I coloured my hair this morning. "Grenadine" from Garnier Nutrisse. I have used this particular colour many times before. I much prefer the staying power of Feria, but because Feria is a bit more harsh, and Garnier is quite easy on the hair and light on fumes (for the baby's sake), I decided to have one more go with this before switching back.

It gives a nice colour, but in about 2 1/2 weeks it'll be brassy and I'll be back to finding ways to make my hair colour vibrant again between treatments.

And I was really really bad.  I was in a major rush this morning and blowdried my hair. (Using the warm/cool setting at least.) It was very windy and cold this morning and I didn't want to catch my death.

I'm still losing a lot of hair. I can't figure out why I'm still shedding. I've been in this rut since July. I haven't gone bald yet, but I can't help but wonder what my hair would look like now if I hadn't lost all the wee hairs over the months. I was hoping this would cease with the pregnancy, but it hasn't happened yet. 

Aww, Thanks! Talk about serious body changes. As this is my first baby, everything is so new, and different. I'm starting to get a little "poodge" in my belly now.

Let me know how you get on if you do the beet rinse before me!


On a side note, I am pleased to say that this is roughly the 4th week that I've gone without makeup. My skin has never felt better. My eyelashes are back to the way they were when I was a kid, long and curled. (I think makeup wrecks your eyelashes. I know mine were after nearly 10 years!)

I don't know why I have completely lost interest in wearing makeup, but I have. I just couldn't be bothered with it. And it's great! For the first time in my life, I'm totally comfortable with going out in public just as I am!

That's great that someone noticed your hair growth, Rua!!     My hair's been getting on my nerves, too.  I wish
someone would notice that my hairs grown a little!

Rua,

Excitability about food is just one of the many pleasures of being pregnant.     You should enjoy it to it's fullest.

This has nothing to do with hair, but I just wanted to record this...I don't know why. I've been having the most strange and vivid dreams lately. One in particular stands out to me because it's one of those "recurring" type dreams, and I rarely get those.

I'm driving down a narrow canyon and my Dad is sitting in the passenger seat. We approach this sharp bend in the road where a rock wall is on one side of the road and a cliff drop off is on the other - no rail guards.

Everytime I approach this bend in the road, my Dad tries to take the wheel and I'm fighting to keep control of the car. Everytime, I get us around the bend safe and sound.

Until last night.

Last night, I approached the bend, and my Dad again tries to take the wheel. He jerks a little too hard and we end up careening off the edge of the cliff.
I'm not scared of dying, but really irritated at my Dad for doing this. I look at him, and he gives me the look that I remember him giving me so many times as a child. "Now look what you've done. This is all your fault."

He never says a word - but his expression does all the talking. I shout at him, "Why did you do that? I had it under control! This isn't my fault!!!"

And then I wake up.


WOW! Freud would have a heyday on that one, eh? I'm not sure if I'm dreaming like that because I haven't seen my Dad in over a year and am going to be seeing him in January or what. Maybe my subconcious is trying to come to terms with what our interaction is going to be like when I finally visit.

We've never had a good relationship. He's not a communicator at ALL. When I rang him in work to tell him about the pregnancy I said to him, "Da, your gonna be a Grandpa."

Dead silence on the phone. And then him sobbing. He just cried and cried. My mum told me later that he came home from work and started crying all over again. He rang the relavtives to tell them the good news and bawled on the phone to them too.

For someone who has such an impossibly difficult personality and tough exterior, he sure can be a big softie.

I suppose that's one of the reasons why - through everything in our traumatic relationship - I love him so much.

Oh! Maybe you're having pregnancy sympathy hunger pains! I rang my mum last night, and she said that's exactly what she's having! LOL

Then again, it could be because in just about every post I make on this board, I mention food. I'm a terrible influence. You are best not to follow my example. (I went on a Pringles binge yesterday. Oh my word, they were so yummy!) D'Oh! See what I mean??

And I will definately take your advice while on the roads in January! Such a strange dream, eh?

I don't know about my hair looking gorgeous now (it's in a mass of fuzzies on my head cuz it's morning here and I haven't brushed it yet)...but I'm hoping it be will by the time I get out there!

Oh I know what you mean! I've had strange dreams involving violence as well. My mum said that she got the same thing when she was pregnant with me and all of my sisters.

In fact, last week I had another dream that involved me trying to order a chicken sandwich from a fast food place and this women kept badgering me and badgering me to hurry up so I turned around and clocked her. Hubby came running towards me to pull me off the woman, and all the while I'm shouting, "All I want is a chicken sandwich!!"

It's SO not like me! LOL!! Scary! 

[quote author=Rua link=board=journals;num=1101230958;start=15#22 date=12/14/04 at 11:07:42]Oh believe me I am! Can't get enough of it!

FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD!

Thats' me, too.  Only- I'm not pregnant!!
I had very vivid dreams too, when I was pregnant
I'm wanting to cut my hair, too!! We'll encourage each
other not to do it