Monday, July 22, 2013

Hip-hugger, bell-bottoms

When I was in fourth or fifth grade I got some hip-hugger, bell-bottoms.  They were royal blue with huge red and yellow flowers.  The flowers were probably 12 inches in diameter.  They had a  fabulous 3 inch wide shiny vinyl belt.   (I know!! You wish you had some.)
I hardly ever wore those pants.  In those days we were only allowed to wear dresses to school and since I have never been one to change clothes I would just wear the dress to play in after school.  I would pick out a dress to wear on Monday morning and I would wear it every day for the rest of the week.  Charming.
I actually remember that I didn't really like the way hip-huggers fit so that was another reason I seldom wore them.  Well hip-huggers were in for about another decade or so before people got sensible and waistlines went back up to the natural waist.
Then about 20 years ago someone decided that everything should be worn on the hips again.  My daughters grew up in a generation of girls who thought their natural waistline was their hip line.
Anyway, last week I needed a new pair of dress slacks.  I went into Macy's and tried on some dark blue denim dress slacks.  They came right up to my waist!!!  I was thrilled.  They fit perfectly and are so much more comfortable.  It is so nice to have pants that fit me again.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Popi and Molly

Yesterday, Popi and Grandma Doreen came to meet Molly.  In order to enter the nicu you have to scrub your hands and arms up to your elbows-just like for surgery.  Popi enjoyed
doing that.  Then he held his hands up like he was waiting for the nurse to glove them.
Grandma Doreen got to hold Molly for a few minutes.  Popi was content to look at her.  After a while he got curious about the nicu.  He left Molly's room to look around and ask questions.  He was fascinated.  He talked to the nurses for a long time, both telling stories and asking questions.  He talked a lot about when he did nursing during the polio epidemic and he said he never liked nursing in the equivelent of the nicu because he didn't like poking tiny babies.
It was a fun visit and it was so nice of them to come.