FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES

After reading a post by "PEACEFUL LIVES" earlier today, I came across this. Children have a way of understand things in a different way than adults.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want more kids. --Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.--Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure

One the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.--Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.--Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
When they're rich.--Pam, age 7

The law says you have to be 18, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.--Curt, age 7

The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.--Harry, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.--Anita, age 9

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there? --Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favorite is.......

HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck. --Ricky, age 10 (wise beyond his years)

Don't try this at home...

The adventures at the Chicken Coop never cease to amaze me. We always have something crazy happening somewhere on our farm. Last night it was in the house!!!

Those of you who know me personally know that I can't stick with the same hair color/style for long. Papa Rooster says every 4-6 weeks he always lays next to a different woman...lol. My hair has been long, it's been curly, it's had the "flip", and now it's short. I was born a dark brunette, but have been every color in the book. Very rarely the same color twice in a row. So now after canceling my hair appt yesterday due to being out of town for my job, I decided to just color my hair myself.

This is by no means my first time coloring my own hair. Up until about a year ago, this was the method. I purchased my color...Garneir Nutrisse Soft Black (Sweet Cola). Something dark to remove the fading chuncky honey and copper highlights I had put in about 5 weeks ago. I've been this color before (so something very very similar), so home I go...

I put the baby to bed and proceeded to the bathroom. I've done this so many times I don't even read the instructions. Slide on the laytex gloves, open the applicator bottle, squeeze in the color from tube, break open the avocado oil and pour in. Shake the bottle to mix. Twist off applicator tip. Begin working into hair.

Finish, look at clock, note time. I now have to wait 15-20 minutes. I walk in the living room and chat with Papa Rooster for a bit. When time's up, I return to the bathroom, towel in hand.

I turn on the water in the bathtub. Bent over the tub, head under the faucet, I glance down at the black water rising closer and closer the the rim...

I wiggle the lever to unstop the tub...NOTHING. I frantically wiggle it again...IT'S BROKEN. In a bit of a panic, I grab my towel, run to the kitchen to get a screwdriver to unscrew the broken piece. NO SCREWDRIVER. Quick, think. BUTTERKNIFE!

I break one screw loose, but the other is too tight for the butterknife to budge. PAPA ROOSTER, HELP!!!!!!!

While he is working on the broken lever stopper, I resort the the kitchen to wash the remaining dye from my hair. I wrap my head in my towel and proceed to the bedroom to dry my hair. When I'm finished drying my hair, I look in the mirror and see......

A BAD ELVIS WIG!!!! LOL. It's much darker than the "Sweet Cola" the box promised, but it's not that bad. It is much different than the lighter 'do I've been sporting lately, so it will take some getting used to. But at the end of the day, it's just hair! Bad cuts will grow back, bad color will fade, and it will be all to do over again!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!!!!

Cheap, Effective Beauty Advice

I came across this while on a social networking site this morning. I liked it so I'm sharing will all my blogg-y friends.

1) For attractive lips, Speak words of kindness. "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver" Proverbs 25:11

2) For lovely eyes, Seek out the good in people. "He who seeks good finds goodwill, but evil comes to him who searches for it." Proverbs 11:27

3) For a slim figure, Share your food with the hungry. "If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink." Proverbs 25:21

4) For beautiful hair, Let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. "...your children like olive plants all around your table." Psalm 128:3

5) For poise, Walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone... " Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I believe in your commands." Psalm 119:66

I work in a public setting, where I see people go in and out all day long. And I have to admit I am a people watcher. I notice everything--from the shoes they have on to the pink streak in the jet black Mohawk...lol :P
Have you ever seen an amazingly beautiful woman (or handsome man) open their mouth and turn into complete ogres?!? One foul word, one nasty attitude, one mean gesture...that's all it takes to turn beauty into the beast.

This week take time to work on your appearance--INward appearance that is. Beautify your heart through God and you outward appearance will radiate too!!!