My daughter has me so conned.

She has been begging to have her nose pierced for a couple of years now. And because I’ve told her she can do what she wants when she’s eighteen but until then no way, Jose, she’s been wearing a stick on itsy bitsy stud. Well, the other day she didn’t have the stick on piercing on and I looked and there was what looked like a whole to me in that spot on her nose. I asked if the nose was pierced and she looked at me like I was crazy and had insulted her and said, “it’s the indentation from the stick on”. She does that to me all the time, looks at me like I’m psychotic and imagining things.

I still think she has a nose piercing. And the crazy part is I’m still not sure and I don’t want to insult her by pushing the issue.

I just got back from the gym with one of my girlie friends. She girlie. We did a circuit and I set it up so that she had to use a Smith Machine and Leg Press. Those machines (and many others) can be scary to women…they shouldn’t be. She whined for a little, but got over it.
When you go to the gym, try different equipment. Most gyms offer an occasional free session with a trainer. Ask the trainer how to use the equipment you’ve never tried before. I think people become comfortable doing the same old thing because they feel they know how to do it. You have to challenge your body…new exercises, heavier weights, different equipment.