Random Thought of the Day

Saw this on my sister-in-law’s Facebook status today and thought, “that’s good enough to share!”

“Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater.  If you give her groceries, she will give you a meal.  If you give her a house, she will give you a home.  If you give her sperm, she will give you a baby.  If you give her a smile, she will give you her heart.  She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.  So, if you give her any crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit.”

Couldn’t have said it better if I tried! 

End of Summer with Daddy

One of the great things about Clint's crazy schedule is that he is home 4 days a week. Erin had so much fun the last part of the summer with Daddy on night shift. They could both sleep late (she's truly a night owl after my own heart!) and play all afternoon while I was at work. Clint probably won't admit it, but Erin has him wrapped pretty tightly around her little finger. All she had to say was "Daddy, I want to go swimming!" and he was asking which friend she wanted to invite. (Of course they were always so busy having fun that he would forget to document any of it with photos!) Most often, it was Erin and her BFF Brooklyn at the pool riding around on Clint's shoulders and having a blast.

This is their last trip before school started - a bike ride down the Jordan River Parkway. I tease Clint that he is "Disneyland Dad" because he's always the one who has more time to spend with Erin doing fun things. In truth, I am jealous that he can work 12-hour shifts and have a full time job that only takes up 3 days of the week. And I am SO GLAD Erin has so much time to spend with her Daddy.

Sassy hair is back!

It has been too many years to count since I lost my hair girl - the one I trusted implicitly since college and who always had me taken care of in the sassy hair department even with my crazy natural curls. She moved to Hawaii before Erin was born (OMG, that means we are going on 8 years!) and a couple of years later she moved to Vegas. I seriously made several trips to Vegas just to get my hair done - of course they were under pretense of family vacations and spur of the moment trips but my real intentions were for the hair do! Then there were a couple of trips after she moved back to Northern Utah where my sister and I would drive a couple of hours to have her do our hair in her kitchen when we would get desperate. Finally her life just got so crazy with new kids, new jobs and all sorts of other drama that even those trips were not an option. My sister found us a new "curl expert" and we made our first appointments - together. We were not disappointed at the recommendation and she is INDEED a curl expert. My sassy hair is back and hopefully Sandra isn't going anywhere! (She's been at the same salon for 15 years so we are hoping that trend continues!) Just the thought of not having to color my own hair in my bathroom anymore is enough to make me overjoyed. Add to that, I have someone again who knows just how to treat my curls right and I'm in heaven!