Get Off Your Facebook!!!

"People who spend a lot of time online don't develop social and emotional skills they need," said Clifford Nass, a Stanford communication professor and a researcher on both studies. "We think the reason is that you have to learn how to read emotion and understand people's emotions."

SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/06/14/phone.addicted.parent/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

And now I suppose I can shove a sock in it and get off of "Blogger". Good day folks!

30 Days Till' 30

At this fateful time in my life, I find myself shielding the reality of aging.
See right there? I call it "aging", not "maturing" or "advancing" or "entering my prime".

I am a 20-Something turning into a 30-Nothing.

My youth is vanishing, my wrinkles are thriving. I've gotta stop being so cynical and be much more optomistic about the future. So, I guess I'm just hoping to spend this last 30 days of my peak years with a different outlook.

Heeellllpppppppppp!!!!!!!!!

How do you make a blonde laugh on a Saturday?

.....You tell her a joke on Wednesday!
So, anyone got any good blonde jokes for a blonde?...on a Wednesday? Please, I'm in desperate need of a good weekend with everything that's on my plate right now.

I thought I would share some pics of my 7 hour trip to the salon. Folks, an ENTIRE bottle of bleach was used on my head! Typically a few spoon fulls is all a stylist will use. But this isn't because of the number of times we processed my hair. In fact we did it twice instead of the 3 we guessed. My hair took VERY well to the bleach on the first try. Maybe this is because I've never bleached my hair, or maybe it's because I'm naturally blonde and it was just stripping color rather than doing that in addition to adding a light pigment.

On the way to the salon.....



After:


Mee & the Keekster are finally starting to look like Mother & Daughter! I haven't decided if I like the bangs showing so I usually hide them for now!





After using this Violet Toning Shampoo for another few weeks it should start toning out those brassy / yellow colors and slowly getting back to a more normal blonde. We shall see. Here's today!

Wrapped around my finger....JUST where you belong!

After many many months without my precious filigree engagement ring, it's back! Wrapped around my finger! Michelle at Past Era has let me bring it home while I finish paying it off. She's outstanding. I went ahead and posted a PAST ERA review on City Search as a thank you. I'm sure she's thinking...just give me my money so I don't have to come break your knee caps...or that diamond again!

Pic-Post!

I owe you. I really, really owe you! I'll just post some current pics (all from cell phone) and add a caption to each. I can't wait to snag the awesome ones from my nice camera!

First up - our trip to The Downtown Aquarium. We had Isaac along with us, so there is extra cuteness in these pics!


"Oh Isaac! Save me! Don't let the shark eat me for breakfast!"
....Tell me Oliver's face in those 2 pics isn't total awesomeness! And Kiran...she just looks stunning in the first! My sweety is growing up! (that reminds me....)



"Raaaar, I'll eat you anyways! All 3 of you...as my snack AFTER breakfast!"

A little face paint went on.... ...Daddy, got the spiderman face paint?




Even mom & dad had a good time!





Once upon a time, the Grandparents used to get a hotel in Houston just to see us. This will be a distant memory soon!




"My Spidey senses are....."




Another day at Discovery Green!






Dallas....



And of course, this is what happens when you drink too much spiderman juice on Easter.




And...why can't I look like this every day darn it?! [photoshoot]

BACK TO MY ROOTS

My roots as in my BLONDE ROOTS that are sticking half an inch out of my head right now!
There is a nifty little website that allows you to do virtual hairstyles, makeup, and so forth. I went in to get an idea of what I look like as....ME.

I have been dying my hair since I was 13. I won't name the rainbow of colors I went through (nothing too crazy!) but for the most part I was a red-head for a LOOONG time. About 8 years before trying anything else. As you all know me now, i've been brunette, back to red, back to blonde once more while pregnant with Kiki, then back to brunette again parading a few blonde streaks every once in a while!

So these images below are fun little snapshots of what my final outcome COULD be! Of course my hair could all fall out from the processing, who knows. And please - this is a very vague idea of what my results will be. (the red was just for fun! i'll always be a red-head at heart!). I went ahead and did all 3 blonds they offered so I could just look. I think the second, beigh/ash blonde is pretty true to my natural color but I'll have Ashley determine that when she gets a good look at my roots. I've seen them in the last 6 years so I do know that it's still pretty light, and not dark blonde like some hair will get. I'd be okay with either really.

I'll be honest, i am a bit frightened. Friday at 3 I will meet my fate. How do you think it'll turn out? Will I look good as ME?

Someone made an impression! :-)

If you don't want to watch all of this (which you should because it looks like a fantastic movie), then at the very end you can hear Robert Pattinson give shout outs to Houston! I don't want to think my FIVE hours with them had anything to do with it! Hahahaha. Oh, the ego. He also said in an MTV interview that Houston was his favorite city in the US, and that he had the funnest time there and enjoyed the people.

If video isn't working, use this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDxSlLl8w0



Now, who wants to see this movie with me?!