Oh K , I am so happy you liked it!!!  But if you honestly didn't, tell us...different hair different needs...and all that.  I would not be offended!!!  What works for me might not for you...but if you really are happy...I am so pleased I could put you onto something that really worked for you!!!  Did you do as the label said or the wrap up and leave on for 1 hour as I do?

Giddy you wrote about something I suggested..simple minds, simple things and all.

JD

oh yes, I forgot to add... my right top wisdom tooth started growing in about a month ago, no problems, no pain(besides the obvious 'tooth cutting through gums" pain) but last night, the left top decided to start in... only this one HURTS. It seems to be growing directly into the tooth next to it... it's pressing on the molar and  ow. if it doesn't stop hurting by thursday, I'm calling an oral surgeon. Unfortunately the molar next to it has a cavity all the way across the gumline, so it may need yanking too.
I guess I'm paying for my mother's fear of dentists... the only reason I went last august was an exposed nerve and me threatening to remove it if I didn't get an appt.

And you know, I don't know why people are so afraid of root canals... It hurts several hecks of a lot* worse before than after, that's for sure. 


*as opposed to a heck of a lot, yes.

HARP PROJECT: It's funny how one thing can lead to another, eh? Paul is working on a stair rail, out of iron, of course, since that's all he works in. But he needed a wooden part, to bend steel to match, so we had to go to baton rouge to a company called Spirals to get it ( competetor, and long time enemy) now, paul was not happy about this... as I said, he and Spirals' owner have NEVER gotten along. But they're the only person for over a hundred miles that sells this piece. So him grumbling all the way, off to Baton Rouge we go. Well, it turns out the owner has had some sort of personality transplant, or something. Nice as can be.. we get to talking about wood and my harp project, and the owner offers to let me dig through his scrap pile and see if there's anything I can use. Now, by scrap pile I mean, "any sort of board or plank that's not quite wide or long enough for a stair tread"... all of these are nice, HIGH quality hardwoods. It was like a kid in a candy store, I tell you. An entire room full of planks of just the right sizes, calling my name, in cherry, oak, mahogany, walnut, etc. I was nice, I only took enough for the first of the three harps I'm building(white oak), but you have no idea how tempting it was to ask paul to go home, put the steel we'd gotten earlier away, and come back with an empty truck bed! really the only thing stopping me is that we don't have enough space to store it. That and the wood will still be there. *is in heaven* free harp wood for as long as good business relations remain. That just made my plan to make a business out of this one day, much more possible. Not to mention, the owner was complaining about the fact that whenever he gets shipped mahogany from africa, at least one board per load is actually bubinga, an african rosewood, and useless to him. Of course, it's one of the highest quality harp woods available. I mentioned that... his response " eh, tell me how much you need and I'll cut it off for you." *me almost faints* 100-200$ wood, for free?  I have a new hero.

Sorry for that, Just updating you guys on how thats' going... still working on getting a GOOD set of plans.. the ones my parents got me, well. suck. They're enough to read about how a harp is made, but not nearly enough to do so yourself. As soon as Paul gets this next job installed, I'm going to get the plans. And then, It begins!

As for other things: Hair is poofy do to rain, so it's bunned up out of my way. voice: getting back to normal. dreams: odd. Since there's been discussion of inscences on other journals, I thought I'd mention mine : Vanilla or Dragonsblood. I only recently was introduced to the dragonsblood - a friend brought it over as a peace offering. It's odd, reminds me of my childhood for no apparent reason, and continues to perfume the air for days after it's gone out... expecially around the computer for some reason (in a different room than the inscence holder) So right now it's nice and pretty smelling around here.

Oh, changed my signature to my new motto...

ooh, I shall have to try some of those! Just from a glance on the main page, Joeva's got some things I must have. Unfortunately I have to be really careful about what inscences I burn, what perfumes and scented, well, everythings I use... Paul's seriously allergic to some scents... Not sure what, which is a problem. Sandalwood is one trigger, as well as Tide laundry soap, pretty much any fabric softener... I was given a very expensive perfume for christmas, but I had to give it away because he took one whiff and had to go searching for an inhaler.

Hey, good news, both of my ebay listings sold... one for twice as much as we expected!

We sold a box style chainmail necklace and a death metal guitar pedal. The pedal went for twice as much as we'd listed it for... we werent' even sure it was going to get bid on! Good luck on your auction! Pretty soon we're going to list a belt in the same style as the necklace. I'm hoping that sells too.

     Man, is it hot today. 96F, with a humidity around 80%... And this is the day the air conditioner decides to NOT WORK. I think I'm melting....  WEll, not really, but...close. You know it's bad when the cold water is too warm to be refreshing. And this is well water, not even city water, where the pipes are often close to the ground. No... this is water that should be freezing all year round. *sigh* it's a good thing I've been making 6 trays of ice a day for the past few... I've used up half of it already. LOL, one good thing about Paul's demon kitty.. she swishes her tail constantly... which means if you sit at just the right spot... INSTANT FAN! And of course, today's laundry day, so I have to go outside every 80 minutes. Kiraela is one miserable pup.   
     Speaking of pups, I can't quite figure out why the entire outside of our house smells like wet dogs.... We don't own any dogs... there aren't any strays.... and there's no water nearby for a stray to get wet in anyway. 
     Oh, got my first snake sighting of the year... Well, it was more of a glimpse than a sighting... it went one way, I went the other way, both of us thinking "please don't eat me", I'm sure. Unfortunately, it was a very dark grey color... exactly the color of a water moccasin... And they're both common down here, and very poisonous. I think I shall stay quite far from mr snake.

Betcha two to one that Mr. Snake will be more than happy to open his mouth for you to see how white it is if you are unfortunate to get close enough