All About Hair

        Paul Mitchell is my new home for the next 11 months!  What a LONG journey it has been for me to get to this place.  It's so interesting to me how many times I have "planned" to start cosmetology school, and have even started school in Kansas, but now in hindsight, I realize I was "meant" to be at The California Academy, Paul Mitchell, at this very point in my life.  So thankful for every life situation that has brought me HERE; this is EXACTLY where I know I want and am meant to be. 

       My new Paul Mitchell Family is amazing and I am ALREADY growing as a woman, just 3 weeks into school!  I am surrounded by NICE people, who want to make a difference in life.  It's FABULOUS!!!!

         Okay, now to the *SUPER* exciting news...I'm GOING TO CAPER!!!!!!!!!
Caper is a 3 day long seminar held in Las Vegas, put on by "the big guys" for Paul Mitchell.  John Paul Dejoria, Robert Crommings, Winn Claybaugh, Angus Mitchell...which includes lots of motivational speaking, hands on workshops, meet and greets, and SOO much more.  Out of the 150,000 Future Professionals within the PM Family, only about 2,000 get to attend :)
                                        I will leave early February following my 25th birthday, so it will be an amazing way to kick off my 25th year!  Don't worry guys...I will make sure to fill you in with ALL the details and pictures of my time there :)  Until then, stay tuned....

         

            

Through the looking glass

                                                     Through the looking glass, looking back in time
                                             I never would have imagined where life would take me.  Through the
                                                looking glass, I know that I was meant to go to Kansas for so 
                                       many reasons.  My relationships with friends have blossomed immensely, and then
                                            there are those relationships that fizzled their way out of my life. It's okay      
                                    though...because through the looking glass, taking a peek at this year 2010, it brings
                                             me to a place that rests in peace in me, and I know this is exactly where
                                                             I'm supposed to be.

                                                     

The Human Heart

Without a driving force, like love, the human heart cannot force itself to push through a really tough circumstance, before giving up.  It's as if one day you are hanging on, supporting each other, trying to get through to make it to the finish line, and then, one day you hit rock bottom.  This was me yesterday.  What a hard day.  But, I made it...I had to set my emotions aside and lean on my rock for his support and encouraging words telling me we will make it through.  I know we will.  It's just that some days, it's harder to see that light than others.  Faith.  That's the thing I need to grasp on too.  Love.  Love can conquer all;  I know ours will.  I just need to hang on for the rest of the ride...we are so close.  December 15th, here we come.

⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  ⁸Love never fails.

Thank you Father for my beautiful life.  Tonight has given me time to reflect and be thankful for all I have.  You lead me to the place where I find peace, again.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjDojEOiMcE

This creature is so ethereal...almost every morning, I see one pass in front of my car window...these were taken at the St. Louis Zoo.  Awesome trip, by the way :)

Life is so enchanting and leads each one of us exactly where we are to go.  We don't hold the blue print in our hand, but every little decision, move, or thought we make, leads us to the next place, which could have changed everything for us.  Last night I was watching "How I Met Your Mother" and I realized something that I already knew...I just had Ted remind me of that.  The Universe is at work and all of us within that are coding up to equal the end result for that plan.  Four years ago, I met the most incredible man.  We met by fate.  He could have taken different alternatives which would not have directly crossed our paths, but we would have met by other means...like him working at Raley's, and then we would have crossed paths because my mom AND sister worked there.  But, we didn't.  Because our lovely grocery store passed him up, he came to Macy's;  this is where he found me.  It's truly amazing..and I'm sitting here with a smirk on my face and a smile in my heart.  Thanks God.  No matter where my past has taken me, or where my future lies, I feel so privileged to be a part of His master plan.  Good things are to come...it's been wonderful to finally have a fruitful life.  I have learned, and still will learn so much, and am so excited to share this journey with the love of my life, and whoever is in for the ride.