Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Hello Short Hair (Again!) & Misc.

 Before we get to the massive hair cut of 2015, there are a few other photos. 

First up, Ranger. Of course, the dog child is always first. We took him on a walk a week or two ago (he hadn't been on one in a while), and he did so good! He watched Nick and "heeled" with him the whole time. He did pretty well trying to contain his giddiness and with all of the distractions we encountered (kids, people on bikes  people walking close to us). He didn't bark once! Woohoo! Here, he wanted to jump around and have fun, and he started to break the rules a little. 

Here, he put his game face on and was ready to go.    ;)
 (do you love his "farmer's tan" too? Haha, he's never in the sun, so that's just from wearing his sweater so much this winter!).


 We had my aunts and uncle in town recently too and loved spending time with them! I always love the gardens and was thankful for beautiful weather that day to explore the gardens & enjoy lunch on a lovely patio with them. 


Flowers from my sweet hubby last week! I talked about these on Instagram too. I'm so blessed by Nick! 

On with the haircut of 2015. Here's a complication of images from Pinterest I added to a word doc and printed to take with me to the hair salon. I never know what my hair is capable of, so I wanted to take a variety to help show her what I was going for. I knew I was cutting off enough to donate, and wanted it to look nice after it was cut too. 

Here's my before. My hair had gotten so long after not making efforts to get it cut very often. I liked it long, but once I thought about donating it, I got excited and was just ready to go for it. I started to pray for the person my hair may bless and hope I can think of them whoever I miss it. For me, it's just hair that can grow back, where it may be something so much more to someone who needs it. 

I love it! I think the gal did a great job and it's such a fun cut. It's definitely short in the back:) the nice thing is, since it's still longer in the front, I can get it into a ponytail and have lots of cute options of wearing it half up, pinning the front back, straight, wavy, etc. 


My pony tail! It's about 10 inches or so, ready to ship to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. If you're considering donating your hair, check them out. I had read some not so great things about other hair donation companies, and am hoping Pantene will put this hair to good use.  



This is the salon I went to, from a friend's suggestion. Is this not the cutest salon ever?! 

A little look at the inside of the house from the waiting room. So cute. 

Test #1 of the new hair was trying to style it Monday. I was so proud of myself! I dried it using a round brush, and straightened it. I usually just wear my hair wet with a little product and go, so this was a lot of work for me. I did it with the wet look yesterday, and that worked pretty well too. So far so good, friends :) Thanks for all of your love and compliments about this cut - you are all the sweetest! 

For those of you who have been reading this blog forEVER, you may remember my first "hello short hair" post just 9 months into our marriage. Let me refresh you and point you to this post. :) I must say, I like this hair cut much better. 

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Catching Up

Hey y'all! Sorry about my month-long absence! I found out our blog-hop is no longer, and then things got busy. Whew! So today, here's a quick glance of some recent happenings. 

Since I last posted, we also had Valentine's day. I love date nights with Nick, so any occasion for a date is fine by me! We went to PF Chang's and the food was SO good. I'm so glad we went there! Since I stopped eating dairy 3 (three! Isn't that crazy?!) years ago, and gluten 2 and a half years ago, I've had so many salads. Sometimes that's fine, and sometimes I just want some delicious food I don't have to make:) and PF Chang's has a great gluten free menu! The main thing I'm aware of with Chinese food, is that they need to use a GF soy sauce. They do on the GF menu and I'm so thankful. That's why I love Pei Wei so much too (owned by PF Chang's I believe) since they have great choices too.


I'm always thankful for extra time with my man! Life can get so busy and it feels like we hardly have a chance to ask how each other's day was some days. And we don't even have kids yet. Haha! I'm always thankful for extra time set aside. Quality time is my top love language!

This is from when Ranger was sick in the past few weeks. He wanted to snuggle right up to my neck, like he usually does when he doesn't feel well. He has had on and off symptoms of not feeling well. Breaks my heart when he's sick! We're exploring options to see if we can help him not get sick like this so often. 

We had two weeks back to back with snow and ice, where I was snowed in for at least a day. I so appreciated the extra down time! 

This was one of my snow days:)

Ranger doesn't love getting his nails trimmed. This was once we were done - he avoided eye contact with me, haha! Nick has to help hold him still while I clip. Ranger even screams when I get close to his nail with the clippers. He's so funny! 

A sweet friend gifted me with this beauty as a "happy Monday" with a sweet note. This was the flower one week later! I've been so thankful for the joy it brings on my desk every day. 

My assistant and I;) before an online oils party I taught Thursday night. He was mid-yawn. He yawns when he's nervous and this photo op must have been one of those times! He laid by me for the whole event (and slept on the job!). 

Also-- Go ISU! Love my Cyclones. 

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