MY NEW BEAUTY SALON
I have a new beauty salon… I went to my husband’s barber shop to get my hair trimmed today.
Before you get worried and ponder my lucidity:
I’m growing out the layers in my hair.
I’m actually in a very good hair ‘place’ right now. I’ve finally realized that my hair IS pretty thick and it can look good all the same length. In Fact, I’ve realized the hard way, that
I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR LAYERS!!!
I don’t have time for the styling in the morning, the fuss throughout the day… I’m Done.
Why have layers in my hair like an updated ‘RACHEL’ haircut? Even if it is complementary for some face types, it’s completely retro at this point:
‘Friends’ went off the air years ago and I’m a mom… with a station wagon.
Besides, when my hair has been VERY LAYERED, by the end or middle of the day, it’s up in a clip- done…
So back to why I’m in a ‘Good Hair Place’ right now-
I can see the end is in sight; my layers are almost grown out and my hair is looking better
WHILE BEING EASIER to fix… I don’t even need to really fix it, I just comb it- done.
So, for a trim today, instead of going to my expensive hair salon and ‘hair guy’ who has been cutting my hair forever, I went to my Big Guy’s barber. I had planned to do this even before the Dow went down today, and I’d decided to do it on principle: It’s not that hard to trim hair- straight across the bottom- and snip off growing-out layers. It’s just not that hard. Yet, some ‘hair stylists’ do this and get paid more than the $18.00 I paid today. And I love my trim…
The price is good. But you know what’s a little better… HOW SMART I FEEL! I feel like I’ve outsmarted the system: that big, hair-styling, self-inflating, self-important, rotating-cog-wheel of hyper-consumer-falsely-inflated-capitalism.
I WON TODAY ladies and gentlemen!
This is empowering! AHHHHHHHHH!
Whew. It always comes back to hair, doesn’t it? or food… Stop. I’m getting away from my point:
I guess what the editors at VOGUE say is true,
‘There’s nothing like a good hair day.”
My Son WILL NOT Drink Root Beer
This, as you can see, is a bottle of Root Beer. My husband bought this because it was a childhood favorite of his, a ‘special treat’, as we call it in our house.
He remembers making Root Beer floats and remembers this particular brand as being very, very good.
He offered a sip to my son,
“You wanna try some Root Beer? It’s my favorite!”
My 4-year-old looked at him and stated very firmly,
“Daddy, I don’t drink Beer. It’s for adults.”
My Big Guy chuckled and continued,
“No, this is Root Beer, not adult beer. You can try it.”
“No Daddy, I don’t drink ANY beer. Beer is for adults.”
My husband tried to then explain that it is just a name and that Root Beer is a (non-caffeinated) type of soda… like Sprite. We’ve let Little Guy try some Sprite at special occasions.
But my son was having none of it.
“It’s beer Daddy. And I don’t drink beer.”
Nothing like having a self-regulating 4-year-old.
Does this mean we are doing a good job? I’m not sure…
‘Mad Housewife’ Wine Party!
Thanks to the wonderful people at MAD HOUSEWIFE CELLARS–
my home was transformed Saturday evening into a wine tasting venue with tons of wine, food, prizes, and most of all, cool DC Metro Mom Contributors and cool readers!
Here are some of the DC Metro Mom Bloggers who came and imbibed. It was awesome to see familiar faces of some well-known bloggers like Toddler Planet, StimeyLand, Monkey Business, Tech Savvy Mama, Surely You Nest and ‘Where’s My Cape?’.
We had fun welcoming a few new contributors too! It was a pleasure to meet Caffeinated, My Party of Six and Crunchy-Chewy Mama!
As the evening wore on, smiling and laughter increased. I had to include this picture, however, because of the funny face that StimeyLand is making behind the bar.
NOTE TO READERS: I don’t normally have a bar in my living room. There is normally a big chair in that corner. But I move it out when we entertain…
The scary reflection on me about this, is that NOBODY questioned the fact that there was a bar in my living room… No one.
People had a great time. There were spatulas and nail files, courtesy of Mad Housewife. And Toddler Planet won the door prize!
Good talk, good women, good times, good wine- What could be better?
Well, Maybe a T-Shirt… lots of people asked me how to get the Mad Housewife T-Shirt I was wearing.
I love this wine!
Thanks to my dad for providing the beautiful Dahlia arrangements that were all over the house.
If you look at the top picture in this post, the Dahlia to the right of the Mad Housewife sign is from the same plant (that my dad grew) that won Best in Show a few weeks ago at the National Dahlia Show, as in, the whole country.
THANKS AGAIN TO THE GREAT PEOPLE AT MAD HOUSEWIFE CELLARS!
If you see this wine, pick up a bottle, it’s very good! Give it a try!
MY LITTLE LEAP INTO THE 21st CENTURY
I’m sitting here on my couch, doing my first blog post from my brand new Macbook laptop! It is awesome! We just re-wired our home to be ALL wireless- YEY! This is so nice and comfortable. The keyboard is effortless and the picture is clear and concise.
I’m so excited that I can blog, check email and surf blogs while sitting on my couch, half-listening to Sunday Night Football.
And, to top it off, I had the pleasure of hosting a DC Metro Moms Wine Party at my house this weekend and it was SUPER FUN!
More on the wine party tomorrow!
STUFF FOUND IN MY COUCH
We covered our couch in a throwcover (is that what they are called?) from Pottery Barn… almost a year ago. Wait – is it called a slipcover?
We did this until we decided what to do in the couch department…
now we’re talking about an addition to the house, so the couch is being put off once again.
I am washing ‘said cover’ as we speak because I’ve never washed it…
Wow, I hope it still fits after washing, especially because I’m having a party Saturday night…
cross you fingers. I’m thinking good thoughts. I’m thinking good thoughts.
Anyway, the point of my post, here it is=
when we took off the slip cover (that is fitted, by the way) Gosh, I’m really hoping it still fits right now.
we found a key… I don’t know what it locks or unlocks
and a MEASURING CUP!
Why was there a measuring cup in my sofa?
This is the answer I really want:
not the answer to world peace, or time continuum, or life on Mars.
What was I or let’s be serious, my son doing, that a measuring cup got stuck, in the couch, so far down, that it wasn’t found until now?
MISTER ROGERS MAKES ME SMILE
“YOU BRING ALL YOU EVER WERE
AND ARE
TO ANY RELATIONSHIP
YOU HAVE TODAY.”
-Mister Rogers
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