Big Hair

I thought I would test drive the new haircut with some curls. I used the biggest rollers and it still turned out like this. Yikes!

I think I vastly underestimated the effect the curlers have on short hair versus long hair. I feel like I could be an extra is a 50's movie.

This isn't quite like Gwyneth's...

Haircut

I haven't decided how I feel about it. The drier it got, the shorter it got. Ask me again in a week if I like it. Today I just feel bald; not as much like Gwyneth as I had hoped...

My Daily Life

These are the kind of things that happen on a daily basis while working in a high school...

The other day during 9th grade Language Arts class, we were comparing the book, The Odyssey by Homer (after spending the last 2 months studying it), and the film version of the same book.

One student raised his hand and said, "Why didn't they just make the movie first and them write the book so they would match better?" The other teacher in the room and I didn't really know how to respond.

The other teacher recovered faster and said, "Does anyone have any ideas about that?"

Thankfully a more thoughtful student said, "When was it written?" To which we replied, "About 3000 years ago."

The first student sat there a couple seconds and said, "Oh, I understand...they didn't have movie cameras back then."

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Yesterday in class the student were all supposed to be silently reading; and most were doing well. I walked up to a student who was messing with his cell phone and asked him to please put it away. he looked and me and said, "Okay," but didn't put it away.

So, I stood there and again said, "Please put your phone away or I will have to take it." He kept right on texting away.

He said, "I have to finish this message." I think he was missing the point and that, in fact, he didn't need to finish his sentence or his message. He got really huffy with me and slammed the phone shut.

How did cell phones go from being a rarity 10 years ago to people not knowing how to live without them? Suddenly 31 days until my retirement doesn't seem too bad.

On a side note, parents please teach your children responsible cell phone usage when buying them cell phones.

Big Baby

Today I went in for my 30 week appointment, and apparently I am 30 weeks 2 days (I guess I better inform floating baby widget, huh?). Everything is great.

Lee asked when we got our next ultrasound. I told him that since everything was fine, we didn't need one, so one wasn't scheduled. Lee said that the ladies at his office had been asking him about bringing in a picture. So we asked and sure enough, we had a brief ultrasound before we left the office.

Strangely enough, Lee's little sister is an ultrasound tech (do you notice any trends in my in-laws' occupations?), so she fired up the machine and took a few pictures and measurements. The baby currently weighs 3lb7oz. Its head is measuring at 32 weeks, and everything else is measuring at 31 weeks. The bottom left picture is a yawn (which it did a number of times during the ultrasound). I thought it looked more like it was sticking its tongue out at us.



Please excuse my first ever attempt at scanning. I know, I know..."welcome to the 90's" (I am only a few years behind the times).

Don't hold your breath...

My hair is getting so long, I feel like I should don a long skirt, live on a compound, and bake my own bread in Eldorado, Texas. I can't decide how short to go. I have to keep it long enough to put in a pony tail. Also, I have to have something that doesn't require styling on a daily basis.

Should I keep it long or cut off a significant chunk of it?

This is a possibility. Any other suggestions?


Don't get too excited, I probably won't be able to pull the trigger. I don't deal with change well...

Maggie McBlogger

I would like to be the first to welcome Maggie McBlogger to the blog world. She is a blog stalker no more... Please stop over and leave her a comment!

Tagged

I have never been tagged before. It feels a bit like a chain letter. Here goes:

What was I doing 10 years ago? I was finishing my freshman year of college.

5 things on today’s to do list:
-Register at Target for baby stuff
-help our handyman (AKA my friend Reyner) install a ceiling fan
-go through my clothes and shoes to give away
-clean out the baby room closet
-take an afternoon nap

5 snacks I enjoy:
-Oreos
-Caffeine-free Coke
-Snickers Blizzard from Dairy Queen
-Cheese Wontons from the ID
-Snickers

5 things I would do if I became a billionaire:
-buy everyone in my family new cars
-pay off our house
-start a college fund for the baby
-visit Greece and Italy
-have Lee invest the rest

5 bad habits:
-eating Oreos
-procrastinating
-scratching (and leaving red spots)
-nagging
-excessive sarcasm

Pet Peeves:
-folding fitted sheets
-speed bumps
-paper cuts

5 places I’ve lived:
-parents' 1st house
-parents' 2nd house
-DDD wing of college dorm
-the farm
-current house
(and yes, they are all within 20 miles of each other; don't judge me!)

5 jobs I’ve had:
-Racquet Center desk worker (7am-1pm during the summer)
-waitress at TGIFriday's (yes, I had the most flair)
-Gap salesperson
-Assistant Tennis Pro at a country club
-teacher (6th-12th grades)

I am tagging Maggie (and challenging her to start a blog), Chunk, Mindy, and Sarah! Enjoy!

Nanny

I just want to start out by saying that I love my mother. I couldn't ask for a better mom, but sometimes she sets herself up to be teased. Also, for the record, i asked permission and she authorized this blog post.

That said, Kerstin, mom and I had a little ladies lunch yesterday. We had a nice lunch and just chatted. Nanny is usually so cool. All three of her daughters try to keep her from acting too much like the 65 year old that she is. She dresses cute, wears cute shoes and carries a nice purse.

When we were done eating, Kerstin and I saw Nanny doing something strange. She picked up her leftovers with her hands and put them in a single-ply cocktail napkin. We tried to tell her that sometimes the servers give a to go box for that sort of thing. Mom said no, and continued to wrap her food. She then did something even stranger...she put it in her purse. She was trying to hide it from the camera.

When she wasn't expecting it, I snapped the picture of her side of the booth. Crazy Nan, what was she thinking?

So, being a ladies lunch, we ordered dessert. As we sat there, Nanny got out her nice purse and pulled out an ancient Ziploc baggie. As we looked closer, we saw that it was her makeup bag. She even pulled out her fancy lip glosses and such to show that she wasn't a bag lady.

On the ride home, I turned around and saw that she was having a snack. Apparently she was digging around for something in her purse and stuck her hand in the food she "snuck" out of the restaurant in her purse. YUCK!

Thanks for being a good sport Nanny! We love you even when you are a strange-o.

Advice

Today's topic: Car seats

The only advice I have gotten so far is to buy an infant car seat that goes up to 30 lbs.

~brand? features? good experiences? bad experiences?~