Tidbits

At long last! My silence is broken! I just might have something to say after all.

And, at last! I had my hair done!! Wendy, who does my hair, had surgery on her shoulder in the middle of August, and then it took longer than anticipated for it to heal up. On September 30 (the day we'd planned to do my hair) her right arm still couldn't hold it's own weight. But on November 4 I finally changed my hair. :-) I'll get back to that in a minute.

In other news, my kids are getting ready for their first piano recital on November 21 at 2:00 at Riverton Music in West Valley City.

Piano lesson

We had a fun Halloween. Brad and Becky and their family came over for dinner and trick-or-treating. (Once again we hauled about 30 lbs. of candy--which all disappeared within 48 hours.) My friend Jessi lent us some costumes, so I actually dressed up too. But my favorites this year were Jason as The Dread Pirate Roberts (Nobody is afraid of the Dread Pirate Jason!)

and Kaylie as Hermione Granger.

And now I am in Holiday Mode. I'm making gifts with my scroll-saw, my sewing-machine, my computer and a drill-press. Very busy! Sound intriguing? Well, I'm not using all of those tools on one gift; they are all being used for different gifts. I'm pretty excited about some of the things I've got planned. (Sorry, no pictures of this!)

I'm also sewing curtains for my brother, window valances for my cousin, and girls dresses for a friend of mine.

I'm not just grumpy and scowling. That is a look of fierce concentration. You try feeding that much heavy fabric through your home-sewing maching.

Let's see . . .

I can't think of anything else to stall you with, so back to my hair (I know . . . you are just dying to hear this): The poll closed in September with 9 votes for short, natural-colored hair, 2 votes for long and natural-color, one for short and red, and one for keeping it the same (long and red). I think I can guess who cast the short and red vote, as well as who voted to keep it the same.

Back in July I was ready to cut it all off and dye it pink, I wanted a change so badly. But during my waiting period the need for a drastic change wore off and I decided I still like it long. But I did decide to go back to my natural color, for easier maintenance. It's lots darker than I thought it would be; I guess I've had the light reddish thing going on for a while. And I had it trimmed just a little.

So, here's my "new" look:

I think I like it!