Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!

Being the cosmetologist that I am, I just love hair, but I dislike conventional hair. I think that's what makes a great hair stylist, being open to new and different styles, not always being content with the standard. I've always taken pride in how my hair and my kids' hair looks. Alan normally wears a ceasar cut, Maxton has a double crown so we are limited with the cuts that will work on his hair. With my youngest babe I had decided that I would let his hair grow out into a longer style, I have really enjoyed his rock and roll hair, but recently I saw a really cute cut on a certain little mckboy and just fell in love with it. I showed Robert the picture and we talked it over and agreed that it was time for a change for our sweet boy. So on Thanksgiving day we decided to give Joshua his first real hair cut. My sister is also a cosmetologist and we were already using this day together to play Beauty Shop, by trimming and styling each other's hair, so what was one more client! We cut 4 inches off of the back and trimmed up the sides, the bangs need to grow a bit to be exactly what I want, but I still love it!

We think he looks really adorable and even more grown up!

Pay It Forward Contest Winner

Yesterday I used Random.org to randomly select a winner from the comments on this post.


And the winner is...



June from ...The Butler Family

Congratulations June!

If you will email me at christinadavisking at yahoo dot com with your snail mail address and give me a few days to look over your blog and then shop to find something you will like, I will send your Pay It Forward Prize right out to you. Remember, when you receive your gift it will be your turn to Pay It Forward!!

Music Monday

I am seriously in the Christmas Spirit, so over the next few weeks I will be using the theme-free Music Mondays to share some of my favorite Christmas songs. This one definitely tops the list! I love this song, especially when performed by this artist!

I am Thankful

With the Thanksgiving Holiday nearly upon us, I feel it necessary to do a "Thankful" post.

I am thankful for my Salvation, for a Savior who willingly gave His life that I could live.

I am thankful for my 3 boys. I love them with a love that is undescribeable and immeasureable. They are my everything.

I am thankful for a husband who loves me for me, who understands and accepts my faults, who I can call my best friend.

I am thankful to have been born into the family that I was. I have the BEST parents ever. I could never wish for more! I also had the BEST grandparents. My grandpa passed away in 2006, but I am very blessed to still have my grandma. I am thankful for my sister, my niece and my nephew.

I am thankful for a roof over my head, food in the cupboards, clothes and shoes to wear, a vehicle to drive, a little money in the bank (very little, but all my bills are paid), heat and air conditioning, an indoor toilet, running water, the many luxuries of living in the year 2009.

I am thankful that I live in the United States where I am free to come and go as I please and worship the One and Only God without fear of persecution.

I am thankful for continuous Christmas music on the radio.

I am thankful to have a job that I love, students and co-workers who are loveable!

I am thankful for my church family.

I am thankful for Walmart. I love that place.

I am thankful for Black Friday Sales.

I am thankful for my friends.

There are so many more things that I am thankful for. I could go on and on and on and on, but this list would never end and you would get tired of reading it, so I will stop here!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!!

Pay It Forward...A Contest

I entered a contest a couple of weeks ago. I enter lots of contest but almost never win anything. I jokingly told someone the same week that I had entered this contest, that I wouldn't win even if I were the only contestant. Well, guess what? I won! Yayy for me.

Katrina from One Family Under God hosted this fabulous contest that I won. Katrina gave me some beautiful gifts, I received a gorgeous 8 x 10 picture frame, a Christmas Tree Platter and a Devotional Journal! Katrina, you did a fabulous job picking out things that I like. Thank you so much for the gifts!




Now it is my turn to Pay it Forward.
This is how it works:

1) Comment on this post. I will use random.org to randomly choose a winner from among those comments.

2) You then agree to share your snail mail address with ME (my email is in my profile) so I can send you a small gift handmade OR purchased by ME!

3) When you receive your gift, you then blog about this Contest & link back to my blog in that post.

4) And most importantly, you ALSO AGREE to pay it forward ...Who's in?

The drawing will be held on Monday November 30, 2009. I'm gonna give you a few extra days since this is a Holiday Week! Lucky You!

Music Monday

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Today's theme is Music from the 2000's...this has been the hardest week for me, there are just so many songs to choose from, and I'm not great at making decisions, especially when there is too much to choose from. I enjoy such a variety of music it was hard to decide on which genre of music to pick a song from. I finally decided on this song, it has actually crossed into several different genres of music, it has been on the country, rock and Christian charts and it's really an amazing song!

Friday Foodie

Country Style Chicken

2 lbs. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Fillets or Tenders
flour and oil for frying chicken
2 Cans Campbells 98% Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup
2 Cans of water

First roll your chicken in flour and fry until golden brown. Season with your favorite seasonings. I love Rosemary, salt and pepper.




Open both cans of soup and pour into your crockpot. Fill both cans with water and add to soup stirring well. Add fried chicken to soup mixture make sure chicken is covered with soup. (I also scrape the goodness from my frying pan and add a little of the oil from the pan) Cook on low for about 5 hours.




Serve over rice or mashed potatoes.




Enjoy!