New AND Improved!

My crazy awesome idea to completely change up my look to start a new year :).

My Hair Stylist, whom I ABSOLUTELY ADORE! (Who can guess the movie this quote is from?!?!) insisted on taking before and after pictures :) Which obviously made me feel even better about chopping my hair off.  

A little montage of the haircutting process. I was smart enough to bring a friend with me so I had someone to document the event and boy was I glad I did!

Starting the process!! EEeeeekkk 

Chopped off! and wrapped up so nicely for me to send out!

I decided to donate my locks to Pantene Beautiful Lengths, mostly because recently there was an article I read that clarified where hair donations actually go and who they benefit. After reading said article, I then went to all the websites that were mentioned and looked specifically who my hair would go to and how the organization really worked. I was really happy to do this kind of research :)

My final look and if I may compliment myself a little Taylor Swift esque 

After my hair cut, my friend Sarah and I had to return her Mom's car and pick up her boyfriend. We all headed back up to Portland because Sarah and I had planned to have my nose pierce, her monroe pierced, and we both wanted our second hole in our ears. Yep we had a plan! Below is the finished result after Hair cut, Nose pierced, and Second holes in place. Sarah called me Queen of Snapchat  and I will not lie, I was slightly excited to show off the nose ring and fresh cut! It's just so nice to get so much chopped off at once, scary, but nice.

Pretty sure this was to a friend so she could see all the changes I made in just one day :)

*Oh and I may have asked Sarah's boyfriend if a nose piercing made one's nose look thinner, haha it's ok though Sarah has one too so I was bound to get the correct response*

How You Get Conned

Dear Parents,


I get it. I get how you get coaxed into giving kids what they want. Sometimes, just so they'll shut up be quiet.

I experienced this in FULL FORCE the other night while babysitting some of my regular little ladies. One of the girls was VERY itching, to put it simply, (to be fair she had clearly broken out from something) and as sympathetic as I can be, I can physical only do so much and if you choose to continue to scratch away (like I would :D ) then I really can't help.

We attempted a bath, which allowed the rash to go down and the itching to subside for a while. Later while reading books we attempted some coconut oil, which really just made her oil-ey and smell delicious haha. Needless to say it didn't help for long.

Then came time to say goodnight.... or not. I went to tuck in her sister when she went all ballistic on me and insert full on fit mode. Screamed bloody murder and incoherent words of another language and possible worship of something. WOW, I'm so sorry parents... I'm so fortunate to say goodbye to these lovely "angels" at the end of the day/night.

 I am willing to admit that for this family I generally do some extra housework while I sit and was in the middle of laundry, so I may have closed the laundry room door and folded some clothes while she screamed outside. Parents will understand... I went back to check on her and how she had stripped out of her footie pjs. I asked if we could talk and not have screaming any more and she finally told me she was STILL itchy    -_- . Insert Benadryl cream that finally allowed her to pass out, although not before she laid on the couch trying to talk to me while I cleaned the dishes and asked me "before you leave, will you please give me a kiss?" I get it parents, I get it. Those little words after an awful 3hrs of complaining, itching, and screaming completely melted my heart. So of course after she fell asleep in her bed (after I carried her upstairs and rubbed her back for 20mins) I snuck in a kiss on her forehead.


Wanna hear the best part of my story? I got paid shortly after AND I got to leave and go to sleep in my own bed :). As much as I can complain about not having everything I thought I would by 25, I am grateful to have my own space and have these moments to laugh about.

After Christmas Party (Long over due)

Every year my Dad's side of the family gets together after Christmas because it really is a crazy time before hand, so it's always been more convenient to gather after the hype of the Holidays. Well we pushed it this year by not getting together the week after Christmas, but 2weeks after the fact.

This year was kinda extra special for me, because it was the same day I chose to chop off about 8inches of my hair and pierce my nose, cuz why not? (You can read about that in a follow up post). This year was also different because my family usually hosts at our home, but this time we traveled to my Sister's new home where they hosted the craziness :).

Two of my cousins :)

I may have convinced my Niece that one of my cousins name was Justin because he slightly resembles Justin Bieber hehe. It was slightly hilarious partly because many started calling me Taylor Swift due to the new hairdo and although I took this as a very nice compliment, I then retaliated back. And mine actually stuck :)

All the Cousins

Cousins plus spouses plus my niece :)

It was an all out successful night, but I'm partial to family gatherings!