HNT-107

I am participating in Boobie-thon again this year.

Why? Well, breast cancer affects everyone with breasts. So, let's take a look at my family.... I have boobs. My daughters have boobs, albeit small ones... Hell, my husband is a has boobs. (m..us..t repress... natural..inclination to make...bad...joke...)

Anywho!

So I am giving you a sneak preview of what I am offering over there... and I have noticed a bunch of HNTers over at the site!

Come by and make a donation and take a look at the goodies on display!

The week in review

Well my peeps, if I may use that term without seeming totally ridiculous, it has been a week. From hell in fact.

To cover matters, I have been called a whore by my husband, my mother told me that I ahve nothing to complain about because she suffered more, my baby turned 12 and we had air raid sirens sending us to the basement for nearby tornadoes... even though we live in the third largest city in the country.

Sigh.

I am exhausted.

So I hope that you will accept this older photo from an earlier series... I haven't posted it before... but you know... it isn't new either.

Have a good week

And go visit Os!

HNT-102

I didn't get a lot of photos taken this week because I have been heading home!

YEAH!

The end of vacation was spent in a fury of masturbation and the reading of bad erotica but a girl does what she has to to survive.

So I will be submitting this picture which I thought looked like what happens to the St. Pauli Girl after too many years walking the Bierpalasts of München.

HNT-97

Summer Vacation has begun.

but it is still wet, grey and chilly. or as today brings us humid.

So I offer you another selection from my flower series

HNT-96

Gee, I can't believe it is Thursday already.

And late afternoon and that... I have forgotten to post...

Here is another from my flower series...

HNT-94

Hmmm, why do I think of coconuts?

The problem for me, is that the coconut is one of the food items that you either love or hate....

Like cilantro.

As this is HNT's 3rd anniversary, I would like to point out that this is my 94th post (duh) and I have been participating in one way or another since January 19, 2006.

Hope you all have a good HNT!

Go so Os for more info!

HNT-91

I saw this over at Poppy Cede's... Obviously, I can't restrain myself... But then it is perfect HNT! Obviously, you should follow the bouncing boobs!

Please go see Os for much classier submissions than mine.

HNT-85

Still in bed sick....

Took a moment after a quick shower to wrap up in my favorite shawl... I take it to the kids sporting events with me... I think I always will... it will always work. It has every color in it.

Just what I needed to hear.

Another reason to anticipate trouble from my breasts.

When I was in 5th grade, I was a 36C.

Fuck.

And I am not even getting to enjoy them. This isn't fair.

HNT-84

Running late tonight, but pleased to see that my HNT picture doesn't seem to be suffering.

I snapped this baby with my new cell phone.

HNT-74

Well it is still nice and warm here in the Second City... Warm enough to make a girl smile and think of summer days...

HNT-70a

Mea culpa... I told you that I was new to this... Hopefully this did it! Sorry anyone.

HNT-70

And I am trying a video entry!

Yes, I am sure that I fucked this up... or you can hear the lilting tones of PK, the girls or Cash Cab in the background.... Oh, and please note all the mosquito bites I have gotten on my tender flesh... Do you know how hard it is to resist scratching those?

I did figure out how to do this though...



Or maybe not..

You tell me!

HNT-69

I like to call this one Post-BlogHer Cleavage....

Sorry for not posting more the last week or so. We are on our way out of town for our annual trek to my in-laws house on Long Island. Once there I will be able to post early and often as there will be a much better adult to child ratio....

Hmmm, will I get my hour of naked swimming? Will I be able to visit my North Fork friends before they leave for Maine?

Stay tuned and we will all find out together!

HNT-54

I am hoping that I haven't posted this one already.. but I saw it and liked it... It has been another long week...

I have picked out fire places, and am working on knobs, pulls and other hung accessories... (gee, that sounded dirty)

In the meantime, here is another house choice... my shower tiling... I am desperate to be able to lean against this...

HNT-48, A New Boob

No,

Sorry,

It is the old boob... but both my boobs have a new lease on life as of this morning. Since they got the all clear I have been much more relaxed...

I suppose that I should have had more faith... my birthday was earlier this week and is the feast day of St. Agatha, patron saint of bellfounders; breast cancer; breast disease; Catania, Sicily; martyrs; nurses; Palermo, Sicily; rape victims; torture victims; wetnurses; and Zamarramala, Spain

please notice the breast elements. See, St. Agatha is said to have refused the advances of a Roman prefect and was tortured.. by having her breasts cut off and presented to her on a silver platter... I used to think it was weird. Now I hope it is a talisman. She certainly helped me out today.

While this painting (by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The martyrdom of Saint Agatha) is lovely, it is not really appropriate for a HNT submission.. so I am including something more appropriate. This is me post test shot... with a marker indicating where one of my bilateral lumps is located.

NOW! OFF TO VEGAS!,

And the answer is?

Fibroadenoma!!!!

Multiple and bilateral (which according to the radiologist is a GOOD thing)

Yes, folks I am pendulous and lumpy! WHEE!

(This by the way is not my boob... it just plays it on this blog... but trust me, this is very similar to what I was looking at this morning)

Now that I can stop worrying about this.. I can concentrate on my birthday trip to VEGAS!

When I was told about it, I have to admit that I initially thought is was like one of those Make-A Wish trips...

PK wouldn't ever take me there and then suddenly he was.. it seemed suspicious.. but we are still going .. staying at the Venetian.. I even have dinner reservations already.. WHEE!

HNT-47

Well another week, another trauma.

This week's was my first mammogram.

Ultimately, it was more scary to think about in advance than to have. I had heard that they squish your breasts pretty badly and friends of mine have complained about this. I think that mine must be a little more flexible.. since they squished up nicely...

They needed to mark various spots on me... a scar that I had from the removal of a lump that I had removed years ago (completely benign) and oddly enough my nipples that kept getting squished under the rest of my boobs....

So I present to you.... The leftovers from my mammogram.

And now the really scary part... waiting for the results!

Release the hounds!

I have been walking on the new treadmill lately...

Sadly, this is not just as easy as stupping on the machine and starting to walk. See, these tits of mine must be supported. And traditionally, when I work out I need at least two bras... a standard lift and separate version and then the boob squeezing sports bra version.

And then I found it....

The perfect workout bra... The Enell bra...

Sure, you are looking at it and thinking... Holy crap! That thing looks at medievel.. and you would be right. I think that the folks that engineered this thing were actually formally members of the Inquisition...

But it does its job. NOTHING. and I mean N O T H I N G... moves when I am wearing this bra.

Hell, I can barely breathe.

So when I am done, I indulge in a ritual that I call, "Releasing the hounds" Over the next couple of nights I will post the hounds pix so you can see what I mean....