That bridge will end up falling in the river before the new one is done?

So, starting today at 3pm, the department of transportation is restricting the bridge into my county (which is an island) to passenger cars and regular passenger trucks only. I actually know some rednecks who are not going to be able to cross the bridge in their everyday truck (and who live in a suburban ranch home, NOT on a farm) because it exceeds the weight limit. Ambulances can only cross in a dire emergency (the nearest hospital is only about 8 miles across this bridge, while going the other way is about 40 miles on a two-lane narrow highway). The procrastination of the state is really causing a kink in the cogs, it seems. The livestock auction may end up going broke, the grain company on the river may end up moving their operation elsewhere (hence, losing tax dollars here), and people are being total idiots about this. They are actually bitching about the inconvenience! No one seems to think that in our capitalist society, how bad does a bridge have to be that the state is going to risk that many tax dollars to place new restrictions! I just hope it lasts until the new one is completed in 2 years, because we may lose our home if it doesn't (it's a very long detour to any workplace without that bridge...like 100 miles for my husband!) Enough of that crap! I have posted a picture of my gorgeous silver locks (LOL)! I will also explain a little about myself here: I am about 1/3 Irish, have curly hair (that keeps getting curlier as I get older), yellow and green eyes, and pale skin that would be pretty if I'd listened to Daddy when he told me to use sunscreen on my freckles when I was a kid! Those cute freckles are now age-spots! Thanks, Sun, that was an unexpected gift :p Anyway, I still have some blonde left to get cut off then I'm gonna let her grow and see what happens with HEALTHY hair! I have heard tell that hair that's not dyed into submission doesn't tend to fall out at such an alarming rate, and has NICE curl....we'll see! I hope so, because I would like to be inspiration to other gorgeous gals to forgo the fake, take the plunge, and show 'em what we've got, naturally! Also this week, one of my fellow cheer moms introduced me to Pinterest...uh oh! I have been pinning like crazy! I have all but quit reading books...I miss my vampirey, witchy, shape-shifty world, so I've gotta get back to it, but WOW Pinterest is just Wow! What a neat idea that someone had! Okay, I've gotta go eat lunch now, hopefully I can post again, because next week I start my internship...I'm terrified!

she will "see" herself differently?

I have recently been reinventing myself. You see, I will be graduating with a long-overdue bachelor's degree on May 12, 2012. I am starting my internship in a couple of weeks, and needed to refresh my stay at home mom/college student wardrobe to something more professional, AND I have gained a bit of weight since quitting smoking about 3.5 months ago (totally worth the more curvy ass!). Although I have gained a pant size, I feel WONDERFUL about myself. Not only have I put on weight here, people, but I have practically scalped myself and now have gray, un-dyed hair! I keep waiting for a cashier somewhere to call the police when they check my driver's license vs. my credit card! The point I'm dancing around here is that how you look vs. how your feel about your looks is all attitude. Women who look fabulous don't fit into Cosmo's "box" always, but the one thing they all have in common is their attitude. Most American women have this idea that men only really like women who wear a size 6 or smaller, have blonde highlights, perfect pore-less skin, and blue eyes. This is just not true. No truer than the fear men have that size matters to all women. Most men would probably agree that they would prefer a curvy woman that has the attitude that they're sexy, and does not constantly need positive comments (the proverbial "does this make my butt look big?" every day). Imagine a world where everytime a woman has sex with a man, he insists the lights are off so that she can's see how big his willie is, and he's constantly asking if it was big enough. This would get on my last nerves, personaly, and no matter how satisfied I was I'd have to ditch the dude! Women frequently make stigma about ourselves, and it needs to STOP! For example, most people have heard this one: "Men look distinguished with gray hair, but women just look old!"---WHO SAYS, LADIES??? Why, I've never heard a man say this, only a woman in a group of other women who have dyed hair! Why do we have this mentality? If we all just stopped torturing ourselves with toxic chemicals, we'd find out that we actually look better with naturally colored hair--that was designed specifically for our skin tone by good old mother nature! Imagine that, hair color designed specifically for my skin and no one else's--how much would they pay for that in Hollywood? All of this leads to my not skinny friend. She is also graduating this May, and has taken an internship position that requires her to buy a complete new wardrobe. Ever since I have known her, she has talked about "when I get skinny again I'm going to get that outfit".....I am going to attempt to help her change her attitude to "Wow, I look good in this NOW, not several years from now when I am once again a stick-figure"...wish me luck because everyone deserves to feel good about themselves today!

my gray hair will look as cool as hers?

This is a new blog. I will attempt to blog at least weekly, whether I feel like it or not! I am not going to bother with a boring introduction, because if you read one of my blogs and find it interesting, you will get to know me over time! First topic: My graying hair. First of all, it's important to note that I started going gray at 15 or 16 years old. That's seriously early, folks! Anyway, I have been "mostly gray" underneath all of the hair dye since about 25 or so...I'm currently 37. Over the last few months, I have been noticing that I have a pronounced "skunk stripe" only about 2-3 weeks after coloring...with dark blondish caramel! I quit smoking about 3+ months ago in an attempt to get healthier in general for my kidos (I have a lot of health problems anyway). I started wondering what all that hair dye could be doing to me...they say it's safe, but cigarettes used to be prescribed by physicians, so I tend not to trust "them" as much as I trust my own common sense. If a chemical smells caustic, it's probably not good for me. So I found the most awesome website, http://goinggraylookinggreat.com, which has given me the courage to chop my hair off and let the gray grow out! So off I went to Great Clips (I figured what the heck,they couldn't mess it up too bad!) to get my "Jamie Lee Curtis" pixie cut. I was worried how it would look, since the nonsmoking vixen me is a curvy size 14, but I have had TONS of compliments. The best of which was a very young, very fashionable fellow "cheer mom" who said "WOW you look so young now!" YAY ME!! Anyway, I still have about an inch and a half on average of blonde on the ends which I'm anxious to be rid of...hopefully before I start my DCBS (child protection) social work internship. When it is all in, maybe I'll post before and after pictures ;)