I can change that

I can't change my weight (very easily). I can't change my looks. I can't change a whole lot about me without a lot of hard work, but I can change my hair. and I do. often. It's the one thing I'm brave enough to try new cuts and colors with. Wo knows what my natural color even is anymore? I know if I screw it up, it will grow back, and I can start fresh again. This weekend was no exception. I called my hair stylist and I said:
"Melanie, I need to come in for a cut and color. You are going to hate me. I took a store-bought box of hair color to my hair, several times, and I screwed up big time." She said she was sure it was no big deal, and she can fix it. I walk into her shop, and her mouth drops. I had 2ish differnt colors in my hair, as it didn't take the color I tried the most recent time. My hair had split ends almost to my roots do to the bleaching we did in the past, and the color I attempted to do on my own.

We decided to start fresh. She chopped it all off and gave it a fresh new color. It feels nice, once again.

Now to learn how to style it like she did in this picture...



BEFORE



AFTER



I'm braving it

Yesterday was an eventful day for my small little Texas town. A huge storm came through bringing lots and lots of rain, thunder, lightning, and tornadoes. (small tornadoes, but still...) The power went out in the entire town for several hours in the morning, some of the power is still out. My office lost power around 9. Employees were just sitting around in the dark playing with their phones and talking. Me and a few friends got the bright idea to find a room, and watch Netflix (thank goodness for the iphone). At some point while we were in slumber party mode watching a movie, a tornado struck literally across the street from my office, blew OVER my office- you could hear the roof trying to lift up- and caused some damage to some neighbor buildings. No one was hurt, it wasn't even a big tornado, but, nonetheless...



Literally across the street from my office



How Pinteresting

I don't normally link up here, but I have a stack of work to do and for whatever reason I'm feeling drunk- by drunk I mean really dizzy and disoriented this morning- so It's easy to not mess up a blog than to mess up my work.
Linking up with Michelle from

Love me some pinterest. below are some of my more current interests on there.




If you know me, now is your warning!!!




Thinking this is my next hair cut/color/style



I want to make this



perfect tattoo- may have to get this too



What a cute house warming gift




I wanna make this!!



love simplicity



Catching Fire

Linking up today with Heather from Blonde... Undercover Blonde for Friday's Book Club. (Side note: I am definitely on my way to reading 12 books a year, a great start anyway)

The book I read this week:





Catching Fire takes place in the country of Panem There are a total of 12 Districts, but there once was a 13th which was destroyed in a rebellion against the Capitol. The Hunger Games take place annually in a stadium specially built for the event in an unidentified location.

After winning the 74th Hunger Games in the previous novel, Katniss and Peeta return home to District 12, the poorest sector. On the day that Katniss and Peeta are to start a "victory tour" of the country, she is visited by President Snow. President Snow explains that he is angry at her for threatening to commit suicide with Peeta at the end of the Hunger Games, which permitted them both to win. She must now prove that this was for her love of Peeta.

For the 75th Hunger Games, 24 victors from previous years will be forced to compete once again. This is in honor of the "Quarter Quell": an event that occurs every 25th year of the Games and allows the Capitol to introduce a twist.

This 2nd book of the trilogy has many twists that keep you in suspense the whole time. The book is all about survival, as well as learning to take orders that may cause your own life, so that those you love will love on. Definitely in love with this trilogy. I read this book in just a few short days, staying up way past my 'bed time' because I simply couldn't put it down.

Valentine's Day Swap!

I'm extremely excited this valentine's day. A lot is going to go on that week. One fun event is the fact that I am linking up with Tara from Fabulous But Evil for a Valentine's Day Swap.  Come on over and check it out, join her for this great exchange.

Traveling Thursday

One trip of a lifetime I plan taking one day is a visit to the Grand Canyon. Except, It won't be a simple trip where I look down at the canyon, or ride a horse down and hike around. I'm talking all out, White water rafting down the Colorado River through the Canyon. It will be an unbelievable trip, a trip of a lifetime.

Eat your Cabbage

On New Years Eve/Day you are supposed to eat Cabbage, Ham, and Black Eyed peas for good luck, money and health. apparently, I don't know to cook cabbage so it was gross, so I didn't even swallow one piece of that. So Good luck was out of the question for my 2012. Superstitious right, probably not true? I hoped so.

Until last night.
1- I had a complication in a work project that has lasted way too long, which sucks, I know what you're thinking. that's not really 'bad luck' is it? and then;
2- I'm walking down the sidewalk with a co-worker and miss a curb and fall. I banged up both knees, my ankle, and I got a bruise on my finger? Not sure how that one happened.
3- My Check Engine light on my truck came, and now I have to go to my mechanic and figure out what's wrong and buy some ridiculous part for him to install. (although, this could turn good news, now that he got his teeth fixed and I can focus on his face, he's really cute ;) )

ON another note- I did eat my black eyed peas. and H&R Block looked at a previous year's taxes for me, and found almost $1,600 extra for me to get back. so, I guess I will stick with my black eyed peas every year.

Tuesday Dessert Night

For this evening, I am going to prepare an awesome dessert. I'll probably take it to work tomorrow and share, if it lasts that long.

M&M Bark:

Melt one bag of White chocolate chips in the microwave. Let cook for about 3-4 minutes. Mix M&M's in the melted chips. Spread on wax paper on a baking pan, smooth out. Let cool for 30 minutes. Break into pieces. Eat.

Monday Night Dinner

Tonight I'm making it an easy night for cooking. Simple and yet delicious. I am having Sausage Sandwiches. On the side, I am having some pork-n-beans as well. As a child, the sausage sandwiches were the only thing me and my brother ate for a while. In fact, Mom even cooked this when we went out of town to visit family, because that's about all we would eat. We were weird kids.

Sausage:
1 link of sausage (which ever brand you choose)
BBQ Sauce

Cut the links into bite size pieces. Boil water in a pan. Put the sausage in the boiling water. After about 20-30 minutes, pour most of the water out. Add bbq sauce. Cook for 10 more minutes. Put on bread, and eat.

Mommy's Choice

Linking up for MY first book club of 2012 with the amazing Heather at Blonde... Undercover Blonde.

This week, I read:

This is the story of the strong bond that builds between a mother and her son. It's the story of love and friendship that grows deeper with each passing year. They share a closeness and a bond that can survive anything, or so they thought.

Perhaps telling her story to an old friend could help uncover the clues necessary to answer her nagging question - What happened to her best friend?

It will keep you guessing up until the final page!

~

This book tells a story from a time period of about 20 years, during the lifespan of a mother raising her son and having a family.  The time periods change sporadically and keeps you guessing all the way until the final pages on what exactly is happening, and what was ‘mommy’s choice’ ultimately.  Not aware of this when I decided to choose this book (mainly because it was one of the top free books on kindle), but this is a very religious book and talks often about God and references many bible verses and the choices of right and wrong.  Without giving anything away in case you decide to read this book, the last couple of pages explain the confusion you have had throughout the book, and I have to admit, It brought a tear to my eye and made me really think about some choices too many people make so carelessly and selfishly. 

Time for a Walk

One of my new year's resolutions is to walk my dogs 3x a week. so far, for the new year, I've only walked them once this week. but it's only Wednesday, so I am NOT worried. On our walk, my silly dog found an empty water bottle and decided it's his new toy. Now this water bottle lays around on my living room floor.

Eff, Marry, Kill

Linking up again with Heather at Blonde... Undercover Blonde for the first 2012 Eff, Marry, Kill.





 

I did really love Lost. Not just because of the great eye candy and the sometimes shirtless Sawyer (although that was a wonderful perk).

Ian Somerhalder AKA Boone Carlyle

Josh Holloway AKA James 'Sawyer' Ford

Matthew Fox AKA Jack Shephard



New Year's Resolutions

If I don't write this down, I won't remember what I was thinking on this day, for my new year.

I am making my New  Years Resolutions for 2012, in no particular order this is it:

1- read the entire bible
2-  Not to procrastinate
3- Read 12 books
4- Quit drinking soda
5- Lose 20 lbs (ok, so this is a little cliche)
6- walk the dogs 3 times a week