HOLY Roots Batman!!

New year and a refresh of my hair do!  This is the first time since my 20's that I have repeated a hair color / style 3 times in a row. I had so many comments on this style I had to do it one last time. You know you're hair is a hit when you're at dinner and a stranger comes up to you and ask if they can take photos of your hair to show their stylist ... lol made me giggle but it was very flattering. 

I know I say this every time but man getting older sucks. When I was young I was always a natural platinum blonde. Now days I have to dye my hair to get that look again .. lol life.

One last time with the platinum and black color!

Have a great day!!

Groupon helped me meet a Bloggy Friend

About 7 years ago I meet Stacey from Kingston Girl. My grandfather had passed and I was going to Bainbridge Island to clean his estate that is next to Kingston.  We always said we would meet, but since I was always riding with my parents I could never meet up with her. Then she moved to my town! Yes you would think we could meet right up, but with kids and schedules we never have been able to meet up.  She is an amazing lady if you have not read her blog you must. She is a cancer survivor who had twin boys through a surrogate.  Her twins had a rough start and spent a lot of time in Children's hospital.  It is such a touching story.  They boys are now 2, one still has many health challenges. She is always so positive and just keeps going, such an amazing person!  Her new blog is The Twinpeaks Mama.

SOOO on to my story ... She posted on FB a while back she is doing her spray tan business Totally Faking It at HM Salon.  Then a week or so later I saw a Groupon for a hair color service at the HM Salon!  I sent her a message and found it was the same place!  So I schedule a time to go get my hair done and to get my spray tan done before I left on my trip.

Post Tan and Spray tan!

It was so exciting to meet up with Stacey, we had a great time talking and catching up.  And to get my spray tan on I had to strip down to my bra and undies .. oh yes that is the way we roll on our first meeting ... lol

So I got my hair colored and a spray tan on!

Hope you have a GREAT weekend.

New Hair for my Birthday

I've been so busy with the party I didn't get to show off my new hair do!  I usually go really light in the summer but this time I went in a different direction.  I hit my 38th Birthday 2 weeks back and had my hair apt on that day so I went for it!  I have gotten a TON of compliments on it.  I may just do it again!

Happy a Happy 4th of July!

Here it is when I styled it

Here I am when I left after she styled (more sleek version)

Things that are going on ... Spring Break Yeah!

It's spring break and that means boys home while mom is working from home ... oh yes you guessed it! Mom is about to locked into a padded room.  Thankfully Rick is off during the week for two days so I had some help those days.  So while he is home and the boys are kicking the ball against the house over and over I thought I was going to scream.  So I did what any good mom (insert laugh / half cry) would do and went to Amazon and searched how much a soccer goal would be.  I found some cheap ones but they were small the large one's were rather spendy.  So I went to my handy friend Google Images and searched for DYI Soccer Goals.  I found an awesome tutorial on I can Teach My Child.

The project will come soon, but wanted to share!  We're waiting on the net I ordered on Amazon that will hopefully be here today.  The Goal came together in probably 20 minutes and the boys and Rick had fun building it together.

And Mom needed a little refreshing too.  When I was young I was a Towhead (very white blonde hair), the older I get sadly the darker my hair gets.  So it was time to touch up those roots and get my hair done, feeling so much better ... Well hair wise still fighting a nasty head cold.

Hope you all have a GREAT Day!

Re-Make for Business Trip

I'm going to Boston again at the end of the month, yup I leave on Black Friday.  Those who know me are shocked.  BUT since I can do most my shopping Thursday night and early Friday AM and then hop on a plane for Boston.  I'll arrive late night Friday and then I will be there for the event early Saturday am. 

SOOOO that leaves me with roots ... yup you read that correct!  I was scheduled for a hair appointment last month.  BUT I knew I would be leaving at the end of this month and wanted fresh hair.  SOOO ... I went around looking like a hot mess for a month so I could get my hair done closer to me leaving.

It's amazing how I was a toe head for birth until my twenties.  Then the older I get the darker my hair has gotten ... man does aging suck or what.  We are all sick here at the house so a quick post about a refreshed me.  Hope you all have a great weekend.

I'm growing my hair out.

It's getting cold and my ears need to stay warm ... lol

Got my Fall Colors on

New Do Revealed - Blonde Ambition

The new do came out super cute and super blonde.  I love it I don't think I've been this blonde in many years it's kind of nice change and the cut sure is too.  Yesterday I showed the inspiration for the cut and color and now you can see how it looks!

So what do you think?

First we had to process it from all my colors to blonde

the next step went so fast no pic.

Now the reveal!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Spring hasn't Sprung ... So we add color to me

Spring just isn't feeling like it right now and I just needed a pick me up!  My amazing cousin is a hairdresser on on her day off she let's me come over so she can do my hair.  With Rick gone the boys were able to play while she did my hair.  Of course 4 kids always lead to no peace but we made it through it.  So I gave myself a new blonde do and for fun we added some peek a boo pink on the side!  I thought it would be fun, heck I work at home so I don't have to worry about a dress code why not?

Here are some shots of my new do.  Ok so this is late at night and most of my make up was washed off from rinsing my head in her kitchen sink.

Side with just a pop of pink

Front mostly blonde

Side view with more pop of pink.

the back

(yikes my bathroom mirror needs to be cleaned)

Look I'm popping my collar ... lol

What the heck ... hehe

This is how I wear my hair most days so 

I can walk with out hair in my face

you can really see the pink.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

A New Do for Another Year Older

Well I’m back to blonde look!  Sorry about the crappy picture for some reason my iPhone doesn’t take the best close up pictures (yes I’m sure it’s the operator but let’s go with it).  I did have a nice time talking with my cousin.  It’s always nice to talk to someone who knows you and the members who play the roles in your world.

Thank you for my amazing friends who took the time to send me birthday cards.  You all are too sweet, I’m horrible with cards so forgive me that it takes everything I got to make sure to get Christmas Cards out.  Tonight my Tuesday dinner friend is so sweet and is having dinner for me.  It meant so much to me that she wanted to make sure I had a special day.  You got to love friends who do the little things that mean the world!

Yes it is true I will be 36 years old tomorrow!  This has been a crazy year for me personally.  I have thankfully been very blessed with a job that keeps me very busy and takes very good care of me!  Rick sadly lost his job but has been helping with the kids. I have been on a weight loss journey and of last week’s weight in down 23.8 lbs.  It has been a slow go but I can feel the difference in my clothes.  I try to go walking at least 4 or 5 times a week.  I wish I could say I’m dropping like 5 lbs a week but it’s a slow go of usually 1 to 2 lbs.  I may not be skinny girl by the end of summer but maybe next year … lol.  I have to keep it in my mind I’m doing this right and not to let the green little monster in me get jealous if I hear a story on FB of someone loosing 20 lbs a month … ugh.  Ok back down green monster … lol.  So there you have it a year of craziness but some clarity and needing to better me.  Here’s to another year ups and downs I’ll take them all as long as my weight is the down one … hehe!

Bring the Summer Color on!

Sorry everyone I was absent yesterday, I have been not feeling the best this week!  I think I may be a little on the stressed side of life these days.  I need to kick up my heels and feel perky again. I think I need a refresh and I have the BEST idea!  I’m going to see my cousin to get my hair done!  NOW there is no salon for this girl, BUT I do get to go to her house where my kids can play with hers!  She’s so sweet and worries about putting my head in the sink but it’s like memories of when my mom would give me home perms.  ONLY this time I don’t come out looking like fuzzy pumpkin!  So tonight I’m going to get my summer highlights on!  Yes I’m that person who changes their highlights for the season!  This time it is to go back to my roots (ok the roots I had when I was young these days they aren’t so light).  Thanks to Pinterest who is NOT only my food go to it is now my style guide.  Not as fashionable as some the ladies that pin cute clothes but I do pin cute cuts and colors!  Drum roll please …

The Inspiration …

So today after work I head up to get refreshed and lighted up!  Hopefully that will help kick me back into my old self! Wish me luck!

Glasses are the new black dress right?

Since I don’t think I’ll be getting an eye surgery anytime soon I’ve become obsessed with glasses.  And being the crazy sale person that I am found one site that I could buy glasses with a coupon for a $1 + shipping.  THEN I found anther site that your first pair is free + shipping.  Being the thrifty person I am under each site I logged in as one me and then two Rick so I could get two glasses from each site.  I know but I can’t pass up a deal like that!  So for around $25 I bought 4 new glasses worth around $88 a piece!  Yes for you math wizzes that is $352 glasses for $25!

Let the fashion show begin!

My studious reminds me of a man’s business look.  I’m funny but when I’m home working on web things I like to wear these. YES I know I’m nutty!

My pink blush pair, that are not my fav since they have the plastic noise piece and I think they blend too much with my skin tone right now.  These will be for when I’m tan.

My Pink animal print (inside it’s a peek a boo), which I thought would be my favorites but the next pair actually has turned out to be.

These Blue animal print (on the outside) have become my favorite.  They are super comfy and I love the splash of color I never would have thought I’d like blue but something told me to get them.

On an amazing ending note, Rick had the weekend off for his birthday.  He was SO kind Friday came home told me to go get a pedicure!  I didn’t even say a word about wanting one.  Then Saturday he hung out with the boys while I went grocery shopping ALONE!  Sunday he took the boys WITHOUT me asking to Chuck E Cheese to play for FOUR hours so I could go get my hair done!  It was the MOST (yes a lot of caps because that is how excited I am) relaxing and BEST weekend I have had in a very very long time! 

So there you have it a fashion show !  Hope you’re all having fab week! Much LOVE!

Summer’s UP and So are the Shaggy Do’s ….

We had a fun filled day Thursday night with hair do’s for the whole family (Well Rick had to post pone his to next week due to we ran over and the barber was about to close).  I scheduled a cut and color for me with Rick’s cousin’s wife.  Usually we do it at her house but today I got a treat and met her at the salon she manager of.  I was able to sit in a chair and read my iPad while Rick took care of the kids.

He decided that he would take the kids to get their haircut (yes the angel’s were singing).  He then called me half way threw my hair apt to ask when I’ll be done .. hehe.  Now hold on you’re going to laugh at this one.  He was frustrated and said to me “Do you know how hard it is to get two kids haircut at the same time” … hehe I think he may have forgotten who usually does this duty and he was talking to her.  Sorry didn’t feel sorry for him … lol.  But all went well he did take them to his gal who was over booked and they had to wait like an hour, mind you I told him to take them down the street to a place that is always slow but hey it worked.  They got cuts I got a cut and color and we’re ready with our fall do’s!

There you go we are ready for the Fall!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, I think we may try the zoo again hopefully we’ll leave with all our shoes this time!

Dove Repaired Hair Review

Do you wake up with bed head that just doesn't go away? My poor hair it's colored and teased and some days I think it rather just fall out and run away itself? Not only am I stressed but so is my hair, I have very thin hair and better take better care of it I can't afford to loose any it!

I've had the opportunity to try Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair. I tried it for a full week and could tell the difference in the feel and look of my hair. I didn't have to try to "smooth" my hair to go out the door. After the shower my hair was lighter feeling and just easy blow dry out and bam I'm ready to go!

Dove Damage Conditioner with Patented MICRO MOISTURE Serum and Fiber Actives prevent split ends and breakage. No only does it help the outside of your hair but helps to rebuild deep inside! The serum repairs, nourishes and seals lifted cuticles.

Talk about a miracle in a bottle for your hair! No more tired hair for this girl, I'm all about the soft and silky hair!

BUY IT: I found it at most drug stores around my area for $3.99. I found it doesn't take much either about the size of a quarter, the bottle will last you a while.

Check out that Tired Hair!

And that silky AFTER Hair!!!

Thank you to BzzAgent and Dove for my new favorite conditioner!