Midnight Tresses

I have been frustrated with my hair recently.
It has needed to be cut, and I hate the blonde highlights that are in it.

So, yesterday I decided to get it done.

Unfortunately, the same girl who put the aforementioned blonde highlights in my hair (that I wasn't too happy with in the first place) was also the girl I was assigned to yesterday.

My cut is uneven, but luckily, that shall be fixed by Midge on Wednesday.
The blonde highlights are indeed gone, however, my hair is now.....let's see, how can I accurately describe it?

Given a heavy hand with the eyeliner, I would look Goth?
What does a Sharpie and Lisa's hair have in common?

Yeah, my hair is black....BLACK.
It looks even worse today than it did yesterday (and I was already a big fan)

Luckily, it is just hair. 
And "Hairdresser Shannon" will never touch these tresses again.

The walkings of a twenty-something single gal

I'm a walker.

Not a power-walker, that conjures up mental images of middle-aged ladies in flourescent windbreakers pumping their arms ferociously as they tear down the sidewalk, leaving dazed pedestrians in their wake.

No, I am the relaxed walker who just goes.  Generally there is no destination involved, and these walks could potentially go on for hours.

There are a few flies in the ointment however....

1. I generally walk alone.  It is easier than finding someone willing to go along with my sometimes erratic wanderings.  I have been informed of the perils associated with the danger of walking alone, creepy people, dogs, what if I get hurt?

2. I usually forget to bring my cellphone with me.  Coupled with the first one, this just spells "foolish" if I should actually happen to have something happen.

3. I don't wear "walking appropriate" shoes.  In my defense, I never intend to walk for very long, very far, up/down hills or along rivers.... it just happens

4. I am fairly adventurous.  So I end up walking far, long, up/down hills and along rivers.

5. I usually take these jaunts in the evening. Meaning, it gets dark....and if I don't have the sense to wear appropriate shoes, you can bet I don't have a flashlight.

6. I have a ridiculously overactive imagination.  You wouldn't believe how quickly I can freak myself out, and I'm extremely jumpy, a trait that many of my friends can attest to.

You're probably shaking your head at my general stupidity in these regards, and I don't blame you.  If someone told me they were doing these things, I'd probably do the same thing.  Or at least buy them some mace (which I also don't own).

C'est la vie. 

I'll just have to take a karate class so I can ninja chop all those threatening trees that keep trying to attack me.

Movies

I saw Toy Story 3 last night with some friends.
Highly recommended.

It was by far the funniest of the 3 movies, had the creepiest monkey, and may have made me tear up (proof positive that I am an emotional female-doubters beware).

Yays & Nays

Recent "Yays" and "Nays"


Yays:

•  I have lost 12 pounds since Memorial Day
• I have extra room in the "skinny jeans" I recently started wearing
• I went to my mom's graduation ceremony on Thursday up in Logan
• I went on 2 hikes on Friday
• I got to spend some time with my extended family-sometimes I forget how great they are.
• I had a nice date on Wednesday
• I went for a nice walk this evening, that in retrospect may not have been the safest thing, but I am still alive.
• I got to see my adorable nephew and niece again
• My nephew thinks I'm pretty neat
• I get to sleep in my own bed again

Nays:

• My calves are pretty sore at the moment-possibly the result of 2 hikes and a long walk? Debatable.
• I can't seem to make the cut for second dates
• I have a hard time finding people who want to go hiking with me
• My face is sunburned (I don't mind that one so much though)
• I don't make the best decisions when setting out for long walks in the evening-I could be the poster child for "what-not-to-do"
• Communication is not my strong suit. 

It's June...

I kid you not, it is.
It is around 70 degrees when I leave the house in the morning (that's before 7am) and it's a balmy 80 degrees or so when I make my trek home at the end of the day.  I have missed warm weather so much!

I don't think I've mentioned our new ward, but if I have, bear with me.
Our old ward was huge...I mean huge...maybe 300-350 people (I'm not exactly sure, but it was a lot).  Our new ward, has maybe 30 people who regularly show up.  Thirty!  Tiny, miniscule number!  Thirty is the number of people we had come to our first "Break the Fast" at our house last year, needless to say, we've been spotted.  A member of the Bishopric has already asked us to speak and sing in Sacrament Meeting in 2 weeks.  They wanted us to do it the very next week, but Shannon and I were going out of town, so that didn't work out.  It has been a very, very long time since I have had to speak in a ward, and I am less than thrilled with the idea, but I know I'll survive.  And if I don't, well...it was nice knowing you.  :)

We're planning on doing a bonfire up the canyon in the next couple of weeks, so that should be a lot of fun, you should come, bring your friends, and your guitar (everyone has a guitar right?).

Memorial Day

Last weekend, I went up to Logan to surprise my family.
Pretty sure it worked.  :)

My mom had called me on Saturday morning asking what my plans for the weekend were, and I was vague enough, that I may have annoyed her a little bit, but I'm pretty sure I was forgiven when I showed up on their doorstep a few hours later.

The weekend was nice and relaxing, I did a couple hikes with my mom, and got to see my adorable nephew and neice, what more could a girl ask for?  Oh, and I got to sleep in the Mermaid room, so added bonus.  ;)

My parents and I had a nice little BBQ on Monday before I left and had to come back to reality, but all in all, it was a very nice weekend.