Shall I Consult Vegas First?

style with cents: ***** G.I.V.E.A.W.A.Y. ***** (Ends 4.1.13 at 10pm ...: It’s on again. This is going down. No. It’s not an April Fool’s joke … don’t let the end date to qualify scare you. ;) Ask Shelly or Chris...

So far my odds look really good...hopeing that doesn't change!

Hair-Still a Topic of Conversation

Last month my sister posted about it being Dr. Seuss week and some of the fun things my niece's class was doing to celebrate. For "Wacky Wednesday" my niece did her hair like this (with help from her super, fabulous, and creative mom):

That evening I was in the store (Wal*Mart to be exact) and saw a woman with her hair like this:

You can't see it super well but she has green and purple stripes in her hair.

Don't know if she did her hair especially for "Wacky Wednesday" or not but I hope so....

Hoping The Dust Settles Quickly

This was left on our door Friday:

It was our 2nd business day in a row without water. Luckily we were warned and able to prepare and make sure we had water enough to last us until it came back on. Another blessing is that the water didn't go off right at 9:00 and came on before 1:30 as we were warned.

The reason the water's been sporadic relates to this image right outside our complex:

The city is thrilled to announce the hard work of our tax dollars to redo some piping under the road. This particular day we had a flagger right outside our driveway and we couldn't go in our out without their ok. The project is supposed to be finished sometime this summer...it's going to be a long  and inconvenient spring and summer...

When the Cat's Away...

I made myself a 1/2 batch of caramel popcorn one night while Dan was at work:

I did leave some for him to enjoy when he got home, though I have to admit that wasn't my initial plan.

70s Revisited

I'm growing out my hair and as such I haven't had it trimmed since December. As a result, my bangs are diving me nuts! One morning I had the idea to curl them back with the rest of my hair rather than under. It got them out of my eyes much better, however, I can't quite decided if it is a bit too retro for me...

I kinda felt like I'd finally achieved the famed Farrah Fawcett hairstyle:

 

I suppose that's an improvement since for awhile I thought I had David Cassidy hair:

 

 

Can't wait until my hair is more up-to-date!

 

Can you Feel the Love Tonight?

A few days before Valentines I was visiting a sister from Church and she gave me some flowers to float in a bowl. Well, I had more flowers than bowls so I used anything that might work (I have them in 5 different containers around the house). I liked the look of the white-on-white but decided to add a little color to the decor:

Even thought it doesn't look it in the picture, the water's pink. Feeling a little cleaver and creative with this super easy "project."

Our finances are so tight right now it's insane. Thankfully we are meeting all of our obligations and not falling behind on anything but there just isn't room for anything extra. As Valentine's approached I'll admit, I was completely bummed and bothered by our situation.

Regardless, we still had a nice Valentine's Day and managed to spoil each other a little and keeping our financial belts tight and secure.

A personalized CD with some of Dan's favorite showtunes and a card from me.

Some yummy chocolate & toffee candy and a letter from Dan.

To the Redbox for a free 1-night movie rental.

(P.S. We both really liked this movie.)

We redeemed our most current 2-for-1 Blizzard coupon.

Not really good for us, but oh, such a tasty way to send Dan off to work.

Last year our ward did a Family Valentine's dance that was a huge success. The Bishop said he's had several 5-6 year-olds ask if we'd do another dance. Well, we made it a new tradition! On Friday the 15th the Timber Creek ward held the 2nd Annual Valentine's Dance. Dan and I made sure to not to miss it this year and we had a BLAST!!!!! (Last year we were out of town for this event.)

Like last year, they had Just Dance for the Wii  projected onto a large screen and drew names from a basket to get to use the controllers. Then everyone who wanted to would stand in front or back of those being scored and dance along. Well looking around I realized that we had 4 of 5 members of the Bishopric there...Soooooo...guess who was called to perform? Yep, the Bishopric! Of course I made sure to grab my camera to record the moment for future posterity and ward history:

 

Can you see the facial expressions, especially, Dan's? He wasn't hamming it up any either, wink, wink.

 

Their rhythm was so amazing they are talking about taking their show on the road, NOT! I do have a short video of them dancing but Blogger isn't being super video-download-friendly at present so it will have to wait. Trust me, you will want to be sure to enjoy that epic piece of entertainment as soon as I can get it up.

Even if it wasn't like previous years or all we would have wished, it was still enjoyable and we had a memorable Valentine's weekend.