TRADITION...

...First I need to give just a little back ground on my family! They are great and my parents have worked really hard at helping us find fun productive ways to spend our time! Yes we definitely Love a good movie and alot of LAZY down time but we also love things like Mud football...Drive in movies in the Canvas Tent (We make our own box cars - this was much more fun for me at the age of 7! At 29 I just walk to the "movie theater" in our back yard!)...Movies on the roof...Making gingerbread (Graham crackers) villages during Christmas...Sleeping under the Christmas tree the day that it is set up with all the lights on...and one of our favorite...THANKSGIVING SKEET SHOOTING! Sometimes we do it in the dark with a spot light...slightly illegal so keep it on the down low...Here's some pictures of this years adventures...wish you could have joined us...

...we have a hard time getting everyone ready to actually go...so I had to waste some time waiting for everyone to join us...

This is my cute Sister in Law Addie and I...We were freezing waiting for the boys who took off chasing Chuckers up the mountain...

You've got to love my Dad...This gun is the largest hand gun you can get. No suprise my Dad has one! But you definitely have to love the "Sound Proff Ear Muffs!" I didn't even know these still existed!

Here's all the ladies...

My Cheesy Brothers!...I just need you to know they have mad skill when it comes to knocking Clay Pidgeon's out of the air...Challenge them to a game of Annie Oakley...I Dare You! Derick is going to be out of practice when he gets back from the Caribbean...his little brothers just might show him up!

I love these three pictures because this is exactly how it went...Mom chilled in the car and kept it warm for us when we couldn't feel our fingers, ears, and nose. Kyle, Chad, Cami, Jeff, and Dad were the Annie Oakley players...Chad was amazing! Chad would stand at the edge of the canal with his riffle open...Kyle would toss a clay pidgeon in the air and then throw Chad the bullet. Chad loaded the gun and knocked the clay pidgeon out of the air before it would hit the ground. MAD SKILL!...Addie and I had a blast while we were waiting for the boys to get back. I did get worse with time which is backwards I'm well aware but I am proud of the bottle I knocked out on my second shot! Just don't break into my house you might get a little surprise!

3 Things I didn't love about this Monday...

#3...

Some of us have hobbies...some of us have pass times and others of us have addictions...I am completely addicted to "Dancing with the Stars!" If you ever wonder where I am on a Monday night at 7:00...let me just give you a heads up...I am glued to the right cushion of Cami and Jeff's love seat until the last dance...Wanna' know where I am on Tuesday night at 8:30...glued to the right cushion of the love seat at Cami and Jeff's house. I have considered therapy and am strongly considering starting a DWTSA group because my visiting teacher "gently" told me that I need a social life at my age...

#2...

Those of you that know me...know that I pride myself in being fairly talented with hair...PS:...I am now humbled...I turned a lady's hair ORANGE today!!!...and I don't know how to fix it...I think I have developed another ulcer from it...to make matters even worse...SHE IS IN MY WARD...and everyone will know how bad I suck if she doesn't call me back so I can fix it!...I thought it was bad enough that when I sit behind guys in my ward I am constantly thinking..."Man, if their wife would just clean up that neck line do you know how much more attractive they would be..." Now I have to hear myself thinking..."Man, that woman really needs a color...O' WAIT I just did IT...UGH!...

#1...

There are certain things in my life I have found fairly routine and in that routine most of those things have become comforting...would you be surprised if I told you that although I have managed to lock my keys in my car at least once EVERY year since 2003...I AM STILL NOT COMFORTABLE waiting for the locksmith to pull up in his bright yellow van, honking and waving gleefully at me as he pulls into the K-Mart parking lot! Yep that was me today...the "spare was in the glove box!"...

Wanna' know what I love about Monday's...

#3...My self esteem goes up 50% when I haven't sat on my Fat Butt watching Brook shake her three children and still firm butt all over Derek without so much as one jiggle or dimple THAT WASN'T INTENTIONAL...

#2...Knowing that if Sister Wilson doesn't call me back...there are always FOUR other wards in Laramie that I can transfer my records to...

#1...I got my "O' don't worry about me...I'm just waiting for someone in that store over there WHO HAS MY KEYS...game face perfected so that next year around Dec. or Nov. when I lock my keys in my car...AGAIN...I'll be all Poker Face...No one will have a clue...and when that Yellow "MonKEYS Locksmith" Van rolls on up I'll just kiss the poor dude hello and ask him where we are going for lunch!

Church!

Ok, so I think that I'm having an allergic reaction to church. I got to church about 10 minutes late today and the minute I walked in I started sweating like not other and shaking out of control. I will not agree with anyone that says it was the Spirit! My church doesn't work like that! Needless to say I went home and tried the online dating thing...let me show you three examples of what I found...
Specimen #1: 'nowimready'

Meet Carlos. He isn't too bad looking so I thought I would check out the 'flirt' that he sent me. Here is what he said... "O' my hell you are beautiful. I know that if you would give me a chance I would treat you like the princess you are. I would hold you in my arms daily and tell you how beautiful you are."
Um...can we say OVERKILL!

Specimen #2: 'gojoe99'

So he sent me a flirt that said... 'Your beautiful' Then in the message he said...."Don't mind the picture with my 'ex-girlfriend' I know she is hot and allot of girls get intimidated. I put this picture on for two reasons...1. I thought I looked really good in it. 2. If I'm flirting with you it means I think you are just as cute."
Ok seriously dude! You are on-line trying to find a chick...are you really going to put a picture of your supermodel ex-girlfriendup? Let me tell you why you haven't met anyone... Your right...we ARE intimidated!
Specimen #3: 'lookinforlove'

I'm really not going to comment too much on this one because it just makes me laugh...yo' where are you...in a dark room...I can't even see you! Besides in his profile it says..."I'm a social guy but I would much rather chill at home curled up in a blanket with the lights off listening to good music..."
Need...I say more...
So for now...I will remain single...All of you who wonder why...look at your husband...THANK THE LORD For your blessing and realize that no matter how entertaining dating at 29 can be...it is much much better to find prince charming when you were 24 and younger...they get weirder the longer you wait! So for now... MUAH!!!

I Just Realized...

...why you should have kids when blogging...1. because seriously I have no fun stories to tell you everyday let alone every other day... 2. because it is so much more fun looking at pictures with more then one person in them!

So I had to post today and brag...I Finished all my Christmas Shopping! And I started a second job which means that I work daily from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm! AH the joys of single life! I love it!

Meg I'm counting down...I even made a paper chain!!! :) Tell Hallie her little mermaid costume is halfway done! Would you prefer a real coconut bra for her or a fake one...let me know! :) Your the mom!!!

Life is Short...IT MUST BE LIVED IN COLOR!

After seeing this picture how can anyone question why I love what I do? That is creativity at its best! This a Mohawk on a girl that has hair two inches below her shoulders...not one piece of hair was cut and all you need is a blowdryer, hairspray and a couple bobby pins!

Halloween at Beauty School...Need I say more?

This is what we call a perfect "A" Line! Just showing off some of my work...

Tonight I was talking to one of my friends from the good old Cleveland days. She just started Cosmetology school and was venting about the homework after one week of school and it brought back so many memories. Steph, Here's a few little tips:

1. The mullet is not in and will never be in even if it is curled nice...just because girls are wearing it on runways does NOT in any circumstance mean that someone outside of that white plank should try to pull it off!

2. Beauty School is not for girls that couldn't get scholarships...it is for girls that could and were smart enough to realize that they could come out of school making more money then most of their friends will in two years!

3. It is OK to hate girls! And yes you are the girl that sings..."Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me..." You have to be or else no one will trust your judgement!

4. Eye-opener...you will know more about anatomy, physiology, and chemistry then a Jr. (in college) studying Kinesiology!

5. It is OK to just LISTEN...in fact it is PREFERRED! You will become a phycologist without a liscense malpractice can be costly!

6. It is still ok to go out in public without red nail polish and without your makeup done. Let the world see that you are a real person!

7. 8:30-5:00 is not real life in our industry...try 7:00-9:00 or 11:00 - 1:00 after school is out you make the rules..Don't let them wear you down!

8. If someone ever comes to you and says..."I have no idea what I want." Grab your clippers, turn them on and move toward their head saying, "Neither do I!" I promise they really do know!

9. You will be surrounded by beautiful women the rest of your life...DON'T ever forget that you are one of them!

I used to think I wanted to write a book about cosmetology school, it is seirously the Army for women but I decided that those of you who never went just couldn't appreciate what I had to say so for now Steph, enjoy the next year of your life! It is ok if it takes you a year and a half...as long as you are sane in the end!

Jumpin' on the "BLOG" Boat...

So all my friends and family are doing this "blog" thing and forever I've been feeling like it's just for those who have families and want to keep everyone updated on their "families"! I don't have one of those but I have been running into a million people that I haven't seen forever and they are wondering what I have been doing with my life...so I figured I'd join the team...although I won't have any funny kid stories...sorry!

I do have to tell you that today I experianced my second most awkward moment IN MY LIFE and I'm leaving it at that!!!