Ahhh, there's a nice soothing rain today, soothes my soul! 

Well, my hairdresser returned my phone call yesterday, and I have an appt. tomorrow night...I think I'll go really short, like a pixie cut.

NOT! 

No way, I'm just going to ask her to ever so gently nip the ends and the layers, she's always been good about that in the past.  I can hardly wait!  The only stinky part is the time, I work til about 5:00, and my appt.'s not til 6:30, which leaves over an hour of gap time, and going home then back wouldn't make much sense.  I'm sure I can find enough work to do to occupy me for an extra hour...not that I want too! 

I received a hair compliment yesterday!    I was talking to a friend of mine and she just stopped mid-sentence and said "your hair looks really nice today".  *Blush, blush, blush*  I did take some extra time with it yesterday morning, I let it air dry like 95%, then using my long-fingered diffuser and the cool setting on the hair dryer I finished drying it so that it was straight and shiny.  Then I finished it off with a little Bio-Silk for extra shine and movement.  I know it's not a natural product, but I don't use it very often and it does make my hair really silky looking, smells really nice too.

This morning I did a clarifying wash w/ my Pantene Purity, I didn't ACV this time, just went right on to the conditioning.  Let it air dry, styled the bangs with some aloe gel, and pulled the rest up in a clip.  Good enough for today!

I'm loving my book so far, I only wish I had more time to spend reading it.  I actually ran a few minutes late today because I didn't want to put it down in the middle of a chapter, so I kept reading, but I did have to stop before hitting the next chapter or I would have been really late!

Hub & I are just not getting along right now, we are just clashing left & right over everything.  It's both our faults, we just keep jumping down each other's throats over the stupidest things.  We go through "phases", sometimes we get along like we're two best friends and nothing could ever get between us, other times we just co-exist like two separate lives in the same household, and times like this we just annoy the living snot out of each other...on purpose, I think!   It's like one of us actually goes out of our way to pick a fight with the other one, over anything...so I've just been trying to keep to myself and be good til this phase passes us by...I'm really trying!

I've got a headache today...again, I think I've had one every day this week so far, uck!  So, I am extra grateful for this cloudy and rainy day, not only is it soothing to me, but saves my poor eyes from the brutal sun.  Speaking of, staring at this computer screen is not really helping, either!  I guess I'll be off now, ciao!

Looks like a lot of ppl here are getting hair compliments must be a good week...

I'm sorry things aren't going well with you and your hubby

Feel beter VERY soon.

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Maggie, did you decide on what goddie to make?  If you're stuck for an idea, you might try www.allrecipes.com--there are literally thousands of recipes on that site.

ooooh Maggie, send that hairdresser over to me asap the place I go to that trims my hair and does the color scares me to death.   I get sooooooo nervous when the guy is combing my hair out after being washed;I sit there and pray he doesn't come to a tangle or knot because God help me and my neck if he pulls,breaks or does whatever to my hair.  Since I found this site and all you sweethearts I just grinned and beared some of the things that would happen.  Who knew about satin pillow cases???? Can't wait to try them   and the oil info,cider vinegar rinses,the list goes on and on!!  Thanks you ladies!! 8)
As for the Nadi Sudi (alternate nostril breathing)  what you do is almost there,but not really.  Yogic breathing is done all through the nose,whether you're practicing asanas(poses) or the breathing.  THis is because Yoga is not exercise.  Some forms may feel like exercise,getting the benefits cardio wise,but you engage a different body system in the way that you breathe.  I could go on and on and on,but.....to your problem.......
Sit on the floor crossed legged or lay down.....take your left hand,thumb and first finger touching...(so it looks like you're making the "ok" sign),rest the back of that hand on your left knee...with me so far???
make a fist with your right hand,extend your pinkie finger and your thumb,keeping the ring finger,middle finger and index finger tucked into your palm....ok now place the right thumb along the right nostil and close it off,inhale through the left nostil,close both nostils,release the right thumb and exhale through the right nostil.  Keeping the pinkie on the left nostil while you do this.  Now Inhale right,close both ,exhale left,holding the thumb on your right nostil closed while doing that.  Go back and forth a few rounds.  If you do this consistently every day you'll be so much better.  I also stopped eating dairy and other things when I became a pesco-vegetarian that I believed also helped.

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bwahahahahahaaaaa! My evil plan is working...    But who knows? I may break down & get Biosilk next time. Influence usually works both ways. 

My pleasure for the help anytime.  Consistency is key,so everynight before you go to sleep;do it for 5 minutes or whatever works for you!
Later

Wow, I haven't been able to visit the boards again in days now, this is getting crazy, I guess I just have to learn to prioritize!  

In bad hair news I've got the green-gunk build up problem back again, ack!  It's got to be my hairspray, I'm currently using Herbal Essences.  But I honestly don't use much at all, as I know I've mentioned before, I use 1 to 3 spritzes to keep my bangs in place and that's it....and that's exactly where the problem area is.  Not really in my bangs, but on the top of my head, mostly off to the left of my part, and I can't get rid of it no matter what I try!    A few days ago I did a clarifying wash, vinegar rinse and a comb-through followed by a conditioning, and the following days I've been just concentrating with a clarifying shampoo in that top area, it lessens it a tiny bit, but doesn't get rid of it.  I can't get away without using a bit of hairspray for control, I do use aloe which does help to hold the style so I use less hairspray, but I still need just a little.  Maybe I need to seriously consider trying an all natural one, any suggestions??

...Oh yeah, all the extra washing has made my hair feel dry    That's a bad thing...

In good hair news, I must have had a little bit of hair growth!  My last measure was sometime around the end of Feb. and I measured in at 25 & 1/4 inches (sadly that was the same as the previous month-no growth), but I just measured this morning again, and even after my trim I'm still at 25 & 1/4 inches!  I know my hairdresser nipped about a quarter inch, which must mean either 1) I'm a crappy measurer, or 2) I had a quarter inch of growth.  For now I'll opt for the latter.  

Aloe juice, aloe juice, aloe juice...where can I get aloe juice??  I want to try the leave-in that Beesan's been using, which I think is Kimberlily's recipe...I guess the smart thing to do would be to check out that thread first. ???

Life in general has been very hectic.  I'm going crazy trying to get all my books ready for my accountant.......gaaaaawd I hate going through receipts......sooooooooooo tedious!  But I've got to have it all together by this Saturday, so the pressure's on.  It really would be much easier if I did this month by month throughout the year, I know that & keep telling myself that next year I'll do that...but it just never seems to work out that way.    The problem is this...I do everything myself!  From the ordering, to acct's receivable, to designing, to delivering (hub help with this sometimes, but it's mostly me), to cleaning & organizing, to customer service, to....you name it!  I'm just split too many ways, plain & simple.  But for financial reasons this is the way it has to be for now.  C'est la vie!

On a more serious & kind of scary note, I put the offer out to hub to move....away, like far away if he wants.  It's something that he keeps talking and whining about, that he hates how depressed this area is (and it really is), that there are no opportunities here for him to do what he really wants to do.  He whines about it, but I know that he himself will never take action on it, so I'm calling his bluff.  Ha!  Although I am totally prepared to be serious about it.  I told him yesterday that if he's serious about "getting out of here" to start getting a game plan together, we'll set a goal of two years for ourselves.  Two years to ween down and sell the business, decide what to do with the house (that's the biggest heartache), figure out where to go and what to do.  I told him to start researching and come to me with some real facts instead of whining, then I'll really think about it.  Fair?

He didn't say too much about it, I think I scared him, I don't think he ever really expected me to act on it.  But, I be d*mned if he thinks I'll let him used his surroundings as an excuse to whine his way through life, apparently he doesn't know me very well...for whining is not in my vocabulary.  That was taught to me by my grandmother, you be strong, you never whine about anything, and you do what you have to do.  Period.  I come from a long line of strong Slovak women, so if he's looking for me to pamper his whiny little butt, he's got another thing comin'!  As my dad alway said (he would say this is why he married my mother!).."You need a strong Slovak woman to pull the plow when the ox dies"!  I always got a chuckle out of that!

So, we'll see what happens!  That's about it & this is long enough, so ciao!

Oh, I totally hear that, Curlgirl!  It really drives me crazy when my own family members can't respect a *very disciplined* decision that I have made.  Some still feel the need to poke fun at me, saying things like "oh come on, it won't kill ya, just eat some..." waving a big hunk of steak or pork in my face or something.  They really just don't get it.  My mother was really upset when I first gave it up, mostly because she thought I'd get sick, but I never did, but then as time passed and she saw I was serious she respected it and made me separate meals from the rest of the family.  My dad, on the other hand, he would make comments about how my food was gross. My food was gross, OK, I'm the one eating something made from a soybean...while he was the one chewing up a big hunk of animal flesh.  My food gross?  I don't get it!  And I don't think that they'll ever get it, but at least after 15 years they're starting to ease up on me! 

Okay-so-about the whole moving thing, I made a point to bring it up again to hub...just to let him know that I wasn't joking, you know, putting the ball in his court.  He said he knew I meant it and that he thought about it all night and day, he said it seemed "real" since I set a time frame to it of two years.  I'm really hoping that this will somehow motivate him in one way or another, either he'll realize that living in a small town isn't so bad (because he really doesn't want to move-excuse!), or he'll be motivated into moving on (with me, of course!).  Time will tell.

Hair:  It's feeling pretty nice today, I must say.  I just did a regular scalp-wash and condition with Restoratives, and that's it.  In fact, I still have it down, which is pretty rare at work, maybe it's because I'm so coooold!  Spring is supposed to be here...but it's freezing & windy, brrrr!  Which leads me to thinking that if we do move...maybe choose somewhere warm?  We could always visit to see the snow. ???  Oh, yeah...hair!  The build up is still there, a little less today though, so frustrating!  I'm def. going to try making a natural hairspray, I know there's one posted here somewhere.

Other facets of my life:  I'm still working on reading The Kite Runner, I am very much in love with this book so far, I have never been so emotionally involved with a story before.  As much as I'm dying to finish it, I don't want to...because then it wil be done!   

I still haven't decided on a baked good to make for my cousin's benefit...I'd better figure something out pretty quick, it's coming soon, April 1st!

Saw three new movies this week, here's maggie ebert to break it down for you:
   Walk the Line:  I can't say I was ever a Johnny Cash fan, but I really was moved by watching the story of his life, gave me a whole new respect for his work.  I didn't expect that I'd like it, or even be interested in it, but I was pleasantly surprised!

   Just Friends:  It was ooookay, mostly a fluff piece IMO.  About a guy who is in love with a friend from childhood who regards him as "just a friend", and what he has to do to show her that he loves her.  It was kind of cute, but really not my kind of movie.

   The Tease:  Or maybe it's just "Tease", not sure.  This movie was just okay, too.  Kind of low-budget...which is fine, but the story line was amature and weak.  About a 17yr. old girl who is obsessed with having her mother all to herself, so she kills anyone who tries to get in between them.  It was a little wierd, actually. 

So, American Idol's on again tonight, I was wrong with my elimination prediction last week, but not totally surprised.  We actually may be going to see the Marine Corps Band tonight, In law's have some extra tix, we'll see.

I'm off, my system updates are done and I have a little icon jumping at me from my dock telling me I need to restart.  Coming, coming!...