Come on ladies....

I know you are out there.. trying that new hair technique I showed you. In fact I have had a couple of e-mails of  "I tried it, but don't want to share a picture" kinda of thing..that's crap I tell ya!! LOL

I was just so sure everyone would be so willing to post their luscious locks with me??? don't let me down! I am kinda down tonight. Maybe It's because I got sick yesterday... that bad nasal thing going around and the flu. This weekend was Spud Days here in Shelley, where we have a parade, eat free potatoes, have a tug of war in a mashed potato pit and even have a potato digging contest. I didn't go, I felt bad.. but some of my kids did. I was just not feeling good and the 30 MPH winds and 45 degree weather.. just didn't make it seem any more enticing! LOL

I think the reason I am down is my husband is out of town.. sorta of. His friends truck broke down while they were getting ready to come home from a hunting trip. My husband was supposed to go, but opted to stay home to get our house finished. Well they called Ben and asked if he would go by the part they needed and drive it to them about 3 hours away.  He was like... "see you in the morning". He acted all sad about it, like he felt bad that he was leaving me while I was sick.. but I knew better! LOL.. I have never seen him move or pack so fast! .. gotta love him.

So I watched this movie tonight that seriously disturbed me. In fact I should have turned it off but I didn't. I am kinda funny when it comes to movies. When Ben is out of town I like to rent the dumb, girly movies he won't watch with me. Even like the teenage Disney movies (shh don't tell anyone). So I rented Bring it on.. all the way.. .. or something like that.. the first two were pretty good and cute. But this one. SERIOUSLY. in the first 30 second of the movie I wanted to cry because I thought "if that is really how high school girls talk, think and act, my kids are going to be HOME SCHOOLED!!!".  The sexual comments.. and I mean comments, not innuendos, that they were saying to each other and the boys around them. I thought I was going to die!  The movie itself was okay, but I couldn't get past the first 10 minutes of the show without really feeling sad for my kids generation.. having to grow up with media thinking all that crap is okay to put out there in front of teenagers.. but that's probably not even it. The problem is that IS reality in most schools and it makes me sad to see such a lack of morality among young people. wow!

Well earlier today I spent the day cutting paper.. for my upcoming Las Vegas store visit. With the seriously drop dead GORGEOUS models who work at Scrapping Time, Jamie and Chelsie.  Jamie e-mailed me a few weeks ago to ask me what I wanted to do on Sunday after all my classes were over and before I headed home... she mentioned shopping, going to a show.. and then she wrote that she had a swimming pool so to bring my swimsuit. I almost choked from laughing so hard.. and politely wrote back to her.. NO WAY! LOL.. I have a heard enough time convincing myself to get into a swim suit around family.. I am not going to get into a swimsuit in front of two blond model bombshells. But that's why I love them.. because even though they do turn heads as they walk down the street (even at cku where there are mostly women) they are the seriously the sweetest girls you will ever know. I swear they go to every CKU event That is how I met them, they would always take my classes when I worked for Chatterbox and bring me food or drinks from cool places "off campus". Seriously so sweet. Anyhow, if you are in the Las Vegas area this coming weekend, come hang with us there. We are doing a crop Friday night, and then I think 3 classes on Saturday. In the end I told her I just wanted to hang at the store and crop. I don't think I have been to a "crop" in almost 3 years... that I really just cropped at... wow.. sad. Anyhow. Better get to bed. Got church at 8:30 am and I doubt Ben will be back in time to help get the kids ready. Plus my self tanning stuff is finally dry and I can go to bed now! LOL (i bought some new Loreal stuff.. called "sublime". I will let you know how it goes. I just want that "natural" summer glow.. yeah RIGHT! :))  Night! and I WILL be posting house pictures tomorrow!

Comments

[DarlaLOU]

OK OK I am busted, YES I have tried your hair technique!!! Alas, even after 2 or 3 tries I think either a: my hair is too 'heavy' for this or b: my rod it too big around...need something smaller? I am not sure of which. I used a couple of different special conditioners on my hair because it is SO brittle and dry...so it does not hold a lot of curl in the back as it is :O( but I will keep trying bc this IS such a cute look!
Hope you get to feeling better and I think you are SMART to stay in out of the cold from Spud Days... we skipped it this year after getting drenched and freezing last year! LOL Can't wait to see more updates on the house! Blessings,
Darla

[Candice]

I agree, it's scary what this world is coming to. My kids are only 4 and 5 and I so worry what the world will be like when they are teens if it's this bad now.

Thanks for those tips. I can't wait to try them out.

I hope you get feeling better!

[courtney]

I know exactly what you're saying about those movies. Isn't it sad? I think the PG-13 movies are worse than the Rated R ones. I get so sad when I think that this is the way it is. :( Kids shouldn't have to grow up so fast!

I wish I lived closer to Vegas!! I would totally go! :) I hope you feel better!

[lauravegas]

you had me laughing so hard about your self-tanning stuff drying ... i'm sitting here reading your blog while my self-tanning stuff dries on my legs (too much whiteness showing out my capri pants!)! lol! and i'm still wanting to try out your curling iron tip ... it's not often though that i do the more straight look (not enough time).

i feel the same way about some of those movies. my oldest daughter (almost 10) wanted to see that same movie. the first one was ok ... but i just didn't think this one was appropiate for her to see. i went to a private christian school all my life. but i watch all these movies and know that a lot of what we see is really the ways teenagers are these days. it's so sad and gets me so worried to let her grow up. i've seriously thought about the homeschooling thing too!

hope your feeling better. i've got the cold thing going on today too ... sucks, doesn't it!

[Robin]

My husbands bachelor friend stopped by last night with a laundry "issue". He designs and sells t-shirts at car shows. LAst weekend he left the box of sample tshirts in the back of his pickup. It rained....it poured....it dried up.....it got VERY VERY warm here.....and the tshirts sat in the back of his pickup the whole time turning into a moldy stinky mess. I told him I would TRY to help him. We did the cascade thing and only about 3 of the 30 or so shirts didnt make it! I was AMAZED!!!! It completely took the stinky smell out and the shirts looked as good as new!! Now I want to try it on my OWN laundry. Thanks so much for the tip!!!

[Kim Bolyard]

My hair is too short for a curling iron...but I am trying that laundry White thing soon

peace
Kim