Rock Creek Trail

So, over the weekend (yes, I'm slow to post, give me a break) I went with Kristi, William, Ryan, Vicki, Tyler and Lynette on a great hike by Rock Creek. It's one of the prettiest hikes ever, (as long as you can get over the first 10 minutes, which kills me every time!) and I just thought I'd share some pictures/reminders of why I love Wyoming so much!




Happy on the trail...







Me and William...



William REALLY wanted to play in the water. I would have joined him, but I was too much of a wuss.


And then, suddenly, we realized that we'd somehow wandered onto the "Lost" island, and that remnants of the Dharma Initiative were surrounding us. If only Hurley had been there to start this van for us...we could have gone for a ride! Hee hee...

79 Days...

So yeah...I thought you should probably all know that I'm heading back to Disneyland in October. It's pretty big news. I'm already counting down the days... : ) I just freaking love that place!! Hooray!

Janine Has Willpower? Since When?

So yesterday I discovered the CUTEST pair of shoes down at Maurices. I'm telling you...they were SO cute. Ta-da!
I also found the CUTEST brown hoodie jacket down there, which I did not take a picture of, but trust me...it was SO cute, too. I mean, honestly...I was DYING. I wandered around the store, cradling the hoodie in my arms, and with one of the shoes on my foot. I didn't want to let them go.

In a display of self-control that I have NEVER known myself to have, I eventually put both the shoes and the hoodie away. I talked myself down from the spending ledge by using such logic as "Mom's birthday is coming up," and "Marcus and Nicolas will need some spoiling while they are here later this month." Typing it out now, I'm blown away. Since when do I fall for garbage (aka, logical thinking) like that??

It's like I don't even know myself anymore.

As Promised

Phew...

Thank goodness that I know how to make lemonade from life's lemons. Or, rather, I know how to make pretty darned cute hair out of yesterday's shaggy messes. :) Notice the smile on my face...this is much better!

Bad Hair Day

So I've been dying, I guess ever since I got back from Texas, to get a hair cut. My poor locks got pretty fried by a straightening procedure that I had done back in May, and my once all one length hair has gotten progressively more and more layered. Not so happy about that.

So...as I really didn't need anything extravagant done to my hair...(I just needed a trim, really)...I decided to take advantage of the Great Clips 4.99 Hair Cut Sale. I mean...for 4.99, you can't go wrong...right?

Hmmm...

I kind of think that Great Clips suffers from delusions of grandeur. Really...I think "Mediocre Clips," or "So-So Clips," or "You Can't Really Expect Much For 4.99 Clips" would really be more accurate.

In all actuality, the jury is still out on the quality of the haircut itself, because I have yet to have it styled. The thing about a 4.99 hair cut is that you don't get anything but a hair cut. (Unless you count unfounded, yet fierce, criticism about your hair care regimen from a complete stranger) So...on my lunch hour, I went down there, got sprayed down by conditioner water, cut, and then set free. No drying. No styling. And no time to go home and fix it myself. I stopped at Albertson's (of all places) on my way back to work and bought a comb and some styling cream, and went straight to the bathroom as soon as I got back to work. Although it is definitely not at all how I would ever wear it on a regular day, I finally got it AT LEAST presentable. Barely. I can guarantee it will never be styled like that again, anyway. To the untrained eye, it might not look so bad. I even got a couple of compliments on it. If I saw it on another person, I would most likely not think it was bad at all. But when it's not what you want...there is no convincing you that your hair doesn't look like crap. One thing I told her was that I didn't want it to flip out. If nothing else...I just didn't want it to flip out. Yeah...it flipped out. I wasn't too happy the rest of the day. :( I'll have to let you know tomorrow how it styles when I've had a chance to actually do something with it.

Anyway...some pictures...

Before, With Dreams of A Happy Hair Cut!

After, With Hopes That Only Blind People Would Come Into the Office In The Afternoon.

Same Story, Different Bangerter

Over the weekend, I was at the park with my nieces, Shelly and Sydney. I caught Shelly doing some chin-ups on the bar, and decided to tape her. She did about 2 and a half, but after her second one, you can hear her say "FIFTY!"



It just made me laugh, because just the other day I was just remembering with some friends how I used to pretend to do the required amount of chin-ups or push-ups or sit-ups in Gym Class, so that I wouldn't be the last one done. I might have only done 5 sit ups, but if everyone else was done with their 20...I had miraculously done 20 too!

I guess some things never change!

Pedicure Pain

Oh my crap, I haven't blogged in forever! Sorry about that. Either my life has been too busy to blog, or my life has been too boring to blog...the jury is still out on which one it is.

Anyway, last night Kristi and I decided to get our feet pampered, and we took Brittany along for her first pedicure. I think we all had a great time...Brittany got free flowers on her big toes, and she did say that one day, when we're rich, we should get them every day.

My only complaints come from when the lady was working on my right big toe...which is always really sensitive...(I seriously almost kicked her in the face, just because she was digging digging digging away!)

...and then when she got the little buffing/pumice stone out and tickled my foot to the point of near-hysterical laughter.

I do love a good pedicure...the hot lotion and hot towels are a dream, and the massage is so nice!! Your feet feel and look so good...especially once it's done...but it's one of those things...at least for me...and for just a fraction of the time...that validate the saying "beauty is pain." Hee hee...