Date night! Frank and I are going on a date in Massachusetts, either tonight or tomorrow night and I can't wait! And there is more...
We're making it a double date, taking Frank's parents on a date with us - so they are having date night too! And there is more...
We're going to see The Blind Side which very well may become my favorite movie of 2009, or even make it into my 'favorite movies of all time' list! I love a good sports movie that runs on themes of overcoming circumstance and racial tensions. I'm also a big fan of it being based on a true story. Overcoming the kinds of things that this family did wouldn't be nearly as impactful if it weren't true - anyone can tell a nice story, but these people lived it.
So, there is my 'I'm excited' post for the week - looks like this will become a Friday tradition.
I hope you had a wonderful Turkey Day!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
again...
We're moving. Again. Dear Lord help us.
Our complex has upped our rent rate so much that they have forced us out. Our lease ends on 2/13/10 and we'll be moving to...somewhere.
We're staying in the DC area obviously, but we don't yet know where we'll land. Though we do hope that wherever it is, we'll be there for a long long long time. We've been married for less than 2 years and lived in two apartments, when we move in February we'll still be under two years and will have lived in 3 places. Wonderful.
I'm trying to be cool and calm about this, but I hate having a 'move out' date without having a 'move in' destination.
Prayers would be great, and any tips or ideas on where to live with a dog and 1 car would be welcomed.
We'll miss our awesome apartment, I guess it was too good to be true after all.
Our complex has upped our rent rate so much that they have forced us out. Our lease ends on 2/13/10 and we'll be moving to...somewhere.
We're staying in the DC area obviously, but we don't yet know where we'll land. Though we do hope that wherever it is, we'll be there for a long long long time. We've been married for less than 2 years and lived in two apartments, when we move in February we'll still be under two years and will have lived in 3 places. Wonderful.
I'm trying to be cool and calm about this, but I hate having a 'move out' date without having a 'move in' destination.
Prayers would be great, and any tips or ideas on where to live with a dog and 1 car would be welcomed.
We'll miss our awesome apartment, I guess it was too good to be true after all.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Mondays...
How was your Monday? I hope it was lovely, full of sunshine and happiness! I hope it was better than mine...
I've had chronic sinus infections for a while now and finally decided to see an ENT about it. I met him on Friday and he started me on a steroid nasal spray and scheduled me for an allergy test on Monday. Today was Monday (I realize that this is being posted on Tuesday, I stayed up too late)
I went to the doctor's office this morning for my 9am appointment. I wore a t-shirt because I was assuming I'd have the 'scratch test' I'd heard about from other people, and t-shirts are soft and potentially kind to itchy backs. While I'm glad I wore a t-shirt, I was wrong about how the test would go down. I don't know exactly how a 'scratch test' works when it involves one's back, but I doubt it is worse than what they did to me today.
At first it was nothing terrible. There is a six pronged device that sits in oily stuff,
they sectioned off my left arm into four quadrants and pushed the prongs into my skin. It didn't hurt at all, it felt like someone pressing their nails against your skin, but not pinching or anything, just pressure. Honestly my thought was, "this thing would make a great back scratcher!"
Then I sat in the chair for 20 minutes while the oily stuff dripped down my arm, waiting for something to start to itch. No itching. Not even a twinge of itch.
I thought, "great! no allergies, guess that is settled." WRONG
My left arm got it easy, then it was the right arm's turn. I promise I am not exaggerating any of the numbers in this next part.
The nurse came in with 4 trays of little bottles, each with 4 rows and 10 columns. Then she opened the box of syringes...and pulled out 33 of them. She uncapped 33 syringes and placed one in each of the orange capped bottles (containing the second highest dose of allergens for each of 33 likely suspects).
Then I lifted the sleeve on my right arm and she wrote 33 different codes in two rows down the side of my upper arm, between my shoulder and elbow.
One by one, she stuck me with each syringe containing each allergen until I had what looked like 33 (bleeding!) mosquito bites in perfect rows down my arm.
I'm not one to get light headed or nauseous around needles, I often give blood and get yearly flu shots. But 2 minutes after she finished sticking me I was seeing spots and loosing my hearing at an alarming rate.
The nice nurse (to her credit, she was very nice the entire time and was pretty good at sticking me with minimal pain) brought me two cookies and a cup of water and had me lay down for the 10 minutes required to get the test results.
After 10 minutes they moved me to another room where I would see the doctor. The doctor whom I had told on Friday that I don't have allergies, and that even if I did I had tried taking Clariten and it had not worked. He was shocked that I had shown ZERO signs of allergies to ANYTHING. So surprised that he asked that I show him my mangled right arm, and he looked even more surprised to see that the test results were correct and I still showed no signs of an allergic reaction.
***I would have inserted a picture here of what my arm looked like, but no one puts pictures of nonallergic people on the Internet and my phone doesn't have a camera. Just imagine 33 bleeding mosquito bites in rows down my right arm.***
Anyway, I'm still trying the nasal spray and I have a follow up appointment in a month.
I hope that none of you ever has to have an allergy test, or if you do, I hope that it gives you a result that will address your issue.
There isn't a better way to start your morning that to be stuck with 33 needles only to be told that you are the picture of health! (all the while blowing your nose due to your ongoing sinus issues)
*disclaimer: I was more than polite to all nursing staff and the doctor, not once did I say "I told you so" or "come on, we all know this is a structural problem, just order the damn CT!"*
**however, if I go back in a month and they don't order the CT, I'm saying it. loudly.**
I've had chronic sinus infections for a while now and finally decided to see an ENT about it. I met him on Friday and he started me on a steroid nasal spray and scheduled me for an allergy test on Monday. Today was Monday (I realize that this is being posted on Tuesday, I stayed up too late)
I went to the doctor's office this morning for my 9am appointment. I wore a t-shirt because I was assuming I'd have the 'scratch test' I'd heard about from other people, and t-shirts are soft and potentially kind to itchy backs. While I'm glad I wore a t-shirt, I was wrong about how the test would go down. I don't know exactly how a 'scratch test' works when it involves one's back, but I doubt it is worse than what they did to me today.
At first it was nothing terrible. There is a six pronged device that sits in oily stuff,
they sectioned off my left arm into four quadrants and pushed the prongs into my skin. It didn't hurt at all, it felt like someone pressing their nails against your skin, but not pinching or anything, just pressure. Honestly my thought was, "this thing would make a great back scratcher!"
Then I sat in the chair for 20 minutes while the oily stuff dripped down my arm, waiting for something to start to itch. No itching. Not even a twinge of itch.
I thought, "great! no allergies, guess that is settled." WRONG
My left arm got it easy, then it was the right arm's turn. I promise I am not exaggerating any of the numbers in this next part.
The nurse came in with 4 trays of little bottles, each with 4 rows and 10 columns. Then she opened the box of syringes...and pulled out 33 of them. She uncapped 33 syringes and placed one in each of the orange capped bottles (containing the second highest dose of allergens for each of 33 likely suspects).
Then I lifted the sleeve on my right arm and she wrote 33 different codes in two rows down the side of my upper arm, between my shoulder and elbow.
One by one, she stuck me with each syringe containing each allergen until I had what looked like 33 (bleeding!) mosquito bites in perfect rows down my arm.
I'm not one to get light headed or nauseous around needles, I often give blood and get yearly flu shots. But 2 minutes after she finished sticking me I was seeing spots and loosing my hearing at an alarming rate.
The nice nurse (to her credit, she was very nice the entire time and was pretty good at sticking me with minimal pain) brought me two cookies and a cup of water and had me lay down for the 10 minutes required to get the test results.
After 10 minutes they moved me to another room where I would see the doctor. The doctor whom I had told on Friday that I don't have allergies, and that even if I did I had tried taking Clariten and it had not worked. He was shocked that I had shown ZERO signs of allergies to ANYTHING. So surprised that he asked that I show him my mangled right arm, and he looked even more surprised to see that the test results were correct and I still showed no signs of an allergic reaction.
***I would have inserted a picture here of what my arm looked like, but no one puts pictures of nonallergic people on the Internet and my phone doesn't have a camera. Just imagine 33 bleeding mosquito bites in rows down my right arm.***
Anyway, I'm still trying the nasal spray and I have a follow up appointment in a month.
I hope that none of you ever has to have an allergy test, or if you do, I hope that it gives you a result that will address your issue.
There isn't a better way to start your morning that to be stuck with 33 needles only to be told that you are the picture of health! (all the while blowing your nose due to your ongoing sinus issues)
*disclaimer: I was more than polite to all nursing staff and the doctor, not once did I say "I told you so" or "come on, we all know this is a structural problem, just order the damn CT!"*
**however, if I go back in a month and they don't order the CT, I'm saying it. loudly.**
Friday, November 20, 2009
I'm Excited About: A New Tradition Edition
I've decided to start a trend on my blog - since I have it "in case something exciting happens" I'll be dedicating one post each week to something I'm excited about!
So, for my first "I'm excited about..." I'll tell you about a new restaurant I found this week!
Founding Farmers
I had lunch with some other PAC people, and I was totally blown away with the food. The service was not anything to write home about, but the menu certainly was!
Very home-style food and everything was delicious. The cornbread has corn in it and comes with honey butter.....melt in your mouth kind of good!
The restaurant is very focused on being 'green' and sustainable and the atmosphere reflects that. It is a cool combination of industrial and outdoorsy. I loved the entire look!
It is a little pricey, but will be a great place for the occasional fun lunch or after work drinks.
So, for my first "I'm excited about..." I'll tell you about a new restaurant I found this week!
Founding Farmers
I had lunch with some other PAC people, and I was totally blown away with the food. The service was not anything to write home about, but the menu certainly was!
Very home-style food and everything was delicious. The cornbread has corn in it and comes with honey butter.....melt in your mouth kind of good!
The restaurant is very focused on being 'green' and sustainable and the atmosphere reflects that. It is a cool combination of industrial and outdoorsy. I loved the entire look!
It is a little pricey, but will be a great place for the occasional fun lunch or after work drinks.
One Down, One to Go!
My lack of blogging is due to my first of two term papers being due this past Wednesday. It ended up being 23 pages on the topic of "political theater" focusing on the current bills in Congress addressing the public funding of congressional campaigns. (H.R.1826 and S.752 if you are interested)
It was an interesting topic and that made it easier to crank out the work.
I'm so glad to be finished with that paper, though we are still scheduled for more readings (yeah, right) and 3 more classes. I've mentally checked out, all I have left in that course is to do a 5 minute presentation on my paper - no sweat!
My next paper is due December 3rd and will be easier to compile. It is an election analysis/prediction for Pennsylvania's 11th district congressional race. A good primary race combined with a volatile economic and political climate should make this paper nearly effortless.
I am hoping to get some work done on the paper before we head to Massachusetts so that our Thanksgiving break can actually be a break!
I feel like this grad program has been good for me and could help me in my chosen profession, I'm really glad it is almost over and I now know that I have absolutely no desire to ever go back to school again! (Please remind me of this post if I ever start talking about going back to school again)
It was an interesting topic and that made it easier to crank out the work.
I'm so glad to be finished with that paper, though we are still scheduled for more readings (yeah, right) and 3 more classes. I've mentally checked out, all I have left in that course is to do a 5 minute presentation on my paper - no sweat!
My next paper is due December 3rd and will be easier to compile. It is an election analysis/prediction for Pennsylvania's 11th district congressional race. A good primary race combined with a volatile economic and political climate should make this paper nearly effortless.
I am hoping to get some work done on the paper before we head to Massachusetts so that our Thanksgiving break can actually be a break!
I feel like this grad program has been good for me and could help me in my chosen profession, I'm really glad it is almost over and I now know that I have absolutely no desire to ever go back to school again! (Please remind me of this post if I ever start talking about going back to school again)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Happy Birthday, Hamilton!
There will not be a puppy party, no cake or funny hats, either. But I did give him an extra happy greeting this morning (and whispered 'happy birthday' in his ear just after midnight last night) and will most likely give him an extra treat some time this evening.
I'm so grateful for our awesome dog. Sometimes he is a pain in the butt, he likes to be hyper at the wrong times, he jumps on people when they come over, and he slobbers on my work clothes every morning - BUT, he also makes funny old man noises, plays with his toys without our help, loves nothing more than to be by your side, and gets all warm and droopy when he's been sleeping.
My current favorite thing is when he puts himself to bed. Frank and I usually stay up pretty late and Hamilton usually curls up near one of us and just snoozes until we announce "bed time." But sometimes he just can't hang - he looks at us with the droopiest eyes you've ever seen, makes an old man noise, and heads off to his bed in the closet.
Happy Birthday, Hamilton! Thanks for joining our little family and adding a little more wiggle to our day
I'm so grateful for our awesome dog. Sometimes he is a pain in the butt, he likes to be hyper at the wrong times, he jumps on people when they come over, and he slobbers on my work clothes every morning - BUT, he also makes funny old man noises, plays with his toys without our help, loves nothing more than to be by your side, and gets all warm and droopy when he's been sleeping.
My current favorite thing is when he puts himself to bed. Frank and I usually stay up pretty late and Hamilton usually curls up near one of us and just snoozes until we announce "bed time." But sometimes he just can't hang - he looks at us with the droopiest eyes you've ever seen, makes an old man noise, and heads off to his bed in the closet.
Happy Birthday, Hamilton! Thanks for joining our little family and adding a little more wiggle to our day
Monday, November 16, 2009
Rivalry Weekend
Rivalry Weekend is over. It happens when the Colts and Patriots play during the regular season.
Tonight's game was preceded by lots of "woo!"ing and also lots of team-gear-wearing. I wore 4 different Colts shirts over a three day span, Frank wore 2 Pats shirts...I guess that is why they lost...
The good news is that the Colts won. The bad news is that it was an ugly game. The Colts came back in the last few minutes of the game, and were helped by a poorly called 4th down play by the Pats (that also should have been challenged, so that is 2 bad ideas from the "genius" in one play) that gave the Colts the ball on the Pats' 30 yard line with over a minute left on the clock.
They carry on with their undefeated season but still face some tough teams, and I hope that Caldwell feels that keeping his starters healthy and rested for the playoffs is much more important that an undefeated regular season.
Go Colts! and hopefully the Colts and Patriots won't face off in the playoffs because I don't think I can handle the stress again this soon
Tonight's game was preceded by lots of "woo!"ing and also lots of team-gear-wearing. I wore 4 different Colts shirts over a three day span, Frank wore 2 Pats shirts...I guess that is why they lost...
The good news is that the Colts won. The bad news is that it was an ugly game. The Colts came back in the last few minutes of the game, and were helped by a poorly called 4th down play by the Pats (that also should have been challenged, so that is 2 bad ideas from the "genius" in one play) that gave the Colts the ball on the Pats' 30 yard line with over a minute left on the clock.
They carry on with their undefeated season but still face some tough teams, and I hope that Caldwell feels that keeping his starters healthy and rested for the playoffs is much more important that an undefeated regular season.
Go Colts! and hopefully the Colts and Patriots won't face off in the playoffs because I don't think I can handle the stress again this soon
Saturday, November 14, 2009
I'm a PC
I've always been a PC user, even back to the IBM my dad owns that we played with as children. I had a cream colored exterior, a black screen, and green type....we're talking DOS people. But it had a great game where you were a ship and you tried to drop bombs on submarines, it was the best!
Anyway, through college I used Dell computers and now I have a nifty little HP laptop that recognizes my left thumb print (used for log in), has a touch screen, and even has a screen that folds down so that I can write on it like a notebook!
I just spent a couple hours upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7. I didn't have any major complaints about Vista, but I decided to upgrade to 7 when I found out that I could do it for $30! (that is 85% off retail value)
How did I do it? Well, I'm in grad school and I have a functioning email address that ends in ".edu" and that is all it takes. My father-in-law sent along a helpful email with all the information and this link with directions.
So, if you have a .edu address and you'd like to upgrade to Windows 7 for $30, just click the link and be on your way!
Anyway, through college I used Dell computers and now I have a nifty little HP laptop that recognizes my left thumb print (used for log in), has a touch screen, and even has a screen that folds down so that I can write on it like a notebook!
I just spent a couple hours upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7. I didn't have any major complaints about Vista, but I decided to upgrade to 7 when I found out that I could do it for $30! (that is 85% off retail value)
How did I do it? Well, I'm in grad school and I have a functioning email address that ends in ".edu" and that is all it takes. My father-in-law sent along a helpful email with all the information and this link with directions.
So, if you have a .edu address and you'd like to upgrade to Windows 7 for $30, just click the link and be on your way!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Sick of being sick
For some reason there always seems to be something wrong with me. Currently it is a super mega cold/fever/sinus infection. For the last three and a half days I have been sneezing, blowing my nose, coughing, and dealing with sinus pressure.
It happens all too frequently, usually around the changing of seasons. My doctor says it isn't allergies and often tells me to drink lots of water, take decongestants, and use the sinus nasal wash (which I hate).
There has to be a solution, some way to prevent this. So, bring it on - give me your wacky home remedies and some kind of prevention.
Here are things I've tried:
-constant hand washing (doubled up when I've been on the metro)
-regular water consumption
-immediate use of decongestants and nose blowing
-airborne
-hot showers/steaming my face to loosen sinus pressure
-plenty of sleep
-dayQuil/nyQuil routine
-hot tea with honey, lemon, and bourbon
-cough drops
-nasal rinse (same thing as a netti pot)
ok, if you have magic solutions that I'm not aware of by all means please fill me in.
It happens all too frequently, usually around the changing of seasons. My doctor says it isn't allergies and often tells me to drink lots of water, take decongestants, and use the sinus nasal wash (which I hate).
There has to be a solution, some way to prevent this. So, bring it on - give me your wacky home remedies and some kind of prevention.
Here are things I've tried:
-constant hand washing (doubled up when I've been on the metro)
-regular water consumption
-immediate use of decongestants and nose blowing
-airborne
-hot showers/steaming my face to loosen sinus pressure
-plenty of sleep
-dayQuil/nyQuil routine
-hot tea with honey, lemon, and bourbon
-cough drops
-nasal rinse (same thing as a netti pot)
ok, if you have magic solutions that I'm not aware of by all means please fill me in.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Should have named him Sleepy
While we spent the weekend in Rhode Island, Hamilton spent the weekend with our friends, The Alexanders and their two huskies, Fiama and Fuego.
And he's been sleeping ever since we picked him up! We brought him home around 7:45pm on Sunday evening, he put himself to bed at 8pm. We tried to wake him up to play with him a few times, but he wanted none of it. He slept until we woke him up at 8am on Monday morning.
from 8am to 8:30 he went for a walk, took care of business, and ate breakfast. At 8:45am he went back to sleep and didn't wake up until 11am.
Awake long enough to go outside, then back to sleep until late in the afternoon. Again put himself to bed around 8:30pm and slept until 8:30am. He did wake up at 11pm, wanted to be taken outside, then put himself right back to bed.
This continued through today - the dog has done absolutely nothing for two full days!! it is like a preview of what is to come when he is a stinky old basset, but for now I am torn between deep gratitude to the Alexanders and missing my puppy!
And he's been sleeping ever since we picked him up! We brought him home around 7:45pm on Sunday evening, he put himself to bed at 8pm. We tried to wake him up to play with him a few times, but he wanted none of it. He slept until we woke him up at 8am on Monday morning.
from 8am to 8:30 he went for a walk, took care of business, and ate breakfast. At 8:45am he went back to sleep and didn't wake up until 11am.
Awake long enough to go outside, then back to sleep until late in the afternoon. Again put himself to bed around 8:30pm and slept until 8:30am. He did wake up at 11pm, wanted to be taken outside, then put himself right back to bed.
This continued through today - the dog has done absolutely nothing for two full days!! it is like a preview of what is to come when he is a stinky old basset, but for now I am torn between deep gratitude to the Alexanders and missing my puppy!
I'm sure that over the next few days he'll come back to normal and I'll long for the days when he just slept
Monday, November 9, 2009
PW's Chicken Pot Pie
I made dinner last night (and cookies)! It was my first attempt at making something from the new Pioneer Woman Cookbook and it was a smashing success!
First I made the dough for the top crust, from scratch! It was easy and tasty in the end
Second, I chopped a lot of carrots and onions - Tina later pointed out that I could have used my food processor to do this, but these are the mistakes of those who don't spend much time in their own kitchens...
First I made the dough for the top crust, from scratch! It was easy and tasty in the end
Second, I chopped a lot of carrots and onions - Tina later pointed out that I could have used my food processor to do this, but these are the mistakes of those who don't spend much time in their own kitchens...
The recipe calls for carrots, onion, peas, and celery - we forgot the celery, but Frank was ok with that because he isn't a celery fan...next time I'll say I "left it out on purpose"
The chicken cooked alone as the veggies sauteed in a nice pan of butter. mmmmm
Having the pictures in PW's cookbook really helped; there were times when I thought "this can't be right" but the pictures in the cookbook were just like what I saw in front of me, so I kept going!
The above picture is of the thick inside goodness of the pie, and it is where I stopped and went to sewing. I just wrapped up the dough and the pie in plastic wrap and threw it in the fridge.
Frank says we needed proof that I really did make this dinner (from scratch), so here I am putting the pie in the oven!
Frank says we needed proof that I really did make this dinner (from scratch), so here I am putting the pie in the oven!
This is the end product, and it is tasty, too! I had extra filling and extra pastry so I made mini-pot pies in a muffin tin.
A New England Wedding
We traveled to Rhode Island this weekend for the Crosby/Dziok wedding, and it was a blast! We landed in the early evening, got settled in the hotel and then headed out to meet Mom & Dad Webb for dinner at Smokey Bones.
I should have taken a picture of my dinner - pulled pork on top of a halved baked potato with all the fixin's! mmmmmmmm
Then we met up with the wedding crew at McFadden's in Providence
Saturday came around, starting with the hotel breakfast around 9:30am then there was time to hang out and get ready before our shuttle left for the ceremony. The shuttle to/from the ceremony was fun, it was great to be traveling with so many friends!
The wedding was in Dave's parents' church, and it was beautiful
as was Rachel's hair - so curly and sparkly!
I should have taken a picture of my dinner - pulled pork on top of a halved baked potato with all the fixin's! mmmmmmmm
Then we met up with the wedding crew at McFadden's in Providence
Saturday came around, starting with the hotel breakfast around 9:30am then there was time to hang out and get ready before our shuttle left for the ceremony. The shuttle to/from the ceremony was fun, it was great to be traveling with so many friends!
The wedding was in Dave's parents' church, and it was beautiful
as was Rachel's hair - so curly and sparkly!
The reception was in southern RI, in Quonset and it was a heck of a party!
The bride and groom were having so much fun that there were only about 12 of us around to bid them farewell with the wedding bubbles when they finally left! And that is what we love about Mr. and Mrs. Dziok, they know a good party when they seen one!
Congratulations to the newlyweds! We love you!
**sneak peek of professional pics can be found here: http://www.melissamanzione.net/ **
**sneak peek of professional pics can be found here: http://www.meli
Thursday, November 5, 2009
After
Sorry for the delay, I looked so cute that Frank insisted on taking me out for an impromptu date night!
Here it is 11 inches later......
Here it is 11 inches later......
From the side....
from the back...
It is pretty darn short, but I think I'll get used to it!
and I don't have a ruler, but you'll have to trust me that this thing is between 10 and 11 inches of hair - woo!
Before
Here are the before pictures...I took them last night before I went to bed. I'm so nervous about the big cut today, but I'm sure everything will turn out alright!
My appointment is at 1pm today, I'll post pictures of the cut tonight after class (class is over at 8pm, so I'm guessing I'll have pictures by 9:30)
oh, and Go Gamecocks!
oh, and Go Gamecocks!
Monday, November 2, 2009
It is almost time
A while ago I told you that my hair has gotten way long and that I had planned to cut off 8 inches to donate to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths program.
My decision to do this is multi-layered:
-my hair is way way way too long
-my too long hair is driving my poor husband crazy because it is everywhere and sticks to everything
-I'm not willing to commit the time I would need to manage hair of this length on a daily basis
-I had a friend lose her hair in junior high school due to cancer and while she managed it like nothing ever happened, not everyone can make the 'full head of hair to bald' transition as well as she did
-I have pretty great hair, it is a nice color, it holds curl, and I haven't dyed it since that one time in college so it is pretty darn healthy, too!
-I promised Frank that I would get it cut before the Crosby/Dziok wedding (which is this weekend!!)
-Halloween is over and I no longer need to look like Dorothy
The appointment is set for Thursday at 1pm. I'm really nervous because I'm afraid they will cut it too short and I'll hate it - but a promise is a promise and I'm going for it!
I'll post before and after pictures after the big cut
My decision to do this is multi-layered:
-my hair is way way way too long
-my too long hair is driving my poor husband crazy because it is everywhere and sticks to everything
-I'm not willing to commit the time I would need to manage hair of this length on a daily basis
-I had a friend lose her hair in junior high school due to cancer and while she managed it like nothing ever happened, not everyone can make the 'full head of hair to bald' transition as well as she did
-I have pretty great hair, it is a nice color, it holds curl, and I haven't dyed it since that one time in college so it is pretty darn healthy, too!
-I promised Frank that I would get it cut before the Crosby/Dziok wedding (which is this weekend!!)
-Halloween is over and I no longer need to look like Dorothy
The appointment is set for Thursday at 1pm. I'm really nervous because I'm afraid they will cut it too short and I'll hate it - but a promise is a promise and I'm going for it!
I'll post before and after pictures after the big cut
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Hamilton has chosen a side
It seems as though our dog has chosen a side in our on-going argument of Colts vs. Patriots. We tried to keep it civil and to keep Hamilton out of it, but I guess the tension was getting to him and he decided he'd just rather pick a side and be done with it.
I'm happy to report that he is wearing the #44 Dallas Clark jersey, of the Indianapolis Colts!
Though it does appear that he got into the spirit of Halloween a bit by tying his jersey to the side like we used to do to our shirts in the 80's.
Welcome to the team, Hamilton! We're happy to have you - and I'll be expecting your support when the Patriots play the Colts on Nov. 115th!
Now take off that jersey; dogs aren't supposed to wear clothes, silly
Now take off that jersey; dogs aren't supposed to wear clothes, silly
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