Finally!

I was feeling caught up after I did 5 posts in one day last month. But it is now March and I realized I haven't even done Christmas, let alone everything in between. Our camera was dead when we were in Utah and instead of charging it I just kept trying to take pictures on my phone. Which, of course, never turns out that great. Needless to say, I am disappointed in the lack of pictures we have of Christmas. I will post the ones we do have once I figure out how to upload the pictures on my camera. But we did have a great time. I definitely had the post-Holiday blues after being with both sides of our family. Kyle helped cheer me up by booking me a short trip back to MI in February. I am lucky to have such a sweet husband who understands my need to see my family. I can tell he has been a little homesick as well. We both had President's day off last month so we decided to surprise his family and head to UT for a long weekend. I think we ended up being a little bit of a disappointment, however, as most of them thought the reason for our unexpected trip was to announce we were pregnant. Sorry....

However, I do have some good news. I am officially certified to do eyelash extensions! An Eyelash Extension Specialist is what they call it. It may be a long while before I don't feel guilty calling myself that-I am hardly a Specialist after applying only one set of eyelashes. After about 15 minutes, however, I did stop wanting to pull my hair out and actually felt like I was getting the hang of it. It's pretty intense-you have a long, sharp tweezer in each hand, and with one you single out an eyelash by separating other eyelashes and holding them apart for several seconds, while, with the other hand, pick up an extension, dip it in glue, apply it to the eyelash, and wait for it to set for a couple seconds. In the beginning, it will take me about 3 hours for a full set. The goal is to get down to 2 hours. I am still trying to decide what to charge. The place I went for training charges $220 for a full set.

As most of you know, my sister-in-law Stacy has been doing this from her home for about 6 months now and she's a rock star. She put them on me in November and I loved loved loved them. I started checking into doing them myself, and got really excited about the idea of having something new to do. Long story short, (because I am not a licensed cosmetologist or esthetician, I was told I may not be able to become certified) I found out a couple weeks ago that I could, and went to training in Orange County on Friday so I'm all set. It was really fun and I can't wait to start. My plan is to practice on most of the girls I work with (there are about 15) and hopefully start booking appointments in a couple weeks. I feel like this could be my big break. It has been over a year, and although I have several returning clients at work, they haven't kept me as busy as I would like to be. I am really excited about eyelashes and have just the motivation I need right now.

Kyle is doing well, he is still enjoying his job. Our annual Disneyland passes expire in a few days and we aren't planning on renewing them (unless anyone is planning a Disneyland trip this year, and then surely we may change our minds!) so we are going tomorrow night for one last hurrah. They have an amazing Aladdin show that is comparable to Broadway and Kyle hasn't seen it yet so I'm excited. I could watch it every day.

I've started training for a 5K. Running is not on my list of favorite things to do, so we'll see how that goes.

We love and miss everyone!