So many thoughts, too little brain, too much pinging going on in my lottery container. Let's see what pops up first!
In no particular order, Alexa's 'Last, First Day of School' I've taken a photo of Alexa's first day of school for the past 13 years. Here is the last one...I've got to dig out the film version of her first one to look back on. (Now, don't tell anyone I said so, it would ruin my image as a cold, unsentimental grump, but God, she is so pretty and I love these two so much...tears are forming).
Next up! I've been doing a two page layout each month since the first of the year using the new Graphic 45 releases. I love this paper but I struggled with this layout. Photos of my tennis star, aka, Alexa will grace these pages. I've also got done my Halloween layout and may start my Nov/Dec layouts using the "Raining Cats and Dogs" and Christmas paper (I can't remember the name of the collection).
We also have to 'buy' a senior parent page. Lucky parents get to buy a 1/4, 1/2 or FULL page in the yearbook to congratulate their child on graduating high school. On the plus side, you get to choose your photos, even embarrassing childhood photos, and you write a heartfelt message to your child that everyone will get to read. On the down side, whatever happened to students selling space to local businesses to help fund the cost of the book! Do you know how much these page selections cost?! As Alexa is on the yearbook committee/club, as I said above, we've been told we MUST buy one of these ads (and create it or pay someone else too!) KA-CHING!!
My hair is a mess and my hairdresser suggested I might want to change my color. How does red sound/look to you? All my stress goes to my hair and skin. I'm like that poor character in Ocean's 13, the reviewer who checks into Al Pacino's casino only to be visited by every plague, illness, condition and misery that Clooney and his pals can come up with. I'm starting to look like him. So I'm not sure changing my hair to red so it matches my itchy, flakey, red, blotchy, rash like skin is that great an idea. Plus, my hair doesn't look like this! It's flat, limp, straight as a board and will not hold a curl for any longer than 5 minutes. I'm open to suggestions...
Shopping with my daughter for myself. I usually don't do it. To say our tastes in MY clothes are different is an understatement! I bit the bullet (more like a shotgun cartridge) and let her come with me as I looked for some summer tops. These are her picks...
Out of about 15 tops tried on, I came home with three. On the plus side, and size, two were Alexa picks. Maybe I should let her come more often...
That is a short? recap of the end of summer and the beginning of fall here. Oh, and I have all this time to type this because of this...
Alexa has her license, a junior license (because she didn't go through the 300 hours+ that NYS requires for a 17year old to get a regular license) and she can drive by herself, up to 9:00 pm and with only one other non-family individual in the car. Whereas I cringe every time she leaves the house, (she still needs a lot of experience) the only way she will improve is to practice and drive more. So I'm home typing my blog and she took the car to school and will be able to drive herself home after tennis tonight. Change is good, change is good, change is good...
See you soon.
