Grateful Friday

Birthday girl Josey Posey.
Her ensemble may look vaguely familiar, though Josie ended up adding the tutu herself

- The Colts win the Superbowl! I'm not much of a football fan, but I do enjoy the event of the Superbowl each year. This year, though, it meant something. I grew up in Northwest Indiana, which meant I was a Bears fan. (Superbowl Shuffle, uh huh...) I went to college in central Indiana, which means I became a Colts fan in my adult years. Either way, I was a winner.
- Josie's party. Again, another birthday party that was just relaxed and fun. Both sets of grandparents were able to make it, plus various aunts and uncles. Josie enjoyed being the center of attention. For a couple of days before and after, she would walk around saying, "It's my birthday!!!" with a big smile on her face.
- Nice deductions for two kids and a house have left us with some spending money this tax season. One of our big purchases is/was (Bill's picking it up right now) a new TV. Of course it needed a new table as well. And while we're at IKEA, we might as well get some curtains that actually reach the floor and not just halfway down the windows on the front of the house. It sounds extravagant, but it was IKEA afterall. It's exciting to see our house getting dressed up, little by little. (You know, besides the fixed washer and heating unit and thermostat).
- I went to a salon. A REAL salon. One where they charge you more than what you (okay, I) would ever pay for a shirt, much less a haircut. But, I'm actually really happy with my hair. The guy is awesome. I sat in the chair, he asked me about my current haircut, then proceeded to tell me exactly what I should do. I've always wanted someone to be able to do that, but a person who actually knows what they're talking about and knows what would look good on me. I felt like he'd known my entire hair history just by talking to me for a few minutes. Anyway, my hair is still growing out from the mess, but it looks pretty good in the meanwhile. Did I mention that I also got a neck and hand massage? Uh huh. His assistant massaged my hands while he cut my hair. Awwwweeeesoommmmme. The extremely frugal (okay, cheap) person in me is finding it hard to rationalize the expense (which was insisted upon by Bill, citing that he no longer wanted to have to deal with me coming home crying from a salon). We were talking about me quitting my spa job but I may have to hold onto it just to pay for my beauty expenses.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, a little clip of the extremely mean things we do to our kids when the grandparents are in town: