I booked a $200 balayage service.
I told her I didn’t care on what colors but I wanted something different especially for family photos.
All she did was tone/lighten existing color.
But I was charged for the balayage.
It only took 2 hours start to finish.
Usually it takes 4 hours.
First photo is before last 2 is after.
What do yall think?
For context, I went through IVF twice. The first ended in miscarriage, and I went straight back into treatment with no break. Over just a few months I did 300+ injections trying to bring our baby here.
Most of my pregnancy I was hospitalized with hyperemesis. Then labor came — 30 hours, 4 failed epidurals, I stopped breathing, and it ended in an emergency C-section.
Our daughter is only 3 months old. I do all the late nights with the baby, and I still wake up at 4am every morning to make sure my husband gets up for work because otherwise he won’t wake up.
My mom has passed away, so I really wanted to make Mother’s Day special for the women in his family. I spent a week organizing a brunch for his mom, grandma, and nana. I got them sentimental keepsakes of the first time they held the baby and made all of them bouquets.
The night before Mother’s Day we were up around midnight feeding the baby. I was starving and asked him if he could heat up my leftovers while I burped her. He said, “I don’t want to, but I will because it’ll count as your Mother’s Day breakfast.” I genuinely thought he was joking.
Then Mother’s Day came and sure enough — no breakfast, no flowers, no card, nothing planned at all.
When we went to get flowers for the women in his family the day before, he told me to just pick out my own flowers too because delivery was “a waste of money.” Again, I thought he was joking.
Throughout the day I couldn’t even go to the bathroom without the baby screaming while he just sat there not even trying to soothe her. When I got upset, he mocked me.
I ended up painting the kitchen while upset. I already knew what he got me because he left it sitting out in the open — one of those personalized books about how “Daddy made Mommy’s first Mother’s Day special.” Honestly it felt like salt in the wound because none of it was true.
Later I was laying in bed crying, and because he couldn’t calm the baby and wanted to sleep, he handed her to me, rolled over, and went to sleep.
Maybe I’m overreacting, but I just feel so hurt and unseen. I literally tore my body apart to bring our daughter into this world, and my first Mother’s Day ended with me crying alone holding the baby while he slept.
Am I wrong for feeling devastated over this? And how would you even move forward after something like this?
Removed chair rail in our kitchen and now the wall looks terrible after repainting — need advice.
This kitchen was previously painted with a very flat paint finish and the walls looked mostly fine. We recently removed a chair rail that ran horizontally across the wall. After removing it, we filled the area with DryDex lightweight spackle, sanded it smooth, and repainted the ENTIRE wall.
The problem is:
You can still clearly see where the chair rail used to be
There’s also a long visible horizontal wall seam/buckle higher up on the wall that was basically invisible before
We switched from flat paint to satin, and now every imperfection is showing badly in the light
The wall also has a slight orange peel texture, so I think the smooth repaired areas may be flashing differently than the original texture.
At this point I’m trying to figure out:
Is this mostly caused by the satin sheen?
Did the DryDex/patching make the line flash?
Would light orange peel texture help blend this?
Should I skim coat?
Would switching to matte or eggshell help hide this significantly?
Trying to avoid a full drywall redo if possible. Looking for the easiest realistic fix with the least amount of labor.
Okay this might sound a little random, but I figured I’d put it out there 😅
I’m a 26-year-old stay-at-home mom with an 11-week-old, and honestly… I get really bored during the day, even though I always have a million things to do. I don’t really have any mom friends, and I think that’s part of it.
Would anyone be interested in being like “phone buddies”? Not in a super intense way—just someone to talk to while we’re both going about our day (cleaning, cooking, taking care of our babies, etc.). Like we could vent, laugh, complain about life, and also help keep each other accountable to actually get stuff done.
I just feel like it would make the days feel less lonely and more productive at the same time.
And who knows—if we click, maybe even meet up someday or do a mom trip in the future. For now though, I’d just love someone to talk to regularly, stay motivated with, and even compare decluttering progress or whatever we’re working on 😂
If this sounds like something you’d be into, comment or message me!