Thanks, La Diosa.  Yes, its from my birthday.  I wish I had looked at that photo before I got my haircut.  Its at least and inch shorter now.

Trisha, thanks for the hug, I needed it!

Angel Spun, I do know that so I was thinking about a staw hat with and open weave top.  Mostly I want it to disguise my hair.  I might just wind up with bandanas since I already have quite a few.

Thanks, Angel Spun.  I need a hug everytime I wash my hair and look at it in the mirror.  I like your idea, I'll hipnotize my hair into growing faster!

Today I came to realize that I'm constantly looking to improve my hair condition and routine because I haven't been getting any feedback that what I'm currently doing is good enough.  Isn't it funny-if people were giving me hair compliments that I would feel like my routine is working as opposed to my own opinion.  I think that's what drove me to try the Ouidad haircut.  The curly girl haircut has been working for me.  Just can't leave well enough alone, I guess.

Hey, mom is home today!!!  I haven't spoken to her yet, she's still sleeping alot.  I'm gonna call her tomorrow, and hope I can say HI to her.

I think it is hard to identify what healthy hair is, with all the crazy commercials (and thanks to BB we know what goes into that deception) and silicones people are using.  I feel like, when will I know when my hair is super healthy?  Hmmmmmm.

I think I'm going to go drink my tea and have a cream puff.  Yum.

I am guilty of admiring ladies with long hair and not giving a compliment when I should have but more times than not I just plain chicken out

But, so far all of the 10 compliments I have given so far have been positive and the main response I get is 'thank you'.

I would love to just take time and talk to some of the ladies and tell them about forums and websites about long hair but I have not attempted it.

I am very guilty of being very hard on myself and when people give me compliments for whatever it is very hard for me to accept it.  
So, I can relate to not liking my own hair or whatever else but if I got more compliments I don't really know if it would change my opinion of myself or not?

Jerry

Thanks, La Diosa, Jerry & Bikerbraid!

La Diosa, I know you're right.  Thanks for the encouragement.  I've been verbally abused by many people in my life, I think that has made me overly concerned with what other people think.  It sucks.

Jerry, it is hard to walk up to stangers and say anything let alone something nice.  It took me a long time to get comfortable saying, "Thank you" when someone compliments me.  I used to stare at them thinking in my head "Oh, yeah.  Right."

BB, I really like my new avatar, too.  It was time for a change!

I talked to my mom today!  She sounds really good and I can't wait to see her.

People compliment my hair when I know it is really dried out straw with a thousand split ends and is NOT in good shape.  I accept the compliments, usually, but inside I think "Good thing you didn't touch it!"  So glory in your healthy hair and know, when you get a compliment, that you are not a fraud.

I got one of the BEST compliments inadvertently the other day.  I had washed my hair before school, which I don't normally do, so it was down.  I was combing it back into a braid before class and as I gathered the hair on the left side I flipped the hair on the right over my shoulder.  The female sixth graders watching me do this all said, "Oooooh."

The new avvie juts make me love your hair more!! The culrs just give it that extra dimension and shine(shampoo commercial much? ) to it, so pretty! I'll usually put my hair it two braids at night when it's wet to get that texture, but you have it naturally!! Sooo jealous right now. And the pretty color! Again, sooooo jealous.

Sakina wrote on May 18^th, 2008 at 9:55pm:

And cream puffs are delicious. 

Jerry, maybe a T-shirt that says "Ask me about long hair" would spark a conversation.  Especially since your hair isn't long.

One of my favorite T-shirts says "To Hell With Straight Hair".  I got it at naturallycurly.com.