Haircuts, and tacos, and choirs! Oh my!

David was a brave soul last week, and let me cut his hair -- my first time cutting hair. Ever. Oddly enough, I think I was more nervous than he was. If he was nervous at all, he pretended that he wasn't. Probably to keep me from stopping half way through because I was too scared to finish.

Here is the finished product. I was pretty pleased!

This one looks like a mug shot...

I actually cut his hair twice in order to get it to this point. The first time I cut it, I left it pretty long (too long...) because if I messed up too badly, I wanted his mom to have enough hair to work with that she could fix the problems I caused. But it looked alright when I finished, and I was getting confident, so I went ahead and cut it all short. It took a little under an hour, but I got some good practice in, and we had a good time laughing and talking while I cut away. :) He's a very good sport.

I'm really excited about this new skill I am acquiring! It will save a nice little bundle of money over the years, and I am all about that.

In other news: David and I have joined a community choir called "The Turkey Choir." It only performs once, on Thanksgiving Morning. So every Sunday evening we have choir practice. It's a little scary, just because it's my first time in a choir, but the conductor is amazing. He is very good at taking people of all skill levels and getting everyone on the same page. It's impressive to watch him work.

David's band at school had a social last week that we went to. It was fun: we had Mexican food (tacos and burritos) for dinner, there were two pinatas that got beaten to bits, and then we watched a Zorro movie. As it happened, though, not very many people from band showed up, so they had a TON of food left over. They sent David and I home with a huge (10 lbs?) tub of hamburger and a big ol' bag of shredded lettuce. Needless to say, we have been living high on the hog (or cow, rather) since then. I have eaten so many taco salads -- what a lovely experience!

Oh, also, I have been approved for paid Caption training at school! I am stoked! Basically, I get paid to learn a new program that makes it so that I can make word-for-word transcripts of lectures for students with disabilities (especially deaf and hard-of-hearing students), which they can read in real-time, while the teacher is lecturing. I love my job! I get to help people all the time! It's so rewarding!

Old School, part 2

Okay, so I just remembered this and had to add it:



Zoobilee Zoo... oh my gosh. I used to LOVE this show! And yet, I can appreciate why people may find it freaky beyond all reason. It was a little strange...

Kickin' it Old School

Being a kid was awesome. Here are some reasons why:

Who didn't love Reading Rainbow? (besides the kids giving book reviews... I always kind of disliked them)


Gummi Bears was the COOLEST show ever!


DuckTails is probably my favorite, though. CLASSIC!



And who can forget He-Man?! (Skellator was my favorite bad guy ever)



I just felt the need for some Retro awesomeness today.

The First Day of Snow!

There wasn't much of it, but it was pretty... I took pictures while I walked to school.

I love when plants are frosted/snowed over like this!
Those are part of our apartment complex in the back there. We're in the far right building. :)

And that's all! I just like the snow. :D

Stuff that makes me SMILE!

I've been feeling a little overwhelmed with school/work/housework lately, and as of yesterday I decided that I need to stop focusing on what's stressing me out (that doesn't mean avoiding homework.... though that IS what I'm doing right now... heh!) and start focusing on what makes me smile. As long as I do my best, I'll be okay. So today's blog is mostly for my own benefit: to have an easily accessible list of happy things! Let us begin.

My all-time favorite person ever makes me smile

(Yes, his shirt says "Tall, Dork, and Handsome." I bought it for him. :D)


My newest nephew and his furry pal Grover (my all-time favorite Sesame Street character!) make me smile!

Food Storage makes me smile

(you can tell when we sleep in on Sundays by my lack of mascara)

The Cardboard Cut-Out of Han Solo makes me smile

(For those of you who don't know, it's a frequent Jacobs prank to set up Han in popping-out type places.)


Missouri makes me smile

Fireworks make me smile!
(That was one awesome little noise-maker!)


Buddies make me smile!
(The Little's and The Hudson's on a racquetball double-date)

Living in America (and NOT Zimbabwe--which is the other flag you see) makes me smile
And my shoes also make me smile. I think they're adorable.

My new coffee table makes me smile!
(David's mom made it out of an old under-the-bed drawer set and a closet door. Pretty amazing!)

Making that list made me smile!

Summer!

David and I have been enjoying the summer so far. We are especially looking forward to the Missouri Trip this week!! We got the A/C in our van checked out today, David's going to do an oil change and check the tires, and then, come the morning of the 9th, we are headed out! I am excited for the drive. I've staked my claim to drive through Kansas. David is going to take the mountains (poor Geologist that he is, he won't be able to look at the mountains as much as he'd like to while he's driving...) because I am too nervous to do it, and I'm taking the plains because he thinks it is the most horribly boring drive ever. I really like driving in the plains, though. It's so... straight-forward and nice.

I'm trying to get the apartment all nice and clean before we leave, but that's proving difficult with my weeding job. I am working for a lady here in town, weeding out her rock garden areas. It's a lot of work, but really quite a nice job. The one thing that is getting to me is that I've spent the majority of every day this week weeding, so it is stuck in my head and I dream of weeding ALL NIGHT LONG! I am getting so tired of weeding just because I do it all night! So I will be glad when this job is done, but I am also grateful to have it and have enjoyed doing it, especially since David has been hired on as well. It's so much nicer to work with him than without him! It's been a nice job for us.

Speaking of jobs, I have had two job offers this week as a cleaning lady! I'm excited! I may have a part-time job this next semester that I wasn't planning on. That will be kind of nice.

Been a while...

So it's been a while since I've posted. School is getting CRAZY busy, and I'm about ready for this semester to get over. The break between semesters is going to be very busy as well, but it will be a nicer kind of busy. :) I am enjoying school, though, and things are going well.

David and I will be celebrating our 3rd month-aversary on the 11th of this month! We're happy campers, that's for sure! Life is good. Here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately.


Here's David! He likes sugar.... I love this guy! This is his two-week beard. It looks better as a three-week beard, and (oddly enough) I actually like him with a beard. :O I HATE beards!!! But I don't mind his... go figure. :)







David took a picture of me doing dishes. I guess that I so seldom have time to do such homey duties that it was a picture-worthy occasion. ;)

DISCLAIMER: David wants everyone to be sure and know that I made some awesome dinner tonight, and earlier this week as well, and that, as far as he's concerned, I'm the best wife ever. :) He's so nice to me!







We went to the WWII Plane Museum here in town. There were some nifty planes! David and I both have Marine Grandpas, so we were excited about this plane. It was BIG, and had awesome folding wings! So neat!



My personal favorite was the Jelly Belly Plane... heck yes!










Well, that's enough for now. I'll post more soon, though. I have some pictures other recent activities and silliness.