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Ooh, updates...

A lot has been happening in our wee little lives...let's see--I graduated from cosmetology school at the beginning of February! I also took my written and practical state board exams and passed both. I accepted a job at Supercuts in Cottonwood Heights and so far I really like it. Not only do I do fabulous cuts, but color and waxing as well. Ben has been attending Salt Lake Community College and is taking computer classes as well as generals. He is studying to go into Computer Networking and we are still undecided on where to go to school for his second 2 years. We are possibly in the market for a new apartment in the Salt Lake/Murray area but don't know exactly when we are moving yet. I feel like there is a lot more that has been happening but I can't think right now. I really wish I had some new pictures to post but alas, this pic is from Canada last summer.

Hey Julie, SYTYCD?

My hair school bff Julie and I got to see SYTYCD LIVE! It was awesome, mostly because I won the tickets on the radio. Since I won the tickets, I figured they would be semi-bad seats-I was totally wrong! Our seats were awesome! Thanks to 97.1, Julie and I sat in the lower bowl pretty dang close to the stage. As is tradition with events at the e-center, we went to Costa Vida for dinner prior to the show (and fought with 800 other women in line while they forced their "friends" to reserve a table for them. Yeah, we thought it was weird too). The show was awesome, I love watching dance routines live. The routines are way cool on tv but so much better in person. Oops, gotta go listen to the radio for a chance to win tickets to something else!

Haircuts

Unlike the rest of my schooling, on Wednesday the 11th and the 18th, I receive the proceeds from the haircuts I perform. These proceeds will go directly toward funding me to go to the ISSE hair show in California in January. Call 801.763.0324 to schedule an appointment with me and make sure to ask for Stacy Hughes. Thank you!

TMNT

Julie and I were Leonardo and Donatello for our school costume contest. If you can believe it, we didn't win anything. If there had been a people's choice award, we would have definitely taken the title. Shout out to Marianne for allowing me to borrow the costume.
Cowabunga!

MATC

As you all know, I attend hair school and love every second of it! My hair school BFF recently blogged about an issue that is especially affecting us right now. I hope Julie is ok with me quoting her blog. I feel 100% the things she puts so perfectly into words.



"So it was no secret I wanted to attend hair school since I was really little. I got distracted from this desire and after 3 years at BYU I was reminded just how badly I wanted hair school. Its my "passion" if you will. Well when I started to look seriously into fulfilling my dream I was shocked and discouraged. The cheapest school I could find was over $10,000. There was no way I could justify that debt to get my dream education. So I kept searching and hoping I could find a way. MATC was that way. At less than half the cost of the cheapest school, hair school became a dream within reach. It sounds cheesey but without it I could have never been able to do it. Well now I have been attending since January and I absolutely love everything about it. The program is fantastic. My instructors are simply incredible. I get the attention I need, the training I need, and most of all I love going every day. When I first saw how cheap tuition was I thought there had to be a catch. I was wrong. It is really an incredible school and I feel like I am as well trained (if not better) as any other hair school student out there.
Why this MATC tangent you may ask? Well all the private hair schools have banded together and hired a lobbyist to try and shut my school down. They claim we are too much competition and some other things. I don't really understand the specifics. I do understand that this is a serious issue. Excuse the cliche phrase but MATC really does make dreams come true for people like me who felt their dream was out of reach. It is a great program and needs to continue."



When I first heard about these private schools wanting to shut our school down, I was afraid for myself. What was I going to do? Where would I go to finish my hours? How would I afford to pay more tuition? Then after I thought for a while, I started realizing how much it would affect everyone that is involved in any way with MATC. Where would my instructors find a new job? Where would all the students go to finish their hours? How would any of us afford more tuition? What about the students who want to go to a great cosmetology school in the future and can't afford upwards of $10,000?



I don't know why these schools think it's fair to take this education and this dream away from over 50 students. If there is a message that I can tell you from this, it's that I love MATC. It's a great school. The private schools are coming to tour our school tomorrow with their lobbyist, I hope they see what an amazing program our school offers and that we have dedicated, talented instructors that would do anything for any of us. I hope the outcome of this is

Paramore/No Doubt Concert

On May 25, Julie and I went to the Paramore and No Doubt concert at the E-center...without our hubbies! We had a blast and of course took tons of pictures. I warned you about the tons of pictures so here it goes-

get excited...we're in the parking lot!

After the opening band, Paramore was first.

The lead singer Hayley is super adorable.

We made a random guy take this picture of us!

Here is No Doubt--including the famous Gwen Stefani.

They were awesome.

Best part of the night...a couple not much older than us asked what time

we thought No Doubt would be coming on. Obviously we didn't know the exact time but

said we expected it would be about 9:30 and they said "oh, well we're old so we just wanted to know." Then at about 10:15 when No Doubt hadn't been performing for very long, they snuck past us and didn't come back...

Moral of the story is: If you pay for a concert, you should stay for the whole thing. Also, don't call yourself old when you're talking to people no more than 5 years younger than you.