Halloween Ideas

Matt and I need ideas for Halloween costumes! We would like to do some sort of "couple" costumes, but any suggestions are appreciated! We have a church halloween party where costumes are "required" so we need something good. :) Help us out!

AHH!

I had quite an adventure today! I decided that I was going to go get my hair cut. I had been talking about cutting it a little different lately, but today I decided to just go for it. I went in Wal-Mart and kind of walked around back and forth in front of their salon, trying to check it out and see if I wanted to go there. The people there seemed very friendly and the customers seemed to leave satisfied. I went on in and showed them a picture of what I wanted. I added to that that I didn't want it QUITE as short as in the picture, and that I wanted the "choppy" look and explained what I meant by that (no razor). They seemed to understand what I wanted, so I sat down and they got started.

Here is the picture I showed them:


I had to take my glasses off for her to cut it (understandable) but because of that, I couldn't very well see what she was doing. I could tell that she was cutting off a LOT in the back so I politely reminded her that I didn't want it as short as the picture. She said OK and kept going. She then started cutting my hair with a razor which felt absolutely awful. It felt like she was just ripping hair out of my head.... which she basically was. Another thing I had told them beforehand was that I didn't want my bangs any shorter because I don't like them falling in my face. Well, she cut them shorter. When she finished, my hair was still wet and not at all "styled" and she sent me on my way. I wasn't particularly pleased with the service, but at the time I couldn't really tell what my hair looked like. I went back to the house and washed and dried it to check things out. It. Looked. AWFUL! One side was clearly shorter than the other, and it wasn't even cut the same way. It was thicker, and not layered like the other side. You can't really tell much from this picture (except for that it is SHORT!) but I wasn't happy... (I'm pretty sure you CAN tell that) :)


I'll spare you the "in between" of me calling people and complaining and trying to figure out what to do. :)

When Matt got done at school he took me to a place where he gets his hair cut in Round Rock to try to get it fixed. We got there and it was closed, so I had pretty much given up hope. As we were on our way back toward Austin I saw a place called "Super Cuts" and it had the lit up "OPEN" sign. We pulled in there and I went in and gave them my name. When I sat down, I explained the situation to the lady there. When she looked at it she made a face and made the "Ughh!" sound. I could tell it wasn't good. Here are some of the things that were wrong with the first haircut: unevenly cut (length), unevenly cut (thickness), long strands of hair just sticking out in random places, a "hole" in the back where the razor had cut a section too short (luckily this is underneath everything so its not noticeable at all), and just flat out not what I asked for!! The lady there was VERY nice and fixed it up for me. She did have to cut it all a little shorter just to even it out, but she did a good job.

So anyway, now I am left with EXTREMELY short hair! It is the kind of cut that I used to always say, "If I had the guts, I would cut my hair like that!" Well... I kind of accidentally got the guts! The GOOD thing about it is that it is SO easy to fix! Considering there isn't much hair, there isn't too much you can do to it. So, I'm not sure yet that I really LIKE it, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Here is my most recent picture of it:


So needless to say, it has been a very eventful and stressful day but at least I got it all worked out!

Yearbook

I found a pretty entertaining website today that puts your face in on old yearbook pictures. :) Matt's fits better than mine, so his are more entertaining to look at, but they're still fun! You can pick a year starting with 1950 and ending with 2000 doing all of the even years... so these are a mix from a few different years... If you want to try it yourself, click HERE or go to www.yearbookyourself.com

WBS Link

I realized I forgot to create the link to World Bible School... so here it is: WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL

I GOT A JOB!

Things have yet to slow down too much around here. However, I do have a new bit of information to share! I GOT A JOB!

I had planned to work at LifeWay Christian Bookstore, and was just waiting for a call back from them to tell me my work schedule. However, during the waiting I talked to a guy with World Bible School. I had talked to him months ago, back when we were in Colorado about working there. At the time, we weren't sure if it was going to work out, but it did! I talked to him on Wednesday, and scheduled an interview for Thursday. I went in and they told me all about WBS and what all they do, and what I would be doing if I were to work there. Everyone there was VERY nice and made me feel very welcome. When I left, I came straight back to the Bright's house (only about 5-10 min away) and by the time I walked in, they called and offered me the job! The location and the hours are really just perfect for my busy schedule. For now, I will just be making phone calls to churches trying to get more accurate contact information for WBS. Whereas making phone calls isn't the most exciting job, none of them are cold calls - everyone I will call has already had some kind of communication with WBS. I will be working about 10 hours/week and getting paid $10/hour! I am really excited that the job worked out and I'm ready to get started! I start on Tuesday afternoon when I get out of class.

I had never heard of World Bible School before I heard about this possible job. It is really an awesome program! For now, you can just click HERE to read more about it. As I get started with them and learn even more about the awesome things they're doing - I'll share more!

Matt and I have both been really blessed since we made our move to Austin. The first few days were tough, and I wasn't sure how things were ever going to work out - but God has really been opening doors for us! We both have free housing, we found an awesome church family (who gave us the free housing) and we both found awesome jobs!

I know I haven't had a lot of free time to keep the blog updated regularly, but I'll try to stay on top of it and keep everyone updated! :)

Stair Slide

I still haven't had too much time to work on my blog! Eventually I will get around to creating a new header since we aren't in Colorado anymore. I am finally moved into the house where I will be living, so hopefully things will start to slow down now that I'm getting settled in.

Yesterday, Matt put together a bookshelf for me here at the Bright's house (where I live). When he finished, he took the empty cardboard box and decided to try to slide down the stairs!!! He said something like, "I always see this in the movies, and it never seems to be a good idea... but here I go anyway." Needless to say, I got out the video camera... so ENJOY! :)

My turn didn't go so well...



I know, we're weird, but we have fun together! :) Even if it IS doing absolutely ridiculous things... :)