Keratin!

I have totally ignored my blog for waaaay too long.

Let's see, what's new....

I
HAVE
STRAIGHT
HAIR!

Yup, I had a Keratin treatment and
I LOVE IT!!!!

Here I am right after the treatment:

I couldn't believe how straight and thin my hair looked.
I confess, I was worried.
I had that drowned rat look which is exactly what I didn't want.
Since I had to wait 3 days to wash it, it looked
worse
and
worse.
But.....
day 3:

AWESOMENESS!!
and
this was AFTER the gym.
My hair even looks like that when I wake up!!
I love this.
I will always have this!!!
Lovin' the straight hair!!

Yum!!!

So, all that trolling on Pintrest worked out.
I found this TERRIFIC recipe and tried it tonight!
SPINACH BURGERS

Recipe:

1 bag of frozen spinach, thawed, squeeze out excess moisture

2 egg whites

1 whole egg

1/4 c diced onion

1/2 c shredded cheese

1/2 c bread crumbs

1 tsp red pepper flakes

1 tsp salt (next time I'll leave out the salt, too salty for us)

1/2 tsp garlic powder

Mix well, use your hands!!

Form into burgers.

Spray non-stick pan with cooking spray.

Cook on medium high heat until they brown a bit.

Before you flip, spray the top with cooking spray.

So good!!!

As I said, I found this recipe on Pintrest by way of
The Domestic Mama and Village Cook
These are her pics but my spinach burgers
looked just like hers!!

That's Me!

Excellent Day at L&T!

Well, it's that time again.....

FRIENDS AND FAMILY at 

Lord and Taylor

and I totally scored!!!

First, I needed a pair of white Jack Rogers.
I am hooked on these shoes.

 Then I needed a pair of navy espadrilles. I've been looking  at
a different shoe, but decided to try these on.
LOVE THEM.

Ok, so with Friends and Family, I received %25 off both pairs.

I had 3 gift cards.

I ended up paying $11.54.

Now THAT is a good day!

Popeye

Yes, that's me at Field Day.
Ignore everything else but my BICEP!!!
So cool!!!!
Love the gym!

Too Big

Ok, so I've lost some weight.
Very happy about that.
However.....
all my summer dresses are
TOO BIG!

Oh well, I'll just have to deal with it.
:-)

The Best.

So, yesterday we attended Dylan's Spring Concert.
It was lovely.
Yeah, yeah....

Anyway.....
We're home and Dylan is still walking
around in his black suit and bow tie - yes, he looked great.

So Paul tells him to go change
and Dylan says.....

"It's after six. What are we, farmers?"

The.
Best.





(10 points if you can tell me what show that's from.)
And the answer is..... 30 Rock!

Ball of Lead

Ugh.
Ok, so sometimes I have food days.
I eat more than I usually do.
Thank goodness they don't happen too often.
Well, last night was a food evening.
I ate.
I ate chicken parm which is ok, but I also ate
A HUGE SERVING OF PASTA.
And now there is a
HUGE BALL OF LEAD IN MY STOMACH.
UGH.
I'm glad I don't eat like this anymore, but man oh man
am I paying for it right now.
I went to the gym this morning thinking
that would get things moving.
Nope.
Blech.

Pioneer Day

Each year the fourth graders at my school learn about the Oregon Trail.
Once the unit is finished, they actually TRAVEL the trail.
Seriously, it is one of the coolest things our school does.
Teachers volunteer to be guides and to man stations.
8th graders volunteer to play Native Americans, wild animals and such.
We have a 25 acre campus on which the trip takes place, including
a pond which the kids have to cross - with guides of course.
There are numerous stations to visit such as:
-the Native Americans who don't speak English, and they have to learn how to communicate
-Digging for gold
-Trapping wild animals
-Collecting cow pies
-A saloon, where they take a root beer break.
Sometimes they may loose their water (tricky 8th grader dumps it)
or someone gets cholera and the group must decide how to proceed.
Well, my son didn't come to school until 5th grade
so he never got to do the Oregon Trail.....until now.
He's 16 and volunteered to be a guide.
He had a great time!

Here he is in his Oregon Trail/Abercrombie shirt and porn star sunglasses.

I think this is very cool.

Love This

Bicycle Shopping

Yeah, so yesterday I posted that I want this for Mother's day.

Well, I took myself to a bike store to try it out.

May I offer a bit of advice when bicycle shopping:
When the most gorgeous guy in a 10 mile radius
asks you if you need help, say NO. Just swat him away.
Wait for the geek behind the counter to finish his
Mountain Dew and ask him for help.

Yeah, well, I went with the gorgeous guy.
Dumb move.
So, I'm telling him what I'm looking for
and he pulls a bike down.
It's perfect, just what I want.
I ask if I can sit on it.
He says....
"WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT FOR A SPIN OUTSIDE."
Wait, what?
I haven't ridden a bike in, oh, let's say, 33 years,
but I want one.
I want this one, but I have to try it first?
I have to try it in front of the most gorgeous
guy in a 10 mile radius. (Paul was 11 miles away)
Um.....sure?
"Do you want a helmet?"
"No, I'm fine." translates to: I am not going to put
a stupid helmet on in front of Gorgeous Guy.
So, we go outside.
I get on the bike.
I push off.
You know how they say, it's like riding a bike, you never forget.
Yeah, well, you forget.
I was wobbling from side to side like an ass.
Couldn't get my feet on the pedals for what
seemed like miles.
Finally I managed to get going, but then
found out I WAS AFRAID TO TURN!
I wobbled back thinking....
I want a bike????
Gorgeous Guy said, "Let me raise the seat a bit."
Oh, ok, cause that will make all the difference in the world.
I tried it again and I did much better.
I even managed to turn without losing all feeling
in my hands as I gripped the handlebars.
Ok, I still want a bike.
I want to look like this:

I am sure I looked like this:

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is coming.

I've been contemplating getting a bike for sometime now.

I think I'm ready.

I want:

And I need to find a way to hook this bike to the back of my Beetle so I can drive to parks with lots of flat bike trails.