A beaded bunjii, you say. I'll keep that in mind- I was kind of thinking how to create that "morning star effect" to my braid. 

Suddenly, my life seems calm and cozy. I'm practically having a day off today, and have decided to use a big part of it to relaxing. With hair-related webpages, searching hair stuff that I just put somewhere after moving and in general just reconnecting with little niceties of growing hair as a hobby, that is. Right now I'm wearing a Chinese bun with Citrus Shine hairsticks. T was really right- after these months of neglecting my hair, it suddenly seems that I have so much "material" to wrap into interesting hairstyles. 
I feel already relaxed and content. It is strange indeed, that when life is busy, I first let go of things that make it feel nicer and more fun...like hair pampering, exercising, music. That is just silly.

An LHC'er shared an interesting idea in my LHC photo journal where I posted the same pictures as here. She said, that bun covers can also be made of circles of fabric and a piece of elastic. I definitely have to remember that idea and try it some time.

Those earrings are very interesting - I've never seen anthing like them.  I gave up wearing earrings when my hair hit about BSL.  I am such a clutz - my hair kept getting caught in the earrings.  I'm not much of a jewelry person anyway.  I have a favorite necklace, my wedding ring, a watch, and my medical alert stainless steel bracelet (VERY fashionable  ).  I'd love to see a picture of you wearing these when you are ready for them.

La Diosa: My basic idea is to cook healthy and tasty meals. Some of my cooking is "ordinary Finnish", but I also cook Tex Mex, Italian and American food, sometimes also "modified Chinese". I make the meal plan for next week on every Sunday, and when planning I also try to use seasonal products. For health reasons, I try to cook a vegetarian meal every week, as well as a fish meal. Usually I also have one soup day every week. On weekends, I put a little more effort in cooking than on weekdays. Besides cooking, I also enjoy baking.
   For example, this week's meal plan looked like this: (I use numbers instead of weekdays because on a day or two I usually eat my lunch in Helsinki, and sometimes one meal suffices for two days)
Day 1- potato and minced meat casserole, coleslaw, berry soup and cream
Day 2- Tagliatelle with mushroom sauce and cheese, red currants in caramel sauce
Day 3- Russian salmon soup, fried toast with strawberry jam
Day 4- Crispy baked chicken with rice, green salad, fruit salad
Weekend: Fried reindeer with mashed potatoes and lingonberries, Ålandian pancake with homemade plum jam and whipped cream

Trisha: I have so far met nicely my goal of wearing skirts as everyday clothes. However, I would not recommend wearing a skirt to anyone who wishes to observe stars in the middle of Nordic winter! When I go to observe, I usually wear long underwear, a warm middle layer (like a warm sweater), and a windproof outer layer consisting of a good winter jacket and long winter pants. I wear a cap and pull the hood of my jacket over that, mittens over fleece gloves, two warm scarves (one to keep my neck warm and other that I can use to warm my face), terry socks and boots lined with faux fur. Neverthless, standing still (as is necessary if you are trying to recognize constellations or stars) is a challenge. In above mentioned clothing, I can tolerate it maybe 40 minutes or so- and that is really not much time to do something that requires patience.  I've always seemed to tolerate cold rather well, but now my "polar self esteem" is rather low. But, if I don't find a solution soon, the coldest weeks of winters will be over and my problem has resolved itself, until next year.

Today, I found an interesting bottle on bathroom shelf- it said "XZ oil treatment" and seemed unused. So, before going to sauna I applied that. I think my hair can use a little oil, and XZ is a good brand. My hair is still a bit damp, but so far it feels nice.
   I've once again "discovered" that I actually own a quite nice collection of claw clips. I guess that my new hairtoy storaging method isn't all bad since it's quite easy to "lose" things and then discover them.
I think they are slowly going out of fashion- people don't seem to wear them nearly as much as they used to. But, used in moderation they are a nice addition, and I have enjoyed playing with different colors. When I have more money, I might even invest in a quality piece or two...France Luxe makes nice ones, and also Headgames sells some beautiful silk wrapped clips. Yep, I'll put it on the list (besides Ficcares, hairsticks, Bronze Jewelers hairtoys etc. etc. )
  Speaking of new things, in spite of my high hopes, my BAF earrings didn't arrive for the weekend. So, I'm still wearing the ugly studs (why, oh WHY does it have to have a bright red gem that does not really go with anything I own). Even the barbell I disliked in the start has started to look rather good in my eyes. Compared to the Red Devil at least, and I have managed to wear that for several days now.  I guess that's good... Maybe on Monday...
   

I also do oil treatments with olive oil, i have found thhat they work ok on the hair but are quite salubrious for the scalp. They only thing i detest is having to remove all the oil from my hair by means of clarification. I think i need to use less oil, this time i tried just applying the oil to my scalp and roots, however i will still need to clarify now.

Those are beautiful earrings!  I love them.  It almost makes me want to see if I can open the holes on my ears.    

Happy Birthday!

by the way.  Are you doing anything special to celebrate?

Bats!!  I love to have bats around.  Hubby built a bat condo that we have above our house. (In theory it will hold 500 bats, but we've never seen that many around it.)  It is soo fun to watch them in the early evening when they are swooping down to snarf up all the blood sucking mousquitos we have!  I'm not sure what type of bats you have in your area, but they are different types of bat houses for different types of bats.  Make sure you are placing the proper type in your yard.  Also, it can take a while for the bats to find and occupy your house, so don't be discouraged if they don't show up right away.