a few "highlights"

highlights are in the hair and I like it much better. next time i'll add more highlights -i was just a little scared this time.
i've been so busy lately -still looking for a job, working on a Christmas card workshop, working on my Bazaar items and doing all of this with one of those dumb sinus colds! my voice sounds like i'm a chain smoker right now!
i can't believe it's fall already! leaves are coming down like rain today. i haven't been outside yet, but the wind is really kicking out there. i suppose the swimming pool cover will be put on this weekend. i hate when the pool is shut down...looking at a green cover is not as relaxing as hearing the fountain and looking at that pretty blue water.
i think i'm going to meet the girls for lunch today. i'm in sort of a funk and being with them always picks me up. so thankful for the girlfriends!!!

Saving money?

I colored my hair yesterday! Doesn't look too bad but I'm hoping with some highlights it will lighten up. Going over to Abby's tonight to let her put in the highlights. Thank goodness for daughters!

Here's a pic of the hair before highlights. Hey - saved myself salon price of $90 for color and highlights. Sorry local salons!!!

Today was...

very enjoyable. Abby took off work so we could go to the Southern Women's Show. She wanted to see Jon and Kate (plus 8). We started out with a lovely lunch at Gatherings in Trussville. They have the most delicious Strawberry Pretzel Salad.

Left there and arrived at the BJCC - parking was $7, tickets for the show were $9 (each). We walked around with our free plastic bags from Chik-fil-a and tried to avoid the vendors begging us to register for giveaways. We left after about 2 hours.
Notes from the show:

We didn't get to see Jon or Kate - the seating was inadequate for the crowd.

Mothers of multiples were everywhere (I guess they wanted their kids to see more kids?)

Our rewards from the show were: a bunch of flyers, a fingernail file, a couple of magazines full of advertising, a pen and I had one shiny fingernail where a foreign guy demonstrated a buffing product he was selling.

Things we did not buy were: the Weight Loss Patch, Dark Chocolate with no caffeine, dips, sauces, cookware, a Christmas sweatshirt, fake pony tails, knock-offs, sleep system beds, tazers, pepper spray, jewelry, crazy clothes, crazy shoes, frilly socks, leggings, fudge, Avon, Mary Kay, Clinique, Estee Lauder, stationary, fight breast cancer blinkie buttons, henna tattoos, body wraps.................................

I did enjoy a free cup of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream. They served it with those cute little flat wooden spoons.

Please remind me that I'm supposed to remind Abby that we aren't going to the SWS next year.

negative

Abby just called - she's not pregnant.
JEHOVAH-JIREH: "The Lord will Provide." Gen. 22:14. God always provides, adequate when the time comes.

Correcting my thinking and getting out of the funk!

I've learned a few things lately. Being overwhelmed with failure leads to depression. I've gone through so many different possibilities as to why I was one of the ones chosen to be "downsized", but haven't been able to come up with a satisfying answer.

Today I have decided that it really doesn't matter. I know that losing my job was not my fault. I can walk away knowing that I did my best. I got TONS of experience that I would not have gotten otherwise. I made some good friends.

Today I'm going to try new things. I will find a really interesting job with a good group of people.

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one."
Elbert Hubbard