social commentary Sunday 'bad boys'

Greetings all,
Thinking of starting up a new meme for all who wish to join in, called Social Commentary Sunday.  My friends know i am loud with strong opinions, so why not make that into a weekly post??  Maybe just 'what's on your mind' or i could throw out a theme/ topic/ idea on Saturdays for us to post about on Sundays.  Want to join in, let me know!!
This weekend has seen me sewing up a storm, i have to constantly replace stock at the Shop & mass produce for markets, but after a heavy & emotional week, i've turned to quilting.  Love of colour, simple design & sew on autopilot.  So . . . Bad Boys might be a strange title subject for this housewife, mummy & patchwork quilter to pick or relate to??  Read on . . .

 While i sew, i have DVDs on in my studio to save me from day time or weekend sport, sport or sport on television.  The gorgeous SuperNatural brothers have been entertaining me.  Granted i'm focused on sewing with only one eye on these hunky boys, but there is something about them which reminds me of my choice of husband - handsome, broody & a bit of mystery - the bad boy action man??  I'd like to say Bear Grylls types, parachute jumping, rock climbing & in their spare time, fighting demons. 

 As i was watching Sunrise in my studio, the ads for Home&Away kept rolling . . . some 'bad boys' have moved to Summer Bay.  Typical story, the good girl has fallen for one (you can piece the story together from the ads of course) & da dah, the bad boy turns out to be quite nice, gentle with an easy smile that melts you & makes you weak at the knees.  

 Last time i watched Home&Away my cousin Alyssa was on, some story line of her tricking her on screen boyfriend that he was the father of her baby (bad girl, classy role Lyss).  The boyfriend = Chris Hemsworth (as in Miley Cyrus's boyfriend Liam Hemsworth's brother - OMG, i have a connection to Hannah Montanna, shame my children wouldn't care, OMG, i have a connection to Billy-Ray Cyrus, bit of sick just came up in my mouth) anyway . . . as i name drop & digress (Alyssa here with pals Alex & Gyton) . . . 

 Alyssa is my inside guru into Hollywood bad boys who are REALLY nice in real life.  If you've seen Ryan Kwanten in TruBlood (FYI while i was looking for a photo of him, there is a Jason Stackhouse workout) you'd never believe it, he's so bad on screen.  Sure he's totally hot but to me, Ryan still has that baby face from his Home&Away days, either that or i'm just 36 & acting my age??!!  The surfy angle reminds me of my husband in his early 20s, i know, as if i could resist.

 Ah, yes, Sam Worthington, hello ladies, he reminds me the most of my husband - very broody & has played a few military roles.  I did let out a yelp when Alyssa (who never name drops, i drag it out of her) said that she had dinner with Sam just after Avatar & he's still the same nice guy.  That broody face & work boot footwear just sucks me in.  You can add to my list the likes of Daniel Craig (James Bond), David Boreanez (Angel, Bones), Jon Hamm (Mad Men) & Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) who i find mesmerising, their eyes & fact they say so little - wow, i often say to my husband "what are you saving your words for??" as he just doesn't talk unless he has something really important to say.  Quite confronting to me, the blabber-oner.  I had to get used to comfortable silence very early on in our relationship.  I was never looking to 'save' a guy or mother one, i didn't want a damaged one with baggage either.  My husband had just a dash of conflict in his eyes.    

 In an effort to tie all this together with the gratuitous images of hunky guys . . . what really is a bad boy, on screen or in real life??  Is it a look, an attitude, the mystery, what's not said??  Sure there are some scary genuine bad boys out there, who beat their wives & deal drugs, horrible, yuck.  I'm talking about the ones you can't take your eyes off, they are captivating, mysterious & SO different from your life, they're an escape??  That is what i felt when i first laid eyes on my husband. 
He was loud, popular & from a very different world - the Inner West of Sydney (it was a bit rough in the mid 90s, now it's gentrified) with working class mates who drank, they were soldiers.  I was a strong minded teenager, a good girl from the safe & quiet North Shore of Sydney, studying at university, focused with goals, but attracted to him like an intense magnet.  We started dating immediately (ok, imagine me cute, blonde, slim, fun, smart - i was a catch & a mystery to him too).  I soon realised this apparent bad boy was completely adorable - he would drive me home & walk me to my door; called my father 'sir' when they first met; always helping cook with my mother; always phoned (this was before mobiles, SMS & email); never let me pay for anything; held doors open/ chairs out/ gave me his jacket if i was cold . . . OMG, he was the nicest bad boy ever!!  Um, we talked baby names on our first date & i was actually thinking he was going to be a fling as i was fresh out of my first serious relationship.   
Probably why, 17 years later i am still madly in love with him!!  He is still broody & mysterious, he has been to places & seen things in war i could never imagine.  He's protective, responsible & sensible, i feel safe.  I would never say i tamed him, i was just the right challenge & made the ideal military wife for him.  I still say to him, "if you never asked me out, i'd still have a crush on you & wonder about you".  Oh imagine if i didn't marry him, but someone boring & obvious, i'd still be thinking of my teen crush.  I have never doubted our relationship, perhaps because my parents didn't either - ok, after dating him for a few months they were off on a big trip around Australia . . . they asked him to move in (my parents were VERY conservative, this was jaw dropping stuff) to look after me & get this - put money into his bank account to buy groceries every week!!  Can you imagine in a million years doing that for your teen daugther's boyfriend??!!  I'll just state here & now, we won't be doing that for ANY of our children, what were my parents thinking??  He he he, they did expect us to sleep in different rooms, ha ha ha.

Right now, this is as wild as my bad boy experience gets - this cute little heart breaker is the son of Rosalind from Grace Designs who popped over on Friday, she makes gorgeous babies too!! 
So there you have it, my first offering for Social Commentary Sunday, let me know what you think & if you'd like to join in & i'll do a linky list next week.  Or do your own today, maybe your own take on Bad Boys or who you chose to marry too, love Posie

what exactly is 'no appointment necessary' hmmmm??

Greetings all,

Not normally one to be huffy . . . but i went to the hairdresser today, enough said - i hear you, HUFFY!!  I use the no-appointments-necessary-kind of hairdresser.  I have thick straight colour free hair, it's hard to cut badly.  My tactic over a decade of stay at home mothering has been to arrive as they open, so i get the first haircut de jour, in & out, very handy if/ when i had up to 4 children with me. 
Today my husband took the children to school & had a dentist appointment, perfect, i'll get a haircut while he's out.  So i rocked up at 10a.m. & i was swiftly informed that i could have my hair cut at 11.15a.m.  I said "oh, i thought you opened at 10 & i'd be first".  Ok, upon looking around, the salon was full, my bad, but . . . the receptionist did the over dramatic head swivel to emphasis e v e r y  c h a i r & e v e r y  h a i r d r e s s e r was busy & then eye balled me with a breathy statement of "we open at 9, always have".  Lies i tell you!! 
So a combination of my not keeping up to date with opening hours, maybe it's Christmas trading, who knows, who cares, i went back at 11a.m. for my 11.15a.m. no appointment necessary APPOINTMENT nonetheless.  You guessed it, she hadn't written my name down (emphasised by her huffing "Jennie, no, no, no, no Jennie on the list") so i was made to feel like i was abusing the no-appointment-necessary slogan plastered all over the salon window, by indeed, not making an appointment.  I remained pleasant, i mean, they were about to take scissors to my hair!!

In between all of this, my husband had arrived home from the dentist & was surprised to find me back home so early too.  He very nervously asked "did you get your haircut, looks nice??" as he remembered to 'notice'.  Then added the helpful comment of "i don't know why you go to that hairdresser" but i simply don't care enough about my hair to pay $200 & thanks to the Army, we move state/ territory every 2 years so i can't form an attachment/ bond/ dependency with a hairdresser as it will only end in tears when we leave.

So i woke up looking like this . . . quite literally, how tired do i look??!!

I'm just about to hop in the shower & i look like this, quite literally, wrapped in a towel!!

I know, i'm as suprised as you are how unphotogenic i am!!

But wait, there's more . . . i said to Dany - the gay Korean hairdresser assigned to me, to do something short & fun.  He removed my glasses (why do i always forget to wear contact lenses in these situations, i can't see anything without my glasses??) & i said "sure, try a fringe" . . . at first i thought i might be channelling Joan Holloway from Mad Men, then as Dany played around teasing my hair & flattening it, it went a little more like Peggy Olsen . . . then my shock as i regained focus with my glasses, Dany had cut my hair JUST LIKE HIS!! 

I got the giggles, seriously, i walked off to the bakery laughing thinking, i'm a 35y.o. mother with a boy band hair do.  I told the baker & she said it looked nice.  Ok, brave enough to return home to my husband, again, he actually likes it, so i'll keep it this way for Summer.  FYI my husband things boys in boy bands look like girls anyway!!

Happy haircuts everyone, i know Retro Mummy is off on Saturday to the salon, she loves her hairdresser & gets a great do.  It's that time of year - check out my son's new trim.  I had put off his haircut for weeks, so last night i just said to my husband "shave it off, it's Summer, it makes swimming easier, it will grow back" & he did. 

maybe he'll grow up to look like Jensen Ackles

 More personal grooming on Thursday when i get a facial & my eye brows done, wish me luck!!  I made an appointment for that!!  Love Posie