embrace the camera: december 15th

i have been "single parenting" A LOT lately. and its been hard. and its been getting to me. so a night out with my girlfriends was just what the doctor ordered. we were all pretty darn excited to be out (in a restaurant), together, with no kids and husbands, with no one to to feed but ourselves.

luckily, my friend brought her camera. thanks friend! here are the pictures from our evening....


me and candy


nicole and nola


candy, me, nola, nicole


nicole, candy, me, nola (tallest to shortest!)

just to compare...here i am with BLONDE hair.




yes, it is a DRASTIC change. i remember when my friend dyed her hair from a blonder shade to a very dark brown shade. she (and everyone else it seemed) talked about her hair for a really long time. i didn't know why. now i do. its because it is SUCH a change...a huge change, to go from blonde to brown. and people have opinions about it. which i actually want because i don't really LOVE this brown hair. i do like it, but i can't say i LOVE it. and a girl WANTS (needs) to love her hair. so opinions (said kindly) are welcome, because i'm curious what others prefer on me - vanilla or chocolate. however, it is pretty obvious when a friend says "oh. you dyed your hair brown." and that is where it is left. :-0

my husband LOVES it. my kids LOVE it. my mum likes it but is used to the blonde. some have said they like it better than blonde, some have said they prefer blonde.

me....i just don't know! however, i will tell you, i'm thinking of doing this in january...

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OMBRE people, ombre. i kind of love it.

hmmmm....

i just read my blog. i liked it. its funny because when i get busy (which is always)i don't even think about blogging and when i do, i think "nothing exciting is going on so there's nothing to blog about"....so i don't blog.

but i just read my blog and i thought, gee, i'm sure glad i wrote down that stuff. because it will be neat to read it in a year or more from now.

so i should really blog more. (i think i've said this before!) in fact i think i set a goal last january 1st to blog EVERY SINGLE DAY. hahahahahahahahaaa! i funny girl.

i would really like to blog more, but it is the last thing on my mind with all the other responsibilities of life.

and it stresses me out to have to post pictures too. because seriously, what good is a blog without photos? lame, that's what.

so here are some pictures of late and info to go along with it.

little toot dropped a 5 lb. weight on his face - OUCH!

a day or two later - giving us the thumbs up to let the grandparents know he's fine...

the girls have CRAZY HAIR DAY at school. so much fun!