Happy Halloween

It's been awhile since I blogged but school and work have been keeping me busy.  I'm now on the salon floor and still nervous but I love it.  I decided to enter an updo contest at school, the theme was fall and/or winter design. This was my entry.

Now on to Halloween. The town we moved too celebrates Halloween with a night parade and various places to go for haunted houses and trick or treating. The only thing I think is wierd is the particular town I'm in has trick or treating on the Tuesday prior to Halloween.  Anyway I took the kids out and here are photos of their costumes.

The costume in the middle is sis' final costume choice. The other photo's are costumes she tried on to see how she liked them.

Just as I typed on the photo, bub was a Hunter from the Left 4 Dead game.

I work at Factory Card Outlet the the halloween season only and I ended up in a few costumes myself to help promote them. I ended up buying the Devil costume (price was cheapest). No laughing aloud. I know I look silly. LOL!

Well I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween.

School is going Fantastic

I've been doing great in school.  I passed my haircutting with no problem and haircoloring I test out in tomorrow but I have been getting excellent grades in that too. I found a wonderful blog for little girl hairstyles and I have tried about 3 of them so far on my daughter and she just loved them. The blog is The Story of a Princess and Her Hair. Here are the results of my attempt with sis' hair.

Then I seen an updo in a book "Great Hair : Elegant Styles for Every Occasion" By: Davis Biton, So I decided to give it a shot on my mannequin and here is the result.

During haircoloring in class I got my hair recolored and I redid my nails

My hair is darker now and if you look close you can see red and violet in the color

During class we had to bring in models to color their hair. I took Gage in for another classmate to color and here is his result.

I colored someone else's hair and here is her result.

Look at the violet color in her hair it turned out awesome. She really liked it.

Well that is all for now my next post will be on our vacation .

Well its been awhile since I posted last, but I've been trying to keep busy. School is going fantastic. I'm learning so much already and I still have a way to go before I graduate. Here is a photo of my mannequin I did haircuts on. This is the final haircut we had to do.  I also added a couple of nail designs I seen online I wanted to try.

Here is another collage of nail designs I wanted to try from pictures I seen online as well as a pic of my daughter with a hair design I seen in a book.

Here is a collage of our silly cat Bella. Look close and you can see her tongue sticking out.

We also went to Codorus State Park to enjoy the Codorus Blast. We didn't have the money to do any rides but we did get a free pontoon boat ride. My daughter absolutly loved this the most. The kids got to see a small civil war camp site, an owl and falcon, they got to shoot a pellet gun and my son got to climb the rock wall.

We drove around Codorus Park and we found the Marina.

Over the 4th of July weekend we didn't do a whole lot. We went on a picnic and I jammed a finger playing football with my son (ok just catch), we went for a hike and I ended up getting stung by 5 yellowjackets (thank God I'm not allergic),  and on the fourth we cooked out and watched fireworks at the local park.

I have been somewhat depressed lately because I don't really have friends at our new location to just hang with or call and that is my choice alone because I know we won't stay here. We are looking for a new place with a better job for my hubby. But in the same aspect i feel like I'm losing touch with friends and family in my old hometown. We've only been gone about one year but I don't really talk that much to anyone back home. Maybe that will all change eventually.  I'll feel better when we are able to move to a state that is friendlier and doesn't tax as bad as here. It would help if there was more age diversity too. This town has to many drugs and there are muggings a lot here. Well enough for now I'll try to post again sooner. 

Happy Memorial Day and A Hodge Podge

  Well first and foremost I want to say Happy Memorial Day!  My dad was a veteran not by choice. but I come from a long line of veterans and I appreciate all they have done and I wish the best to all serving now.

  I also want to wish my hubby a Happy 17th Anniversary which we celebrated yesterday on the 28th. I love you with all my heart and soul.

  I have been practicing nail designs here is my latest one.

Sis is done  with Girl Scouts till September and she got her awards for the year. My son graduates 8th grade this year and I will get pics of that to show you later on.

We luckily missed a bad storm a few days ago but the clouds that moved in looked pretty wicked.

Well that's enough for now.

I Started My Cosmetology Classes

I started my cosmetology classes on April 18th. and I really love it. The first thing I learned so far was basic perming. I did pretty well but need to practice rolling the rods with more even tension. Now we are studying roller sets and the technical stuff on hair designs. Here are a couple photos of the roller set I had to design myself. I thought the hair was completely dry and it wasn't so part of it didn't stay curled but the basic concept is there.

I'm gonna keep practicing and I want to alter my design some.

In class one day last week we were taught the basics of pin curls and I wanted to practice on Faith's hair  and here's how it turned out.

We haven't studied nails yet but I have been practicing on my own and I tried applying the nail tips with acrylic and trying easy designs and here's how it turned out. The ladybug nails I did, the other design was painted by a friend in class,but I redid the acrylic myself.

Here is a picture of Faith's nails that I painted.

So far I am making good grades. I have gotten all 100's on my roller sets. I'll update more later.

A Beautiful Soul Gone!! R.I.P. Stacy!

  Stacy Sullivan  Nov.22, 1975 to May 1, 2011

 Yesterday I received some terrible news from my best friend Sindi. Our mutual friend Stacy of My Thoughts had passed away. Nobody has any full information yet on what happened but all I know is the world has lost a beautiful, caring, loveable soul that would give you the shirt off her back if she could.
  I remember her coming to our backyard parties and never having a dull moment with her around. When you got all of together we would talk about the silliest things and some serious things but she was always willing  to babysit when she could for my daughter Faith. The world will not be the same without her. God Speed Stacy you will be sincerely missed.

Here is a link to the local paper to read Stacy's obituary followed by a link to the funeral home to sign the memory book. Tribune Star.   Greiner Funeral Home Memory Book. 

Gettysburg Museum

   Last weekend we went to Gettysburg to visit the Gettysburg Museum. The gift shop was awesome and we went to the theatre and saw the cyclorama. If you ever get a chance to see the museum I highly recommend the theatre and cyclorama.
  The Cyclorama as quoted from the museum website " a breathtaking oil painting that measures 377 feet in circumference and 42 feet high. Longer than a football field and as tall as a four-story structure, the Gettysburg Cyclorama painting immerses visitors in the fury of Pickett’s Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg."   What we loved about the painting was the floor around it was built to go into the painting.

   I was only able to get pictures from the regular part of the museum and those weren't great but here they are.    

   When the weather warms up more the green is out I'll get pictures of the battlefield to share. If you would like to visit the battlefield or the museum sometime go to the this website to get all the information you need.

Gettysburg Battlefield.