KNS! Whoa.  I had to read that twice just to get a pic in my mind!  I like your hairstyle imagination!
BTW, that's no sock bun in my avatar-its just my hair. 
Yesterday I did another style, two side lace braids and a top french braid.  I braided the lace braids all the way out, but I pinned the french braid (which was only the top hair to the crown and then I finished with a 3 strand) right above where the pony elastic would go, unbraided the tail and included the loose hair into a ponytail.  I wrapped the pony into a bun and took the side braids around the bottom of the bun and secured at the top.  This one I decorated with a 2 prong kanzashi I got at the Narita airport this summer.

I've been looking at a hand mirror that has a purple dyed handle, and I'll have a purple parasol.  The fan I want has peacock feathers in it.

Hmmm...maybe I should adopt your washing/hairwashing regime.  I'm only taking omega3 supplements.  What's the difference.  I can't prove it but I know my skin got better when I began to use the omega3 supplements and worse when I had to go off them for surgery.  What do you use to moisturize your body?  Do you otherwise have sensitive skin?  I spend a fortune on body cremes that won't cause irritations and hives.  I hate that.  I use an oil when I get out of the shower before applying cream but that's not enough.

I hope you have a good and safe trip.

I'm pretty sure I remember reading a post of someone doing this in the past. I thought it was you, Sakina?

At any rate, this looks like another pretty comfortable style for going on a plane.
http://www.tznius.com/cgi-bin/bun.pl
They have a bunch of other styles, too.

http://www.tznius.com/cgi-bin/tying.pl

Have a safe trip Sakina, and best wishes to your mom for her continued recovery!  I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Thank you all very much for your wishes-they came true!  I had a fine trip and my mom's doing really well considering she recently had major surgery.

It was cold and my layering worked out well.  Most happily, it did not snow at all while I was there.

For my flight there I wound up twisting my hair on both sides, starting at the part and adding in until I made rope braids from the ears down.  Very effective and comfortable.

KNS- you wrote in your journal about flying w/hairsticks.  I always do, and I keep them in a box for makeup brushes.  I usually have more than 5 pair plus assorted forks and prongs.  I have gone through the metal detector walk through with Amish hairpins in and it didn't set if off.  I also travel with the hairpins and have never had trouble.  Sometimes I carry them in my bag and other times I pack them in my rolling carry on.  They're too precious for me to pack in my checked luggage.

For Thanksgiving we ate at Ponderosa.  At first I was worried that the food would be over cooked and way over salted but it wasn't!  It was a very inexpensive way to feed 8 people and there were no left overs.  Eating at the restaurant made very easy to not overeat.  My hair turned out super good that day and I had my dad take pics so hopefully I'll get them from him so I can post it.  My sister complemented me several times on it-a rare event!!!

After lunch we went to visit my grandma at her new place in the Alzheimer's facility.  She didn't remember or recognize me.  I cried the whole time.  I really miss her.

December 8th my mom finds out if they found a new chemo treatment for her.  If not, there isn't anymore medical treatment for her cancer.  I'm feeling very sad about it-I was optimistic while I was there but now that I'm home I just feel sad and scared.

I did manage to continue my routine of washing my hair only once a week.  My parents keep their house pretty cool so that worked out really well.  That way my showers for my body only take about 10 minutes which helps a lot.

Drear, I take fish oil caps and Omega 7.  Without a doubt I can tell a difference if I don't take the fish oil and my skin has improved so much I can hardly believe it!  In the winter I swear by The Body Shop coco butter body butter. http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/body-butter/prod4010024 and I often apply oil to my skin while its still wet, before drying off and then apply the body butter.  Dry skin brushing also helps as it gets the dead skin off and helps the moisture to absorb.  I am finding that it matters for me to wear silk or cotton.  My skin retains moisture better with silk in the winter and cotton in the summer.

Thanks, MichelleR, it was good overall.

I have a trim next week and I think I need a bit of shaping.  Even though I seem to have only gained 1/4 of an inch last month I can tell its longer.  I see that I got my bangs cut in January and now they're a bit past my chin if I pull them straight.  Soon I can wear lower buns without them falling out.  YAY for that!

I had some body work done today and I need to go lay down for awhile so that's all for now.

Thank you, La Diosa.  Alzheimer's sucks big time.

Yeah, Hastings, Michigan still has a Ponderosa.  Glad I could stir up a good memory for you.

Today we had a meeting for all of us "Deadly Sins".  I'm super glad we did 'cause I was getting a bit stressed out.  We've been given a lot of leeway in our costuming-especially the accessorizing.  YAHOOOOOOOO!  You all don't know how difficult its been for me to look for things and have to wait to get them approved.  Whew!  Let the spending begin!!!!!

On a hair note, I'm really beginning to tell that my ends weren't trimmed last time-so they've gone 6 months.  I feel like a shaggy, shapeless mess.  Of course I'll gave a good hair day the day before I go for my trim.   Grrrr.