Beauty, Chronic Pain & the hubby

Well, nasty cold is over, then hubby came along with online work to be done, yup ideas to make some money online. Well work work and more work, my being the social butterfly that I am (and yet in Chronic Pain) mostly worked on the social bookmarking and one of the sites to sell things. Hubby, well, he's been working his butt off with about 4 other sites and more in the making... while I bookmarked on social bookmarking sites, I am not much of a help, but what can I do? *sigh*

I do have plans, I am working on my own Ebook full of my hints, tips and recipes that this Beauty Crazed Woman has collected since her teens. This should take me months and months to put all together, but with the hubby's assistance it should actually be organized (shocker, but this rambling fool cannot organize worth a darn).

In the mean time, I do plan on building a blog (if not this one, perhaps another) where I can have some fun in the works for us gals, from freebies to reviews and giveaways and perhaps I will share some of the recipes that will eventually be in my book. :)  If it weren't for the Fibromyalgia, Systemic Lupus SLE and the disabling chronic pain that results I would still be in the beauty business... I probably would have stopped managing salons for others by now and assisting the Area Manager with 12 salons, training the trainers for the salons etc and been out on my own or traveled the country giving advanced training to the Cosmetologists...  who knows, but I do know I would have remained active in the business. Why do I know that? Because I am still actively seeking out new knowledge, trying to keep up with the latest and greatest and collecting information even after all these years.

Anyhow, seems that my chronic pain may be a little better soon as I have left my previous Medicare Advanced plan and wondered out of the bottomless pit for my type of illnesses, known as Kaiser Permanente and I am not on another plan seeing a new doctor who has sent me to a pain specialist. I have many tests about to be done and no begging this time like I did for years and years for an MRI on my neck, now I will get the MRI for my lower back as well as some new tests (to me) to check out the pain and dizziness. Don't ask me what they are doing, I don't know the names of the tests they were quite foreign to me. I am awaiting a call for my pain injections into the base of my skull (fun huh?) to help with the headaches. And I will get in a sleep study as well.

All in all, I have plans again and hopes for some semblance of a life here after 20+ years in a bodily prison of ADHD of the mind mixed with chronic pain of the body. I am glad to report that things may get done soon... not soon enough with two disabled people here at home (hubby too) so funds are limited. Lets just hope that the doctors understand the snails pace that will take place as we try and afford my tests and care when we also need to put food on the table & keep a roof over our heads.

I hope that this wasn't too much to put in here... I just needed to share and having the quite limited social circle of a Chronic Pain Sufferer and having what they call Invisible Illnesses, it's hard to find people that understand not getting out much, unable to visit much etc etc... so this (you, my poor unsuspecting visitors) are my link to socializing & possible sounding board for my thoughts and ideas. :) I am a people person after all.

 My hopes and dreams may at least are alive and well, we will see what the future brings. :) As always I try and look to the bright side of everything and it's been to a fault at times... I have grabbed my health by the reigns and am trotting along with a positive glint in my eye, a smile on my face and a silly joke ready to tell at a drop of the hat (as always), but now it's with some hopes of a better life yet to come. Yay!

I hope that this finds everyone doing well, happy and healthy.

I miss the beauty business... maybe it's time to open an e-store soon.

Be prepared for an unedited ramble... I am not doing to well today, nor this week, so it maybe a while before I brush this up. Anyway this contains some info on me, my dreams, plans, my former occupation and my ramblings about wanting to open up my own beauty e-store. 

So without further adieu, here are my ramblings (you were warned)

I am currently researching highly pigmented Eye Shadows that are in bulk at a good price... also I am looking into starting up my online business once more, but this time it will be more mine then hubbys. Last time it was leathers we were selling... we did okay until the internet became flooded with like e-stores, although we ran at a loss, we gave it a good try until all our work, about 2 or 3 years into it gave us just one sale, a pair of gloves. Heck we do have a Harley so you can guess who our best customers where. lol

Back then we ran that E-store, I felt that we needed an e-store for me and my beauty expertise. I could give out my secrets, hints, tips and even recipes as well as hope to make some sales doing what I love to do the most! I was after all a Trainer of Professional Cosmetologists (advanced training) as well as received my "PHD" in color from Clairol's extensive training as well as Managed a Salon and still worked in the business. I became disabled with chronic pain and the job that was custom made for me, I had to leave.

I will tell you, there is nothing like seeing the posture and the expression of people that came in to have a beauty treatment, haircut, color, perm or what have you... the before and after posture could be dramatically different.... that alone I found as my reward for a job well done. What was it that a sudden light behind an expression on someones face or a little hop or skip in their step that made my heart sing? And they knew me... rich or poor alike, I never treated anyone differently and I knew stylists that wouldn't treat people the same... I took hugs for my tips and although I was the poorest stylist, not living at home with my parents, and trying to make it on my own, I felt rich in spirit. Maybe I also had so many requests because I knew that each and every person that came to me was my personal billboard... and that kept me so busy that my off hours were spent with me finally getting to my managerial duties, yup 6 am until midnight 5 or 6 days a week... with time off to teach the advanced techniques and get my advanced training as well. I loved it so very much and miss it, there is only just so much that my family, friends and neighbors can have me help them with to feed this need in me to share, and perhaps bring some joy to others... I was made for that kind of work and still 20 years after my chronic pain got to be too much for me to work any longer, I crave that old career and the joy it brought to my life.   

I am poor, but I am skilled in painting and when I am well enough I paint, mostly in oils... but also I am teaching myself to draw on the computer.

I hope to make some money with my artwork, either online or at an art fair, and if I do I think it's time to invest. I would be nice to bring in some money and make more then my Social Security Disability. So I am getting the word out on my plans to open up my own beauty e-store... my Mother let me know of the Firemens Art Show Auction, she managed to do an oil painting of the recent fire in Boulder on time, but alas I cannot paint right now, so for next year I plan to be ready for the Art Show/Fair. Perhaps, just perhaps, my one Art passion will then help me invest in my Beauty passion and we shall see The Beauty Bloggery in a whole new way, as a shop as well as a place to ramble on about beauty and fashion.


Well in a bit I shall review and edit this... I accidentally hit publish now and don't wanna tease whomever read my ramblings by taking this out.
I hope to place my Copyright on some pictures and post them on here (and perhaps in my other 2 blogs) to show some of my artwork.