Plagiarism and nothing new (mutually exclusive)

As my dear friend Maren commented, keeping up with this blog might be the greatest challenge. The hardest part about writing is waiting until something defining or earth shattering happens. Because our lives are mundane and rather boring (yet always busy), I have nothing great to report. Then I realized that apparently it is okay to write about our everyday routine life. Maybe reading a blog is like reading someone's secret diary. You want to know the ins and outs of their life. Wild.

I have also decided to officially change our title from Caballero Musings to Caballero Candor. Mostly because the alliteration sounds cool, but more importantly because I inadvertently copied the "musings" title from a fellow friend and blogger. Originally I was going to call it Caballero Cantor, but according to dictionary.com, cantor has something to do with religious singing. Not quite the idea I was trying to convey...

The girls got their first quarter report cards. Jessica was moaning and upset because she didn't get straight A's. She said, "I try really hard, but I just can't get straight A's." Of course her sister gets straight A's without effort. Jessica struggles and works hard on her homework every night while Alisa skips around the house begging for more homework to do. Naturally an argument between the siblings ensues, and then I have to play policewoman while juggling dinner, laundry, and being a tutor.

A week ago we decided to go out for some Thrifty ice cream. Thrifty was an old drugstore we used to have here in AZ. They sold the best ice cream amongst the aisles of hemorrhoid creams and Tylenol. If I remember correctly, it used to be only 5 or 10 cents for a scoop which was in this cool cylinder shape. You can still get cylinder shaped ice cream scoops at the local Water 'n' Ice stores. If you happen to find Thrifty ice cream near you, try Chocolate Malted Crunch. That's my favorite. But I digress. On our way to getting ice cream we noticed a hair salon (one of those cheapies in an outdoor strip mall) and decided the girls needed their hair trimmed. We walked in at 5 minutes till closing, the only customers there, and begged them to do a quick trim for both girls. As Jessica sat in the chair, she decided she wanted more than just a trim. We decided we wanted to be able to donate the hair to charity and she would need to cut off 10 inches. Without hesitation, she agreed. Jessica has super thick hair, so the hair dresser put her hair into two ponytail braids, and lopped it off. Those two braids from her head probably are equivalent to two people's donation. Jessica was very excited about the possibility to donate her hair. We are going to send it to Locks of Love which makes wigs for children who suffer from long term medical hair loss. To top it off, Jessica's new haircut is adorable. She really looks like a pre-teen now. Or "tween" as they call it nowadays. Alisa walked out with just a trim, but of course she now wants her hair cut short just like her sister. She is pretty close to the 10" mark, so we are going to grow it out just a little more and then cut and donate it.

Our next edition will of course have Halloween photos, financial updates (a job change perhaps? real estate windfall?), and more interesting family tidbits. Thanks for joining.

~cc