Oh my HAIR!

I decided I'd like a change for my hair. I bought a hair magazine and everything. Chris suggested I have it layered. I thought it sounded like a good idea.
So, I take my little magazine to "Sheer Delights." It was my first time there. I was surrounded by old ladies getting their hair dyed. I did not heed the warning sign.
They said they'd cut my hair for $30.
I brought in this picture:
I just want to look like a movie star, is that too much to ask? I mean really!
The lady did in fact cut my hair with some layers. It looked really cute when it was wet. THEN she asked if I wanted it blow dried. I said yes. (stupid, stupid, stupid). It cost an extra $20 apparently. And when I was done, I was a mushroom head!



Yes! She styled my hair like a mushroom! And then she asked, "Do you like it?" I said yes. (I always say yes. I totally lie). I sure didn't want her to try to make it better! I just said yes hoping she'd let me out of there.
She made some comment about how now I have lots of volume! Yippee. All I need. More volume. As a mushroom head.
I'm sorry to say that I did not think of my faithful blog readers, and I didn't get a picture of me as a mushroom.
Don't worry, my hair looks fine now. You can't even tell I was a mushroom yesterday! You can't even really tell I had my haircut. Maybe I'll post a picture when I can figure out how to make it look like Hayden's. :)

Chris the amazing book ripper

I've been meaning to post these pictures for a while now. Chris always said it's possible to rip an entire phone book in half, but he's never tried it. . . .until now. (well, it's actually our health directory, but it was still really big). He was mighty proud. And I am too, of course. :)

awww!

The other day, I was in Elle's class and I was looking at all the kids' work on the walls. One paper was a form they had filled out answering all sorts of questions. One of the questions was, "Who is your hero/heroine?" and my sweet little Elle wrote, "Mom." Aw! I wanted to cry!

Elle our budding actress

Elle was doing this little act the other day and I had to film her! She came up with it all on her own.

Some fun pictures

Here are pictures of our annual Thankful turkey by Chris. Usually we just have a round body and put feathers on and write something we're thankful for on each one. This year, because of the shape, it seems more appropriate to put the feathers on, then pluck them off one by one so our turkey will be ready for Thanksgiving.


















Elle's new earrings--her birthstone--opal.





I saw how Elle arranged her stuffed animals on her bed one day and I thought it was so cute, I just had to take a picture.
Then, I thought it was sweet to see Elle reading to Chris.

It's working!!

I went to the Dr. for a check-up on Friday and they took blood and did an ultrasound. And. . . the stent is doing its job! My kidney shrank down to a more normal size and my creatinine is down from 2.0 to 1.5!! (That's good) Yea!! Thanks for all your prayers!

Something Yummy for fall!

My friends Kristen and Hannah introduced me to the yummiest and EASIEST pumpkin cookies! Just visit Kristen's blog for the recipe/directions! You'll be surprised how easy they are! AND. . Albertsons has cake mixes on sale right now for only .79 cents! So GO! Go make some cookies! But, you should really share them. They're really good and you might eat them all. (I know from experience:)