Day for new hair...

A month ago, I decided I was sick of my hair and wanted to cut it. I have enough to donate but I'm going to try my hand at selling it first. If that doesn't happen, I'll just donate it. But I wanted to do something different and drastic. Something stacked and with layers. So I talked to a couple of people and my friend Sara said she cuts her girls' hair and would give it a go. Her kids are always super cute and so she gave a wack at it! This is me at dinner on Friday.

Before:
My friend, Sara G., did an excellent job and I'm loving my new style! Keeping it edgy looking is my biggest challenge.

I worked on a couple of different styles last night and flipped out and messy was fun, and it also looked great out of the shower. I keep overflipping my head, in anticipation of flipping more hair out of the way. There's just not that much up there.

Merril and I both had a fun Saturday. His hair needs to be long for Halloween 2011 so he did Mohawk Saturday at the sand dunes.

He also went wakeboarding in a wetsuit on Saturday. I did not partake in such mischievousness because it sounded cold and the kids wanted to go home.

Merril and Ryan: because it's more fun to be an idiot with a friend.

But the mohawk had to go before church on Sunday. Hope you had a good Saturday too!

Think your blog isn't having any effect?

Merril came across an article written by a 20s-ish, atheist, feminist gal and how she's addicted to Mormon Mommy blogs. She says that for her, escaping into the lives of these happy, shiny people makes her feel better about life.

If you want to read the whole article click here. And although I don't post crafty things, it made me feel good about blogging and being Mormon! :)

New Year's goals

I know people tend to set lofty New Year's resolutions but about the only thing I want to do is learn to juggle. Merril bought me a book and juggling balls about 3 years ago. My high score so far is 13 consecutive "juggles."

If anyone has any tips, I'm all ears!

Beka and I love root vegetables...

I went to the park the other day with a friend, Beka, and we started talking about gardening while the kids played. We discussed different things we wanted to plant this year and I said, "I'll do carrots and onions because they're so easy to grow here." (It's hot and dry ALL SUMMER LONG) So then she was saying how much fun it was to grow potatoes in her garden last year. I had grown potatoes as well last year but forgotten about them until about a week ago.

A week ago...I was peeling potatoes that I'd purchased and was absently thinking, "Potatoes are good. I should plant potatoes next year.....Wait!! I planted potatoes this year and they're still out there!" I have heard that you're supposed to wait a couple of weeks after the tops die down to harvest but I've just read other sites that say to harvest a couple of weeks after they flower. I waited until halfway through winter. :)

So the next day, I went out with my shovel and dug up about a dozen potatoes. (An Easter egg hunt in January.) They ranged in size from medium to very small. Here are some from dinner.

The best part of the whole experience? I didn't even have to buy the starts for the potato plants! I planted potatoes that sprouted roots while hanging in the pantry. Fun! Just FYI: They taste just like potatoes purchased at the store. So I'm not planting them next year because the taste is superior, they're just fun to grow.