I think C is really enjoying the new machine!  He's washed 3 loads since Friday!   Hey as long as he down't overload the machine,use lots of detergent or mix darks with whites.....I'm happy!  It'll give me time to do my new embroidery kit.  One of 4 so I'll be busy!
Happy Valentine's Day, everybody!!!!
Mine started yesterday with flowers and Andrea Bocelli CD's!  I had gotten C some Lindt truffles(hard for me to buy since I'm a Pescatarian,borderline Vegan  ) and I found some vintage Coca Cola metal coasters on E-Bay. 
I thought he'd enjoy them and I'm glad he is!

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So there's about 21 inches of snow here from that "snow storm" a few days ago.   Another storm is being watched for Friday....................
I tried Cassia as a deep conditioner yesterday and kept it in for an hour.  Gritty to rinse out,but 45 minutes later after rinsing it wasn't too bad.  I single braided my hair and forgot about it.  Last night it felt thicker,shinier and less frizz especially the ends.  I left it in a braid and this morning everything was intact and still looked nice.  I'm waiting to do the henna,indigo and amla though.  I think once a month I'll do Cassia and do hubby's hair.  for some reason he doesn't want to measure with a measuring tape.  He measures by where his finger stops at some point at his back when he  gently pulls the longest piece of hair.  Stubborn man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I think it's somewhere midback.  If I'm lucky he might let me take a pic(fingers crossed!)

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Same warning here.  For the sake of the boys and hub's work, we all keep distance when one of us is sick so the others hopefully won't have too many sick days.  Glad your hub could get back to work quickly.

Well, hubby and I decided today was just as good of a day to do henna and indigo on my hair.  Last  night I mixed orange juice with 200 grams of henna from Yemen.  This was a 2009 crop and supposedly has excellent gray coverage.  So I mixed it up at about 11pm,covered it with plastic wrap and put the Pyrex bowl that I was using in a plastic bag.  Stuck it in my closet that is always very warm.
This morning I added alittle water to it after I saw the dye released,added about 15 grams of Amla.  Mixed that all up.  In a seperate bowl I mixed up 300 grams of indigo.  Added the henna mixture to the indigo mixture.  Started that at about 10am.  Hubby did all of the applying, I put the plastic wrap on  and then a turby towel.  I really need a really big cotton scarf though.  There's so much of the mixture that the turbi almost didn't fit!!   It's was soooo heavy!   I kept this on for 4 hours!  I couldn't believe I lasted that long.
So at 3:30pm I hopped into the shower,using my shower chair I spent 45 minutes rinsing the stuff out of my hair.  I conditioned with Suave strawberry conditioner twice,washed with Herbal Essences None of Your Frizziness twice and then conditioned with Herbal Essences None of Your Frizziness conditioner.  Wide toothed combed it and single braided it.
I must say from what I can see hubby did a really good job!  Most of all the gray is covered and my hair is a very dark brown.  It will take about 2 or 3 days for the color to settle in.  Then I'll know whether it is a dark brown or darker brown.
So that's how I spent the day!!
Tomorrow I' m going to see my sister in Queens.  We'll go toThe Worthy Paws so I can donate my yarn stash and knitting needles that I don't use.  I prefer to crochet and knit with bamboo or wooden hooks and needles.  The place is a not for profit shop that sells stuff to support animals spay,neuter and food.
I till have to get together in a bag all the yarn and seperate the needles,patch my sister's sweater and try to relax tonight!  Maybe if there's a hockey game on, I'll catch that.  Last night's Ranger game was a heart breaker.  Damn those Peguins!!!

Ok, the bread came out fine......since then I've been working on crocheting a new tank.  Not sure if I'm going to sell it or keep it.  It is an intermediate pattern that I saw on Knit and Crochet today.  I ordered the yarn, which was rather inexpensive.   It's coming along fine.
After taking the pup to the vet's for a nail trim, I decided it was do or die for the metal zipper in the newly purchased zip up hoodie.  I had bought a zip up hoodie from Cafe Press that had a Hooked on Crochet logo on it with a ball of yarn and crochet hook.  I thought it had a plastic molded seperating zipper.  I was totally disappointed when I got it to see it had a metal zipper!   I then started to think....well,if you don't like something,change it!  So i called up this guy I deal with at Zipperstop on E-bay and told him what I needed.  Two days later,presto!  The thread and zipper were here.  He has a knack for matching exactly the color I need without seeing what I'm working on.
I thought about what to do about removing the metal zipper and replacing it with the new zipper.  So my trusty seam ripper and I sat down and carefully took off the old zipper,did some sewing of the fabric to secure it down,got my zipper foot for my sewing machine,attached the new ipper and began sewing.  It actually came out near to perfect!  Either beginner's luck with replacing a zipper or it just pays to take your time and it the way you think is the right way.  I had also gotten a few new iron on's that are embroidered that I want to put on. I got a bichon,a white rose,fall leaves, a very cute sewing machine and a flower bunch that I had saved for something like this.  Plus a cup of coffee.I think the lay out will look nice when I'm done. 
C left for work so after the hockey game I'm off to wash clothes,clean up the kitchen and try to get to those iron on's.