Pampering

yesterday was a day off for me. I started the day with a pedicure and manicure. My feet look so much better. I have been doing pedicures this year several times. As a result the old callouses and dead skin have receded and my feet are not bad. That is great for work as I have been trying on shoes. Every time I take off the shoes I am wearing I wonder what my co workers think about the condition of my feet. I have started having to watch the socks I put on for holes. Tom will be happy as the old beat up socks that I was making him wear end up in the trash so I don't accidentally wear them to work.

We keep one big pile of socks and if they are not matched in the basket in the closet, everyone grabs from the same unmatched bin. About every two to three weeks I sit down with all the socks and start matching. That makes us good for a while on socks.

One of the women at work has a really cute hair do. I had asked if I could use her stylist. She got me an appointment at noon. After the pedicure I had to drive to the new stylist's salon, about 20 minutes away. It took two hours. It is one of the reason I don't use salons often and do my own dye job to cover the grey. Well, you get what you pay for.

She put three or four colors in my hair. It looks so wonderful. Then she cut it to a bob length. I loved it. It is easy and cute. Perfect for a mom who doesn't like to primp in front of a mirror or is not embarrassed to run out of the house with wet hair.

The boys hated the length. They said it made me look old. They started calling me by another friend's name who has a similar do. Tom was very sweet. He said he liked it, but then he started to recite that commercial on TV where the heavy set woman asks her husband if the dress she has on makes her look fat. OK, I get it. It will grow out. But meanwhile I am going to savor the cool air hitting my neck when I am hot and not sticky hair.

Riley says short hair makes everyone look old, because that is what old people do, cut their hair short. I can see he has a lot of his father in him. He is going to fall for some girl just because she has long braid able hair.

I enjoyed my day of complete pampering, regardless. It was expensive. Not something I can do regularly. I don't know how people do it regularly. But I am now ready for our trip.

The house is not ready for company, but I have Thursday off to work on the house. I am just going to tackle the down stairs. Bathrooms, kitchen, common areas. Riley seams to have discovered something he likes to eat in the cafeteria, so I haven't got the house vacuumed. He probably found the deli counter. Trevor though, said he would do it for money also. There is a football game Thursday. He will do it for money to go to the game.

I should make them do it for extra spending money for the trip. Trevor got his homework that he will be missing. I am hoping he makes a dent in it this weekend. Riley said he would get his teachers' homework today. I told them it would be good to have an extra weekend to work on it all.

Man, it is hard finding the time. Getting home at 6:00 with Trevor already at practice is tough. Once football season is over, it will be so much easier. But then I will miss all the football fun. We are having a tailgate party for the game Thursday with the whole team and their families. Coach is going to "call out" the squads.