My Hair Is Found

For those of you who have been wondering... my hair was found and there was much rejoicing!!! Thank you, Aunt Laura! When my uncle picked me up from the salon, the bag of hair must have slipped out of my purse. Whew! Now I can enjoy Meredith's incredible cut/style without lamenting my long lost locks.

My Hair

One of my favorite scenes in Little Women follows the devastating telegram informing the March family that their father is ill. Marmie is desperately needing the funds for the trip to visit her husband in the hospital in Washington and has resorted to borrowing money from the crotchety Aunt March. However, Jo schemes a different plan... she sells her long, beautify hair. That evening in bed Jo gives a stifled sob, and Meg asks, "Jo, dear, what is it? Are you crying about father?" Jo replies, "No, not now." "What then?" "My --my hair!" burst our poor Jo, trying vainly to smother her emotion in the pillow. It makes me teary and chuckle simultaneously! And yesterday, I lived it.

So, my brush broke last week. Apparently it was time for a hair cut. I've been growing it out for seven years to donate, but I hadn't anticipated chopping it off so soon until my sister expressed her desire to cut hers. We scheduled an appointment (with our cousin Meredith... practically a pro!), and we both left the salon with ziplocks of our hair to donate for wigs for girls with cancer.

A kink in the hair donation plan occurred to me as I was heading home... where was my bag of hair? Somewhere between the salon and my aunt's house lies a ziplock of 8 inches of curly red hair. Needless to say, my drive home ended up being a sob story of a girl who cut off all of her hair. For, the decision to chop my hair off was solely for the purpose of donating and definitely not because I wanted short hair. Making a sacrifice for a woman battling cancer is one thing... but sacrificing for no reason- there is no pleasure in that.

There is still some hope that the baggy of my hair will be found, but until then, I'm...(sigh)... adjusting.

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Summer Highlights

I love summertime!!! Relaxing. Cooking. Family. Organizing. Pandemic. Crocheting. Gardening. Armadillo. Sleeping. Memory Foam. Piano. Friends. Carcassonne. Disney. Princesses. P90X. Aunthood. Fishing. Painting. Swimming. Netflix. Pacific. Ecuador. Whales. Tweega Jo.

The family with our favorite Disney Princess.

The kids and mom at Magic Kingdom. It's magical!!!

Painting with a Twist with my school buddies.

Being an aunt. LOVE IT!!!

Meet Tweega Jo- the new addition to my family. She and I have such a wonderful life together!

Armadillo in my garden- yes, there were lots of squeals, banging sticks, and running for our lives.

My friend Kayla and the purple carrot from my garden!

My fresh produce. It's amazing to see things grow! And it's amazing to eat them!

My youngest sibs with dough... calzones! Yum!

"Porque no?" Why not lie in a hammock on the porch of a mansion with a perfectly manicured yard that overlooks the Pacific Ocean?

Redneck Golf... surrounded by coconut trees while listening to the waves crashing onto the beach. 

Do you see all of those dinosaurs? Nastified.

Whale watching (aka "whale chasing") buddies

Humpback Whales

And some more.

Blue-Footed Boobies. Yes. You read that right.

Riding the waves.

Passion Fruit. Who knew they were so sour?!