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So, Joeydog 1992, how do you decorate your animals??  (Sorry, couldn't help myself!!)

Regarding poofy hair...try a moisturizing shampoo and conditioner.  When the hair lacks internal weight (from moisture) it poofs, frizzes and flies about.  Ouidad.com has a gel called Climate Control that I've used in Indonesia and Singapore last summer and it worked wonders, I'm a curly girl so naturally prone to poof and frizz.  My hair looked so good!!!

Sakina wrote on May 31^st, 2007 at 1:26am:

haha, joeydog. that was really funny. i bet your animals are relieved that they will not be decorated. (btw, since this is a saturday post to my journal, i'm not bothering with capital letters.)

sakina, thanks for the conditioner suggestion. (btw, sakina, did you know "sakina" means knife in arabic?) a lot of my trouble now comes from how short my hair still is, so it doesn't have the length to hold it down. yesterday i did try two tiny little pig tails in the back, which may work for a summer style when i'm camping next week. wow, i can't wait for my hair to get long enough to do more styles with. especially braids, i think they are soooo beautiful.

and for the record, as opinion-less as hubby claims to be about short or long hair on me ("You look great with any hair..."-ahh, so sweet),  i did notice him staring as much as i was at this woman in front of us at church last week who had waist length wavy hair. it was hanging over the back of the pew, and we were both just staring at it! it was gorgeous. i commented on it later, and he said casually, "long hair is really pretty sometimes". so he does have an opinion, and i will have long hair someday too! 

roomtogrow wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2007 at 1:13pm:


You're welcome!!  Let us know how it goes!!!!

When I was picking out my bellydance name (I was in a troupe at the time) one of my fellow dancers was helping me.  According to her, Sakina meant God inspired peace of mind.  Well...I do try to make all of my moves sharp...heehee.

Isn't it nice to have something to look forward to-it really is about the journey.  The thing you don't expect right now is that after you reach your first goal and enjoy doing your new do, you'll start looking to the next length like to be able to make a bun.  Such is the way of long hair.

I remember when my hair was as short as yours (not so long ago) and I had to wash it and blow dry it everyday or it looked terrible.  Bedhead had a whole different meaning.  And humidity...!!!

Hang in there, it will pass.  Growing out your hair is a tremendous test of patience...but pays off.

As for the name "Sakina", I googled it last night and it seemed to have a lot of really nice meanings...friendly, etc.  I guess it depends on the part of the world you are from but all the meanings are nice...hey, maybe I will google my name tonight.

Anyway Room to Grow, hang in there.  You will make it!!!

Well we got back from our camping trip yesterday afternoon. We were up  in Wisconsin. It was a great trip, just a weekend trip, but went with eleven of our friends. The weather was perfect, no rain, just sunshine. Great fun. We went lake swimming, played too much ultimate frisbee, hiked a bit, and also did our share of sitting around the campfire eating burgers (lentil burgers in my case.) It was great. Later in the summer, hubby and I are going to do more of a rougher camping trip-this one was a bit more of the froo-froo camping with showers and bathrooms not too far away. We'll hike in somewhere with just our packs. I can't wait for that.  Although, I'm proud to say, I only cleaned myself by swimming in the lake, no showers until  I got home yesterday. Then I babied my hair with deep conditioner, and a scalp massage. Over the weekend I just had it all tied up in a red bandanna.

I'm still job-searching, which is trying my patience. But, I have papered most of the state's public schools with my resume, and have called to follow up-so for now I just have to wait and assume something will come through. It always does. Plus, many principals are still finishing up this year's paper work and haven't even started really hiring for Aug.

I'm reading Robert Jordan's series "Eye of the World." I just started it last week. I love reading fantasy, in the styles of Tolkien, and so far Jordan is pretty interesting. If I continue to like the series, I should have plenty of reading material since all his books are about 800 pages long and there are going to be twelve in the series.
Lately, as an afternoon treat after a full morning of  somewhat- discouraging job searching, I take my book and the cats out on the balcony. Although we live in a bustling city, we have a quiet street, and a little maple tree that's leaves reach up to our second floor balcony. So it's peaceful out there in the afternoon.

Tonight I'm trying a new recipe from a vegetarian cookbook I picked up. Stuffed mushrooms, and blue-cheese pasta. Yum! Also, we have some strawberries for desert that a friend dropped off.

As for the hair, which is the main theme of this journal, it's slowly but steadily building back thickness and length. This is the most frustrating length, too long to be short and stylish, but too short to be long and lovely. I know it will keep growing as long as I don't get anxious and get it cut.

here us the thread for any recipes you will give me!!!

http://www.longlocks.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1179704995

Ok, I am sold, I will have to start reading the books.  I do LOVE a good story.  I think I had better start reading before I go back to work...otherwise I wont get any sleep if they are books you cannot put down.