get a pedicure...get your hair did....

remember that song guys? by missy elliot? those were the days.....

anywho... i need my hair did so bad. i'm a cosmetologist for goodness sake (well..by license...) and i have almost 10 months of outgrowth. that's pathetic, no? it is. i have a friend that i went to school with that usually does my hair, but we now live in different cities and whenever we are in the same city our schedules NEVER work out....it's rather frustrating. because i'm starting to look like a hooligan. so i'm taking matters into my own hands....{not literally}.

my mom has trimmed all of our hairs since we were little. nothing fancy...just trims. but, she hasn't done it in a long time because as we all started coloring our hair, we just got it cut at the salon as well....and since i know how to do it now..i'm the designated hair-cutter. but i'm desperate, people. so tomorrow morning my mom will be cutting off roughly 2 inches of my stringy bottoms {thanks for nothing, pregnancy...}. but here's the good part, after i get my hairs cut by my mom...i've been planning to do a little bit of an ombre and keep my natural {although a little nasty} color of hair up top...easy maintenance. but i'm having my sister do it for me...while i instruct her. with bleach. that's fun right?? she's super excited...i'm a little nervous. but again.....desperation. it'll be fine...right? did i mention we're doing this tomorrow? right before my family baby shower? so...hope all turns out! wish us luck! 

by the way....

remember that one time i had bangs? i loved those bangs......should i do that again? {don't worry...i won't let my mom do those...too risky}. then again....i just grew them out. and i'm having a baby. and you have to do your bangs every day when you have them. and in the summer, because of my naturally curly hair, the heat makes them do weird stuff....so maybe i shouldn't??? but i just love them oh so much...and miss them terribly......decisions decisions.

 also...just because i mentioned pedicures in the title...i do need one of those, too. asap as possible {whats it from?}. happy friday, friends!

 

he's the best...

it was a summer afternoon in late august years ago {2011}...norm and i were laying on our bed chatting/relaxing. school was starting in a few weeks.

i was all signed up to start ASL interpretation at ISU. 

I'd met with the coordinator of the program.

i was all signed up for classes.

i'd transferred my degree over from BYU-I.

 i was ready to go.

but i'd been having second thoughts.

did ASL interpretation really sound that fun after i graduate?

is this really something i want to do forever?

if i don't do this...what am i gonna do...i've gone through so many majors.

and then i had a thought...

ISU's cosmetology program is pretty good....

i've really always wanted to do it...

then i had some other thoughts...

but people will think it's a cop out...

and am i even good at hair?

i'm not really a girly girl...

maybe i shouldn't....

i would have to quit my job that i love...

could we even afford to do that?

i don't know what to do...

i'll ask norm.

so, back to laying on our bed...

i hesitantly said, "norman? i want to ask you something. but i'm nervous to ask you about it." so of course he's intrigued and starts prying it out of me as i get more and more hesitant and nervous.

"i think i want to do cosmetology at ISU."

and you guys....this is why i married the guy. the conversation went like this:

"you do? well then let's make it happen!"

"i'd have to quit Molinelli's"

"babe, we'll figure it out."

"i don't even know if i will be good at it"

"that's what you go to school for."

"i still don't know how we're gonna afford to do it."

"we'll look into it. i want you to go in to something you love and if this is it, we'll make it happen."

now honestly, i should've known he would respond like this because he's the best husband ever, but, i really didn't expect him to. i expected him to respond like most other people did.

"really?? ....i did not picture you as someone who would go in to that."

"are you sure?"

and then there's always that "face" you get when you tell people what your major is.

and what's funny about it is everyone who thinks it's so dumb to major in cosmetology most likely goes to a cosmetologist to get their hair did....hmmmmm....

so anywho..after graduation on friday i felt incredible.

i had made a goal.

i had finished a goal.

and i was proud of myself.

and so was norman.

he told me countless times how proud he was of me and how big of a deal it was. and as we were walking to our car after the ceremony i stopped him and truly thanked him for supporting me and being one of the few people who was completely behind me the whole time. for never making fun or teasing me for going to "beauty school." or telling me he "didn't see me as someone who would do that."

he was completely supportive and was excited for me.

because i do love it.

and he knew that.

i love him so much for that. he'll never know how much it meant.

so thanks, boo. couldn't have done it without you.

As we go on....we remember...

so friends, this happened the other day.....graduation i mean.

and it was great.

it feels like i just barely started and now i'm done!

let's take a trip down memory lane for a minute, shall we?

braids...

first hair cut...

perms...

nose waxing...

rockstar toes...

first live haircut...

pedicures on my pa...

ISU Cosmetology 75th anniversary celebrations....

first drastic haircut....

tech expo's...

halloween contests...

christmas sweater parties...

doing our very own harlem shake

minky's eyelash training...

and boards....

it was honestly some of the best times i've ever had.

before i went to beauty school everyone told me:

"oh, there's so much drama."

"girls are mean!"

"are you sure you wanna go to school with a bunch of girls for a year and a half?"

etc. etc.

and you know what? we had a group of 14 girls that were in my class. 8-5... mon-fri...40 hrs a week.... and we all absolutely loved each other. everyone got along. we were all nice. we were all friends. and all became so very very close. of course there were some ups and downs in there....i mean that's a lot of hormones {and a lot of girls' "time of the month" syncing up with one another}. but overall...it was a beyond fantastic experience. i made some best friends there. i remember on multiple occasions at night when i was saying my evening prayers and just being so very very thankful for the people that i have met in this experience and what they have all taught me and how they made me feel everyday.

and that's what i'm going to miss.

going to school, hearing about everyone's lives and being genuinely interested and involved.

i love these girls so much and am going to miss them so so much. i have been so blessed to get to know all of them...as well as our fabulous instructors who i'll never forget.

so here's to the graduating class of ISU Cosmetology: May 2013!

I LOVE YOU GIRLS.

boards.

guys! guys.....

i have an announcement to make.

i passed all my boards.

written: 91%

practical: 90%

just found out today. :) YAY!!

and guess what else?

i hit my 2,000 hours tomorrow at 1:30 pm.

am i stoked?

yes. yes i am.

these are 3 of the girls i went to boise with to take boards. this was our celebratory meal after hours of testing :) 

idaho falls

so some of you may or may not know this, but norman and i are moving to idaho falls.

isu sucks.

is an understatement.

they have a lot of administration problems and a lot of the teachers are foreign and are hard to understand. and when you're learning things as hard as engineering stuff....you gotta be able to understand your professor. 

i have absolutely no complaints about my program. isu's cosmetology program has been fabulous to me. but they're also under the "tech" school. it's kind of separate. anywho...long story short...norman needed a change in schooling because we have slowly come to realize that isu is not a good fit for him.

i attended byu-idaho for 2 years and absolutely loved it. and i knew he would, too. so through some inspiration we decided to apply to byu-idaho. we probably would've gone there a long time ago but they didn't have the civil engineering program yet...and when we looked into it again...they had it. good news for us! so he applied and we found out in february that he was accepted and is set to start in the fall!

we couldn't be more thrilled.

we're going to live in idaho falls so i can get a job easier {p.s. if any of you people out there know of any fabulous salons or something where i could find employment, when that time comes, it would be greatly appreciated} and norman can commute to rexburg {it's only 20 minutes...we timed it}.

so that will be a fun little change. it's not very drastic...but i'm sure that'll come after norman graduates and we have to move to some crazy city on the east coast or something ;) but it'll be fun for now and it will be so fun to live in a little apartment with just me and my best friend again. i've definitely missed that. as much as i love my sister and her four kids...i miss my alone time with my boo. he's so fun :)

so anywho...just wanted to give you a little update! now on to apartment searches and finding jobs! YAY!

p.s. i take boards in a month.......AHHHH!! i'm so ready.

if town here we come!

{via}

p.p.s. we leave for tennessee this saturday for spring break to see my parents!! sooooo beyond excited!

harlem shake

so i don't get the whole harlem shake thing. at all. 

don't get me wrong, i think it's hilarious. but i don't understand where it came from?...who started this whole internet craze?...why is no one in the videos doing the actual dance move called the harlem shake?....why it's so dang funny?....i just don't know. but i've thoroughly enjoyed watching the different videos online. such a catchy song.

so, as you may know, i go to idaho state university. well the football team {which is awful by the way...} did a harlem shake and put it on youtube. and it was pretty good. but us cosmetology girls wanted to make one of our own. more for advertisement purposes. it's a fun way to get your name out there. and we had a really fabulous time doing it.

i love all my girlies so much!

enjoy!

{i'm in the green hoodie}

blocked, bangs, {o}bama...in no particular order

 

so i'm not gonna be shy when i say i was rather....scratch that....extremely disappointed when obama won the election.

 

i want to try to keep this blog as real and honest as possible. and because it is mine, i can talk about whatever the heck i feel like....for example: the fact that i did not.....DID NOT...want obama to win the election.

 

as i have previously mentioned, i got rather invested in this election. i wanted to vote for someone because i believed in what they stood for, not just cause my parents were voting for them. so i educated myself. and i almost wish i hadn't. cause it made me all the more upset when obama won.

 

the whole time i'm thinkin, what has happened in the last 4 years that has been so great as to elect him again? am i missing something? and what drives me even more nuts is how america doesn't see that mitt romeny's skills are specifically designed to fix the main problem in our country, it's like he was made to be president for this time in history.....so i was in shock and mortified when obama won. it doesn't make sense.

 

however, it's just another day, and obama is still the president. nothing will change, my life goes on the way it has the last 4 years he was president. i guess only time will tell if america got it right or not. so we deal with it and try to be positive....try.... :)

 

so...that's my attempt....

 

in other news, i cut my hair....kinda...just my bangs. :)

 

 

i have been so very bored with my hair lately, and have been having the "to bang or not to bang" debate rather often in my mind {don't be gross...} and the other day i finally decided it was time. so i did it and i love it so much! it's different to get used to and i have a little story about how my niece, london, who is 3 responded to it.

 

it goes as follows:

 

{i walk in the babysitters house to pick her up}

 

london: morgan your hair is crazy.

me: i know it's different, huh? do you like it?

london: {shakes head slowly}

me: LONDON THAT'S RUDE!

 

{we start to walk home...i turn around to london...}

 

me: hey, london, do you like my bangs?

london: ......not yet.

 

{we continue home and i start cooking dinner and i keep asking her if she likes my bangs and she keeps saying no and to pull them back into a bobby pin. so obnoxiously i start singing this around the kitchen}:

 

"i love my bangs! i love my bangs! i love my bangs!!"

 

{london is getting more and more annoyed by the minute and it is making me laugh hard...}

 

{about 20 minutes later london sheepishly says this}:

 

london: morgan?

me: yes, london?

london:.........i like your bangs.

 

 

it was so so so cute. and so funny. if you just knew this little girl and how spunky, fiesty, and honest she is, it would make this story so much better. :) but there you have it.

 

alright, and for my last piece of useless information:

 

i have to brag about this.

 

i'm on an intramural co-ed volleyball team. well we were up against a good team with 2 extremely tall african american men. {probably about 6'5" ish each?} and i am a shortie....compared to that. standing at about 5'6".

 

well i am happy and proud to say that not once, but twice i blocked these tall boys as they tried to hit into the vast court behind me. no sir!!! not against this raging machine that is me!!

 

it was great.

 

the end.

:)


oh and in a bloggin friend of mines' words:
(ps: we could have a discussion about the election, or we just PLEASE don't have to. I have strong feelings about the latest election, but I respect people who exercise their right to vote, and I'm sorry if you disagree with me. But let's not hash it out in an internet war, ok? I'm so over that.)

 



the rest of halloween

i thought i should share what else we have been up to over here for halloween because it's been pretty fun.

 

i painted my nails all "halloweenie" and we carved pumpkins with my nieces 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{the bottom one is normans :)}

 

now guys, i have never really been one to dress up super cool for halloween. in fact...it stresses me out most the time. my competitive side tells me to go all out, but my carelessness for halloween tells me that it really doesn't matter, throw on some srubs and be a doctor.

 

well ISU cosmetology does a costume competition every halloween and that word "competition"...got my little competitive juices flowing. but then i still just didn't want to put in the work or money into finding a cool costume.

 

i was telling my friend, kelsey, this and then she said "well, i have a few costumes at my place you can come try on if you want."

so i did.

 

and i found this gem:

 

 

yes, that is me in the middle. as the mad hatter {from tim burton's version...which lets be honest....is the only version worth watching :)}

 

she had the best mad hatter costume ever and our school had the face pain...so whalah!! costume made. and it was ooooooh so good.

 

the picture above are the 3 winners of the competition. my friend, Milli, took first place as Flo {rightfully deserved...she totally looks like flo}, i took second, and my friend, dolly, took third as a pirate.

 

 

this is me and a close friend of mine at school, Ali.

 

then we have my cute little nieces that live with me! we took them trick or treating.

 

 

you can't really see this picture that good, but it's all of us ready to hit the pavement. my sister was the march hare. we were quite the pair. :)

 

 

it was quite a fun halloween. i was thinkin about everything i've ever been for halloween, and i'm pretty positive....who am i kidding...i'm completely positive that this was my best costume yet. i felt a little like a celebrity, cause we stopped by a trunk or treat and i had some people literally sprint up to me to tell me how much they loved my costume.

 

hope everyone else had a very happy halloween!

 

now on to the holidays! my absolute favorite time of the year!

October in a nutshell...so far

so....being a mom is hard....and i'm not even a mom, yet.

but my sister and her 4 children {a 6 year old, almost 4 year old, and twin 1 year olds} live with my husband and me.
my sister is currently going to school full time and working almost full time. therefore, i babysit....a lot. :)

i got home at 5 today and haven't stopped til now {it is currently 9:00 pm as i write this}:

doing dishes
starting dinner
finishing dinner
switching laundry
folding laundry
feeding babies
changing diapers
cleaning
making bottles
spanking naughty children who don't mind
putting said children to bed

it's exhausting playing mom. therefore, i have not made a plethora of time for the blogging world.

so you get october in a nutshell....so far

in the cosmetology world:
 

 

we did a little advertizing around campus last tuesday, and i also wacked all of my sisters hairs off! so fun and she looks so cute!

 

in the extended family time world:

 

 

 

 

 

my cousin, her husband, and their sweet little boy came to visit my husband and me for a couple days during their fall break {by the way...why is it that idaho is the only one that doesn't do fall break?...hmm..} anywho....we went to idaho falls to see my grandpa and go to dinner for his birthday. we also went back to his place to play a good ol' fashion game of russian rummy. {i lost of course....it's why i hate the game}.

 

then we got to skype my parents for the first time, who are in tennessee on their mission. it was fabulous. we talk on the phone and text a lot but it was nice to see their faces. :)

 

in the volleyball world:

 

 

 

our intramural co-ed volleyball team is DOMINATING! we are currently 5-0. not even mad about it. and i just finished playing on a womens competitive city league team, which we also did pretty well in. I got this shirt for being MVP! WOOT WOOT!

 

in the "being a good citizen of the united states" world:

 

 

i've watched all the debates.

and for tuesday nights debate, we had some friends over and made some treats. nothing like caramel popcorn and politics! {yes i just said that like "care-a-mel"...you know...like the guy from enchanted says it when he's giving patrick dempsey the "caramel apple"? anyone???.....}

 

so that's what my life has consisted of lately. pretty busy, and stressful....and my computer is being UBER dumb and i'm having problems uploading pictures so this post took me like 3 days to write.....ugh....first world problems....so annoying.