Congrats on the piercings. Soon you will be starting your collection of ear rings. 

Quote from: Gina P on June 14, 2024, 06:31:50 AMCongrats on the piercings. Soon you will be starting your collection of ear rings.

I assume so... I've already amassed more than a dozen headbands. 😘

We just had a meeting with our contractor. Well, the contractor we used 10 years ago when we did a major renovation on our home... so we still call him "our contractor"... since from time to time he's asked if he could use as a reference, or use pics from our job, etc.

Anyway, we now need to do two bathrooms before getting ready to sell in a couple of years and move down to the beach. So it was good to see him again and catch up.  We did all the contractor stuff, and at the end we booked a zoom call to go over contracts, budgets and plans in mid July.

As he walked out, my wife and I simultaneously said "shoot."  Because the week before that call, I'm getting my hair bolted to my head and going full time. I was in guy mode this morning since I'm just home. I was planning on getting gussied up for dinner later.

So this means, even though we planned that when we post a pic of us celebrating our anniversary on this Sunday that would be that... now I have to send the contractor some sort of note/email/text in the next few weeks, so he doesn't get a big shock on the zoom call.

*sigh* Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.... 😉

I have a hard enough time looking nice in girl mode all the time.
But,it helps me a lot when shopping. 
Guy  was working on the Pepperidge Farm shelves so I got all the other stuff I needed
Looking nice gives me the confidence to ask him politely so I could grab the two boxes of cookies I needed!

Marion

Almost forgot... in this breakneck pace I sometimes gloss over big events on the schedule.

Next week we're heading down to the beach for a few days. So it'll be my first time on the beach in girl mode... and this is what we came up with.  the bottom (quick dry swim shorts - blackberry color), came yesterday and are super comfy... and the top (a flutter tankini) is due in tomorrow.



tonight, my wife said assume the combo works well, she thought it might look nice if I (well probably she 😂) paint my toe nails purple to match for the few days. I said sure, I'm up for it.

That is so cute! I love it.
Def gotta do the nails to match. 

Quote from: LoriDee on June 14, 2024, 11:36:43 PMThat is so cute! I love it.
Def gotta do the nails to match. 

Just wasn't something I'd even considered, Lori, but my wife was right on it. 👍

It's funny, a lot of times I relate things to either journalism/PR troupes, or sports analogies... cause they're my main two ways I have entered the world.

Well I really think the moment at the salon when the hair was placed on my head, for both my wife and I, we shifted out of pre-season practice mode right into game day. It's like ok, everything we've been working on up to now has lead to this so let's go. And we've been going, and going... and going.

So... a good day.

Wife and I did some shopping this morning, added another half dozen items to my wardrobe. We're trying to find some sandal options that might fit me to give me some more summer dressing options. I have to admit, I don't love how I look in shorts. It's not the shorts, nor my legs... it's what's between them. I think in pants I look good, but I think shorts just draws attention to things.

So I asked about skirts and that led to the sandal quest.

But then I got my ears done. You should know, I acted like a big girl so as not to frighten any of the 8-year old girls cued up to get theirs done. But our favorite moment was when the very helpful sales woman/ear hole maker told me "this entitles you to 20% off ALL Hello Kitty merchandise in the store today!" She seemed kind of crestfallen when I said I was all set.

Only awkward moment was when she said she needed to see my ID to get things started... obviously it has my male name, and my pic with a full beard. I said "I swear it's still me, but the lighting was weird in that photo"...and she laughed. Even so, gotta get the name change/license stuff cooking...

Then the boy came later in the day. It was the first time he saw me dressed (in person, he's seen lots of pics), and he just walked in, gave me a big hug and said "happy Father's Day".. and which we all laughed and then sat down and chatted about a million other things and then went out to a really nice dinner and did the same for a few hours. Just like we normally do. Same ol, same ol. Which is awesome.

Love,
Allie

QuoteJust like we normally do. Same ol, same ol. Which is awesome.

The best news is no new news.

@imallie
Dear Allie:
I really enjoyed your last posting ....  you had great reactions from the ear piercing lady...
... and then the Father's Day hug from "the boy"    Priceless!!!!

What?  You are missing out on the Hello Kitty merchandise 20% discount?  They have
cute stuff for gift giving to any young girls that you know.... and even yourself!!!!

Thank you for sharing.
HUGS, Danielle

Quote from: Northern Star Girl on June 15, 2024, 09:29:18 PM@imallie
Dear Allie:
I really enjoyed your last posting ....  you had great reactions from the ear piercing lady...
... and then the Father's Day hug from "the boy"    Priceless!!!!

What?  You are missing out on the Hello Kitty merchandise 20% discount?  They have
cute stuff for gift giving to any young girls that you know.... and even yourself!!!!

Thank you for sharing.
HUGS, Danielle

I'm SOOO sorry Danielle! If I knew you were such a fan I could have asked if the discount was transferable.  😘😸

I would have bought some Hello Kitty merchandise to celebrate!
I already have Hello Kitty scissors and towel clips!  I got the clips from Target to stop the cats from pulling towels off the racks onto the floor.

What no Hello Kitty headband?

Quote from: davina61 on June 16, 2024, 03:38:38 AMWhat no Hello Kitty headband?

😂

I say this with deepest affection.  You all are both the best!... and the worst! ❤️

Now I'm off to pull my Bratz collection out of storage... 🤔

Nice to hear your son excepts all this. Having to show the ID was one of the main reasons for me to change my name officially. Even as they were checking me in for the surgery they had my dead name on stuff, to which I said," uh excuse me, you have the wrong name on it!" They quickly changed it. It will take a while to wash your old name out of the systems, so don't wait to long to start the process.

If there were a line of merchandise marketed at old and creaky gals like me, I'd be all over that. Perhaps Hello Old Cow?

Quote from: Oldandcreaky on June 16, 2024, 09:37:29 AMIf there were a line of merchandise marketed at old and creaky gals like me, I'd be all over that. Perhaps Hello Old Cow?

Ask and ye shall receive!  I know you're not one for posting photos... but at least let us know which body part you decide to have the tattoo placed on. You owe us that much. 😘

 

Today has been a day. A good day, but a DAY. I feel like we flipped ahead several chapters in "the Book of Trans" today.  So that's good.

Started with a nice walk around a local pond. The first time I'd ever done so in girl mode and that was nice. Then grocery shopping. I'm still getting some of those "hey, aren't you...?" looks from the cashiers who knew me in guy mode, but it's all good. Once they see me once, that's done.

Back to our favorite restaurant for lunch. Wait staff coming over and chatting just like usual. So nothing has changed there..

And then for dinner we went out to this awesome tapas spot to celebrate our 32nd anniversary, and during one of the early courses we had our waiter take a pic of us (turns out he got a really good one) and we posted that, a pic from our walk this morning and a pic of me and the boy at dinner last night all on facebook with a note that basically said: "Great weekend here. Went out to a nice FD dinner with the boy last night. A beautiful hike this morning, and a lovely anniversary dinner tonight! Other than that... nothing else really new here. 😉" and hit SEND

Oh and then I changed my FB name, gender and profile pic to boot (all while waiting for the next course — which was, I believe, a delicious pork belly on a bed of corn polenta)

We've gotten so many wonderful responses. But there's also a bunch of them that are equally wonderful, but only say "Happy Fathers' Day!!" Or "Happy Anniversay! 32 years is amazing!"... those are fine for the people who already know... but for those who didn't? We keep wondering if maybe they didn't look at the photos too closely? 😂. Oh well, they'll catch on!

The most puzzling one was from a former assistant of mine. On my new profile pic she placed a ❤️ and a comment that read "Only you! 🤩". I feel like we need a team of philologists (people who translate ancient languages).  Cause we are stumped! When I gently poked her about what she meant, she replied "From the first day I worked for you you were always wonderful and making me laugh! So yes it's a compliment!"... which, while nice.. clears up nothing. Again.. we figure she'll catch up when she catches up!

Regardless? The phase of telling people is officially OVER.  Thank. The. Lord!

Love,
Allie

Happy Anniversary!