Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! I wanted to take a few minutes to write out of a couple of thoughts before the craziness of Christmas and vacation hit ful force. Today is Christmas eve and I have so much to do before Geoff and I got on our plane at 6:45 am on the 26th. Packing to do.. a couple of Christmas'.. a car ride to drop off the pup for 12 whole days.. My mom called a while ago and asked if I was excited.. I stated that honestly I had mixed feelings.. on one hand I am so excited to leave this crappy weather and head to 78 degree weather for the next few days. NO work.. just warm and relaxation! On the other hand I have to leave my girl behind. I will miss her terribily! I love coming home to her excited welcome and being able to cuddle with her anytime I feel the need. She will be in good hands, I will just miss her cute face and kisses.. oh the fun of the first time leaving.. well actually it is not the first time but it is the longest time away.. I hope she doesn't feel too abandoned! But I am so looking forward to not having to worry about shoveling the snow for 12 whole days and this constant weather that doesn't seem to want to stop. My mom asked me if I knew how the weather was going to be on Friday for our flight.. I told her if weather was pending and it could impact our flight I didn't want to know yet. I would call that Denial professionally. Also that I have put off so many things that I needed to do.. and when exactly am I going to do them... Christmas Day? Not likely. Oh well.. the trouble with flying out the day after Christmas you can't run out to get those last minute things. This will probably be my last post before I go.. so have a great holiday and I will be eager to post new pictures and update when I return.. then again I am planning in bring my computer.. so I might just post while I am away... right?

Anyway.. here are some shots to tide you over....

My sister and her husband came into town Monday night and stayed with us on their way to GR for Christmas.. they brought with them their two rotties (Sage is 2 and Barron is about 14 weeks old) I just love this picture of the three of them waiting at the door. Akyra at seven months is almost as big as my sister's 2 year old full-grown rottie.. we have much more growth in store for us...

Akyra just loved little Barron.. she played and played and played with him until she wore him out. They couldn't get enough of each other... next time they see each other he could be bigger then her... then again maybe not.. but they both play the same way so they were perfectly matched. Sage on the other hand was the "old bitty".. she didn't want to play so much.. she just barked at Akyra when she tryed to get her to play... no this was not their first time meeting.. they spent Akyra's first whole weekend home together and several other times too... but Sage was not in the mood this time.... and then when they left Akyra too was down for the count. Gotta love puppies that just don't know when they have had enough.

Anyway... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I will be in warm weather in less than 40 hours!

Wow.. Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas to me!

Holy Scrapbookstuff.. Batman! I am SOOOOO excited to scrapbook... I have so many new toys and will be getting more over the next couple of weeks too! New Cricut stuff galore! I ordered some new stuff thanks to birthday gifts and coming Christmas gifts.. hurray! I got some of the stuff in the mail today... four new cartridges (All mixed up, George, Jasmine, and Cursive 101) and design studio (thank you for the idea Jana)... with BaseCamp and the Jukebox on backorder... I also picked up Beyond Birthdays yesterday with the help of a birthday gift card and a great sale at Joann's (not in their ad I might add)... and will be getting Storybook, Walking in my Garden, and Teardrop from my sister and her husband... oh the fun I will be having after I get back from Florida! Not to mention the other Cricut gifts I got for my birthday but prior to my birthday... the new cricut shoulder bag.. and Mickey and Friends and Opposite Attract cartridges.. cropping here I come!

I wanted to share this great website that is having a great sale www.customcrops.com where most of their cartridges are only $30 and they are offering free shipping on orders over $100.... check it out of you are in the market...

Also, all of this new cricut stuff has been bring up the idea that I REALLY need to try and sell off all of my sizzix and sizzlets stuff.. I don't use them anymore... and I have a ton of it.. course that takes time to get everything out and take pictures and post the stuff.. but it is Christmas time after all and someone just might be looking for what I have! I didn't even use some of it... figures! Know anyone in the market?

Blogging fun

So I just wanted to write a quick post because apparently I needed to dig around on this blog to find out how to change from Pacific time to Eastern time as on my last blog I discovered my timestamps were on Pacific time... hum... well I have spend the last few hours moving around the blog trying to move from two columns to three... (thanks for the tip.. Jana).. I have changed around many things and have attempted a few times on different templates and I kept picking templates that didn't have some of the programing that was indicated in the directions... oh how fun... so I just changed some other things around and called it good! LOL So I have a fresh new look and I will try again some other day on the three column thing. But I am tired and must get some sleep. It is back to work tomorrow. I only have seven working days left until I am on VACATION for two weeks. HURRAY!

And hey.. my date changed when I changed the timezone.. very cool!

The Big 3-0!

Well the day has come... I am now officially 30 years old... wow, I can't believe it, I certainly don't "feel 30"... whatever that is supposed to feel like... but I am strangely okay with turning 30 after all it is just a number right... a big big number.. lol... I am however really looking forward to the shin-dig this evening... I am really excited about that. Bring on the drinks and games... how perfect is it to turn another year older on a Saturday, how awesome! It will be nice to celebrate with friends and family.


Thought I would post this picture of Akyra while I was on here... we have this new ornament that needs a picture.. and well I thought it would be cute for her to have a Santa hat in the "Christmas picture"... well she apparently doesn't like that idea... (really what dog does).. she keep turning her head, moving away, or wouldnt look at me.. I swear she knows what she is doing... she just wanted to chew on her bone and I was "bothering her"... lol.. She is like a person that doesn't like her picture taken... little does she know who she is dealing with... I WILL get that picture.. you watch...

So apprarently this blog is on Pacific time not Eastern.. boo!

Family Shots

Here are some pictures that were taken by a photographer on our last day of Basic Training for Akyra back in October. We ordered a CD with the pictures on it so we could produce them as we saw fit. Unfortunatly we got the CD a day short to be able to have this picture in our Christmas cards this year.. but I wasn't planning on it arriving as quickly as it did and needed to get the card out to print so they could go out on time this year. But the pictures are cute aren't they? By the way Geoff and I were totally unprepared for pictures that day.. we just showed up after work for training and they had a photographer there... and well we never get pictures with the three of us together so what the heck!

This one is cute.. she was having a hard time staying put.. we had taken off her collar for the picture and the only way to keep in place was to hold her. LOL I am so glad we have these. They were taken on October 30, 2008. She was about five and a half months old.

Clean bill of Health.. back to normal life again!

So I took Akyra in today for her 10 day check up! And hurray the ordeal is over. She was able to remove her cone and her stitches are healing nicely! What a fun 10 days it has been. Current weight 62.4 lbs... holy crap! And on Sunday she will be 6 months old officially!


Poor thing I took this picture of her this morning before our appointment to remind us of the fun of the last ten days. Take a good look at the cone. Notice the tears and the teeth marks all over it! She hated that thing and was successful at breaking it on two different occasions. What a smart girl.

This is her when we got back from the vet this morning. Sitting pretty, life can return to normal again... in fact she is sitting at my feet right now. She just loves being around us. What she doesn't know is that starting today she is going to be getting some serious training again. She has not been listening as well as she was just ten "short" days ago... and we were not as tough on her.. well because we couldn't be with her healing.. but not anymore. Sorry Akyra but since you are back to normal so to will be the rules... ahhhhh the joys of life.

View into the future... trials of puppies

So Monday was a big day at our house. Akyra went in to get spayed. How horrible. I was a mess with worry all weekend. Really. Thank god I just made the appointment on Thursday or it would have lasted longer. But, she is not quite six months old, it is so final and I can't help her pain that she will definately be in. The thought of her being in pain has just been hurting my heart. And then Monday morning when we were getting ready.. Geoff says "I hope she is going to be okay".. oh break my heart some more. I had to keep telling myself.. you better not cry. And of course I wanted to try and "block" my fears and anxiety because I didn't want her to pick up on it and get worked up. Not that she has ever had a problem going to the vet... she is a pro. But I worry that she might now be so willing to go after this. Can we say xanax please.

So we went to pick her up together that evening... I was supposed to have to work late but my appointment canceled. Thank god! So we go there to get her.... go through the paperwork of releasing her and what not... cone on 24/7 for the next 10 days, no jumping (yeah right), no running, leashing her to take her out, in the cage for 2-3 days, oh and my favorite no stairs for 10 days (OMG.. have you seen our house.. here come the baby gates), oh and thank heaven they give us something to "keep her calm for the next 10 days"... so she comes out with this big ole cone on her head and boy is she excited to see us.. so excited in fact that she pees all over the floor... and no this is not a usual response for her... we get her in the car and home... she is totally out of it... she comes in the house and just stands there.. obviously absolutely stoned out of her mind still... so I am all worried about her... we give her some time and then try to give her some water... (must be able to hold down water before trying to feed her tonight)... won't drink water all night... I tryed to give her some ice chips... she had a little but showed really no interest... ok hopefully tomorrow...

TUESDAY
Geoff gets up with her... she is feeling better.. not so out of it... he feeds her, she eats but still won't drink water... he gives her her medications and goes to work.. I on the other hand work from home and go to an appointment or two and then come back home... Finally at 11am she starts to drink water again.... and I am giving her her "calming med" every four hours and still not working (supposed to be 1 or 2 every 8 hours).. she wants to play... (who can blame her).... she is jumping to get the leash that is usually used for walking not going into the backyard.. she thinks it is time to play... we continue with giving her the medication every 4 hours because we are afraid that if we give her two at a time then we won't be able to give her more in four hours when she starts to get excited again... plus she is spending most of her time in her cage... we take her out... go potty... back in and in the cage.. and she does not want to go back in... she becomes dead weight and we are dragging our 60 lb puppy over to the cage and putting her in it... quite a site...

WEDNESDAY
Geoff again gets up with her... gives her two pills this time... I get up about an hour later and she is "hell on wheels".. she is going nuts in her cage... banging around.. trying to get the cone off of her head.. whinning like crazy..... I get ready for work.. and then I go to take her outside one last time.. she come barrelling out of the cage... jumping up so excited to see me... I am telling her sit... she is not listening... Geoff then calls... I ask if he gave her the pills he said " yes two... why is she going crazy"... I say yes... he also states that she would not go this morning.. I say great.... maybe that is why she was whinning so much.... I have to go... So I take her outside and she is jumping and biting at the leash... going nuts... I can barely get her to move to a spot to do her business... I am getting frustrated (honestly I forgot "our training"... getting her to "heal" probably would have calmed her down but I was in a hurry and frustrated with her meds not working).. so I get her back inside and have to again drag her to her cage because she does not want to go back in there... so I go to my appointment and then run back home for lunch to let her out and check on her.. on the way home I decide to stop at the vets and explain what is going on... they give me something stronger (human sedatives).. 1 to 2 daily should knock her out pretty good.... and I get the vet's cell number in case it doesn't work (she is also our next door neighbor)... so I go home and she again comes out of her cage all crazy... I give her attention and take her out... then give her the first pill... I wait for a while and then have to run down to Southfield for another appointment.. so out I go... On my way back home I talk to my mom... who says... you gave her a new medication and then didn't stay with her... (yeah didn't think about that until I had already given it to her) so I am panicy... rushing to get back home... of course she is fine... in fact it barely seems the meds are working because she is wanting to play again... I give her another pill and feed her... she does her business and we come in and wait for Geoff to come home... his mom comes over later.. and of course Akyra is still a ball of energy... she is in her cage on and off but no real rest (her eyes are open and she is trying to get the cone off)... we go out to dinner... come back and she is full of it.. we take her out then put her back in her cage... and she starts whinning (let me out)... thrashing around in her cage and she undoes the fastener that holds the cone together... and it is after 10pm... I go outside to check the neighbors house (our vet).. no lights... crap... what are we going to do about her all night... Geoff laughs at me because I am so worked up... and I am besides myself with frustration and worry that she is going to rip out her stitches... he tells me.. she will be all right and we will call in the morning to get her something stronger. At 11:30 I finally hear her quiet down...

THURSDAY
I get up with her while Geoff gets ready for work.. she has so much energy.. but she is also being sweet... crawling into my lap for love... she does her business and I give her two pills of the new stuff... I look for the neighbor outside with her dogs but no luck.... we go back inside and she wants to go upstairs and see Geoff while he is getting ready... little tail wagging.. wimpering... all the good stuff... we send Geoff off to work... and I pet her for a while and then put her in her cage when she starts getting too worked up... and I wait for 8am when the vet office opens.. and I call... I am transfered to the vet... and she tells me to try to combine the two meds, that I can give her up to three of the new in a day... she will be there all day and home all night.. oh and we can walk her on the leash.. I say really... that would help her get out her energy we didn't think we could do that... she says it has been a couple of days and we can but to take her for short walks or just around the block.. HURRAY!! So I give her one of her old pills and let her rest for two more hours and then take her for a walk around the block.. about half way through she is no longer walking with me she is a bit behind me... success... she is tired... so I take her back home and she has less energy.. she is still playful but not as much... also I let her stay out of her cage during the day but she is restricted to the kitchen... I hear her chewing on toys and trying to get her cone off occasionally but I would tell her to leave it and she would redirect to something else... I had an appointment in the afternoon so I left for a while and Geoff walked her again when he got home from work... to she was much more calm.. wanted to be with us (which is normal) as we were in the living room and she was up in the kitchen... so later on we brought her down stairs to be with us for a while.. until Geoff got up and went up stairs and she moved over to the gate watching him go upstairs... and peed on the floor... OMG... I yelled no.. naughty.... (she hasn't had an accident in weeks)... she didnt whine but if she had I would have thought she just wanted to follow Geoff.. so damned if she did and damned if she didn't but at least I wouldn't have been as upset cause it would have been my fault not hers.... so outside she goes... and then in her cage for the night... (well she did get one more potty break later)... but she is quiet for the rest of the night.. no whinning, no thrashing.... her usual when he put her in there.... again.. success!

FRIDAY
Today I am working from home so I can be with her again... and she is doing great.. a bit playful... but nothing too much.. and she has been sleeping most of the day too.. in fact she is right now and has been during this whole post. So her being walked and the combination of 2 new and 1 old for her meds seem to help her a great deal.... what a week... I am so glad it is Friday.. and God help me when we have children.. because this sucks.. the worry.. the back and forth... it is true when they say that pets help to prepare you for children.. but I know it will be so much "worse".. because while I love Akyra it will be nothing like the love I will have for my child and that scares the crap out of me. I got a good glimpse this week of what it will be like when I have a sick child.. so hears to hoping my children are healthy, for the most part anyway!

Puppy Pics as Promised

Okay so I have been promising pictures of the pup for a while now and I am finally up and running with the new computer.. a few glitches but loving it so far! Anyway over the past week or so I have been taking some new pictures getting ready for this post.. and these are my favorites.

This Akyra sleeping.. Geoff and I were at our computers doing whatever and she was tired and just fell asleep like this.. which I have seen she does a lot in her cage too.... but it was so funny that I had to take a picture of it.. she loves to be around us even when she is out cold..

I had Geoff take this picture today.. I was giving Akyra some love and thought... hey take a picture.. her eyes are kind of crazy but she is still adorable.

Poor thing, I just brought her in from outside and made her sit there so I could take this picture.. she looks kind of old in this picture but I just took it today and she is only five months old... we also weighted her today she is a big 55 pounds.. holy crap.. big girl.

This is another one of my favorites... she is just hanging out on the kitchen.. when I take out the camera she gets excited and wants to go after the string on the camera.. she always gets huffy when I want to take pictures and won't always look at the camera.. I have to trick her... make her sit then stay and then tell her to look at me... gotta love those training classes, they come so in handy when I want to take her picture... =)

Computer Fun..

In my last blog I talked about the fun of setting up my new keyboard and mouse... and oh how fun it has been with my computer ever since... the next day I got back to setting up the stuff and finally gave up and called microsoft... surprise... plug in the new mouse and it works without the software... excellent... so I do that and guess what... our power goes out.. well sorta.. I guess we blew a transformer (located in our backyard) and about 12 houses on the block only had partical power (I still had power to the computers but lights in the office were out.. very weird)... so out comes the power company and they sit until 1130pm when the tree cutters come and start cutting down trees in our backyard to be able to get to the transformer... and they are out there until 3am fixing the problem... oh what fun...even better when we get up in the morning and see the limbs they cut still in our yard.... but back to the computer... well I freaked out about a power surge and turned off my computer for the night.... just in case... but when I rebooted it the next day something seemed wrong with it.. but it finally loaded up and all was good... until it started ramdomly rebooting over and and over again... oh great.. so I deal with it or a couple of days and then get frustrated and try to "fix it"... I do the computer mantainance things.... and when it is checking the disk for errors... opps... I can't reboot correctly anymore... damn it... I didn't back anything up... what an idoit... so Saturday I take it in to the place I bought it some five years ago.... and they say five days to take a look at it but hopefully less... FIVE DAYS... are you kidding me... I say ok... so we start looking at new computers... I just "know" it is not going to be good... so we look and price and go to a couple of places and brillantly buy an external hard drive.. because never again... well we decide we are going to wait to hear word.. in the mean time... I am freaking out because I start to realize all that I have on my computer.... from Mary Kay stuff to financial stuff... and I think of all the hours of work I had put into those documents... and yes I start to cry... my wonderful husband talks me down and reminds me that no I am not going to die because of this... but I know the amount of time it is going to take to redo so much of what I had already done... but yes I will live and there are FAR worse things in life...

So we wait... and wait... and wait... on Wednesday (yesterday) I call... I hear

MC: Blah Blah Blah.... No we haven't looked at it yet but it is on my list for today

Me: Okay call my cell

MC: Okay

I get off the phone and realize I didn't say .... Please Please just save my files... I resist the urge to call back... so I wait....

At 8pm I still haven't heard anything I am going crazy and I call back...

MC (different guy): No we haven't looked at it yet... we told you 7 days right...

ME. NO you told me five days and you have had it since noon on Saturday it is 8pm on Wednesday you have had it for five whole days... I haven't had my computer for five days it is a big deal... I spoke with someone this morning that said he would be looking at it today...

MC: I wish I knew who it was that you talked to because are you FORTH on the list... it has not even been assigned to a tech yet...

ME: I could have taken it somewhere else and had it checked by now

MC: I will take this right to the manager and we will look at it tomorrow

ME: When can I expect to hear something

MC: By five is that okay

ME: Well I guess it has to be

MC: I am sorry I am taking it to my manager right now..

ME: Thank you....

Yes I know bitchy... but damn I am stressed without a computer... I can't do my bills, my business is on hold... and Geoff's computer just isn't cutting it... he has no printer hook up.. all I can do is check email with his...

So anyway.. I get a call on my cell at 10:25am Hurray!!!! My motherboard is shot I need to buy a new computer... but they can save my files... AWESOME.. the best news ever!! So I call Geoff and give him the bad news.. I do need a new computer.. but I am so happy that I will be able to restore my files I don't care that we are going to have to dish out a bunch of money for a new computer... I am on cloud nine all day! Now I get to go shopping for a new toy and I can get my old files back... how great is that?

PS.. as you can see I have no way to post pictures of the pup yet but I just took some new ones yesterday and can't wait to get my new computer and show them off..

Crappy Day - LIfe with a puppy...

Okay so I really need to vent... more to keep from crying really... my day started out bad.. I woke up at the same time that I was supposed to meet the IT guy.. great... I wondered what do I do.. do I call and tell him the truth that I just woke up.. umm and look like a lazy ass.. um no.... so I play with the puppy a little and give her attention... trying to figure out what I am going to say to him...I then decide to try and find his number.. so I go to my computer.. and guess what I can't get the damn thing to come off of stand by mode... I am moving the mouse and nothing... so I am like what the @#%^, right. So I start messing with it... when my cell phone rings... I think hopefully the IT guy... wrong.. well sort of... it is my boss.. the IT guy is looking for me... when will I be at the office? um.... crap... I say 20 minutes knowing that is not possible... but then I say can I talk to him.. I can meet him at his office... so I tell him I will meet him at his office... (closer to where I am)... so then I let the puppy out in the yard and rush to get ready... light makeup... clothes... luckily I did stop to wash my face.... Ok so now I am running around gathering up everything I need to bring... I think to grab my blackberry cord and disk... hey while I am at it I want the IT guy to install the software so I can upload my schedule onto my work outlook... great... time to go... I go and get the puppy, when yup... she jumps up with mud all over the little paws... she gets both my shirt and my pants... crap... I put her in her cage and run upstairs to change... damn I am really late now....

So I finally get to the IT guy... of course I forget a half dozen things in the car... he gets the program I needed working on my computer... but wait... he can't get my blackberry to sinc with my laptop... for some reason the server won't let it... OF COURSE... he says he will look into it but that the solution might be to reprogram the server which would cost thousands so of course would not happen... GREAT... since it was one of the reasons I bought the damn blackberry....

The rest of my afternoon went ok.... until I go the "girl doctor" to get my annual... and my doctor asks... any guesses... "when are you guys planning on having babies"... ummm... crap... I say um "not this year"... laugh... then I say well I wanted to talk to you about that... I ask some questions about the new Providence Hospital in Novi that just opened up (she delivers at Providence in Southfield.. bit of a hike if I stay with her)... she said yes, starting in November she will be using the Novi hospital.. and she is also opening up another office in Farmington Hills... I tell her great because I really like her and live kind of far from her current office and didn't want to have to switch... (since having babies does require making the hike more than once a year)... I am relieved.. but then... she also tells me that it usually takes 6 to 8 months to get pregnant once you start and that only the lucky succeed in the first month or two... and then how much harder it is to get pregnant after age 35... yikes.. I am turning 30 in less than three months.... I know the risks of being older and that it can take a while... but I don't feel like I am THAT old yet... TICK TICK TICK..... I don't want to have my kids back to back and yet.. damn, if we don't start soon we are either going to have only one and then I will be 35... OMG... so I leave there wondering do I really want to wait until next July to stop taking the pill??? Oh crap the pressure....

So I get home and play with the pup and things are going good, other than when Geoff gets home he is so stressed from his day he pours himself a scotch and water.. I am shocked.. he barely drinks let alone right after work.. I ask him if he is okay.. he says yes he didn't sleep well and doesn't feel well... I look at the drink and say I don't think that is going to help if you don't feel well.. he just shrugs... my phone rings... it is mom.. I talk to her for a while, while Geoff relaxes with his drink... I come back when I realize I haven't checked my email in days.... so I begin to address my computer again... I have Geoff look at it.. he does all of the things I do.. reset the mouse, change the batteries.. and still nothing.. I jump in his computer to check my email.. respond to a couple and we head off to have some dinner and get a new keyboard and mouse.. obviously the old one is done...

SO I decide to buy separate keyboard and mouse (last two have been connected and when one goes they both go and I am tired of it).. and while we are out.. Geoff tells me the real reason he needed a drink tonight.. long stressful day at work (of course with details) and he is about to fall asleep at dinner and can't seem to stop his hiccups... so we get home.. Geoff goes to bed... I start to tackle the computer... and guess what... install software before attaching hardware... okay.. so how do I install hardware without a mouse??? So I am trying to figure it out.. hoping the old one will magically start working for just a minute... when I hear a crash... I look over and Akyra has pulled our $100 table lamp to the floor and it is shattered into pieces all over the living room carpet... she goes running for the kitchen, scared to death because of the noise.... so we now have one lamp... crap... I get up and see that she is just scared and not hurt... I then pick up the pieces... throwing the whole thing away... I then go to her and pet her as she "mauls" my hand with her tongue... her way of saying sorry... I then go and pull out the vacuum to get the little pieces when she starts barking at the vacuum... yes she likes to do that... I tell her to quiet down... she goes back upstairs.. when I am done I take her outside and leave her there so that I can take a break... so here I am writing this blog on Geoff's computer to get it out... Geoff is sleeping and I need to release the new developments of the day... I wonder if he will notice the missing lamp in the morning? Plus I keep hearing Akyra outside the window.. playing.. oh to be a puppy and not have to worry about anything.. how wonderful!

Hole in shirt from excited puppy teeth - $14
Muddy pants/shirt from puppy paws - $0
Broken lamp from puppy - $100
Puppy kisses at the end of a long crappy day - Priceless

I promise I will post puppy pictures next time... with my computer out of service I can't access the pictures to add them! Now I must go get my puppy kisses...

Trying this out

So I thought I would try to start a blog. I know a few people that are doing them and thought what the heck. I too should give it a try. So bare with me.

I would like to start my blog with my most recent adventure... I got my haircut... I know people do that all the time, but this week I not only cut off all of my hair but I also dyed it red too! Which for me is huge. I walked into the salon planning on dying my back to it's natural color (brown) from the highlights I have been putting in my hair since my wedding last summer. For some reason when the stylist suggested a red tone, I didn't refuse I thought what the heck, why not it is just hair right.. then when looking at hair styles in magazines while my hair color set and the cuts that I was drawn to were all short... at first I thought like this but with more length... then I thought (for the second time).. why not, cut it off! So there I was in the chair and she just kept cutting... and then it was really short and she began to take off even more hair... but it did look much better with less hair... so there you have it... I am now a red head and have really short hair... and to my recollection it is shorter than I have EVER allowed it to be... and frankly I love it! Now my husband on the other hand was shocked when I showed up at his work with the new do... and no he had no warning (shame on evil me)... but he didn't even know it was me at first.. after almost 8 years of being together I finally shocked him. =) And his shock and reaction was not good but he never said he did like it he just said it was "weird" on me... he couldn't wrap his head around the "double wammy" as he termed it (really short and red)... but here it is three days later and he has gotten used to it and all is right again. Thank God because I am really liking this color and I would hate to have to go in a change it because my usually laid back husband hated it. (Not a whole lot can be done about the length).

Hair before cut and color

Hair after cut and color!

So there you have it! My new do. My way to express myself for fall. Sometimes we just need a little (or big) change in our lives.