5 things

• Hair growth. Well, as you guys know, I've been fighting with Alopecia on my head for about 9 months now. I lost a good portion of my hair and it broke my heart because I'd always been one who was proud of having their natural hair - never dyed, treated, etc. Anyway, it's been 5 months (and 3 days) since I shaved my head, and I wanted to give you an update on the growth since!
   
• Eddie. I was cleaning up my living space this morning and ran across the following picture. One of my brilliant kids from Longview Farm. I swore at the time he was the biggest pain, but I miss him so much. My hair twin and support after shaving my head. What a kid.
  
  
• Grocery challenge. I've challenged my mother to not go to the grocery store at all until I move unless it's for milk, eggs, or bread. We have quite the stock pile of food in our house, and so much of it has been here for a while! I think we can do it - I'll let you know how it turns out!
• Old friends. Yesterday, there was a hashtag on Twitter that said "Tweet A Picture of Your Friendship" so I tweeted an old picture of my good friend Shelby and me. We've been friends for 13 years next month (has it been that long?), and it inspired me to dig into the archives and find some other cute pictures of us. There are many years and many matching outfits to be seen... so here's just a couple!
  
• Shutterfly. Over the past 6 months, I've utilized Shutterfly for a lot of things - our Save the Dates, mother's day presents, our wedding guest book, etc. - so when I received a coupon for 101 free prints, I was all over it. I've had great experiences so, why not? I was a bit disappointed when I received all of my pictures because a number of the photos that were taken with a cell phone were blurry. I've been using my phone as my camera for over 2 years now, so I was a bit surprised as this has never been an issue. I guess I know now to venture from Walmart for my printing, because all of my pictures are always good!