Flahback Friday

The Big Bang...

As promised, here I am sporting big bangs. I believe this was taken in 1988 when I was 14, shortly before I realized big bangs were not attractive and grew them out. Notice the blue eyeliner and the acid wash on my shirt. How cool was I? There is something more disturbing than my bangs and poor fashion choices in this picture though. Are those eyebrows or dead caterpillars hanging out over my eyes? Since it's Thanksgiving time and all, I'd like to say how grateful I am for tweezers and wax.

My big bangs evolved into these even bigger, yet less poofy, bangs a few weeks later. Another disturbing discovery - I had a double chin even when I was stick thin. I'm going to go have a good cry now. I'll do another flashback friday in a couple weeks - so be warned family, you might be featured here soon :)

Flashback Friday

I was looking through some old pictures last weekend, and I came upon these gems. I could not keep them to myself, they're just too good.

Remember this stylish 80's do? John's looking pretty sweet.


Ack! The mullet - I married a man who once had a mullet. And check out those groovy enormous glasses. I'm so glad we did not meet in high school. But, to be fair, next week I will feature big bangs for Flashback Friday.....and guess who will be wearing them. I miss the 80's.

Say Cheese

The kids brought home their school pictures this week. I thought I'd post their soccer pics too.

Matthew and the Superstars

Kylie and the White Lightning

Matthew, showing us all of his teeth. I think he was listening when I asked Kylie to smile big so we could see her missing teeth in the picture.

Kylie, hiding her missing teeth.

The kids also brought home report cards last week. Kylie's report was nearly perfect. It doesn't surprise me at all because she tries so hard and always wants to please everyone. She has scored 100% on every spelling test so far - my little miss smartypants.

Matthew did surprise me. (I was actually nervous before his parent-teacher conference.) He did so much better than I expected, lots of good grades. He is a smart little boy, but he is much more interested in having fun than doing school work. I am so proud of both of my kiddos.

Voting SNL Style

I headed for the polls after dropping the kids off at school this morning. As I pulled into the parking lot, I took note that the majority of the cars were large SUVs, including a Hummer. I took my place in line. Directly in front of me was a woman wearing a fur coat. Directly behind me was a man in a Cabela's sweatshirt and Dallas Cowboys hat. The wait was surprisingly short for the number of people there. A man in cowboy boots and wranglers finished voting. He happened to know the Cabela's man behind me. He stopped to say (in his best redneck voice), "Hey, they's got a button to vote straight Republican. That's what I done did. Save ya some time." That's when I started looking around for the cameras.