Well I did not have that type of experience.  Mine was a bit more painful, not sure if I wasn't numb enough or my skin wouldn't numb but my pain was white knuckling at times and felt like a razor blade was stuck into my eye line and drug across, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat...... After the 1st eye I told her that I was done and would draw the left eye on.  She talked me into doing it and by the end of that eye I was done, I would breath really deeply with every line she made.  It only takes a few seconds when she's doing it and then it's a break, and again and again so I knew that I could live through it and it would be worth it.   I rated my pain at a 4-5 but she tricked me she said rate it overall so those times the pain was a 10 weren't counted.  And I probably was a bit light with the 4-5 it should have been rated at a SIX or SEVEN.  And just to clarify I'm not a wimp, I go to the dentist for fillings and removing old fillings with no novocain or happy gas.  I don't like the effects of the numbing so I bear the pain without it, this just frickin' hurt.  

We took Starla with us to be our driver if we needed one and also because she was one of the Witches and took great pride in watching the Child do something because she was told to do it.  

Of course we have to go shopping..... we had a 30% off Kohls card and Kohl's cash.  We ate some lunch/supper and headed back home.  By now our eyes are sore like we were crying really hard for a long time. 

Here is that night after I got home.  Eyes are still a bit puffy but aren't they awesome?  So worth the pain, I'd do it again tomorrow and the next day and the day after that...... you get the picture  

That night I iced the eyes before bed, I fell asleep with the wet cotton pads and ice on and the pads dried up and stuck to the liner.  DANG!!! now I have cotton chucks stuck to a very sore area so I get the area wet again and start to pick it off..... they are very, very sore so this hurts a lot and I start to think about the whole process..... I start to get hot, then sick to my stomach, I quickly get the job done and go lay down before I pass out...... Yep I'm a passer outer and I was very close.  I didn't sleep very well.  I kept waking up and trying to open my eyes that were glued shut.  In the morning they were stuck tight and a little wet cotton pads and ice they were good to go.  This is day 1 fresh out of the shower.  A bit puffy on top but the bottom looks good.

Between icing the eyes they get a bit swollen and they are sore to the touch but I'm not suppose to touch them so it's okay.  Putting the Vaseline on them is very painful but I do it.  

Day 4 and the swelling is down but still there a bit, the eyes are still sore to the touch and lots of black ink is still coming off.  FYI - This is no other makeup on the eyes, it's only the eyeliner, pretty amazing huh?

Day 6 - The eyes are not so sore anymore, I can touch them without too much pain, the swelling is down.  The scabs started to flake off on day 4-5 and by this time the scabs are totally gone.  The color is much lighter than before and a bit more soft.  I was really liking the deep black but the softer look is good too.   My eyes are a bit red and sore, I think it's the itching from the healing, it's hard not to scratch them so I press my fingers on them and squeeze the lids shut which I'm sure has irritated them.  

I have really deep inset eyes so the top line is usually buried and not visible when my eyes are open but what makes me the most excited about this is I no longer will have my eyeliner smudged because of that deep inset.  I'm loving my tattoo eyeliner and would go through the pain again.

Good thing because I have to go back for a touch up appointment in a couple weeks.  Make sure you compare the before and after pictures, it's kinda amazing the difference it makes.  I've had a couple people say out of the blue "you have green eyes".... yep my whole life. 

The lady I went to was amazing, even with the pain she treated me great, she talked me though all of it and made me feel as comfortable as she could.  I would recommend her and this procedure to anyone.  Check out her website and if you take the leap and get it done make sure you tell her I sent you. 

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