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Hi! I’m in Nashville at the Blissdom conference all thanks to Oreck.
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I told my hairdresser to go a little crazy this time. I think she doesn’t trust that I can handle it, so when I said “I don’t know, throw in some feathers or pink streaks” & she switched my wine to champagne & got to work with some foils. The honey color she put all over is simply lovely & when I’m in the sunlight, you can see that she created an ombre look with hot pink. It’s subtle & still professional, but just enough funk when I pull my hair back.
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Lent = the main reason I’m thankful to have been raised Southern Baptist.
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My sister is living with us during the week now. But don’t worry, I still do the cooking & cleaning & so far I haven’t seen one bon-bon in sight.
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Then people were all, “Why do you even have children if you’re not going to raise them?” on Babble’s Facebook page & I got pissed off about it. Naturally.
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Harrison’s favorite thing to do is to sit by me while I work, showing me his Matchbox cars. I adore watching him be so quiet, sitting at my feet with an intense expression as he lines them up carefully. He’s great company & when he does this, he reminds me of his daddy. Steady, careful, deliberate & so different from the hurricane that constantly wages within me.
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My handwriting is like a serial killer’s & I am a horrible speller, especially when I’m jotting notes. Which means that “data warehouse mining” became “whorehouse mining” & then I laughed so hard that water came out of my nose. Because I’m a 15-year-old high school drop out serial killer. (you know, or not.)
Have fun at blissdom, I am so jealous!
And whorehouse mining just caused hot tea to shoot out of my nose.
Hysterical and ouch!
Have a wonderful trip!
Oh that handwriting comment was too much! Hope you’re having a great time at Blissdom!
Have fun at Blissdom – I’m so jealous!!
Warehouse, whorehouse, it’s all the same
. Have fun at Blissdom!
Your haircut is supercute and very flattering. Kudos to your hairdresser!
I love your hair! So cute. I need to get mine done now!
Have fun at Blissdom!
As for the working mama hate, I’m confused as to why people comment on your choices. I’m forever bewildered that people care enough to engage in harsh comments. Not that I don’t care about you, of course, but if you stay home: GREAT!, if you work: GREAT. I don’t know your financial situation and I would never feel compelled to tell you what to do. Right? Am I missing something here?
I read the article on Babble and all the comments on FB and I just couldn’t believe what was coming out of some people’s mouths (so to speak). It actually inspired me to write a small post as well. A lot of what upset me the most was the comments about “Why have children if you are not going to care for them yourself?!”. I just do not get such narrow minded, chip on their shoulder thinking. Good job on your rebuttal post!!
Have a ton of fun at Blissdom! And your hair looks awesome
Your hair looks amazing.
Also, it is such a joke that some women cannot support the idea of working mothers. My personal hypothesis is that these women are defined entirely by motherhood, and that they feel very threatened when some women manage (however successfully or sloppily) to lovingly raise children AND have a career. I believe that’s where the vitriol comes from.
I am not a mother yet (though I got a taste of motherhood during two pregnancies which turned out to be unhealthy… still trying) but I have every intention of being a working mother. If anyone ever dared say to my face what some FB idiots were commenting to you, I would smile my most charming smile and brandish my most middle finger.
Love love LOVE the hair!! It looks amazing!!!
Ha, this week I signed a going away card for a co-worker. “Best of Luck” looks like “Best F*cking” with the way I write. Whoops.
Really love the hair! You’ve inspired me to do something different too
i couldn’t care less if you work. Sounds like a pretty sweet arrangement to me! Someone you trust, slower pace, get to see when whenever you want or when he needs you. Sounds like it works for everyone.
The only question I have (seriously, I’m nosy. I just can’t help it. I am working on it. haha): you said your sister doesn’t drive. So when she is watching him, he can’t go anywhere? No playdates, no trips to the museum, no tumbling class, no story time? That’s the only part that would bother me.
But the live-in nanny thing sounds pretty darn great.
Jealousy! I so SO want to do something EXCITING with my hair, but I can’t, Im scared! bah! Yours looks phenomenal!
LOVE that you are a serial killer, err.. or write like one. I also have TERRIBLE handwriting/spelling. My warehouse would end up in a whorehouse too… also… I laugh my face off when I made a typo that turns out funny. I once told a friend that I “just wanted to punch her baby’s cheeks” hahaha clearly going for pinch but laughed so hard when she queried why I would want to punch her baby
Love it!
Love the hair!
Re: the working mother vs. SAHM debate (so silly that it comes to moms vs. moms), what I don’t get is this – do the women who vehemently oppose the other side truly believe that EVERY single woman who works should not have children and EVERY single woman that has children should say home??
I understanding defending the reasoning behind your own persona choices, but it’s just that – a PERSONAL choice. I am a working mom because (1) we want to continue to pay off all our debt so we can move and contribute to our savings (2) I really enjoy my job and have specific career path goals still and (3) I am a better wife/mom/woman when I am working – I was a miserable SAHM during my maternity leave. Having said that, I don’t think that those reasons apply to all women/families and believe in everyone’s right to make that judgement call themselves!
Women’s rights have come too far in the last century for people to really still believe that NO women should work if they have children. Think of how male-dominated the work force would be if this were the case?! And we all know how tough it would be as a woman to try to return to the work force 20 years later after you are “done” raising your children. Anyway, just my rant for today!
Love the hair! I need to do something different. Maybe when I lose another 10 pounds, I will treat myself.
This was a great post! LOVE the hair by the way! As others have done already, I will comment on the issue of some people thinking you are not “raising” your child. Why, WHY can we not STOP beating one another up? I (and I’m for certain many others) are so tired of this judgement made on mothers. I am a stay at home mom and like I’ve said before, some days I wish I could just go back to work. I would like to have that for myself and I miss doing what I went to school to do. At this point, however, our situation makes more sense for me to stay home with our son. Do some people really think it is an easy task for working moms to leave their children all day long to work, then come home and try to do the cook, clean, play, bedtime routine all in 2 hours time? One thing motherhood has taught me is to trust your own judgement and to do what is best for your family. I have come to my own conclusion that those who have only negative and judgmental things to say about other moms are really just insecure and uncertain about THEIR decisions and actions as a parent. It sounds like you are doing an amazing job, both at work and at home, and I commend you on doing what you do. Harry will always look up to you for being the awesome mom that you are, whether you are working at home or not.
LOVING the hair. Looks great on you.
The BEST parenting advice I got came from my almost 80 year old bachelor uncle “Everyone will tell you what you should or should not do with your child, I will tell you to follow your heart and do what you believe is right”. My only regret is that this uncle passed away before my son was born. I’ve been sure to keep his memory alive with my boys. My oldest has the picture of Jesus that hung above his dresser.
People are always going to have their unwanted advice/comments to give out. You’re a working Mom and so there should be time for you to do your job and Harry to do his thing.
So forget those who think they are “perfect” parents. There is no such thing.
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Your hair looks great!
Give lent a chance! Heh…I’m joking–do whatever works best for you faith wise. But I will say that once you get past the guilt and obligation with lent, it really can be pretty awesome. At least for me!
Also, I can’t really see the pink in your hair (maybe it’s the lighting here), but it looks pretty awesome nonetheless!