too late to correct her...

Today I went to get my hair cut and colored by Van. She's a Vietnamese woman who runs her own shop and works harder than anybody I know. When I got there she said, "Hello Jordan." I said, "hi"...then she said, "What color we do your hair today Jordan?" I said, "whatever you think...highlights and low lights....just cover the gray..." Then I picked up a magazine and begin to read up on Brittany while I waited my turn. Then when it was my turn she said, "Okay, Jordan, go get smock."

And on and on it went for the next 2 hours. My name is Julia. My daughter is Jordan. But since I didn't correct her the first or second time....it became too late to correct her. I think I thought the first time it was just a slip. But when it happened again, her customer was looking at me and I didn't want to correct her in front of the girl....not sure why that bothered me. And then the 3rd through 10th time, it just seemed too late.

Oh, well. Speaking of Jordan. She has safely arrived in Scottsdale for her 5 month internship with the Fiesta Bowl. And Cameron is safely back at A&M after traveling with Jordan and flying back to Houston. God is good.

Tomorrow is the first day of school. I will be in bed early tonight and early every night this week.

abc's

a - alive, as in "It's good to be alive!"
b - be happy
c - Cameron, my middle child;Carol, my teacher friend;Catha, my dearest sister
d - Dixie, my oldest dog;Debbie
e - excited to be starting a new school year
f - funny, as in "I love funny friends."
g - good....be a good friend
h - Hackney, as in Chuck
i - Ivy....my sister's married name
j - Jordan, my oldest child
k - Karrie and Kerri, my teacher friends
l - laugh
m - Mom...my most important job;Monica
n - new car
o - omg
p - please and thank you
q - It's good to be queen.
r - always do what's RIGHT for the children.
s - Sadie, the chihuahua
t - talk...As in I love to talk and my husband doesn't.
u - The pimple on my nose is making me ugly.
v - I wish I was voluptuous.
w - William, my youngest child.
x - xylophone? xerox? Does anybody use those things anymore?
y - I love to work in my yard.
and z - I wish I knew how to put in a zipper.

The Perfectionist

I have been a perfectionist my whole life....at least as far back as I can remember. Even as a little girl (maybe 4 or 5?)I wanted all my ducks in a row. If I had on a pink shirt, it had to match the bow in my hair and the socks on my feet. I would tie my shoelaces into the prettiest bow....or redo them. This is not to be confused with OCD. I don't think I was ever OCD....but not having things go perfectly did cause me a lot of angst. So when I decided to start a blog, I thought it would just be fun to get my thoughts written down. Then a funny thing happened. I started reading blogs. I mean alot of blogs. And they are really cute. And they are really funny. And the backgrounds have some really cute prints, like black & white toile on them! And what I like about all of these blogs I am reading daily and getting hooked on, is all of the cute photographs imported onto them. And then, I just couldn't blog anymore. My self analysis is that old perfectionist in me just cannot do a blog if it's not the best.

Humm.....maybe that's competitive?