A little this and a little that!!!

Nothing too exciting has been going on in our neck of the woods these days.  Chloe celebrated her 5th birthday a couple weeks ago.  I can't believe she is 5 already.  Where has the time gone?  We picked up a decent size 3 ft by 10 ft above ground pool for Chloe which came in pretty handy during her birthday party and all the kiddos that were in attendance. 

Chloe has also been enrolled her in gymnastics again.  She started going to gym for an hour on saturdays when she was 3 and at the beginning it was good but then she started not wanting to go every saturday and for me felt like a waste of money when she didn't want to go.  So we decidec to take a break for a while which turned into a 2 year break lol.  Well over the past couple of months she has been begging me for her to start gym again.  Her Auntie (my little sis) is an avid gymnast and tap dancer and Chloe has had to go to a few of her practices with my mom and that lite the flame of her wanting to attend gym again.  So now I have a standing date with gym on Saturday mornings lol. 

I have also kept with my sulfate and silicone free regime with my hair which I am so proud of.  My hair was pretty damaged before I started so it will take a while to get my hair back to the natural healthiness from when I was younger but I'm determined to follow thru.  I haven't used a brush in my hair in a month (but I do use a comb in the shower to detangle so don't think I've gone crazy lol) and have kept to only low pooing once to twice a week and condishoner washing inbetween.  My hair is feeling so much healthier and stronger than when I first started.  I have noticed my wurls (curls and waves) are starting to enhance which is awesome.  I also figured out over the last week that my hair needs all the protein it can get right now.  It makes my curls bouncier and so soft.  I have fallen inlove with Whole Foods since they have some awesome hair care products there that aren't too expensive.  My most recent purchase was the Aubrey Organics GPB Conditioner.  Its packed full of protein and moisture that my hair just eats right up.  There are so many products there that I want to try out but alas I mush be patient and use up what I have already first.  My guy thinks I'm crazy for putting in all this work on my hair but I know once I get my hair to its full potential he will understand. 

As of yet we don't have anything planned for the summer.  I know we will throw in a trip to Cali sometime this summer for the munchkin but unsure of when yet (because finding someone to take care of 4 dogs can be a bit of a pain in the rear!!!).  But right now its looking like a lazy go with the flow summer which sometimes can be better than chaotic running around trying to get a laundry list of stuff done.  I'm looking forward to laying around by the pool and spending time with my 2 fav people and 4 fav dogs :).








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Everyone needs alittle Sunshine!!!!!!

So I have been awarded my very 1st award by Now an Air Force Wife!  How freaking exciting is that.  I wasn't even expecting to ever get an award.   Now I'm supposed to pick 12 blogs to pass it on too.  Well I follow alot so that shouldn't be too hard lol.  So here it goes:

1. 3 Bedroom Bungalow
2. A Yummy Mummy On A Pink Park Bench
3. SJSFALTER+
4. That [Officer's] Wife
5. Random Rants of an Army Wife
6. Mrs. G.I Joe
7.Mr. and Mrs. Top Gun
8. Married to the Military
9. Day In The Life of His Military Wife
10. The Undomestic Army Wife
11. New Girl On Post
12. Homefront 7



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Au Naturale?

So after 25 years of ironing, coloring and highlighting my hair I'm going back to the basics.  No more coloring, sulfates, silicones and whatever damaging ingredients I've used over the years will be touching my hair for awhile.  I'm following the Curly Girl Method or also knowns as becoming a CG and going "No-Poo"! 

"Do you suffer from curly hair that's dry, damaged, frizzy, or uncontrollable?"

Yes I sure do!

" Are you open to trying something new?"

Yes I sure am!

"The curly girl method (also referred to as "no-poo") is based off the book "Curly Girl" by Lorraine Massey. The nickname "no-poo" alludes to not using a sulfate shampoo, because of sulfates' power to strip the hair of its natural oils. Once you take away the sulfates your hair can retain its natural moisture. Like many beauty regimens, the results vary from person to person, but this one just might work for you. So, say good-bye to the frizz and split ends and hello to soft, healthy curls!"

Yes Please!!!

I ran across this Blog and then this one too and saw the pictures of their hair and thought "with some TLC my hair can look like that!"  I have been researching here and here and determined that I fall somewhere between a 2A and 2B.  I checked out alot of other curly girlies sigs (where they post their hair types and products they use) that are the same types as me and made a list of some of the products they use that I should try out.  I then went out and found them.  Some of them are cheap and at Walmart or any other regular store so that made my day.  Others I had to order and/or were a bit more pricey.  But anything I get from WholeFoods can be returned if I decide in a reasonable amount of time that I don't like it and its just not working for my hair. 

Up until today I have been cleansing and rinsing out with Suave Naturals Coconut Conditioner and also using a dab of it as my leavin and using Herbal Essence Totally Twisted Gel.  Over the weekend I had some ok curls going on given I'm a newbie and just starting out.  I also haven't touched any shampoos since my last sulfate shampoo Friday night.  I haven't really had too much build up which is really surprising.  Before I could normally only go 2 days before I had to wash my hair because of the oil build up on my scalp.  But for some reason cutting out all the bad stuff I'm producing less oil and not needing to cleanse my scalp as much.  I just got in some products from Devacurl that I'm excited to try out tonight or tomorrow morning.  I ordered
the Lowpoo, One Condition and Mister Right spray.  I also picked up some Kinky Curly Curling Custard from WholeFoods and have a deep condition treatment and a curl potion from Jessicurl coming in a couple days. 

This is my hair today.  I didn't put enough product in it and I kept messing with the curls so it frizzed out a bit.  Plus it doesn't help that its windy today either.

But I'm hoping with some TLC and no heat styling I can get it to this or somewhat similar.

And ofcourse once I figure out my hair and get it back into shape I will then work on enhancing Chloe's curls because she has crazy wavy hair just like her momma!!!

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Homecoming!!

So the Air Force finally decided to release my guy from the middle of nowhere they shipped him off to for a week and send him home.   He flew in Thursday morning and we got to spend the whole day together.  I was in complete heaven even though he did take like a 5 hour nap that day lol.  But I got a nap in to so it was all good.  Friday night after my boss was so nice to let me off work early, he took Chloe and I to dinner at our favorite steakhouse The Outback.  Well that was the start and the end of our Homecoming weekend lol.  Chloe started upchucking early Saturday morning and just was not feeling good the rest of the day.  She even had a upchuck episode in the car after I thought she was feeling better.  Guess I thought wrong.  She then proceeded to sleep the rest of the day and night.  Then later that night my guy starts in with the upchucking and then proceeds to sleep all day Sunday trying to recover.  Some how I managed to steer clear of the nastiness that infiltrated our house and even got some shopping done.  But so much for a fun filled Homecoming weekend.  Oh well there is always next time I guess lol.  Oh yeah and I still have that ice cream cake in the freezer that hasn't been touched yet.  Good thing I went with ice cream instead of a regular cake that would have been on its way out tonight lol.




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I did it when I knew I shouldn't have.......

My guy gave me a date of his return and I got my hopes up, rearranged schedules and went and got a cake.  Well yeah needless to say I'm a newbie at this and even though I knew I shouldn't of gotten my hopes up, I did it anyways.  The date has changed and I'm back to a shorter version of the original time frame hopefully.  I'm here trying to think of a easy way to break it to Chloe that she won't get to see him when we thought she would.  Yeah she is only almost 5 and it hopefully won't phase her but I know how much she was looking forward to seeing him.  I knew this getting involved with him that it could and probably would happen, but boy does it suck.  Well atleast its a good thing I got a ice cream cake and  I can just leave it in the freezer till they decide to actually ship him home!

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Lets Get Ready to Rumble

So my guy and I had a fight lastnight.  While I was at my friends beauty school getting my hair done none the less!  It was all through email and before I went to bed lastnight thought it was over and we were okay.  I knew I would  have 2 nasty emails waiting for me at work this morning that he told me about lastnight which is what started the fight in the first place.  Well I pretty much already knew what they were going to say but instead of just deleting them straight away I decided to ready them.  Well then I got pissed again and sent him a couple nasty emails.  I feel bad now.  I know we will work it out and everything will be all hunky dory again but I'm getting a bit worried about homecoming now. 

I have envisioned homecoming being this joyous event of me picking him up at the airport and going straight home to spend some quality time together before the responsibilities of the real world interrupt.  And I'm sure the first day will be like that.  But now I'm worried about after that. 

I'm worried that we won't be able to get back into pre deployment grove and that we will constantly fight and bicker with eachother.  I'm worried that even though he wasn't around any casualties that he still will come back and have some issues to workout from being gone.  I'm worried he won't like how I'm doing things and constantly critize that will drive me to packing up all my stuff, chloe, splitting up the pups and leaving.  I can handle criticism fairly well but if I'm criticized about anything and everything I do that will put me over the edge.

I'm probably just over analyzing it all.  Which I'm really good at lol.  And probably because he has been working on his shift for an hour now and I haven't received my "Good Morning" email from him :(.

But here is my new "Do" for your viewing pleasure :)

There are some subtle highlights in it.  There was a issue with some of the highlights processing so you can't really see unless your right up in it lol.
  




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Update

So I have not been blogging much lately.  Nothing of interest has happened to warrant a blog.  All I have been doing is working and taking care of Chloe and the pups.  I spent the weekend cleaning up the front yard and backyard for homecoming.  I mowed grass for the first time on Sunday and let me tell you I would rather clean the bathrooms then mow the lawn lol. 

Oh wait I have to do that anyways :p.

Half of the grass was dead so it wasn't as bad as it could have been but still.  I'm all for planting but I have no green thumb and have no business maintaining a lawn.  I then broke up the ground in the dead areas, raked the grass in the dried up yellow areas, created holes in the yellow areas and spread out new sead.  Yeah I'm definetely feeling the burn today.  That ground was hard!

I'm sure I will be mowing atleast 1 or 2 more times before my guy is back :(.

The front yard wasn't as busy.  Just lots of weeding and blowing out all the leaves from the rocks. 

After we (my little sister and I) finished the backyard we rounded up all the pups and they each got a much needed bath.  They weren't too happy about it but it made a world of difference in their coats.  Then the 2 young pups spent a good part of the afternoon lounging in the middle of the grass soaking up the sun while the 2 older pups lounged in the house. 

Chloe and I are off to see Walking with Dinosaurs Wednesday night.  I'm sure she will get a good kick out it.  She's into animals so I don't see why not.  Then the new 3D Dragon movie comes out this weekend so I'm thinking of taking her to see that since everytime she sees the preview she goes on about how she wants to see it.

So yeah nothing interesting going on.  Just life and waiting for Homecoming ;)




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