I should've listened to the little voice in my head. The one that kept telling me not to take Mike to the airport this morning. The one that kept saying let him take the train. Or let him drive himself. The problem with that is, the kids LOVE the airport and I promised them we'd go back to get him. Even though now that he's gone the girl has bailed on me and will be going to a slumber party Friday night instead. It was that same voice who kept asking why we had to get him to the airport during rush hour?? Or why they had to fly out on a day, the only day that the Pope would be flying in? For the record the Pope did not fly in to Reagan. He flew in to Andrews Air Force Base. I'm using him as an excuse for our unpleasant traffic experience this morning. Could be coincidence but I think he had something to do with it. Not only were all 3 lanes on 95 at a complete stand still for a whole lotta miles, but the HOV was crawling along to. We thought we left in plenty of time but for a bit there I thought he might miss his flight. It didn't help that while stuck in the middle of said vehicles I had to tee tee so bad my bladder was on fire. You exit...you don't get back on. Not in that. We had the radio on and were listening to a traffic station where the guy and gal behind the mics monitoring traffic described the traffic situation as "fascinating". That certainly isn't the word that came to my mind LOL! It wasn't just 95 that was really backed up and crawling, it was everything. We did finally make it and then I headed booty back home. I'm thinking I should take the next 2 days off from everything so I can get psyched up to do it again...lol.
Speaking of home, can ya believe we've been here for 6 months? A friend of mine told me that when she moved it took her about 6 months to feel at home. She was right. I'm just now starting to feel like that. I'm really glad too because I had been feeling pretty crummy for a while. Don't get me wrong, I love the area. It's just that for a while I felt like I was visiting and it didn't feel like home. I'm feeling really good now though. I still miss things and people in Texas but I really do like my life here. I think my life here is much better than it was in Texas. And that brings me to this....
I LOVE my new hairdresser! Today I had my second appt. with her. I needed it too. I had my hair done in Nov. right after we moved here. That's 5 months! I needed a new "do" so bad it wasn't even funny. My hair gets all sorts of out of control when it's being neglected. It gets to a point where if I try to do something to it other than put it in a ponytail, it starts laughing at me. I only got an inch cut of the end but she had to do a lot of thinning, layering, and texturizing. When she was done there was enough hair on the floor for a whole other person & I still have a head of long hair. I think my head is 5 pounds lighter. The best part about going is she's the best hair washer ever! She even gives ya a nice scalp massage. My appt. was at 1:00 and I left right at 3:00. She takes her time and is a perfectionist. She usually books up about 3 weeks in advance so I went ahead and made my next appt. I have a bad habit of waking up and deciding that I must have my hair done that day only to find out I have to wait a couple of weeks. I had a great afternoon at the salon. She's definitely a keeper!
A few posts back, I posted the scissors and the fob that Rachel sent me for an exchange that we had in our group. My partner was Ming and she received the package I sent her so I can share a pic now. The pic with the bunny is the front and the pic with the bluebird is the back. Isn't it cute? I got the pieces from a chart called Bunnies in the Garden from With My Needle. 
Since finishing that last batch of ornaments for the shop, I have managed to get quite a bit of stitching done. Mostly on smallish things. All are gifts though so I can't share pics yet. You remember that PIF challenge I started last July? I got Missy's gift stitched and sent off to her back in the summer I believe it was. I still owe 4 but am happy to say I'll put the last stitches in the 3rd one tonight and then will only have 1 more left to stitch. My plan is to mail all 3 of these at once. I just need to do the finishing on them first. I know what I want to stitch for the 4th one. At least I think I do...unless I change my mind again. I asked Celeste to order a chart for me today so as soon as it comes in I'll get busy on it. I was going to wait and mail the last 4 together but figured I'd might as well not make them wait. Plus, they're really pretty so I'm afraid if I hold on to them too long I'll never mail them :).
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