Yes, this is my life

I have been asked to show you how to do one of my hairstyles and its really easy. It can be done in minutes and makes people think you actually spent major time doing your hair. Its trickery. Hair trickery. And I will share my cheat because I love you. First the basics: Yep, thats all you need. Everyone has these lying around. I found the bobby pins in my couch cushions because I have a habit of pulling pins out in the evening while watching TV. A confession from me to you. The First step: Everyone with me so far? This is easy...yeah! Then, this:   Tip: (oooh I love secrets!) Remember when pinning the loose bun dont try to be symmetrical. Dont even look back there. Pretend you are blind. When you try too hard it looks weird. Next, pull a second pony tail back under the bun. Just like the first. And start wrapping a new loose bun in the opposite direction. Again pinning randomly and connecting to the upper bun. When you get good with the concept, ...

Next week it will be 14 years ago I married TJs dad. Time flies, and at the same time there are moments when it seems like it never happened. We were married only four years. It was straight out of high school for me. In June of 1997 I graduated high school. In June of 1998 I married Tony. We were so young and not equipped to take on the role of a spouse. We gave it a good try but in the end it wasn't meant to be. I have no regrets and it was no mistake. Thanks to our first "practice run" we learned how to be successful husband and wife to our current spouse. We also had, TJ a year after our wedding. We have learned so much co-parenting him the past 13 years. We learned a lot of lessons the hard way. I guess I couldn't fully appreciate the respect I have for him without those trials and tribulations. I don't say that lightly. It was no cake walk. We hurt each other a great deal during the custody suit. Man, it was rough. I can say now that I like him more t...