Rediscovering my passion for the field.!

When I actually get to do hair..it's like everything comes naturally to me. I know how to get the hair to do what I want, and I know it will look in the end. These were my two clients from today. I actually get to start going on fridays to get more hours.! I'm really excited about that. The first client is a friend of mine. Her name is Laura. I cut and styled her hair. I put some long and short layers into it, made the bangs choppy, flat ironed, and teased the top layers to make it BIG. I LOVE BIG HAIR.! She was really pleased about it. Her mother even wants me to do her hair.!! I'm building a clientele. Heck yesss.! The next lady is a piano teacher/ waitress from around town. I did her highlights. She was so sweet. And very fun to talk to. Her highlights turned out great. She tipped me 9 dollars.! That's the most I've been tipped at school. I think my biggest tip is from my dad. He tipped me 20 dollars one time. My biggest pay was 25 dollars. It adds up after a while, and I can definitely use the money with the way gas prices and other things are going up. Tonight, I went to see Adam. I cut his grandfather's hair. It turned out great.He even tipped me ten dollars.! I wasn't expecting that at all. He's such a great person. The whole family is. I'm happy to be building my clientele. Did I mention one of my best friends Christina wants me to cut her hair too.? I'm so excited. I love doing my friend's hair. I'm really happy. I had a good day.

I seriously am impressed.

Today was Cayle's 15 month check up. He weighs 25.12 lbs. And he's 33 inches tall. Poor little man had to get four shots today..and I was crying right along with him. But I was proud of not only him but me too. I refused to be the one who held him down when the nurse stuck him..but I did it this time. And he wasn't mad at me..in fact..all he wanted was his mommy. And that made me feel really special. I feel like we're getting even closer because we've been together so much over the past couple of weeks. The doctor even said he was very advanced verbally. Considering 15 month old babies are on average say 4-6 words and Cayle can say 15-20. After we left the doctor's office, we went to the bridal shop so I could make the down payment on my dress. They didn't have my size so I got the next size down. I believe it will help me with my weight loss goal. I pay 87.25 every two weeks until the dress is paid off. Plus, I have a 50.00 off coupon I got from the bridal shows.! When all errands were ran, Cayle and I got something to eat at the Chick-Fil-A and we split it. While we were eating a lady came up and started talking to Cayle. I told her he had shots this morning and wasnt feeling very well. She left, and came back with a little bowl of ice cream and a little chick fil a cow just for Cayle, and it made him smile. It honestly made my day to see kindness like that. People are so mean nowadays. I want to call her manager and compliment on her. Its nice to know that there is still some kindness in this world. I mean..it's not like everywhere I go I'm insulted or something..but a little kindness is nice to see coming from a total stranger..I think we can all learn from that. That was another thing that impressed me today. Tonight at school was actually good. I had a client.! A lady came in with her 5 year old daughter. I gave her some highlights. They turned out great.! My instructor was even impressed which is hard to do. She even tipped me 3.00.! I know I did a good job then.! We had a test over wigs and hair pieces tonight and I only missed two which makes my grade a 90. And considering I missed all last week I was proud of myself. I'm really going to try and try to lose weight. I need it. I want my dream wedding. And I wanna be healthy. And feel better about myself. So with exercising every night and making healthier choices food wise and hydroxycut I KNOW I can do it. I'm very goal oriented and when I dream I dream big. Poor Adam..they're working him so hard..I feel so bad for him..and I think I need to think of something clever to surprise him..I'm not too sure what yet..but I can think of something. It'll take some thought. But I can do it. Not a bad day if I do say so myself. I got over a fear, set a goal, witnessed a random act of kindness, showed off my skills and got paid for it, and passed a test. Pretty sweet.

Say hello to the butterflies.!!

This is the sash that will be on my dress.!!! Dad said he would give me the money to make my down payment tonight.!!! How awesome is that.!? I'm so so so excited. In my last post the model had a veil with a colored trim..thats how mine is gonna look. But it will be dark purple. Its my dream dress. I'm so excited.!! SO SOOO excited. Now...time to compose the guest list. :)

A post before bed. :)

This is it ladies.!! This is my wedding dress. The sash will be dark purple and so will the trim in my veil. Dad has given me the ok to start paying on it.!! Today was awesome. I spent my Sunday with Kay. Cayle spent some quality time with dada. We went to the new forever 21. ITS HUGE. We're pretty much addicted to that place now. We went to eat at the great american cafe and kay is getting them to cater her wedding. Which I plan on using them too. They're amazing. They're cheesy potato soup is awesome. After we ate, we went and paid her dress off at david's bridal. She was so excited to get it. I can't imagine how excited I'll be when I finally have mine or make my payments on it. We went to gigi's cupcakes. They're amazing. She's thinking of having a cupcake tower. I can dig it. Haha. We got some starbucks and headed to the bridal show. We had to sneak away to it so her crazy mother in law to be wouldnt drive us crazy. It was cool. The guy from the ace of cakes was there. We even got FREE gigi's cupcakes. How cool is that.!? After all that we went back to the house. I was so happy to see adam and cayle. We all went to walmart. I got a storage bin to help keep all our wedding stuff together. I'm pretty excited that we're getting somewhere with all this wedding planning. Best part is...no budget.!!!!!! Thank God my daddy spoils me...that sounded really bratty..I'm truly thankful to have parents willing to help so much with my finances..and to throw me the wedding of my dreams. Adam and I are opening a savings account to try to save some money for our honeymoon/house. I'm excited. I'm such a lucky person.

What a Great Day.!!

Today Cayle and I went to hang out with Kay, my soon-to-be-but-might-as-well-be sister-in law. We went to Hobby Lobby on the search for things for our weddings. Unfortunately, the wedding merchandise wasn't on sale like we thought it would be. Afterwards we went to Amigo's. It was sooo delicious. Afterwards we went to Michaels. And we hit the jackpot.!! I found ribbon, my garter, candles, favor boxes, and center piece dishes, and pew bows. There was more that I wanted, but I can always come back for it. And it might even be on sale.! We went to starbucks too. We had a heart to heart about how it felt good to be so close and how we were becoming fast friends. I'm happy to have her in my life. After we parted, I went to see Adam. We just chilled. He gave my my valentine's day present. It was a pink puppy with hearts all over it. It was cute. :)) He gave me my big present early. It was the complete series of Daria. HIs present is coming in the mail in a few days. I got him a cd he's been after for a while. I gave him chocolates and cards on valentine's day. Cayle played and we got to cuddle for a while which was nice. I came home and took an obnoxiously long hot steamy shower. Ahhh. It was wonderful. I think I wanna work on my collage now. :)

Just call me super mom. ;)

Mom has been sick in bed all week so I've been taking care of the house and Cayle. Which means...I've been out of school all week. :/ Its not exactly good for my graduation, but it's given me some extra time to spend with Cayle which he seems to like alot. He's been attached to my hip all week. I've done the grocery shopping and most of the laundry. I even cleaned house today. I feel very productive and hopefully this wont KILL my goal to be out by the end of this year. Today, I got a photo collage frame to fill with pictures of the three of us and I'm DETERMINED to finish it..since scrapbooks havent exactly had the time they need. Hahah. I can't wait to start using it. My wedding plans are falling together very nicely. We've gotten tons of the BIG chunks planned out. It's so nice to feel like everything is falling into place. I really really really wanna start working out. And seeing the results. I'm determined to get down to a single digit size. Imagine how proud I would be. I don't have far to get there but fitting it in with my crazy schedule is gonna be a challenge. But that's where I wanna try hydroxycut. It seems pretty legit. And it'll help on the days I cant work out long or something gets in the way. Sunday is gonna be awesome. Kay and I are sneaking off to a bridal show without her crazy mother-in-law who almost got us shot. And arrested. >_< ughh. that lady is NUTS. I swear. We're gonna hit up the new forever 21 in the mall and hopefully (for once) spoil myself with some new tops. Wish me luck.

FINALLY.!!!

So much has happened over the past couple of days but all good things. I actually made money off of doing hair.!!!! My mom's friend Arcella asked for highlights and I charged 15.00 and she gave me 25.00.! I know its not much but its definitely a step up from what I was making *ahem* nothing. *cough cough* And my sister gave me money for doing her hair a while back too. Easiest forty bucks I've made in a while. The pictures are the front and side view of Arcella's hair. I did the blonde highlights. My parents think I should start charging to do hair outside of school. Honestly, I think its a good idea, but I don't want people to feel like their getting ripped off because they're close to me or have known me forever and want free hair services. Dad thinks 10.00 a hair cut is hair and 15.00-20.00 is fair for color. But like I said..I don't want people to feel like they're getting ripped off. However, the prices seem fair to me. Arcella helped to build my clientele. She found three more girls that want their hair done by me.!! It feels great to feel like I'm actually getting somewhere with the hair business. But aside from all that my wedding planning is finally up and rolling. Adam and I sat down last night and looked for all sorts of ideas in our very own wedding planning book. Adam has picked his groom's men. His sister's fiance Josh is one and Christina's fiance Chris is the other. And Christina is my maid of honor (if she is still interested that is ;) ). Our ceremony will be held at Falling Water Church of God. Our rehearsal dinner is at Applebee's (mmmmm.!) Our reception is going to be at the indoor pavilion in Chester frost park. Our colors are dark purple and black. Calla lilies and white roses are my flowers. Adam has found his tux. I've found my dress. We've picked our brides maids and grooms men. Granted, there is still alot to decide but at least we've got it rolling. Today, we all went out to celebrate Adam's grandfather's (whom Adam refers to as his dad) birthday. We surprised him by bringing him to Logan's roadhouse for dinner. && I made him a cake. He was so surprised. I'm glad he enjoyed it. Happy 65th birthday bob.! On the way back to my house Adam and I started talking about possibly finding a rent to own house now and start paying on it. And beginning to furnish it. But keeping lights and water etc cut off until we actually move in. I thought it was a good idea and it might actually save us some money when we actually do get in. I thought after I get everything out of the way ( i.e. valentine's day, school supplies, health and beauty needs etc..) that I could start buying some things to furnish the house with..like towels and dishes and silver wear and things we wouldn't think to get until we actually got in the house. It seems like a good idea considering I'm having a steadier cash flow these days. I get paid 75.00 a week to keep house. Which seems pretty fair to me. It gives me enough breathing room each week and I'm stressing less about money. Poor Cayle has the sniffles. I feel so bad and I wish I could do something to make him feel better besides a hot bath and tons of TLC. I wanna actually make him forget he's got a cold and just be able to play. Maybe tomorrow I can renovate our room and clean it up really good. Dust and vacuum and put the toys away so that way the air is cleaner and he can get over his cold faster. Tomorrow Adam is coming over and I can't wait to give him his Valentine. I went traditional for once. Cards cheesy stuffed animal and chocolate. But I am getting him the psycho stick cd he wants later this week when I have some cash on my card. Its on amazon for pretty cheap. Soo all in all things are going well. I hope my little baby bumpkin gets better soon.

I think I need to take a minute..

..to talk about my little family. :) I'm so thankful to have everything I do. And for everyone in my life. But I have my own family and I want them to feel appreciated and I want everyone else to see how great they are. First I wanna talk about Cayle. Cayle is growing more and more every day. And never ceases to amaze me or to put a smile on my face. He knows how to make me happy when I'm sad. And always makes a hard night at school worth it. When I come home he rushes over to me and lifts his arms up for me to get him. And I do. I love his hugs and his kisses. I love every part of being his mom. I know we're gonna be close when he gets older. I wanna do everything I can to make him proud of me. I wanna do everything I can to make him happy. I love him more than words can describe. He is everything. I get so sad when I'm at school and all I wanna do is just go home and be with him. I wanna make very moment together worth remembering and I wanna do everything with him. I'm even thinking about making him a little garden for spring. You know..like growing a flower or some kind of veggie together. Lame I know but I feel like he knows what we're doing and he enjoys it. I try to do something special with him every season and holiday so we have things to look back on and some day in the flying car future he may share it with his own child/children. I'm truly blessed to have such a wonderful son. And I wouldn't take anything back or change a thing. I love you cayle.!

As for Adam..I know I couldnt ask for more. I've never been this happy in my life. He knows how to keep things interesting and does everything to make me smile. And it's little things like hugs and kisses. Or going to breakfast together. It's the time I spend with him that is so special. He claims Cayle as his own. And it takes a big man to do that. And I'm truly thankful and happy that we can experience cayle growing up together. I've never been this in love ever. I think our future together is very bright. I still get butterflies when I see him. I'm so glad he is my forever. We're best friends and lovers. I can't picture me without him. Cayle loves him. It shows. He always smiles and plays when he's around. Adam and I have been together for over a year now. And the spark is still there. I'm still happy. He does so much for me. I love our movie nights and cuddling on the couch and how he takes pictures with me and always makes sure I'm ok. He always calls to check on me at least twice a day. And never goes a night without telling me goodnight. He never goes a day without telling me he loves me. And I never go a day without telling him I love him. Our wedding is October 1, 2012. We got engaged october 2, 2010. I always try to keep in mind how blessed I am to have both of these people in my life.

I love my family. And this blog does no justice to how I truly feel. But I want everyone to know how great they are.

Well..

Today has been a very awesome day. This morning, Adam surprised me. He showed up at my house minutes after I woke up. He said he was taking us to breakfast..to one of my favorite places.! IHOP. MMMM.! We got Cayle his own plate of baby pancakes. He ate 3 out of 5 of them and bacon and egg. Hahah. Then afterwards we went to Walmart and I got some school supplies to hopefully I'll be organized and maybe like it a little more. I know its lame but being organized makes me happy and keeps me motivated. And we got Cayle a new carseat for Adam's car so now, we don't have to keep switching. That makes everything a little easier. Last night one of the girls did my nails for me. Acrylics.!!! I love them.! If I could afford it, I'd always have acrylics on. For sure. They make my nails look so healthy. Too bad they're expensive && highy matienence. I wanna do more to take care of myself. I feel so gross some days I can barely stand it. But thats just me I guess. Im very content right now. So hopefully it'll stay that way. :)

Why.??

Why is it so hard to like school.?? I don't understand. I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing hair, but I literally cannot stand school. I hate it. I don't have many people to talk to. I don't learn much of anything. I don't even get to do clients half the time. Its messed up.!! I'm just ready to be done so I can move on with my life. I've got better things to do than waste six hours of my life every night sitting around doing nothing. I keep on top of my school work. I make sure all my stuff is clean for if/when I actually get a client. I need some novels to take. It's so hard to find any that keep my interest due to the topics I enjoy reading about. "Raw" topics I guess are considered 'offensive' so no one writes about them as often as they do a sparkling vampire. Ha.! I hate twilight. I think another reason I dont like school is because half the girls there remind me of the 'mean girls' in that movie. Theyre blonde skinny spoiled and they think they're better than everyone. It makes me sick. Ughhh. I dunno. I just want things to be a little easier there so I dont hate it as much.