What a relief

I hope Leah will appreciate my enthusiasm..........

I am a hair complainer. I admit it. I like my hair to be cut/colored a certain way. If the outcome is not exactly what I thought I wanted, I tend to complain. In all fairness to a hairdresser, I generally wait until I leave the salon to begin my complaining (except for an instance of major color malfunction-oh it happens!). I think they use trick lighting and mirrors in those places because my hair looks fine when I leave. You know, just like the ones at M*cys. I have been known to cheat on my stylist. I am not proud of that but I just couldn't stay in a bad hair relationship. My complaining may be a result of my lack of hair perception. You know, some people have poor body image, well I may have poor hair image. I just see the little piece that is sticking up and it ruins it for the millions of other hairs on my head. I am working on this.
Now to my relief........ I was getting a peppermint mocha today and the young, very trendy barista told me she liked my hair cut. I said thank you and told her that I have been thinking of growing it out because I am worried I have the "mom cut." She assured me that I don't have the "mom cut" because my hair is edgy. That's right, straight from the 22 year old with black undertones and caramel streaks. Edgy.

Update: photo of said edgy hahaha

A beautiful day

Happy Birthday Mia Goose

Happy Thanksgiving

A surprise staring Mia

I had Mia on Thanksgiving day in 2000. It was fun to have friends and family come visit me in the hospital. I just had to sit back and relax (ha ha).

Mia's first three birthday celebrations were doubled. We had a little party for her with friends before the actual birthday then I would bring a cake and goodies for the family Thanksgiving gathering. When she turned four, I took five of her friends and their moms to the movies to see P*lar Express. We came back to our house for cake and gifts. At age five, we did the teddy bear stuffing party and last year we had tons of fun at home with a hair and nail party (think Libby L* without the steroids). I was trying to think of something different this year. She said all she wanted was a movie party. Well I knew the theater was out so I decided to have a movie party at home. Then I thought how fun it would be to have a SURPRISE movie party. It seemed a good idea at conception but how to keep her from knowing? I handed out invites to the moms and asked they not tell the kids. I didn't even tell Madison. Things were going smooth. Then three days before the party, someone started talking about it. Many of the kids started sharing the excitement during breaks at school. I thought I should let Madison in on the plan so she could help with damage control. She said she already knew about the whole thing and she would be glad to quiet the buzz. I thought for sure Mia was on to the plan. She was very giddy after school last Wed. I asked her if there was anything she wanted to share with me. She said, "I got ten merits today." That was all I got out of her. Turns out I let paranoia get the best of me because she didn't have a clue. Yesterday evening, Keith brought her in after all the guests arrived. We all stood in the entry and when she opened the door, "Happy Birthday-to-you, happy-birthday-to-you, happy-birthday-dear-Mia, happy-birthday-to-you!!!!!!!!

I was so happy for her surprise. I am really proud of all the kids for truly keeping the secret. We had lots of fun. I found the cute cake idea on the internet. Mia already said she wanted to watch R@tatouille so that was the movie for the evening. The kids ate popcorn and fruit before Keith served BBQ hot dogs. I had a lot of fun hiding all the goodies and couldn't really do any decorating until Keith took Mia out after school.















What a fun time we had! Mission Surprise a success!

I need a good pie

Oh my goodness, I haven't had time to do any blogging lately. I am actually getting this started and need to take a break to take Mads to volleyball.

I'm back....

I have been busy with work, Madison's nine week exams, a sewing project, and volleyball. I am teaching Madison how to sew a very simple project for Christmas gifts . She has a game every Saturday and Sundays are filled with Church.

I started Christmas shopping- online! I can't stand waiting in crowds and traffic makes me loose my christian spirit. Plus it seems like Thanksgiving got lost now that most stores decorate for Christmas on Nov. 1. That really bugs me.

In between checking my email and searching the mls, I came across this really fun site. Be warned, it is addicting. I donated over 2200 grains and had to make myself stop to get on with other things.

This Sunday night is Praise, Prayer and Pie! So fun. I haven't decided what kind of pie to make. Last year I took the margarita pie that I have re-named the mock key lime pie. There isn't any alcohol in the recipe but the name doesn't seem appropriate. If anyone has a favorite pie recipe that is different, email it to me :)

****The picture of the girls is one of my favorites from our D- trip this past May.