Tuesday

I have been blessed with a wonderful family! I say that not because it is a new revelation but because I want them to know how grateful I am for them everyday. I got to talk to my grandma for a little while on Skype...though because my mom put the camera on a laptop with wireless internet it froze a whole bunch. I talked to my dad and his wife in Skype on Sunday which was nice...I don't talk to him over Skype as much as my mom so it seems like an occasion.
I wanted to write about this but my husband cut my hair. As soon as I can find the wires to hook up my camera to the internet I will publish some photos of the cut! It is pretty darn awesome! This the the way we cut it
1. we got my hair wet. Then dried it off so it was just damp.
2. We brushed it so there were no tangles
3. We got a folding chair
4. I knelt backward on the chair (high on my knees not low)
5. I flipped my hair over in front of my face
6. We brushed it again so it was straight down in front of my face
7. I tilted my head all the way over so the blood was rushing to my head...like a head stand but with my hair being able to hang the full length.
8. He just held my hair like he was going to put it into a ponytail and cut straight across.
9. We had to do that a few times because I wanted to him to cut it shorter and shorter. Then I had him just cut the final layer (the bottom layer shorter straight across)
AND THAT WAS THAT!
I never really get layers in my hair but I have them now! I love it...I can't believe it actually turned out so well. I usually have my cousin cut my hair when I am visiting but now I don't have to wait 2 years to get a cut! AND because we are tight on money I don't ever have to spend a dime!
I am going to cut my baby girls hair when the time comes!
No matter how much money we have in the future I never want to be wasteful. When you have no money...and are truly fighting to have the things you need, it is easy to get down in the dumps about how everyone else has so much and you only wish you could afford it. What I have found...and it has taken me a long time (because I grew up very comfortably). Is that it is a wonderful adventure and once you find the beauty in living so simply with just what you need and finding what you want without spending the money, you see no need to go back. I love cooking simple cheap dishes... and sure I want to go out from time to time but I don't feel cheated because I eat beans and rice for most of my meals...I feel blessed and I really enjoy the variety I can cook with the same two basic ingredients!
Even if I won the lottery my day to day life wouldn't change...sure I would own a house, pay off student loans, and my husband could finish his degree but I would still want him to cut my hair and I would still cook beans and rice.