Friday, June 8, 2007

CRAZY!

As some of you might now, I grew up with my grandmother as my mom, since my mom died from Melanoma when I was just 1 year old. So when I say mom I really mean grandmother...

Anyway, I talk to her pretty much every day, she still lives on Gotland. I am very glad she is still here; she had a stroke and a heart attack this past winter, and we were all sure she wasn't going to make it. But, she proved us all wrong and is as good as new!

Yesterday she did something, however, that made me question her sanity... She had the brilliant idea to try a self tanner for the first time in her 75 year old life. As most people know, you have to exfoliate pretty good before applying it, or you risk getting a splotchy and streaky result... And the cardinal rule is to carefully wash your hands afterwards, or you will get odd looking hands for sure! Well, she was not informed about this, so when she woke up the next day she was pretty horrified of how she looked. I understand, I would be too. Most normal people would probably jump in the shower and try to scrub it away, or maybe use a make up remover. Usually it is to no avail, since you will be stuck with the tan for a few days. You just have to grin and take it, right???

No, not my mom! She had the great idea to try white spirit, which is know in Sweden as LACKNAFTA. She rubbed it all over her body! Is she insane? And when that didn't work she got the even more insane idea to take a bath with chlorine in it! OH MY GOD! I yelled at her for a good 10 minutes... But she didn't seem to listen, the chlorine worked and she got the tanner off, that was all she cared about...

NUTS! But I still love her, crazy old lady...

6 comments:

Desiree said...

Kära nån, klorinbad låter lite väl extemt. Även om det är utspätt så är det inte hälsosamt. Hoppas hon skippar brun-utan-sol produkterna framöver. Jag förstår att du skällde på henne. Tur att det gick bra denna gången.

Anne-Marie said...

Din mamma/mormor verkar vara en härlig, litet småtokig kvinna. Tur att allt gick bra och att hon inte verkar ha fått några bestående men. Förstår verkligen att du blev arg på henne.

Annika said...

Lacknafta först och sen KLORIN!!! Crazy is right!!!
Men det hjälpte alltså. Hoppas inte hennes hud börjar bubbla nu.
Rätt kul på sätt och vis att hon provade "self-tanning" vid den mogna åldern av 75!
Snart får ni träffas!! Härligt!

Petra H said...

Ojojoj, din mamma/mormor måste ha väldigt tåligt skinn! Men funkade det och hon inte har några men, så varför inte (eller kanske inte ändå!).
Jag förstår att du ser framemot att träffa henne snart igen!

Matildas fikarum said...

How crazy's that! And to go through all that danger and effort only to return to the original shade. She was soo lucky not to get injuries.

S w e F l o said...

Hon är en kruttant, men ibland går hon lite för långt, helt klart! ;-)