verdict

remember this post? namely, what ben said in this post?

well after he told me that he wouldn't like my hair no matter how i got it cut, but that it definitely needed to be cut, i decided i needed to catch his reaction on video just in case he said something stupid (which he somewhat proved my decision right). [whew! run on sentence!] so i set up the camcorder on top of the microwave and caught it! (no, i didn't intentionally stay out of the picture... sorry.)

oh, and nevermind the paint samples on the wall behind ben. we'll just call it art!

i know i promised to post ben's reaction to my hair cut yesterday, but for some reason the video wouldn't upload. so here it is...



in case it was hard to hear (or if you don't feel like watching the video), this was our dialogue.

ben: oooooooooooooooooooo.........

erin: do you like it?

ben:
yeah....
it could be WORSE that's for sure!
no, i like it. looks good.
i'll accept it for now.

erin: you'll accept it for now?!

ben: well yeah. i don't want to say i accept it and not be able to retract.

*laughter*

*kiss*

ben: i like it.

verdict? he likes it!


and just for wordless wednesday's sake...



... the "mom ponytail" will not be on exhibit for a while!

not me! monday

it's MONDAY! time for the greatest therapy session around--not me! monday! make sure to stop by mckmama's blog to join in on the fun!



this week...

...i did NOT freak myself out this week one night when i took the trash out to the dumpster.

here is our dumpster. it has a door on the slide that you slide open. and every time i take the trash out at night my imagination runs wild. i always think "what if someone is hiding in the dumpster ready to get me?" and i play different scenarios through my mind as i quickly walk to the dumpster to deliver our life's rejects. yet i still take the trash out at night. when there is minimal lighting.

anyway, i took the trash out the other night after the kids were in bed and ben was still at work. i realize this was stupid of me because who would hear me scream if the boogie man was hiding in there ready to get me?

oh i digress. so on my first trip i took some miscellaneous trash and ryan's mylar balloon, which was yellow with a big black smiley on it. it was loosing its helium, so it would only float about 3-4 feet off the ground. i stuck those in the dumpster and went inside for my second load. i strode the short walk to the dumpster, slid the door open, and then i did NOT jump, drop the trash, and let out a little scream. there, hiding in the shadows inside the dumpster, behind a couple trash bags, was NOT said boogie man.

my heart was NOT racing. and as i backed away a little bit i did NOT realize mr. boogie man resembles ryan's smiley balloon. a lot. yes, i did NOT freak myself out because of a stupid balloon.

oh goodness. well, at least i did NOT convice myself to take the trash out in daylight from now on!

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...i did NOT clean my house this week. all because we were going to have the kids' birthday party here. and so i did NOT stay up until 2am cleaning saturday night, get up at 6am to go to church, and then have the party that afternoon. and that night? surely it was NOT i who was BORED because i had no cleaning to do.

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...samantha and i did NOT get 8.5 and 9 inches of hair respectively cut off today.


and since i do NOT love you all so much, i will NOT keep you suspence any longer. as per many of your suggestions, my own desires, and with permission from my stylist, i went with the inverted bob! and since ben didn't like my highlights when i had them 6 years ago, i also did NOT decide to get them again!


tomorrow i will NOT have ben's reaction on my blog which i did NOT secretly video record!!

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happy monday y'all!

random

i finally have an appointment to get my hair cut next monday. i couldn't be more excited! and after weighing all your ideas and suggestions (thank you!) i have decided how i want to have it cut. and while i can tell you that i won't get a mohawk or a mullet, i'm going to keep my soon-to-be-new hairstyle a secret until it's cut!

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i'm getting close to my 200th post. so to celebrate i'm gonna have a giveaway. and the prize? well, it's super cute. and it's something i use EVERY day. oh i can't wait!

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my sister brought to my attention that i forgot to mention that my dad was a mail carrier for 30 plus years. which makes this post all the funnier.

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we got samantha a digital camera for her birthday. within 24 hours she had already taken 100+ pictures. a girl after my own heart! just look at how cute she is taking a picture of her new puppy!

she also told me that she deleted the pictures of me but kept the ones that she took of ryan so that she can blog about him!

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did you think i'd forget thankful thursday? well i got a migraine tonight. no, i'm NOT thankful for that. but i am thankful that samantha is old enough to watch ryan. because she played with him for a bit while i layed down, and then i got them dinner and set them in front of the tv while i slept for about TWO hours!

what's that you say? mother of the year?! that's what i thought...!

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and with that, goodnight. i am actually gonna go to bed before midnight!

s.o.s. [UPDATED]

update:
my hair is very thin and very fine. and there's a slight bit of natural curl. but only when it grows past chin length. i don't know that i'd really want bangs, you know, since i don't like to have hair in my face! but thank you all for the suggestions here and on facebook! i'll consider every one! well, except for the mohawk and mullet. seriously, people!

original post:
so i'm not really on a ship. let alone a ship that needs to be saved... but i do need some help.

i'm about to pull my hair out. literally. (although i wouldn't have to actually pull. it's doing pretty good falling out on it's own.) i'm in desperate need of a haircut right now. ben keeps asking me if i've made an appointment yet but i haven't. and believe me, i wanted it cut yesterday, but i just don't know how i should get it cut.

my hair is pretty long (for me) and i don't like it on my neck and in my face. it's a little clastrophobic if you ask me. so here's how my hair day usually goes: shampoo. tad of conditioner. brush. put in ponytail. take down for 2 minutes. put in ponytail. take down for 30 seconds. put in ponytail... catch my drift?

i really don't like to do anything with my hair. (why not if you stay home all day and when you go out it's just to walmart or target...) and i will absolutely not blow-dry it in the summer. so i need something easy. but cute.

and i don't have to worry about ben liking it either. because the other day he told me that no matter how i got it cut he wouldn't like it right away. yes, this being said right after he told me my hair was too long and needed to be cut. men.

all right... let the HAIR STYLE IDEAS start pouring in!

meta micah-morphosis

when my sister becky and her kids came to my parent's house last week, my cutie nephew micah looked like this:

then when i got to her house yesterday, she informed me that i was going to cut micah's hair! so this morning we chopped off 2.5 inches of hair! and although the picture isn't the greatest, he is still super cute!

and while we're speaking of hair, ryan got a new 'do compliments of his auntie beppy!

not me! monday

happy not me! monday. this blog carnival was created by mckmama. head on over to her blog to join in on the fun and read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week!

this is what i did not do!

i could probably drive to my favorite restaurant blindfolded, so it was not me who totally missed the turn (and then realized it a couple blocks later) because i was so into the cd i was listening to. nope, not me. i'm always alert when i drive!

i did not digitally tweeze my overgrown, need-to-be-plucked eyebrows before posting a picture of me just in case anyone zoomed in on the picture. nope, i didn't need to take 15 minutes to do that because i am an always well groomed stay at home mom.

remember how my husband LOVES candy? well it certainly wasn't this wife who got rid of 25+ pounds of candy. and it wasn't my candy-crazed husband that said it was okay! hallelujah!

i would never wonder what ryan would look like as a girl, so i certainly was not the one who put his hair in a shampoo ponytail just to see. i did not think he was so cute.

the next morning i did not finally give ryan a haircut. he did not totally hate it, and ben did not have to hold his head down the entire time. but he does not look waaaayyyyyyy better!

what have you not done this week?

ready for boot camp!

ryan got his summer buzz just in time for our hottest month!


bye-bye long hair



samantha thought he was going to send it to locks of love



enjoying the oreo that he got for being a good boy!