This Is A Trajedy... For My Hair

So, yesterday I go to get my hair cut. As I'm sitting there watching in awe as Rebecca works her magic on my hair. ( She uses scissors and a flatiron like Michelangelo used paints and a ceiling.) Anyway, I ask how she's doing and what's going on with her. (I was subtle, but I was curious...ok, borderline frantic, because she had cut back on her hours which happen to totally blow Holland's Mother's Day Out schedule.)
She said she is going back to school. What?! She said she wanted to finish her associates degree in business. As the panic began to make it's way up my throat, I calmly asked if she wanted to work in management for the company, but still cut hair, manely my hair. (please yes, please say yes) She said no, that she couldn't see herself doing the same thing in 20 years. I almost passed out. People, I totally expected her to be doing my funeral hair when I died.
The only bright spot is that she said it will take her about 2 years to finish the school, and she's going to keep cutting hair while she finishes. (a thread of hope) So, I figure I got 2 years to find a way to afford to hire her to be my personal hairstylist.
Let's face it, I can't afford not to.

Christmas List, Under Review

Santa brought the Wii, the Wii accessories, Wii games, scooters, a glitter dollhouse, an easel, an MP3 player and so on and so on and what do they want to play with?......the 2 for a $1.00 bottle of bubbles.
Just something for me to think about.

The Red Raiders

Well, basketball season has officially begun. Grey had his first game on Saturday. It's a little different than last year. He plays at the same church, but the church has changed from the Upwards program to Team Sports. One of the changes that results from the switch is the division of the teams. Upwards divides up by grades, and Team Sports divides up by age. Grey turned 8 four days before the cutoff, so he is in the 8-9 yr old group. Since his birthday was so close to the cutoff, they gave him a choice. He could play in the 6-7 yr olds or the 8-9 yr olds. As his Mama, I pushed for the 6-7 age group......Don't give me that, I'm his mother, I don't want him to get run over by the bigger kids. Grey, however, said "I want the challenge " and opted to stay in the 8-9 yr old. After I quit crying, I called Mac and let him try to persuade him, to no avail.
So he is in the 8-9 yrold age group (sniff, sniff) on The Red Raiders team. He is doing great. He has stepped up his game and is learning so much more from this age group and from his coaches. In practice, they have been working with him as point guard, and he really seems to be made for that position. And not once have I run out to tie his shoe during practice because as Mac says, " that's just not cool."
For the record: The Red Raiders won their first game, 34-22 with Grey scoring the first basket.

See how much bigger they are. However, Grey doesn't even notice.

That's Grey, second from the left, in the white shirt. I don't know if you can tell, but the kid he's supposed to cover (in front of him) is at least a foot taller. Once again, Grey doesn't even notice.

Happy Birthday to My Identical Cousin, part 32

Happy Birthday, Jenn!

I know it's confusing, because we are identical, but that is Jenn on the left and me on the right.

The Davis 4 hopes you have an amazing birthday! You deserve it!

PS Can I borrow that necklace in the picture?

It All Started With A Flyer

Two of Mac's favorite things are free Chik-Fil-A meals and dressing up like Elvis. Who knew that the two would marry on a cold, January, Saturday night? Mac was in chicken sandwich heaven. Here is the flyer that made it all possible......

Mac at the threshold of his free meal.

Mac ordering his free meal.

Mac eating his free meal.

That's the owner on the left, Mac, and the manager on the right.

Mr. Jesse Aron, the Elvis impersonator. He was awesome! Mac and others would request songs and he sang them all, especially Mac's favorite, "American Trilogy". He sounded JUST LIKE ELVIS! Apparently he is one of the top 3 impersonators in the country. His "look" was more of the "later years " Elvis, but his sound covered all of Elvis' career. We had a lot of fun! There is just something about Elvis. Several women asked Mac to take their picture with them . Seriously.

Holland danced the night away, and Grey hid behind us in embarrassment.

Views From The Sofa

Ahhh I remember that last post I wrote. I was feeling pretty skippy. Then came the next day when my voice changed to this sexy, sultry, Lauren Bacall voice.........ok, it was more like a 30- year- chain-smoker. Then I started the coughing. I tried to treat the symptoms with denial, because I was done with sickness. But denial did not work and after a couple of nights of coughing up portions of my lungs, I opted to visit the doctor. She prescribed a nice antibiotic, (God bless the marriage of generic drugs and insurance.) and gave me some samples to clear up everything else associated with my new companion, bronchitis. I love free samples even more than I love $10 copays.
So, anyway I'm again on the road to being well, assuming I don't get stopped by strep throat on the way. I'm sure its just waiting around the corner to ambush me, apparently I make interesting prey for contagious illnesses.

TAMIFLU FOR PRESIDENT

Last week about this time I was in bed, curled up in the fetal position, freezing cold, but burning up with fever, aching all over and waiting for Mac to roll in from Mississippi so he could get me an Advil. It was a lot easier to wait another 3 hours for him to get home than actually move my body to get it myself. I was pretty pathetic. But I made it to the doctor the next day in time to get Tamiflu. (If you wait too long, the Tamiflu doesn't help. ) And so I was back to 100% normal.....well, 100% me, anyway by Thursday.

Fear not, I will be bringing you some fresh posts soon.

LOSE 3-5 lbs IN JUST 3 DAYS!

OH people, I have found this new diet and you can lose 3-5 lbs in just 3 days! It worked for me!
It's called the flu diet. It's really simple. You catch the virus, and it does all the work! Just look at how great it works:
1. You get all the aches and pains, without having to exercise.
2. While you sleep, the aspirin breaks the fever and you wake up in a clammy sweat without even having to get out of bed. All kinds of calories are being sweated off.
3. It's a great appetite suppressant because the thought of food repels you.
4. You don't have to keep the house clean, because nobody wants to visit you with the flu.
5. You have an excuse to stay up and watch late night movies. Of course, with your head pounding so bad, you can't really enjoy it.
6. You get to shop....for Tamiflu and ibuprofen, that is.
7. It's a great time to catch up with your family doctor.
8. When you sit down to wait for your prescription, people get out of their seats to give you room for your purse. And if you cough, you get the whole row of seats.
9. You get to spend more time and money on the dr's visit and prescriptions than if you just got the flu shot.
10. It's easy to catch. I like to find my strand of the flu in the mall, children's play areas, or the gym.
11. Its a gift that keeps on giving.

So if you would like to lose 3-5lbs in the most miserable way, try this diet. If not, get your flu shot!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, people! We had a wild and crazy New Year's! And by "wild and crazy", I mean we donned hats, blew horns and had a snap-pop war followed by a Sparkler Dance-Off. There is still a dispute over who won the war and the dance-off. Then Holland went to bed at 9:30, Grey fell asleep on the sofa at 10:00, and I rang in the New Year...with the East Coast. I think Mac is the only one who actually stayed up for the central standard time zone cross into 2008. People, we were out of control. Holland grew weary of the whole New Year's festivities early on. She declared that the New Year's party was over at 8:00. (Our day at the zoo wore her out.)

No more revelry for Holland.

Seriously, no more revelry.