EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MY HAIR:
periodically updated

So I've decided to put together one massive post that contains all the important information about me and my hair.

My current routine is to wash occasionally (6-9 days) with a gentle shampoo, currently rotating between a variety of travel size Back To Basics or Tigi Oatmeal and Honey. I then condtion with either a Back to Basics conditioner, Redken Butter Treat, Tigi Oatmeal and Honey or occasionally one of the other half a million conditioners in the bathroom. My last trim was January 1st, 2006. My hair is heavily layered in the bottom few inches (around 3) and was permed about three years ago in that same portion, that all seems to be trimmed out or gone. My natural hair used to be a 1a but as it has lengthened it has become more 1b. My hair is fine and very thick. My current ponytail circumference is only 4" though because I have been losing wads due to my pregnancy. I am really hoping to see it come back.

This is a chart of all the hair measurments I have taken:
April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]
November 1st - 25.5"....(+5.5 in 195 days) [+ .75]
December 1st - 26".......(+6 in 225 days) [+.5]
January 1st - 26"..........(+6 in 256 days) [+ 0]
February 1st - 26".........(+6 in 287 days) [+ 0] Trim
March 1st - 26.5"..........(+6.5 in 315 days) [+.5]
April 1st - 27.125".........(+7.125 in 346 days) [+.625]
May 1st - 27.875".........(+7.875 in 376 days) [+.75]
June 1st - 28.5"............(+8.5 in 407 days) [+.625]
July 1st - 29.125"..........(+9.125 in 437 days) [+.625]
August 1st - 29.625"......(+9.625 in 468 days) [+.5]
September 1st - 30.125"..(+10.125 in 499 days) [+.5]
October 1st - 30.4375"....(+10.4375 in 529 days) [+.3125]
November 1st - 31.375....(+11.375 in 560 days) [+ .9375]
December 1st - 31.75......(+11.75 in 590 days) [+ .375]
January 1st - 32.............(+12 in 621 days) [+ .25]
February 1st - 32............(+12 in 652 days) [+.5] Trim
March 1st - 32.875..........(+12.875 in 680 days) [+.875]
April 1st - 33.5.................(+13.5 in 711 days) [+.625]
May 1st - 33.75................(+13.75 in 741 days) [+.25]
June 1st - 34.125.............(+14.125 in 772 days)[+.375]
December 6th - 37"..........(+17 in 961 days) [+2.875]

Using this chart my monthly growth average is...0.5307 (avg month 30 days)
Using that I've estimated the time of arrival for my goals.
September 2005 - 1st goal waist; 30" Reached!
May 2006 - Major Goal top of tailbone; 34" (When I say tail bone I'm thinking about the little hump right above my crack. Couldnt think of a nice way to say that.)Reached as well!
September 2007 - Classic; 44"

Trim dates-
April 4th, 2004
January 15th, 2005
January 1st, 2006

Last color:
I dyed my hair on October 26th, 2004 with Shades EQ espresso 3N which is a no deposit no lift color. It's kind of a glaze that slowly washes out. On January 4th, 2005 I applied Color Pulse Red Pulse on my hair and it is a wash out in 8 washes color. Both of these colors are completely washed out now, as far as I can tell.

Wishlist: *
Hair forks Baerreis (http://www.climbingbear.com/hairsticks.html) Blondiesturn, (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZblondiesturn) Mamacat (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmamacatwc)
Hair Pins Prayer Coverings (http://www.prayercoverings.com/hairpins.shtml) Plainly Dressed (http://plainlydressed.bravepages.com/headcoveringfile.html)
Titanium hair stick Argus (http://www.argusdesigns.com/products/titanium/index.html)
Bun cage Bronze Jewelers (http://www.bronzejewelers.com/)
Horn Comb (scritching or non) I like these (http://www.orientsquare.com/temp_web/products/horns/horns_html/s_buffalo_2combs_num7.htm)
Wood Comb Ric's (http://www.combmaker.com/)
Mamacat anything Mamacat's Ebay List (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmamacatwc)
CurlyBrunette SIAS (http://www.curlmart.com/CurlyBrunette-p-1-c-35.html)
FOB Precious Plunder (http://preciousplunder.com/1fob.html)
Bunjii Hairthingys (http://stores.ebay.com/Hairthingys)
Ficcares (lavender, honey marble, and turquise) HeadGames (http://www.headgamesonline.com)
microwave heat cap
hair cage
Ron Quattro Ebay Sales (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQrdZ0QQsassZronquattr o)
L'anza Magic Bullet Enchantress website
Hair Halos Ebay (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZroystat)
Blondiesturn SnakeStix (Use same link as above for ebay sales)
Sleep Cap www.tenderheaded.com
Clip in color extensions Divas (http://www.hairtimestreaks.com/order.html)


*I have enough of the items highlighted in green now, but have decided to leave the links there as its just so darn handy. :grin:


A lot of the stuff below this point hasnt been updated for a while.
This is a list of Products I've tried and my feelings about them:
Aussie 3MM - not sure sample was good 1st day, Meh the second, may try again
Avalon Organics Lavender Condtioner - really like the results but can NOT stand the stink
Biosilk Fruit Cocktail - Good Conditioner Nice smell
Dove Deep Conditioner - I liked it, smells girly
EVOO and Honey - ok deep treatment was iffy on
Feria Condtioner - really like
Garnier Fructis - dont like any of these products
Henna n Placenta - really like!
Joico Biojoba - excellent very gentle shampoo, sometimes too gentle
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Leave in Foam - meh makes hair soft but not shiny
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Condtioing Mask - Really like so far, still using though
Nexxus Pep R Mint - Good shampoo very nice smell
Nizoral - good
Redken Butter Treat - Very much like feria
Suave Awapuhi - meh was ok wont buy again
Suave Citrus Smoothie - average light conditioner
Suave BioBasic - Meh not as good as Biolage condtioning balm
Suave Clarifying Shampoo - good calrifying shampoo very strong
Suave milk and honey - excellent light condtioner
Suave Passion Flower - same as Citrus smoothie but not as nice smelling
Strawberry Smoothie 2 n 1 - smells delicious works ok as shampoo
VO5 Fruitsations Condtioner - bad bad
VO5 Fruitsations Shampoo - like good regular shampoo great smell
White Rain Extra Body - OK light conditioner works well for CO

This is a list of Hair toys I own or have tried and how I feel about them:
sticks - not very good at these can make a bun but it only holds for about 10 minutes
hair scroos - I really like these but sometimes I can get them to work first try, others I have to keep trying and trying
hair glove - I have the short 1" or 2" version of this and it is too tight. My hair is too thick for this. If I can get it snapped then it looks OK but it hurts my head in very little time.
Ficcare Maximus - very reliable and pretty
mini ficcare - good little clips
Ficcare Millenium - beautiful clip harder for me to use than maximus
microfiber dog towel - works great use it everytime I wash my hair
Faolin Leaf Slide - very nice, get lots of compliments on this

Hair styles I can do:
Ponytail
Cinnamon bun
twist with ficcare
Birds nest or chinese bun
nape knot
regular briad
double braids

Vitamins: I would like to include information about the effects of these vitamins but I have yet to make any conclusions on them.
Biotin
Flax Oil
Women multi
Msm

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Original Post #1
Ha I guess I should explain the title. Butters is my dog he is hairy, and I am not clever enough to come up with a good name like everyone else.

I have been growing my hair out for a little over a year. It was 22 1/2 in on the 1st of June. It's dark brown and straight. I am not going to go into a full back story right now but I definetly will one day.
I am currently dealing with some nasty scalp issues. Which I posted about in this thread: http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=11440

I switched to CO for about a week and saw absolutly no improvement so I decided to go ahead and invest in Nizoral shampoo. It was 10$ :shocked: for one little stinking bottle. Ha Ha I have used it twice now and I think I might be seeing improvements. Hopefully it's not just wishful thinking.

I am currently switching conditioners after every shower to try to find something that works for me. I had been using Garnier Fructis but it did absolutly nothing for my hair. So far I have tried and liked Suave BioBasic and Citrus Smoothie. But today I tried vo5 fruitsations which smelled wonderful but made my hair feel like straw. I quickly went back and reconditioned with Citrus Smoothie. (Smells so Yummy!)

I had been stuck in a hair rut until just a few weeks ago when I found this website. The extent of my styling had been a looped ponytail. But not anymore I keep finding new things everyday. My current favorite is a double bun secured with hair sticks. Because of my many layers and very thick hair this is about the only one I can do right now that looks neat without tons of pokey hairs.

I love this site but man has it made a dent in my pocket already. After seeing everyone else aweome hair toys I went out and bought some cheap imitations to find what I like. I've probably spent 50 dollars already and thats just cheap stuff. I must never buy any expensive toys because I know I will become hooked and drain my savings. :silly: I did get an awesome deal on some Hair Gloves though. I got 2 of the smallest ones for only 1.96 at Wal-Mart a few nights ago. Yay for hairtoys.
Guess thats all for now I'll have to start working on a History of my hair later.

I thought it would be fun to copy Igor's journal and do a hair history. (Hope she doesnt mind. :smile: )

9 Years Old

When I was little my Mom was constantly trying new things on my hair. Perms were one of her favorites, as you can see in this very fuzzy haired picture. I guess I lucked out though as my poor brother was stuck with a rat-tail and a perm. :lol: Poor guy he is probably traumatized.
Anyway I remember habing my hair colored when i was this young also. I had my mom put some of that 80's purple just in my bangs. I was one cool kid.
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/c5d34b9f.jpg

Ok I am skipping alot here!

Summer 2002

2nd Worst idea ever (I'll get to the worst idea ever later.) I colored my shoulder blade length hair blonde, by myself. I started with only one box of bleach and didnt have enough! My hair was disgusting. I looked like an Autumn harvest. :silly: I was orange and yellow and light yellow and brown. Yuck yuck yuck! I had to go back to the store by myself and get another box. I wound up bleaching my hair about 5x in 2 days. Stupid I know. After all of this it actually looked ok. Although I couldve competed with Barbie for nastiest feeling hair of the year. I went ahead and had it cut into a some what Marilyn-esque cut. And I actually really liked it.

October 17th 2002

I continued to torture my naturally dark brown hair by forcing it to be blonde. By this time it had grown to about shoulder length. I hated it. It was so blah and I just couldnt do anything with it.
So what do I do, I cut it. DOH! I never learn. I hated this one to it made me feel old.
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/61ba7ba1.jpg

Edited to remove a picture.

November 2002
Somewhere in here I got fed up with roots and dyed it black. This is when I originally decided to start growing it out. I thought I'll dye it black itll be close to my natural color. I will now be good to my hair. And for a while I was.

Febuary 19th 2003
Worst mistake ever alert! Worst mistake ever alert!
You might want to skip over this post if you have a weak stomach. I know I would like to. :razz:
Anyway I got impatient. I needed change but I really wanted long hair. So I do what any level headed person would do. I spent ungodly amounts of money on extensions. :brickwall
Why why why did I do this to myself. They were ugly, (I had mushroom head) uncomfortable (I couldnt even sleep at night) I couldnt wash my hair properly causing my scalp to get really itchy and nasty. I could go on and on but I just ate and this is making me sick.

April 26th 2003
This is my new starting point for growing out. My hair had been given a real hackjob when I had the extensions. I am talking my dog butters could've done better. So I told my mom to even up while losing as little length as possible and NOTHING FLIPPY. So what does she do, just what any mom would do, what she wants... which is of course flippy. I hated this haircut and it didnt help that people would just come up and say things like " I like your hair longer." or "Are you trying the little boy look" and "You look much better with longer hair."
Argh :evil: I know that and I never asked your opinion anyway. Oh wait I forgot my favorirte "You look old. Like somebodys Mom."
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/c9aa72a7.jpg

Summer 2003
Ahh the Summer of the FeMullet. This is my hair at its worst. I think I spent most of my hours in a purple dewrag. It was so gross and not me at all. I've included a picture of me early summer and later in the summer after having permed :blueeek: it.
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/03e859ec.jpg

Edited to remove picture.

November 27th 2003
Yay my hair finally reached a tolerable length. It was still really layered so no updos for me. I started taking really good care of my hair around here. No dyes which is crazyness for me. Deep condtioning quite often. I was really doing good if I say so myself.
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/1e72ffaa.jpg

March 6th 2004
You knew I couldnt leave my hair alone didnt you. I got bored again. When I get bored my hair always bares the brunt of the punishment. I added some bright red streaks randomly into the bottome layer of my hair. I really loved them, they were cool without being too flashy. However I did break a bunch on the very bottom layer of my hair one day. I am not really sure how. But it was like someone had grabbed a little patch and snipped it. I felt sick. Why do i insist on punishing my hair.

June 1st 2004
On April fools day I found out my Mom has Cancer. I immeadiatly flew home to be with her through her surgery and starting chemo. Of course my mom being such a hair addict she couldnt leave my head alone once I got home. She dyed my now pink streaks with a semi-perm color matching my natural color to help them blend in. And also trimmed my ends. That was the most stressful month ever. I stayed with her for 6 weeks. I eventually had to come home to help my DH move. We sold our house days before I left. However I guess my hair strives on stress because I got 2 inches of growth in 4 weeks during this time.
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/lilhair2.jpg

Anyway hope you've enjoyed reading my hair history as much as I have enjoyed making it.

Yay! Today I convinced my DH to go to a Rennaisance faire (not easy) and they had tons of awesome booths. I didnt take a whole lot of money with me but I did get a few things. A dark blue netted snood which might be the most comfortable thing I have ever worn in my hair. I am definetly getting more of these babies. :rockerdud Also, I got a copper hair scroo. I tried to do a quick bun in the car but was unsuccesful I am thinking I probably shouldve gotten another one. :sad: I also got this really neat wrap think for a ponytail I havent tried it yet as it looks like it might take a while to put on but I will definetly try later. If it hadnt been so rainy and cold (and if booths wouldve taken Ye Olde Visa) I would have come home with a car load.
On a slightly more annoyed note :wail: that stinking Nizoral hasnt helped. Now I know its early but I've washed twice with it already. (I am impatient) and I see no improvement. There was a booth at the faire where they were doing awesome braids but I was embarassed to have my done because of my flaky scalp :cry: I wanted my hair braided and my DH cant do it and I am a complete braid doofus. Yes I am being a baby.
There were so many beautiful heads of hair there today it was just the kind of inspiration I needed. My favorite was this woman with three tail bone length fat braids. It was perfect, just what i would love to have.
I could go on but I won't bore you anymore.

Ugh Stomach virus! :(
I havent done alot lately with my hair. I figured out how to use my hair scroo shortly after my last post and it has quickly became my favorite hair toy although on average it takes me 4 trys to get it in and stay. I have only really done a cinnamon bun with it but my hair is really too short for anything else.
I managed to not wash my hair for 3 days. I washed today with Nizoral (so maybe it is working, just slowly) and followed with a sample packet of Aussie 3 minute miracle. So far I really like it. My hair is shiny and tangle free but the real test will be tommorow. I hope it works out because the smell is great.
I tried my ponytail wrappy thingy (not sure what it is really called but that seems to sum it up) that I got at the Renn. Faire and I'm not sure if I like it. While it was really cute, it tried to rip several hairs out of my head. I'll have to try it tommorow when I am feeling less woozy.
Today I reached 100 post, whee, I am out of control! :silly: I am so excited that I found this place. I had been searching for a great community for a while.

I am still sick. :shake:
This can not be good for my hair. As I wrote I washed with Nizoral and Aussie 3MM yesterday. The Nizoral really seems to have helped my DH even pointed it out. but I think the Aussie may not have passed my test. Yesterday my hair was soft and tangle free but also still wet, so i couldnt really judge how well it worked. This morning it looked OK and was soft but something just seems off about it. It's like my hair is usually shiny and slick but now its matte and a bit tangly. Not horribly but just enough that I dont like it. Besides that DH said it smells bad and was giving him a headache. :rolleyes:
Today I wore my hair in a half up thing. I pulled the top layers up into a small bun secured with a hairstick and the bottom layers were all one length which makes me feel like I have longer hair. Yay! I think I might make it through a day without pulling it up into a ponytail.
On a non-hair related note. I hate the Navy! (Hmm maybe I shouldnt type that I'll have my whole house wired.) Well anyway my DH has been waiting for orders forever. We were supposed to have been moved by the 1st of June but we are still here. GRRR. It's really aggravating because we sold our house and had to be out by June 1st so we moved into an apartment and now our doggies cant go outside except on a leash. The younger dog (Snoopy) sits around and crys all day. It's awful. A depressed doggy is no fun. Butters, however, couldnt care less.
Well thats about all the ranting I should do. Thanks for reading.

After a little bit or research I think I might have an ulcer. :twisted: Yay! Just what I need. My stomach has hurt non-stop since Sunday morning. I have other symtpoms that I won't go into. I plan on calling my Dr tommorow for an appointment, which I should be able to get in a week (hopefully.)
Not alot going on, on the hair front. I noticed I havent yet recorded my vitamin regimen so here we go:
Biotin- 4500 mcg a day
Flax Oil - 1000 mg a day
Women's Multi Daily
I have considered adding MSM but put it off because of the price I think I have already spent enough on my hair this month.
Still havent washed my hair. I have been going 2 days between washing, but by day 3 I start getting a bit greasy. I think the best thing for me to try to do right now is not think about my hair so much. I am constantly thinking about it. New products or vitamins or hairstyles. It physically (OK not really) pains me that I dont get to measure my hair for another 14 days! I am so hoping for some more really great growth. I think I'll cry if there isnt much difference.
Also I am really frustrated with my layers. There are days when they look good and there are days when I hate hate hate them. I can't do many updos because of the way the layers poke out. I cant braid it. Ugh. I guess I should just be thankful I have hair and stop this whining.

Yesterday was wash day. My hair was just a tiny bit flaky so I decided to CO wash. (I get really tired of stinky Nizoral.) I used BioBasics from Suave (their version of BIolage condtioning balm it seems to work pretty well) and also just a little bit of Garnier Fructis 3 Minute Mask. I just want to say that while this stuff smells yummy (apples) it does nothing for my hair. Nothing. I am going to try to use it up on my dog or my dh. The sooner its gone the sooner I can buy something else. 8)

Still no luck with my tummy problems. Dr reccomends waiting 10-14 days to see what it does on its own. In the mean time take lots of maalox and eat small meals often.
And here's the real kicker, no aspirin or ibuprofun or anything like that. Now this wouldnt be a problem except for the fact that yesterday afternoon I had a pretty bad headache. I thought I might be able to sleep it off. So I took a nap and awoke with a migraine :puke: Ugh I only get these about once a month and they're horrible. Naseau (i have no idea how to spell that :lol: ) and everything taste horrible which makes those mini-meals almost impossible. Also I get dizzy and can not get comfortable too hot too cold too soft too hard. Everything is too loud and too bright. Anyway, I have mentioned this to my DR before and she blew it off. I think that she thinks I just have regular headaches and was just trying to get pain killers. Grr that woman makes me so angry. :twisted:

Well anyway I finally got to sleep only to have to wake up to take my DH to work. I come home and go back to bed and my upstairs neighors have picked today to move. This wouldnt be so bad if my dogs didnt freak out everytime the make a loud noise. :rolleyes: I have such great luck. I still have lingering headache but it cant stop me from reading LHC. :silly:

Anyway yesterday I dried my hair completely naturally for a project here: http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?p=165656#post165656
This is yesterdays picture. That little but of curl is gone now and I still havent brushed or combed it.
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/natural_hair.jpg

I changed my hair type. Up until now I had just assumed I was a 1a. I didnt even consider the fact that my perm (which I had honestly forgotten about) last year had changed me to a 1b. So now I have to look for new type buddys. :smile:

My headace has faded and I now need to go out and by hair stuff. I am eyeing White Rain EB. Woo hoo will report later.

Yay for shopping.. Today I got Avalon organics lavender therapy condtioner and Suave passion flower. I couldnt find White Rain EB but it seems like no one can. I can't wait to try them. Maybe Monday :rolleyes: I am so impatient.

Also this morning I did my first bird's nest bun. It was kind of crazy looking because I could not get my layers under control but it was definetly an accomplishment for me. :grin:

Yesterday my less-celebrated dog Snoopy did a bad thing. As I was awaking from a nap I put my hand on my head kind of rubbing my eyes with my palm and my fingers were in my hair. Out of nowhere Snoop runs up and trys to pry my hand off of my head with his nose. He did this in one swift motion and pulled the poo out of a patch of hair. :wail: I swear I thought I was going to have a bald patch it hurt so bad. Well I must have strong roots because it seems to all be intact. But man does it hurt. Feels like a bruise.

Anyway, here is my bun and Snoopy.
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/bun1.jpg http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/snootoung.jpg

Ugh. :sick: I just had to give my husband a haircut. (It had to be done by tommorow morning and he had forgotten all about it until around 9 tonight.) I hate hate hate trying to do this. I always seem to mess it up. I guess I did ok but there is one spot where it is noticably shorter then the rest so I am going to try to disguise it with mascara in the morning. N has very curly coarse black hair. On the top it is around 4 inches long and the sides are cut short probably under an inch. (Military haircut) He hates it and wants to grow it out but unfortunatly he cant for a few more years. I have been trying to find some products he can use to control the curl but my hair is the complete opposite and I am really just guessing when I pick stuff out.
I got some Frizz-ease for his hair a few days ago and it was bad. It really just seemed like a weak gel. I have a coupon for Fructis styling products so maybe Ill pick him up something of theirs.

Hmm I should probably be going to bed now. Tommorow is wash day. Yay! :razz: I cant wait to try my new Lavender stinky conditioner!

I used the blow fryer today. 8) Dont worry not on myself. My washer somehow managed to leak a ton of water out and got the carpet wet. After toweling it as much as I could I tried to dry it some with the blowdryer. It took forever to find though. :lol:

Last night as I was finishing up my entry my husband came in and started reading and he says "1b? F i..i..i??? What is that?" I explained it to him and of course then we had to type his hair and butters and snoopys."
N- 3bCiii
Butters - 2cCii
Snoopy - 1bMii

Today was wash day. I think I put it off too long because I was quite the greaseball :lol: I used my Nizoral shampoo and Avalon Organics Lavender therapy conditioner. I shampooed quickly with the Nizoral and then rinsed and applied the conditioner (which smells so bad :bigeyes: ) I let the condtioner sit while I washed Butters. I washed him using Strawberry Smoothie Loreal kids. This stuff smells so good I am really really tempted to taste it :wink: It took about 10 minutes to wash him then I rinsed my C out using warm water and then cold water. Its not my favorite conditioner but I do like the way my hair feels right now. It is really light so I am kind of afraid my hair may get frizzy tommorow. Only time will tell.
I guess thats all for now. Thanks for reading.

Today is a down day. :neutral: I guess I am getting really fed up with our living situation and the fact that we are probably not going to move in time for me to be able to re-start college this fall. I also miss my family. Stupid Navy.

I havent noticed much difference in my hair this month I am really hoping that next weeks measurment shows some growth. I guess I like the Avalon Lavender Condtioner after all. I surprisingly didnt have any frizzys or fly aways today despite the conditioners "lightness" Also the stink :grin: has faded immensely and is now a tolerable light scent.

Today I bought my husband some Garnier Curl construct mousse. I had a 1$ coupon so I figured why not. I have been trying to find something that will control his hair without being super crispy. Without any products he tends to be a bit of a poofball. I will have him try it tommrow.

I have been wondering lately about the water where I live now. It is disgusting to drink. Smells like a pool. And tinted when I run a bath. Still trying to decide what color to describe that as maybe blue or green. Now I am sure this is not good for my hair or my skin for that matter but I can not afford a shower filter right now. (Besides if I brought it up to my husband he would think I had lost my mind.) I wonder if I should get one of those shampoos made especially for cholrine, but I dont want to use a shampoo. Ugh sorry for that stream of consiciousness.

I guess what I am saying is our water stinks and I am going to pout. :shake:

Sorry for the generally down tone of this entry. I'll make up for it ...heres a cute kitty. Thanks to Cutecats.com

http://www.cutecats.com/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/blackwhite/kittens-n_.jpg

Hmm shouldve washed my hair today but didnt really get the chance. It looks fine though. I think I can wait two days between washings when I use Nizoral but when I CO I can only go one day between. I guess that makes since as I lean toward greasy.

Also, I just purchased some White Rain Extra Body Conditioner. Everytime I have looked for it before it has been sold out...along with every other highly reccomended product on here. There must be an LHCer who goes to my WalMart. :grin: I was going to try out Henna 'n' Placenta but of course they were out. I'll just wait and grab it next time I see it.

DH seems to be getting annoyed with all my purchases. It's not that I have spent alot of money. (The most expensive product I bought was my Avalon Organics Lavender Condtioner for only 3.49 ) He didnt really explain why. Who knows, I am just trying to find my routine once I find something that really works for me then I'll stick with it.

I am debating joining the swap box. I want to but I never know when we will move. Also I dont feel like I have much to add to the box all my hair toys are cheap things...I dont think anyone else would want them.

I started a thread in Community Meets to try to get a meet together somewhere up here. Seattle maybe as there is lots of good shopping there. I know I have seen more people that live around me but only a few have responded. I'll wait and see if anyone else wants to join as its only been 1 day. (Have I mentioned that I am impatient. :lol: )

Wow thats quite a bit of writing considering I really did nothing with my hair today. Oh wait I did wear it in a bun for a while with my 1 hair scroo but chasing the dogs made it fall out after a few hours. Guess thats all for now.

ETA: eek none of my pics are working... must be photobucket

Yesterday was wash day. I "washed" using WREB and then condtioned using suave Citrus Smoothie. (Did I mention that I like the way this smells. :lol: ) I think the WREB did a good job of cleaning my scalp but I decided I need to go ahead and get a better condtioner for my final condition. Today my hair was frizzy and weird. I did not like it at all. Also my neck was kind of itchy. I'm hoping that this was just me being paranoid and not some kind of allergic reaction to the WREB. Also I went to bed with my hair soaking wet. I dont like doing that but it was late when I got my shower. That alone makes my scalp feel funny.

Yesterday before the shower though I wore my hair in a chinese bun for most of the day. I like having my hair look "done" it just makes me feel so much more confident then one of my regular half-arsed ponytails. I am not so sure how my husband feels about it though. When asked for a comment he just kind of raised an eyebrow. Not a good sign. :wink:

Today I went to Sally's. I could spend a day in there. I love looking at all the different stuff. I got some Feria condtioner stuff, not sure of the name they use but its the same as the tubes that come with the haircolor. I loved this conditioner when I used to color my hair and would always beg it off of friends who colored theirs.

I also got a packet of Henna and Placenta. My DH was supremely grossed out by the idea of it though. He was like I have to sleep next to you I dont want to touch your hair if you put that in it. He can be such a wuss.

Best part of the whole trip though was that I got all my stuff for the hairdresser price because I have a military ID. How awesome is that :rockerdud If I wouldve known that I wouldve looked around and gotten more stuff. (Maybe its a good thing I didnt know.)

N used his mousse this morning and it made his hair look really good. So YAY! :grin:

I've not been so good at taking all my vitamins lately. I need to do better at that. I keep skipping my multi and my flax. Bad butters bad.

Not alot going on hair wise today. I was bad and wore it in a pony all day. I really need to find an alternative as I can tell the weight is stressful on my hair.

Most importantly though. My friend just sent me a hilarious picture. This is quite possibly the most highlighted teased mess ever!!! (Dont worry I dont really dress like this, this is from an 80s party!)

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/wowbadhair.jpg

Today was wash day. I hadnt washed since the 24th. I had waited too long and it was gross and greasy. So I had to use the 'poo. It wasnt that bad I guess. I 1st applied my remaining Aussie 3 Minute Miracle to all my hair below my ears. Then I let that sit while I carefully shampooed my scalp with suave clarifying shampoo. I rinsed this then I massaged my scalp using Suave citrus Smoothie conditioner and working that through the top part or my hair (above ears mostly where I had just shampooed.) I then applied my new Feria condtioner throughout and let that sit for around 10 minutes maybe longer. I did a quick cold water rinse and let it airdry for a few minutes...mostly just until it stopped dripping and then clipped it up using a small jaw clip. I let it dry this way for a few more hours and now that it is mostly dry I love it. :inlove: So very soft and holding on to my curl for a little while longer.

Yesterday, I went to the taste of Tacoma festival and man was it hot. I wore my hair up in a small ball at the back of my neck and my giant aqua hat. (I think my DH was a little embarassed by the hugeness of my hat but quickly learned to appreciate how easy I was to find in the crowd.)

I am making it my seasonal goal to take good care of my hair this summer. I am not trying to brag but I do have some nice shine going on right now and I would hate to lose it due to the sun or poor care.

I took a few pictures this afternoon of my hair since it was being so darn cute. My expression in the first is funny. I look rather scared.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/scaredhair2.jpg

My hair is ugly today. It's got a weird crimp in it from wearing it up with a scrunchie. I was going to go ahead and take my July picture but it was just yucky. This evening I wore my hair in a log roll (i think thats what it is called) held up by my Fakerre. (Like a maximus.) I really like thie way it looks and am now convinced I must have medium border maximus in blue. Must have. :silly:

N's hair is really agreeing with that mousse. A couple of days ago when I picked him up from work he started bragging about how everyone kept asking him if he had gotten a hair cut and trying to figure out why his hair looked so good. (He gives me such a hard time about being "obsessed" with my hair that it was quite funny to hear him gushing about his.)

Ugh my allergys keep acting up so thats about all for now.

Again all in all a very boring hair day. I wore it up in a scrunchie to get grocerys. It remained that way most of the evening until I let it down. When I did let it down I found a really weird spot. On the ends of a section about 1/2 inch wide, every single hair was crimped and wacko. It was bad bad. It felt bad to the touch and kept retangling itself. The rest of my hair was fine so I dont know what caused this spot to be like that.

I wanted to know if the hairs were permanently like that or if they had only gotten bent out of shape and were going to be fine. Soooo... I stuck that piece in my mouth. Gross I know but the truth. I looked at them again and they felt fine. I then sprayed my hair with regular water until the ends were damp. I applied some neutrogena leave in foam throughout and put it up in a snood. Right now my hair is still a little damp but the ends that are dry feel smooth and I can not find the offending patch.

What in the world caused this? I have been so careful with my hair and I didnt notice this yesterday when I brushed my hair. I am assuming it happened overnight. My guess is I layed on it and when I wiggled it tangled it more and more.

Tommorow is measuring day! I am not sure if I am excited or not. I really want to know if my hair has grown but I fear it hasnt. I know I will be sad if my growth is not good or zero. I also made a chart like KissedbyFires and it looks like my hair will be a good length by December if my growth continues like it has the past year. I plan on taking a better picture and re-doing it though before posting since the pic its on is not very good.

Well, Snoop needs to go use the Bathroom.

Wah wah wah! :shake: I didnt want to complain as much on the July measure-in but here I can so.... Wah Wah.

I waited for N to get home all day and he still isnt home so I decided to go ahead and measure it myself. I measured at least 5 times and got barely 23 every time. Yuck. I was so hoping for another month of great growth. Only 1/2 inch. After two months of good growth over 1" the first time and 2" the second, I guess I had my hopes up for another.

What was I doing differently then. Well lets see. I didnt take my vitamins, as a matter of fact I only took about 3 biotin the whole month that I got 2". I was majorly stressed out between moving and my trip home. I didnt get enough sleep, I would say 6-7 hours (which may sound like a lot to everyone else but to me, not so I am a major sleepy head.) This month however I did everything right: took all my vitamins religously, was at home chilling out almost everyday (I wont lie I am still stressed but not as activly,) and got all the sleep I wanted or needed. I also started scalp massage daily and taking better care of my hair in general. (Thanks LHC!)

Also I have been in a funk this past week or so. We got some more bad news regarding moving and it looks like I wont get to go to school this year which pretty much throughs my whole life plans off. Yuck Yuck Yuck!

Things can always get worse.

It seems that my life has been a real test recently. After writing my last (very frustrated) entry I got some more crappy news. Oh well.

Anyway I have come to the conclusion that CO is not for me. My scalp is just to oily and I need shampoo. Last night I shampooed my hair with Loreal Kids Strawberry Smoothie 2 in 1. (Yes its Butters' shampoo.) I followed that with Feria conditioner which I let sit for around 10 minutes then rinsed with warm and then cold. I let it dry for around an hour then I went to bed. I woke this morning to a very irritated itchy scalp. My hair was still wet and I accidently brought blood in one place on my scalp due to scratching too hard. I need to stop going to bed with wet hair, my scalp hates it.

After yesterdays let down with my hair I have decided I need to ignore it more. Which might mean less LHC (Yea right like I can really drag myself away from here.) I am making a real effort to wear my hair up or in braids. I have also made a rule. No looking at it in the mirror unless I am styling it. Also no pictures. (Only to be broken if my husband wants to take pictures outside somewhere.)

I think I am going to try to make myself a costume. Last winter I made my brother an awesome Legolas costume, including a quiver for his arrows. I really enjoyed it and think it is something I could really get in to. However, this leads me to another problem... I need a sewing machine. I had plenty of time on my hands last winter so my brothers costume is all hand stitched. But I do not want to do that again. We'll see, we'll see. :roll:

Still in a slump. :neutral:

I did go ahead and get a sewing machine and some fabrics and ribbons. I had planned on messing around with it today but got frustrated and quit before I had done much more than drag it out onto the floor. Bad mood go away!

I have been doing a pretty good job of wearing my hair in styles other than a ponytail and generally not thinking about. I washed today using WREB condtioner. I am still iffy on the stuff this is my second time using it and I am just not sure about it. I won't be buying it again.

Also I wish my hair would just dry already. Geez it seems like it takes days to dry. I am not going to bed until it is way drier than it is right now. I am not going to be able to tolerate an itchy scalp like the other morning.

Can I just add I hate fireworks. All day thats all I have heard. It makes my dogs crazy. They are constantly barking or growling and I cant take them out to do their bussiness because they go crazy. Grr right now I am trying to drown it out with music but they are still barking. (Right now the fireworks are especially bad.)

I am debating on how I want the upper half of my costume to look. I have two designs drawn out one is a simple v neck fitted until hip with a "belt" sewn on the hips, OR a neckline that I can not describe but will try. It has a ribbon that startet between the boobahs and goes around and behind the neck and comes down beside the begining piece between the boobahs. With another piece of ribbon that runs underneath the boobahs (that word cracks me up.) So if you use your imagination alot it would kind of make a V shape, and then just flowing to the floor.
I am thinking about posting a new thread on this somewhere else. But if anyone reading this has any advice or suggestions throw them my way.

Hair was pretty nice today. I might take back what I said about WREB.... might.

Today I went to Trade Secret to find a new shampoo as I am out of everything but claryfying and Butters'. I took a while and finally found Joico Biojoba on sale. I take it up to the counter and the girl couldnt figure out how to ring it up. I ask if shell be able to do it later. She says no can you come back tommorow. I say no I wont be coming back here and leave. Grr why do people have to be so stupid. I just wanted some freaking shampoo. I drive all the way there and I dont think Ill be able to get this deal again because it was marked down and will probably be sold out by the time I go back there. (If they can figure out how to ring up their own products that is.) Ugh this just aggravated me and I still dont have any shampoo.

Couldnt get my hair to stay up today. Tried scroos and hairsticks but neither would hold so I wore it down most of the day.

Ahh I am sleepy and grumpy. I need to be put to bed.

Nothing hair wise today. But I did play around with photoshop and gave myself long hair. I dont want this many layers but I am not that skilled at picture editing.

Man I have too much time on my hands.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/wantandis.jpg

Post from Worst Hair Mistakes Ever thread:

My biggest mistake was a couple of years ago. I got impatient and decided that I needed long hair right then. So I got extensions. I got the type where you braid it and then they are kind of sewn in. They looked awful. She didnt put enough extensions in to look real with my very thick hair. I had a mushroom head. She decided she needed to blend it in and then proceeded to hack around cutting off extensions and my hair at the same time.

As if this all wasnt bad enough, they hurt. I couldnt sleep at night because of the lumps in my head where the braids were. I also couldnt wash my scalp properly. Additionally my hair took foever to dry and this completely irritated my scalp.

About a week after getting them I got some kind of virus and was stuck in the bed for a week and just generally felt crappy for weeks afterward. So it never got styled or cared for and thus looked like I was growing out a mullet.

They lasted a month. (They couldve stayed in longer.. she had those suckers in tight.) I couldnt take it anymore and had my husband carefully snip the threads to remove the hair. The hair was cut so crooked I really debated going back and showing these people what a horrible job their stylist had done. (I should've. ) And of course my real hair was cut just as badly if not worse.

I was stuck like this for several months, because I refused to have anyone besides my Mom ever touch it again. When I finally made a trip home she evened it all out and gave me a very not me cutesy style, that I have been growing out since.


Washed last night using Joico Biojoba shampoo followed by Avalon Organics Lavender conditioner. Which I let sit for around 15 minutes. (While I washed a very uncooperative Butters.) I like the shampoo it didnt seem too harsh and it did a good job of de-greasing me. But I must take this time to reiterate how very very much I hate the smell of that condtioner. It does a really good job on my hair but the stink lingers for the rest of the day. The next day however it is a nice light scent and my hair looks and feels great.

Since joining LHC:
My growth rate slowed drastically (could be poor timing)
Discovered CO
Discovered CO doesnt work for me
Started trying styles other than a ponytail (YAY)
Shedding decreased
but most of all..... My hair is curly now. I went from stick straight with no styling. (sig pic) to soft curls in the lower (permed) portion. This can be seen on my post from a week or so ago where I am raving about the cuteness of my hair that day. (For reference the one where I am wearing a dark purple tank top.) My hair will not straighten now.

Been doing a much better job of "neglecting" my hair. That is to say I havent been obsessing about it.

I have however been making an effort to NOT put it in a ponytail. Not only does it put unneeded stress on the same portion of hair over and over but the weight gives me a neck/head ache. My hairs weight has been bugging me more these past couple of weeks which leads me to believe that my hair didnt grow much lengthwise last month because it was filling out all around. :rolleyes:

Still havent washed my hair. I just dont feel like it during the day and I wont do it at night because it irritates my scalp so much to go to bed with even slightly damp hair.

Most of my dress is done. I am working on the sleeves which I had been looking forward to so much. But now that I am working on them they've proven to be the biggest pain in the arse yet.

Also I am not so thrilled with N's newfound attention to his hair. It takes that boy about double the time it used to for him to get ready because he is styling his hair. :lol:

Note to self: never go that long without washing again. My last wash was on the 8th and I didnt again until today the 13th. My hair was gross. I dont want to be seen in public gross.

Anyway COed using WREB and then put in some Neutrogena leave in after showering. Nothing new or fancy.

Also, I really want a ficcare I have been using my Fakerre alot lately and I know the real thing will be awesome. I guess I'll just have to wait til the next group order comes around.

Off to work on my stinking sleeves some more. :rolleyes:

Wasnt patient enough to wait for a group order.. so I instigated one. Mwhahaha :twisted:

I dont like the way my hair feel today. Its pretty much tangle free. However there are no curls and it feels funny. It's normally slick but today its not. Its like the difference between satin and chenille. They are both soft just in different ways. Today it is chenille. So my final verdict on the Neutrogena Triple Moisture Leave in Foam is Dont Like I will not re-purchase.

Was bad and wore hair in a ponytail all day today. Ugh need to stop doing that.

Well.. those stinking sleeves are calling my name. I think I may have it figured out now though.

Just washed my hair. It is still wet so cant comment on my results.

It was super greasy so I shampooed my scalp with Nizoral (it had been a while but still no flakes...didnt want to risk it.) And then I followed with clarifying shampoo, had also been a while. Than I applied my Suave BioBasics Condiotioner and let that sit for around 10 minutes. Than rinsed for several minutes using warm and then cold water When I rinsed my hair felt really nice. But we shall see, we shall see.

I have kind of been breaking the rules I set for myself at the begining of the month. I've went back to looking at it in the mirror for no reason other than looking at it. Bad Butters Bad!

I've done pretty well with my Biotin this month. As for my other vitamins... not so. I dont really care. It ticked me off pretty bad that last month when I took the like clockwork my hair growth slowed. I dont think they do anything for me other than inconveinence me.

I finished one sleeve after several trys at it in the order the pattern calls for, then giving up on that and doing it my own way. I really dont see why they didnt write it in my order as it was much simpler and produced the exact same result. I am so burned out from that sleeve though, that it might be a few days before I go back to sewing. It just made me so mad. :twisted:

ETA: I just wanted to add that after my last wash my hair lost all its curl. I'm blaming it on the Neutrogena Leave-in. My hair just doesnt know what it wants to do.
Well cant believe I managed to write that much about nothing.

My hair feels especially nice today. Soft and light. I think I was a bit overdue for a clarifying. However it looks like poot. It has just enough curl to look messy. Not pretty or bouncy but randomly kinked and wacky. So I just put it up with my fakkerre and am trying to forget it.

I am not going to measure this month. I feel like its grown and I really dont want to measure it and find out otherwise. Still not quite BS length but very close now.

Ugh not much to write about. Tommorow is our 3 year anniversary. Woo woo. :grin:

Non Hair Related Post Alert!

I'm really stressed out. Still no word on when we get to move. Or where to, for that matter. I had planned on starting college (again) this fall but thats pretty much impossible now. I am hoping we find out something in time for me to start this winter or maybe spring. This is really throwing me off. I would like to have college finished in 3 years, because I know we'll be ready to move again. (And DH wants to start a family, but thats a whole other story.) ... Well no its not another story. It's a big part of the problem. I have no desire for children not now or maybe ever. He wants them soon, like within a few years.

My plans are go to college get my Bachelors and probably a paralegal certificate, and then work my ass off. If I decided I like it then I might go back to Law School. Though I really think being a paralegal and the research side of things is more my style. I want to work.

Grr Today is our 3 year anniversary and I'm sitting here being annoyed. I need to just let it go for a while. What will be, will be.

End Rant.!


Ends are crunchy. I have no idea why. I feel like that anti smoking ad... "What the!?!"
Oh yeah and my hair is in a ponytail. Must stop doing that.

Oh crap I might be moving across the country in less than 2 weeks. Oh man I am so confused right now. It's like my life is a snowglobe and every time the snow starts to settle somone gives it a really good shake.

Oh man I am so confused right now.

But the first thing I thought when I heard the news was... Oh man I hope my ficcare gets here before I move. :lol:

More non-hair related ramblings that I must get out of my system.

Alright things are a little more settled now. Ummm not really but I do have a better idea of whats going on. But things are definetly crazy. I plan on being out of here in less than a month. DH and I will have to drive seperatly across the country. :wail: I hate driving.

I think my Brother and Father might come up for a visit and to drive back with me and Butters. As for all our stuff... well I have no idea. The Navy should move it but I dont know when or where. Wow this is stressful.

End Rant


After hearing the news I got majorly stressed and decided I needed a good deep condtion. :lol: I mixed a couple tablespoons EVOO and 1 tbsp honey and apllied this to my ends. I then ziploc baggied my ends and let that set for around and hour. Shampooed it out using Joico Biojoba and rinsed with cold water.

At first I was unsure of the results since my hair seemed tangly and gross. But once it dried it's really soft. I have noticed an increase in shedding though. Hoping that its just my imagination. I dont know if I'll do this again. My hair is nice and all but no better than after a good conditioning. Besides that it was a lot of trouble (messy and smelly.)

Note to self: Do not measure your hair. It will just make you feel bad. Also quit pulling your bra up it does not make your hair BS length. It just squishes the boobahs. :grin:

Hair was really tangly and ugly today. Besides being greasy all the way to my ears. I looked like Kid Rock.

I didnt shampoo my scalp yesterday so I went ahead and shampooed abouve my ears using VO5 fruitsations shampoo. (Found a tiny bit under sink.) This stuff smells great. Then I applied Suave Biobasic all over and let that set for around 10 minutes. I like this stuff but next time I think I'll just splurge and get the real thing. Rinsed with warm then cold as usual.

My hair is still pretty wet but it seems less tangly already. Also I noticed alot of shedding in the shower. I'm blaming it on the hear for now. This better not keep up, it frightens me.

I almost fell on my butt in the shower. I guess there is some EVOO residue left in there because that sucker was slick. :lol:

I dont know why but yesterday I wrote that I used Bio Basic but today Im thinking I used my feria deep condtioner. I have thoroughly confused myself.

I am pretty sure it was Feria. My hair is great today. So soft and shiny and tangle-free. If only it was like this everyday. I think it is trying to pay me back for being such a pain the past couple of weeks. Or maybe my hair liked that honey and EVOO more after it got a good allover wash and condtion.

I might have to break some of my rules and take a picture. Its just really nice.

Took some pictures last night since hair was behaving so well.
I broke the rules I set for myself by doing so though. Oh well. Im bad.
This is me and Butters. He just got his Summer haircut and looks like a gremlin.

The next 2 are just hair pics.
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/july22.jpg

Changed sig from this to the one on left above.

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/lilhair2.jpg

That was my 1st sig. It was good to me. :waving: Bye Bye

Wow I logged on this morning to find 2(!) threads with great compliments. I have had a permanent smile on my face since then.

Here are the 2 from today:
Butters! (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=12760)
Butters... (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=12757)

And one from a while ago:
Butters (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=11903)


I decided to make links to them for the next time I find myself with the hair blues.

Not done anything to my hair today. I think I am going to order a microfiber dog towel from Dr Foster and Smith. My hair takes forever to dry and I think this might help.

Yesterday I got a bellydance video, after reading about everyone here who enjoys it. So today I went through it, and I am so glad DH was at work. I have no flow. :lol: I am so rigid I think the only dance I am cut out for is "The Robot." I'll keep trying though as I have always been fascinated by the dance.

3 weeks til I move across the country. Not looking forward to moving. But I cant wait to be closer to home. DH is going to try to set up the movers Monday. I am so confused by how that whole thing is going to work out. I am not sure what they will and will not move. I have a feeling I'll be giving away a few things. Also everything that they (the movers) move is going to go in storage for a couple of months. So anything that I really care about is coming with me in my tiny car. This is going to sound silly but I will really miss my vacuum. I love it. I saved and got a Dyson and it has made my dog hair problems dissapear. I love you big purple vacuum! DH thinks I am crazy... I dont really blame him.


:lol: My 1st July 20th post is funny. It really captures my extreme confusion. I wrote the exact same thing twice. It says "Oh man" 3x and "Oh crap" once also. Yeah I was losing it. :lol:

I am gross. I washed my hair today after not washing since the 21st. That's almost a full week. Now for some people, this may not be a big deal... but I am a greaseball. I am afraid this is a fact that I am just going to have to learn to deal with.

I had been brushing my hair with my BBB to try to distribute the oils throughout my hair. But it just got to the point where I couldnt take it anymore. I shampooed using Joico Biojoba. I then applied Fructis Deep condtioner to the ends and let that sit for around 5 minutes. Next I coated from my ears down with Fructis regular conditioner (I am trying to use these up.) I only let this sit briefly as my hair probably doesnt need anymore condtioner after being coated in its natural oils for days. Rinshed as usual and now just waiting to dry.

I think I have discovered why my scalp always itches. I am almost positive it has something to do with the high amount of chlorine in our water. Our water is undrinkable and blue green. I can not wait to move.

Speaking of move.. man am I stressed out. My stuff is leaving a week before me, so I need to figure out what is necessary for me to live around here for a week. Oh and also that stuff has to fit in my tiny car with three people and a dog. :rolleyes: What am I going to do? Sometimes this is all just so overwhelming.

Well I've got to go pay the bills. Will report hair results later.

Hair is still greasy. Not horribly greasy but bad enough that I'll be washing again soon. My ends are nice and soft, though. But most of all, my scalp itches like crazy. Grr I hate our water. No wonder I go a week between washings. It's horrible. I think I am just going to start pouring my bottled drinking water on my scalp for a final rinse because this is ridiculous.

Poor DH. He has been letting his hair grow out for a while now. It was around 5 inches on the top, which is the limit for his military cut. He was loving it from what I could tell. He styled it and played with it and showed it off to me everyday. He went in for a haircut this evening and told her to take 2 inches off. Well did she listen. NO! She pretty much shaved his head. (She used clippers.) It is now maybe 3/4 inch on top and shaven on the sides. I could tell he was sad about it. Poor guy, he hates it and said it maked him feel old and he keeps wearing hats. Why cant people just listen. :(

Hair was greasy today. I first applied Suave Citrus smoothie to my damp ends. I let that sit for around 10 minutes then I shampooed with VO5 Fruitsation. Then I applied Citrus smoothie again all over. I let this sit for around an hour. I rinsed as usual. I completely air-dryed with my hair hanging loose.

Final result- Meh. At least it isnt greasy. It's soft but doesnt really have slip. Probably wont buy Citrus Smoothie again. May buy VO5 shampoo though. Since it smells good and wasnt horribly stripping.

I boxed up my dress as I got frustrated with it and dont really have time for it right now. Once I get home I will have my Mom help me with the sleeves from hell. See the problem is that they are lined sleeves. The outer fabric is a pale green crushed velvet (Sounds exactly like the fabric Wonderly described in her journal. Probably is as I got it at Joanns.) and the inside is a very light fabric (robins egg blue.) My problem is that the inside wants to be all droopy and hang out which looks bad. I tried pulling it up at the top but that just makes it look worse. Is there anyway I can make a nice smooth lining or did I just make bad fabric choices. Debating posting this on the crafts board. :rolleyes: Ugh it took me 2 days to make the entire bodice and now I've been working on these sleeves for weeks. I thought I was almost finished. Guess not.

Movers are coming soon. I really need to seperate my stuff, DHs stuff, and movers stuff. This is such a pain in the butt.

Hmm looks like I need some cheese for all this whine. Wah Wah Wahhh. (Im not funny)

Got the doggy towel, havent tried it yet will try tommorow or maybe have DH try since I am not due for a wash yet.
Hair has been pretty well behaved lately. DH commented that it looks nice. I wore only the top portion pulled straight back tonight. I like this style it makes it feel long.
I am really conflicted I want one of Faolin Raudh's leaf hair slides, but I can not make up my mind what color. One minute I want a green one, the next I want the multi-colored one I posted. Ugh, I guess I need little problems like this to distract me from my real problems.

Which reminds me... Butters if you are reading this on July 31st, you'd better have a lot of packing already done. You here me. Get off your lazy behind and pack! Go!

DH and I are both sick. :neutral: So nothing new to report on the hair front. I wore it in a ponytail about half the day and the rest of the day it was down.

Still nothing to report on the doggy towel. I will definetly try it tommorow.

Got a little bit of packing done today. It's really tough trying to find stuff that I can actually pack and still live comfortably around the house. I can not wait until this week (or 3) is over. I just want to be moved and at least halfway settled.

Butters (the doggy) was sick today too. Poor guy kept vomiting. His tummy finally settled after I gave him some crackers and watered down chicken broth. (Works for me, too.)

I'm finding it very difficult to resist measuring. I'm not going to do it though because I know whatever amount it has grown I will be dissapointed. I'm thinking about not measuring it again until it hits BS length.

I'm kind of rambly (Is that even a word,) tonight. So I guess I better stop now.

I measured. :( I am no good at following my own rules.

And I am not dissapointed. I got an inch growth this month. Yay. :grin:

The main reason I went ahead and measured is because I would like to get at least a half way decent idea of my average hair growth.

So here are all my meausrments up until now:

April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days)
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days)
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days)
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days)


Hmm the only conclusions that leads me to is... My hair has a mind of its own.

Wow busy day. Im taking a break from packing as I think my head just might explode if I continue. Computers are going to be unhooked later tonight. So I might not get to post for a couple days or until I can get my laptop hooked up. All of this would already be done but... DH ran out and got Doom3 today and hasnt been able to drag his sorry butt away. :lol: He's cracking me up. He gets so into his game that if I sneak up behind him and touch him he jumps. Must be a pretty good game.

Well I did it again. I have went far to long without washing my hair. I havent washed since the 29th. And I havent had time to today. I really need to as I know many people are waiting on my doggy towel report. As soon as I can I'll post my review. I can already say that it'll probably be good as the towels I have now are horrible. I would say they are comparable to those brown paper towels from high school. The ones that dont soak up water just push it around. Man those things were awful.

Ugh you can tell through my writing that I am tired. All my words are jumbled up and hard to understand. Well I guess thats all until my DH gets off his behind.

:coffee: (Pretend that coffee is a coke and thats me.)

Whew long time no write. Well for me anyway.

I have been very busy these last few days. (Yet I still managed to post a few things. I had to look in when I could. :lol: )

I packed all day on the third, and wound up not having time for a wash if I didnt want to sleep with a wet head. Which I dont. Nasty Sclap problems appear if I do.

Next day the movers came early in the morning and packed and loaded everything. They were here til that afternoon. While they were here though I walked around in the rain. My hair was s o greasy I thought that might be a good disguise.

After the movers left we went out to eat with some of N's friends. Most of his friends are great and I consider them my friends also but these 2 guys. Ugh what asses. I never want to see them again. Good thing we are moving.

Anyway, later that night I gave in and washed my hair. I was in a hurry and just wanted to go to bed, so I used Butters Loreal kids 2-n-1. It seemed to work pretty well. Next time I am in a hurry I'll probably grab it again.

Hmm the last couple of days have been pretty hectic too. DH has been trying to visit his friends before leaving and get all of his work stuff done. Yet at the same time I caught him playing Doom 3 a couple of times. Silly boy starts playing these games and he just cant quit until he wins.

Ugh, right now I'm sitting in the floor with the laptop on a make-shift desk of boxes. It's amazing how little stuff I have right now. I dont even want to stay here any amount of time. I get bored so easily.

Washed Snoopy last night with Loreal 2-n-1 also. And now he is beautiful. I wish my hair was as easy to care for and shiny as his fur. Ha ha I'm jealous of my dog.

Lately I've been able to make the hair scroos work every time. Which has been a real time saver as I fix it once and leave it all day.

Hmm I know I have more to write but I am starving. Must go eat.

I got it! I got it!

I got my leaf that Faolin Raudh made. Its even more beautiful in person.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/FaolinRuadh/buttersleaffinal_3.jpg

That is the picture she took for me. I need to take some of it in my hair and post.
But I just wanted to go ahead and share my excitement. :grin:

I forgot to add that a couple of days ago when I washed late at night it irritated my scalp again. Grrr. Also I snipped a few weird kinky ends off the other day, too.

Yay to new Hair Toys!
I got my Ficcare today and my leaf Saturday. I took a few pictures today. They arent very good because I had to set up the camera to take them.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/sdfafafs.jpg


Co'd hair last night with WREB. And then followed that with Feria on the ends. Dryed hair with doggy towel and went to bed. Surprisingly my scalp wasnt irritated this morning.

However I was. A new neighbor moved in upstairs friday and every morning since then he has woken me up at 6:30 with his stomping around. Last night he stayed up to at least 1230 stomping around. Then he woke me up at 430 stomping around and then again at 530. Grrr. Then a friend called me at 9 and woke me up. Ugh have I mentioned that I need lots of sleep. This almost pused me over the edge. Ok not really.

This mans stomping wouldnt be so bad if his boards didnt squeak to. I wonder if I can call in a service for someone elses apt. :rolleyes:

Hair was up in a bun secued with hair scroos and leaf slide all day. When I got home though I did have to try out my ficcare. Which is now in my hair.

Hmm guess thats all. 8)

I love my ficcare. It has been insanely hot here and it is so handy to be able to throw my hair up into a bun that will stay all day. This baby doesnt budge or hurt my head.
I love it I love it. Now I just need to convince DH that I do need more. Many more. Mwha ha ha :twisted:

Oh also throwing my hair into a bun everyday will help keep my mind off of the length. :grin:

ETA: At this very moment Old Man Winter upstairs is dragging chairs around and stomping about. I really hate to complain about this guy. I mean seriously they are going to think I am nuts. He's up all night, he plays his music very loudly, and he jogs in place on his squeaky board all morning. (Ok not sure about that last one but it certainly seems that way.) Every morning since he has moved in he has woken me up. Ahhhhhh. Only a week and a half left. I can make it.

ET fix: Old Man River I mean. Geez I can't even be funny properly and yes he is still rearranging his furniture. Its been 15 minutes.

Blech, I'm having another one of my crappy days. I guess I am tired of living in an empty apartment with a depressed dog. I cant wait to leave but there is still quit a lot for me to do. I need to change address. Close utilities. Give away the stuff I dont plan on keeping. And visit friends that I know I wont be seeing for a while. I'm sure thats not all but I'm trying not to dwell on it right now.
I washed my hair today with Nizoral and followd that with Suave Citrus Smoothie. I'm trying to use this stuff up before I leave so I used about a half a bottle of it. Wrapped in towel to dry for a while and then took it down to finish. I'm not sure how it looks because I just clipped it up with my ficcare as soon as it was dry enough. I dont really feel like dealing with it right now.
Well at least its only a few more hours until its socially acceptable to go to bed.
Oh yeah I watched Beyond Borders today. Man what a depressing movie. But I should have some more funny movies coming soon. Man I love Netflix, which reminds me I need to change address on that, too.

I'm writing a bit earlier than usual today. Yesterday I forgot to mention that I lost an insane amount of hair while washing. I was shocked by the amount coming out before I had even started. And it only got worse. I hope this is due to the fact that I've had my hair up all day everyday for the past 3 or so days. Ugh I dont know.

My hair is annoying me lately. It just doesnt feel that great. I would love to do another honey and evoo treatment but I have neither of them in my apt right now. I think I am just going to continue to do my best to ignore it.

Butters (the dog) is annoying me right now to. I never realized how bad this dogs gas is. I think he farts at least 15x a day. And they stink. :puke: I dont know what I am going to do when I am stuck in a car with him for 3000 miles. Dog needs Beano.

I am very excited about the possibilty of another Ficcare group order. It looks like it will be a big one too. I understand now what all the fuss was about. I know when I 1st joined I could not understand why everyone was so crazy about a hair clip. A $30 dollar one at that. I just feel stupid because I know I have spent around $60 on cheap hair toys that I dont even use. I could have 2 more Ficcares. I need to go through them and put them on ebay or something. Clear out some space for a Jade Border Ficcare. Must get Must get :bigeyes: (Pretend that smiley has been brainwashed.)

Reading through some of my post I have to laugh at myself. For instance Yesterday I started several sentences with "Man" or "Oh man." Wow I am glad this stuff is graded.

I think the boredom must be getting to me. Yesterday I started seriously considering straightening my hair. I had kind of thought about it before, but not as much as yesterday. I was quite undecided so I posted this thread:Should I Straighten? (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=13293)

Seems like the general opinion is no. I just wish I had a picture of my hair behaving badly. It can be such a pain sometimes.

My hair has felt weird and fuzzy since my last wash. I think my hair has decided it does not like the suave citrus smoothie. At first I had great results from it, but after the first couple of washes it became less great. And now its just crappy. Oh well. Who knows what my hair wants.

In a couple of weeks after I move I am going to get some Redken Butter Treat and maybe some other salon stuff. (I'll be with my Mom so I can shop at a beauty supply store. :smile:) I think I'll look around here some more to get some ideas.

It's warm here today. It's warm and BORING. I need a chair. My bum and knees ache from sitting in the floor in a variety of contorted postions.

Oh oh tommorow there is a rennaisance faire like 20 minutes from my house. I want to go so bad...but I dont want to go by myself. I have asked a couple of friends but I think most of them think they are too "cool" to go. Ugh I want to go but I hate doing stuff like that by myself.

Time for Lunch! YAY! I'm always hungry.

The biggest spider ever just fell out of my pants! Ok its not the biggest but the spider himself is about 1 inch long and fat fat fat. Usually I handle all manner of creepy things quite well. But this has me throughly yucky feeling. (For lack of a better term to describe it.) Behelehlehe.

I am excited because tonight I get to pick up my Brother and Father from the airport. My Brother has never come up here to visit me before so I am going to be busy doing touristy things for the next few days. But who cares at least it wont be sitting around the house!

No change with the hair. I have been putting it up all day everyday with my ficcare. I'm trying to not even think about it. However I am thinking about more Ficcares. I am actually considering going ahead and ordering two more for myself. But I cant decide what the second one should be. Oh so many choices. :grin:

This has been the longest day ever. :rolleyes:

I washed my hair earlier. I 1st applied suave biobasic condtioner to dry hair. I let that sit for about 2 minutes and then shampooed scalp with Joico Biojoba shampoo. Then I applied Garnier Fructis deep condtioner all over and let that sit for around 10 minutes. Rinsed. Tried to plop. Failed. Twisted up in Ficcare. Man I love this thing.

Washed Butters too. He really hated that, but my family will be here later and I would hate for them to have smelled him. He got into the garbage yesterday and ate macaroni and cheese until I caught him. His face was still kind of yellow today.

Well I'm hungry so I think I am going to go grab a bite to eat and watch another movie. The netflix has paid for itself several times over this week. :grin:

Ugh been doing a lot of touristy stuff today. I did however manage to drag my dad and bro to the Renn faire. Hmm it was huge but the heat made it not so much fun. I am sunburned and I completely forgot my hat. I am already in pain.

Well DH is gone and has been gone for over a week, now. (Didnt write this before cause I didnt want to advertise the fact that I am home alone. But now my Dad and Bro are here.) I miss him. I wont see him again for over a month. I hate being apart. It sucks. DH is in Florida now and I am in Washington. We couldnt be much farther apart, unless we left the contiguos 48. (Hey I cant spell!) Blah

Guess how I wore my hair today.... Thats right. In a ficcare. The best hair toy ever. I have actually managed not to put my hair in a ponytail for almost a week. :grin: Well I'm going to be doing lots of touristy stuff again tommorow. Mt Ranier here I come.

This will be my last post for a while. I am going to be leaving tommorow and Ill be driving for a few days. I have a lot of errands to run today so I guess I'd better run.

Bye for now! :waving:

Just popping in. I am in between homes now (and will be for a while.) I am currently staying with my parents.

the trip across the country was great. I got to visit several amazing places. I will try to post some pics later.

Well gotta run.

Hmm I'm going to try to write a decent reply. I don't really have time to post like I would like. I have been reading a lot of post and trying to catch up on whats going on.

Anyway the trip across the country went pretty well. We stopped at alot of amazing places. We went to Mt Ranier and hiked up beyond the tress into meadows full of flowers and spotted with snow. It was incredibly beautiful.

A few days later we went to Little Bighorn Battlefield. (Custer's Last Stand.) This is an amazing place with a very interesting history. There are markers on all the places where members of US cavalry fell. And also where the Native Americans had fallen. There were memorials to all and it was very touching.

Later that same day we visited Devils Tower. It, too, was beautiful. It's amzing to see this huge rock pop up out of nothing. I am however saddened by the fact that people are allowed to climb it. When they climb it they drive these huge pieces of metal into it. I think this is awful. I dont understand why they are allowed to destroy a sacred native site.

The next day we visited Mt Rushmore early in the morning. The morning sun illuminated the carvings beautifully. It wasnt my first visit here but, I am always amazed by the work that went into it.

Next we visited the Crazy Horse monument. I really hope I get to see this monument completed. I was reading today that they've been working on this for 70 years! It is barely done. I am afraid this is due to their budget.

Next we drove through the Custer National Forest. Also very beautiful. I had also visited this before. We did see some wild mountain goats and buffalo here.

After this we drove through the Badlands National Park. Insanely beautiful! It's amazing how one minute you are driving through a field then suddenly there they are. Wow. I think I could just stand at the edge and stare for days.

We then visited Pine Ridge reservation. Which includes Wounded Knee. A very sad place, with a very interesting history. I have been researching some of what happened there in the 70's and am completely shocked that things like this went on a mere 30 years ago. Wow, just wow. Also the incident from 1890 is horribly sad. For a brief history see this site. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574723/Wounded_Knee.html

After this we explored the Badlands some more until we eventually ended up on good ol hwy 90. Once there we had to stop at Wall Drug. If you ever drive 90 you should stop. If only for the break from driving. :grin:

Well after that we pretty much just drove straight home. No more interesting detours. It was good to finally be able to sleep and sit in a real bed.

Oh the hair. It was in a ponytail most of the time. Sometimes I covered it with a bandana also. I didnt wash it. It was nice a greasy by the time I got here. The last few days it has been braided which I love but am unable to do on my own.

Here is a picture of me at Devils Tower. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/metower.bmp

Hmm picture is giving me problems. I will try to make it clearer later.

Ugh I hate slow internet. Especially when used in conjunction with an old computer. I couldnt figure out how to resize my picture or even save it as jpeg. Oh well I'll get my computer back eventually.

Anyway I washed today with Nizoral followed by Feria condtioner. This seems to always work for my hair. My hair really likes whatever cone it is thats in that. I need to write that down here so I can remember it. Last time I washed with biolage shampoo and matrix? amplify condtioner. My hair sucked. I think it was the condtoiners fault.

My nephew was over the other day and after his bath insisted on using my "super doggy towel." He's funny. I might have to get him one of his own.

I dont really have much to talk about lately. This place is depressing. I feel like my mind needs a vacation. I am a grump, too. Grr

Hm I should go to bed.

Hair has been nice the last couple of days, Thanks to my feria condtioner. I love it. I plan on going to the Beauty Supply Store and looking around for products with similar ingredients.

Ugh will type more later. Got to run now.

Never got back to typing last night. Probably better since I didnt have much to say.
I went swimming today. I wore my hair in a braid and washed immeadiatly afterward with Biojoba shampoo and Feria condtioner.

Computer is still slow and stupid. Hopefully I can get a few of my pictures resized and start posting more.
Havent seen DH for almost a month. :( I miss him. But I know I will see him soon and I do get to talk to him everyday.
Nephews are running me ragged. I cant imagine trying to do this on my own. These two are a real force. The little one especially. I am living a rather boring life lately. And you know what I love it. My brain needs a vacation.

There are a few things I need to be working on though. I wasnt able to make it here in time to restart college this fall. So I should be working on all the stuff to restart in the spring. Hopefully I can get my old scholarship back. That would help so much.

Some people cant understand why I have made the choices I've made. It's really frustrating here (hometown) because every wants to know why I havent graduated college yet and when I am having kids. Umm because I chose to travel and maybe never. Grr I wish I could just say "Thats none of your d*mn bussiness." This has been really irritating me a lot lately. I think I just dont like people. I dont want to deal with them.... Ok I just typed a bunch of nonsense rantings and erased them because they made me sound like and idiot. But the main point was: Leave me be, busybodys.

Hmm somehow that still managed to make me sound crazy. :silly: Oh well. On a different note, I cant wait to measure my hair. Woo Woo!

Yesterday I wore my hair in a fishtail or herringbone (i have heard many different names for this braid) braid all day and then to bed also. I wish I could braid as well as my mom. My hair would always look nice. This might be my favorite braid thus far as my layers are less prone to sticking out all over like they do in a french braid or regular braid. I took a picture but I can't get them on this computer. I'll post them when I get my computer to work. (Have I mentioned that I hate this computer :grin:)

Also I see that there is another Ficcare group order calling my name. Hmm medium or large? I love my large but I might be able to use a medium for beebutts and twist. It wouldnt work for buns though. What to do? What to do? I'll ask DH, he'll make fun of me but he's usually helpful after that.

I got to see Snoopy yesterday I hadnt seen him for almost a month. He was really filthy and acted like he didnt care. It's odd but it hurt my feelings. I always knew he liked N more but come on he could at least pretend to like me. Ha ha I let a dog hurt my feelings.

Weather here has been really odd lately. One day its hot and around 100 the next its relatively cool around 70. Hopefully this warm weather will make my hair grow some more. Grow hair grow!

My stinking laptop has decided to stop holding a charge. I tried to hook it up to my parents internet but it didnt work. Maybe if I can get that to work I can start posting pictures again. I love posting pictures. I am picture crazy.

Well it looks like the boys are here so I better go help control them.

Yay I went ahead and joined the group order. I decided on a medium that way I have more options. Now, I'm excited. I'm such a dork.

Also I was reading through someone else thread today and it reminded me that my hair has been a lot less greasy since I got here. I think the water at the apts was really messing with it. Its not great but it is a definent improvement.

Oh also the Navy is jerking us around some more. First they told us 90% that we were going to one place. Then that got canceled and we were 100% going somewhere else. Well today they decided we arent going there. So now who knows! Grr May I please have my life back.

I think I've decied wednesday I am going to measure my hair and then do the Henna n PLacenta treatment. As either a congrats or to make me feel better. It all depends on the number on the measuring tape :lol:

You know I shouldnt worry so much about the number because I am really begining to love my hair. I saw my reflection in a window today and I was like wow my hair really is getting long. Yay. I can do things with it that I havent done for years (braids, buns, etc)

Time for bed!

So I got bored today and did the Henna 'n' Placenta treatment. I'm not sure how I like it yet as it is still (!) drying. It's been 7 hours since I rinsed it. This is ridiculous. However the dry parts do feel nice. The smell was not bad but not good I would label it highly tolerable. Also If this stuff has given my hair a reddish cast, which I have a sinking feeling it has, I am totally going off! :twisted:

I measured my hair and it doesnt seem to have grown any. Weird :ponder: maybe it was just another month of filling out the layers. Or maybe it was a massive mis-measure on DHs part. (You hear that :smack: I know you read this.) Ha ha weird thing is I dont really care. I'm hapy with it. I could be happier but I am happy with it too.

I have some kind of weird cold thing that is refusing to go away. It makes me feel like crap every night and every morning but it doesnt seem that bad during the day. Maybe because I am too busy to feel like crap. Nephews are staying with their other grandparents for the next few days so I should get a much needed break.

Guess what, Time for bed. I am always sleepy.

Here are all my meausrments up until now:

April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]

Hair is feeling really nice today. I think I might make the Henna 'n' Placenta a monthly ritual. And fortunatly my hair isnt red. I think my mom was just saying that to freak me out.

DH and I have been looking for houses we can move into when we get reassigned. The area we are looking at is much much cheaper than where we used to live. I cant wait. I hate living off of my parents guest bed.

I really like my sig pic. My hair looks shiny. Now if only it would behave so well everyday. :rolleyes:

I've been pretty busy lately. Not been posting as much as I would like.

Today I had a family reunion, a festival and a Tournament (for brother) to go to. So needless to say it was quite the busy day. Hair was in a bun with hair scroos for most of the day. Man I wish I had a functional camera set up, I got a few neat pictures at the festival.

My ends look strange right now. They are mostly blunt with quite a few longer hairs sticking out of the bottom. These must be my growing hairs. :) They seem to be at least 1/4 inch longer than my longest layer. I didnt measure them when I measured because they looks so odd. I thought about trimming but I'm just not sure. I love the appearance of fariytale ends but right now my hair just looks sloppy.

Also, my ends are kind of crunchy from the henna and placenta treatment. I havent washed yet. :oops: Maybe that will make a diiference.

I can not live here much longer. I mean I love my family but living with them sucks. I can not even think. I am never alone...never. It's frustrating to say the least, especially for someone like me who needs NEEDS alone time.

I really cant think of anything to write right now. Maybe it has something to do with the Disney channel blaring behind me. Or maybe the 3 year old trying to find a specific toy. Or the 10 year old complaining to me about the 23 year old who acts like a 7 year old. Thank god the 1 year old is asleep.... UGH Im drowning in children. :lol:

Looked at a horse today. A 4 year old gelding. He's red and white and what I call a painted horse. Very very pretty. He's also on the small side I can see over top of him. DH and I are seriously considering making him our baby. I brushed him out and rode him and combed his hair. He's a sweet boy and loved all the attention. My little brother, older brother and I all rode him. I am not an excellent rider but he seems to be a great horse to learn on. He seems to be the perfect horse for me.

Umm the hair, washed it this morning and then clipped it into my ficcare until this evening. When I took it down it was still damp in some places the ends are dry though and feel fabulous. Yay. I will definetly do another henna 'n' placenta treatment.

Hmm guess thats all for now. :grin:

Washed hair today with clarifying shampoo and followed with suave awapuhi. I bought awapuhi today because of the smell. Yum! Hair isnt dry yet so I've no opinion.

Still trying to make up my mind about these horses. I just need to think. And time to think is rare here.

The arguing finally climaxed today. It was ugly. This is a rough place to be right now.

Oh I posted a picture of the horses on the pet ponderings board.
Horse Pictures (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=14122)

Oh and Ns being a jack$$. :smack:

I wanted to add this link because it made me giggle. Crowning Glory's post on the 3rd page about my journal.
Naive Question on Journal... (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=13109)

Also I'm not sure if I've written this but my ultimate goal has been extended to tailbone. I'm not sure of what measurement this would be, but not a whole lot more as I am very short waisted.

And also my hair is officially BS length. Yay! :rockerdud A milestone!

Oh and I cant stop thinking about those horses, must be a sign. :grin:

Products I've tried:
Nizoral - good
Garnier Fructis - dont like any of these products
Suave Citrus Smoothie - average light conditioner
Suave BioBasic - Meh not as good as Biolage condtioning balm
VO5 Fruitsations Condtioner - bad bad
Aussie 3MM - not sure sample was good 1st day, meh the second may try again
Avalon Organics Lavender Condtioner - really like the results but can NOT stand the stink
Suave Passion Flower - same as Citrus smoothie but not as nice smelling
Strawberry Smoothie 2 n 1 - smells delicious works ok as shampoo
White Rain Extra Body - OK light conditioner works well for CO
Feria Condtioner - really like!
Henna n Placenta - really like!
Suave Clarifying Shampoo - good calrifying shampoo very strong
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Leave in Foam - meh makes hair soft but not shiny
Joico Biojoba - excellent very gentle shampoo, sometimes too gentle
VO5 Fruitsations Shampoo - like good regular shampoo great smell
Suave Awapuhi - still using but so far like
EVOO and Honey - good deep treatment was iffy on

Washed this morningh with Biojoba shampoo followed by Suave awapuhi condtioner. Hair is still wet.

I'm supposed to go ride Charley in a little while. I am still not sure what to do, this is a decision that I am really going to think about. I am not taking this lightly. (Umm the buying not the riding, I know I'm kind of rambling.)

DH is right where the Hurricane is going to hit. He needs to come home. Stupid Navy.

Oh also.... I'm getting really tired of my hair. It's annoying me. I know I want it long but these stupid layers. Sometimes I think I want to keep them and sometimes I think. Chop it off, Chop it off. Geez I am in some kind of funk, as my mother would put it.

Meh.. thats all for now.

Flaxen just posted this in another thread and I wanted to save it for later use:


From Naturallycurly.com:

Amodimethicone..........not soluble in water by itself
Amodimethicone (and) Trideceth-12 (and) Cetrimonium Chloride..........mixture that is soluble in water in the bottle
Behenoxy Dimethicone..........Sparingly soluble in water
Cetearyl methicone..........not soluble in water
Cetyl Dimethicone..........not soluble in water
Cyclomethicone..........not soluble in water
Cyclopentasiloxane..........not soluble in water
Dimethicone..........not soluble in water
Dimethicone Copolyol..........water soluble
Dimethicone copolyol..........water soluble
Dimethiconol..........not soluble in water
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Hydroxypropyl Polysiloxane..........water soluble
Stearoxy Dimethicone..........Sparingly soluble in water
Stearyl Dimethicone..........not soluble in water
Trimethylsilylamodimethicone..........not soluble in water
Lauryl methicone copolyol..........water soluble

Stupid hurricane is headed right for DH and his family. I know DH is leaving tommorow but I am not so sure about his family. All I can do is hope and pray.

Physically I feel like poo, but I usually do around this time of the month. :wink: Besides that chasing the nephews all day is quite a workout. They are thouroughly amusing.

I am currently bidding on a ficcare on ebay. I've had the bid for a while but I am sure someone is going to jump in and start bidding towards the end of the day it ends. (Umm that was a confusing way to state that.) I also have placed and order in the most recent group order. That should be enough hair toys for a while.

I made some yummy guacomole today. I love food.

Oh yeah since I've moved I havent been taking my vitamins. I have maybe remembered two days the whole time. So it will be interesting to see how this affects my hair growth.

Oh also grrrrr. For several reasons I am just irritated. Grrr. I think I have owned dogs for far too long, as grr seems to be used in my vocabulary far too often.

Umm thats all for now.



Grrr

Hair is really confusing me.

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Sep 15th, July 23rd, June 1st

Is it growing? Who knows.

Man it looks horruble in my first pictures. It's doing this swish thing.

Tape measure says its grown 3/8 of an inch. blech

Havent heard from DHs family. Hope they are OK.

Washed hair yesterday with Biojoba shampoo followed by suave milk and honey. This seems to be a good combo as my hair always behave well afterwards. Oh and smells good too.

DH and I are going to start looking for places to live Monday. Ugh its seems like its only been a month since we last did this. Hopefully we'll find something that I can be happy with for the next 3 or 4 years.

Oh yeah I am still frustrated with my hair. I went out and bought a 12 pack of scrunchies. (Who cares if they are fashion no nos. What is fashion anyway?) As I am afraid that even these ouchless bands are more damaging than scrunchies are.

Looking at my hair picture from a few days ago I am discouraged. It was right before bed but man it looks rough. My hair needs to grow or behave. Right now its not doing either. Ick. I'm complaining.

Oh and thankfully that PM mess was cleared up.

I think I am more like Butters the cartoon than I thought. I like to think I am tough and cool but really I am just a sad lonely desperate for approval kid.

Hmm bad day can you tell.

I got Charley. :) I got some good pictures of him today but my favorite is a funny one of him with his tounge stuck out.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/charleytoungue.bmp

We looked for houses yesterday. I think we might've found one but I a not getting my hopes up. It's kind of too large anyway. I prefer a small place to a large one. I like it to be cozy.

I saw a friend today who I havent seen for quite a while. I was absolutly amazed by his waist length locks. I didnt even know he was growing it out. It looks good on him and he takes good care of it. I wanted to invite him here but he doesnt own a computer. It was funny because somehow we started talking about condtioners. This is a big guy (tall and sticky) with a long goatee and lots of piercings and tattoos, so its kind of amusing to sit around and talk hair with him.

My hair still annoys me. Plus my scalp has started itching recently. I washed earlier with Nizoral hoping that would help. However it didnt. I'm not sure what could be causing this. Maybe its more of my silly allergys, just affecting me in a new way. :rolleyes:

Not much going on today. Found out we can get that house we looked at. For some reason I am less than thrilled.

I visited Charley today. He was being cute as usual. I also bought a saddle this morning. I enjoy the tack shop too much. :grin:

I have been ignoring the hair as much as possible. There is just too many other things that interest me right now. My hair has been misbehaving and annoying.

I took some pictures today for a collage for my grandmother. I look super pale in all of them. I guess that's because I am. :tongue: Oh also I am hating my eyebrows I always look sad.

Wow I still havent washed my hair. I should do that tommorow.

I've had some kind of sinus infection for the last few days. So I have been feeling kind of 'blah.'

Not alot going on around here. I've been riding horses alot and just going to see him. I'm going to be sad when I start school again and dont get to see him that often. I sure do like my horse. :lol:

Hmm. Hair... not alot going on with it. I think I'm going to get some Neautrogena Triple Moisture Deep Condtioner next time I buy hair stuff. I'm kind of upset by my lack of growth. Maybe next month it will have improved.

Right now I am looking at rugs for our new house. I cant decide whether I want the sitting room to be dark rich colors or light spring colors. Hmmmm :rolleyes: The silly things I sit around thinking about.

I'm gross. Still havent washed my hair.

I am still sick also. Ugh. Also I am feeling really down on myself. I have absolutly horrible self esteem. I know I do I always have. DH admits he doesnt understand. Self esteem issues suck.

Blech blech blech. I should change the name of my journal to "Butters is Whiney."

Hmm I bought the Neutrogena deep condtioner I mentioned previously. Hopefully I'll use it tommorow.

Guess thats all for now. Oh and for anyone I owe PMs to. Sorry and I'll try to catch up on that tommorow. :flowers:

Wanted to add a few things to my products I've tried list:

Products I've tried:
Nizoral - good
Garnier Fructis - dont like any of these products
Suave Citrus Smoothie - average light conditioner
Suave BioBasic - Meh not as good as Biolage condtioning balm
VO5 Fruitsations Condtioner - bad bad
Aussie 3MM - not sure sample was good 1st day, meh the second may try again
Avalon Organics Lavender Condtioner - really like the results but can NOT stand the stink
Suave Passion Flower - same as Citrus smoothie but not as nice smelling
Strawberry Smoothie 2 n 1 - smells delicious works ok as shampoo
White Rain Extra Body - OK light conditioner works well for CO
Feria Condtioner - really like!
Henna n Placenta - really like!
Suave Clarifying Shampoo - good calrifying shampoo very strong
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Leave in Foam - meh makes hair soft but not shiny
Joico Biojoba - excellent very gentle shampoo, sometimes too gentle
VO5 Fruitsations Shampoo - like good regular shampoo great smell
Suave Awapuhi - meh was ok wont buy again
EVOO and Honey - good deep treatment was iffy on
Suave milk and honey - excellent light condtioner
Neutrogena deep condtioing mask - Really likeso far, still using though

Meausred my hair today and got 24.75. Yay for noticable growth! However my ponytail circumferecne has decreased. :shake: I'm down to 4.5 inches or maybe even less. Yuck! I knew I had been shedding alot, hopefully its just because of the weather change and now that its getting cooler ... ugh I dont know wishful thinkng. I will go ahead and complete my monthly chart as if I had waited until tommorow. I am sure a few hours dont make that much of a difference.

Here are all my meausrments up until now:

April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]

I've started taking my vitamins again. And I am considering starting MSM. I am really upset about my hair loss. :wail: UGh what to do, what to do?

Oh I washed 2 days ago (I think) and used the Neutrogena Deep Condtioning Mask. I really like it so far. My hair loves cones. Hopefully I can switch to it from my feria since the nearest sally's is now 2 hours away. So much for finally finding a routine. Well I like experimenting anyway.

Life is still really busy. Trying to set up the new place while living so far away is difficult. I rode Charley last night. It was getting late and dusky so he was being really spooky, hopefully he'll get used to his new home soon and start to chill out some.

Hmm I still need to catch up on my PMs. So sorry everyone. Double flowers :flowers: :flowers:

All this talk of wish lists has me thinking.

titanium hair stick
bun cage like cowgal posted
more ficcares must pick a specific one to lust after.
scunci no snag hose
msm
dr bronners peppermint soap
more henna n placenta (I can not find this stuff.)
seamless comb
tingler hair brush
doodad penalt is looking for, it sounds absolutly beautiful.


I know there is more but I have to go move a piano right now. I also am planning on seeing Charley tonight so it might be a while till I get back but dont worry that list will grow. MWha ha ha ha! :twisted:

Washed this morning Biojoba and Neutrogena. Same as last. Results seem good so far.

Moving begins early tommorow. Ugh I hate not having a home. At least in a few days things should be settled and I'll have a decent bed to sleep in. Maybe even a computer hook up. :lol: I am such a dork I have missed my computer very much. Oh and my fabric scraps, and of course my dyson. And my boots. And my black pants. Woo the list could go on and on. I'll stop though.

Im hoping that everything comes back to me in good shape and not broken. I have a bad feeling somethings going to be broken.

I registered to vote today. I kept putting it off and then realized today was the last day. Ugh shame on me for procrastinating but Yay because this will be my first time voting. I was to young during the last presidential election and lived three thousand miles away from all my "local" elections for the past 3 years.

I cant wait to get a new signature I am getting tired of this one. Thats pretty silly.

Self esteem is still low. Very very very low. Also I seem to get more than a few snide remarks from a certain shall remain nameless person who I have to deal with very often. Please person.. grow up. Seriously I dont need your commentary on the size of my ass.http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t014/T014023A.jsm


Donkeys from MSN ENCARTA

Busy week. I have been back and forth to my parents home, my home, and Lexington so many times I've lost count. But I did get in a wee bit of shopping. We've been working on moving and unpacking. The movers were awful. They were over 8 hours late and then they didnt unpack (they were supposed to) or re assemble our furniture (they were supposed to.)

I would say about 50% of our furniture is damaged. most of that is ruined. Oh and my sewing machine magically dissapeared in the whole process. :twisted: It makes me really angry because it was packed in it own box. (I only had it a few weeks.) It had its own inventory number and was listed on the inventory. Someone took the sticker off of the sewing machine box and but it on one of my kitchen boxes, so it would look like we had all of our numbers and all of our stuff. Nope. It really irritates me because this means it wasnt simply misplaced it was stolen. How low seriously. A sewing machine. :rolleyes:

Also not only is the furniture in pieces frome being disassembled but all the screws, dowels and other various pieces to put them back together are missing. Never mind that the instruction books were tossed long ago when I first assembled them. Grrr


Umm If you've made it this far I apologize. I just need to vent. :flower:


Oh, the hair. Well its still there. I havent done much of anything to it. No wash no styles. (Unless a falling out ponytail is a style.) :grin:

I'm going to go try to get some sleep so I can run around like a mad woman again tommorow.

I'm still around. I dont have much time to post but I do pop in when I have the chance and catch up on whats going on. Hopefully once my computer is hooked up I'll be back around more.

We are still working on unpacking and making our house livable. There is quite a bit we need to do, but nothing major. Well, we do have to build fence but thats not a big deal I've built fences before. Some idiot packed cough syrup with my sheets. Of course it spilled everywhere and now we have nasty scary sheets. They look like props from CSI. My precious (Dyson Animal) made it safely though. I actually hopped with excitment when they unloaded. Geez I'm a nerd. :lol:

I've been riding Charley alot lately. I want to take some pictures soon but I always forget my camera.

Washed my hair Saturday night with Biolage s/c. Results are not very good. Dont like this stuff.

I've been wearing my hair in a modified version of Bubbas sleep tail. I put my hair in a half up using a no-snag elastic. And then make a low ponytail with another. And then place two more along the length equal distance apart. This style works really well while I'm busy and hair needs to stay out of the way. Oh and you could say it was inspired by Seung Mina from Soul Cailbur2 (or stick girl as DH calls her.) Oops is my Dork showing? :grin:

Weird the of the four advertisements at the top two are for "sexy" products. I dont think I've ever used that word in my journal.

Hmm still not done moving in. We really arent making much progress. I've had the same sinus infection for weeks and now my stomach is acting up again. I cant tell if its my ulcer or just something from being sick for so long.

I keep forgeting my vitamins. I got MSM a couple of weeks ago and I think I;ve only managed to take it twice. :oops: I'll start doing better. Oh and that reminds me I forgot two BC pills and now I'm worried. I havent done that for over a year maybe two. It's all this moving craziness I cant stay on my regular schedule.

Hmm I found Henna 'n' Placenta today at Rite Aid so I bought three. I immeditaly came home and did a deep treatment with heat for around 30 minutes. Aww hair is nice. I like this stuff.

I've decided to start taking better care of my skin. It's been all wonky lately due to stress and I really need to make it more of a priority.

Oh we've also been a bit over spendy lately. I mean really we didnt need a 52" DLP TV. Or my big silly rug. New houses make me spendy.

I keep forgeting things. I am a list maker. I make list every day of what needs to be done that day and thats how I stay organized. But lately I cant even keep up with my list. :rolleyes:

I havent seen Charley since Sunday. I miss the big dope. He's getting his winter coat and he's absolutly adorable. I could just stand and brush him all day.


Ugh I am being a whiner again. Sorry I just needed to vent... again. One day I will be normal again, I swear. Ok not really I've never been "normal" but I will be back to my usual self.

Re-reading this post I realize it's fragmented and written in stream of consciousness. But that should provide you, the reader, with interesting insite into the mind of Butters.

After re-reading my last addition I realized I refered to myself in third person. I've lost it. Now stay away from Bob Doles peanut butter. :grin:

This is going to be a non-hair related post and I apologize ahead of time.

I am still sick: Sinus infection, Giant cold sore from heck, And of course major tummy problems which I dont think are related to my ulcer. This is getting old. I've been trying to rest alot and do everything a good sick person does and I'm not seeing any improvement.

DH is off doing Navy stuff. And I'm house sitting for my parents. Which also means I'm dog/parrot/ferret sitting. Oh but my older brother lives here. He is just completely irresponsible and couldnt be trusted to watch after the animals. Ugh.

Also I have to go try to get an extension on a court date from a ticket DH got. WTF How am I supposed to do that? This is the exact reason I dont get tickets, so I dont have to deal with all of this s***.

Which reminds me today I got our voter registration cards. And although we registered at the exact same time and place for the exact same address. We have to go to two different places to vote. Weirdness.

I had a dream last night that I had tailbone length hair. Unfortunatly I woke up and saw the truth.

This stinking phone is driving me crazy. It has rang three times since I started posting this. It has rang about 10 times total today. My mom runs her business off the same number and all of her customers keep calling. Yesterday they called several times from the funeral home trying to get her to style someones hair. Then after no one answered (I let all the calls for her go to her machine) they stopped by looking for her. Geez


ugh phone is ringing again!! and it was a telemarketer

anyway you would think she was the only beautician in town. Besides that I know for a fact that she hates styling (excuse my bluntness) dead peoples hair. Everytime she goes there somethiing strange happens.

I finally ate some breakfast (Count Chocula..yum yum) and its already hurting my belly. I better run. I need to pick up some feed and drop off mail too.

Whew long time no post.

Umm I washed my hair ummm... umm...the 19th I think. Not really sure. I used Biojoba and Feria. Results were the same as usual.

I got some pictures back a few days ago and I've decided to try a no lift deposit only color. My hair lightened over the summer and I hate it. I tried to always wear hats or wear it up protected. I am just going to go for a dark brown to match my natural color.I'll probably do that tommorow and I'll try to get some new pictures up soon.

A box of my clothes turned up missing in the move. It's really upsetting because it was almost all of my jeans. I hate buying jeans. It's such a pain to find a pair that actually fit. Also some of my sweaters and cardigans were missing. I'm still trying to figure out what all is missing. We have insurance so we will be reimbursed but I wish I just had my clothes back. :(

Rode Charley today. He's a sweety. Weather here has been so nice, its perfect for riding. And the leaves are so beautiful. Now I remember why I liked fall so much. When I lived in Washington the leaves just werent this spectacular and the weather was crap. Thats one thing I will not miss. Drizzle. Every day all Fall, Winter, and Spring.

Oh also I am really excited about having holidays with our familys. I love holidays and the food. The Christmas before last I was alone for 2 weeks before and after. No friends and DH was gone and no letters from him. So it was just Butters and me. (This is before we got Snoop.) Man it was depressing I just listened to Christmas music and felt sorry for myself. Blech.

My writing tonight is all weird and difficult to read. Sorry. Guess thats all for now. I'll update as soon as I can with the color results.

Oh I was also re-reading my last few post and my crack about Bob Doles peanut butter made me laugh out loud. I kill me. :lol:

I removed a few of my old pictures from my journal.

Yesterday I dyed my hair with Shades EQ espresso 3N. My hair is much darker and better. I was very annoyed with its lightness.

It was washed before and after dying. Not sure of the shampoos but it was condtioned with Biolage condtioning balm and now its all frizzy. Weird.

I just posted some new pictures on the photo board. New Color and Ficcare (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=15804)

I'm really enjoying my new ficcare. I absolutly love the color. It's perfect. I think the next ficcare I want will be a large Jade.

Not much going on here lately. I got a new sewing machine to replace the stolen one, and the stupid thing keeps staining things. I plan on taking it back later tonight. Oh and I keep finding missing clothes. It's ridiculous. I want my clothes back. Grr.

I guess thats all for now as I have a headache and staring at the computer screen isnt helping. :sick:

I just washed my hair using Biojoba and Redken Butter Treat. I know something new. I need to stop buying new stuff until I'm out of the old. I compared the ingredients in the Butter Treat to the ingredients in Feria conditioner and they were very very similar. So if this gives me the same results I'm a convert. I got the Butter treat for $6.50 for an 8 oz bottle which is a better deal then the Feria too. My hair is still wet so I cant report on it yet.

Hmm, I havent accomplished much today. I washed the car and had lunch. Thats about it. There is so much around here that needs to be done. I should just get off my rear. :razz:

I rode Daisy, a mare, that lives with Charley on Monday and my rear still hurts. I'm not sure if it was her saddle or her walk but next time I'm riding my horse and my saddle. I visited Charley Tuesday. I didnt have time to ride so I went out in their field to find him and say Hi. All the horses were gathered in a shadey spot in the woods. They were all being so sweet and I forgot my camera. A leaf landed right between Charleys ears while I was there. I was always told that if you catch a falling leaf it's good luck. So I kept it. He didnt seem to want to keep it there long anyway. Ugh that reminds me the flies have suddenly gotten horrible. I need to find something to keep the flys away.

Hopefully I'll get some good pictures this weekend. If I dont I'll have to take a new sig pic next week. This one was taken in July I think and is slightly out of date.

Hmm thats not all I had to say but I'm in brain lock.
(Am I the only one who has seen the movie Roadie starring Meatloaf?)

I am really bored. Changed my avatar back to butters tounge and sig to this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/lilboobear.jpg


I'm hungry. DH needs to get home now!

Products I've tried:
Nizoral - good
Garnier Fructis - dont like any of these products
Suave Citrus Smoothie - average light conditioner
Suave BioBasic - Meh not as good as Biolage condtioning balm
VO5 Fruitsations Condtioner - bad bad
Aussie 3MM - not sure sample was good 1st day, meh the second may try again
Avalon Organics Lavender Condtioner - really like the results but can NOT stand the stink
Suave Passion Flower - same as Citrus smoothie but not as nice smelling
Strawberry Smoothie 2 n 1 - smells delicious works ok as shampoo
White Rain Extra Body - OK light conditioner works well for CO
Feria Condtioner - really like!
Henna n Placenta - really like!
Suave Clarifying Shampoo - good calrifying shampoo very strong
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Leave in Foam - meh makes hair soft but not shiny
Joico Biojoba - excellent very gentle shampoo, sometimes too gentle
VO5 Fruitsations Shampoo - like good regular shampoo great smell
Suave Awapuhi - meh was ok wont buy again
EVOO and Honey - good deep treatment was iffy on
Suave milk and honey - excellent light condtioner
Neutrogena deep condtioing mask - Really likeso far, still using though
Redken Butter Treat - Very much like feria

Wishlist
titanium hair stick
bun cage like cowgal posted Bronze Jewelers
more ficcares must pick a specific one to lust after.
scunci no snag hose
dr bronners peppermint soap
more henna n placenta (I can not find this stuff.)
seamless comb
tingler hair brush
doodad penalt is looking for, it sounds absolutly beautiful.
mamacat hairsticks

Blech. Yet another boring day. Woo hoo.

My hair turned out really nicely. Is that even a word? But I realized I've gotten back into the habit of wearing it in a ponytail all the time. Bad me. What I need to do is clean out my hair toy box cause right now I cant find anything in it.

Which reminds me I need to clean out my closet. I can still fit into clothes I wore in middle school so I still have clothes that I wore then. That doesnt mean I wear them though. I need to go through and seperate stuff to sell or just donate to goodwill. Seriously. I am a clothes hoarder. I have all these clothes and I only wore a limited amount of them. And now that most of that limited amount is gone (stolen) I have nothing to wear and a full closet.

I also need to put the bed together. I havent slept in my bed since we moved out of the house. Thats been about 6 months ago. I am getting quite used to an air mattress. Oh but now that we've moved DH is talking about getting a new bed. He thinks maybe our old one was making his back worse. Who knows? :rolleyes:

I miss my dogs. We cant move them in with us until the yard has been fenced in and the grass has been established. I hate not having my little furry buddys to keep me company.

Guess thats all for now I need to go accomplish something so I dont feel so lazy.

Here are all my meausrments up until now:

April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]

Got bored again: I am easily distracted from my work. Can you tell? :razz:

Using the chart above I've figured my average monthly growth to be: .87 inches every 30 days.

Now using that estimate, I am going to estimate :smile: how long it will take me to reach my goals.
October 1st 24.75"
May 2005 - 1st goal waist; 30.5"
September 2005 - Major Goal top of tailbone; 34"


Wow, I hope I reach those goals as quickly as that. I have the hair blahs lately. I'm just getting frustrated with it. I think I need to make it a point to put it up everyday again. Take my mind off of it, and put it to better use.

Just measured and hair is now 25.5" I got about the usual amount of growth. I should note that I have barely touched my vitamins all month. Maybe if I can get back into the habit of taking them my hair will take off again.

I changed my sig pic. I think I'll stick with this one for a while unless for some miraculous reason I get a decent picture of myself. I do not photograph well. Oh well I'm sleepy.
Here's an updated chart:
April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]
November 1st - 25.5"....(+5.5 in 195 days) [+ .75]

Out of nowhere my hair got ridiculously flaky. I dont know that it has ever been that bad before. Weird. I washed this morning with Nizoral and followed that with Feria. I remembered reading on here before about someone holding their hair up while the condtioner was on it so that it would run into the hair more. It makes since so I gave it a try. I honestly dont notice any difference but it cant hurt right?

I'm still feeling rather blah about my hair. And about everything else also. I just cant seem to get motivated. This stupid house needs lots of work and I just cant bring myself to dive into it.

I've decided to set a few goals for November:
Remeber to take my vitamins. I've already paid for them so I might as well use them.
Have most of the house organized.
Clean out closet.
Purchase at least 50% of Christmas presents. (Ugh)
Build that fence!
Lose 5lbs


Hmm that looks good for now. I'm sure I'll want to add more later.

Oh still no word from the college regarding my transcript. Come on people you are stressing me out.

I really want a palm pilot thingy. I am constantly making list and losing track of them. Best Buy owes us about $400 dollars in gift certificates so I'll be getting one as soon as we get that money. Yay, anyone got any reccomendations?

Well I need to go clean now.

LHC is being all wonky right now, so I’m typing this in word to be transferred later.

Haven’t washed my hair since I did the other day with Nizoral and Feria. It’s looking pretty good for once too. For about a week and a half I have noticed my hair tangling at the nape. I think I’ve seen this referred to before as “Fairy knots.” I don’t like it. My hair never tangles and almost every time I check there are tangles there. What causes this? I tried searching it earlier but couldn’t find much because LHC is being so weird.

Oh my ficcare is peeling. :wail: It’s my large jean ficcare. I took it out the other day and it made a weird sound. I investigated and discovered that from the edge its peeling a lot. I know that I need to put clear fingernail polish on it, but I don’t have any and I keep forgetting to buy more. Grrr and I was so careful with that thing.

On to non-hair related maters. My new neighbors are annoying me. I’ve seen him (several times) bring his fat stupid dogs into my yard to crap. I mean come one dude how completely dis-respectful. If this doesn’t stop I am going to have to confront them. Seriously nobody wants to step in poo.

Also same neighbor has blocked off his pipe. (The ones that run under driveways in the ditches.) So that when it rains the water backs up in my yard, and the other neighbor’s yards. What a piece of trash.

I finally called the school today. Turns out by the time they received my transcripts and fees my application had expired. So all I had to do was fill out another application. Hopefully I’ll hear from them in a couple of weeks.

I had made it a goal to remember my vitamins this month. I’m not doing so well with that so far.
Nov. 1st – 4500 mcg Biotin and 1500 mg MSM
Nov 2nd – whoops
Nov 3rd – 4500 mcg Biotin, 1500 mg MSM and multi

Doing that everyday could get long and boring. Might try something else next time.

I need a new sewing project and I cant decided which I want to do. I bought two patterns a few days ago and I have another that I want to buy. Yet I have no fabric. Guess that means I need to go shopping. :grin:

Landlord came out today and fixed the drain hookup for the washer. Yay, he seemed a lot nicer than I remembered. I admit I am quick to judge people.

As for my weight loss goal I went shopping last night and bought myself some Crystal light as I know that cokes are my main problem. I am completely addicted to them. I must quit. No more cokes. Seriously if I can at least cut down on them it will help. Ha ha look I’m already wavering. “I must quit….. er um cut down.”

Be strong Butters.

Wouldnt you know it? I finally got my computer back and now the graphics card stopped working. So right now I'm checking in from my parents computer. It's probably a good time to take a break anyway. I have things that need to be done and I want to avoid all things political.


Washed my hair this morning using a sample of Redken All Soft Shampoo and Conditioner. No results yet as its still soaked.

I'm visiting my parents this weekened and I forgot my viatmins. I'm bad I think I might go buy some more. I can always use it. I guess. I also forgot to bring a scrunchie so all I have is a ficcare. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Weight loss goal is going Ok I guess. I just need to be conscious of what I eat. Quitting Cokes is hard and I keep finding myself contemplating how delicious they are.

Guess thats all for now. I'll try to keep my journal updated.

The Redken All Soft stuff worked really well. Once I run out of stuff I might buy some of it.

I broke down and had a Coke Yesterday. My excuse was that I had a major headache and the caffiene would help the tylenol to work faster. Oh well. So today is day 1 of no sodas. We'll see how long it last this time.

Vitamins:4th none, 5th none; 6th multi; 7th none;8th biotin msm and multi
Ha that goal isnt working out very well is it.

Of all the goals I've set the only one I've made any progress on is Christmas presents. Ha who whouldve known I'm so good at shopping. :lol:

I think Im quitting the pill in a few weeks. I feel like they are messing with me. I'm going to try FAM but I know itll be a few months before my cycle returns to normal. Ugh I'm not sure if this is the right thing or not. I know BC pills have made me depressed and moosdy among other things. I just dont want an "oops" right now. This could get really long winded and rambly so I'll stop now. Just dont know what to do.

Still having trouble with fairy-knots. Maybe its my cold weather clothes.

Well Im cold and distracted. Time for a random smiley: :deal:

Ill do my best not to make a long incoherent post. I'm glad to see LHC is back up and running. It was getting really bad everyday around 12-3. I could almost never access it during those times.

I got a piece of glass stuck in my thumb a few days ago and it hurts bad. I always have cuts and scrapes and usually dont even notice them but this one hurts. :boohoo: I keep acciedently using my thumb and then its awful. I dug in it (yeoowch) to see if there was any remaining glass. I couldnt find anything but it certainly feels like it.

I havent washed my hair since Saturday. It should be grease city but its actually really soft and nice. Redken All Soft is now officially on my list. I had planned on washing my hair today but I'll go ahead and skip it. I dont plan on going anywhere and my thumbs doesnt want hairs in it. :wink:

Oh the worst part about my thumb is that earlier that day I had made it my goal to play thie piano for an hour every day. I want to be as good as I can be by the time I start school. I'm still playing everyday but not an hour.

I'm having some difficulties with Charley. I'm not seeing him as much as I was and he's started ignoring me. Not sure if that is the correct way to word it. Anyway, the other day my dad and I were riding. Something spooked the horses, and they took off. Usualy not a big deal, but Charley quite enjoys running and saw this as the perfect oppurtunity to get it out of his system. Stupid horse would not stop or slow down. He was having a blast. (I was secretly having fun too, but knew it could turn dangerous. ) Anyway, from all accounts I was doing everything right. He just didnt want to stop. So what should I have done. I mean he wasnt responding to the reins or verbal commands. He could be very dangerous like this. I cant visit him anymore often but my brother said he's going to ride him more often. I'm not sure if that is going to do any good. He's already great with my brother. It's just me. Maybe I just need to work on my arm strength.

Ok now Im just thinking in print. Anyway that is whats running through my mind right now. Any suggestions?

I havent drank any sodas since Sunday. Woo hoo :hollie: Thats a huge accomplishment for me. I was having at least two a day. Thats like 300 extra calories. I have replaced my sodas with Crystal Light. I wish it was something healthier but its an improvement. Oh and I've been drinking milk with my dinner. I need all the calcium I can get.

So Saturday night is my last BC pill. I'm going to chart to avoid. It will be a few months before my cycle goes back to normal. Hopefully the adjustment period will not be too rough. I wish the pill worked for me but it just makes me mean and depressed.

Vitamins: 9th biotin,msm,multi; 10th MSM; 11th biotin,MSM, multi

***Ranting non-hair related post ahead***

Moving stinks. I keep finding things that need to be done, Or even worse things that needed to be done. Ugh I dont even want to think about it. I am usually really good at keeping up with things but I've lost two checks worth arounde 200$ the worst part is I cant even remember who one of them was from.

Dh works constantly. His new job is as bad as his last. He leaves in the morning before I wake up, and doesnt come home until 9:30pm everynight. How am I supposed to get anything done. We still dont have a bed to sleep on because I cant put the side on without someone helping me. We dont have a washer dryer setup because the outlet is different then our puggin and we have to change the cords. I dont even have a clue when it comes to electrical things. We dont have a fence because a.) I am no she-ra and b.) the cost of the material to build one is ridiculuos.

I might not get to visit my family or my horse this weekend, and its stinking cold. Hmmm, let me see if I can think of something else to tack on here...... No guesss thats all for now. No no wait and I miss my dogs. There that should be enough for now.

Oh wait and Im getting sick again. Sore throat, runny nose. Happy Happy Joy Joy.

Hmm I'm going to go eat a cookie now. I might post actual hair related things later.



This mesage has been approved by the Butters & Butters in '08 campaign.

(Ha Ha I had to add that GreyLadys Nomination of Butters & Butters cracked me up. :lol:)

DH should get off work early today. So I've been sitting around waiting. I forgot my vitamins again yesterday. I am truly horrible about taking them.

Washed my hair very quickly last night with Biojoba and Suave Milk and Honey. It's OK but I can tell that its not completely clean. I had to wash really quickly because by the time it was my turn to take a shower the water was barely lukewarm. And by the time I was done it was downright cold. Brrr.

I dont have anything interesting to write I was just bored and thought I shoiuld go ahead and record that other stuff while I still have time. I need to clean out some of my hair thingys. There are many things I dont ever use and honestly probably never will. D$%* ficcares have spoiled me and now I cant stand to use my not so nice stuff. I was hoping to put some of it in the swap box but I know I am way down on the list and might not see it for a very long time.

I really need to start attempting new things with my hair. I keep thinking it's too short for most things. My stinking layers make it harder to do stuff and I am a complete doof anyway.

I think I finally got the glass out of my thumb. Woo woo it hurts so much less now. I dug around on it last night. I never saw anything but I can actually use my thumb now. Awww.

Hmm I'm going to stop writing boring stuff now.

Still no word from school. Is it to early to be annoyed with them. Today is the 15th. I spoke with them and sent in my application electronically on the third.

Just washed my hair with Suave Clarifying and followed with Feria conditioner. Hair is wet.

Don't feel well.

Oh man do I feel like crap. Why am I on the computer? Well I'm addicted, or bored or something.

Anyway, hair turned out nicely from my last wash. I find myself trying to use up the products I have to make way for new ones. I have a bottle of Avalon Organics Lavender that I am going to have to give away as it stinks. Its a good conditioner but it stinks stinks stinks. Just thinking about the smell makes me want to crawl into a hole.

A new ficcare order is being planned. How evil! :twisted: I think I'm going to buy one for myself as a Christmas present. DH sucks at buying gifts. (Sad fact of life but really he's one of these guys that waits til the last minute and then brings you a roll of paper towels or something.) Anyway if I do order I am going to go out on a limb and order a millenium. I need to try something new. Plus these always look gorgeous in everyones hair pictures.

As fair warning the following paragraph contains "female issues." Anyway, I took my last pill Friday night and today I started the withdrawal bleeding and I feel awful! This shouldnt be any worse than a regular "period" on the pill but it is. I ate enough carbs to give an atkins fanatic a heart attack (though its possible they were predisposed to one due to their excessive ingestion of fat.) Cereal, Ramen noodles, and potato chips. Oh and a reeses cup, ugh and two muffins.... I need to go run. :lol: Anyway my cramps have been awful. Fortunatly I had some of those body heat pad thingys and I've been wearing one most of the day. It seemed to help for a while but now its losing heat and not being so helpful. Also I've had super-headache for two days. I'm not sure if I would call it a migraine or not. It does react to light and sound. (Both are like screwdrivers being driven into my forehead and base of neck.) But the pain isn't quite as extreme as usual and I dont feel much of a need to throw up. Who am I kidding? I havent done crap today because I've felt to bad. I took a nap and slept through my Mom calling and everything. (Note to self: Do not fall asleep with the peoples court on. I had really weird dreams enacting what these people were saying.)

Sorry that last paragraph got so huge. I just wanted to keep it all contained. :grin:

I'm feeling pretty good right now, considering what a horrible day I've had. DH's pay is messed up and that means hes got to call someone somewhere and argue with them. Hmm hey Mr. President your the boss, fix the pay.

Oh also someone started accounts in DHs name a couple years ago and ruined his credit. This affects us constantly and is unreasonably hard to get straightened out. This is a problem today because we are looking at getting a new car. My car is beyond a sh*t box. I'll have to get into that later.

Whoa I just figured out why I am typing so much. I took some excedrin migraine and it has caffiene in it. I havent been drining caffiene for a while now. So this is making me hyper. Ha ha.

Hmm I could go on. But I will spare you. Wait no I won't.

I checked with my school and I've been accepted and stuff and I have a small scholarship. All my info is in the mail somewhere. Ahh the mail. I do not trust the mail at all.

Lately I've been thinking alot about my heritage (not sure if thats the right word or not.) I am what most would call a mutt. I prefer Super Mutt as it makes me sound like someone who would hang out with UnderDog...but I digress. Anyway the most prevalent bloodline I have is.... Native American. Followed by Irish. Yea so sterotypically speaking I should be a hot tempered-drunkard. Anyway I am very proud of my strong Native blood. But my looks betray me and I feel I look very white. My father and mother both are darker skinned as are my brothers. But I got the Irish skin. If I watch the sun on TV I burn.

Anyway someone on here was talking about a yearning for a land they'd never been too. I've felt this same way also. Which boggles my mind. There is so much I want to understand but will probably never understand. Anyway as my father and I stood on the Little Bighorn Battlefield earlier this year he spoke of a dream he's had many times in his life. He said he very vividly dreams of lying in the grass here (battlefield) wounded and then someone comes up and stabs him. He'd never been there before... And then later on at the memorial site, I couldnt help but to cry. I was moved, and still am.

I guess thats all for now. I may come back and write more later. Pretend this smiley is me hyped up on caffiene. :misskim:

Wow that last one was long. He he look what I just got:
http://i8.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/c0/3a/a6_1_b.JPG

I won them on ebay. I cant wait to recieve them. :grin:

I havent taken my vitamins in a long time. :oops: I honestly can not remember when. I guess that goal just went down the drain.

I joined in the ficcare group order. I ordered a milenium clip in honey marble. Hopefully I'll be able to figure this baby out. I just wanted to try something new, and these always look so great in everyones hair.

Mom examined my hair yesterday and determined that all though the ends are uneven, they are healthy. So maybe now she'll stop trying to trim it. Honestly it hasnt been trimmed since April. Wonder how long I can go without one?

I brought Butters home last night. I missed the little stinker. I want to bring Snoop home too but we still do not have a fence. I really dont want to keep him shut in the house all day. He enjoys playing so much.

Well, I guess thats all for now.

Just found out one of my highschool buddies is going to be on CSI:Miami next month.
Yay, I'm so happy for him. He's one of the funniest people I know.

He'll be on December 13th and yes he will be the featured dead guy. :lol: He's going to be hit by a drunk driver.

Again Yay :rockerdud

I recieved my mini maximas and I lurve them. They are adorable and work realy well. However I stuck them in my purse yesterday and now one of them has a weird black spot on it. I can be such a jackass.

I havent washed my hair since the 15th. It looks pretty good though. I honestly wouldnt label it greasy right now. No wonder I never run out of products. I only use them 4 times a month. :lol:

I've been annoyed with my hair lately. It feels like its not growing. It also seems like its getting thinner. Who knows. It seems like everyone has a love-hate relationship with their hair at times.

I've had a headache or migraine everyday for about a week. I am blaming this on quitting the pill. My tempertures vary wildly and it looks like it will be a while before I return to a normal cycle.

I just dont have much to say right now. Wow my post looks like a poem. I write like I think, in fragments. :rolleyes:

Note to self: Make sure there are towels in the batroom before taking a shower.

Finally washed my hair. It didnt really need it though. My hair is finally adjusting to washing less often. Anyway, I used Biojoba shampoo and Feria condtioner. I expect my results to be good as usual. After washing I loosely braided my still damp hair. I just discovered last night that I can finally braid my hair. It doesnt look good enough to wear in public but I can wear it around the house.

I should be grocery shopping right now but I really really dont feel like dealing with it. I hate going to the grocery store(Walmart) and I hate dealing with crowds. So you can guess how I might deal with it today. Blech.

DH was supposed to get off of work early today but nope. We had planned on going to Best Buy and spending a gift card before the winter rush. I was planning on getting some new bellydance dvds and maybe a cd or somthing. Wah i want new dvds. :wail:

Geez I'm being whiney today. I'll cut my self off now before I start irritating everyone. :crazyq: Ha Ha just realized that this smilie was added and is called Queenie. :lol:

Remember this:

I've decided to set a few goals for November:
Remeber to take my vitamins. I've already paid for them so I might as well use them.
Have most of the house organized.
Clean out closet.
Purchase at least 50% of Christmas presents. (Ugh)
Build that fence!
Lose 5lbs

Well I wish I wouldve done a better job with them, but here is how they turned out.
Vitamins-hmm I started out really trying on this one and then I just stopped taking them. I would say I took them about 30% of the time. Not very good.
Have most of the house organized- Yay I did that.
Clean out closet - Boo havent even touched that.
Purchase at least 50% of presents - I have well over half done and an idea for most of the rest. So yay I did this one too.
Build that fence - DH and FIL have taken this one over as they seem to think I am incapable. (Yea right I wouldve had this thing done already if not for these overplanning overcomplicating know it alls.) So no this isnt done. Hey but at least they have really nice plans drawn out something I had done 3 weeks ago. :rolleyes:
Lose 5 lbs - Why yes I did. Now I just need to keep this up. :rockerdud

I'm kind of afraid of measuring my hair. I dont think it has grown any this month. I'm also craving new hair stuff. My current routine works great but i just love getting new stuff and trying new stuff.

Last night I found myself thinking about henna. :blueeek: I love the shine and health that it gives everyone. I also love the color but I'm not sure if I'm ready for that big of a change. Oh what to do what to do. Oh yeah the reason I started thinking about Henna is because I realized my 3 favorite hairs (for lack of a better term) are redheads. Angelic has the perfect hair. My hair could never be like hers (well unless i permed it and then bleached it and dyed it but then it wouldnt be as healthy as hers.) Woodlandnymphe and Roux have beautiful hair that is more attainable for me. But am I ready for henna? :undecided Oh what to do what to do?

Need to do the dishes now.

Still thinking about henna. :undecided:

Oh and I need to add to my wishlist:
Wishlist:
titanium hair stick
bun cage like cowgal posted Bronze Jewelers
dr bronners peppermint soap
more henna n placenta (I can not find this stuff.)
seamless comb
tingler hair brush
doodad penalt is looking for, it sounds absolutly beautiful.
mamacat hairsticks
big magnetic rollers
little soft rollers goody or scunci
tigi oatmeal and honey
oils any oils but probably jojoba and I would love to have peppermint oil

So I measured my hair a few days early and it was 26" Hmm average growth, but below my average of a few months ago. So that puts my estimated arrival time (to goals) back a few months. I will refigure these after my January 1st measurment.

26" sounds long but it doesnt feel long at all. I'm getting really frustrated with it. It just seems like the same hair everyone around here has. I've moved to a college area and everyone has long hair. Most of the times accompanied by bad highlights. (I've been guilty of this mistake in the past.) And this leads me back to henna. I've not seen anyone around here with hennaed hair. Actually I mentioned it to my DH and he was clueless. If anyone is reading this please throw your opinion at me. I need guidance.

Well off to change my profile, and go to bed.

Here's an updated chart:
April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]
November 1st - 25.5"....(+5.5 in 195 days) [+ .75]
December 1st - 26".......(+6 in 225 days) [+.5]

Guess who didnt want to wait to recalculate monthly growth average. Me! Ok using new measurments monthly growth average is...0.8 Less than before, of course, but not horrible. Geez hair I know you are capable of better growth than this. Why are you kicking me while I'm down. :rolleyes:

Still in a hair hating slump. Just frustrated with it.

Also I'm frustrated with Butters (the dog.) He stinks, I've given him two baths in the last 24 hours and he still stinks. So I'll probably be doing that in a little while.

I'm also still considering Henna. Do I want to make that big of a change.

I had a hair dream last night. I grabbed my hair in a fistful on each side and chopped it off. Somehow it was the a really shorty bushy choppy do and I got really upset. Then I thought to myself wait I'd never do that I must be dreaming and made myself wake up. :)

Alrighty off to Christmas shop online, and then maybe in real store but I doubt it. It's too cold to go outside.

OK last wash was on December 1st. Used Biojoba and Feria. Same as usual.
Washed today with Biolage normalizing shampoo and Condtioning balm. Still wet, but seems fine so far.

Not much to say right now. Just wanted to write that down before I forgot.

Hair turned out fuzzy from last wash. I know I've said this before but I guess I just need to remind myself...Biolage conditioning balm no longer works for you, let it go.

I got my ficcare yesterday and it is beautiful, by far my favorite of the ones I have. Now I just need to figure out how to use it. :grin: And as soon as I do you'll defiently get pictures.

I'm still feeling annoyed with my hair. It's just not.... well I'm frustrated with the length and my inability to do anything with it. And on the same note (kinda) I feel like a big fat cow. Moo. I have felt absolutly horrible about myself for awhile now.

I didnt make it to the Bellydance class tuesday night. I drove around trying to find it forever and then when I finally did find it, it was time for classes to start and the lights were all turned off. Maybe I'll make it there in time on Saturday.

Right now I'm helping my father round up death certificates so we can get Tribal membership. Yay! It will take several months for all the paperwork to go through, but it will be great to finally be official. I've always been strongly connected to that part of my ancestory. It hurts me to think of what was done to the Native Americans. It hurts me to see the still common racism (even on this very board.) I always bite my tounge because I am a non-confrontational person, maybe I shouldnt or maybe its better that I do.

Well, better go before I dig myself a nice big hole.

Oh and before I go DH is a procrastinator. Get off your butt and do your paperwork. :razz:

DH is still a procrastinator and our cell phone doesnt work here so I cant call and remind him that this crap needs to be done, NOW. If he doesnt get this stuff turned in then we are going to lose money. I cant do it, it has to be done by him. Grrr. (I've noticed that I type Grr alot here. I dont growl so much in real life, I am more prone to unintelligible strings of obsceneties.)

Hmm the hair. I should probably wash it but I just dont feel like it. I've been working with my ficcare and I am figuring some styles out. However its pretty hard to do without a mirror to see the back of my head. Both of our old houses had mirrors that you could adjust to see the back of your head. So I never bought a handheld mirror.

Geez I am boring myself. Not much going on here right now so I guess I should go clean.

So I am sitting here with these conair "rag" curlers in my hair. I tried to take a picture but the batteries are dead. Stupid camera eats them.

It's cold and I dont feel like doing anything. DH and I were supposed to go to my Aunts christmas party tonight but we havent had a nice lazy weekend for a long long time. We are always running back and forth. We had planned on digging post holes for the stupid fence this weekend but the weather isnt co-operating. I dont even feel like going outside in this cold nasty weather much less spending all day in it.

I just washed my hair with Biojoba and followed that with Neutrogena Triple Moisture mask. I love the way that stuff makes my hair feel wet, now we'll just have to wait and see what it looks like dry. I washed both of the dogs also. Snoopy quickly thanked me by pooing on my new rug. :rolleyes:

Only two people left to buy Christmas presents for. The two hardest people. I dont even know what to get them.

Well Im going to go listen to some Johnny Cash and try to chill out. Oh and DH is still a procrastinator.

Been a while since I took a length picture. So here is one I took a few minutes ago. It's being all flippy and crazy as usual which is really begining to annoy me.
I placed it next to my June 2nd picture to compare growth.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/121404.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/lilhair2.jpg

Wow thats some flippy hair. Ugh the more I look at my picture from yesterday the more annoyed I get with my hair. It just needs to calm down.

I havent been writing much in the old journal lately. I was sick most of the weekend and still am not feeling so well today.

Only one person left on the to-buy-for list and that is... FIL. Ugh cant I just get him some socks. (Wow I've already typed "Ugh" twice. I most like that word. Ugh Ugh Ugh.) I have official put this one off on DH. However I think he's ignoring me.

Bought the Return of the King extended DVD today. I'm waiting for DH to get home to watch it though. I also got some light fabric to make a circle skirt out of. It's a bright purple. I might wait until tommorow to make the skirt.

Oh also I've found an intersting bellydance workshop happening in Lexington in Febuary and I am debating going. For anyone thats interested heres the link : http://www.thesparktour.com/ The Lexington info isnt on there yet but I believe its Feb 12th.

My scalp has been flaky and stupid for a while now. Otherwise my hair is fine. It is nice and soft from the Neutrogena Mask but it doesnt have as much slip as it does with Feria. I should wash tonight or tommorow with Nizoral and that should clear things up.

Oh on a positive note my hair hasnt been trimmed since the begining of April and I see absolutly no reason to trim it yet. Hmm, that wasnt as positive as I'd hoped.

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I'm trying to avoid doing anything productive today. I really should be cleaning. Reading this journal one might be lead to believe that I clean alot. Since I am always talking about how I need to go clean or how I've been cleaning. Well I dont. I start to clean and then I get distracted or just get bored with it. Oh plus I have to vacuum everyday. Between Snoopy, Butters, and myself there is an entire cats worth of hair in the floor at the end of the day.

Oh and alot of what I call cleaning others might call, "Picking up after my lazy-@rse husband." That boy never puts anything where it belongs. Just sets it in the nearest empty space.

Ha you know how I wrote I get easily distracted. Well I was just sitting here watching that bunny hop around. He's pretty entertaining. Hop hop turn hop turn hop hop turn hop turn. Umm what was I saying.

I made a circle skirt earlier. It's really fun to wear. I just want to spin and spin. I had a little trouble with the waist as I was making it from directions on the internet and not a pattern. But anyway its fun. I find myself wanting to make another one or maybe some harem pants. I found directions for those too. :grin:

I washed my hair about an hour ago using Nizoral followed with the last of the Feria. My hair is still soaking wet and cold so no results yet. While its nice to have a working routine, I enjoy experimenting way too much.

I've not really been enjoying my hair much lately. I'm frustrated with it. And my inability to do anything with it.

Ahh my mp3 player is driving me insane. Its a big one 40gb and has thousands of songs on it but today for some reason it thinks random means Queen or Journey. I love Queen but DH put Journey on there and its starting to get old. Oh great now its Elton John. *skips songs*

Hmm I need to go clean (Ha Ha you now know thats just and excuse as I never know how to properly end a journal entry.) ;)

Moved to post #148.

Amodimethicone..........not soluble in water by itself
Amodimethicone (and) Trideceth-12 (and) Cetrimonium Chloride..........mixture that is soluble in water in the bottle
Behenoxy Dimethicone..........Sparingly soluble in water
Cetearyl methicone..........not soluble in water
Cetyl Dimethicone..........not soluble in water
Cyclomethicone..........not soluble in water
Cyclopentasiloxane..........not soluble in water
Dimethicone..........not soluble in water
Dimethicone Copolyol..........water soluble
Dimethicone copolyol..........water soluble
Dimethiconol..........not soluble in water
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Hydroxypropyl Polysiloxane..........water soluble
Stearoxy Dimethicone..........Sparingly soluble in water
Stearyl Dimethicone..........not soluble in water
Trimethylsilylamodimethicone..........not soluble in water
Lauryl methicone copolyol..........water soluble[/COLOR]

Just popping in. Nothing new going on with the hair. I've been trying to wear my not-so-great-braid more often. It's nice to finally have another style option. (Other than a ponytail.)

It snowed like crazy today and DH is currently stranded some where and I am unable to reach him on either of his cell phones. I shoud be stressing but instead I'm reading about hair.

Fortunatly I am completely done with Christmas shopping. Yay now I can kick back relax and enjoy the time with my family. I never decorated though, as a matter of fact I still have my fall decorations on my porch. I like them better anyway.

Hmm I really have nothing interesting to write about. Better try to call DH some more.

Just washed hair with some redken stuff. Not sure what it was, just using what ever my mom has laying around.

My ficcare is peeling even worse than it was before. Stupid thing.

My hair is currently in 12 braids and cracking me up. I'll get some pictures and post them when I get the chance.

Wow my poor journal was being buried. I know I used to write in it a lot more often. I think the fact that my computer is still out of service and I hate trying to type on the laptop is the reason I just dont post as much as I used to. Plus I have to sit in the floor. Not very comfortable.

I slept with my hair in the little braids and then took it out on Christmas morning. It is still wavy from them even now.

Hmm Christmas was nice, we recieved lots of kitchen type stuff. The snow never reached where we were, however the cold did and everything was icy. When we finally got back to our house our entire driveway was and still is a sheet of ice. It has made carrying things in from the car a difficult task.

It is warming up today so maybe it will all melt. Also if DH gets home early we are going to dig post holes. Yay! :rolleyes: Well Yay that we will finally be starting actual work on the fence, not Yay I love manual labor.

Oh here are some pictures that have finally been freed from my camera.

These are the braids I was talking about in my December 24th post and the effect they had on my hair on Christmas morning:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/braidandeffect.jpg

This is the effects the Conair rag curlers had on my hair from Decmeber 11th:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/ragcurls.jpg

Seriously considering henna. I love the color. The thing is I know how prone to changing my mind I am.
Am I ready for the upkeep? the change? will it even work on my overprocessed hair?

I started considering the current brand of dye that I use in a different henn-esque (ha I love making up words) shade. As I know that it fades quickly and only glosses it.

I've had red hair in the past in every shade imaginable. I once dyed it red on top of bleached hair. I was a carrot top. I asked my mom today what she thought about it and she said that when I had it that color (henna like color i pointed out in her swatches) that it looked really good.

So if anyone is reading this what do you think? My previous post has a face shot so that should give you an idea of my coloring, very pale with very dark brown eyes.* Opinions needed! :flower:

*My dark eyes come from my father. When he was little some lady he used to visit would say to him, "I'm going to punch those black eyes right out of your head and keep them." Apparently that was supposed to be a compliment, but if someone said that to me when I was little I wouldve run away screaming. :lol:

Ok all for now I am clearly thinking out loud.. or umm typing out loud.. or something.

Washed my hair late on the 28th and slept with it wet. Surprisingly when I woke up I didnt have an irritated ithcy scalp. So I think I can safely blame that on the water at our old apartment. Yay. I dont think I will do it again though because it was cold and made it difficult to sleep. For reference purposes I shampooed with Biojoba and condtined with Neutrogena Mask.

I bought some new hair stuff. I got some Nexxus Pep R Mint shampoo. And some Biosilk Fruit Cocktail condtioner. And yes I based both purchases on smell. My sniffer usually makes my frivilous hair purchases choices. Oh and these two will definetly not be used together. I would smell like a hoilday fruit basket.

Henna I am still thinking about this. I found some pictures of when my hair was this color previously and I like the way it looks. I cant scan them though as the scanner is currently in a box somewhere and my computer (may it rest in peace) is still out of service. Maybe this weekend at my parents I can use their scanner. I still need opinions. (See last entry.) And thanks so much to those who pmed me. :flower:

I also compiled this list and will add it to super huge post when I move it. Since I have no hairtwins I went on a little search for some hair cousins and this is what I found.

Hairtwins
1b fs:
Arianna
Autumn
Ellen
enna
giggy2
GoldLady
hairbrain
Karmakittycomet
ladybug
lama
Michiru
nutsenmai
quirky
sgrace
vampberry

1biiis:
grenwich
igor
lindaE
LisaMM
powergirl
psimons
rock chip
VivikaM

closest match
sgrace 1bf ii/iii

Nothing going on hair wise. However I was wondering around at Wal Mart and saw Loreal Color Pulse. Which is a no ammonia no peroxide haircolor that is supposed to be temporary as in only 8-10 washes. I used a product very similar to this one a few years ago and I remember it making my hair very very soft and washing out after a few washes. I can not however find an ingredient list online.

So why do I want to try it. Well while I love the color of Henna I'm really afraid that I might not like it or may grow tired of it. So I thought this might be a good way to give it a try without doing any damage. My mom seems to think that I should use the Shades EQ in a red shade but that is also a little more permanent than I am ready to commit to.

Life has been kind of hectic lately. Family is having the same drama as usual. It gets old. There is no good solution. Just thinking about it puts me in a foul mood. :rolleyes:

Went hiking Saturday. It was really warm like 70 degrees. We hiked a few miles through the woods to a natural arch. We sat underneath and had a picnic. The arch was a gathering to the native people, and It has a really spiritual feel to it. I took off my shoes and climbed up the side and walked around on the top. All of the soft mosses felt wonderful on my feet. Plus its much easier to climb a slick rock with bare feet than stupid slick shoes. :silly:

I was going to ride Charley today but he has thrown a shoe, and darnit it was one of his expensive ones. Oh, well called the guy said he would be out to shoe him as soon as he can. I havent riden in a long time. Weather hasnt been very nice and I have a feeling it will only get worse. Oh yeah Saturday we beat the old record high by almost 10 degrees. But now we are returning to cold icy rainy stuff. Yuck. I am a wuss when it comes to cold weather.

Well off to bed and thanks again to everyone who has PMed about my henna questions. It's always nice to hear someone elses opinion. :flowers:

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Ok obviously I was really bored. My back is aching and I just dont feel like getting up and doing anything useful right now.

Tommorow I am going to help my friend dye her hair. She wants it to be the same color as mine. I think I might try that ColorPulse stuff tommorow while I am at it. My stupid hair has been behaving so well lately that I just dont know what to do. :rolleyes:

So I went ahead and put that the Loreal Colorpulse on my hair. I used Red Pulse I think. It looks pretty good but I am still not sure if I want to go with a more permanent method. I will post pictures as soon as I can get N to take a few. Oh I will also post the ingredients when I get the chance. (I bought two boxes and only used one and then I left the unused on at my parents house. So next time I visit them I'll grab it and copy the ingredients.) It did leave my hair very soft and shiny.

Tommorow morning I get to wake up nice and early to schedule my classes. Yay, after a bit of transcript drama. (Lost two in the mail.) I was finally accepted. The bad part is that I register for classes tommorow and they start on Monday. Talk about short notice. I'm hoping that I get into the classes I want, I know with registering so late that a lot of classes will already be full.

I'm frustrated right now because I feel like I've been catching alot of crap because I chose not to go to school for the last few years. My friends are finishing up college as I am leaving. I'm also frustrated because even though I am only a few years older then most of the people I will be attending school with, it feels like longer. I didnt get along with people that age when I was that age.

Oh well, I need to go to bed. :flower:

So let me try again I had a nice long entry typed out and Butters came over and flopped on the keyboard and lost it somehow.

First, I got a few pictures of my hair. Because the difference is so subtle only one picture really shows a change and it only shows a change becuase it is in direct light. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/red.jpg

While I am posting pictures I thought I would go ahead and post a length picture. My waist length goal is indicated by the purple line. I am sitting funny and that is why the line is diagonal.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/hair1-5.jpg

So I registered for classes today and it took forever. The whole day was a big program and it seems most of it was geared to the incoming freshman. So I had to sit through a lot of stuff that just didnt apply. I did get to meet my advisor and he is really nice. He and another lady from the deparment were complimenting my ACT scores and that made my day. Well until I spent 463$ on books and then had to carry them a half mile back to my car. Eek those things were heavy.

I was at school from 7-5 and I still have to go back tommorow to get a few things done. Parking tag, meal plan, payment stuff. I think thats all. :rolleyes: Most of my classes are general education which is kind of boring but I need to go ahead and get that all out of the way. Oh I need to talk to my old school and get them to send course descriptions to my new school because right now none of my transfered classes count. Oh well I figured something like this would happen, its not that big of a deal though.

I did a lot of walking around in the cold today and must invest in some toasty warm gloves. Hmm that reminds me. I saw a girl with a really cool hairstick, but I am too shy to strike up a conversation with a stranger. There are a lot of people with hair the same length as mine. I only saw one lady with longer hair and it was classic length, dark and slightly wavy. Thats one of the reasons I am so frustrated with my hair right now. It's average, nothing spectacular about it.

Finally got around to using one of my new products. I washed my hair with the Nexus Pep R Mint I really liked it, it smelled great and it was easy to scrub my scalp. I notice lots of shampoos make my hair tangly and its hard to wash my scalp. The smell is great and I got a really good deal on it. I conditioned with Neutrogena Mask. I rinsed forever and ever, until the hot water ran out, and it still looked like Fruit Punch was coming out of my hair. I'll be surprised if much color is left in my hair after that.

And after all of that I am still not sure if I want to go red. I really liked the red when I could see it. However, I kind of get the feeling that natural hair is more appreciated than dyed hair. But on the other hand I want my hair to be different I dont like having the same thing everyone else has. And around here everyone has long hair. I wish I could just make up my mind.

I have had the same stupid headache for days now and nothing seems to be affecting it. I'm getting really tired of it as it makes me feel nauseus, and I cant spell that word. I guess staring at a computer screen isnt helping. Hmm I just spent the last couple of minutes trying to figure out how to turn the brightness down and couldnt. So I am now tilting the screen so that its dimmer, I am a genius. :lol: I probably spelled that wrong too.

I need a new signature or avatar or something, I am getting really tired of the old one.

I'll report more on the hair later.

I start classes tommorow and, huge dork that I am, I'm nervous. I havent attended college for about 3 years. Plus I just know I am going to get lost or something. I'm just hoping I can figure that place out rather quickly. I feel like such a little kid.

I think N wants to go get stuff to fix my computer today. Yay. I like my computer it has more stuff on it. Stuff stuff stuff I just keep using that word, I'm sure it makes me sound kind of stupid. I'd like to get some gloves while we are out, its cold out an I'll need them for when I get lost tommorow. ;)

I'm hoping that with the start of school, I can forget about my hair a little. I am still undecided on the red issue. Yesterday I had my mind made up that I was definetly going to do it. Today I am wavering. It just seems like a lot of work for something that is barely noticable. I guess I'll just continue to think about it. I have to wait for this other stuff to fade anyway. It looks like it should all be gone in just a couple more washes. It's very much faded from the last wash.

Oh I am also thinking about doing an EVOO treatmennt to fade the RedPulse Color and any remaining Shades EQ from October. I had never heard of this until I read about it in UnNamed's Journal. Sounds like a pretty good idea. Maybe I'll try it on Monay night or Tuesday.

Finally got a new CD thats worth the 12$ I paid for it. Flogging Molly - Within A Mile of Home :grin:

Woo I didnt get lost. And it seems like most of my classes will be easy enough. Plus I get plenty of exercise hauling myself all over campus with my 20lb+ backpack. I'm not sure how nutritious the food that is available to me is but I guess it beats Ramen noodles. Really I am just happy to be getting out of the house and doing something. I've really enjoyed not working and just spending time at home, but everyone else in the world has made me feel like a second class citizen. Why arent you going to school? Why dont you have a job? When are you having babies? Apparently my life is everyones bussiness. ***k them. I wish I didnt care what other people think. Can I just have that part of my personality removed. Oh and while your at it please add some self esteem.

Hmm that was rather rantish. Oh yeah a few weeks ago one of my friends was on CSI. He was home for a visit a week or so ago and went back to LA. And then yesterday his father was killed in an ATV accident. Ugh I just feel so bad for him. I know how hard it was to leave when I lived in WA and I cant imagine how horrible it would feel to lose someone that close to me, while I was away. :( I guess I am going to the visitation tommorow and I just dont know what to say. I always cry at these things I just care to much. I see other people hurting and it hurts me. I'm not looking forward to going.

I wore my hair down all day today. I dont think I will be doing this again for awhile as it kept getting in the way. I think I'll just start throwing it into a ficcare or some other easy style every morning. Plus this will help to take my mind off of it.

Well its my bed time and I still have some things that need to be done tonight. :flowers:

I think it is Meezer who organizes her journal by putting hair or life above each paragraph and I think thats a neat idea so I'm going to steal it for this entry. :grin:

Hair

Umm I havent washed since the 7th, hmm I guess thats not that long ago but its feeling kind of off already. I think I didnt rinse my hair well enough. (I ran out of hot water.) And I think I am just going to forget about my hair for a while. No new stuff, no color until at least mid-Febuary.

I did get 2 comments on my ficcare. One of my friends said it was 'different' and another said 'wow you did that, that fast? Va va voom.' (She was refering to a twisty style I put my hair into.)

Life


So I just got home from C's fathers visitation. :( Ugh he was so young and his passing was such a shock. The whole thing is supremely depressing.

I was supposed to have one class today but when I got there the was a nice little note telling me I didnt have to wake up early and drive 40 minutes and then walk 10 more, today. Yea, I'm not bitter. Well I need to get stuff together for tommorow and get my butt in bed.

Looking back at post #6 I really though my hair was crazy long when I had those fake extensions. Now that my actual hair is that length it doenst feel long at all. Actually I've been hitting a point where I am getting bored with it.

But I was also thinking about all the things I do "wrong" with my hair. Its colored and layered. I shampoo and use silicones. I wear it down alot, even to sleep. But all of these things work for me. My hair remains healthy and split free.

What was my point? Umm I dont remember but I just spent the last hour trying to track down course descriptions of the courses I took at my old college. Finally got to talk to a person insted of a machine and she transfered me back to a machine. After calling back, I finally got a real person and the best she can do is send me a current course catalog. I dont know if this is going to help. I honestly dont know what to do here. Shouldnt this be the Transfer Coordinators job not mine.

So I've been trying to lose weight for a while and I got really stressed the other day when trying on some of my pants. N said, well maybe you should go on a diet. (Bastard) I said I have been trying to lose weight for months. I am just having a really hard time with it. I hadnt told him because he's not helpful, he thinks he is but he's not. Everytime I eat anything he does his "you dont need that." speech. and it really really pisses me off. I mean I probably eat 1100 calories a day, that's it. Somedays even less than that. We are around each other for about an hour a day so he has no idea what I eat or the exercise that I do. Grr... I wish I had never told him and this is exactly why I hadnt told him until now.

Ooops turned into a vent. But I am still angry :twisted:

Today I was on a mission to fade my color. So 1st I applied EVOO to my entire head. It wasnt completely saturated but it was coated pretty well. I let that sit for around 15 minutes while I sat in a hot bath. And man did it stink. I smelled like a bad italian meal, yucky. Then I shampooed my enitre length with Nexxus Pep R Mint. I rinsed that out and followed it by shampooing again using Biojoba. I rinsed forever and the water ran a reddish-brown color which is great because that means I am fading my shades eq color from a few months ago. I then applied Neutrogena Triple Moisture (and lots of it) and let it sit for a few more minutes. Then I rinsed again until the hot water ran out and at that time it was still running red-brown. I dried using my Dog towel and it now has pink streaks on it. My hair is still wet so results will have to wait until tommorow.

And I think I am just going to forget about my hair for a while. No new stuff, no color until at least mid-Febuary.

Ha I shouldve known better than to put that in writing. Well yesterday I had my hair trimmed. :shocked: I know. I have been saying for a while that I love fairytale ends. However as my hair grew into them, it just didnt look soft and pretty it looked raggedy. Ugh oh well. Oh and I'd say the most hair that was trimmed was slightly over 1/4 inch. I'm happy with it. I also had my layers trimmed as little as possible. The frustrating thing is that my layers are the only parts of my hair that I am not happy with the health of. I do plan on keeping my layers I would just prefer that they would soften some more. When I started growing they were really sharp and popping out. But as I am growing they are catching up and creating a much nicer affect.

I measured my hair before having it trimmed and (not counting straggly pieces) it was...26". Yes same thing for months now. Yuck. I thought it was growing slow in the fall and I could expect it to pick up throughout the winter and spring. Wrong. Its not really grown at all this winter. But there is always spring. I guess.

I'm kind of rambling. I've been stuck inside all day because its snowing. Not enough to be fun. Just enough to be dangerous and cold.

Oh yeah that last wash left me with dry scalp. (My skin is hating all this indoor dry heat.) It also left me kind of tangly. I rinsed far too long and just rinsed all the conditioner out. I was going to wash it earlier today but then I fell asleep. :grin:

I'm just so sleepy. :yawn:

Washed my hair yesterday using Biojoba and Biosilk Fruit Cocktail. Oh I really like this stuff it smells nice and made my hair very soft. Plus the smell lingers. Yum. I love having good smelling hair.

Oh I also put a bit of EVOO on the ends before showering. The ends seem to be holding on to the color more than the rest and I thought this might help even things out. It is definetly working. :grin:

Also in an effort to appreciate my hair for a while, I changed my avatar to "Arwen" from the LOTR. She has such lovely dark brown hair. Umm thats enough about hair.

It is COLD out there. It's been around 10 most of that day and that is just painful when you have to walk from class to class. Seriously I wanted to stop in buildings just to warm up some before walking on. Ick, even my eyeballs hurt they were so cold. I'm used to the Pacific Northwest and rainy mild winters, not this stuff.

It is supposed to snow in the morning and I'm like a little kid hoping to get out of school or at least get the 2 hour delay. I could just stay in my nice warm bed for hours. Mmmm warm bed. :yawn:

Really I love going back to school. I find myself excited about taking classes this summer. I felt like such a worthless piece of crap when I wasnt working or going to school. But now I am doing something, Yay.

I feel like typing but I just dont have much to say. When I was walking to my car today I almost fell on my butt. I hit a patch of ice and just slid and slid. I didnt think I was going to make it. Finally I regained control and I felt quite silly. Hmm that was a boring story. :lol: If it will make it funnier you can pretend I wrote: And then I fell on my butt and spun around in circles like one of the three stooges all the while yelping, "woo hoo woo hoo woo hoo" :silly:

:no My hair is not growing. I measured a few days ago before trimming and it was 26. Yarrgh I'm just annoyed with this right now and felt like writing about it. Plus the flakeys are back. It has been months since it was like this and now out of nowhere. :rolleyes:

So I'm going to wash tonight with the Nizoral and see if that makes it any better.

Additinally, I have not been able to make an updo sit correctly for a couple of weeks. It seems that no matter what something is pulling or uncomfortable. Most of the time whatever style I do manage to put it in falls out in around an hour.

Wow this is really ranty.

I made most of a dress today. I need to hem it and sew on a sleeve so itll probably take me about an hour to finish. But I should claryfy thats only part one of a two part project so no pics yet. I really need to have N take some pics of my green dress. I love it. :cloud9: I'll try to get him to when he gets home.

Blargh still no picture....

I'm going to make him take some right now I am getting tired of waiting.

So I ran down stairs and put the dress on and then handed N the camera, he quickly snapped two pictures and returned to his game :rolleyes: Here are the two pictures and I admit they are not that good. Kind of fuzzy and I look like I have been goofing around on the computer for two hours, oh wait thats because I have been.

Prepare yourself for non-flattering photos...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/supadress3000.jpg
But I still love my dress. :grin:


Anyway I washed hair yesterday with Nizoral and Neutrogena Deep Conditioner. Just for reference.

It took me forever to get this stupid picture to work.

Decided it was time to update and edit big post but apparently I was a couple days too late to edit the old one, I had planned on replacing it with a post# to the newest one so as not to take up so much space.

So I've decided to put together one massive post that contains all the important information about me and my hair. This post will be moved to post #1 if editing is re-enabled. However if not then I will just occasionally move it closer to the end.

My current routine is to wash occasionally (4-5 days, sometimes longer) with a gentle shampoo, currently Joico Biojoba occasionally Nexxus Pep R Mint. I then deep condtion with either Biosilk Fruit Cocktail, Redken Butter Treat, or Neautrogena Deep Condtioning Mask. About once every month and a half I'll deep treat with Hask Henna 'n' Placenta. My last trim was January 15th, 2005. I dyed my hair on October 26th, 2004 with Shades EQ espresso 3N which is a no deposit no lift color. It's kind of a glaze that slowly washes out. On January 4th, 2005 I applied Color Pulse Red Pulse on my hair and it is a wash out in 8 washes color. My hair is heavily layered in the bottom few inches and was permed about two years ago in that same portion. My natural hair is 1a but due to this perm I have my hair typed as 1b. My hair is fine and very thick. My current ponytail circumference is 4.5" down from 5" at the begining of the summer.

This is a chart of all the hair measurments I have taken:
April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]
November 1st - 25.5"....(+5.5 in 195 days) [+ .75]
December 1st - 26".......(+6 in 225 days) [+.5]
January 1st - 26"..........(+6 in 256 days) [+ 0]

Using this chart my monthly growth average is...0.7
Using that I've estimated the time of arrival for my goals.
January - 1st 26"
August 2005 - 1st goal waist; 30.5"
January 2006 - Major Goal top of tailbone; 34"

Trim dates-
April 4th 2004
January 15th 2005

This is a list of Products I've tried and my feelings about them:
Aussie 3MM - not sure sample was good 1st day, Meh the second, may try again
Avalon Organics Lavender Condtioner - really like the results but can NOT stand the stink
Biosilk Fruit Cocktail - Good Conditioner Nice smell
EVOO and Honey - ok deep treatment was iffy on
Feria Condtioner - really like
Garnier Fructis - dont like any of these products
Henna n Placenta - really like!
Joico Biojoba - excellent very gentle shampoo, sometimes too gentle
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Leave in Foam - meh makes hair soft but not shiny
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Condtioing Mask - Really like so far, still using though
Nexxus Pep R Mint - Good shampoo very nice smell
Nizoral - good
Redken Butter Treat - Very much like feria
Suave Awapuhi - meh was ok wont buy again
Suave Citrus Smoothie - average light conditioner
Suave BioBasic - Meh not as good as Biolage condtioning balm
Suave Clarifying Shampoo - good calrifying shampoo very strong
Suave milk and honey - excellent light condtioner
Suave Passion Flower - same as Citrus smoothie but not as nice smelling
Strawberry Smoothie 2 n 1 - smells delicious works ok as shampoo
VO5 Fruitsations Condtioner - bad bad
VO5 Fruitsations Shampoo - like good regular shampoo great smell
White Rain Extra Body - OK light conditioner works well for CO


This is a list of Hair toys I own or have tried and how I feel about them:
sticks - not very good at these can make a bun but it only holds for about 10 minutes
hair scroos - I really like these but sometimes I can get them to work first try, others I have to keep trying and trying
hair glove - I have the short 1" or 2" version of this and it is too tight. My hair is too thick for this. If I can get it snapped then it looks OK but it hurts my head in very little time.
Ficcare Maximus - very reliable and pretty
mini ficcare - good little clips
Ficcare Millenium - beautiful clip harder for me to use than maximus
microfiber dog towel - works great use it everytime I wash my hair
Faolin Leaf Slide - very nice, get lots of compliments on this

Hair styles I can do:
Ponytail
Cinnamon bun
twist with ficcare
Birds nest or chinese bun
nape knot
regular briad not suitable for public wear yet

Vitamins: I would like to include information about the effects of these vitamins but I have yet to make any conclusions on them.
Biotin
Flax Oil
Women multi
Msm

Wishlist:
titanium hair stick
bun cage like cowgal posted Bronze Jewelers
dr bronners peppermint soap
more henna n placenta (I can not find this stuff.)
seamless comb
tingler hair brush
doodad penalt is looking for, it sounds absolutly beautiful.
mamacat hairsticks
big magnetic rollers
tigi oatmeal and honey
oils any oils but probably jojoba and I would love to have peppermint
amish hair pins
microwave heat cap

Look at when I feel Blue threads:
Butters!
Butters...
Butters
Butters new sig

'Cone information will remain in old post dont need to repost it as it isnt changing.

I am so stinking bored. I keep refreshing just to see if anything new has been posted. I should be doing homework but I just got cold and wasnt retaining anything that I was reading so thought I would take a short break. (Short yea right.)

Anyway, I find myself drawn to the ficcare group order. Argh what am I thinking. I'm thinking I wear my ficcare almost everyday and it sure would be nice to have more colors. However I just dont think they are worth 32$ each. That is ridiculous. I love my ficcares and they are everything one could hope for in a hairtoy but... I doubt the the quality of their craftmanship. The wholesale prices I would pay but retail... ehh I dont know about that.

Homework...

Page 4! You guys are posting maniacs.

I should be doing a paper right now but I just cant get started, everytime I try it just seems off somehow. I tend to be a perfectionist when it comes to things like this. (Note my journal is not a "things like this" and therefore does not accuratly reflect my writing style or my intelligence. It is more of a mental dump, I have to take.) I should be avoiding the internet all together but it is just so hard when it is one click away.

Ha Ha I said "mental dump" Now I have horrible mental pictures. :lol:

I thought I was done buying Ficcares but I've been wearing mine about everyday this week. So I might join this order, I just need to decide which one I want and if it's worth the money. Even with the defects in my jean ficcare it is still my favorite. (Well if I could ever figure out my Millenium clip it would be my favorite as it is so pretty but I just cant do it.) I am looking at three different colors: burgundy border, two tone brown border, and red primavera.

I need to wash my hair sometime today as the flakeys were really bad this morning. I dont know if I should blame it on the weather or that dye I used a couple of weeks ago. Im thinking maybe it threw off the balance of my scalp or something. :rolleyes:

Well I'll try to stop procrastinating now. :wink: (Yea right)

I think I've been clenching my teeth today or last night or something. My jaw hurts and I have a minor headache. Blech.

So I think I am going to order a ficcare, I just use the stupid thing too often and it would be nice to have a different color. As of right now I dont even attempt to match. Now to decide which one I want er I mean need.

Washed yesterday with Nizoral followed by NTM (I am so tired of typing that out so from now on it will be abbreviated) on the ends and Suave awapuhi on the roots. Woke up this morning to FLAKEY FLY AWAY hair. :wail: Heres a little reminder to myself: Dear me, I know you like to color your hair, and it is fun to have pretty colored hair but and this is a big BUT everytime it gives you flakey nasty scalp. What is the point in having a nice color if you are always trying to hide your flakey hair. Think about this next time you are tempted. Love, me

Anyway I was in a hurry and couldnt find a way to hide it. So I managed double braids and a stocking hat. I'm just happy that I have a new style to add to my very short style list. I guess I'll have to give the Nizoral a few more washes. I just bought a new bottle, the old one lasted me over 6 months. Also I my hair was still rinsing out red. I can still see it in the light though and kind of wonder if my hair decided to be porous and grab onto it. Not such a bad thing as its cute and only visible in direct light.

And yes I should be writing a paper and yes I do plan on sleeping late tommorow and then writing the thing in a mad rush. I do my best work that way, because thats the only way I do it. :lol:

Time for bed. :yawn:

I just attempted to measure my own hair.


My measurement...26" :brickwall:

Why do I even bother. I need to just forget the tape measure and enjoy my hair. I had hoped for longer hair by now but its just not happening for me. Even if I take into account my trim a few weeks ago my hair has only grown 1/4 inch. Blargh.

The flakeys calmed down the next day so I havent washed yet. But the fly aways are still nutty. I've been using Fruit of the Earth aloe gel to calm them in the morning, but it doesnt take long for them to return. I know this is because I wear a stocking cap every day, but its just so darn cold out there.

I was planning on visiting my parents one day this weekend but it looks like the weather is plotting against me. It's great how the weather is cold and clear all week and then on the weekends it turns into snowy icy crap. :rolleyes: At least I have my homework to keep me busy.

Oh and of course I still have no idea which ficcare/s I want. If we are able to get wholesale pricing I will get 3 or 4. If not I might order one from the group order or order 1 or 2 from headgames. I'm becoming increasingly curious about the color of the baby blue ficcare. I love love love Robins Egg Blue. And even the tiniest possibility that it could be REB makes me want to call and order right this second. :wink: I also really like purple, though I've never been that big of a fan of light purple. A nice royal purple would be purrrfect. The red primavera I am iffy on it was on one of my old ficcares I want list but I'm not sure about it now, I think it has a bit much gold for me. (I'm not saying I dont like it!) I'm also liking the burgundy alot. I have quite a bit in my wardrobe and it would match. The two tone brown was never on my list until I saw DarthCynthia's pics in the ficcare style thread. It was gorgeous, but the more I looked at it the more I thought it was just gorgeous because it was in her hair, and it wouldnt be half as pretty in my darker hair. Hmm have I left any out. If I have then I guess that means I dont really want that one anyway. :grin:

Wow that was one long paragraph about ficcares, who knew I would become one of them. (The Ficcare People.)

Ooh I just had a though... honey marble!

Its cold and icy. Yucky! Oh and I miss my horse. :( I havent seen the big galloot (how do you spell that word?) in ages. So heres a big pretty hoss picture, to make me smile.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/prettycharley.jpg

I really want one of those hair cages from Titanic, posted on the mane board. Those things are just gorgeous, but at the same time, over priced. I think I might attempt to make one my self.

Also, I've decided I want to grow to classic shh dont tell N, he already thinks im a bit crazy :crazyq: I've always loved the look but been a little intimidated by it. Yesterday on my drive home I saw a lady with just past classic length hair in ponytail and I almost drove off the road. :lol: Not really but I did slow down and gawk. Such pretty hair, I havent really seen hair that pretty in real life.

:inlove:

Something quite intersting just happened. After my last entry I decided to play my piano a little bit. I sat down and opened the blinds so I can look out while I play. And my neighbors house was on fire. (Across the road.) Their was one policeman helping her get her dogs out of the house. Its really really cold and icy out so I asked her if she wanted to come down to my house and keep warm. So I helped her carry her doggys down here. It was scary because smoke was pouring out of the roof of her house. Ugh I couldnt help but feel bad for them.

Ok wait now there is a fireengine in my driveway.

I guess they are just turning around.

Anyway, poor girl was just a teenager. Her friends came over a little while later, and then her mother got here. Police and firemen and EMTS all stopped by during this time too. It was kind of crazy. They just left a little while ago, not much fire damage but alot of smoke and water damage. One fire engine is still out there, Ugh Ill be thinking about them.

And just thought I should mention this is post 1000!

I think I just finished my stupid paper I've been working on for the last few days. I am not happy with it, but I've decided I never will be. Oh well I shouldnt let it stress me out.

I also posted a picture of my moms hair in the photo gallery. It was quite lovely. We were looking at old pictures today and I asked her if I could post it. She thinks I am weird but she didnt mind. I also though it was really funny that she had a picture of the back of her head. She wouldve loved LHC! :inlove:

Otherwise not much going on but I need to go to bed. :yawn: I hate waking up on Mondays, I get used to sleeping late on the weekends and then I have to go back to waking early.

Added mom over here too!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/mymomma.jpg

This is a chart of all the hair measurments I have taken:
April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]
November 1st - 25.5"....(+5.5 in 195 days) [+ .75]
December 1st - 26".......(+6 in 225 days) [+.5]
January 1st - 26"..........(+6 in 256 days) [+ 0]
Feburary 1st - 26".........(+6 in 287 days) [+ 0]

Using this chart my monthly growth average is...0.65
Using that I've estimated the time of arrival for my goals.
January - 1st 26"
September 2005 - 1st goal waist; 30.5"
March 2006 - Major Goal top of tailbone; 34"

I've got my hopes up for another Spring growth spurt. :rolleyes:

Washed yesterday with Pep R Mint followed by Butter Treat. Hair is Ok, but kind of flyaway. I think that going to bed with wet hair just doesnt work for me.

College is High School with more walking.

I'm starting to get irritated. I hated high school and I dont feel like dealing with crap. Cliquey, immature, crap. I am perfectly happy not talking to anyone. I like to eat by myself, hang out between classes by myself, take test by myself.

First of all I expected to be with people of equal intelligence. Wrong. I am with a bunch of spoiled brats who try to cheat off of my test or sweet talk me into giving them answers. "F*** you. I dont know you, and if you are too stupid to take this class then drop it." I feel like people think I should be soooo happy that someone is talking to me I should fall all over myself to do this for them. I'm not even begining to scratch the surface of my thoughts on this subject and I can already feel my blood pressure rising. :twisted:

About eating lunch by myself. I love it. I can enjoy my food without feeling obligated to talk to someone. Take my time, and make a mess.

Oh and in better news, all of my courses transfered. Whoopy. Something I dont have to worry about anymore. :grin:

I've been taking my biotin everyday for the last week or so. I think it really was speeding up my growth. Back when I took it at least semi regularly I saw decent growth and now that I've been really bad about it, I'm getting nothing. Coincidence? Maybe, but since I do have the bottle already I might as well use it up.

Hair was kind of fly away again today. But, it felt really nice. It was smooth and shiny and heavy. I love Butter Treat.

Hmm I couldve sworn that I had more to say...

Guess not, Gnight

Washed today with Biojoba and Butter Treat. My hair is still wet, of course.
My hair got greasy fast. It was weird. Usually I can go about a week. My hair was bad in 2 days. I had just been putting it up and hiding it for the last couple of days. I'm not really sure what caused this but I am blaming it on hurrying during my last shower and not shampooing well enough.

Otherwise not much going on. It's been unseasonably warm the last couple of days, so I washed my precious...err I mean car. I havent posted a hair picture for quite a while and might try to do so in the next few days. N and I just watched The Bourne Supremacy, it was better than I had expected, but I might just be saying that becuase it had plenty of Karl Urban goodness sprinkled throughout.

:grin: I am so freaking bored. I'm just sitting here and yawning over and over.

I had planned on taking some new pictures today, but the camera is full and I'm lazy. I think this whole not getting enough sleep + crappy weather thing is making me a big mean blob.

I'm also pissed because I made a B on a test and I know I couldve done better. :rolleyes: B is for BUM. BUM!!! (That was on some movie I watched when I was little. I think it mightve been a Steven King movie. It has always tickled my funny bone.)

Still no solution to the phone issue. I am also really pissed because I realized another box of clothes is missing. All of my dresses and dressier type clothes. Unfreakingbelievable! No wonder I cant find stuff to wear. Most of the clothes I have now are things I've had since I was in 7th or 8th grade. Believe it or not, they arent exactly reflective of my personal style now.

I made a big yummy lasagana today. That should keep N and I fed for the next week or so.

You know I really should got to bed instead of complaining about not getting enough sleep. Night everyone.

Poor neglected journal. I go through phases of journaling. Sometimes its every day, others, I could go a week without writing anything.

Maybe I should go a week without writing anything as all I usually do is babble. Oh and besides that I use journaling as an excuse not to do other things. Like homework that I really dont feel like doing that I've been kind of half assing all day.

Anyway Im writing a paper on Locks of Love, which I thought would be a pretty easy paper to write but I am finding it increasingly difficult to find information. (Other than what is posted here.) I've been reading through old threads and following links like crazy but my knees are starting to hurt from sitting at the computer too long.

If anyone is reading this and knows of some good links, please point me in their direction. So far I've only really found give.org, guidestar.com, and locksoflove.org.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I currently have my hair in the Odanga style mentioned in Faolin's Journal. My hair is not long enough for this style to look good but its really kept it out of the way nicely today. Plus I think with a little bit of tweaking I can make it work.

I've also been seeing an increase of tangling at the nape of my neck. I was blaming this on my shirts, but I'm afraid it might just be my current length combined with super-fineness of those hairs. Either way I am planning a Henna 'n' Placenta treatment on Saturday or Sunday.

I know that sometimes I use this journal to left off steam, and whine about things but.... (see now you know I am going to say something hypocritical) I hate whining. I feel like I've been reading more and more of it lately. And I am not talking about journal whining, its a journal thats what its for, but blatant wah wah pity me whining for attention. This irritates me to no end. I've been doing my best to ignore it but come on people. :rolleyes:

Ugh thats probably the most controversial thing I've ever written on LHC. I usually just shut my mouth... er dont type, but I really dont feel like it today.

I want to make it clear that venting and whining are completely different things in my book. If you think I am complaining about you, you are more than likely wrong. And if you want to PM me thats fine, too.
I like everyone here.

Anyway, I made the odanga umm odango (I cant spell) style work and wore it for a few hours on Saturday. I dont think I will be adding this to my repotoire as it was met with many raised eyebrows. Also it got heavy and my scalp hurt afterward.

I visited my horse this weekend. I didnt get to ride him though as he has mangaed to lose a shoe... again. Oh well it was cold and nasty anyway.

I washed my hair Saturday with Biolage shampoo and followed that with a Henna N Placenta deep treatment. I do this by applying the H&P through out my hair and then covering my head with a plastic cap. I'll then sit under a dryer on low for around 20 minutes. (I have access to my mom's beauty shop.) My hair is incredibly shiny and soft, but I am not used to my hair in a non siliconed state. Its not as slippery as usual, but I still love H&P and will continue to use it.

Hmm I really dont feel like writing and just wanted to make note of my hairwash before I forgot.

Oh and I love my new signature. :cloud9:

You know I just realized I didnt even mention my Birthday in my journal. It kind of just came and went. I got a few presents, mostly clothes. (Thank God, I really did lose most of my clothes in the move.) But my parents got me a really pretty framed picture. I'll take a picture of it and post it, the frame is antique and really makes the picture that much more beauiful.

N got me nothing, for my birthday or Valentines day. We arent really gift givers, I guess, as I didnt expect to get anything from him and he didnt expect anything from me. (I didnt get him anything either.) Its funny the look of horror that appears on peoples face when I tell them this.

But I am really tempted to go to Wal mart and check out the leftover candy bargains. (I dont need candy.) :rolleyes:

I am kind of just forgetting about the hair for the time being. It's still there, and has been requiring major untangling sessions if worn in a low ponytail. Unfortunatly thats how it usually winds up by the end of the day.

I cleaned like a mad woman most of the day. I got tired after completeing the downstairs (the house was becoming a huge mess) and thought I would sit down watch the news and rest. Somehow that turned into laydown and fall asleep until Wheel Of Fortune came on. Whoops. :oops:

The weather today was great, mid to upper 60s, so I opened all the windows and let fresh air in. It was so nice with the breeze blowing through, its no wonder I fell asleep. Unfortunatly its supposed to get cold and rainy tonight. It is Febuary.

Washed my hair this morning. So that was exactly one week between washings. It was passable in an updo yesterday, but I knew it was greasy. Anyway I shampooed with Pep R Mint and followed that with Dove deep conditioner.

Dove so far: I got it on clearance a few days ago at Wal-Mart. The ingredients looked pretty good so I figured why not give it a try. The consistency isnt as thick as the average deep conditioner but thicker than most regular condtioners. It has a nice girly smell. However I had to use a ton of it. My hair is still wet so I wont pass judgement on it yet. I'll decide and fill this in later.

I'm considering going through my journal and trimming the fat. But that wouldnt be much fun. I think it gives a person a pretty good idea of who I am. Hmm need to think about it. :rolleyes:

Not much going on life wise. I'm sick some kind of sinus infection. I havent seen a doctor I'm just making a-somewhat-educated-guess. I've had a bad headaches for a few days and nothing seems to be helping. And I really dont want to take anymore asprins or ibuprofens. I hate taking so much medicine. I also dont want to lay around and feel like crap, its the weekend.

Hmm what to do, what to do?

Oops forgot to update. The Dove conditioner worked out quite nicely. I even got an unsolicited hair compliment from N.

I've been quite sick the last few days. Saturday morning I woke up feeling like my head was full of peanut butter. It's finally cleared up enough that I could halfway function today. I carried a roll of toilet paper in my bag all day. :lol: My poor nose doesnt know whats going on.

The house is getting quite messy but I'll try to take care of that tommorow. If I can drag myself out of bed. I think I'll sleep til noon first. Mmmmm sleep.

Yesterday N hit a skunk. He stinks, the car stinks. I told him he was going to hit a skunk, I knew it. At least I am so stuffy it takes effort to smell him.

I am kind of rambling. The Peanut Butter is building up in my head and I need to go release it. Guess thats all for now.

Washed my hair this morning with Pep R Mint followed by Dove. The results last time were great, but I am wondering if that was because it was my first wash after a Henna N Placenta deep treatment, or if the Dove conditioner was really that nice. But anyway my hair is still wet.

I thought maybe a nice long hot shower would help me breathe. It did, for about 5 minutes. So now I am sitting here with cold wet hair and a sinus headache. I usually dont mind being sick but nothing seems to be touching this stuff.

Its like the dogs know I am sick and are doing their very best to be the most obnoxious pair of animals in the world. Snoopy keeps whining because he wants to go outside and play. We still dont have a fence. (This is a whole other story, one that makes me want to choke a few people, namely N and FIL.) So that would involve me going out in the cold 30s and playing with him on a leash. Not going to happen. Oh and everytime I lay down he thinks he need to lay on my stomach and lick my face. Not going to happen. He is a 50lb dog and he still thinks hes a puppy. He's always crawling into peoples laps and trying to kiss. Sometimes its cute right now its obnoxious. Butters is barking everytime the neighbors make a noise. Right now they are hammering on something, so he's barking alot.

Grr, I have quite alot of homework that needs to be done, also. I just dont feel like thinking. I think I am going to make myself some lunch and take a nap. :yawn:

Hair smells and feels great. I guess Dove is a keeper. Now lets just hope it wasnt on clearance because they are discontinuning it. :rolleyes:

So since my hair was feeling quite nice I decided to go ahead and measure it for the month. And it is....26 1/2. So I finaly got some growth, not much but some. I'm considering KBFs idea of cold water rinses contributing to better growth rates. I used to rinse in cold to cool water everytime, but with the cold weather I stopped doing so. Thats about the same time my growth slowed down. Hmm makes a person think. Maybe I'll just have to suck it up and give it a try. And because I have a new measurement here is my new measurement chart. Oh and yea I know its not March 1st but really its only 2 days difference.

This is a chart of all the hair measurments I have taken:
April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]
November 1st - 25.5"....(+5.5 in 195 days) [+ .75]
December 1st - 26".......(+6 in 225 days) [+.5]
January 1st - 26"..........(+6 in 256 days) [+ 0]
Feburary 1st - 26".........(+6 in 287 days) [+ 0]
March 1st - 26.5"..........(+6.5 in 315 days) [+.5]

Using this chart my monthly growth average is...0.64
Using that I've estimated the time of arrival for my goals.
January - 1st 26"
September 2005 - 1st goal waist; 30.5"
March 2006 - Major Goal top of tailbone; 34"
I am also thinking about classic but not sure about that measurment.

Washed yesterday with Biojoba and Fruit Cocktail. Results are good, of course. I seem to be perfectly capable of picking products my hair responds well too.

I rode Charley yesterday, it had been forever. He's being much better behaved now that all of his women have been taken away.

I need to stop procrastinating.

I just had a though! (Oww!) I was looking at my picture a couple of pages back from halloween. My hair in that picture is a couple of inches away from being nip-length. (Nip refering to a certain body part.) However now my hair falls just past them. Hmmmm. It cant be a bra difference as all my bras are the same just different colors. And I know my boobahs havent moved up. Now looking at my measurements I have only gained 1/2 inch since then. That doesnt seem right. Clearly my hair in that picture is inches from where it is now. So what is going on? I think it was Kissedbyfyre who complained about her pictures and her measurements not really matching up. (Measuring tape saying less than pictures.)

Oh I was also noticing that I used to post alot more pictures than I do now. I believe the reason is because N is lazy and never empties the camera. I wish my computer was running, then I could just do it myself. I mean how hard can it be to install a new video card. It just goes into a slot right?

It's snowy and cold outside. I'm kind of hoping to get out of my test tommorow but I know thats not going to happen. I think there would have to be a foot for them to call off anything. Not exactly fair for those of us who commute. Well back to studying fungi I suppose. :rolleyes:

My computer works. I finally badgered him enough that he stuck the video card in. It twas the fan that killed my last one. Apparently it had burned out and was letting the thing overheat. But anyway I can go back to being a picture posting maniac. I just posted a march measure in photo on the photoboard.


Fortunatly I managed to only have one of my three midterms today. Dont know how it happened but one teacher postponed until friday and the other to the monday after spring break. That reminds me I should be able to check my grade online by now.


I GOT A 100!!!!! WOO WOO WOO WOOO WOOO. I'm insanely excited. I had all As as my midterm grades but this calss where I had a B. But this should give me an A now. :hollie: WOOT WOOT Go me!

OK better stop now. Hmm I was going to write about hair. It's greasy and I plan on washing it tommorow. Guess thats all for now. I need to find some way to congratulate myself. :grin:

Washed today with Biojoba and Butter Treat. I lounged in a bath for a change. I submerged my scalp and massaged it really well. Oh I also only conditioned below the ends. Anything above that and my hair gets greasy faster.

I keep having bob urges. Just cut it all of into a cute little bob. Why? I dont know. I guess I am just frustrated with it and looking for a change.

Keep looking at my hair pics from yesterday. I'm not sure about it. (I'm also not sure about the face I'm making... thats my neutral face somehow I look perplexed.) It just kind of hangs there. Do something hair. Ha you know I think my problem with my hair might be solved with a glass of chocolate milk and a good nights rest.

Yesterday was a very very nice day. N and I went on a hike with my family. It was only 4.5 miles but they were hilly and rough. I kept sinking in the mud and leaves. We explored rock houses and cliffs. It was way too much fun. I would love to be able to do it more often but after the relativly warm winter we've had, the ticks will be horrible. Yuck ticks just make me feel gross all over. Bluguuguguh. I wasnt very tired after the trip but today I can feel it in my legs when I go up or down the stairs and when I squat.

I've been doing much better on my weightloss plan. Everytime I eat I think about what Tbear said about taking it one meal at a time. It's a great way to think about it. The Evil Girl Scout cookies and Peanut Butter have been banished from my home. I kept the sodas but I am doing much better at rationing those. D*** addictive sodas. I'm not sure if its the caffiene or the sugar but those are my downfall. I would love to be able to limit myself to one a day (which I did over the weekend.) But I have a bad feeling that once school starts again (oh by the way its spring break) I wont be as able to control myself. I'm really trying now. But mostly I did great this weekend... Go me!

After returning to my parents house from my hiking trip I had to wash my hair at their house. I used Biolage normalizing shampoo and followed that with Avaoln Organics Lavender Condtioner (I gave it to her because I couldnt stand the smell.) Today my hair is soft and nice (but stinky) My scalp seems to be a little irritated though. Not sure what caused that. I would love to find a product similar to the Avalon Lavender conditioner without the horrid stink. I'll look into that a little more. :rolleyes:

Not much going on around here. I think I'm going to sew for a little while this afternoon. It seems most of my spring break thus far has been dedicated to healing my best friends broken heart. Not much fun.

I have quite a growing pile of projects in my sewing room and it's a nice sunny day. I really enjoy sewing on a sunny day. The sun comes right in the sewing room and its easy to see everything that I am doing.

My hair doesnt need to be washed yet. It's still a bit flakey. I'm wondering if this is just dry skin, as the rest of me is dry and irritated right now.

Weightloss I am still doing good. I did have 7 M&Ms yesterday or the day before, but thats been my biggest slip up thus far. I also need to remember to get some extra exercise in today. Once I do then I can mark off another day of success. Oh and I'm still doing good at limiting my soda intake. Yay!

Right now I am attempting to make tickers for my goals. It's turning into a big pain in the butt though. Ticker Central stinks! Ticker Factory is much easier to navigate and understand. Hmm I made them but I'm not completly happy with them. Oh well.
http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10722;121/st/20050901/e/1st+Goal+of+Waistlength/k/ab4c/event.png

http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;54;117/st/20060301/e/2nd+Goal+of+Tailbone/k/f33f/event.png

http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10717;126/st/20070701/e/Thinking+about+Classic/k/bf35/event.png

ETA: I've got the bid on some Mamacat sticks. Woo Woo :hollie:

This week has passed far too quickly. I have achieved nothing. I didnt get my sewing done. My homework still isnt done. And the house is still too messy.

I just cant seem to get myself together enough to accomplish anything. I cant focus on something long enough to make any progress. Frustrated with myself right now.

I washed my hair today. My scalp was ridiculously irritated. I'm not sure what caused it but I think I am going to have to return to regular Nizoral shampoos again to get things back in control. Anyway washed today with Nizoral and followed that with NTM. I'm really just trying to use that stuff up so I can replace it with something that smells better. I would like to try Back To Basics but that is purely for the smell as I have no idea what ingredients are in it.

I slipped up and had 2 cokes today. :rolleyes: But other than that I've been doing good. I could be making more of an effort on the exercise side of things but it would just be another thing added to my growing list of things I am running around and not accomplishing.

Guess thats all for now I am either going to sew a brown skirt now or do my math homework. We shall see.

Washed my hair earlier. My scalp has been horrible lately. It's been itchy, dry and flakey. Weird. I washed earlier with Nizoral. While I let that set for a minute I applied a little bit of NTM on my last couple of inches. Rinsed both for a long long time. (Thinking maybe the scalp irritation was casued by poor rinsing.) So my hair is pretty much non-conditioned. It will be interesting to see how it looks dry.

I've noticed a trend in my posting habits. When life is good I post frequently. When something isnt right I post seldomly. Hmm can you tell which it is right now. :rolleyes: I'm not going to go into whats going on, but it has been a problem before and will probably remain one for quite some time.

Hmm I'm still doing good food wise. I didnt realize how much I tended to eat until I started making myself cut down to a reasonable portion. I keep reminding myself I shouldnt eat as much as N. Oh and I say I am doing good food wise because I am NOT doing good soda wise. Get these evil things away from me. I dont know if its the caffiene or the sugar but I cant make myself stop. I think I'll make a pitcher of Crystal light tommorow so I have something else sweet to sip on.

Oh and the hair cutting urges are still around. Sometimes I wonder if I chould cut it off right above where the permed ends would be. That would be around 4 inches. (guessing!) Thats a big loss of length. Well to me anyway. I'm always saying I want to keep my layers but is that because I like them or because I like the length. I'm not sure. I hear a lot of bad things about layers. (Apparently they are ratty and nasty.... who knew!) Hmm just thinking out loud or rather in print.

Hair is a great distraction.

So hair is dry. It's very soft and has a little more wave than usual. It detangles easily and after an extensive search in the sunlight I have come up with no split ends or damage to destroy.

Oh a couple of weeks ago at school I did find one hair that had tied itself in a knot. I snipped it later that day. I guess I just have tough hair.

I am also noticing an increase in white hairs. They are becoming distracting. I knew I had some but Wow. These little buggers are begging for attention.

Hmm on a non hair related note. People keep trying to buy Charley (horse.) He is not for sale and never has been. It's just odd. One even went to my Brothers workplace to ask him about it. Weird he's a small, hard-headed horse and I'll admit to frustration concerning him sometimes. I just dont know why everyone wants to buy him. One even offered me more than I paid for him, knowing how much I paid for him. (Hmm perhaps he is like the great dun pony, amd I just dont know it!)

Went swimming Friday night and washed my hair afterward with shampoo ONLY! And mw ha ha my hair is still split free and soft. I guess I could always do this but I like the way my hair feels all coned up. It's slick and heavy.

Anyway I dont feel like writing I just wanted to make a note of that.


I just wanted to clarify that I didnt think one wash without conditoner was going to cause splits. :rolleyes: I actually throughly searched my hair again for any damage and still could produce nothing.


Carry on.

Nothing new yet just felt like writing.

It seems to have been a long long day, despite the fact that I enjoyed a two hour nap this afternoon. I find myself in an odd state. There plenty of things that need to be done, but instead of doing these things I find other things to do. For example the computer room is quickly becoming a mess and could use some attention. So what do I do? I decide it's time to give Butters a haircut. Seven grocery bags full of hair later... Butters looks ridiculous. I trimmed his hair to around 1/2 an inch. Well not all of his hair.. he got tired of laying still and I got tired of trying to hold a squirming dog so now most of his hair is 1/2 inch long and on arm his feet and his head all have hair that is 5 inches long. Oh his tale and butt area are all still long too. He looks silly but I can tell he loves it. He's already running around all bouncy and happy. It must feel nice to take that big coat off. :grin:

I would like to take new pictures some time soon but I just cant seem to find the time when my hair is looking especially nice. I was going to do it earlier but.. you know I dont really have an excuse.

Anyway time for bed. I love sleep!

Wednesday night I washed my hair with Biojoba and conditioned the tips with some new Biolage fortifying condtioner my mom gave me. Results are the same as usual. I'm begining to get the feeling that my hair just doesnt care what I do to it. Got a film picture back today of my hair and wowser (ha ha) its looking long. Not as long as I would like but I think I mightve gotten some noticable growth this month.

I've been thinking about my "hemline" the last few days. I have no desire to change it right now but I'm trying to figure out what my ultimate goal is. I've not really seen anyone with long layers and straight hair. Or maybe I have and I'm just drawing a blank right now. :rolleyes:

Oh and I'm also still trying to find a new avatar. Must keep looking.

All for now. :flowers:

Well I guess not all.. just wanted to add that super huge post has been moved to post #1. Now all my info is easily accesible.

Wow I didnt realize it had been so long since I washed my hair. Maybe I should do that one day.

Hmm I'm falling behind on my housework. My school work is doing good, though. (Umm except that paper I should be writing. :lol: ) Anyway I'm just feeling a bit thinly spread. I'm trying to do too much and remember too much. The only way I can remember something is to write it down on one of my many list. N has always made fun of my abundance of to-do list. Of course N is one of the greatest contributors to this list, as he can't keep track of or remember anything, so that leaves me trying to remember for him. Sort of the blind leading the blind. Even my mom commited the other day on N's ability to lose everything. (There was a few weeks were N didnt drive his car because he had lost both sets of keys.)

Anyway, I'm ignoring my hair. It's up there and isnt tangly or smelly so it will be fine. I was tempted to measure my hair today but I really need to wait it out to the end of the month. Patience, patience.

Oh I also realized that my hair is now the longest its ever been since I've reached full height. Yay.

Oh and now for something completely different. One of my current courses is an English course were I am forced to produce a paper a week. This wouldnt be so bad but my teacher always hands my paper back with tons of unneccesary commas. I mean, there is, a comma, after every two, words and it, makes me, crazy. My last teacher hated commas and I got used to minimizing my use of them but this man, has a, love affair, with commas,.

Ha what a silly little mini-rant.

This is a chart of all the hair measurments I have taken:
April 20th - 20"
May 17th - 21.75"........(+1.75 in 27 days) [+ 1.75]
June 1st - 22.5"...........(+2.5 in 42 days) [+ .75]
July 1st - 23"...............(+3 in 72 days) [+.5]
August 1st - 24"...........(+4 in 103 days) [+ 1.0]
September 1st - 24'......(+4 in 134 days) [+ 0]
October 1st - 24.75".....(+4.75 in 164 days) [+ .75]
November 1st - 25.5"....(+5.5 in 195 days) [+ .75]
December 1st - 26".......(+6 in 225 days) [+.5]
January 1st - 26"..........(+6 in 256 days) [+ 0]
Feburary 1st - 26".........(+6 in 287 days) [+ 0]
March 1st - 26.5"..........(+6.5 in 315 days) [+.5]
April 1st - 27.125".........(+7.125 in 346 days) [+.625]

Using this chart my monthly growth average is...0.6177

Who is an impatient little monkey. Yep me.
Anyway, Yay for measurable growth. Boo for an ever-decreasing monthly growth average.

But mostly I feel like I am really closing in on my first goal of 30". Grow hair grow. :grin:

I just won some mamacat sticks. Yay Yay.... well now I guess I need to learn how to use them. :oops:

Heres a pic:
http://i7.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/b3/9e/ed_12_sb.JPG

Also I washed my hair this evening with Pep R Mint and followed that with Butter Treat. Aww soft hair.

The weather here today was beautiful. I had hoped to accomplish more today but after class I came home and cleaned a bit and weedeated (is that even a word) the lawn. After that I was completely pooped and it was only 3:30. Ugh I did a bit of laundry later but there is still much to be done.

I just need a few days to relax and then I would like a few more to get everything done. My brain hasnt had a nice long vacation for a while and it seems to be turning on me. I would love to have the energy to spring clean. The energy and the time I should say.

I'm going now I have 30 minutes before my regular sleepy time maybe I can get something done. 8)

Ugh sick.

I need a place to vent. My teacher puts our test online (Blackboard for those who have it) and we have to answer the questions within a certain amount of time. So I'm sitting here working away when the site just stops working. My internet connection was fine because I could still load other pages but that page had just crapped out. Great just great. I tried calling technical support but they were already out for the weekend. This is just my luck, actually this is just Ns luck rubbing off on me. Anyway the thing just sit there not working for a few hours and I checked it a little bit ago and its working fine now. My time limit has completely passed though. Ugh so much for a relaxing weekend.

I've been considering straightening my hair again. (I started a thread sometime last summer about it.) The curls are not curls anymore but kinks in the last bit of my hair. Some days it looks nice and somedays it looks like crap. I cant simply trim it as the perm is only in the upper layers of my hair and I dont want them to be any shorter than they are now. I would like to grow them out some. I dont like my current choppy layers but would prefer light layering around the bottom. I guess I should just wait it out. I dont know.. its not damage I'm afraid of but what would my layers look if they were stick straight.

Oh for anyone who doesnt know my hair is naturally stick straight, like Lady Godiva or Unnameds. The curl and body I have is from a perm a few years ago.

What to do? What to do?

I'm still sick and bored to boot. :lol:

Anyway, still no word back from teacher about that test. Geez this is frustrating. Everybody has something better to do than there job.

The temperture dropped dramatically the last two days. Earlier in the week it was warm and around 80 the currrent temperture is 40 and its raining. Brrr. Not really that cold in the grand scheme of things but cold to me.

I need a new avatar I just stuck that one up there for temporary use. I'll have to get N to take a picture when he wakes up. I might work on a new sig while I'm at it. I love love love my current one but its a little big and might be annoying to those with slower connections.

I asked my mom about straightening my hair and she said it looks fine the way it is. (Well it has looked OK the last few days, but its just a matter of whatever it wants to do I have no control over it.) I'm not sure I'm still kind of thinking about it. It just annoys me when it looks to rough too wear down.

I just had a crap my hair is getting long moment. I was taking a few pictures of todays hairstyle. (A 60 second sock bun.) And I decided to take a few picures after letting it down. The bun pictures arent so good but yay I have a new length picture. I think my hair looks good in red. :grin:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/tonight.jpg

Oh and with the sock bun I just twisted the loose ends around the base instead of leaving them free flowing. Looked nice I felt very Carrie Bradshaw-esque.

Ugh still sick, only worse. I feel like my head is full of yogurt. Ha Ha now thats a disgusting mental picture.

Anyway my hair sticks arrived a few days ago to my parents house. I used their ebay account to buy them since I dont buy stuff often. Well my Dads name is the one on the account. Mamacat very sweetly included a hand written note saying she hoped <insert dads name> enjoyed them. He loved it, because he's bald. Actually he does really like the wood that they are made of and is considering ordering some off of ebay to play around with himself. I still dont have my sticks though because I was too sick to drive down to my parents and they have been to busy to come and visit. So hopefully I'll get them one day this week. Oh also my mom is very interested in them, she wants me to show her how they work. Lets hope I can. :oops: I've been practicing with my cheapo ones. I'll be extremly excited if I can get these to work.

I'd love to substitue hairsticks for evil ficcares.

Still havent done anything to my hair, though honestly it could use it. I am just being lazy. I hate having cold wet hair all night.

Washed last night with Biojoba and Fruit cocktail. Hair is soft as usual.

But more importantly I've been outbid on the Mamacat sticks I was bidding on by Deenwally. This person has enough sticks already, share the love buddy. Plus I know better than bidding against them because they always push the prices so high. Ugh just going to bed now. Stupid headache. :nono:

Guess who should be doing homework right now. Thats right me.

Gee its like I can find everyway in the world to avoid doing this stuff until the last second. Then I hurry and do it late at night cursing my procrastination the whole time. I did better this time I worked on it quite alot on Tuesday, I was actually in the "zone." I was typing and the words on the page actually made sense for once. Instead of my usual stuff. Cant seem to find that same zone today. Perhaps I need some music... or a topic I actually care about.

Back to the paper. :wink: (For a few minutes anyway.)

Just finished my paper, hows that for last minute. :grin:
Got my mamacat sticks today also. I LURVE THEM. They are gorgeous and they work 1st try every time. My bun has held for hours. Love love love love love!

I cant sing their praises enough. :wethree:

Woo nothing else to report. Just wanted to say that I love them. Must have more.

In the midnight hour she cried "MORE MORE MORE"

I crack myself up. (Oh its 12 something am so thats even more funny to me.) :lol:

Washed yesterday with Pep R Mint and condtioned with NTM. Hair is boring.

Really I've been thinking about Henna alot. I think the only thing keeping me from it is its permanence. Once I try it there is no going back.

I change my mind alot. I've been thinking about using that extra box of color foam I have laying around here somewhere. At least it lets me try out red hair for a few days.

Well my allergies are acting up and I need to do a bit of homework.

Perhaps I am becoming grumpy in my old age. I find myself biting my tongue less and less. Not sure if thats a good thing or not.

Anyway its cold and I have other things to be doing, yet here I am perusing LHC. I am addicted to this place. Which wouldnt be such a bad thing if I could manage to get other things done. Like that same paper from heck I've been working on for weeks. I need to have the next two pages written by Friday morning. Doesnt sound that hard but ugh whenever I start writing on it nothing happens I'll just sit and form the same half sentence over and over. Then curse my choice of a topic I have no passion for. Faking passion on paper is much harder than faking passion elsewhere. ;)

And as much as I love my signature I believe it's time for a change. Maybe I'll get some good pictures in the next few days.

Taking a break from that same paper. I've found that hooking my MP3 player up to the main stereo and playing it loud helps me write. Until the stupid thing, which is on random, picks crap songs over and over again. Nothing is more distracting than a bad song. And the stupid thing is in the other room so I have to march across the house to change it. Quite time consuming. AGGHHH. Who put this crap on my MP3 player......

*gets up to change songs*

Alright anyway... I'm just bored and needed a break. My neck is killing me I'm not sure how I slept any differently than usual but holy crap ow. Also claritin is fighting a losing battle against my allergies. I am waiting for my insurance to be switched to this region so I can hopefully get some different allergy medicine. Claritin just doesnt seem to cut it. They tried to start me on some nose squirty stuff last year, but about a week into that I got some kind of infection and was miserable for weeks, and by the time I was better whatever was making me sneeze had settled down and I could get by without anything. Thats how it usually is.. one day I'm fine then whatever is I'm allergic to blooms or whatever it does and I am miserable for weeks. Then it stops and I can get on with my life.

Blah blah blah...nobody wanted to read that. Really I cant believe its 7:35 already. Where did the day go? I think I'll go take the doggies for a walk and give the computer a break for a while.

Oh and I moved my face shots to the photo board. I'm debating moving the others, but I know I have friends who read this journal who dont use the site otherwise and they would miss out on the pics. What to do what to do?

So busy lately.

Washed my hair Sunday with Biolage shampoo and probably biolage conditioner. I honestly dont remember. My hair has been especially nice today though. So I have been wearing it down despite the heat. Usually I love my thick hair but today when it was down I felt like I was wearing a blanket over my head. Eeek.

I am so glad I can finally use hairsticks, updos here I come.

I thought I had more to say but I find myself.. at a loss for words somehow.

Perhaps later I will have some great wisdom to impart.

Not likely. :twisted:

ETA: Here comes some great wisdom.... Dont get excited about those mamacat hairsticks you've had the bid on all week. Someone will outbid you at the last possible second.

Anyway I need a break.

The weather this weekend is supposed to go to crap. All week it has been lovely and sunny, with tempertures in the mid to upper 70s. (I sound like a weatherman.) And this weekend its supposed to be stormy and rainy with possible snow on Saturday night. :eek:

AHhh this wouldnt bother me so much if the Nature photography competition wasnt this weekend. Yea that's right I will be spending my entire weekend in the woods freezing my butt off. Also because its going to be cloudy there will not be a moonbow. Crap Crap Crap. Thats the whole point of having the competition at Cumberland Falls, it is one of only two places that has a predictable moonbow and it is supposed to happen this weekend.... weather permiting. :wail:

On top of that my teacher informed us today that we will be having a quiz on Friday and dork me has to go I have to keep straight As. So I wont be able to make it to the lodge (photo competition location) as early as I had planned. Blargh.

I just need to vent and I'm still trying to work out some details. Oh and did I mention that I am completely buried in homework... oh oh also I have a lingering headache from what seemed like a mild migraine. (I am not sure if I would label it a migraine because it wasnt as bad as some in the past but it definetly had all the symptoms. Light Sound Nausea. (heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diareah, hey pepto bismol. Ha couldnt resist.)

To make this hair related... it needs to be washed. Scalp is itchy.

Well I think I am going to retire to bed a little early.... its not like I already had a 2 hour nap.

:wink:
OK maybe it is.

Ummm has anyone noticed that I might be the worlds greatest procrastinator... or maybe its worlds worst procrastinator. Either way I am really good at it.

Of course I am still working on that paper. At least I am down to my last paragraph. But my teacher mentioned that I should try to work in the opposing viewpoint and refute it. Good point but I am just having trouble grasping what another viewpoint would be. It's like my paper is about why we shouldnt eat babies, and I'm trying to think of a reason someone might want to eat babies. (OK maybe its not that black and white.)

Enough about that.. I washed my hair this evening with Back to Basics Plum and Vanilla shampoo and conditioner. So far I really like both, I was a little iffy on the conditioner because it is very protein rich. But now that my hair is mostly dry it is quite soft and lovely. Yay I think I am just going to throw the remaining NTM away. I am sick of using it and it is completely unremarkable. Plus it gives me more room for new stuff. I am also thinking about giving my mom the remaining Pep R Mint as she loves it. I think its OK but everytime I use it N complains that it stinks.

I also need to pack my bags for tommorow as I want to take off imeadiatly after my test. Oh and so far no rain. Please keep holding off until Monday or even Sunday would be fine.

I am really excited about this competition like knot in my stomach cause Santa is coming excited. :silly: Anyway, one of the categories is wildlife. Needless to say with a couple hundred photographers stomping around wildlife is few and far between. So I've decided I am going to pick up one of those giant poofed up dead racccoons off of the road and pose it. Kind of like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/raccoon.jpg

Ok of course I am kidding. :lol:

And where is my award for procrastination.

I cant believe it I won the mamacat sticks I was bidding on. And for cheap to boot! They are such a pretty color combo too.
http://i21.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/dc/45/7d_12_sb.JPG

ETA: Oh man I pushed my raccoon to the other page. :lol:

I dont really feel like writing so this will probably be mostly boring hair related stuff.

My scalp was extremely itchy and flaky all weekend. Don't know if it was my new shampoo, poor rinsing, or extreme weather changes. So I washed with Nizoral and followed that with Fruit Cocktail. Hair is nice. It is interesting how fruit cocktail doesnt give me slip when my hair is wet. It actually seems to do nothing, but once my hair is dry it is quite nice.

Oh and it is a good thing my scalp was so itchy or else I wouldnt have discovered..... a tick on my head. Yuck yuck yuck. Where is that pukey smilie when you need him? :puke: Oh yes thats better. Anyway I had been hiking in the woods both Friday and Saturday. I found him Saturday night as I was watching TV in bed. I've had more ticks so far this year than I have had throughout my entire life. Oh boy yet another reason to love KY.

Well I guess this is not all hair related after all. I went to the Dr again today. Actually I never wrote about this in the first place... I think. To catch you up, I have really bad allergies here that I didnt in WA. It's been driving me crazy and over the counter meds were not working so I went to the Dr and he prescribed Allegra which kind of works. I still sneeze alot and my eyes itch sometimes. Today was my follow up visit and he was surprised by how congested I still am and my eyes are still bumpy. So he prescribed something else, Flonase I think, to take in addition to the Allegra. I'll start that in the morning. I'm really hoping this works as it was so bad earlier (as in 3 hours ago) that I just started crying. Thats crazyness for me. I dont cry.

Oh and the photo competition was lots of fun and I got some pretty good pictures. The first day was quite nice but the second day thunderstorms rolled in followed by much colder air. It went from 70 some on Friday to 30 on Saturday. What a change. :lol: I got some great shots the second day though. Right now they are in slide form, hopefully I will have them put on cd sometime this week or over the weekend. I didnt win anything but I am quite pleased with the shots I got. Hopefully next year will be better weather. :grin:

Well I've written quite enough considering I started this post with "I dont feel like writing." Just a little more homework to do and then I am off to happy sleepy land.

Oh and: 1 final down and 1 class has no final so only 5 to go. Woo woo... I guess.

I actually feel like writing tonight. However I cant think of anything to write about, so this is probably going to be a random post.

I have horrible self esteem. I am frustrated right now because no one around me understands. I guess its not really possible to, unless you have low self esteem yourself. N just does not get it. Silly boy. :rolleyes: I realized today that it has been growing worse recently. What made me realize this? Well everytime someone looks at me I think to myself that they most be thinking about how pathetic I am. Ugly girl in cheap clothes. Wow it sounds so horrible to write it out like that. Thats not all of it though I am constantly having these negative thoughts. Always have. Well maybe not in my later high school years when I thought I was hot s***. Ha Ha I remember that self confidence, where did that go. (Maybe it left when I had my braces removed. :lol: ) How could I have been so awkward yet so confident? I want that back.

I seem to be quite well adjusted otherwise. Well other than my odd sense of humor, oh and long hair obsession.

Hmm what else to write about. Butters needs another bath, and so does Snoopy. I guess that goes on my list of things to do tommorow. Butters is pretty easy to wash, plus I get to use hair products I dont particularly like but cant bring myself to throw out, on him. Snoopy however is like trying to wash a cat. He spreads his legs and claws whatever he can reach when I start carrying him to the bathtub. Its actually quite funny, well except he weighs 50+ lbs and it gets unfunny rather quickly. But once he's in I shut the curtain and he thinks he's stuck so its easy after that. Unless the curtain blows open and he sees a crack. Then hes out. Good times, good times

I also need to mow tommorow. Personally I couldnt care less about the lawn. Let it grow up so tall that it chokes itself and dies. I dont care, its grass its going to grow back. Plus it's not exactly great for my allergies.

Wow this is kind of turning into a b*tchfest. All for now.

Just saved my journal to my computer. It was only 124 pages long. :shocked:
I decided to save it in case anything ever happened to LHC. I would hate to lose it, as its kind of become more than a hair journal. Ok not kind of but it has become more than a hair journal.

I just wanted to make a quick post so that I could save from this point on in a few months.

Note to self... when viewed in printable format with 40 post per page, this post should be on page 5.

Well at least I made it to the 29th of the month. :lol:

Decided just to copy this years measurements so far (the rest are still available in post #1.)
January 1st - 26"..........(+6 in 256 days) [+ 0]
Feburary 1st - 26".........(+6 in 287 days) [+ 0]
March 1st - 26.5"..........(+6.5 in 315 days) [+.5]
April 1st - 27.125".........(+7.125 in 346 days) [+.625]
May 1st - 27.875".........(+7.875 in 376 days) [+.75]

Using this chart my monthly growth average is...0.6283

Yay that helped my growth average. When I joined LHC on June 2nd of 2004, my hair was 22 and 1/2 inches long. I dont think I am going to make it to 6 inches in one year. That kind of makes me sad but I am happy for every inch of growth I have gotten.

I road Charlie yesterday, it had been a while and now my buns hurt. Charley is a pretty rough ride until you pick up a lot of speed, more speed than I am comfortable with after not riding for so long. But once he's hit that speed its like riding in a car. :grin: Some of the other horses down there are a smoother ride but I like my boy.

Oh and yesterday after I'd given him good a brushing. I hopped on him bareback. Wow... thats all I can say, this might sounds supremely dorky but it was awesome! It's like, ugh I am going to sound nutty here for the next few sentences, it was like we understood each other more. He and I were connected. At first I was a little afraid with only his hair to hold onto but we walked around the yard very slowly and it was great. :cloud9:

I also petted the goats, those are some very funny little critters. The smallest one is hilarious. It loves to run and play. It hops and twist and cracks me up.

Today I had a couple of finals and mowed the lawn. Right now I am trying to decide if I should make the dreaded Wal Mart trip or take a nice long shower. Mmm shower sounds better but I need to get this stuff.

Oh on my list of things to get is some type of tick killer for the yard. I really really really dont want to use pesticides but I dont know of any alternatives. It's gotten so bad that I have an average of one a day. :puke: I like to consider myself a strong woman but when it comes to ticks I am a little girl. Yucky Yucky Yucky. Ticks and maggots get me every time.

Wow this post is headed down hill fast. :lol: Anyway I'll update later after I wash this tick infested head of mine.

Ok let me wrap this up really quickly. I washed Saturday with Nizoral and Tangerine Twist Back to Basics Conditioner. Hair was normal.
Washed tonight with Nizoral and Butter Treat. Results to come.

Also I meant to write about this earlier, my hair has reached a length were a ponytail means tangles. I should just stop. The tangles at my nape are excessive and take forever to work out. Anyway, I'm going to bed. :yawn:

Wow its been an interesting day. Just got back from the Emergency Room. N saw the Dr this morning about his reccuring migraines. (A big deal as this might get him kicked out of the Navy.) The Dr prescribed Imitrex. A little while after getting home N started having his usual pre-migraine blindspots. So he took the medicine. This is when things got really bad.

He started complaining of being too hot. He said he felt weird.... off somehow. This kept going on. I encouraged him to call the Dr but he wanted to wait. Well he waited until he was completely blind and hearing slow motion voices. He was just sitting on the couch with no control over his eyes. He kept asking me the same questions over and over. I called the Dr and they encouraged me to take him to the ER. We explained things to them. They were busy, so we had to wait. Eventually they took him back and left me in the waiting room to wait for 1 and half hours. When I finally got to go back he said they given him a cat scan and some kind of drugs through an IV. He could see and was overall much better. Still woozy and odd feeling, though. The cat scan showed nothing so we were sent home. He's supposed to schedule a MRI later in the week... maybe that will have some answers. I just wish we knew what was going on. He's home know and feeling much better. However he is still woozy and is probably just going to go to bed soon.

Well, that sucked.

Hair is very soft. Awww nice. Took a pic a few minutes ago for the monthly measure in.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/maypic.jpg

When I first came to LHC I altered one of my hair pictures, so that my hair was my goal length. Well here I am... and I feel, well, short and average. Does this feeling ever pass? Am I going to wake up one day and say, "Ah, yes today my hair is long." :rolleyes:

Hmm not much to update. N is feeling woozy today but I guess thats to be expected. He has some blood test tommorow morning, so no food tonight or tommorow, until after the test. I think I am going to go have a nice big bowl of chips and salsa with a dollop of sour cream and a coke and tell him how good it is. Yum Yum. :razz: Ok I am not that evil, but that does sound good. (The food that is.)

Went to the Dr with N today. N might be having seizures and is not supposed to drive or go to the work until he is cleared by a neurologist. Gah... thats all I want to write about that.


I was telling N a few weeks ago that something bad was going to happen soon. I guess this is it.

Oh I guess I do want to write more. So this should officially disqualify N. That means no job. That means no income. I dont know what we are going to do. I've already checked out job listings in todays paper. I'm going to have to find something.

I havent washed my hair since the 2nd. Wow. The thing is it doesnt even look that bad. I mowed the lawn so it has to be washed now. So I decided to try something new. I applied Back To Basics Vanilla Plum to my ends and underneath where it usually tangles, on dry hair. Now I am just going to sit around for a while and then wash as usual. Oh and BTB VP is a protein conditioner, and smells the best. :)

Reading through the boards I think I have been convinced to try Ojon. I'll probably just order a sample from them or off of ebay. Not sure though. My hair is in good condition and doest require anything like that. :rolleyes: I am just a product junkie.

No update on N we should start finding out more after his MRI on Friday. It feels like time is passing so slowly.

I cut my arm pretty badly on Saturday. Its a long story but to make it as short as possible... Horse (not mine) was freaking out and trying to break through a fence he shouldnt even been around (he'd already broken through one) he was just cutting himself on the da** thing. So I did the only thing I (me by myself=not a horse expert) knew to do and that was whack him with a nearby lead rope and scare him off the fence. It worked and eventually I got him calmed down enough to eat a bite and stay off the fence until someone who knew what to do got there. But somehow in the scuffle I cut my arm on some stupid ass barbed wire. It's all along the underside and bruised up, but I washed it really well and it's not infected, plus I had my tetanus shot last year so I should be fine. It is healing quite nicely.

I barely got to see my boy but he was being pretty good, a little worried about the freaking out horse though. Guess thats all for now I'll try to update with hair results later.

So when I was taking my hair down from my conditioned bun it was very very pretty. I had very pretty waves through the portion that had been up. So I took some pictures. This is the only half-way decent one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/dtwavies.jpg

Then I washed with shampoo on the scalp only and rinsed for ever. Then I squeezed out my hair and put it into three mini-buns hoping that they would give me the same curls. And thats where it is right now. Still not dry and getting very very heavy.

Anyway, I forgot to write earlier about something but I dont remember what it is right now. Hmm give me a second. Not sure. I've been applying for a few jobs lately. I had my hopes up about this one but havent heard back from them. Oh well.

Ok cant remember going to bed. :yawn:

So the mini bun thing didnt work. It was way too heavy and when I finally went to bed it was like trying to sleep on three big wet rocks. Ugh. I just pulled the out and let my hair loose to dry. Results same as always. I guess I was hoping I would be able to coax some curls out of my hair. Nope. It's straight.

It would be stick straight if I cut off the layers and remaining perm. My bottom layers were no perm reamains are very straight. I guess I am just having a bad hair attitude day. Going to braid it using the parting instructions Dianyla posted in her journal. I always start my three strands without a band so hopefully this shouldnt be too difficult. However I am thinking that the top middle portion is going to consisit mainly of shorter layers, so I am not sure how that will work out.

I've been sewing today. Well not really sewing so much as cutting out a few patterns. I have like 5 unfinished (some unstarted) projects and I would like to get some stuff for a few more. So I decided I should probably finish up some of these. Shouldnt be too difficult as most are what I call 45 minute skirts. Plain a-line with elastic waist. Comfy and cute. Oh but I got some crinkle brown fabric to make a skirt and I can not get it to sew on this stuff. Not sure what I am doing wrong so I am going to take it to my Moms, and see if she can help me. Oh I also need to pick up a few of my patterns that are at her house. (I think I am going to go ahead and purchase a few more myself. Eek can you say addicted.)

Well thats enough computer for today, I need to get out and do something. :)

Bad mood so I probably shouldnt write much. Washed today with BTB shampoo and followed with Dove conditioner. Hair was already looking bad dont know if it was due to poor washing last time or activties over the weekend.

Almost had my hair trimmed over the weekend but I think I'll wait until after June 2nd my LHC anniversary. My layers are frustrating, I would like for the layers to only be a few inches (3ish) from the ends. So I would like to gro out my current layers, but also keep the length. I'm just going to wait it out a while longer.

And its funny but I find myself saying, "Cutting my hair is not going to make it longer." Silly but effective. If hair health were an issue I would trim but its not. I have been blessed with quite strong hair.

Yea I think I'll stop now before I ramble into rant world.

Washed tonight with BTB tangerine shampoo and conditioner. Smells good.

So I am in a bad mood...again. Ha. Oh well. Quick story. Today this lady ran a stop sign in front of me and I honked. She slammed on her brakes and got out of her car trying to get me to fight her. What a pathetic waste. I cant believe people like that exist. Oh and she had kids in her car. I would've hated to have to kick her ass in front of her children. You know the worst part is that I've let it bother me all day. :rolleyes:

Well just wanted to update my hairy stuff. I'll probably type more tommorow. Night.

Oh wanted to add this pic while I am thinking about it. My first ever hairstick french twist, held with GlebeGirl's Hairsticks.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/frenchtwist.jpg

I decided not to buy any more ficcares. Though the 15% off wouldve been nice. I decided I'd rather have some new patterns and fabric. So I ordered 4 more patterns and some fabric to complete one of them. And it was still cheaper than my ficcare order wouldve been. :rolleyes:

Anyway, my hair turned out very well. It's very slick and shiny. I am amazed at the results considering how little conditioner I used. I believe Tangerine will go on my repurchase list. :grin:

I should really go finish one of my sewing projects now. :wink:

Saving this link right now while I am still thinking about it:
Peroxide like Ingredient (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=24213)

Yes... excellent. Mwhahaha :rubbing hands together: :twisted:

2 entries in one day. I'm a posting maniac. Actually I just wanted to make note of my new name change. I dropped the 211. I'm not sure what possessed me to register with it in the first place. :rolleyes:

As usualy not much going on around here. We still have no answers concerning N's recent health issues. He sees the Dr again next week. He had another really bad episode Tuesday. Almost exactly the same but shorter. He blacked out (doesnt remember a period of time) again. It's all very scary and not something that should be happening to a relativly healthy young person.

On to more depressing matters: My older brother some how acquired three beagle puppies a while ago. Somehow through his irresponsibilty or complete ignorance, he put off getting their shots and they all got Parvo. My Mom had become very attached to one of them and upon seeing that they werent well she took them to the vet and paid an outragous amount. One is dead already, another (the one she is most attached to) will probably die tonight, the third is doing better than the others and might make it. Ahhhh I am so angry at him. The same person that has been trying to convince me to move my horse to his house so that he can take care of it, cant even care for three little puppies. No way, buddy. I have a lot of Brother issues, mostly stemming from the fact that he crushed my parents over and over again, yet they always seem to be able to forgive him.

Hey kids stay away from drugs!

Enough said.

Wow its nice to let off some of the steam thats been building for years. It's funny because I always try to be the bigger person. I let him insult me and let it roll of my back. (Never argue with stupid people. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.) I always listen to him complain about stupid insignificant crap and mediate between him and my parents, and this whole puppy thing has got me so mad I could spit. I'm torn between sadness and anger. Anger seems to be winning as it is an easier emotion to deal with then sadness.

Whoa way to much thinking going on up there.

And just to ligthen the mood, Heres my raccoon again:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/raccoon.jpg

Whew that last entry was a doozy. I have considered removing it but nah, thats me. Sometimes I get stressed and a nice little rant is a good way to clear it from my system.

But you know what. I freaking love that raccoon. Everytime I see it I smile or even chuckle. He is now my desktop background.

Actual Hair Related Ramblings
Can you believe it I'm going to talk about hair. Today I noticed a very lovely updo in the 60 second updo thread which consist of the sock bun and the remaining hair being twisted into rope braids and pinned. Very pretty and original.
I would love to be able to recreate this updo but my hair has a mind of its own, oh and layers. :) Anyway my hair is so slick and straight that I cant get a very pretty twist. Also I wonder what type of pins are holding the final twist in place. My hair practically fights to be un-twisted and when faced with a bobby pin, it simply laughs and falls down. But I can hold it using my mini maxes. I only have two of those though. I need to find something else. Hmm maybe those little clips I used to use when I was growing out, the little snappy one. Hmm might just try that later.

I thought my hair was doing pretty well yesterday until I looked in the mirror. Upon inspection I found several tiny sores on my scalp. I hadnt noticed any itching or flaking and this is kind of mind boggling. Wha?? I havent worn any tight styles, no styles really, so that cant be it. (How many negatives can I put in one incorrect sentence.)

Oh and I wanted to add that I absolutly love that conditioner I used that other day. My hair has been as nice as it was with my super 'coney Feria, without the weight.

Also I just got a letter in the mail from our water company. Apparently they are replacing the chlorine in our water with chloramine, which is a mixture of chlorine and ammonia. :uhh: I've never put that much thought into the water that is going on my hair but that stuff sounds bad. Do I really want to put this stuff on my head. I have a small water purifier in the kitchen because our water is so full of minerals and chlorine right now that it is too disgusting to drink. But I dont think it would be cost effective to run the amount of water I need to wash my hair through it.
Maybe I could just do a final rinse of purified water. I'll look into it somemore, perhaps I am just over-reacting.

Hmm this has been a very random post, sorry if you suffered all the way through it. Perhaps I will come back later with the answers to some of the many questions I posed.

Or at least a picture. :razz:

I didnt get around to doing any of that stuff and I am mostly just writing this to remind myself to actually find the time for it.

I washed my hair Sunday with BTB shampoo and Avalon Organics Lavender. Hair is fine.. not great but fine.

I finally made it down to see Charley but it was getting late so no riding. Oh and I'm a doof and forgot my camera so no new pictures. But I did find this old one of him that my parents had taken: It's a little dark but I like it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/lilcharley.bmp

My LHC anniversary is June 2nd. I find myself oddly excited about taking my one year comparison photo.

Too sleepy to think straight (I fell asleep at the In laws today :silly: I felt a little bit silly. )

Night and Happy Posting.

Yay, I've got my Secret Hair Twin, in the future to be abbreviated with SHT. And, yes everytime I read that I sound it out. :silly: Now to find out what to get this person. Hmm I have a few ideas.

I've discovered that the more I have to do, the more I feel like not doing anything. Must pry myself away from LHC. Go now while you cant think of anything to type.

I'll be back. Oh and I updated big post #1 with my new measurement and increased monthly growth average. Oh and re-wrote so of my routine stuff to reflect recent changes.

Ok I am really going now.

Hair Toys


What I would like to try or my Wishlist:
-I am really interested in hair forks, I've never tried one but I think they lok great. Some Brands to keep in mind: Baerreis (http://www.climbingbear.com/hairsticks.html) Blondiesturn, (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZblondiesturn) Mamacat (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmamacatwc)
-Also I'd like to try some type of Hair Pins Prayer Coverings (http://www.prayercoverings.com/hairpins.shtml). Plainly Dressed (http://plainlydressed.bravepages.com/headcoveringfile.html) I've only ever used bobby pins and these u-shaped pins look neat. I saw another site called modest dressing or simple living, something like that need to find it.
-Titanium hair stick - I had originally planned on awarding myself with one of these when I reached my goal, but Argus (http://www.argusdesigns.com/products/titanium/index.html) is now closed down.
-Bun cage like Cowgal posted once, from Bronze Jewelers (http://www.bronzejewelers.com/). It is so very pretty with a price tag to match. Maybe one day after I win the lotterey.
I have a seamless plastic comb but would like a nicer one some day.
Mamacat anything, Ok I just love her products. I would really like to try a fork as I have never tried one. :grin:
Big magnetic rollers, I would like some to try to dry my hair straight on. I've only been able to find big velcro rollers. I've been tempted to by them and then sand the velcro part off. :lol:
Microwave heat cap, I had planned on ordering when Chameleon did the group order, but passed for a Ficcare, then that order fell through.
Hair cage, I'll probably end up making one of these as I cant seem to find one under $100 dollars.
A horn scritching comb or any horn comb I like these (http://www.orientsquare.com/temp_web/products/horns/horns_html/s_buffalo_2combs_num7.htm)
Something Ron Quattro, he's been getting really great word of mouth here lately.
CurlyBrunette SIAS (http://www.curlmart.com/CurlyBrunette-p-1-c-35.html)
Bunjii I would just like to try one, as I never have and I've heard good things about them. As far as I know they are only available on ebay.

What I Have
I'm only going to write interesting things, but I do have claw clips, bands, and scrunchies.
Right now I have 2 ficcare maxs, large and medium. One ficcare millenium and 2 mini maxs.
Hairsticks - I have 2 pairs of mamacat sticks, 1 pair of GlebeGirls and 2 plastic pairs from Claires.
My Faolin Leaf slide, one word, Beautiful.
I've got a hair band cover which is like a short hairglove, its neat and prevents nape tangles.
I'm drawing a blank here, I think that's it. I might add more later.


Well the dogs need to go out but this has been fun and I might come back and add more to it later.

To SHT: Thanks for the nice PM. And :flowers:. It's nice to get a positive comment about my layers. I plan on keeping some layers as I like the way it makes my hair move, but not as many as I have now because the shortest layer has too much volume.
And the above post was completely inspired by your question, hope it helps you some.

I've been meaning to do this for a while and today was cold and rainy enough that I finally did.

Here it is my rather pitiful hairtoy collection:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/Myhairstuff.jpg

A) Soft curlers B) Brush that is at least 9 years old. C) and D) Wide toothed plastic combs. E) Mixed bristle Brush, dont like or use. F) Nylon Bristles, is probably my favorite. G) Boar Bristle Brush, its OK but I wouldnt buy it again. H) Umm, old ratty broken comb, would be better thrown away. J) Little comb, not sure why I have it. It looks like a doll's comb. K) Giant pile of scrunchys. Wear around house and to bed. I try not to wear them out of the house, maybe if I had a nicer one I would feel differently. L) Snap Clips. I can not reccomend these enough to those who are growing out. These things are the greatest. M) Headbands N) "Ouchless" elastics. Though they claim to be ouchless I have decided that these are to stressful on my hair and will be sticking with the hosiery type from now on. O) Big weird "elastics" made out of sweatshirt like material. Very gentle but they look silly and fall out. P) Claw clips. I rarely use them but feel the need to keep them around just in case. Just in case what, I dont know. Q) Little ouchless elastics. Make good braid enders. R) Hosiery elastics. I've got so many colors because I found them in the childrens section for much much cheaper than the womens section. S) Bobby pins. T) Bun Cover I crocheted. U) Snood. V) Flower pin. W) Jade medium Maximus. Its propped up on a hair scroo. X) Honey Marble millenium large. Y) Jean large maximus. Also propped on hair scroos. Z) Honey Marble mini- maxes. AA) Hair wrap thing like hair brain made. I paid way to much for mine at a Renn Faire though. BB) Cheapo hairsticks and slide thingy. CC) Hair scroos. I have another set in the car. I really like these. DD) Hair cover, made by Hairglove. EE) GlebeGirl Sticks and the case I made for them. Beads are orange and blue. FF) Mamacat sticks and case. These are red, blue and black.GG) Mamacat sticks and case. These are yellow and black. HH) Leftover extension. I play with it sometimes for extra length or volume. I made myself have a tailbone length ponytail the other day and N didnt even notice. Even after I asked him if he noticed anything different with my hair. II) Faolin Leaf Slide

Just washed my hair with Tangerine shampoo, followed by Biolage conditioner, followed by tangerine conditioner. It took forever.

Anyway started a thread congratulating myself on my 1 year anniversary. :lol: 1 Year at LHC (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=24520)

I also started one begging for a Faolin Leaf Headband Anyone have a Faolin Leaf Headband? (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=24542)

I'm afraid it will be unsuccesful. I've decided to search for her old post where she explained how to make a slide, perhaps I can use it to create my own headband. I can see myself now with a hotglued monstrosity on my head. Oh and the leafs would probably be abstract green and gold shapes as I have almost no artistic talents. :silly:

That stupid shower dried out my skin. I almost never have dry skin. Arggh.

I'm going to try to talk my Mom into taking me to the Beauty Supply store tommorow. I love going. I have to go with her as non-hairdressers arent allowed, but if I go with her I can throw my stuff in with hers and pay her back. I was reading about this new Redken stuff called Brunette Guard that works as a sunscreen and a conditioning treatment. Must try or at least examine the ingredients.

Gave Butters a bath today also. He was smelling funky. I've noticed that Butters has a bad habit of trying to smell Snoopys pee, while Snoopy is still peeing. This results in stinky dog. Ugh dummy, dont you realize your brother is wizzing on your head. Oh dogs, what majestic creatures.

Off to search now.

ETA: Found it. Directions start about middle first page.
Faolin Ruadh's leather slides (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=12435&highlight=leaf)

I'm pretty annoyed right now, but since I am not one to stir it up, I am just going to come to my nice cozy little journal and rant. There is a thread on the mane board discussing layers. Most people here do not like them. I know that, I hear that often. But, some of the comments made on that thread concerning the utter hideousness of layers are just down right hurtful. I would never say such things about someone else, and find it sad that not only are comments like this being made but apparently I am the only one getting their knickers in a twist about it.

Moving on. It is so ridiculously humid today. Denise refered to humidty like "pea soup" in her journal. I think that is how I would go about describing this. Sticky hot air.

And the hair is up, and out of the way with sticks today.

Braids! Braids! It is so ridiculously hot here. My hair has been in a braid for the last few days, coming out only long enough to be rebraided. :grin:

I made it to the beauty supply store today, 2 to be exact. I was like a kid in a candy store. I couldve wondered around all day. So many products, so little time. Anyway, got the redken UV stuff I've been looking at, I also got some biggish magnetic rollers, I wouldve liked bigger but these should work. I got a few other things, too.

So, regarding the above post, I straightened my underpants and tried to understand why I let the thread bother me so much. I think it is because I am currently unhappy with my hair, and hearing so many negative things about layers just kind of hurt.

Anyway, I've decided to write out my layer plans. As I have stated before my layers are not where I would like them to be. I think the best plan for my layer is just to let them grow, untrimmed. I love fairy tale ends and by letting them do whatever they please, they should eventually take on a more natural shape. I always say I want light layering on the ends, and I guess that if for some reason my plan doesnt work, I will have light layers trimmed into the last 2-3 inches.
Anyway back to the fairytale ends... though I prefer the look of uncut ends, I think I might break down and trim it sometime this fall. I have a few freak hairs that take off and grow much longer than the bulk, and they will probably have to go. Also my Mom tends to nag me about trimming (she mentioned it today) so who knows when I might give in to her. But she does an amazing job of trimming only tiny amounts.

Alright think thats about it for today. I think I am going to search around and see if I can find anyone else with fairytale ends or trying to grow into fairytale ends. Well besides Catia, the queen of fairytale ends.:rockerdud

Just been outbid on a Mamacat fork. :( I can't really afford to buy it right now, due to the uncertanty of N's job situation.


Anyway, washed hair last night with B2B shampoo and conditioned with coconut mango. I let it dry about 50% and then braided into two braids overnight. When I woke up it was mostly dry, and had really pretty waves. I've been wearing it in a half up most of the day today.

I'll put it back in a braid, if it starts to get too hot worn down.

Oh also I think I am going to add some new stuff to my wishlist a few post up. I was bored yesterday and played around with the thread "Hair Toy Links" That thing provides hours of fun. :lol:

SHT

Woo woo, a huge Thank You to my SHT. :flowers: :grouphug: :hollie:

I've been playing with the head massage thingy all morning. For those who are confused, its kind of like this. (http://www.sitincomfort.com/tingler.html) And I cant wait to try the treatment stuff. I read the ingredients and it looks awesome.

As for oils, I havent tried oils and essential oils mainly because I just cant seem to find any place around me that sells them. I've browsed online before and considered ordering some but I always decide to look around locally more. I guess I'm more of a look and see before I buy type person. :grin: I've been considering trying more new stuff lately, especially after reading about everyones success with herb-washing. I like the idea of a more natural approach to hair care, but I'm always interested in the new products my mom has too. :lol:

Whew. Long day. Long weekend. Last night N had to stay up all night so he could do a sleep-deprived EEG this morning. I stayed up most of the night with him (Slept from 4:30 til 7:15) and today I feel like complete crap. I've had a headache all day and cant wait to jump in bed and sleep sleep sleep.

The usual family drama crapped all over my weekend. One day I'll write a book about all this and the title will be, "I'm always right and, still, no one listens to me." These people should know by now. Oh and you know how books have little quotes from the inside on the back to make you want to read more. How about, "I wouldnt trust her as far as I could poop her." Or maybe "You cant tickle dead people." Or how about this little exchange from between My Mom (M) and Me (B).
M - I just hate it when people dont understand me.
B - Well just be glad you arent Kermit the Frog.

Ha ha, at least I crack me up. Wokka Wokka Wokka.

Oh I just remembered that Saturday we went to one of N's HS friends weddings. Ugh, remind me to never do that again. We carpooled with Ns mom who drives like a little old lady. You know death grip on the steering wheel, face pressed against the glass, going exactly the speed limit, not moving to the slow lane despite the fact that people are flying by on both sides. Eep next time, I'm volunteering to drive, as much as I hate it.

Hmm never discussed why I hate to drive. A few years ago a dumb*$$ ran a red light and hit me in the drivers door going 75. Whoopity woo. I lived, only cuts and bruises and terrorized mind to show for it. My car was more than totaled. Man I loved that thing. I think it was an 88 or 89 Nissan Sentra, I got it for $300 dollars.

Wow so far this post has nothing to do with hair. Here let me catch you up.
Washed Friday night with Biolage shampoo and B2B wild berry conditioner. Set on magnetic roller and let it dry on low heat under a hood dryer. I was doing this so it would look nice for the wedding Saturday. When the rollers came out it was very pretty and it stayed this way until Sunday.
Sunday I went swimming, in my parents chlorinated pool. Before swimming I applied the Redken Brunette Guard, which is supposed to protect from the sun and chlorine. As soon as I got out of the pool I shampooed and conditioned with B2B products. Air dryed. And then double braided, were it remained until last night, when it was just to ragged to leave in. I wore my hair down today and it has been behaving really well. Except, my ends feel dry. Weirdness, not sure what it is but I'll think more about it tommorow when the sleepy isnt taking over. :lol:


Sleep must go to sleep. :yawn:

Quick post

Washed today because my scalp was in an uproar. Used B2B shampoo followed by a Snowy's Deep Moisture Treatment. I'd never tried one before so it will be interesting to see the results tommorow. Right now most of my hair is still wet but it seems dry around my scalp and... there is no freaking improvement. Grr. I wish I knew what causes these outbreaks.

Anyway as for my dry ends: further inspection revealed that my ends arent dry they are just tangly. Why? I'm not sure but there were quite a few hairs bent at odd angles, and I'm thinking this is the cause. But why are they bent? I think its because I have a bad habit of doing a big loop thing, you know where you dont pull your ponytail all the way through, and this puts my ends in weird positions or right in or on the elastic. Must stop doing this. Quit being a lazy ass.

Speaking of, it is time for bed.

So it's seizures. I dont know whether to cry or celebrate. It's good to finally know whats going on with N, but ******* **** its seizures. So he is 95% sure he will lose his job, I wont be able to afford school next semester. So I will have to switch to a cheaper communtiy college until I can transfer back as a transfer student and get the scholarhsip they screwed me out of this time.

Anyway, my scalp is in an uproar and the lawn needs to be mowed.

Oh and wanted to add this link while I am thinking about it.
Plainly Dressed- http://plainlydressed.bravepages.com/headcoveringfile.html
Thanks to Ursula who posted it. I was always messing up the name. :lol:

Not much accomplished today. I started to mow the lawn but the mower died about 15 minutes into it. It seems that though it has gas in it, it is not quite enough to satisfy the things appetite. It was too late to run to the gas station, because by the time I got back it wouldve been too dark to finish the job anyway. Ugh mowing the lawn is ... well lets just say I hate it. My yard looks like crap compared to the neighbors meticulously groomed lawns, and I am sure they hate me for it.

And you may be asking yourself "How does this apply to hair?"
Well... I keep putting off washing my hair until after I mow. So right now I have a gross gross head and I cant wait to wash it. :lol: My stupid scalp is still freaking out, so I plan to clarify, then scalp wash with Nizoral, and then try my new conditioner stuff from my SHT. Woo Woo, I'll let you know how it works out.

And here is my ticker again because now that my goal is finally in site it is far less depressing to look at. :grin:
http://tickers.tickerfactory.com/ezt/d/4;10722;121/st/20050901/e/1st+Goal+of+Waistlength/k/ab4c/event

Go Chicky Go!


Edited because my sig was showing twice on the same page I hate hate hate when sigs do that. :twisted:

Look what I made:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/myleafheadband.jpg

Woo was actually pretty easy I have enough leftovers to make a couple more, I think I might and then try to sell them at a local craft fair or something.

Must mow lawn.

I finally washed my hair. I did exactly as I had planned: clarify, Nizoral, SHT Treatment. (Snicker Snicker) Results still to come. Seems nice so far, it will be interesting to see how my hair behaves when it is coneless.

Anyway, I hate mowing the lawn. And to make matters worse I was viciously attacked by a bumblebee. I never did anything to him. He was smart, he didnt land on my leg were I would feel him, he landed on my sock and proceeded to sting the poop out of me. But I got him, I smacked him off and in my rage proceeded to stomp him while letting out the funniest string of obsceneties I've ever uttered. :twisted:

My SHT sent me a very sweet PM and I want to send her a big thank you hug. :grouphug: Whoever it may be. Ha I'm a stranger hugger. Anyway SHT asked about what length hairtoys I use. Well I'm not really sure, right now I use hairsticks that seem to be all in the 5-6 inch range. Never tried anything else so I am not sure what would work and what wouldnt. I dont think I could go much shorter, though. I think thats the only hair toys I currently use that have a "length."

My hair is pretty thick so in the past I have had a lot of trouble making anything work, but it seems a few months ago I hit the magic length where everything works. :lol: OK maybe not everything. (Though I cant think of any horrible failures.)

Speaking of horrible failures: After seeing IcyDoves Chenille Snoods, I decided I would try to make myself one. I have a couple of different colors of chenille yarn laying around. I picked this really pretty deep red and went to work. The first attempt was OK but my hair kept falling out of the holes. So, I went back and tried again... looked funny. Tried again and this time it looks all ruffley and weird. I'll keep trying though, eventually I'll get it.

Oh and I want to Thank :flower: everyone who sent me PMs regarding Ns situation. I'm looking into his rights, but so far it looks like the Navy has its own stupid rules. :rolleyes:

Woo woo I like the new Private Calenders. I just went back and filled in all of my wash days for June and will continue to do so. It is so much easier to find this information then trying to wade through my journal. (But wait thats my fault. :oops: )

Oh I also made my wishlist clickable in post #1. Cause clickable is good. :grin: Well right now its only half done, Ill finish it later.... hopefully.

I drive by this park everyday Battlefield Park (http://www.battleofrichmond.org/default.htm) and today they had a sign up saying they'll be having a reenactment in August. YAY!! :grin: I wasnt expecting it to be much since this is such a small community but the pictures of last years event (on their website) look great. Now I cant wait to go. I'd like to dress up also. Weee! I'm way too excited about this.

Ok I need to write more to catch up on stuff but I dont feel like, I'll be back later.

Music: "I'm just a Gigolo" David Lee Roth version

So now I am just trying to avoid doing anything useful.

Saturday I went swimming. I rinsed my hair before swimming with tap water and washed it immeadiatly after with B2B mango and conditioned with B2B wild berry and....my scalp hates me! Flakey Flakey Flakey. Eeep Nizoral I'll never leave you again.

I was also bad and got sunburned on Saturday, I'm usually very very careful about sun exposure but it just left my mind Saturday. Fortunatly it wasnt a bad burn and was mostly sunk in by Sunday afternoon.

I also swam Sunday but did my best to avoid getting my hair wet. Only minimal splashes and one time when I leaned my head back to redo my ponytail the ends touched the water. Whoops didnt realize it was that long. :oops:

Anyway, my Mom was on me all weekend to trim my hair. Geez! She was relentless. Just as I was really starting to love my hair, she puts these big doubts in my mind. I had planned on not trimming and now I am sitting here wondering if I should. Argh! :brickwall

Migraine day 4. Yarggghhh. This was my number two worst migraine ever until about an hour ago when I decided that due to the duration of this headache and the intensity throughout it is the worst headache ever. (Though I have had one were the pain was much much much worse, but the pain faded to a dull ache by day 3.)

Anyway, I've been sewing the last two days, and havent finished anything. Eeep. I ran a tally and I currently have 12 (!) projects going at once. So I need to get focused and finish at least 7. I would like to have only 5 projects going at a time. So that means if I want to start a new one I have to finish one of the 5 and then move on to a new one. (This is far more difficult than one might think.)

I always seem to have to be doing more than one thing at once. My mom pointed it out to me last year. Everytime I would sit down to watch TV with her I would pick up a crossword puzzle or a book. I've noticed that here at home I do the same thing, except I usually crochet.

Umm all for now. I should run to Wal Mart for some interfacing. Then maybe I can finish two projects tonight.:grin:

I love this community. It is filled with intelligent caring people, many of whom I could see myself being friends with in real life. However, I think sometimes we dont think before we speak (myself included) I know I've had my feelings hurt a few times by threads discussing the utter hideousness of layers. I have layers... is my hair hideous? I see the same thing happening right now on a thread discussing quality of hair. Isnt it all quality? I mean everyone here loves and cares for their hair. It is an extension of ourselves. Perhaps is it humans competitive nature a sort of my boat is bigger than yours. No no I think not... not so much as complete ignorance to the other persons point of view. Honestly who's to say what others are thinking. Well the whole thing has urged me to finally do it....

I am joining the Loving Order of Uncut Ends. My hair will remain untouched by scissors, except to remove damaged strands such as split ends or those weird bendy hairs... otherwise scissors off. I will do my best to remain a member for as long as I can, though I know it will be difficult to resist the badgering of my (otherwise very understanding and loving) Mother.



Anyway, my little brother spent the day with me and will be spending the night tonight, as my mother had surgery today. We were watching the LOTR TTT but right now we are between disc. Something tells me we wont be finishing the movie tonight. Well, I better run before he goes too crazy trying to find something to do at my (apparently) very boring house. :silly:

Want to save this ticker reall quickly.
http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10718;80/st/20050114/e/Last+Trim/k/af9d/event.png


Ugh used some bug spray earlier and I keep smelling it. I think I am going to :puke:

Ok I wanted to write a proper message:


Thank You SHT!! :flowers:

I got your package today and I was dumbfounded. It is so perfect, Thank you so much. I feel a bit spoiled but you really did brighten my whole week. :grin: I cant wait until the reveal when I can figure out who you are. Also just from your notes I can tell that we are very much alike, for example that is exactly the look I was going for with my leaf headband! Ok better stop gushing.

Oh and as for everyone else who reads, I bet your asking yourself, "What is it, already?" You'll just have to wait until I get pictures. :evil laugh:

Yes, Excellent. Mwhahaha

Sometimes you just need a real life friend to talk to. Right now is one of those times. :brickwall

It's amazing how the world can shit on your head sometimes.


A bird flew into the window the other day. Maybe this is what he was trying to tell me.

Lots of catching up to do, and I am afraid none of it is hair related. Lets hope the mods never decided to crack down on non-hair related ramblings in the journal area. :lol:

Oh and I've decided to blatantly rip off Speedys journal style. Hope you dont mind. :flowers: Oh plus you are way better at funny titles then me. I mean Ni for your shrubbery troubles has cracked me up every time!

Music: Edward Scissorhands Theme

Bad Mood Sorry about all of the admittedly down post as of late. That last one was the icing on the cake. Bad day. I was sick and upset and just wanted to talk to someone. Then to top it all off Toy Story came on and that stupid "You Got a Friend in Me" song came on and it made me want to talk to someone even more.

Oh Crap Sunday I was riding in the car with my father, he pulled over to pick something up. When he got back to the car it was a big black feather. Usually I love feathers but this one filled me with foreboding. I wanted to throw it out, but I knew right then something bad would happen. Today London was bombed. I believe this is what the feather was trying to tell me. There was also the bird that flew into the window... he didnt concern me as much as that feather. Yea I know your probably thinking I'm weird. There is much to see if you are willing to look.

Music: Time After Time Cindi Lauper

Sick

Music: Hole in my Soul Aerosmith... and yes I have shuffle on, I love shuffle.

I've too many windows open right now. So back to what I was saying.

Sick pt 2 Anyway I am stupid sick right now. I feel like my head is being squeezed between an elephants ass cheeks. Uh... not that I'd know or anything. Anyway I came home this morning from driving N to work and went back to bed where I slept till 1:30. Eep I'm a lazy ass. I think I've a low fever but I cant be sure as N used my thermometer this morning and I cant find the stupid thing. :rolleyes:

Again with the too many windows. Its been like 10 minutes since I typed anything. :rolleyes:

Music: The Needle and the Damage Done Neil Young

July 4th I had a surprisingly good holiday weekend. My parents hade a picnic at their house. Everything went great until about the time everyone was finishing eating, it started pouring the rain. Then the tornado sirens went off. There was a tornado very near where we all were. Fortunatly it was weak and I havent heard anything about damage estimates or deaths. Well all 24 of us where inside and it was quite noisy and chaotic. But no one even gave a poo about the tornado, they all just kept carrying on as though it was a normal everyday thing. Weirdos. :lol: Ha just kidding, I'm a wuss even little storms freak me out.
After the nasty weather had passed we went out and shot fireworks. One of my crazy uncles had spent way too much money on fireworks and put on quite a show. Then the city park which is probably only a mile and half away, did their yearly spectacle. I was quite impressed. All in all a better 4th than I had expected.

Music The Steward of Gondor, Billy Boyd

I freaking love this song.

Meet Stuff As time draws nearer for the meet I decided I need to start solidifying things. Made an actual suggestion, mostly that we move the meet to a cheaper place and enjoy the areas natural beauty. Still waiting for feedback though.

Pictures I know, I know I promised pictures days ago. I still need to take them I stink I know. An especially big sorry to my SHT I really need to post a pic of your gift. :flower:

Mowing Sucks Well thats about all I have to say about that. Uh Huh. No really I started mowing yesterday and I got rained out. So maybe I can drag myself outside and finish it today. If I do then I'll wash and post an update.

Music: Dont Take Your Guns to Town, Johnny Cash

One more thing, I decided to post all of the songs that were coming on just to give you an idea of my personality. :grin:

AHHH this thing is going out the window. I had just typed a nice pretty post and then "Internet Exploder has encountered a problem." I'll show IE "encountered a problem" when my foots up it's.....

Anyway, here's the jist of my post

Music America, Horse with No Name before it was Jim Croce, I Got a Name Weird I just realized how strange that was when I typed them out. :confused:

I never finished mowing the lawn. Who cares, its the back nobody sees it, and the grass needs a chance to fill in.

Actual Hair related ramblings. :eek: Anyway, I washed today with Nizoral on my roots and Coconut B2B on my ends at the same time. I was hurrying so who knows how this will turn out. Seems alright so far.

I just posted a bunch of pictures in my hair journal so I'll only post one in here. This is the blondiesturn hairfork from my SHT. I love it, it couldnt be a more perfect color. :inlove:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/halfup.jpg

Oh and one last pic, Butters got a hiarcut last week to help him deal with the heat. Me thinks he doesnt like his new 'do so much. :lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/meanboo.jpg

Alright, I just need to get this off my chest....


TMI TMI

I sucked at charting this month. I just didnt do it. So N and I played it safe and used a condom except once, 3 days before my period usually starts and once, way back when I was still having it.

Anyway.... I am now 6 days late. :puke: Oh F***. I've been cramping for the last 2 or 3 but otherwise nothing. S*** could there be a worse time for this to happen. I think I'll go buy a test in a few minutes but I still have to wait 3 more hours before I can take it.

I'm not telling anyone. I told N and he said oh well. Oh well, thats not helpful. I just had to get this off my chest. :cry:

Test came back negative. Thank God!

Now if :flower: would just come around I could relax.

Ok this will be my third post today. :uhh:

Anyway, I'm still freaked even though my nerves are very much calmed by the negative hpt. I mean I am late late... if I was pregnant it shoud have detected it. I got one that detects 50 miu/ml hcg, so thats an average pregnancy test. Anyway I scheduled a visit with my Dr, the soonest they could get me in was Monday. Hopefully :flower: will have shown by then. Please please please. :praying:

Oh and the nurse seemed flustered by my request and then (I'm imagining her as a ruffled old hen) sqwaked, "Well honey how old are you anyway?" :brickwall: So now apparently not only do I look young but I sound young too. She still seemed to be disapproving of my request even after I told her my age. Bitch, I dont need you to make me feel any worse than I already do. :hatchet:

Hair!
I washed yesterday with B2B tangering shampoo and conditioner. My hair is still wet today, so no results yet.

Guess thats all for now. Sorry for being a big bucket of drama today. :flowers:

No news...
No :flower:
Another negative hpt.

What the hell is going on? :brickwall

Butters is NOT pregnant.

Woo Woo :hollie:
About an hour before my drs appt :flower: finally came. I went on to the Dr, though, since it is free and to ease my mind. (I wouldve been thinking it could just be spotting.)
Anyway :flower: is here now. I am in pain and craving cereal. Mmm Mmm carbs. Yay!

You know what is stupid. That it is 2000 and freaking 5 (2005) and there is still no decent birth control options. What the he%#? I can either fill my body with horomones and become a complete mess or wait thats about it. Yea I know there are also IUDs (but half the Drs are stubborn farts who are greatly discouraging when you have not previously had children, and sometimes even then.) But anyway, there are like 8 different types of d**k pills, how about you put some of that money into BC research. Oh and dont get me started on the fact that some insurance companies cover pills for ED but not BC pills. :twisted: Equality my ass. /end rant

Anyway...

Faolin posted today. :waving: Yay glad to see you back around. I hope you'll start posting more often. I find myself nodding in agreement with most everything you post.

SHT I replied to your email. I dont know if you got it or not, hopefully one day when I feel more chatty I can write some more. Hope your day is going well. :flowers:

Its so stinking gross outside. Its been raining for what feels like weeks. But the temperture is staying high, so it is sticky and muggy out there. I hate the walk from the door to my car. I guess I have been spoiled by the NW weather.

I guess thats all for know, not much going on around here. :grin:

Woo woo I mowed the lawn this morning. It's so good to have that done. Words can not express my hatred towards the lawn. I would never mow it, I see no point. It is just going to grow back anyway. Plus when it is long, lots of butterflys come around and it much prettier than a sheared lawn.

Washed this morning with Tangerine B2B shampoo and conditioner. Hair is still wet... of course.

I have my silly socks all packaged up and ready to go. Now if only I could find the motivation to actually drive to the post office.

Oh today is my (our me and N) 4th anniversary. Yay! Probably wont do anything special, as he has to work late again. I hate the Navy. It's crap. He's been working 90 hour work weeks. The rules were recently changed so that even though he's met his quota for the month, he still has to be there. I hate. :twisted:

Maybe I'll post more later. :flowers:

I know I know I'm bad and havent posted. Not alot going on. I finally picked up a book and started reading. I'm on about page 700 of the Lord of the Rings. I'd never read it before, but I love so far. :grin:

Also after reading about Rain's daughters dogster pages, I created pages for Butters and Snoopy.
Butters - http://www.dogster.com/?171448
Snoopy - http://www.dogster.com/?171441

I was also very naughty and ordered myself some hairgloves today. I couldnt resist, I've wanted to try one for a while. And since a ponytail is my usual style I might as well find a way to make it neater and more protective. Hey, and if it doesnt work out I can still sell them on LHC. Now to stake out the mail box. :lol:

All for now, that book is calling me.

Yay finally made some progress on the Pigeon Forge/Cades Cove Meet.

:hollie: I hope to see some of you there. Right now I'm googling trying to find a discount code but no luck so far.

Anyway, I've been on the computer for hours and need a break.

Hair is gross. :scared: But its been in a bun for the last 3 days held with my trusty mamacat sticks. :grin:

I must be in an emoticon kind of mood. :pirate:

Music: The Sun Never Shines - Flogging Molly

I'm in a posty mood. Yet not much is going on to post about. So I guess this is a warning, This Will Be A Rambling Post!

N's job situation grows more and more confusing. As he was diagnosed with seizures, he will be kicked out of the Navy. And you not what I think... Good Freaking Riddance. This whole recruiting duty BS is really putting a strain on our relationship, its hard enough dealing with his medical issues but when he works 12-13 hour days everyday (well except Sunday he usually gets off Sundays but not recently) it makes for one grumpy N. I completely understand. Any job where a person worked that much would make them grumpy, but thats not it. It's a high stress job, believe it or not. When you have like 12 bosses all breathing down your neck to do more more more, even though you are bound to your desk and the #1 recruiter in your district, I guess it gets irritating.

The worst part is, these people think they can tell me what to do. Oh Hell No! I've informed them that I am not their taxi driving monkey. This one boss (actually the lowest ranking of them) irritates me the most. When we first moved to the region he had a sit down talk with me about how now we were going to have responsibilities and blah blah blah. I tuned him out at this point but F-N S man.You are not my father, and even if you were I'd tell you to shove it. Grr... :twisted: I've informed N that if this man ever ever condescends to me again, he will hear more than a few choice words from me. :hatchet: I cant even make sense right now I am so angry.

Music - Phil Collins something but I am not in the mood for Phil so..... oh how appropriate "The End of All Things" LOTR

N has an appointment scheduled with the Navy Dr in VA for next month. Guess who gets to drive the 9 hours.... Yes thats right ME! I hate driving. But maybe I'll get the chance to meet a few LHCErs.

Additionally once N is kicked out (but who knows when that will happen, there is the possibility that they will just make us move AGAIN.) its unsure whether he will recieve disability or what.

I cant get my school stuff set up because there are so many possibilties:
a) N stays in the Navy. I continue at my school.
b) N gets kicked out halfway through Fall semester. We have to move and I lose a couple thousand dollars.
c) N gets kicked out soon, and we move to the area from which he has recieved a job offer. I have a long commute to my current school.
d) N gets kicked out soon. I switch to a school nearer where we will live.
e) We are forced to move somewhere so N can be a desk monkey for the rest of his Navy days. I will not be able to attend school until spring semester.

Actually thats a possibility for all of the options that dont involve staying at my current school. It's hard to know what to do right now.

Music: Black Friday Rule, Flogging Molly

I guess what I want to say is... I dont know what to do and I am stressed. :rolleyes:

Time for a lighter topic. I really need to orgnize my hair toys. They are spread all over the house. It's kind of useless to have all of these nice things if I cant find them.

I wanted to let my SHT know that I've been using my head massager thingy alot lately. What I do is lean over and brush my scalp with my new "ouchless" brush. Then once I'm done with that, I use the thingy (ha ha dont know what to call it) mmmm feels nice. I dont care if it increases growth or not, it just feels darn good. :grin:

Oh crap this has gotten long. I'll go back and add a bit of color and then I'm out.

Peace, Love, and Bunny Rabbits. :rockerdud

What am I supposed to do with this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/butters211/frodo.jpg

Last night it thunderstormed and this morning this little guy was sitting in our driveway. As soon as I opened the garage door he was in, I thought he might be the neighbors dog so I shooed him out of the garage and took N on to work. When I got home he was sitting in the neighbors yard but upon siting me came running like I was his long lost pal. :rolleyes: He's been hanging out in my garage and on my porch all day. I was hoping his owners might come looking for him or he would go home. It's been a pain because everytime I try to take my dogs out to walk he is right there with me and then my dogs just want to play and dont get to use the bathroom. Then when I come inside the little fellow just follows and me and gives me a look like, "Hey crazy lady I'm supposed to come in too!" When I shut the door he just sits outside and whines. Poor little guy. I dont need anymore dogs right now.

I washed my hair last night with B2B Tangerine shampoo and followed that with B2B Plum conditioner (which is a protein conditioner.) Hair is nice and soft today. I am very much impressed with the results. :grin:

Anyway back to my book. Oh that reminds me I'd taken to calling the little dog Frodo, because a) he reminds me of thet line "Not all who wander are lost." and b) he annoys me...just like Frodo. :wink:

Doggy left yesterday evening. I didnt think about it at the time, but I remember hearing someone honk yesterday afternoon and then not seeing the dog again. I'm thinking maybe his owner came through looking for him and picked him up.

I mowed the lawn this morning. I wrapped my hair up in this weird lightweight scarf thing I got in the WalMart Haircare section. It worked better than anything I've tried previously because it was so light.

I had to wash my hair again after mowing. (Though I really hated to after it had been so very very soft the last few days.) I used the same stuff as last wash B2B tangerine shampoo and B2B plum conditioner, hoping to duplicate the results. Dried for about 5 minutes in my dog towel and now I've got it bunned up, but it is still wet.

Ugh I've had the hiccups all day. :twisted: On and off and on again.

My hairgloves arrived this morning. Yay! :hollie: I might try one out in a few hours when the hair gets drier. (Hmm maybe I should just go outside. :rolleyes: ) I'll give a full report on them once I've tested them out. Oh and I got an 8 inch neoprene with butterflys and a 12 inch neoprene with the American flag. I dont know why but I like silly prints. :)


Oh and there are some Mamacat sticks on ebay right now that I must must MUST :twisted: have. I've bid on similar pairs before because I love that color combination. It's agatewood, and no I wont hate you if you outbid me. Alls fair in love and ebay. :lol: