christytomlinson

EEK! what did i DO!!!!????

soo.. a about 2 weeks ago,   I was standing in front of my bathroom mirror and my husband came in and pulled the back of my hair up into his hands.. just kinda playing with it while we were talking.. then we both looked at my hair that way (the front of my hair had fallen out of his grasp but had created this very dramatic A-line hairdo).. and we were both like.. hey.. I (you).. should get your hair cut like that!  Then we kept on with our conversation.. but all morning I kept thinking.. I SHOULD get my haircut.. I hate short hair on me, but It's so long (it was about 1-2" past my bra line!).. I hadn't gotten it cut in 6 months! .. so.. then I called my hair girl (she is SO great! and so reasonable!).. and she got me in that night. So i went in and told her what I wanted..   A very deep a-line, but I wanted to keep it somewhat long in the front, so I wanted it at least to my collarbone, but the back like to my hairline (I know.. she was like.. hum.. okay.. that could be cute).. , Hard to image I know, but think of Posh Spice.. but ALOT longer version. I left the Salon.. Somewhat happy.. sorta of.. the color looked GREAT and the cut was what I had asked for.. (love my  hairdresser she was so great to put up with me and only charged me $65 for the cut and color!) .. but I just wasn't sure that the Aline thing worked with such LONG hair in the front (we cut like 8"-10" off the back, but only like 2" off the front)..

Well got home, and the first thing my husband said is.. "it looks good!" (good boy).... then a few seconds later.. "it looks kinda weird".. or something to that effect (honest boy! LOL.. love my husband’s honesty)... I kinda agreed.. I could have pulled it off If I lived in New York or LA and was a hip movie star.. but alas... I live in small town Idaho, rural and I would say somewhat conservative....

and so I decided that the front of it needed to be just a tad bit shorter, (like 2" shorter :))..  so  it wasn't such a dramatic a-line.. so I cut a little off the front.. but then I kept cutting and cutting.. THEN I cut too much and it wasn't really an a-line anymore. So then, I asked Ben my husband to come in and help me fix it.. and so he cut the back so it was shorter than the front...

It looked pretty good wet, so we called it good.. and although I didn't like it straight.. when I curled it from the roots out, (like I have it curled in my picture above to the left.. you know that picture up there that everyone says makes me look "proper" and stuffy :). Anyhow.. if I curled it like that.. it looked GREAT! I actually kinda liked it.. (you can get that look with a curling iron by curling your hair around the barrel from the roots out.. or using curlers the same way. I posted about it once here.. )

well today I really wanted to wear it straight.. we were going out tonight and I just didn't have the time to curl it (it takes longer to curl short hair that way then it does long! EEK!)..  and so I thought I would use some REALLY large curlers.. just enough to get the ends to curl under and see what would happen. WELL finally found a hand mirror.. so I could see what the back looked like and I hated it! the back just didn't seem short enough.. it was almost as if, my Aline only came in from the side.. then once it hit my shoulders on both sides.. and across the back it was like a little kids bob..

well I was trying to figure out what to do and after playing with it I decided the back needed to be shorter.. more Aline and also the back (and only the back) needed to be "stacked".. kinda where the hair is long on the bottom and has a few layers that are shorter and shorter.. to create "volume".
So the best way to do that was to call my hair dresser and have her do it. So I did.. but she couldn't get me in today.. and I am in the MOST impatient person.. So.. next thought, have my husband do it. So.. looked around the house and realized he was outside in his shop. Too cold to go out and get him and he didn't have his phone on him, SOOOO.. next option.. my oldest son? No.. he's more impatient than I am and that could be bad.. so okay.. then I would just do it..

so I did.. I started with the top layer of my hair in the back and cut about 2" OFF!! EEK!.. then I did a second layer and only cut about 1" off.. then another one.. then I kinda cut here and there.. and guess what.. it actually TURNED OUT..okay!!! LOL.. all with only a hand mirror and a pair of old hair cutting scissors I bought at wallmart.. I just saved myself 15 bucks! LOL..(though I know my hairdresser would have fixed my mess for free.. she is just that way..). but It's not bad.. and i can at least live with it..

so... without further adew (have no idea how to spell that word)... here is my new short straight hair cut.. ).. I still like it curled best.. but now I can just wash it and dry it and go.  if i want. ( I will curl it tommorow for church and take a picture of it curled!)..

granted.. I WILL be growing it back out.. I really really really like long hair. (I don't know what i was THINKING cutting in the first place)... but oh well hair grows! :)

So one other story before I go.. this one is funny!  So we went to see Santa last Monday, outside.. in the cold in Shelley. As we were standing in line, my son Parker (he is the one who is 11 and has Aspbergers)..  this is Parker he kept "licking" the life size candy canes that were lining the walkway we were on. I told him he better not to do it because his tongue might get stuck on it.. (Like on the movie.. A Christmas Story.. I think that's the name).. anyhow.. he stopped.. sorta of. and we got to see Santa and then left. Sooo.. the NEXT DAY.. I got a call from his School saying that he, Parker,  had stuck is TONGUE to a pole outside during recess. They couldn't get it off, so they had to radio in to get someone to get hot water and come pour it on his tongue.. so It would release from the pole. I just started to laugh!!! I am sure the person on the other end of the phone thought I was so weird.. but I just couldn't help it... she said he wanted to talk to me, as it had shook him up a bit.. so when he got on I asked him.. Parker, why did you do that? didn't I tell you that it would get stuck? He said "well yes, but I had to see for myself!"  LOL.. oh he is the FUNNIEST kiD!! I just love him to death..

well.. better go, hope you all have a WONDERFUL Christmas, If I don't blog before then..

hugs to you all!
Christy

Some cool things to share! :)

I am sorry it's been so quiet around here. Life and Scarlet Lime has kept me busy this past 2 weeks!
But kits are off, which means life will settle down a bit until after Christmas (right? LOL)

So.. I got this really cool thing from Making Memories and I just had to share it with you. It's perfect for your Desktop.. both in a scrapbooking room or a home office   (my husband actually loves this entire line.. he is using some of it on his own office for his "bills" and stuff). But this rounder thing is SO cool. you can spin it around to find the exact tool you need  (favorite scissors, hole punches, pens, eyelet setter, adhesives, stapler, paint brushes etc). Or fill it with your favorite products that you reach for again and again.. I have these little note tags I use on just about everything I do, so they take up one of the spots in the carousal.  It  comes with little drawers too which would be perfect inks, gems, flowers, buttons, small items like that.  They are just now shipping into stores.. so make sure you check them out! So fun and would be a GREAT gift for Christmas!

So what else is cool? I love Shutterfly... it's a great place to get prints and I LOVE their photo books. (So my style).. well  Shutterfly recently started offering single 12x12 and 8x8 prints for digital scrapbookers. They also now offer 4x8 and 5x7 photo cards for scrapbookers to create custom holiday cards.   I LOVE this concept because some of you may not know.. but I love to dabble in digital scrapbooking. My sister, Leora creates lots of fun digital embellishments (you can see them on this site here).. and so she got me started in it, when she would send me samples of the digital papers and embellishments she created.  Lots of people don't have a 12x12 printer and can't print off their 12x12 digital scrapbooking papers, but now Shutterfly has made it possible. I was just thinking.. what an GREAT gift for a husband or a grandparent. Create some quick pages for them in photoshop of the past years events and print them off at shutterfly, then put then in an album for a gift! Love it..

so anyhow.. I am just about done with a project I am working on for someone special (can't show you.. because they read the blog! LOL)..

anyhow.. so I know I mentioned my health in my last post.. didn't mean to scare anyone (my mom called and e-mailed me right away).. but I had been feeling so tired and just not myself. So I went in and had my blood work redone and found out my PCOS had actually gotten worse (PCOS is where your body produces too much testosterone and insulin). Did you know that one in every 10 women has it? MOST people don't know they do. I am already taking glucophage (which is what people take for diabetes).. I am taking it 3 times a day 500 MG per day. So now he has bumped me up to 2000mg a day.. and told me because my insulin was so high... even ON medication, that i need to go on a low carb diet and exercise.

Okay, I can totally do the exercise part (as long as I can do it at 1 am in the morning.. after all my work is done.. have to laugh at that thought).. but actually I can do it. I don't mind it, it's just finding the time.  But Low carb? AHH! I have always.. ALWAYS been on a low calorie diet. As many of you know, after my 4th child, Preston I weighed a little over 220 pounds. I finally got my butt into gear, because I had 4 small kids and needed to be healthier.. and I went on a low calorie diet and lost 90 pounds in 9 months. I have had 2 kids since then.. and have been able to loose the weight each time (this last time.. took a little longer.. and still have 15 more pounds to go).. but I have done it mostly with a low calorie diet.. and little exercise. I can totally go with little food.. but I don't know if I can go without carbs! I love bread, love pancakes, love cold cereal.. and even though I actually already eat whole grain breads (wheat and bran) and also eat wheat pancakes.. I think my doctor wants me to go on an even stricter diet. He mentioned the words "Atkins " and i was like NO!! LOL

As much as i want to be healthy.. I personally don't think an Atkins diet is healthy for anyone.. so.. I am eating a lot of cream of wheat, veggies, and protein shakes. I am not a big fan of meat and as much as I try I can't eat fish.. actually I can.. TUNA fish.. but every other kind of fish or seafood makes me gag..

so.. It's hard for me to eat meat.. because I am not a fan of steak or chicken either.. i do like ham, but that's not soo  "lean". Anyhow.. so that's my story. I started exercising last week.. ONE DAY.. then forgot to the rest of the week..so my goal is this week to start again! LOL.. we have a tread mill and weights we bought earlier this year..

and i am going to follow the book I bought last spring that helped me get into shape.. 28 day Body Shape-over  LOVE this book..seriously the BEST book every.. love it! It's great for telling you WHAT to work on (body-wise) and what to eat and when! I  would recommend it to ANYONE..

anyhow.. check  it out.. also make sure you check out Shutterfly and the new Making Memories Carousel thing. It ROCKS! have a wonderful week!
Christy