Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Yesterday's Busy-ness

I planned to spend yesterday getting details for Josiah's graduation done. I wanted all done early.

I had planned a trip to Hobby Lobby (where worship songs play throughout the store and the clerks are calm and helpful) but the boys needed hair cuts and talked me into getting everything at The Gates of Hell (where the pace is frantic and the clerks are snarly). Welll......They had two hair stylists sitting in the salon. SITTING. I asked how long the wait would be - 45 minutes. They had perms to do and couldn't work with hair until they were done. This led to comments from my kids about being able to tell the stylists here are paid hourly and not be commission (out of their ear shot OF COURSE). I told them that we were not going to wait 45 minutes and then 1 1/2 hours for 3 haircuts. We DID go ahead and buy socks, gel pens (which I ended up not using) and a photo album.

I called Heather - of "the cool salon" and asked if we could get three boys in. She came in early to do it. Yippee! She charges LESS than Walmart for hair cuts!!!! and we had NO wait - in and out in an hour.
I then finished labels for the display board. Took a picture of our current home and put it all together. I put the photos that didn't fit on the board into the album I'd bought at the Gates of er. . . Walmart. Wow - 50 photos in the album in under 3 minutes. I tell you I can live with this new commitment to simplify. The important thing is our memories and photos....The photos are in an acid safe album and there is room to journal. When we take the display board down those photos, as well as ones from his early life will go into this album. Josiah is much happier at the idea of this album than the scrapbook I was planning. ::snort:: This was so easy that it made me wonder if I should rethink what I'm currently doing....putting photos into CM albums - no frills or whistles - and journaling....
While at Walmart - I was suckered! I swear it is terrible. Things just jump off the shelves at that "cheap" store, grab my wallet and there you have it. I bought summer toys. Two big bouncy balls for volleyball at the lake (and for beaning each other in the backyard and on the trampoline), a set of squirt guns (yeah - right OUTSIDE toys), bubble wands, and a sprinkler attachment.
Bible study rounded out the day. Mike had softball practice. His first game is tonight.

7 comments:

Michelle said...

De'Etta, what a gem Heather is! Nice haircuts too. I saw the picture of you cutting Mike's hair. Do you feel comfortable cutting the boys hair or do they prefer someone else doing it? I cut all the boys hairs and my husbands. Figure it saves time and money. :)

I love your name for Walmart! LOL For our family, shopping there is a necessary evil. ;)

I really miss being able to shop at a Hobby Lobby. :(

Debbie said...

LOL, we are both on the simplify our photos kick! I was really so amazed at how quick and easy it was and how rewarding...who would have thunk it!

The boys all look so handsome after their haircuts. My poor fellas...Brian included, get the clippers from me.

Anonymous said...

Sis:

Boys look good and so do the foto's.

have comments but just to p__ped to type.

One would think I was the one expecting. :)

l/p

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

Mike just got to begin cutting his hair. He did it himself while deployed. LOL

I buzz the boys. I used to cut their hair but as they got older it was easier to take them to shhhh...."walmart".

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

Debbie, isn't it such a relief???? Reminded me WHY I take photos....to capture our family memories....not to stress over perfect layouts. LOL

Jodi said...

It IS awful how things jump off the shelf into the carts at that horrid place!

I'm even worse than Debbie for haircuts. I use the same clippers on my boys that I do on the dogs. LOL OK I DO clean it in between people and pets!

Cynthia said...

If you still have a bunch of CM albums to use up then I would use them and commit to not doing anything other than putting the pictures down and journaling. I LOVE to use their journal paper and place it beside a row of photos. I know for some reason you think my albums are *ALL* complicated, but they really aren't. I do like some color so I slap down a piece of perfect fit paper which doesn't even have to be cut, put the pics son there with a couple of journal boxes, write, and I'm done. It's quick and easy and the PF paper gives me just the little bit of color that I like.

I thought about the other albums myself, but I still like cropping the pictures to take out what I don't want in it and fitting more pictures into an album than the albums I see where you just put the whole pic in. Anyway. Glad you've found something that works because yep... at the heart of it all, Creative Memories always emphasizes that it's journaling one's memories that are the most important.