I've been alittle busy,so aside from a wee bit of guilt from not journaling,I do some now.
I've done some cooking over the past few days so if the kitchen gets too hot,well then I'm cooked!(Pun intended!)  My symptoms get aggravated and the exaustion kicks in and then I'm good for nothing else. 
The rain has been unbelievable the past few days,so there's always a possibility of a flood in the house.  Thanks God it didn't happen this time......
I've been practicing with my hair over the past few days and dicovered that I am not as bad as I thought when trying to do a single braid without a ponytail holder!!  Small wonders never cease to amaze me  LOL
Anytime that I had tried to do a braid without putting my hair in a ponytail first always looked like a disaster.  This time I tried holding 2 seperate pieces in my right hand while holding one piece in my left.  Mind you I did have to bring everything forward to finish it because my hair is very long(keep growing!)  When I finished and turned around with a mirror to look in another mirror,I was pleasantly surprised to see it looked good!! 8)
Alas it was to sleep in and not for the daytime.
During the daytime I've been wearing my hair in a bun with ketylo sticks and either LL sticks or stainless steel sticks.  I've gotten used to 3 or 4 sticks at a time and it looks good,not overly done.
Well,I've got an auction on e-bay in a few hours so I'm off.  I've won 3 out of 4 bids.  The only reason I didn't win one was because my computer crashed because of the rain,thunder and lightening.  That bidder got away with murder on the price,too! Well,not tonight if the weather doesn't wreak havoc with computer!
see you later!!

I am sooooooooooooo tired of this rain and gloom.  Can somebody pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaassssse send me some sunshine???!!!!  Today is going to be cloudy (again) and a possibility of a rain shower....... sigh
At least my hair like the stuff I did to it yesterday.  It feels good,calm and easier to put up in a bun today!
Not much to tell today,so I bid ya'll adeau!

Wow, Curlgirl, how 'bout we trade? I'll take your rain and "gloom" as you call it any freaking time over the sweltering SoCal sun. The whole bright, happy, hot, sunny CA stuff is totally not my thing.    You're perfectly welcome to it if I can somehow push it over to ya.

Ok,so it's not raining here,yet......it is supposed to until Friday or Saturday.hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Well,either way I washed my hair this morning with Dove mixed with the essentail oils of Lavender,Rosemary and Sage.  It does smell nice!  I did an ACV rinse and then Biolage Balm.  Rinsed with cold water,yikes!!!  That sure does wake you up in the morning!!!  I'm using waterproof hairsticks that I picked up on e-bay.  They are 6 inches and blue and ebony.  I really need 7 or  7 1/2 inches for my bun,but these could work for a top bun.  I did oil with Shea Oil,fractionated coconut oil and and e/o lavender,rosemary and sage(only a couple of drops of e/o)  Feels clean and good.  I also got 3 other pairs of these waterproof sticks in cocobolo,rosewood burgundy,purple pearl(pretty!) I'm waiting for blue and red,pink ivory with rose quartz toppers and of course Silver Bubbles LL sticks some time in the middle of the month!!!!  I've been busy with buying hairtoys!!!  I won't be bored for a long time!!!!!!!
Later!
P.S.   I am waiting for Ida from Chagrin Valley to call me back with some info. I order samples of soap bars and shampoo bars and can't wait until the order goes through!!!!!!!!!!  Patience is such a virtue!

And here's the update on one of the shampoo bars!   I used the Lavemder Rpsemary Aloe Shampoo Bar and did a ACV rinse without conditioner........the results were really good!!  I was surprised that my hair was not a tangled mess either.  I oiled my ends and length,put a little Ouidad gel in it and a touch of balancing conditioner in it to smooth it out and so far so good.  I put it all up in a bun and I'm prety sure that all the rest of the shampoo and conditioner bottles are going to collect dust!!!!!!!!!  I'm very pleased with Ida's shampoo bar and I have 2 more to try plus 7 of the soap bars.  I'll be busy taking notes and enjoying the great smells these bars have!!!

The shampoo bar is still working out wonderfully.  I shampooed with it 2x yesterday and used the Ouidad Curly Conditioner like I said,but later on I was reading the journals and someone said they wanted to try someone's leave-in spray.  I can't remember the girl's names,but I made this concoction......1 Tbsp. fresh aloe vera gel(from the plant),1 Tbsp. Jojoba oil,1/2 cup water,a few drops of e/o lavender,rosemary,sage and Texas Cedarwood.  Put it all in a spray bottle and shook it up and sprayed away last night and this morning.  I like this recipe,especially with the humid weather.  I find I have alittle more control of my hair when it goes crazy because of the frizzies!!!  Not a good thing when you start to look like you stuck your finger in a socket!!!   More later!!!

My two favorite hairtoys - LL hairsticks and Bunjii's!  She's been selling the Bunjii's for a while - pretty much the same combinations.  The price is good (assuming you actually GET them!).  Hope they show up soon.

Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!  The humidity is disgusting!!!  My hair is so out of control today,even in a braid.  I think it needs a major ACV rinse or a deep conditioning to calm these frizzies!!!!  
One of my girlfriends gave me a bottle of Ojon moisturizing mist.  It smells ok and really helps calm things down.  You spray it on your ends and all over really.  Massage your scalp and style as usual.  Not too much though or you get  that greasy look and feel.  It's raining here again!!!!!!!!  No sun expected until maybe Friday.  *sigh* it's only Monday and it's been raining on and off since the middle of last week!!!!!!