Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Yeah! I finally got my hair cut and colored. It's been six months (??) I can't even remember it's been so long. My hair was so shaggy. I didn't put so much blonde in my hair this time. Anyway, it feels much better.

Beautiful Sunday

Hurricane Ike must have veered to the east a little further than they originally thought. It's a beautiful day here, sunny, breezy and a little cool (high in the low 70's). Kind of like a fall day. I had such a good time Friday evening at the new dance studio. There were probably about 25 of us, the majority between the ages of 45 and 65. It was about 1/2 couples and 1/2 singles without partners. We took a lesson first from 7 to 8. We learned a more intermediate/advanced hustle (which is one of my FAVORITE dances, along with most of the Latin ones - salsa, rhumba, cha cha, east and west coast swing). Then we ate a little bit and chatted for about 20 minutes, then we just danced to different songs. The girl who owns the studio would call out "this is a foxtrot" or "this is west coast swing" and we would grab a partner and dance. Also, almost everyone who was there I've been dancing with for the past year at the university so I felt very comfortable with the crowd. No one is there hitting on you, we're all there to dance and have a good time. Spouses share their partners with the ones of us who don't have a regular partner so everyone gets to dance and have a good time. I think I definitely burned some calories because I danced almost non-stop for about 3 hours. I told the proprietor that I really enjoyed it and I hoped she would do it more often. She told us that EVERY Friday night, we would do this and once a month we'd have a Saturday party and once a month we go to the Club (like we did before) and dance. So, I'm in. I enjoyed myself so much that I went online and bought a new pair of dancin' shoes, (gold ones this time - I don't go over 2-1/2 inch heels and prefer 2 inch). I have a pair of leopard ones (all the guys comment on them) that are just about worn out. I also have some low heeled (1 inch) tan ones that I can't seem to revive the soles with repeated brushings. I think I'll get rid of those and save the leopard ones for when I wear black pants. I don't work at Kohl's for the next 2 Fridays so I know I'll get to go at least a few more weeks in a row. I'm excited and can't wait until next Friday night!

Friday Fun

Today, Jann gave me a bonus. I'm using some of it to pay Kristen's tuition, some to get my hair cut and colored (yeah!) next week, and some for various other little things I've been meaning to get. Tonight is an away game for the high school, so I took a picture of Kaitlyn before she left to go get on the bus at school. Her car is kind of dirty, it's been raining for days, and Hurricane Ike is expected to get here sometime tonight or tomorrow. Joe is going to go to the game. He's played in 3 golf tournaments this week with his boss (it's been a real tough week at work, huh?) so he'll be in the vicinity of the ball game and he is going. I, however, am going to check out the new dance studio in town (Shall We Dance?) tonight. For a mere $10, I get a couple of lessons, food, and dancing for 3-4 hours with partners of unknown origin and age. I can't wait. Ballroom dance lessons started back at the university last week but I decided not to go to the first session due to my schedule at Kohl's. But since this new ballroom dance studio is opening up, I may check into something there instead. I love dancing and would miss it terribly if I couldn't start going again. It's one of the few things I do entirely for and by myself.

Wayback Wednesday - circa 1973

I'm starting a new feature on my blog for slow news days - Wayback Wednesday or Flashback Friday. I will post an old picture from the past. For those of you in my family: you may or may not have ever seen this picture. It is one of the few (and I mean very few) pictures of my entire family. It was made for a church directory. Notice Nana's beehive wig (yes, it is a wig). Bobo looks like he might be wearing plaid pants. My hair is long and STRAIGHT (this was the pre-straightener era, we didn't even have blow dryers back then AND I slept on rollers EVERY NIGHT!) And, my daughters keep asking me "who is that other little girl by Nana?" My sweet little brother!!! Long hair was in , man. Have a good day!

Peace & Quiet

I worked at Kohl's this morning and Joe and the girls left for Dallas. He's taking them down there to see Maroon 5, one of their favorite bands. They also went for a little shopping. They will be back tomorrow afternoon. I, meanwhile, have the house all to myself and can get some peace and quiet. Tomorrow I have to work at Kohl's again (in the morning), but that's okay. I didn't get to walk today but I usually look like this when I leave the house to do my (what used to be daily) walk in my neighborhood. I wear my iPod nano and listen to (mostly) 70's music. But it's got a good beat and I can walk real good to it!!

High vs North

Last night was the annual "Crosstown Clash" between Norman High School (the original) and Norman North High School (11 years old). In the last 11 meetings, Norman beat North the first 9 times. Last year was the first time that North beat us. We got a new coach this summer (after 35 years) and last night North beat us 50 something to 0 (that's right, zero). It was sad, but expected. The game is so big (how big is it, Cindy?) It is so big that around 15,000 people attend and we are fortunate that the University of Oklahoma lets us play that special game on the "hallowed" field at the university. Here's a picture of Kaitlyn on the sideline.


Here's one of their routines. The seniors get to be on the front row (finally) of the chant line.

Here is the halftime routine. Both schools' bands get on the field and face one way and the cheer/pom squads do a routine and then face the other way and the other school's cheer/pom squad do a routine. Kaitlyn is the blonde that runs up to the front at the beginning. I tried to keep the camera on her but lost her when they are forming the letters to NHS with their poms.

Labor Day at the Lake

This is our boat. It's a 21 ft Four Winns. We like it a lot.

Matt (Kaitlyn's boyfriend) and Kaitlyn on the tube.
Kaitlyn strapping herself in on her new wakeboard.
Joe on his new wakeboard.
Kaitlyn wakeboarding.....