Haircut

It seems like a never ending battle. Finding a good stylist that will give a good haircut just seems impossible to me. One of my pet peeves is when the stylist cuts my hair, and then proceeds to curl it. This is so annoying because I RARELY curl my hair. The fact is, it needs to look good when it hasn't been blow dried, coaxed, curled, and smoothed out.
My hair routine is as follows. Wash and dry hair. Brush hair. Air dry. That's it. Sure, occasionally I will curl it, or blow dry it for a special occasion, but not most of the time.
I do have an idea of what I want my hair to look like, but I can't find any pictures, because the back of the hair is really what's important to me. The second problem I always have is making sure they don't cut off too much. No matter how many times I tell them I just want a half an inch, it always ends up being closer to 2 or 3. The hair in the front always fall victim to this the most, as they are always trying to "shape" my face. I don't want my face shaped! I just want long hair. My sister-in-law Ruth suggested telling them that I am growing out my hair for locks of love. That way they'll minimize the length they cut off, and don't hack at my hair if you mention layers. Oh those layers.... I've tried. They never end up looking right... but that might have something to do with the fact that my hair is so straight.
So tomorrow I will attempt again to find a stylist that will have the same vision that I do, and listen to ALL I ask of her.

Catch the kid

It has been raining pretty bad, and our sheep don't really have any shelter. So I decided to move our little kid (baby goat) with his mom into the shop; no problem. They have been hanging out in there at night for the past month or so. I also wanted to catch our 2 lambs and their mom, to put them inside as well. Well, the lambs won. They are still outside (shivering) and I.... well You can see! This is the result of me trying to catch lambs, who don't want to be caught, in a muddy field.
To make matters worse, it's supposed to snow tonight! Of course all of this has to happen when Joe is out of town!! Luckily Joe's dad is coming over to build a little temporary shelter for us. I don't know what I would have done without his help!

The dock

What's wrong with this picture?

Montel

Did anyone happen to record the Montel Williams show this past Thursday? When they taped it, they told us it would air on a Wednesday, so I've been checking to see when it would air. Well.... apparently it was aired on Thursday (Feb 28th), so I missed it. I would hate to spend $20 on a DVD if anyone of you has it on tape.
Thanks!

Grandma

My kids love their grandma.
If they had a choice they would probably choose to live with her instead of me. I know this it normal for a 4 and 6 year old, so I guess I'll just enjoy the fact that they have the possibility to spend quality time with her.
No matter what holiday it is, she always has a fun activity planned. Anything from valentines hearts, to ginger bread houses, to Christmas decorations. Tonight she brought cookies for the kids to decorate. They each took turns, some cookies got licked, but overall they turned out very nice. We all enjoyed eating them as dessert.The one with the white frosting and pink sprinkles is now in my belly. How could I resist??

Darkness surrounds us

When I look out the window, all I see is blackness.

Blackness underneath, in the middle, and on top.
Then, all of a sudden, a flash of light.
Did someone just take a picture?
No, the heavens have opened up.
The rain is smashing down, the wind swooping.
But here I am in the light.
Everywhere else is dark.
We have a friend that others don't.
Although he is rusted, brown and mostly neglected,
he is the one to rescue us in time of need.
It only takes him a minute to realize we need him.
Even though we never think of him until we need him.
Our best friend when the power is out.
The generator.

Monsters in our lake

Last week Joe and his dad discovered something.....
We have monsters living in our lake. Well, not really, but they are gigantic crawdads. They almost look like lobsters or something.
Joe and Sterling actually cooked and ate one of them...
FYI I posted the "after picture" on my "mountains of clothes" blog entry.
Last night I spent the night at Joe's parents' so they could go out on a date. Someone always has to be home with great grandma Helen, so I got to spend the evening with her. We played a fun game of "hand and foot" and lets just say "what happens at grandma's, stays at grandma's".
Today our cousins Grace and Lille Morphis are staying with us. The kids have had a lot of fun playing with them and the goats, dogs, and cats. Besides some fire ant attacks everything has been great. My kids really play better when they have other kids to play with!