Hair Today, Colored Tomorrow!

Yesterday, I did something very unlike me! I got two bleached blond streaks in my hair!!! One of them is underneath other hair on the side of my head, and the other is right in front on my bangs!!!!


This whole idea started when my 2 girlfriends, Sally and Crystal began talking about getting colored streaks in their hair. I am the oldest in our threesome of friendship, but I don't usually feel that way until they started talking about different colors in their hair. Pink streaks! Green streaks! Yikes! I just didn't know if I could pull that off. I love those girls so much and am so glad that they are 2 of my very best friends in the world, but that was almost too much for me!!!!!


Well, I talked to my hairstylist, and she had the idea of adding more blond to my hair. I decided to go for it, and without hesitation, I made the appointment for change! I also decided to take Kiki with me to get her hair done. She has been asking for months for us to let her get a purple streak in her hair. After much resistance, Shawn gave her permission, because he had allowed Jake to get a mohawk for the summer!


As we sat in the chairs getting our hair done and laughing at each other, I was reminded once again at how blessed I am that God gave me a beautiful, healthy, happy daughter who loves to hang out with me! A simple thing like coloring our hair together created a lasting memory that we will most likely look back on someday and reminisce about.

By the way, I'm the only one in my circle that has done anything really different to my hair as of yet, but I'll keep you posted on if the other two follow thru or not! Heehee!

Absolutely Orlando!

So, I was thinking about all the celebrity deaths last week, and it was really weird! I sat and watched or read about each of them (Ed McMahan, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, Karl Malden) and thought about them for the first time as real people. After just recently losing my beloved "Mother", it hit me that these people were more than just the stories surrounding their deaths. They were fathers, a mother, spouses, siblings, and friends just like us! What a sad week for their families!


On a lighter note, we had a great time in Orlando with our friends and family and got to see some "old" friends, too! Kiki was elected to a very prestigous position in our denomination, and Shawn represented our district well. We enjoyed 2 days at SeaWorld which was so fun and amazing and spent lots of time at the pool!
We went to the Sunday morning service at the Orange County Convention Center with 18,ooo or so other Nazarenes from around the world and many more were watching via satellite or internet. We heard a great farewell message from the retiring Dr. Paul Cunningham, and then took communion together. It was pretty cool to be a part of! I had talked to my mom a couple of times about what we were doing, and during one of our calls, she said that she kinda wished she was Nazarene, so she could go to cool events like we do. I think that most of the time, I take for granted what I have been blessed to be a part of. I am so proud to be a child of God and so blessed that he led me to the Nazarene denomination where I am a part of something so much bigger than Valparaiso Nazarene Church!
....and speaking of Valparaiso Nazarene Church, we are having our farewell to the current sanctuary service this Sunday in preparation to begin worshipping in our new Worship Center next week! More to come on that subject later!