08.16.06
I cut my hair.
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How to be a Domestic Goddess.
Once or twice a year, I seem to get this bug where I feel the incessant need to clean my entire house from top to bottom. I think the obsessive-compulsive part of me really enjoys it - I get to make lists of things to clean, schedules of when to clean them, reorganize closets, get rid of things I don’t use, and, best of all, make use of my handy-dandy label maker.
I look at websites (like OrganizedHome.com) with articles on how to clean more efficiently, how to come up with a cleaning schedule, and even how to (gasp!) make your own cleaning wipes! (How cool is that?)
So, I have forewarned Jeff that a massive cleaning is coming up, and although he’s usually a huge help around the house (he usually has bathroom duty, since I HATE cleaning bathrooms), he knows not to interfere when I do a deep clean. He’ll tidy things for me (like picking up the umpteen billion magazines and newspapers we have laying about), but leave the scrubbing to me!
Anyway, that’s my project for the next couple of weeks before football starts and I have no more free time on the weekends. 
(Help me, I’m turning into my mother-in-law.)
04.18.06
Fake n’ Bake
Since it’s gotten warmer, I’ve decided to break out my linen skirts again (sidebar: why is it that linen, although very pretty on the hanger and easy to iron, immediately looks like a wrinkled mess as soon as I put it somewhere on my body?). However, as I got dressed for work this morning, I noticed a distinct sickly glow emanating from my calves.
I figured it’s time to face the facts. I am absurdly pale. Not only am I absurdly pale, I am physically incapable of getting a tan. I’ve either got this sickly pallor or I am the color of a well-cooked lobster. Occasionally, the lobsteresque color will fade to a somewhat nice brownish tone, but most often, once my skin peels, I’m back to pasty white again.
Being the slight hypochondriac that I am (and the aforementioned penchant for burning), I refuse to go to a tanning bed (the one time that I did - last summer before our cruise - I swear I felt cancer cells growing on me as I sat there). Instead, I’ve found this wonderful product, Jergens Natural Glow Moisturizer . It promises to turn your skin a “natural golden glow” within a few days of use. I’m somewhat skeptical, but we’ll see.
(I thought of posting a “before” picture here, and then doing an “after” after a few days to see if it works, but I don’t want to inflict my whiteness upon you fine folks.)
In the meantime, let’s hope I don’t blind anyone with my legs today.