WOW, you look gorgeous!! I agree with Berkanna, the first picture is great! 

I really hope you get your knee problems solved. I know what it's like to have a troublesome knee. Back when I used to have four ballet classes a week, I couldn't sit still for fifteen minutes without one of my knees starting to ache. I hope it's not like that for you.

Thank you juri and Curlygirl22! I guess the pics weren't as bad as I thought they were.  

Juri: My knee pain has been pretty constant lately wether I'm moving or not.  Fortunately, the pain is tolerable but it is still pain nonetheless so I'm really hoping my doctors visit tomorrow will help.

Hair: This morning, I clarified in an attempt to remove the coated feeling caused by the cassia but it didn't work.  I guess I'll just have to wait for it to disappear in it's own time.

Other: My husband and I went to the mall yesterday and after walking a while, my lower back began to hurt so badly I thought I was going to die.  I really feel as though I'm completely falling apart.  I ordered an inversion table on Friday and I hope that it helps me with all of the issues that I've been having lately.  I also ordered the Hoopnotic dvd so when my knee acts up I can maybe burn calories by using the hula hoop.  But now that I think about it, I don't know if that will work because I'll still have to use my knees.  

Last night, I suggested that we go to another comedy show and it was really bad.  We stayed for about 10 minutes into the act and then left opting to go dancing.  I only had a few glasses of wine but the alcohol really hit me hard.  My husband didn't mind it though, he told me this morning that I'm funny when I'm drunk.  I've been recovering from a hang over all morning but as long as he was amused, right?  It's so funny, when I was younger I never used to get hangovers now all it takes is a few glasses of wine, go figure.  

As I'm typing all this I feel like Debbie downer, but I'm actually in a very good mood.

Also, I read bikerbraids tip about protecting hair from the sun.  The sun lightening my hair has always been an issue for me. My problem is I like wearing my hair out in the summer.  I think perhaps I'll look for products with sunscreen or something. The last thing I need is to make my hair anymore drier than it is if I can help it.

Thanks Lisabelle but you didn't have to worry about it, it's no biggie.

That's impressive that you can still hula hoop.  I tried it a few years ago myself and totally sucked.  I guess I'm going to have to learn all over again but when I do I'll be able to do some pretty cool tricks!

I was excited because I got my inversion table today.  I found one on Amazon.com for a very reasonable price and what I most liked about it was that the part you lay on is cushioned.  I was glad my husband was gone when it arrived because I was able to put it together myself.  I love working with tools and putting things together, I always have since I was a kid and my mom made me put together my own Barbie McDonalds when I was 9.  I felt so proud of myself and I still feel a sense of accomplishment when I put things together.  My only dilemma was that in the end  I had an extra screw.  Eventually, I put it in although it didn't seem necessary but, I figured better safe than sorry.

I told my husband to begin slow and only go back a bit of the way until he's used to it but does he listen NO!  He goes all the way back feels light headed and then instead of coming back up slowly as I suggested he comes up just as fast as he went over.  Needless to say he needed to lay down for a bit afterwards.  I however, loved the inversion table.  I placed it in front of my window so that when I'm upside down I can view the woods, I found it very relaxing.  I think in the future I'm going to use this to meditate on in addition to my zabuton.

Now I'm off to change my ticker, right now it's waaay off.

I just woke up from a nap about 2 hours ago and have neck stiffness which is freaking me out.  My husband and I were rear ended earlier today (well, technically yesterday) and now I'm thinking my stiffness may be a result of the accident.  It wasn't a bad accident which is why I'm conflicted and think that perhaps I must have just slept weird or something.  

On another note, I've been having really good hair days lately.  At night I've been doing CO's and then pin curling my damp hair.  In the morning I unwind the curls and get really nice waves, it's been so great!