Ouch!

*****Disclaimer - Gross Pictures *****

When I am in a hurry, I go on fast mode.

Yesterday I was running late leaving for teaching piano. I was hurrying down the driveway (more than a walk, less than a run) when I took a tumble.

Mom, this is where my Judo must have kicked in (even though I didn't take it very long, I learned to always roll when falling).

I fell forward, hitting my right knee and then both my hands. I ended up rolling, catching my elbow and my hip area. (At some point I must have hit a part of my right foot, but I don't know when that was and that is very minor.) I ended up on my back looking up at the sky.

Unbeknownst to me, J. was watching and told Wayne that I tripped. Wayne looked out the window to see me lying on the driveway looking up.

I went inside, changed my jeans, (I ripped up my only pair of blue jeans. I was sad because they don't make that kind any more and I will have to look for something else that I can like.) and cleaned myself off. I went and taught piano.

I called home after lessons. Wayne had dinner going. He had vacuumed. After dinner he did the dishes, cleaned the counters and even - gasp - wiped off the stove and table. Later when I mentioned that I had to switch the laundry, he did it for me. I am such a lucky woman.

I wasn't going to post this, but when I told Wen, she told me to email them to her. So I was going to, but then I thought, should I send them to the rest of the family as well? But who wants gross pictures of a scrapped up knee? So, I am posting 4 pictures. One of my sadly, major-ly ripped pants that will soon become shorts and one of my knee and one of each hand.

Left HandRight Hand

Right Knee

Lori's Many Hairstyles

Well, my hair was driving me nuts. It was getting long and bushy. I was doing so much construction work that my hair was up in a pony tail almost daily and I was getting headaches.

So...I decided to have it cut.

I realized that when I went looking for before pictures, that I really don't have very many pictures of me, and some of the ones I have aren't very flattering. Anyway, this is me on a good hair day with it longer.

Before

Before I got it cut, I had every intention of posting how cute it was. Needless to say that I didn't really like the cut, nor do I think it was flattering.

Blech...

My friend, Michelle, came over and styled it. It looked much better, but was more labor intensive. Also, she realized that they didn't cut my hair straight. The back was different lengths on each side.

Cute, but still crooked.

So, I decided to save up and get it cut again - and even this time! Keep in mind that I normally only get my hair cut about once per year, if I'm lucky.

This is after it was re-cut and Michelle styled it.


The next 2 are with the same cut, but I played with styling it.


Now I am ok with it. I think it is cute (on the days I style it!), I am not getting headaches, and I don't have to put it into a ponytail anytime I want to do anything!

The end of the hair drama. (And you probably won't see so many pictures of me all on one post again!)