Tuesday, November 24, 2009

It's Only Natural

You might have noticed by now that I enjoy changing the color of my hair often. It helps that my sister chose the fabulous profession of being a cosmetologist.

Have you ever seen my natural color hair? Those who have will have known me for at least a decade, give or take a year. It’s drab. It’s so drab it doesn’t even have a name for it. It’s that color between dark blonde and light brown that doesn’t have a proper name and is sometimes referred to as “dirty” blonde or “dishwater” blonde. Eww. Why in the world would anyone want the words dirty or dishwater used to describe their hair?? So I add a little color in my life.

I’ve often wondered what Heavenly Father was thinking when he gave me this hair color. I mean, it’s most certainly NOT me, yet He should know me better than anyone as he is my creator. I finally found my answer.

After dyeing my hair a new color I am often asked, “How do you always manage to pull it off?” By that they mean how do I manage to have so many different colors look good on me? The answer is my skin tones are set to match my natural hair color. I have a very bland coloring of skin that matches my drab hair color. What does this mean? My coloring is bland enough it’s one of those colors that goes with just about everything.

Do you see the connection now? My Father in Heaven does know me. He knew that I would need the bold colors of life and that I would not settle for just one fabulous color. And so He did what any loving Father would do: he gave me the proper coloring to allow me to play with my hair color and be as outrageous or calm as I may choose to be. And for that I am thankful.


Windy with Sister and President Kempton (my first day in the mission)
This is the most recent picture I own with my Natural hair color.



Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Percy Jackson

My blogging time seems to have decreased exponentially as my job and school work load have increased linearly. In other words: I've been busy. My time has been well spent, I got an A on that midterm!

Between my busy moments I've had time to start a new series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. Book number one is The Lightning Thief, you might have heard of it as the film adaptation will be out in February.

It's become my new addiction. I finished book one and returned it to the library this week. Now I find myself impatiently waiting for book two to come in, I am currently number 16 on the hold list.

Ugh. Only 16!?

At least the number is decreasing, I was 18 yesterday. Yes, I've begun to check daily for my hold status. I should probably just buy the books.

I never much enjoyed English classes in High School, it was not my thing. However I did enjoy the section where we studied Greek Mythology. For some reason this caught my attention. For this same reason I've found these books interesting. The Greek gods are immortal so they must still be around today. They often were caught seducing a human or two and producing a demigod child who becomes a hero. So naturally a few of these half-gods are around today as well.

It only makes sense.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Maleficent, the Mistress of All Evil

Halloween was one long day for me. I still managed to play dress up as one of my all time favorite 'bad-guys' on my way to the YSA Halloween Dance one last time.