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It’s time for the June Photo of the Month contest! Once again, we have some GREAT entries! If you didn’t name your photo, well, I named it… Sorry This post is photo heavy, so it may take awhile to load. Sorry about that too. The photographer’s name and title of the photo is under each photo.

You ready? Okay, here we go…

Amy The Proper Application of Sunscreen

Suzanne Puppy, thinking.

Kate Summer flower.

MamaGeek Buy Now, Receive Never

Connie Free Moments Outside

Cheryl Summer Afternoon

mamachanga Just Chillin’

Mary Love

Marcie Edge of Reason

MentalPauseMama Sunday Serenity

Shimmy Mom Splashing Fun

Flea How I Spent My Summer Vacation

by Kacey Summer Garden Destruction

Vote for your favorite Summertime photo! (voting is now closed!)

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Photography 13 Comments »

Do nice little things for your wife. Yes, it’s that simple. Do nice, unexpected little things.

Story here:

So I go get in my car…and I’m thinking, “Wow, that lavender by the front door smells really great.”

I do love the lavender growing by my front door. It makes me smile every time I walk in or out. I love sitting on the front step, enjoying the fragrance.

Well, anyway, I’m driving away and I’m thinking “Whoa! I can still smell that lavender.” Then I think to myself, “Self, you so should NOT still be able to smell that lavender. No way.”

Being the smart cookie that I am, I stop, get out, and look all around in my car. See what I found!

SuperGuy had cut some of the lavender and put it in a box in the back of my car. My car smells so lovely! What a nice surprise. Really, it is SO easy to keep a wife happy. More men should figure this out!

My car smells wonderful. Now I must find a way to repay his kindness

(the June Photo of the Month Contest will be up tomorrow. Be sure to drop by and vote!)

Family Life 14 Comments »

For some reason…known only by, heck, I don’t know who…I decided to grow my hair out. I’m used to wearing it really short, and, well, perky. You can see a pic of it here on my about me page. Go ahead and look, I’ll wait.

Okay, you back?

Really, am I just crazy or what? My hair is in that horrible stage now. Not short, not long. Not long enough to pull back. Kind of bangs, kind of not. Really, if you want to shoot me and put me out of my misery, that’d be great. WHY did I decide to grow it out?

The front is wonky. The bangs are too long to hang down, too short to push back. And for some reason, there is no body to the front of my hair. Well, and yes, thank you so much for mentioning it, you CAN see more gray hair when it’s grown out longer. The above shot is without spending hours on gel and curling irons. Just your basic push it behind my ears (so it doesn’t stick out at a REALLY funky length in front of my ears!) I can get some height/style to the front when I really work on it.

Okay, I’m loving the back though. Kind of flippy, kind of curly. This is doing nothing but air dry and fluffing. I’m into easy. Love the back.

But of course most people see me from the front…

While we’re discussing all this, let’s talk about how hard it was for me to get these photos to show you. The things I do for you!

Angling the camera to catch the back of my hair in the mirror was NOT an easy task. I made a few errors in judgment.

Almost got it here. (as an aside, I adore Life is Good tshirts. Love them. Have a collection of them. And a coffee mug. Which I don’t like ’cause it’s really thick and hard to drink out of. But cute. And cute is important in my frustrated growing-out-my-hair life.)

Where was I? Oh, this isn’t my hair either…

So how about showing me some support here. Tell me my hair WILL grow out. Give me some suggestions. My friend suggested drying my hair upside down. My haircut person has SWORN she won’t cut my hair until I give it 6 more months to grow out. (she’s been trimming it up as it grows though). So, should I bribe her and cut it back short? Or stick it out awhile longer? If I can. I’m not sure I’m that strong…

(don’t foget. Tonight at midnight, CST is the deadline to send me a link to your June Photo of the Month. Info here.)

Life, such that it is 20 Comments »