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*

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*giggle*  I really like that description!

Cynde

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.  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 

*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

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.
        

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

Cynde

Yep  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 

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

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

The puppy and cat are so cute! 

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.

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

This is me   First day of school in August of 1967


Oh my  

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.

Darling picture!

Hope hubby and Beagle Boy are better soon.

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

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 

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 




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)


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

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

What cute puppy wuppy's!! 

Cynde

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



Little Ms SmartyPants 

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

Thanks for sharing.

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

Anais

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

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

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ROFLMAO!!!

Yes and innocent too! *giggle*

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.

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I'm a big knitter too! 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!

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.

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

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!   

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. 

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...... 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! 

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

Hope your hubby is feeling better soon. 

Bought some stuff for my hair:





and I tried this one right away:




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. 

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

Cynde

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

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. 

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. 

Hi moonchild ,

i hope you feel better. im sick too.

caui

(((((hugs)))))

I hope you and hubby are feeling better soon. 

((((hugs))))

I hope you and hubby are doing better today.

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 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

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! 

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

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  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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 



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)




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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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Environmental Science.....

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.