New Year, New Do, New Me!!

I'm catching up a bit on some blogging that I've neglected to do in the last couple of weeks. It's hard to do it on a regular basis with two children and getting out of the house as often as we can, so I am taking some time to do that now. Hope you all enjoy reading about our life adventures.


The last couple of weeks have been rather busy for us. A lot has happened since the new year started and we have so much to look forward to also. We finally got snow for the 1st time this year on January 2nd, the day after we had a get together at our house for New Year's day. It's pretty funny, because we were all talking about how the snow hadn't come and we'd like to see it soon but little did we all know that wish would come true overnight while we slept. Waking up the next morning, Troy was off of work and he called out from the basement to Chloe & I to look outside, and sure enough, we opened the front door and looked out the window to see the snow covered everything and it wasn't just a light dusting, it was at least an inch or two. It was absolutely beautiful and it was something mommy and daddy the children had been waiting for so that they could play in it. It was a great day while it lasted. It started to melt and once it was just about all melted it started snowing again early Saturday morning of the 7th. Since then we've had it stay on the ground because now the temperatures have stayed below freezing and or in the teens. So it's been rather cold but we've managed to stay warm when going out. 

                                             
The 7th was a really big day for me, because my friend Jill & I had an appointment to get our hair done. We both were getting our haircut and Jill was getting a highlight. A haircut for me is a big deal for those who know me well. I usually just get a trim and that usually consists of barely any hair touched. This time it was different because I was taking the leap to get it cut, really!! I had enough of having my hair the same length for almost a decade and I needed wanted a change. Jill & I's appointment was at 9am, so her family came to our house for breakfast, then the husbands watched the children while we took off for our appointment. We got there and were relieved to see that it was a nice place and the women there spoke pretty good English. The woman that took me to her chair to sit was probably in her 30's and the woman that took Jill to sit was probably in her 20's. We both had brought pictures with us of what we wanted and they both seemed to understand. We got started and as Jill is getting her highlight done, the woman doing my hair was cutting and it started to shape up into what the picture looked like and I was getting really excited. She finished cutting and started styling it. It was coming out so well, I really was very happy with my decision. I thanked her & paid for my awesome hair-do. 
Jill, on the other hand didn't have such a great experience. Jill has naturally curly hair and the girl didn't seem to know how to handle that. Obviously she hadn't handle or done anything with curly hair before because she finally finished cutting it and then started to brush it out before Jill said something about her hair ever looking like the picture. The girl then told her it would but Jill & I kept looking at each other knowing it never would. She tried to make an attempt at curling it but with a hair-straightening iron, and that wasn't coming out so well either. I told Jill she might just want to ask the girl to start all over by washing again but by this time Jill was very unhappy, ready to go and get out of this girl's chair. I felt so bad, my happiness was overcome by heartbreak for my friend because I wanted this to be a great experience for both of us but together. As Jill put it, it was a disaster of epic proportions. She ended up getting a discount, thank god.... but I seriously would have raised 10 kinds of hell & not paid a thing. After leaving we went back to my house where the children were playing and the husbands were chatting & fixing lunch. It was really nice to be back home because of course the husbands made light of a bad situation and made Jill smile, laugh and want to kill them too. It was great!! After lunch, everyone left for football in the snow by the Embassy except Chloe, Claire, Troy Jr and I. They watched cartoons while I cleaned house and watched more of the snow come down. It was a great day and ended up being a great night too. The husbands decided at the football field to go out that evening to celebrate my upcoming birthday. It was so nice and we all enjoyed the evening. 

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