The Woolf Pack

Positive Polly

Now that Negative Nelly is away on vacation, I have decided to pull out the positive polly for this post.

We had a great weekend we were actually able to go up to Cleveland for Mother’s day. It was a quick trip but a lot of fun. We drove up with my bro and his fam. on Saturday. I love my family. It was so loud at my parent’s house, but that’s the way I like it. Lots of laughter, sharing of stories, eating WAY too much food, and lots of hugs. It was the best. The best part of it was sharing the excitement with my cousin Brad who is going on his mission to California!!!!!

And a belated holla to my AMAZING mom and Marcy my LOVELY mother-n-law. I have to say, our moms did a pretty good job raising us. (especially james)

Strugglin’

Again, here I am saying I’m going to post about all the fun stuff that happened in March & April (and now May) but instead I am going to talk about my inner struggles…Before I get to my ‘woe is me’ post, let me begin my thanking my amazing MUCH better half for picking up where I am extremely lacking. Without James…we won’t go there. Last weekend while I was in school and then on to work, he was home busy as a bee doing laundry, changing the sheets on our bed and just giving me hugs. Also, both of our parents for their support and especially my big bro, sis’n'law Greta for being our home away from home. (that sounded like we just endured something major, didn’t it?)

If any of you have changed careers, or hopped from job to job…you know it’s hard. Being a poor student(s) is not fun at least not all the time. We are slightly different, I always joke that we ‘chose’ to be poor. I quit my job because I hated it, although I was making really great money, the best I had been making in the 7 years I as in the Marketing field. I started hair school b/c I had always wanted to pursue it. James is still the ever so busy college student. I wouldn’t say we’re out of the norm, but man sometimes it all comes crashing down.

Now that I’m working part time for literally min. wage (I am making now what I made at 17…13 years ago)…I often find myself saying “If I had just sucked it up and stayed working”…”I need to just quit school and find a job”…I don’t mean to sound like we’re desolate or about to be evicted b/c that is not the case…I’m just learning how to deal with the consequences of my decision, does that make sense?

Am I happy I’m in hair school? Yes. Do I regret my decision? No. Am I confident that I’ll make a great stylist? Not yet. Do I wish money grew on trees? Yes. Have I had a breakdown recently? Yes. Am I over it? Sort of.

My body aches. My emotions run rampant. I am not fulfilling my church callings as I should. I haven’t worked out in like 3 months.

Currently I’m going through some health stuff (nothing major) that I’m not sure how is going to turn out. We’re trying to figure out what the best way to make ends meet while not being entirely crabby to each other all the time (ok, without ME being crabby, ha!).

This is a scattered post about all kinds of emotions. Just one of them days, ya know?

Tune in next time for a more positive post, I promise!

Hmmmm

So, as you’ve noticed I have become a horrible blogger myself, but a GREAT blog reader.

I might just become a blog reader. Would that be ok with you?

Overdue

So I’m pretty much overdue on everything in my life including a blog post. It’s 11 p.m. and my feet are crying from me standing on them too much today. I still see lots of boxes strewn about our new place (oh yea, btw we moved last week just a street over, but we love it!). James just started a new quarter at school and is getting closer to actually ‘declaring’ his major! I’m in my 5th month of school and feeling more confident as the days go by. I started a part time job after school 3-4 nights a week. Thanks to an awesome husband (who I am STILL trying to figure out why he married me), AMAZING family (especially parents, and bro’s and sis’n'laws), and LOVING friends, AND church life is good. I actually do have fun tidbits to blog about…but in the meantime here are a few other items I’m ‘overdue’ on…

* A vacation
* A good night’s sleep (as I’m writing this at 11:15 p.m.)
* A Lazy Saturday
* A FULL day of cleaning organizing
* A bike ride
* Updating my blog
* Starting my 30lbs by my 30th (19 more weeks! I can do it!)
* Visiting Family
* Calling friends family just to say “hi”
* An entire day with James ALL to myself.
* A shopping spree
* A big hug from my mom
* seeing my sweet niece and nephews (even though for a few it’s only been a few days!)

Ok, obviously my life is full of ‘overdues’ but overall ‘it’s all good!’

Terri’s Hair Adventure

I have a friend her name is Terri and she is super-dee-dooper. She came down from Cleveland on Saturday to come and hangout and get a haircut. We have been friends for over a decade now (I think that sounds so cool!). I ushered her into my salon de kitchen to get started on her do.

Here’s some before/after shots…I loved the outcome, and thankfully so did she!

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Thanks again for coming down, laughing with me, letting me do your hair and eating YUMMY hibachi! Until next time!

Shears, Hairspray and Gel oh my!

I thought I’d take you through a pictorial journey of what I’ve been up to at school these last almost 5 months! (that equates to over 500 hrs of time at school! [in actuality, about 485 hrs. for me]).

Welcome! C’mon in!

Here’s where I’ll be performing your service!

Time for a wash!

Would you like a mani/pedi, or perhaps a refreshing facial?

What happens when your mom comes into town…giving paraffin after a mani…a must!

What happens when you don’t have any clients all day long:

I am loving school! I feel like I am working in an upscale salon already. There are of course parts of school, I’m not so fond of. But if you’re reading this, you have probably heard what those parts are, so I’ll spare that part. Only 6 more months to go! If you’re ever in the Columbus area come and get pampered! www.regencybeautyinstitute.com

Be Good C’mon

So click on THIS . This is my really good friend Randy’s project. It has a simple mission and to be honest, most if not all the people in my life are doing this already! Randy is such a cool guy and am thankful to have so many wonderful friends and family that live up to “Be Good C’mon”

Booties of hope

It’s no secret, that I secretly want twin girls…BAD. I know that I can’t get my hopes up and that it may or may not happen. Although studies show that 3 in 100 births are twins, that’s not bad, right? I have been reading a lot about “chances” and studies about twins and such. Obviously this is out of my control, but I have always loved twins. My mom’s brothers are twins, My cousin has twins and I want them! I even have the sweetest names for twin girls!

I was at the mall this week looking around when I wandered into BabyGap. There are lots of bday’s coming up so I was stocking up on gifts when out of the corner of my eye I spotted these darling brown booties! They were on sale…at first I couldn’t believe my eyes, they were originally $16…and upon further review, they were were on sale for .97 CENTS! I would have been silly to pass these up! So I found two matching pairs and giddly brought them up to the register.

You may be thinking that I am crazy, or too excited about something that might not happen. If it doesn’t happen, I’ll find someone that has twins b/c these are so cute! I call them my booties of hope b/c it gets me excited and increases my desire for a baby, twins or not. It’s hope for me to realize it’s time to take my health seriously and do what the doctor tells me to do to prepare myself for hoping to having a baby sometime within the next couple of years. I have been talking about this a lot lately in my mind and with James. He’s a good one to always humor me! I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for us, (hopefully including twin girls!) whether it turns out the way I want it to, it’s ok b/c I know the plan is right way to go. I look forward to the day to being a mom and feeling that bursting love for a newborn baby. I also know the importance of realistic expectations and to not get my hopes up too high. But for now, armed with my .97 cent booties, I am filled with lost of hope for a great year!

Bubbles!

Of course Mason was in on the fun too, he LOVES bubbles!

A 5 year old’s patience

A few weekends ago my sister-in-law Greta and I took Mason & Corinne downtown to a “Kidapalooza” where they could get some of their energy out and have fun. As you may have already guessed by the time we got there the hall it was being held in was swarming with babies, toddlers and kiddos. It was a fun place that had lots of things to do and try out. The problem was the wait to do those fun things. Imagine a State fair or Amusement park, yeah, it was like that. Greta and I took turns waiting in line for various activities. But once Corinne found out there was face painting that was it she was going to be patient enough to wait in the incredibly long line. I took Corinne by the hand and off we went. I have to say she did awesome overall. I was even getting antsy after 35 min of waiting. Since there was only one face painter (that was very detailed oriented) the line didn’t move very fast. Corinne reached her “breaking point” 45 min into the wait. I reassured her it was almost her time and we began to discuss what would be showcased on her cute little rosy cheek. First a butterfly, pink of course. Then a ladybug (my choice). The winner was a rubber ducky in a pond.

The following pictures depict the decent of her patience to the final test of sitting in the chair. I didn’t get a picture of the final product, but it was really cute!