MILESTONE

good sunday morning to all of you :o)

i'm sure right now most of you are at church and then off to lunch with your family.

we still haven't found a church we really 'gel' with.

{it WILL happen}

we are BELIEVING!!!

fyi -- my new favorite word is {believe}!!!

love it.

anyhoo....the reason for this post:

a milestone.

my 4 year old.

the cutest 4 year old EVER.

this morning he took his FIRST shower.

and

HE LOVED IT!!!

seriously, he took about a 30 minute shower.

he bathed himself.

he brushed his teeth while he was in there.

ahem.....

he also used the bathroom while he was in there.

{no comment}

his daddy told him it was okay....:o)

he thought that was the best thing ever.

we literally had to drag him out.

also, i needed to trim his hair.

well,

things didn't go as planned.

end result:

lots of hair on the bathroom floor.

hair EVERYWHERE!!

tears b/c he was itching.

hence......the shower!!!

with this new 'do' elijah looks like my dad did when he was a kid!!

wow.

it's so amazing to see your parents in your very own children.

God is good.

being a parent is the BEST thing in the world.

i may or may not have mentioned several times while the whole family was in the bathroom for the haircut & shower how great it would be to have a Canon Rebel.

i'm just sayin'....

catching up....

i'm feeling a little behind on my blogging.

this post has the chance of being long...who knows.

my last post, hairy situation, i was telling all of you about my GRAY roots and how they had taken over my head. ugh!

finally, last thursday i went and had a 'hair' makeover!!

here is a before shot

{you can't see my roots...but, believe me they were there}

i was nervous about going to someone new after 10+ years with the same person.

however, i love, love, love my new friend. she was very easy to talk to and we all know you want your hair stylist to be a good conversationalist :o)

here is an after shot.

{i realize my hair doesn't look that different...but, at least i can tell a difference and i have NO gray roots} woo hoo!!

yes...i did the same pose -- ha! ha! ha!

my hubby really likes me with my natural color hair!!

it's nice knowing your husband likes your hair -- right ladies?!?!

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yesterday, jim's unit had an Awards Ceremony.

jim was awarded the Bronze Star!!

what is the bronze star awarded for you may ask??!!

For heroic or meritorious achievement of service, not involving aerial flight in connection with operations against an opposing armed force.

i took my {camera} because i wanted to at least capture a picture of jim getting pinned. whether or not the quality of the picture was good.

however, right when i snapped the picture....

the camera DIED!!!!

are you kidding me?!?

all i could do was laugh!!

so...i have no pictures of my husband being given his award. boo!!

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another thing going on at our house is an attack of the 'asian beetle'

{aka lady bug look-a-like}

I DO NOT LIKE BUGS, RODENTS, SNAKES, ETC.

AND

I DON'T CARE IF THEY WON'T HURT ME!!!

I DON'T DO BUGS!!

NO WAY - NO HOW!!

yesterday, i wanted to go out and sweep our screened in porch.

but,

when i stepped on the porch....

let's just say, if i had a dollar for every asian beetle out there we could retire right now and be set for life!!!

seriously, there was a bazillion of them.

trying to be brave and wanting to sweep my porch, i dug right in.

i gathered quite a few into a pile and wanted to sweep them out the door.

when i opened the door to 'gently' push them out....

they started attacking me!

well, they started flying around and a million (several) landed on me.

i screamed & screamed & screamed!!

YES I KNOW THEY WON'T HURT ME -- I DON'T CARE!!

IF THIS MAKES ME A WIMP...THEN SO BE IT :)

i threw the broom down the steps and ran inside!

yep, i gave up and let the asian beetles win.

oh - oh - oh

when you agitate the asian beetles they put off this horrible smell and they excrete a yellow 'something or other'.

yep. not fun.

i was explaining all of this to jim when he got home a few minutes later and he laughed at me for freaking out over these tiny, harmless bugs.

oh well. what can i say.

if this makes me a priss-pot....

then, i proudly wear that title :o)

i'll be the first to admit that i'm a girlie-girl and proud of it!!

am i the only one afraid of bugs, snakes, spiders, rodents?

{i think not}

it's a hairy situation

i am super-duper excited because this afternoon i am getting my hair done.

by 'done' i mean...

{brought back from the grave}

in all seriousness my hair has gone without special treatment for a couple of months now.

do you know what this does to a girl?

hair is a BIG part of how we feel about ourselves, right?

now, don't get me wrong, i am not all about my looks -- but, when you feel good about the way you look it makes a difference!!

am i mistaken on this?

{i think not}

i would love to show you all my 'roots' but, don't want to hurt anyones eyes.

so, here is how my 'roots' may or may not look like....

or at least this is how i THINK they look.

my husband doesn't understand how disturbed i get over this gray hair.

he doesn't understand why i spend $$$ to get my hair done when i can go 'a la natural' or buy OTC hair product.

{AGHHHH}

i told him he should thank me for spending the $$$ to get my hair done or it would be a frightening image. also, my eyebrows are getting manicured as well...i'm slightly embarrassed at how {out of control} they are.

i'm nervous about getting my hair done because i'm going to a new place with a new girl for the first time in years.

i'm told change is good. i'll let you know later.

am i the only one who pays good money to get their hair done?!?!?

{i seriously doubt it}

maybe, i'll take a picture of the AFTER if i like it enough.

however, i don't ever like my hair (initially)...i always have to warm up to it.

i'm crossing my fingers for an amazing stylists :o)

until then...