Day 11 was also about transformation. Not a deep and spiritual one, but hopefully one that made people feel beautiful and blessed. For Day 11, I opened my home for free transformation via haircut. I asked haircuttees to either participate in #AdamsActs for the day, or to make a donation ($5 maximum) which would be used in future #AdamsActs this month. (I may or may not have accepted one payment of homemade jam, because I am shameless and I love homemade jams, and I don't homemake jams, and it benefitted no one but me, and shut up about the jams and just accept me.)
I did a total of 9 haircuts. Which, I will be honest, felt like a lot of haircuts. One of Tom's #AdamsActs for the day was putting coffee and fixin's out for the haircuttees...
I knew the day-o-cuts was getting a little long when I went to dip my comb in the cup of hot water and instead dipped it straight into my coffee. But, it went well and everyone seemed satisfied! Here are a few of the before and after pics from the day.
The lovely Miranda Before
After her trim and side bangs (believe it or not, I cut a couple inches off!)
The beautiful Becca Before and After we did a trim, added layers and discovered some gorgeous waves in that hair!
The adorable Madden, top left corner was Before when the last lady left a little mudflap on top... And the other two are After I cleaned it up a bit and deflapped him.
Miss Aliyah, top two are before and bottom two are the midway point after getting rid of a ton of length and reshaping...
And After the cut and final deep conditioning.
And After trimming/reshaping those amazing curls, and a little braiding in front.
And the fabulous Erica After...
You may have noticed that I forgot to take a before picture, so I found the closest likeness off her Facebook page. It has not been tampered with in any way.
Erica Before I got my hands on her.
So, as you can see, the day of free haircuts was a day of true transformation. Tom, once again, showed me up right when I thought I had out-kinded him for the day. I finally sat down at 6:30, realizing I hadn't eaten anything all day except comb-stirred coffee and a piece of Finnish chocolate and he presented me with this.
Really Tom? A platter of fine cheeses? The only thing missing was the homemade jam. 
Oh wait, what's this? Homemade jam and a decorative spreader with little muffins on the handle?
Tom, you considerate s.o.b.
this made me laugh and smile for so many reasons, you forgot to mention letting total strangers in to (every last nook and cranny) of your home. so thankful your husband won in your heart(that is how it is supposed to be) but you won in ours ;) xo
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