Twilight

I am obsessed. I never knew that I could get so emotionally involved with a fictional book, but I cannot think about anything else! I read all 4 books in the Twilight Saga in 7 days! That's 2,444 pages total. Needless to say, my house is a disaster and I have a pile of laundry 20 feet high, but I don't care. It was worth it. I am begging you all to read these books! People kept telling me to read them, but I kept putting it off because I didn't want to read books about vampires, I'm not really into that kind of stuff. I can't believe that I waited so long. It is such a beautiful love story full of suspense and excitement, I am getting ready to read them again. (Of course, I need to get my house in order first.) And do you know where I will be at midnight on November 21st? Waiting in line to see Twilight The Movie!

It's Time!!!

I have 2 more days of the academic portion in school, and then starting next week I will be in the Master portion on the floor! So if you want to come and get treatments, you can call and schedule now. I will be taking appointments Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6-10 pm, and Thursdays from 8-10 pm. I am so excited! Email me and I will give the the information for scheduling. :)

Skin Care Tip of the Week

ALWAYS WEAR SPF!!! It is so important to wear it to protect your skin from sun damage, early aging, and skin cancer. The SPF in your moisturizers and cosmetics are not enough. It's main purpose in those products is to product the product from the UV rays while it sits on your bathroom counter! Always wear a separate SPF on top of your moisturizer.
Also, tanning beds are not a safer alternative to the sun. Yes, I know, I used to own a tanning salon. That is what actually makes me very qualified to preach about this. Last week I was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, aka skin cancer. I know without a doubt that tanning in tanning beds so much played a huge role in my getting skin cancer at such a young age. Luckily, they were able to do cryosurgery to take care of the cancer, and we are hoping that that will take care of it.
Again, always make sure that you and your kids wear SPF and make sure that you reapply often when you are out in the sun.

Back from Long Beach!

I had an AMAZING weekend in Long Beach. It was everything I wanted and needed. We got some sleep, went to the convention, laughed a lot, ate good food, went out dancing, and bought some fun stuff! I really needed that little trip to reset. On Saturday night my sister Summer drove up from San Diego to hang out with us. It was so fun to see her and hang out without kids!

Here's Sharon and I at this little dive of a restaurant called Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. Yummiest food!

Can you believe this car?! I would SOOOO drive it!

Look what I did to my hair! So fun and I love it. :)

Poor Jake!

Jake had the hematomas on his ears drained today. He did really good during the procedure, but he did give the tech a fat lip. She was shaving his ears and it tickled, so he jumped a little and his big head hit her right in the mouth. She figured it was payback for having to cut his ears open. He weighed in at 32 pounds today, he was 28 pounds just last week! He has one of those big Elizabethan collars on and drains in his ears, so he is not too happy right now, but he is healthy and his ears look better already.

Scott got home safely from his hunting trip early Thursday morning. It is so good to have him home for so many different reasons. I am leaving early tomorrow morning to go to Long Beach with my friend Sharon. You know what I hate though? Even after having a hard week and a half with Scott gone, four sick kids, and everything else that's happening right now, I still feel guilty for leaving! I am really excited, but at the same time I hate leaving Scott and the kids. I guess that's just part of being a mom.

Skin Care Tip of the Week

Your home care regimen should include cleansing x2, toner, serums, moisturizer, and SPF. You should layer your products thinnest to thickest. That way the thicker products will seal in the thinner products. Serums could include any type of corrective products and eye creams.

I LOVE this quote!

"Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, the devil shutters and says....Oh shit...she's awake!"