Preparing to Make the Cut

Forgive my blatant vanity: This post is about hair.

If you've seen me lately, you've noticed my hair is reeeeaaallllllyyy long. I've been talking about donating it for the better part of a year, and held out for a recent photo shoot with my high school friend (and incredibly talented professional photographer) Selena. Click here to see what we were up to. If you clicked, you'll notice my "writer girl" pictures for a soon-to-be-launched writing blog. (Our Beck Trek friends will be first to have a sneak peek...tune in soon!)

I'm so pleased with her pictures - both the creative writer ones and the outdoorsy head shots. If you're looking for a photographer in Arizona or Utah, Selena's a blast to work with. I highly recommend you check out her website. 

Back to hair...my lengthy locks can look like THIS!? After seeing Selena's magic, it almost pains me to make the cut. Almost.

Let's be honest. My hair in these pictures is the result of three hours of concentrated effort and two helpers (thanks, Katy and Jen!) I'm happy to have the movie star potential of my hair recorded, but would rather sleep an extra hour or finish a grad school assignment or actually go running or cuddle up with Ryan for Dr. Quinn than do a hairdo.

Thanks to Dad, I have an enviably thick braid. I'm grateful, don't get me wrong. Hair like this takes a lot of TIME I don't have/want to give.I literally only wash my hair every 5-6 days. (OK, OK...I even get away with a whole week sometimes.) It's so thick it only starts looking greasy on Day 6, and then I just bun-wrap  and nobody can tell. When I do wash it, a painful fight follows: Comb vs. Snarls. I hate it. The snarl fest is my least favorite 15 minutes of the week.

Because I have been given much (hair), I too must give. I have such a soft spot for cancer patients, mostly because I'm still missing my Auntie Melanie.  Yesterday we did the 5K for miss Millie. This is the week I'll be donating 9 inches. That's about two year's growth. And that's time well spent.

Meet Our Pals, Dr. Quinn and Sully

Fact: If you were a regular at our place, you'd hear "Wanna watch a Dr. Quinn?" quite often.

Last Spring I had a cold, and checked out a pick-me-up movie at the library. That first season of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman got Ryan and me started on a year-long habit. It's rare to find shows we both love, but we've spent hours upon hours snuggled up watching Dr. Quinn together.

You probably remember catching episodes years ago? It's an older show but we really love it and Dr. Quinn and Sully make such frequent appearances in our home they feel like friends. Each episode shares strong family values and powerful story lines. Hunky Sully always comes to the rescue, and wise (and gorgeous!) Dr. Quinn knows just the right thing to say.

Ryan and I have watched them fall in love, save the Indians, survive tragedies, see the Indians be massacred, build a new home, have the railroad come to Colorado Springs and get engaged. We've come to know the personalities in their old western town. Their adopted kids Matthew, Coleen and Bryan have grown up before our eyes. I was giddy when we watched Dr. Quinn and Sully's wedding a couple months ago! Now we're on Season 4 and Dr. Quinn is expecting a baby soon.

It's been such a great show for us to explore together. We'll run out of seasons in a couple months, and I'll be sad! We will need something new for our regular fix.

Did you watch Dr. Quinn once upon a time? Any other fun shows you recommend?

P.S. I am a huge fan of actress Jane Seymour; such a beautiful person on screen and off. Did you know she has a blog? Check it out!

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