Best Photos From 2020

 2020 was a crap year, but I got some fabulous photos this year and I'm going to share 14 of my favorites

Merry Christmas!

 

Sharing a little of our white Christmas joy with the world today.

Hope if you celebrate, that your day is full of blessings and the wonders of the season!

Silver Fox Friday

 The Friday before Christmas. GAH and I'm pretty sure none of my silver foxes are going to end up under my Christmas tree this year.

~pouts~

The unfairness of it all...

It really isn't like I ask for much..

World peace...Trump to go to hell in a hand basket....the rest of this country to return to some sanity and Dr. Minchau under my Christmas tree

Oh and I would promise to give him back to the wife and kids after the holiday (assuming he wants to go..LOL)

I'm also pretty sure that the people in the photo that I conveniently cropped out should have a naughty arrow pointing at him, cos he really looks damn ornery.

~sigh~

And can I just say that reindeer sweater looks damn sexy on him? Ah that reindeer sweater.

Oh and my offer to do a Sexy Endo's calendar still stands. He can be Mr. June...

And while I'm wishing for impossible things....How about the 12th Doctor....to take me traveling through space and time

I Want To Be The Pretty Friend

 I keep thinking, all my life I've always been relegated to the goofy friend or the one that was just odd enough that everyone always ignore.

However, I was the one friend that got to touch Brad Sherwood, From Whose Line. So that kinda made up for being a goober most of the time. God that was ages ago..and I was so skinny.

I'm that friend that opens her mouth and words fall out.  However, maybe I'm the fun friend? The one that gets everyone in trouble?

Or maybe I had a good run of luck there. Cos I remember that night and it sure as hell was fun. So who needs to be the pretty friend when you get to touch Brad Sherwood's backside

Do I Need Another Root Canal

 Ok, so this serves as a review..a tale of woe and a Christmas Greeting.

Like most of us...2020 was not my year. It really really wasn't my year though. Long about Aug my teeth started giving me the bird. (Well if they could, that's what they were doing)

Let's talk about he fun that is waking at 3 am to stick an ice pack on your face.

There isn't any fun in that, just saying.

That resulted in the wisdom teeth being sent packing...and dang if they didn't take a few friends with them. GAH!

Oh and the tooth fairy didn't even leave me any offerings.

How wrong is that?

But no...life continued to kick me in the backside in the form of not one but 2 molars that needed root canals.

Oh yeah baby! (said in my best Austin Powers voice)

Funsville trolley stops here.

So that's how I ended up in the Uniontown office. OK, there's more to this part of the story, but its embarrassing, so I'll keep that to myself. 

First let me say, Dr. Minchau is probably up for sainthood for putting up with me.  Hands him a tarnished halo. (Its the only one I could find) My nickname is Anxiety Girl. I have the ability to squeeze a stress tooth so hard that it put my hand to sleep. I also may have requested a whiskey sour during the intermission between root canals. 

(I'm still waiting on that whiskey sour, btw)

I also have a good friend who is a dentist and his been putting up with my moaning and groaning about my teeth, probably longer than she wants to..

And I got a little present today

Now my question since it is my molar, and all of those puppies have caused me nothing but grief, Dr. Minchau, do you think it needs root canal therapy? 

In the Quest For The Perfect Photo

 Anyone that knows me knows I love the GAP trail. For those of you not from my PA area that's the Great Allegheny Passage trail. I tend to walk parts of it in the Cedar Creek Area or near West Newton.

Cedar Creek has the best parking access in the off season and it also has the Gorge Trail. I didn't do the Gorge trail today because, well, it was rainy and I really wanted take in the beauty of the Youghiogheny River, but I was lured in by the sound of the waterfall that is under the GAP bridge.

Let's just say the trail access is blocked, so seeing the waterfall is damn near impossible. I might not have had to go to the lengths that I did if my Nikon's batteries hadn't given up the ghost as soon as I got into park.

So guess who crawled over tree limbs and slid on her ass down the hillside then stood in the middle of the creek to get a couple of pictures?

That would be me.

And the perfect photo?'

Silver Fox Friday

 In the continuing saga of Andrea has a huge ass crush on her endodontist and would throw herself in front of a bus to get his attention, I bring you exhibit A aka probably my favorite picture of Dr. Minchau. (aka McDreamy). Also if anyone wants to put him under my tree this year..I'd greatly appreciate it. I'd return him safely to his wife when I was finished with him. LOL...maybe...

Have I mentioned he might be a little bit dorky? 

Of course he is. If he weren't I probably wouldn't crush on him.

I don't know what he's about to do with that balloon and I probably don't want to know.

Andrea doesn't like normal. That's no fun. 

Can I also mention. Dr. Minchau has a voice like John Malkovich. Which come to think of it is probably a good thing since he drills people all day. (Gotta keep them calm ya know) People like me call that the "come to bed with me" voice. Well he's got one of those voices.

Allow me to present exhibit B..which is the movie trailer for Dangerous Liaisons from 1988. And yes I watched this movie when I was in high school. Cos I've always had a naughty side. Can I also say, I crushed really hard on John Malkovich back in the day because of that voice?

You Know You Are An Adult

When you get excited about buying 50 cent packages of Scentavia drier sheets at work.

Yup that's me.

I have enough drier sheets now for a few months.

My car smells like lavender now too.

Adulting sucks.

I am happy though, that I don't have a favorite spatula yet.

The Good Thing About Crushes

 I have to say there is one thing that crushing on the dentist has done for me and that's renew my love for music.

Its really been along while since music mattered to me or brought me any amount of joy.

So Dr. Minchau...thank you for being so damn gorgeous and for reminding me that I'm actually alive. See, I really haven't been for a very long time. Heck when my ovaries exploded...I didn't even know they were still there. I thought they dried up

Since 2008, I was a full time caregiver and I pretty much lost myself. I'm still not sure if I've found me, but I think part of me is coming back.

I've struggled a great deal since my mom passed away in 2018. I have spent so much time taking care of other people. I have totally forgotten how to take care of me.

Of course everything blew up on me this year, but it also reminded me to take care of myself better. Also when you have a pretty damn gorgeous set of eyes staring into the hot mess that is your mouth you kinda start feeling self conscious.

I've lost 5 lbs since I had those root canals.

Heck I've even managed to start wearing makeup again.

So Dr. McDreamy, I thank you kindly for giving me part of my life back.

Silver Fox Friday

Allow me to present a photo of my favorite silver fox. Remember him from last week?

So yeah this picture came from his office's Facebook page.

Can I just say that Dr. Jeff Minchau has to be one of sexiest dentists I've ever encountered in my life?

OK. So maybe I haven't encountered that many, but all of them were old guys.

But back to Dr. Minchau

I mean for the love god...look at those leggies!

Sigh

And those hands...

THUD

Now why would anyone want to put a cream pie in that smexy mug? Huh Huh? And its a shame that I did not know of his smexiess at the time because I  would have offered my services at getting him cleaned up.....

SLURP!

But there are a few things wrong with this picture. Cos again...I'm versed in the art of tossing pies at my boss. Yeah..I may have a slapped a pie on my supervisor's mug last Christmas. I'm so sorry Josh #sorrynotsorry

Someone's aim was a little off and they definitely forgot once you finish the facial pieing,  you slap that pie plate on the top of your victim's head. Just saying

But first of all, how do you even want to pie this guy?

Looking at him sitting there like that, I am not thinking...wow, his face would look great covered in whipped cream. I'm not saying whipped cream may not figure in to the fantasy...but still. I'm thinking more of "Would you like a lap dance?"

Did it just get hot in here?

My New Look

Before the haircut

After the haircut

 

Why I've decided To Go Gray

 I have to admit a huge part of the "I'm not coloring my damn hair" thing is laziness. 

But here's the real deal.

A few months back I was having my walk on my favorite trail....The GAP from West Newton towards Allegheny County. There were a lot of people biking the trail, because it was a gorgeous day.

There were a bunch of ladies there, and this one had the most gorgeous grey bobbed hair. I mean it was absolutely stunning.

I think that was the moment I knew, it wasn't worth the time or money to keep coloring it, and trying to remember to buy freaking hair dye and then find the hour to actually do it. Yeah again. I am so freaking lazy.

I may spend a lot of time doing my makeup when I want to, but never my hair. I've always hated doing my hair. I think that's why for the longest time I wore a super short pixie cut. I loved that hair, but then caregiving and getting to the stylist became a pain, so suddenly I had long ugly hair.

The one thing I have learned is that there is a wonderful thing called Purple shampoo and it actually makes my hair shimmer.

I think I'm greying gracefully? Doncha think?