Miles, is that you?

Have I ever talked about where we live? Probably in a few posts, but I don't think I've ever discussed it in length. Don't worry, I'm not going to bore everyone with a history lesson of this area. Sheesh, no.

We live in Ashland, MT (as of January 2009; before that it was Chicago for 9 years). Ashland is a town of about (at the last head count, which the first Monday of the month) 700 people. Our town is not the smallest in Montana. We've driven through a few that were just a couple of houses (Decker, MT comes to mind). The metropolis that is Ashland is home to a diner, post office, a tiny store, hardware store, a few bars, and 2 gas stations. No where in town is there a barbershop. What do you do without a barbershop close by? Well, if you are like most sane people, you wait until you travel to a bigger town on grocery day to get your hair cut. Or, you can be like us and cut your own hair. Yeah, you heard me. Cut your own hair.

Now, I remember my mom cutting my brothers' hair. Based on the pictures I found in a box, I'm pretty sure that my brothers were not pleased with their hairdos. I think they looked good with crudely chopped hair and western-style shirts. Priceless!

Since history is deemed to repeat itself, I took it upon myself to cut the kids hair. There was a time when Miles was about two years old that Joe took him to the barber. The whole experience scared Miles silly and he didn't want get his hair cut ever again. So, I promised him that we wouldn't go back to the evil barber. That's why Miles' hair is long. He gives me enough time to trim it but not much else.

Until today, when Joe convinced Miles that a haircut was in order. Joe bribed him with a toy and Miles sat patiently as his hair was chopped off. Gone are the long locks. Also gone is a chunk of Miles' ear that Joe clipped off. Well, it isn't a chunk. Maybe just a chink. Whatever. It was bleeding and Miles was crying and I gave Joe "the look." But it doesn't change the fact that Miles now has short hair.

Time will tell if he'll allow Joe to come near him again with scissors.

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