MY New salon

i just realized at 4am as we just came up from our basement (dirt seller) because of tornado warnings that i never  discussed my big change to my new salon.
   i worked at Mary Allies Salon for almost 9 years. It was the perfect salon for me! awesome boss who shared similar Christianity as me and took me under her wings after cosmetology school!  It was like family!  So why did you leave you ask......well a lot of different things came up and i felt God pushing me more and more towards this every time something would happen.
    It happened so quickly! But everything worked out even though i prefer stuff to work out a little bit faster, but you know God he likes to take his sweet time :)
     I have worked for 1month 1/2 and LOVE it! i just went over my numbers last night to see how i am doing compared to working at mary allies and lets just say i feel real good! im not rich by any means :) or am i going to be buying a new car :) (well if that loud sound wasn't a tree falling on my car).......but i can pay all my bills and thats whats important and the fact that im less stressed is AWESOME!!!!!! All i can say is God is Good and my clients are amazing and supportive!!!!!
   my salons name is
 
i've wanted this name for awhile but i was thinking about changing it to my name like everyone else did but it kept nagging me in my heart that it should be Grace family salon.and i found this one day.... this is from Titus 2:11 

For the grace of God has appeared, saving all and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age, as we await the blessed hope, the appearance ³ of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good. Say these things. Exhort and correct with all authority. Let no one look down on you. 

   how can i be less stressed owning my own business well to be honest im still working out some kinks but most of all less stress, like my new scheduling program is awesome......because instead of me calling clients for confirmation, it sends my clients emails to remind them (since most people have smart phones now) i do have a few that want phone calls but the others want text or emails witch is so convenient cuz i can rock Titus and send them all out to my clients during nap time!! I also have a part time schedule which means more time with my family! i really am glad i have the schedule that i have because it works for my clients and works great for me, two days i work 2-7 and then one day 9-2 and my busiest day, saturdays 9-4. i have found my clients are more open to working around my schedule now and they give me more options for their appointments which means i can put them close to other appointments so im not just sitting around waiting! And having my schedule online i can access it any time!
       i haven't had a single kid complain about not sitting on a motorcycle or squirrel.......everyone has loved my new place!!!! i even had a couple kids that i normally have to restrain or just screamers were a whole new child at my new place ....not a peep out of them :) LOVE IT!!!!!
     I love the fact that i just have to take care of my own stuff!!! how i like it :) cleanliness and all!
 So pretty much if you weren't sure if i like my new place......to be politically correct i LOVE my new place!

my secret loves

Thank you to everyone who shared there AWESOME motherly advise and prayers!!!! you guys are amazing! so as i keep learning is that we all hide the fact that we are not all perfect! We all think the other family's have there stuff all put together....in which I'm finding out its not true! So why don't we share our struggles more often?

this blog post came about after my brain spider webbed to our favorite secrets that most women are to embarrassed to share but want to cuz we love these secrets.......so i decided to share some of my favorite things with you.

1.) Veet its like nair i use it on my bikini area because when i shave i get really bad red bumps that don't go away and really bad ingrown hairs from shaving.....it works amazing and it only takes 3 min to let it sit on your skin and then wipe it off and it feels so much smoother then shaving!!

2.) drip dry from opi if you are a always on the go and don't have time to paint your nails this is awesome because it helps your polish dry really fast!!! (unless your polish is old it wont work.....old polish takes forever to dry ...how do you know if your polish is old if it is thicker then the polish was when you first bought it)

3.) fast forward dry shampoo by AG or push powder by surface if you have fine hair and you need a little boost in your hair (looking a little greecey) or you just didn't have time to wash your hair....i love the fast forward for the degreaser factor and the volume and smell and push powder the same (if you have really dark hair and not highlights use just a little because you can see the powder if you use too much)

4.) facial trimmer i don't like to wax my chin or lip or those little fuzzys......you can find one at walmart or target where they keep the clippers for men it is really skinny and small so you can take it any where.....but you do have to use it every other day :) but if you wax, wax last 2 weeks.....it does advertise brows too....PLEASE do not use them on your brows!!!

5.) baby shampoo....in stead of spending lots of money for make up remover for your make up brushes when baby shampoo is gental enough and cleans just as well (i only recommend all natural one because a lot of shampoos have plastics in them and will coat your brushes... try burts bees. (if you don't clean your brushes ...you should it is really bad on your skin and can cause break outs!!!!)

how do you do it?

I'm having a ruff time being a wife, mother,teacher, housekeeper, salon owner, cook, animal caretaker, gardener, 3 acre caretaker, and taking care of myself!!!!

HOW DO YOU DO IT???!?!?!?!?!?

I'm not going to lie I'm overwhelmed!!!! i need help! I kinda had a melt down (PMS) the other night and told Jon that I'm sorry I'm not like _(friends name)________, and he did an awesome job of saying i didn't marry ________ i married you! Even though that was the right and perfect thing to say it didn't make me feel better!

It has gotten a lot better recently now that Titus will sleep longer then 15 min and i found that i try and not to do everything in those few 30 min naps....i found that if i just pick 2 things that i want done in the whole day not just in the time of the nap because i get really upset with myself and Titus.....

do you guys have any tips to help me? or do you feel this way sometimes? I hope I'm not the only one! How do you find time to clean, exercise, cook (i hate cooking...good thing Jon likes too), or get ready for the day (or work) but still spend time with your kids....i feel like there aren't enough hours in the day!!!!!!

please share! cuz God willing we want to have more kids soon but if i can't get control right now how can i do it with 2 children?............How did i work in a daycare for 7 years and handle 20 some kids at a time?

can you share your schedules or how you and your husbands share duty's? JUST SHARE!

Family photots

family photos by lucky soda photography!

the pictures show everything no words needed :)

salon products (push powder)

Since i have my own salon now :) I am proud to announce that I have a new product line now!!!

Called Surface it is all certified organic botanical, sulfate free, Gluten free, paraben free, vegan products!

surface's website

my goal with this new line is to let you know about it, info, ingredients and testers opinions(you guys....if you come and get your hair cut remind me to give you samples and i would love your input on the products even if you don't like it, cuz there is already some stuff that i like better then the others),

this product is the first product that got me interested in Surface

Push styling powder

*amazing root lift

*volume and texture

*use as dry shampoo

*thickens hair

ingredients

aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, sillica silylate, zeolite, glycine soja (soy bean) oil, modified corn starch, sodium benzoate, citric acid

wow factor

maximize condition, color lock, shine and speeds drying time

directions

gently shake powder onto roots (not scalp) and style as desired. mix with desired wet styling products for added texture and hold.

it is not a thermal product (meaning since it doesn't go to the ends of your hair) you will still need a other products to give you protection with heat :) i have other products i would recommend with this (but on another blog post)

Tester opinion

Ruth Ann's thoughts

Christina's thoughts (owner of Grace Family Salon)

I love how this works....it is a powder is like an instant backcombing w/ out back combing :) or if your like me and still back comb with the push powder it gives you maximum volume :) if you don't like stuff in your hair that you feel then you wouldn't like this...there is texture in your hair with the push powder. but if you backcomb your hair this is what you can use so you don't cause breakage :) don't use to much because you only need a little!

Cost

$30 i know this is a lot but remember 2 things

*this product is used in small amounts *you pay for what you get :)

titus 4 months

side note i wrote this 3 weeks ago!!!! apparently its not like it use to be when i could sit down in one sitting and be done with a couple blogs and now it takes me weeks!!!! sorry!!!

Titus is doing so much right now...it was like he just decided one day to stop just laying there :)

*he rolls from back to tummy all the time....he doesn't want to be on his back any more but the funny thing is he doesn't want to be on his tummy that much either :)

*smiles at everyone....he is defiantly is like his father and loves to be social :)

*he can grab his toys, hair, necklaces you name it he grabs it

*he laughs hard core (its the cutest thing ever!!!)

*he loves to be outside....to calm him down we take him outside if its nice out

*he was sleeping about 6 hours....but he is either growing or teething (lets pray not!!!) but he has been waking up around 1am and 5am

*at his 4 month wellness check he was 27" and almost 18Lb he wears 6-9 month clothes mostly 9 months:)

*he HATES being hot (this summer is going to be interesting i hope he loves our pool!!

*he babbles all the time and squeals and laughs....i love it!!!!

*he loves books

*he loves to sit up and lean against you.....but sometimes that darn huge head is just to heavy and he falls forward :) and he trys to eat his feet

*he hums while trying to go to sleep or he's trying to keep himself awake :) we have to hold him really tight to get him to sleep (most of the time)

*he loves to put his grandparents, friends and cousins in his mouth :)

mothers day

Sorry this is late, I've been alittle busy with my new family and now a new salon :) being an owner is just alittle work :)

Mothers day! WOW!!! It's crazy to think about it now that just last may i was so upset because i wasn't pregnant and wanted to be soooooo bad! It's crazy to think that all those same emotions came back to me this mothers day as i watched my amazing husband calm Titus down, or seeing Jon sing or just rocking him.....Words can not share how many emotions showed through moments like those! I knew God placed this love in my heart that i was to be married and to have children.....its just funny looking back just almost 2 years ago that God chose for Jon and i to be married.......and to think that if i would have gotten married when i felt God needed to bless me (19 years old) i wouldn't be the same person as i was 2 years ago (jon thinks its funny cuz he would have been 16...but lets not talk about that:)) I don't understand why God does what he does but you would think that i would TRUST with every new prayer i have but it's A LOT easier to talk the talk!

I want to thank all you mom's out there that push me to be a better person and mom everyday!!!! Thank you for all your support through the years!

Im still here

WOW! A LOT has happened in my life since Titus has been born, 4 months ago!!!!!!!
born Jan 15th 7weeks

2months 3months 4months to come (hopefully before he starts walking)

March 6th Titus's Baptism
Fath sideWeber side

God Parents Danny & Jamie, Jenny& Matt


playing with daddy

cousin Audra fath
cousin Olivia Weber

dadsmom's

Audra's Baptism



Mikey's graduation from ISU (if you couldn't tell by all the red and yellow :)Go ISU



Easter

Titus and Silas (BFF'S)

bathtime We all have to have embarrassing pictures