BrauchTalk

After almost two years of growing my hair out, I went and made a drastic change. I was completely happy with having long hair. It had actually gone past my shoulders, which was the longest it has ever been in my life. I liked it. Something about being a girl with long hair makes you feel beautiful, at least the few times that I would actually wear it down. But even though I was feeling fine, I still managed to get talked into cutting my years of patient growth, and boy am I glad! So for those women out there who are obsessed with your hair and think you could never part with it, this is the story for you!

M and I were over at my parents a few days ago, and my sister came walking in the door and plopped a magazine down in front of me. It was called “Short Cuts.” She happened to come across it at work and thought of me, being that she years before had talked me into my first very short cut. I started flipping through the pages and finding so many cute and fun cuts that I liked, and I actually started entertaining the thought of trading in my long locks for something short and spunky.

Even though I loved the thought of having short hair again, I wasn’t ready to make the change…until M gave me his opinion. He wanted me to go for it. He said he had recently been looking through some old pictures of me when we were first dating and I had short hair, and he really liked it. But he made it clear that I could do whatever I wanted. That pushed me over the top. I was ready to get it cut. We took the magazine home and flipped through it together, each pointing out styles that we liked. I finally decided on one that we both were happy with, and two days after my sister gave me the magazine, I made my appointment. Continue reading ‘A Short Cut to Looking Good’

We are going on our first road trip together as a married couple. We are heading to Kansas to hang out with a great friend of mine. He bought a house this last spring down there because he is teaching at a school. I know B likes road trips and I know I really like them so it should be a blast.

I love to drive in a car for long trips. It gives me time to think and talk. The drive will be at night so traffic won’t be too bad and we can talk. We may even come up with the next “Million Dollar Idea.” Wouldn’t that be nice? Our relationship should get strong on a trip like this. We are confined to a fixed space for a long drive. We can talk about work, friends, and each other. Continue reading ‘Our First Long Road Trip: Part One’

We received a pillow for a wedding gift with a really good quote on it. It reads like this:

“Marriage is the garden gate. Along the path there will be flowers and weeds. Cherish the flowers and pull the weeds.”

We laughed at the gift and contemplated throwing it out. It manages to make it on our bed every morning when the bed is made.