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Reply #75 - Jul 6th, 2009 at 3:56am
 
Hair - Wash, condition, leave with hair in a wet mess.  For some reason, when I'm rushed, the shampoo and conditioner seems extra stubborn but doesn't work as well as usual.

Morning - I take the reward for bad mother!  I woke up at 8:30am when the youngest one is supposed to be in kindergarten.  The boys were already up, dressed, fed themselves and ready to go. Embarrassed  I just can't bear to leave before I've had a shower and I had to pack his lunch and rush around and find rain overalls that weren't fleece lined.  We only have one pair of rain boots that fit him and apparently they're fleece lined too.  We get a lot of free clothes and footwear for our youngest one because their son who's younger than ours, grows faster.  Sometimes, my oldest ones inherit shoes from their boy too even though our older boys are 5-7 years older than their "little" giant. Grin
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Reply #76 - Jul 8th, 2009 at 4:17am
 
Hair - Wash, deep condition, just a quick coating with UV daily conditioner, air dry and throw on an alice band!  I think I've given the rose oil Gliss enough testing time and while I wasn't thrilled at first, I'm really happy with the way my hair looks and feels now.  It doesn't look artificially shiny, my hair doesn't have that nearly but not quite greasy softness most conditioners give me because less leaves my hair static and feeling very coarse.  It feels naturally soft too. Smiley
I'm really excited about getting that long scheduled major trim tomorrow so I can finally get my hair into the shape I want it to be long term; Blunt, one length, and center parted.

Vacation - week 30, 31 and 32 we'll do some things with the boys.  Week 30 we've rented a holiday house, week 31 we'll be at my mom's.  She has a holiday annex people can rent but we'll stay for free.  She lives in the harbor town of Gilleleje which always attracts large numbers of tourists in the summer.  The old fish factory is now an art gallery, different shops and restaurants, and there's a long beach.

There aren't any one site that has good images of Gilleleje so this is just from google: http://images.google.dk/images?hl=da&q=gilleleje&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

These are from last year:

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I think they change the exhibition each year.  Gosh, my hair was so short a year ago!  Don't worry, it won't be that short tomorrow unless the hairdresser misunderstands me. Shocked
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Reply #77 - Jul 8th, 2009 at 7:29am
 
The pics are great!! 
Here's hoping your hairdresser listens to what you're saying!!
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Reply #78 - Jul 8th, 2009 at 8:22am
 
Gilleleje looks lovely.  Have fun!

If that was your hair a year ago, I'd love to see a picture of how long it is now.  Smiley
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Reply #79 - Jul 8th, 2009 at 9:45am
 
MichelleR wrote on Jul 8th, 2009 at 8:22am:
Gilleleje looks lovely.  Have fun!

If that was your hair a year ago, I'd love to see a picture of how long it is now.  Smiley


The bottom back layer is APL.  I don't have a new pic and I doubt I'll be in a mood to have my picture taken tomorrow. Grin
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Reply #80 - Jul 10th, 2009 at 4:48am
 
Hair - Back to 17,5" but that major chop was the best thing I've had done to my hair in a long time!  It's all one blunt length in the back now and there are only those two shorter "tendrils" at the front I've described before.  I got the center parting I wanted too even though the hairdresser asked why I wanted it, as if she thought it was a bad idea.  I told her that it makes it easier to change parting.  She accepted that explanation.  She also wanted to maintain a u shaped back which she didn't get her way with.  She pushed a few buttons and I had to tell her quite frankly that when I get an idea into my head about how I want my hair, then it's best to let me have my way and let me learn from experience!  I'm glad she didn't take off as much as I feared was needed or as much as it felt like she was cutting off.  

She respected my wishes in the end and was careful to leave me with the visual impression of long hair by leaving it just below shoulder and collar bone length.  I'm glad to be rid of all sun damaged hair and split ends.  My hair looks much healthier, shinier and fuller now.  

While I understand that a salon has a reputation I won't be coaxed into something I'm not happy with no matter how well it may suit me.  I'd rather be turned away.  I said that I want her to keep trimming the ends until it's all one length and then I'll decide when I think my hair is the final length I want it to be when I get there.

I didn't let her wash, dry and straighten my hair which is what most Danish hairdressers insist on doing when they cut straight hair so we reached a compromise and she only got to straighten my hair a bit because I'd already overmoisturized and heat protected my hair from home.  But all in all I'm happy with my hair and now that it's just a matter of cutting a straight line, it doesn't matter which of the hairdressers in the salon that cuts my hair so I'll just keep trying different ones until I find someone more sympatic which might be the first lady who cut my bob when the salon first opened.

Last evening I washed out some gooey stuff she'd applied to the ends and deep conditioned my hair as well.  It looked much better air dried and unstyled afterwards and this mornign I just washed and conditioned my hair.  I'm so glad to be rid of the side parting which I had to find and put in after each shower before.  The center parting just stays there.  The hairdresser also thought I was really fussy about getting that center parting absolutely centered and straight.

My husband says he'll cut my hair for the same price the hairdresser charges.  I told him he isn't worth it. Wink  
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Reply #81 - Jul 12th, 2009 at 5:49am
 
Hair - Wash, deep conditioned but forgot to VR.  Looks and feels just fine.  I like not having to consider where the parting goes any more. 

Stuff - House is a mess, laundry's piling up, thankfully the boys can fix their own breakfast and dress themselves, my sleeping pattern's messed up and I wake up thinking about coffee and I get a migraine if I don't drink at least 3 cups a day now.  I need to get back to normal and at least go to bed at a reasonable time as if I had someone to get out of the door and someone to walk to kindergarten.
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Reply #82 - Jul 13th, 2009 at 11:12am
 
Hair - I can't get over how much I love it now that it's ironically the simplest it has been in over five years.  It just behaves, and behaves, an behaves...so darn well! Cheesy  I like that it feel soft, hydrated, healthy and full to the very tips.  I won't try to go more than 3 months without a minor trim any more.  My hair doesn't break easily but I guess I'm prone to split ends.  Without layers it looks so much fuller and healthier.  Even the hairdresser had to agree with me afterwards though I could tell she was reluctant to do so.  Grin  Wash, condition, air dry and just a quick comb through once my hair had dried.  It was so windy outside but my hair was still tangle free when I came home and that center parting just stays perfectly straight.  I used to have to keep adjusting my side part.   

Vacation - All three boys are off now.  Hub has to work one more week, then we have three weeks together.  It's tough having three boys home when they're all well. Grin  They're being real good and helping out and it's nice to be together with them like that and feel proud that I've taught them some practical things.  Little one was a monster in town though.  He's so spontaneous and gets excited over little stuff and can't stop goofing around.  I just have to look at old photos of my mature, sensible husband to know where my boys get their goofy gene from. Wink

I can't find the time to buy a replacement for my once wind and rain proof jacket before we go on vacation.  I found some cheap trekking sandals though.  They look cheap too but they're very comfortable and I dare say the quality is decent.  I just wish I could have afforded some that weren't white/red.
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Reply #83 - Jul 17th, 2009 at 4:18am
 
Hair - Last night I washed and just sprayed some leave-in conditioner in my hair before going to bed.  It had been another miserable day weather wise but this is supposed to be the last one of warm, humid miserable days and it's supposed to end in a big bang this afternoon.  We've had a lot of thunder and lightening so I've not been out much but due to the sweat I still need to wash my hair twice a day.  Wash and conditioned this morning.  I'm using a very deluted amount of shampoo because of the frequent washing.  

Week 30 - Actually, starting tomorrow we'll be in that holiday home we've rented a few hours away.  We'll try to time it so we don't have to drive in the worst rain and lightening.  The car isn't a bad place to be in during lightening, that's not my concern but I am concerned about the roads and visibility during the heavy rains we're supposed to get tomorrow.  After three weeks at home with the boys, the boys and I are feeling cabin fever so it'll be nice to shift to another cabin. Wink  We haven't decided if we'll drive directly over to my mother in week 31 or if we'll do a short laundry and re-stock stop at home first.  I don't know if we can find an internet connection at or near the holiday home and it's not very important to me.  

The hair routine is going to have to rest for a few weeks and I'm only bringing my regular shampoo and conditioner.  For now that's the rose oil series from Gliss with UV filter.  
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Reply #84 - Jul 17th, 2009 at 10:38am
 
Enjoy your vacation!   Cool
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Reply #85 - Jul 25th, 2009 at 9:22am
 
Back - Home for the weekend.  Loads of laundry even though I did quite a bit during the week and we'll spend tomorrow re-packing before driving to my mom's on Monday.  Nice to be back and have my own stuff.  Know what TV channels we have and where they are.  Really missed being online.  Creature of habit...Can pack much of the same stuff again.  Thankfully we don't have to bring towels, bedding and cleansing stuff this time.  Boys seem to enjoy being back home with their toys.

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Was fine.  The holiday home was from 1992 and for a luxury creature like me, a holiday home from after 2000 is really more my thing but everything was okay considering the price and the fact that we only used the house as a base to sleep, eat dinner, do laundry, shower and relax in the evening.  It was near the ocean but hidden behind trees.  There were swings, a sandbox and a playhouse.  There were two showers, a spa bath, a sauna, washer, dryer, dishwasher, a poorly equipped kitchen.  Mainly stuff for baking, not much for cooking and what was, was so well hidden that I only found them last evening. Embarrassed  I'm a little too tired to go into details.  The water was too salty to drink so we had to buy everything we drank.  We went on lots of daytrips.  We visited a bunker museum, medieval fortress and happened to walk into a medieval fair, they always advertise these in town centers where they always disappoint but this one was really good though small.

We spent half a day at a flower- and amusement park where we watched a 4D film on dinosaurs, The film was recommended for children over 7 y.o. but our youngest (aged 5½, mental age 3) found it hysterically funny anyway.  Entertainment overload!

Did a spot of shopping on the only rainy day.  I bought jewelry making stuff for my collection of semi-precious beads, two fabric covered notebooks which is the kind of useless stuff I'm a sucker for and a mini trekking "backpack" with just enough room for car keys and coins.  Cute though.

Yesterday we visited the ancestral area of my father in-law's family, there are large farms and a street named after the family, nothing spectacular and they were always poor but it was quite an emotional visit anyway.  We stopped by a watch tower (erh...one of those things so ships don't hit ground) museum and drove to a harbor town for fish, fries, antique window shopping but no buying.  Hub was boring and had a chicken salad that looked much better than my fish and fries but I'm sure my fish and fries were better! Tongue
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Reply #86 - Jul 25th, 2009 at 9:31am
 
Well, there wasn't really anything to complain about that holiday house.  It's just that I'm so spoilt that I've tried the luxury variety of this kind so now I'm difficult to please.  It didn't help that we arrived in rain and on a cool day.  I was irritated over the kitchen but other than that, there was everything I needed and the boys don't care for luxury.  So I've got nothing to be ungrateful for.  I was happy to camp under very primitive conditions growing up.  I don't know what's happened since. Wink

Hair - With the water being so awfully salty I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise that my suffered a bit and doesn't look its best in any of the photos we took.  It was wash and condition every day with UV protection and on the rainy day I just used a leave-in conditioner I also used after evening showers.  I'm finding faults in the last hair cut but unfortunately I can't afford to have it adjusted now.  It looks like there are two layers instead of just one length in the back and I'm not entirely convinced that it's perfectly straight in the back.  The sides aren't even with the bottom yet but my face is too round to cut all of my hair up to the length of the shortest hair in front.  I think I've also spotted some split ends in the top layer she didn't cut away even though she promised me to take them away.  I suppose I can tolerate it for a couple more months.  Overall, my hair's still looking its best in ages.

Face - It's looking awful.  I forgot my cleansing stuff and only had a face cream for my face.  I hope I can get it in better condition the next couple of days with some cleansing masks and oil free moisturizers and of course it's the most important things to bring to my mother's.  Oh, and the sun screen.
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Reply #87 - Jul 25th, 2009 at 2:42pm
 
A Light House is what the watch tower is called.  Your fish & chips sound yummy to me!!!

I'm so sorry you forgot your cleanser!  I've had that happen, and really was miserable!!!  I hope your skin turns around right quick!!!!!
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Reply #88 - Jul 28th, 2009 at 5:11pm
 
I have forgotten cleanser, too and used hotel soap, with copious amounts of moisturizer afterwords.  Fortunately my skin is less sensitive than my hair.  Smiley  Your skin should be back to normal in a few days.
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Reply #89 - Jul 30th, 2009 at 5:22pm
 
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It's just that I'm so spoilt that I've tried the luxury variety of this kind so now I'm difficult to please.


Ugh...I know what you mean.  I hate feelilng that way.   Nothing like counting your blessings and finding things to be grateful for (no matter how small) to help brighten your attitude.
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