:) I still didn't measure my hair. But right now it's between shoulder and collar bone length. And going by the chart, I would say 1bNii. Still lots of layers. About 2 weeks ago I cut about 2 inches off just to get rid of one of the bigger layers. It looks better. I am glad that I did that. Today I'm wearing a pony tail. I have to use quiet a few little "helpers" to keep my hair in place. Not working to well.  :-/ I think tonight I will try the honey-oliveoil conditioning for my hair. It feels dry and frizzy. This morning I thought it looked like little mice were biting my ends. Horrible  >:(
My BabyGirl is going to send me some Earth Brown Henna. She likes the idea that Mom is letting her hair grow again.  :)

I measured it 46 cm or 18.11 in
My camera doesn't want to cooperate  ??? Picture has to wait..... 8)

Will do the honey-oliveoil-treatment now. While it works the magic with my hair, I will try to find camera instructions *grrr*

My hair feels lot better this morning. Honey/Oliveoil did good.  :)

Right now I'm using INFUSIUM23 SHAMPOO for ColorTreated/Permed Hair and the leave-in conditioner.

I like that stuff on my hair, but my scalp itches  :-/

All of my Dove stuff is now with the neighbors (kids). I told the Lady WHY I don't want it anymore......she had this smile on her face like she looked at a fruit cake.  :)
I don't care *singing* cause once my hair is pretty and long, she won't smile like that anymore *lalalalalla* :)

wrote on Aug 31^st, 2005 at 4:09am:

she had this smile on her face like she looked at a fruit cake.  :)

*giggle*  I really like that description!

Cynde

I used the infusium line for a long time.  I really liked it, and I would gladly buy more of it!

I just need to deplete my enormous pile of shampoos and conditioners.

I just want to share a story today:

My mom was a compulsive scissor addict, I think.  8)
When I was little my hair didn't have a chance to grow, cause Mom was always there to give it another "trim".
Sometimes I had to go to school with a bandana on my head cause she had cut so much off that I was embarrassed. I think I was about 12 years when I finally grew smart and hid the scissors from her. My hair grew and grew and grew until I decided to cut it short. What do you know when you are 16? Not a whole lot.  ;D After that I went thru a million of perms, growing, layers, more perms, let's not forget the coloring attempts...... :-/ Until now.  :)
Now lets look at my daughter: I let her hair grow from the first day on. Every so often a little trim, that was it. I just had to teach her at very early age - I think she was 2 1/2 years old - when Oma (Grandma) comes with the scissors YOU RUN CHILD. Run like the wind. And scream. You better believe it that I had neighbors telling me about more than one occasion that my daughter was running thru the backyard screaming on top of her lungs.   ::) Good Girl!  My mom was only once able to get a hold on to my daughter's hair. She trimmed her bangs so short you couldn't hardly see them any more.

After my mom run out of options ( I was grown, my daughter was no willing victim) she turned the scissors towards our family dog! One afternoon when I went by the house just to see how things are.....Bonny (the dog) came running towards me.....on one side the hair was long - the other the hair was short to the skin!!!! ARRRRRRRG. Why didn't you at least finish him, Mom? Oh, she replied, I am bored with it now............. ???

Silly woman  :) But she was a good Mom  ;D

:o :o :o  OMG!!!  Your mother should not be allowed withing 100 feet of a pair of scissors!  

*xputtle* - you just had me spit coke thinking about  the poor dog -  can you put your Mom in a naughty room - or maybe just confescate all the scissory and knives and put those protective shields on them .

Never, ever, go to sleep around your Mom ;~) ...g

HAHAHA that's a great story!  Sounds like just needed to get it out of her system.  Maybe the next time she gets trigger fingers you should get her a long-haired doll.

At least she didn't get "bored" doing yours or your daughter's hair!  :D

Cynde

::) That was my Mama  ::)

Krome: I like that with the "trigger-finger"

BB: I'll try to dig out some old pictures and scan them in........then you can see the damage  >:(

Gabi: Hope you didn't spit the coke on your dog  8)
        My Dad ended up taking Bony to a grooming place.
       

Hubby surprised me with a weekend on the beach.  :)
We left Friday at lunch and stepped foot on the North Sea beach - YAY - around 08:00 at night. I love it up there! The weather was great, sun and sand nice and warm. I spent several hours sleeping in the Beach Baskets again. http://www.cuxhaven.de/cuxhaven_824.php

Hope that link works.

I ate lots of fresh fish and shrimps. My diet went out the window for the last 3 days. But fish is healthy.  :)
We had Sheeba with us (our Lab/cockerspaniel mix)She loves running thru the "Watt". Beagle Bear and Miss Buttons stayed home. A friend took care of them.

Tonight I will give my hair a special treat. I'm still debating on what kind of deep conditioning I will try. But I have to do something after 2 1/2 days of full sun, salt water and sand.........

Aww, what a sweet hubby you have!  It sounds like you had a nice relaxing weekend.

Cynde

LOL - those thingyspaniels are really neat dogs ain't they  ;D...g

Yep  ;D They are !

I have all kind of thingymachickers around the house. Most of them are down yander or over yander. Very few are in yander  ;D

Okay, on the Hair side:

bought myself some "Diamonds" for the hair. I guess if I ever want to sparkle I can put them in my hair. They are self sticky little thingys - hubby thought that they are for the belly button  ::)

And I have a pony tail holder with a big fish on it - go figure  ::)

Two little claw-bears and 2 claw-butterflies, Cute.

I am in a totally good mood today Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaa

On the sad side: I've found lots of split ends this morning. I am not happy about this at all. Must go and get this trimmed of, before they will break off.  :-/

Take care of those splits and enjoy those hairtoys! You'll feel much happier!=)

It sounds like you have a cute hair toy collection going there!  

Cynde

I am on day 4 without washing my hair. This is totally new for me....I used to wash my hair every day.
But tonight is the night!

Yesterday I received the Jojoba Oil, the Avocado butter and the wide teeth (or tooth ?) comb I had ordered. YAY  :)

The plan: When I get home I will "butter" my hair and then I will enjoy cutting the grass. This will take me about 2 hours. That should be plenty of time for the avocado butter to soak into my hair - then I will wash. I am still using the Infusium 23 and the way my hair feels right now, I will stick with it for a while.

For some reason I have a terrible headache since last night. Maybe the weather is changing again...

I am still waiting on my new rugs to arrive. I had ordered 2 braided rugs. A round one and an oval one. Yesterday the new curtains came in. Now the new look for the living room is almost complete.

BabyGirl sent a picture of her puppy and her cat. They are soooooo adorable.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/yes005.jpg

Helluuuu Journal  8)

Who should use Avocado butter in their hair? Honestly?

I don't think that I will ever use it again. Can't stand the smell, uh ah  ??? It smells better when I watch hubby doing an oil change on the truck.  :-/

I had to wash my hair twice and I still think that I can smell it  @#$$^^&%$#

The puppy and cat are so cute!  :D

Thanks for the heads up on the avacado butter. Regular avacado smells OK, so I'm surprised that the butter smells so bad. I hope the odor gets out of your hair soon.

What a cute picture!!  Did you notice that they form a perfect Yin-Yang symbol?  :D

Cynde

OOOOoooooh Moonchild - is puppy a lurcher, saluki, or greyhound - my very favorites and my former Boy Dog was a lurcher.

Keep experimenting with the hair - it'll come ...g

:)
gabi His name is Bubba and he's a Dachshund.

Dappled Dachshunds--The "single" dapple pattern is expressed as lighter-colored areas contrasting with the darker base color, which may be any acceptable color. Neither the light nor the dark color should predominate. Nose and nails are the same as for one and two-colored Dachshunds. Partial or wholly blue (wall) eyes are as acceptable as dark eyes. A large area of white on the chest of a dapple is permissible.

A "double" dapple is one in which varying amounts of white coloring occur over the body in addition to the dapple pattern. Nose and nails: as for one and two-color Dachshunds; partial or wholly self-colored is permissible.

Brindle is a pattern (as opposed to a color) in which black or dark stripes occur over the entire body although in some specimens the pattern may be visible only in the tan points.
khrome you are right! Didn't occur to me yet  :)

pan the smell is gone -pffft wiping sweat from forehead - hair feels actually soft and all, but I really don't think that I will use it again.

This is me  ;D First day of school in August of 1967
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/hphphp1.jpg

Oh my  ;D

Weekend was waaaaaaaaaay to short.
Had to take hubby to doc - Pneumonia
Beagle Boy had to see the vet - bladder infection

I had break down and finally take care of my most "favorite" (yeah, right) chore : ironing  :-/

The kiddos called and we talked about the possible flight dates.  Both are coming home for the holidays. DarlingDaughter brings her little Bubba as well.  :) This is going to be fun again. This little bundel of energy keeps my 3 dogs and the cat on their paws day and night  :)  :)   :)
Daughter's cat had babies a few weeks ago and it was time to take them from the mummy-cat. Sad day. But my son took one of them and named her June. (short for Junior)

Hair is not doing to well. Way to frizzy and not laying right at all. I oiled it yesterday and this morning. The ends are just sucking it up. Tomorrow I will make an app to get the split ends trimmed off.

Heehee, cute pic!  :)

Sorry to hear about your husband and doggie. I hope they get better soon.

Darling picture!

Hope hubby and Beagle Boy are better soon.

As for your favorite chore - my solution:  never buy anything that requires an iron.  ;D

Cute pic! Hey, i was born in 1967 ::)
 I hope hubby and Beagle Boy get well soon!

Thank you guys  :)

Thanks BB, but unfortunately I had to iron a few of my shirts. Whatever hubby doesn't iron, goes to the dry cleaners. They make a fortune on us every month.  ???

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Just received 2 boxes in the mail:

One was the newest book I'd ordered by Terry Brooks
and the second box was from my kiddos  :)

Now I have 2 x Henna Earth Brown
3 piece fragance candle piece (smells soooo good)
2 small wooden signs:
one reads: " Bear Collector" and has a cute little bear dangling underneath the sign
and the second one says: " Happiness is to have a mother like you"

Hair still feels  >:($%^(*^$, but that's okay  :)

wrote on Sep 12^th, 2005 at 12:43pm:

the second one says: " Happiness is to have a mother like you"

Aaahhhh - doesn't that make you feel good?  What sweet kids you have.  :D

Thank you  :) Yes, it made me feel really goood  :)

The great thing about LL is that I not only learn about good hair care, no I also learn about all these goofy little shortcuts and how to put pictures on the internet. Guys, I'm telling you, I've learned a bunch of 'puterstuff.
Yeah me  ::)


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/hair003.jpg

This is Sheeba. She is 11 years old. Mama was a snow white cockerspaniel, Daddy was a labrador  8)
She's actually our son's dog. Those 2 grew up together.Next picture is our cat Smokey. He's trying to catch a mouse  8)
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/hair008.jpg

Okay. Now since I figured out how to do this  ;D I will go and take more pictures. hehehe

:) Here is the rest of the family  :)

May I introduce...Miss Buttons

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/Puppies001.jpg
It was a very cold winter in the Ft Knox area when I found her one day sitting in front of the Motel where I used to work. She was full of snow and ice and nothing but skin and bone. The hotel guests didn't get any donuts that morning. I fed'em all to little Miss Buttons.  :)

And here is the King of the House:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/Puppies004.jpg
Bear, Baerchen, Beagle Boy, Beagle Bear  8) He has more names than anything else around here
He is with us for four years now. His first year in this man's world wasn't to pleasant. Lots of different owners and lots of beatings, no food and other mean things. It took us quiet some time to gain his trust  :)

I tried to take a picture of my hubby's head  ;D but he refuses....

AWWW, they're adorable!  Thanks for sharing!!

Aaawwww - what cuties!  Wait til Gabi see these pics - she is such a softie when it comes to doggies!

What cute puppy wuppy's!!  :D

Cynde

I went to the beauty shop yesterday. I didn't loose much on the length in the back - maybe .5 cm. If even that much. But my layers on the side OMG  >:(
I seen the spliss myself and I knew it had to be done - I lost over two centimeters  :'(
My hair looks and feels better without all the dead ends.

Beagle Bear is doing better. He dug a huge hole in the yard yesterday - I guess he's trying to catch this nasty little mole we have. This little critter destroys our entire yard. Little dirtmounts popping up everywhere. Need to find a remedy.
Hubby is doing much better too. The medicine is working well.

Just received the pictures from the weekend at the beach. I am still debating on posting a pic of hubby  ;D
hehe I just might do that.
When I am reading thru the other journals, I realize just HOW MUCH hairstuff is out there. I've been living a sheltered life. Never before knew about hair sticks and most certainly never thought about all these fantastic internet sites with all this pretty, pretty hair stuff.
I am so  :D that I found this site YAY

The following is an excert of an e-mail message from my daughter to me:

And 2 WHOLE Centimeters huh....oh gosh 2? Did you alert the hair police? Now when I get mine trimmed it's seriously nothing. They always asked me if I recently dyed my hair...the red appears more and more. I can't believe how long it is. Middle of my back basically. I really like it, whatever made me cut it short? Don't answer that you'll probably come up with some psycho analogy of my life. I'm kidding mommy please don't beat me up! :)

Little Ms SmartyPants  :)

I downloaded some pictures from last weekend at the North Sea:

The water is almost gone........

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/Image.jpg

People on the beach....

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/Peopleatthebeach.jpg

and here is J. (hubby) and Sheeba..

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/JoeandSheeba.jpg

Great pictures.  I love beaches - that one looks like it has lots and lots of sand - great for playing in!

Thanks for sharing.

Ohhhh a beach!!!  :D :D
I love beaches. What are those things? some kind of canopied chairs? do you rent that ? why don't you have the umbrellas and sunbeds like we do? is it too cold to sunbathe? or you don't sunbathe for fear of the sun's rays? Here soooo many people still fry themselves regularly  :-/
Yeap I love beaches. Thank you for sharing  ;D

Ohhhh that's so lovely :) Thank you for sharing. I miss the beach terribly.

Anais

greek_lady those things are named
STRANDKORB = Beachbasket

One can lower the top half just like with a regular sun chair. Some keep it up straight, some lower it only a little bit or others are laying completeyly flat. That's just the way it's done around here. They are actually very comfortable and on days when the sun is not shinning as bright as one likes it  :)  sitting on the beach is still okay cause the basket protects from the wind.
And yes, one can rent those for a few Euros a day. After payment one receives a key for the basket. This key goes to the lock on the front of the Strandkorb. It holds a piece of light wood in place, closing the Strandkorb completly from the front. This way, one can store toys, bathtowels, suncream and other stuff in the Strandkorb over night. This eliminates having to carry everything everyday to the beach and back. I like it.
I remember when I was little, my Dad used to built a small "castle wall" around our Strandkorb and then we would decorate it with shells we found on the beach. (back then everybody built a wall around their baskets)
It was like a competition who will built it better and prettier.  :)

Wow, it looked like such a nice day out!  Thanks for sharing your pics.  And for telling us about the Strandkorb - they sound like a really good idea.   I've never been anywhere that has them.

Cynde

Moonchild, I just realised you are in Europe too. I thought you were in the States somewhere
*hangs head in shame*
LOL
Yeap your Strandkorben sound really kewl, especially when protecting from the wind and keeping your things overnight safely. I understand now the need for that, since you are further north than us here.
Thanks for sharing that  :)

What wonderful pictures Moonchild!  Your two little ones are just too gorgeous!  The beach is just so pretty....there are too many people on the beaches here for there to be Strandkorbs, or at least enough for everyone. ;)  They seem really nice and perfect for enjoying the beach on all days.

Thanks for sharing your pictures. :)

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The following is an excert of an e-mail message from my daughter to me: And 2 WHOLE Centimeters huh....oh gosh 2? Did you alert the hair police? Now when I get mine trimmed it's seriously nothing. They always asked me if I recently dyed my hair...the red appears more and more. I can't believe how long it is. Middle of my back basically. I really like it, whatever made me cut it short? Don't answer that you'll probably come up with some psycho analogy of my life. I'm kidding mommy please don't beat me up! :) Little Ms SmartyPants  :)

She called last night again, still laughing about me and my measuring tape for the hair and all. She thinks it's so "cute"  8) That's alright, I show her "cute" when she comes home in December  ;D  ;D  ;D

Friday Hair:
Hair is up in a pony tail today. Some of the shorter hair keeps on falling out, but that's okay  :)
Bought a bunch of the smaller claw clips. I think I have every color now.

We are having some very heavy winds and rain today. I wanted to work in the yard  :-/ Don't think I will.

My exercise routine is getting boring. I need to do something else. I am going to try a short "run" tonight again. Did a lot of walking, and Nordic Walking. The scale is not budging (yet)

Thank you guys for the nice comments!
Greek_Lady yes, I am located in Germany right now.  ;)

Maroula the last pic is my hubby and one of my four legged ones.....that's it.  :) And they ain't all that little  ;D

wrote on Sep 16^th, 2005 at 5:18am:

Maroula the last pic is my hubby and one of my four legged ones.....that's it.  :) And they ain't all that little  ;D

I still think they are little and adorable.   ;D  Can't tell if hubby is adorable, but I am sure he is. ;)

;D  Hubby is the cutest thing - especially sleeping  ::)

wrote on Sep 16^th, 2005 at 10:09pm:

Ha!  they are all cute when they are sleeping *snork* ...g

ROFLMAO!!!

Yes and innocent too! *giggle*

;D You got it  Maroula  

I bought some new hair stuff today. 2 Elastics for pony tails and such

Took pics need time to download

Today is Summernight Party from our line dance group. I have to finish my potato salad and then off we go - party time  8)

The party was alright. I would guess that only half of all the members showed up for which ever reason. The food was good. We had a local party service bring in the meat dishes and we all brought in different salads and desserts. Lots of dancing, talking and exchange of recepies.  :)

Sunday went by way to fast. We (hubby and I ) worked in the yard;Picked up the chestnuts for the wild boars and the deers; removed all my gargoyles out of the yard and the pump out of the pond - good thing we did! The temps went down to freezing overnight!

Puppies are okay. Totally playful. They love the cooler weather. Beagle Bear didn't want to come in at all  :)

Hair: People starting to notice that my hair is growing YAY.  :) I'm still sticking to Infusium 23 shampoo and leave in conditioner. And every other day I use some Jojobaoil on the ends. I love the smell and the way it feels.

I started knitting again - after a several year break. Before I will engage in socks and such, I will make a little scarf. And I picked up the crochet needle as well. I will finish a 2 year old project - a shawl.

KNITTING??!!  :o You must share what you are working on with us.  And when you get to the socks or mittens - if you need help, just let me know - I think I'm doing them in my sleep now!  ;D  Knitting is such a great hobby for the cold winter months - enjoy.

wrote on Sep 19^th, 2005 at 10:34am:

KNITTING??!!  :o You must share what you are working on with us.  And when you get to the socks or mittens - if you need help, just let me know - I think I'm doing them in my sleep now!  ;D  Knitting is such a great hobby for the cold winter months - enjoy.

I'm a big knitter too! :D I'm still working on my Harry Potter scarves and then I'm off to do a needle point and a Bunka (japanese punch embroidery) Yep, winter is the best time!

BB and Lisabelle: I guess I have two experts here now  :D I will probably have some questions. Right now I am just trying to get back in the groove. When the kiddos were little I used to knit them all kind of stuff: socks, hats, scarfs, sweaters, sweaters for Daddy, sweaters for the whole family. Then there was nothing for a long time. Then I started some little stuff here and there, but nothing worth talking about. Now that we are finally done with all the house stuff and the yard is finished, I can direct my attention to the lighter side of life again  :)

Hair: Bought some more Hair toys  :)
       
        I want to wait 2 more days before I wash it again.
        That would bring me up to 5 days.

        My scalp is itching this morning. Awful. I think I
        am starting to understand the whole scritching
         idea.

        And I bought some Burdock Root Oil. I will try that
        tonight.

It is so cold. We had ice on the windshields this morning again. This is kinda unusual for this time in Sep. My guess is that we will have snow by Thanksgiving.
 
     

>:( I am so mad that I can barely see straight  >:(

Our hot water heater is broke. This darn thing is barely 5 years old. We had the guy who installed it in our house already 3 times. He exchanged some wear-and-tear parts and claimed every time he left "that it should be working fine now" Well, it doesn't >:(
I wrote a long e-mail to our architekt this morning already, expressing my anger (and hubby's).
Luckily we have a fire place in the living room, so we were able to have it at least warm on the 1st floor.....but no NO hot water period this morning. OH I am so *&*$%^&
What makes it really bad that I put a lot of oil in my hair last night.....I figured I let it soak it in overnight and wash my hair in the a.m. HA! Now I am at WORK with a greasy ponytail JUST GREAT.
I am going to the gym during lunch and take a shower there. Or maybe I should wait till after work. Then I can drive straight home with my wet hair and sit in my COLD house.  >:(  >:(   >:(
This guy better shows up today and repairs this thing. Or better yet, just take that burner out and put a brandnew one in.

*&*&*&%&$#^#%@@$

Oh, Moonchild!  How terribly frustrating!!!!!  I hope the issue is resolved soon!  I am totally paranoid on days when I think my hair is greasy looking-I think that's all people are noticing about me!  I hope you get a long, hot shower at your gym-do you have a microfiber hairtowel?  They really cut down on drying time.

Good Luck-keep us posted!!!!

Poor, poor Moonchild.   :-/

I hope you get the water heater issue resolved soon.  Cold showers are fine in the summer, but not all the time!   :o

I'd send you some of my hot water, but I lost power in a storm last night and the house is still "in the dark" this morning.  ;D

It's Saturday. Hubby went fishing. Heater guy is downstairs trying to repair what ever needs to be done. I'm just waiting and wasting time.

Hair is fine. Getting more grey in.  :-/ I bought me some more vitamins and "beer-yeast" pills. All natural and supposedly THE THING for hair and nails. We will see. I like the all natural part.

I feel bad. Looking at the disaster going on in the southern part of the states and I want to complain about not having hot water  :-[

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I can't believe that I'v e been talking that much already to reach DIAMOND status - feels just like yesterday that  I joined this forum......weird.

Bear and Buttons are about to drive me up the wall. They wake up almost every hour on the hour and then WE have to go outside and see what's going on in the yard. I think, they are waiting for a deer or a boar hog to get lost...... ;D We can hear them making their funny noises - the deer anyway - and now my 2 hunting dogs think they have to go and play  ::) Bear got chased out of the woods by a boar hog not to long ago. That was funny.
Smokey is still on the prawl with all the other cats in the neigborhood.........he doesn't come home until 5 a.m.
Sheeba is the only one who is in the same rythem with me. She sleeps and snores all night long. She's the biggest one of all three and chooses the smallest puppy basket to sleep in. ???? Whatever makes her happy.

Hubby is not feeling to good.  His blood pressure is messing with him.

Tonight I start my new Wednesday routine: swimming!
I found out that we have a small indoor pool here at our local High School which is open to everybody in the evenings. No more excuses.

I am in class all week. Job enhancement.  :-/ It is so boring. Please, let it be Friday soon!

Daughter called.  :)  :) She's being promoted come 1 October. She is such a go-getter. Full time soldier and fulltime student.  :)

Hair: lot less hair loss in the a.m. and the ends don't break off that much neither anymore. My hair looks better since the last trim. (with Thermo Cut)
The more I look at pictures when I still had the full blown perm, the more I start to appreciate my straight hair.

Anywhoohoo: It's a great day. The world is round and still turning. Let's get it started!  :)

Hey!  I'm so glad you're going to start swimming!  It will be much easier on your joints and when you get stronger (and lighter) you'll hit the streets in stride!  Congratulations!

Swimming - one of my favorite sports!  It is great for the joints and circulation.  

Hope your hubby is feeling better soon.  :-/

Thanks BB :)

Last day of class today  :)  :)  :) YAY

I had a dream last night about making my own shampoos and conditioners........it was nice. I had one that smelled like roses and I woke up with the smell of it still in my nose: roses with raisins. Weird  ::)

Bought some stuff for my hair:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/hairandhounds002.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/hairandhounds001.jpg

and I tried this one right away:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/hairandhounds003.jpg


Hubby is gone again to teach the soldiers in Belgium for the next two weeks.  :-/ It's alright. I have to knit more scarfs and I will redo the basement (get rid of all the junk) while he is away.

Right now I am baking a banana nut bread for this afternoon. Line dance workshop from 14:00 until ?
Great workout, great people.  :)

Cool scrunchies!  I love having beads on my scrunchies.  I've crocheted a number of them with beads to match specific outfits.

The leather slide looks fantastic in your hair.  

What pretty hair toys!  They go great with your hair color.

Cynde

Nice hairtoys, and the mention of banana nut bread is making me crave some! ^_^

I just dyed my hair to get rid of all that grey and even out all the other shades I currently have. Hopefully it will turn out one nice brown tone.

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Going to Belgium tomorrow morning to be with my hubby over the weekend.  :) Haven't been there yet and Belgian chocolate is famous. We will see ;)

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Puppies have their "hair appointment" this afternoon. Actually only Ms Buttons, Sheeba is going to get a bath only.

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I am upset. JC Penney CANNOT deliver my favorite braided rugs to me. Not to my APO address nor to my German home address. Because of the weight and the seize.  :'(
Have to go to Plan C: call airlines and see if my son can take one on the flight with him.

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Finally found the RIGHT vanilla colored curtains for the living room. And I bought a gorgeous weaved box yesterday where I can put 2 comforters and a couple of pillows in.  :)

Okay. Things to do before I can get on the road ...Again

I am soooooo glad to be back home. Belgium is pretty expensive  8)

Bought a green pumpkin (Geenland blue is the name) looks cool  8)

Bought some home made jam: pear and rhubarb with peach

And a girl was selling hand painted flower pots: I couldn't resist when I saw the sad puppy face on the clay pot  :) I just had to buy it

And last but not least, I was able to "practice" some of my long-forgotten French I had learned in school once upon a time  ::) I barely remembered anything.

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Almost made it home in a little over 6 hours, but then the Autobahn clogged up again and I went from one little stau to a huge accident involving 2  semi-trucks and a car....it took the fire dep, police and some other helpers quiet a while to cut one of the drivers out of his cabin. Then we saw the helicopter coming in and taking back off within minutes.....I hope the guy or girl is okay. Over an hour and a half later the Autobahn was cleared at least halfways and police was directing traffic around the site. The whole thing happened about 2 minutes away from the exit I have to take. I heard a discussion on the radio today about having speed limits on the German Autobahns. I am wondering why they are still discussing that - just do it!
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Hair is dirty. Need to wash either tonight or in the a.m.

It sounds like you got some good finds, Moonchild! I've never heard of, much less seen, a green pumkin so that sounds really cool.  :D

Saturday was KEITH URBAN concert time.  :)

He sounds just as good live as on his CDs. It was great. But everything around it was more or less a big pain. We (some friends and hubby) left around 3 p.m. on Sat afternoon to drive down to Munich which is about 3 1/2 hours away. Thanks to modern technic -GPSsystem- we had to problems finding the "Backstage". This place was a little smaller than I thought it would be, but okay. We had to stand in line in front of the gates from about 7p.m until 8:30 p.m. then the gates opened for the crowd. Finally inside we were kinda shocked. No chairs, no nothing. It was standing only. Wished they would have made it an Open Air Concert, I could have brought a blanket or something. The lady who was singing first put the crowd almost to sleep with her slow songs......Then finally Keith himself! As mentiioned before he is great! A few minutes before midnight I had to fight my way thru the crowd to get back outside....I just couldn't stand up anymore. My legs were killing me.  :-/  So, I missed starring at him, while he performed his last 3 songs for the night. Poor guy had deep circles under his eyes. He had concerts in 3 other cities before he came to Munich. And I bet that somebody took him to the Octoberfest  ;D
The way home was prolonged with staus and traffic accidents, and we finally put the key in our front door at 5 a.m. Sunday morning. pffffffffffft. Was I glad to be in my bed!  :)

Just measured my hair  :)  :)  :) 49.5 cm!!! Yay! According to the conversion chart 19.48 inches.

If I remember correctly that would be 3.5 cm since the last part of August.  :)

Hair is dirty. Need to wash it, but I am sick. So. I just pull it all up and hide it under a wool hat. Hubby is laughing at me....
Been in this COR class all week, and these 4 guys sitting right in front of me were sick, well, nobody needs to wonder where the viruses went to.  :(

Hi moonchild :),

i hope you feel better. im sick too. :'(

caui

Thanks curlygirl!

I guess it's the time in the year to get sick.

Well, well. I ended up in the hospital last night. Allergic reaction to the antibiotic the doc prescribed - I never felt that horrible in my life before.

And now today, I had to bring hubby to the hospital. He might get his appendix taking out.  :-/
It's just not a good week.

(((((hugs)))))

I hope you and hubby are feeling better soon.  :(

Moonchild, I hope you and hubby are feeling better. ((((hugs))))

((((hugs))))

I hope you and hubby are doing better today.

BB, Lisabelle, Juri thank you guys for the getting better wishes.

Hubby is back out of the hospital. It is not the appendix, so they say anyway. Something inflamatory intestine........there will be more testing for poor hubby and CTs....

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Doc says that my bronchitis is highly contagious. Shouldn't I stay at home then and not go to work?  ???

I am trying to stay away from folks, but with all these meetings and briefings we H A V E to go to right now....

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Went to the beauty shop last night and had my ends trimmed. Again with the "hot scissors" This is the second time now. My hair is not breaking that much anymore and I don't have this many split ends like before. But this could be the good care as well.
The beautician was totally ecstatic about my hair.......how fast it is growing and how wonderful is shines. I had to tell her all about my hair care routine! Made me feel good  :)

Moonchild, I'm happy to here that hubby doesn't have an appendix problem.  If I were you I would stay home if I could, but I understand when you have to be somewhere.  My old job didn't care if you where dead, they wanted you in! I would love to try the hot sissors, I need a trim and I think I will wait till spring 8)

Oh no, I hope he starts feeling better.  If you can, try to stay home for a day and take care of your bronchitis.

Oh gosh, I hope you two get better soon!  I know how you feel about wanting to go into work.  But what I've found is people get really mad if I go in with something they can catch.  If you still are well enough to do work, but don't want to infect anyone, teleconferencing is a great compromise.  

I'm glad you are having success with the hot scissors!  Have you noticed any difference in how often you get splits?  

Cynde

::: gets up on the soap box :::

If you are contagious, PLEASE don't go in to work.  

As a person who is allergic to most antibiotics and many other medications, I usually have to suffer through illnessnes with rest, liquids and ibruprofin.  Those of us that have a harder time fighting off illnesses wish more people would limit contact with others when they are contagious.  Everyone would be more productive if sick people stayed home.

::: gets down off the box :::

Hope you are feeling better soon!

BB, I know how you feel. I am allergic to a lot of antibotics myself.....ended up in the hospital cause of that last Monday night. The problem is that I cannot just stay at home. The doc put me on sick leave for 3 days. That's it. If I stay home on my own that doesn't look to good. And Like Khrome said, our boss normally don't give a rip how you feel as long as the job gets done....
Our Private in the section is 8 month pregnant. Naturally she is more out than at work. The other sergeant has to fly back to the states with his wife for surgery.
I would've loved to stay home for a few more days.
Lisabelle, I can honestly tell the difference with those scissors. I used to have split ends within 10 days of a haircut. Now it takes about 4 weeks before I see the first split ends.

Hubby has been digging out pics from a few years back. "Look how long your hair was....and it is growing back.......and it is soooo pretty" He is so adorable!

Auctioned him a banjo on ebay last night. 5 string. He used to play trumpet way back when, and now PB wants to learn the banjo!  :)

"Lisabelle, I can honestly tell the difference with those scissors. I used to have split ends within 10 days of a haircut. Now it takes about 4 weeks before I see the first split ends."

That sounds great!  I would love to buy a pair but there really expsensive and my hair dresser has never heard of them. :P

Looking at your hair pics I don't think that you have to worry about that  :) Your hair is pretty without them scissors.  ::)

Aww... Thanks! http://smilies.sofrayt.com/1/f0/embarrassed.gif Your so sweet  :)

I am still trying to decide what I am going to buy for my Secret Santa person........I have sooooooo many ideas, and I have to make up my mind soon. Hubby is just as excited as me  ;D Funny.

Hubby = Polarbear, cannot wait for his banjo to arrive.
Silly man  ::) And the newest thing is that he wants to learn how to play the fiddle after this........
Well, well we will see.  ::)

Tonight is Deep Conditioning Night........My hair will get "good growing food" and I will make the pumpkin pies.  :)

wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2005 at 10:17am:

I am still trying to decide what I am going to buy for my Secret Santa person........I have sooooooo many ideas, and I have to make up my mind soon. Hubby is just as excited as me  ;D Funny.

The part about your hubby is really cute. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't bought anything yet. ^_^

My son is home  :) Yay! He landed in Munich today.
The driving part was awful: we had "Blitzice" today - a lot of Autobahns were blocked, lots of accidents.
That rain hit the windshield and the street and it froze immediately! On the way home we had snowshowers. We are safe at home. Tim runs around in a T.-Shirt and refuses to wear a jacket "it ain't cold here, Mom. Go to Kansas, it's cold there....." Okay, so he's 20 years old, and he knows it all.  ;D

And when we came home, my hubby gave me the box!!
The secret santa box.  :)  :)  :) I promise pictures of all of my gifts soon.

Now I have to check on son and hubby.....they are making to many plans already involving my old pick-up truck.....lifting, side bars, new this, new that.  ::)

Tim is trying to find a job. It is not looking good. Not even our local Burger King is hiring.  :-/

Daughter's ticket was confirmed today. She will be here in a week. Yay  :)

Went swimming last night. Hubby thinks I lost my last marble, cause they have a part (at the pool) where you can swim outside  :) I love it! The water feels nice and warm, above one nothing but the stars and little snowflakes falling.......*sigh*

Hair: I am so glad when the leftover %$*&%^$ perm is gone! Now my hair is straight til right above my ears, then it curls up till about chin length to turn into flat layers again.   >:(

I decorated our tree today and took some pictures. They are not coming out the way I'd like them 2

Maybe I try tomorrow again.  

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/YasmineL/Christmastree009.jpg

those two have been watching every move I made
(actually three - I just noticed when looking at the picture that the cat is laying under the tree)

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This tree top decoration is in our family since I was born:

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What a cute tree!  I love those autumn colors.  Hee kitty looks like it's not going to give up it's spot under the tree.

Cynde

Thanks for sharing the pics of your tree, Moonchild! Eeeeee, your pets are so cute!

Thanks, Khrome and Juri :)

Today is the first day of a looooong weekend. We are going from one christmas party to the next. Starting right here at work in a few minutes.  :)

Some of the guys smoking a turkey outside, and they will deep fry 2 more. Everybody is bringing side dishes, salads and desserts.  :)

We had snow in the forecast, but unfortunately it's coming down as rain. brrrrrr. It is sooooooo cold.

I love the colors on your tree!   :D  I'm also impressed at how well your pets are behaving!  Mine'd have the tree at their mercy in minutes.   ::)  

;D 13bodies, that's age kicking in, I guess! I cannot leave them alone with the tree  ;D Past experience.

Okay. I am getting ready for another trip to the airport. My Baby Girl is flying in. Then the family will be complete again.  :)

Went to an authum barn-x-mas-party last night. Big campfire, lots of hot tea, Gluehwein, talk and a snowball fight.  ;D

Daughter and I will go and do some holiday shopping now.  :)

I have so much stuff to do and so little time left  ;D

Thanks Moonchild :-* I hope you have a very merry Christmas too, with your family and friends :)


P.S. Good luck on your gift shopping, it can be such a tangle somtimes http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b244/Beesan19/lights.gif

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too, Moonchild!

The cats wish to sing you a carol:

We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
You must give us fried chicken
Or we'll eat your tree.

;D

Holidays are over and it is almost time to bring my daughter back to the airport  :'(   14 days at work never pass this fast. We have one more day left. My son is staying with us until March.

My kiddos gave me a gorgeous pair of hairsticks and some other hair toys for Christmas. Very pretty. Hubby gave me more Blackhills Gold Jewelry. My favorite.  :)

It has been snowing for the past 3 days, we are finally having some snow on the ground. I am still hoping for a winter like we had 3 years ago; about 3 feet of snow .... :)

Hair needs some special attention. Ends are breaking off and hubby detected split ends  :-/


Kids are awake. Must go and spend time with them  :)
Daughter and I are planning a visit in the states for me. Thinking about February.

I looooove Black Hills Gold.  I still have the little ring my grandparents gave me when I was 8.  (I sometimes wear it as a pinky ring).

Have fun with the kids while they are around!

Thanks, BB  :)


Hair: Just had another .5 cm trim done. The beautician is amazed with the shine of my hair........She wants to know the secrets  ;D


Skin: Overall very dry. I put some Coconut Body Oil in my bathwater last night. I feel sooooooo much better.


Kids: I will go on a trip to the states in the beginning of Feb. to see my daughter. Just one week, but we will have fun  :) WalMart here I come ......he he he

Education: I finally decided to finish my degree and signed up for the Math class I need. YAY  :D

Oooooo - finishing up your degree!! That's fantastic.  What is your area of study?

Hi Moonchild, I hope you had a good Christmas! Your animals are very beautiful :) Congratulations on the decision to finish your degree.

Anais

wrote on Jan 13^th, 2006 at 7:42pm:

Oooooo - finishing up your degree!! That's fantastic.  What is your area of study?

Environmental Science.....

The Math class is kicking my behind  :-/ I thought that I can just take the first exam without studying or anything. Well, the grade pulled me back down to the ground, I barely have a 74%. Nothing to brag about  :-[

I received another warning e-mail. This time it is reference lipsticks containing high amounts of lead. Lead can cause cancer. Luckily I do not wear any lipstick ever.

The next hair trim appointment is scheduled for the 2nd of February. On the 3rd I have my monthly Facial done and on the 4th I will be airborne. I heard a bunch of wild stories about the Memphis Airport.......I guess I will see for myself  ::)

Last night was the first meeting with the BodyMed folks. The BMI test really got to me. I knew that I had to loose weight and I knew that I was seriously overweight. But seeing these numbers black on white shines a new light on the situation. All these folks in that group are from around my neigborhood. I had seen them before and some of them lost a lot of weight already. Others are working on stabilizing their weight. And I had a little chat with a lady who - just like me- gained way over 50 lbs when she quit smoking.  :'(  Well, enough of that.

I am very glad I have THAT person for the Brighten Up the Feb Exchange..... ;D A million and 2 ideas are floating thru my head  8) I will go shopping this Saturday. YAY

Moonchild!  Thank you so much for my package.  I loved opening it and sorting through all the neat things.  Gorey wants me to thank you for the decorative chain.  I"ve hung it in 4 different places so far and he's played with it in all of them.  Right now it's on my corner cabinet in the living room and it looks really nice there.  He's only batted it around a little bit so hopefully that will be it's permanent home.   ::)  

Thank you again!  It really made my day.   ;D