State furniture, weird children & a haircut

Some of the items I got from the state have found homes and purposes around the house.

These are the goblets (or parfait glasses?)…

I decided to be fancy and drink my orange juice from one yesterday morning (after I scrubbed them within an inch of their life =). I hope they will inspire me to set the table more often – I am really lazy about that.

We use one of the desks for homeschool and find that it is fun and both Mark and I enjoy using it…

I know it is floating out in the middle of the room, but I have a tiny house and no other place for it. It is pretty functional there, though, with a view of our chalkboard (I'll show you that area when I get it set up soon) and close to the kitchen so I can be getting stuff done while he works on assignments.

I had planned on storing the other desk in the attic until Susie started school, but it found an interesting purpose before I got around to putting it in the attic…

For the time being, it actually makes a cute, unique and functional side table, which I had been needing anyway. Can’t beat a $1 side table! I stashed the remotes and current study/reading materials inside the desk…

Now I just badly need new lamps! Mine are so cheesy.

Speaking of cheesy… I had Mark helping me try to take a self-timer photo on the camera to show you my new haircut, because it needed a focal point while I pressed the timer button, and he was hamming it up…

Then he says, “I want to take a real one, mom” so I oblige…

Okay…. how is that ‘real’?

Then I decided to just set up the camera and let him push the button, so he did, but he said I needed to hold Susie Bieber for the picture…

Is she astonished or cross-eyed? I can’t tell! Crazy kids! But that is the cut… do you notice a big difference? I got ‘bangs’! Here is a better shot I did in the mirror…

I know they barely qualify as bangs. I am deathly afraid of bangs. Last time I got ‘bangs’ they were too long and when I excitedly showed hubby who likes the 90’s ‘bumper’ style bangs… he said “I thought you said you got bangs.” They didn’t cut it – being too long they just ended up behind my ear. So this time I closed my eyes and mustered my courage and told my hair cutter to go a little shorter than last time. They are pretty much what I was picturing I guess, but I am still getting used to them. Change is always fun, though!