It's all about the hair

I took my daughters' to get their hair done as their "big" Christmas present last Wed. I was really sick, so I left them their and rested, Ty called me when she was done and I went to pick her up and she looked amazing. Her face was so much brighter and the girl couldn't stop smiling and looking at herself in the mirror, making pouty faces and such. I took her home while Tricia hoped in the chair, before we left she told Ty how pretty she looked, awwwww. When we got home Ty's cousin EJ saw her first and his mouth dropped open and he said, "Omigosh", than Dee came running around the corner and saw her and said, "Wow, you looked beauitful!", Uncle Sean commented, "Imagine if you get this reaction from your cousins what's gonna happen at school tomorrow!!". She was so happy. The lady told me Tricia would be about two hours, so I went back in two hours and she was just geting her hair blow dryed, poor baby, it was 8:45 at this point and they hadn't eaten. Latoya told me she didn't realize how THICK her hair was, four times the amount of Ty's. So, I sat and waited, Trish was starving, so I told her we could come back tomorrow and have it styled(I thought she would jump at that option), but she said, "No way, I want it tongiht, I am not that hungry." So, Latoya, hopped on it and finshed her hair, when she turned her around Trish, looked like she didn't even recognize herself and she hopped out of the chair and hugged Latoya and thanked her a million times. When she walked in the boys ran to see her and they both said at the same time, "you looked so pretty!!". She just smiled. When I went to tuck her in and kiss her good night, she was still smiling. The next morning, it's crazy as always and she comes in my room (Trish) to tell me she feels different. I am in a hurry trying to get out the door so I ask her what she is talking about it and she repeats a few times, "Mom I feel different." So finally I stop and look at her and ask her what she is talking about, her female issues, she looks up at me and says, "Mom, I feel pretty, thank you so much, this was the best present EVER!!!" My baby, I almost missed that moment cause I was rushing. I hugged her and told she is beautiful and her hair looks gorgeous, she hasn't stopped smiling and she is taking care of her hair everyday, I LOVE IT.

So, we took pics Christmas Eve for the parents and here they are:

I am so blessed

Blessed, Blessed and more blessed are my family and I!!!

This has been quite a year for me. I have done a 360 with my life and more incredible kids have been troopers through it all. I have moved three times this year and had to switch them from schools each time. I have turned myself around and improved who I am and the mother I am. I have let go of someone I love and held up strong and one of the really big accomplishments, I have not jumped in to the arms of someone else, which is a first for me in the 16 years I have been dating. I am free of you know for 18 months now, I am still impressed with myself for that one too, and I have not harmed myself in over a year!!! I have relied and called on family and friends during moments of weakness and taking head to their advice even if I didn’t want to, because I knew they all had the best interest for me and at times better than I did in myself.

So here we are at the end if the year and I am feeling stronger than ever, I am feeling wonderful about my relationship with my daughters, Mom, friends, and most of all Myself!!! I am so blessed and God has been there for me through it all. I honestly couldn’t have gotten through this year with out pray. Thanks you Jesus!!!! I feel over-whelmed spiritually because I have been challenged a lot and I truly believe my faith and belief has taken me through and above and beyond it all.

Thank you to all my friends who have been there for me and thank you Jesus for all your Blessings.

My (madlibs) Santa letter

Go make one first before you read mine: http://members.aol.com/frogiearno/dearsanta.htm



Santa Claus
North Pole, Earth


Dear Santa,

I have been a good girl.
It really wasn't my fault what happened at Nunus's Office party. It was Aimee who spiked the punch with too much sex on the beach. I can't help it if I drank 6 glasses. It was so good---smelled and tasted just like orange.

I thought it was funny when I put Babrie's panties on my head and danced the salsa on the chair while singing `All I want for christmas'. I didn't mean to break Nunus's unicorn and don't know why Nunus would accuse me of stealing.

I don't remember calling Sean's wife a Delicious pig---even though she looked like one with yellow eye shadow and blue lipstick!

And when I threw up on Lyly's husband's boob, it was only because I ate too much of that crabs.

After all that fun, I admit I was a little tired. So I fell asleep on my way home and drove my plane through my neighbor's man room. I don't think that was any reason for my neighbor to call me a bubbly dog and have me arrested for drunk in public!

So, Santa...here I sit in my jail cell on Christmas Eve, all funny and serious. And I'm really not to blame for any of this big stuff. Please bring me what I want the most---bail money!

Sincerely and lovely yours,
Harmony (Really a nice girl!)

P.S. It's only 3 bucks!

My (madlibs) Santa letter

Go make one first before you read mine: http://members.aol.com/frogiearno/dearsanta.htm



Santa Claus
North Pole, Earth


Dear Santa,

I have been a good girl.
It really wasn't my fault what happened at Nunus's Office party. It was Aimee who spiked the punch with too much sex on the beach. I can't help it if I drank 6 glasses. It was so good---smelled and tasted just like orange.

I thought it was funny when I put Babrie's panties on my head and danced the salsa on the chair while singing `All I want for christmas'. I didn't mean to break Nunus's unicorn and don't know why Nunus would accuse me of stealing.

I don't remember calling Sean's wife a Delicious pig---even though she looked like one with yellow eye shadow and blue lipstick!

And when I threw up on Lyly's husband's boob, it was only because I ate too much of that crabs.

After all that fun, I admit I was a little tired. So I fell asleep on my way home and drove my plane through my neighbor's man room. I don't think that was any reason for my neighbor to call me a bubbly dog and have me arrested for drunk in public!

So, Santa...here I sit in my jail cell on Christmas Eve, all funny and serious. And I'm really not to blame for any of this big stuff. Please bring me what I want the most---bail money!

Sincerely and lovely yours,
Harmony (Really a nice girl!)

P.S. It's only 3 bucks!

This just made me laugh

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I am getting older and I must face it

at least that is what the doctor told me this week, "You are not 20 anymore, even if you look and feel it" WHATEVAAAAAAA......

So, I have been really down the last few weeks, I hurt my back and neck a couple months ago and just have been ignoring it, well finally enough was enough and the weekend of Thanksgiving I ended up driving myself to the ER early in the morning, like 5am, to the hospital to only be treated like shit and throw meds (pain killers, which I don’t like). Oh, they also said, maybe I should follow up with my primary dr to get an MRI and I felt like, uh, A$$holes, can’t you do one here? So, I asked to have the Dr. come back in twice and no show and than a nice nurse, uh, no, brought me some pills in a cup and discharge papers and some prescriptions to get filled to get me through until I can get to my Doctor. I was so upset, really upset. I just left, went home and tried to sleep. I had been putting this off because I thought from moving every weekend I was just sore, but at some point you realize when something is not right with your body and I hit that point. So, I got in with my doc who sent me to get an MRI to find I have Disk Protrusion (A disc herniation, also called a subligamentous disc, occurs when the nuclear material protrudes into the tears in the annulus in one area and has displaced surrounding anatomical structures, like the spinal cord or nerve roots. However, the outer ring of the annulus has not been breached, in other words, no disc material has completed squirted through the outer edges of the disc. MRI reports frequently use the term disc protrusion interchangeably with disc herniation. A disc protrusion generally refers to a broad-based or slightly asymmetric bulging of the disc with an intact annulus and reflects disc degeneration (see below). Sometimes you may even see the term focal disc protrusion, which usually means the same thing as a disc herniation.) and a pretty bad case of it. My disk is sticking out sitting on two nerves and pushing in to my spinal cord, causing EXTREME pain on my whole left side, especially my arm and shoulder and upper back.

Anyway, finally got in to a specialist this week where I was given prednisone which I have been told many different things about, none of have been positive, not one. So that is very scary and everyone I talked to about 6-8 people have said they have BLOWN up from it, as if I am not fat faced enough. So, before I leave the specialist with now a new set of prescriptions to fill, he tells me he must give me SHOTS to my muscles to relieve some of the pain and I will get these every 2 weeks. So I lean over and BAM, five shots to my back, OUCHY!!! One on my shoulder where the muscle twitched back and the doctor got such a kick out of that, “Did you feel that? The muscle twitched back at me, Haa haaa haaa haa”, no it wasn’t funny. He actually was a great doctor with a wonderful bedside manner, very informative and asked lots of questions, so I feel very comfortable with him. Next week is nerve damage testing since I didn’t react to the knocking he did on me with his hammer, no responses on my left side, not so good, but I guess we’ll find out the real damage next week.

Say prayers for me to get all better w/o a fatter face!!!! 