Homegirl Quel (kel) in Austin

Drum Roll...

This is the last day of the first month of the new year. Progress toward any of my resolutions...so-so.

Here they are:

1. Become a runner (Took the place of my "Lose Weight" resolution. Hopefully, the running will take care of the weight. Plus, Austin is such a runner's city with all the nature trails and 5ks...and they just built a trail not 5 miles from me. Plus my dogs could use more exercise too.)

2. Improve my guitar skills (I think it'd be fun to be able to play like Billy. Then we can sing with our kids...our two-legged kids...folk tunes and conscious reggae of course.)

3. Re-read the books from my junior/high school summer reading lists (I think I owe it to myself to actually experience a few of the books I read back then.)

4. Go to church more often (Why not?)

5. Learn to play the harmonica (We have one, and I'm pretty good already, but I'd like to take a class or something...really learn how to play.)

I cut me some bangs!

As many of you know, after many many years of showing my roots, I have succumbed to the perm...the relaxer...the poison...whatever you want to call it. It caught me in a head lock one day and I gave in...after 10 long hours of detangling my twists, which stayed in one month too many, I gave in. However, the roots shall return. Until then, I'll enjoy my newly relaxed do. I washed my hair yesterday and decided to cut some bangs. I remembered a "How To" article in Self magazine about cutting bangs it looked pretty easy. I think I did a nice job. What do you think?

Flashy!

I'm watching TVOne tonight...I'm addicted to this channel, by the way... and this hair/fashion show is trippin' me out. Leave it to us to take hair stylin' to a whole new level by creating The Hair Show. Hair stylists cutting and styling hair onstage, choreographed dance moves and theatrical stage presentations of "original fashions" amid smoke and colored lights...a sight to behold. And there's always one person onstage to egg on the models like, "YOU BETTER WORK!"

Welcome to My Life

So, my sister gave me this great idea to make public the goings on in my life. Not that my life is that exciting, but it is pretty interesting...at least I think so. Hopefully, you will too. These days I'm really enjoying working part-time at a marketing/advertising firm in Austin, TX. I don't work on Fridays, which totally ROCKS! My Billy and I live in the suburbs with our two beautiful black mutts (thanks to a Newfie who got lucky with my ex-co-worker's Lab), Okie and Stella, who are our only kids...for now...but not for long.  We're one big, happy family, livin' the 'burbs life and lovin' it.