Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Part III

It has been awhile since I’ve publicly humiliated myself with a trip down the memory lane of hairstyles (see Part I here and Part II here). Don’t worry, I can take it and will see this series through to the bitter end.

Lest you think I’m “so brave” for doing this, I’ll preface this post by saying that these next few shots are from a period in my life where I was pretty happy with my hair, or lack thereof. Going super-short (and super blond) was freeing and fun and kicky and spirited and all those other obnoxious adjectives you’d expect to see in a Keds ad.

Here is the first photo, taken in the early 90’s, about 1992. Please note the absolutely hideous outfit that I am wearing. It was one of those voluminous one-piece, flowing pant suits, so, yes, that pattern goes all the way to the floor.

Moving on, this was also a time of lots of drinking; in this photo, I’m in a baby-doll type dress (channeling Courtney Love, minus the authenticity).
Oh, and then, just because the puppy is cute, there was this photo:
Finally, we shoot forward to mid-1996, a mere six months before I met Fairly Odd Husband. You can tell that I’m getting tired of ‘short-short’ and starting to grow out the back a bit (yes, I miss those sunglasses, and, no, that is not the same dress as in photo #1).


Next up: Lady in Red (hair).

Can I Get a Second Chance?

A homeschooling family we don’t know very well came by to borrow a curriculum we aren’t using. Before they arrived, I told the kids to pick up their toys a bit since we were making a “first impression”.

“When you meet someone for the first time, you don’t want to be wearing dirty clothes and have food in your teeth. Well, the same goes for your house.” (I believe this is a Confucius quote).

“Yeah, yeah”, they grumbled as little cars were thrown into a basket.

The family arrived, and we all crowded into the living room as the two youngest (our sons) decided they wanted to play trains. Belly tried to help set up the track with them as we watched. As she was about to finish the track, she noticed that she was faced with two pieces that would not join together.

“Mommy, we have two female ends, but we need a male or they won’t go together.”

Oh crap. At that moment I realized that most families probably do not use genitalia to describe their train tracks (hey, think of how easy explaining reproduction will be! “The mommy track waits for the daddy track. . .”). I cringed but said nothing.

Shortly after, the girls all ran giggling upstairs to play with dolls. I resisted the wicked urge to say, “boy, I hope they stay away from the guns, needles and porn” because I liked this mom and was not looking to scare her off. For the rest of the visit, we were all on our best behavior (except for D who refused to share his helicopter for no amount of bribing, begging or threatening).

After we were done discussing the curriculum, I took the mom upstairs to tell her girls it was time to go home. We entered the room, and I saw the girls happily playing with Barbies and horses and Little People.

And then my eyes traveled up the back wall of the room that used to be our office, but is now the kids’ playroom. Here is what I saw:

Oh, hell.

Where in the World am I?

I’m turning Japanese over on New England Mamas this morning. . .

And thank you to everyone who has commented with encouragement, good wishes and goofiness lately. Things are looking up: D’s fever is starting to fade, the sun is out and April is just over the bend.

Now, a request: we are planning a trip to Disney World in early September. I’m already all over the internets but would love more personal recommendations, advice, tips, etc. Other than the Magic Kingdom, SeaWorld and Epcot, I’ve never been to any of the other parks. I’ll be with my husband, my three kids (who will be 4, 5 & 7 when we travel) and possibly my mom.

You can leave me your thoughts in the comments section of this post or email me directly at fairlyoddmother-at-inbox-dot-com. My hyper-planning self thanks you.