but there were definitely a few days/weeks that I felt like the pressure was going to. I've finally gotten my spirits up, have some motivations, and have a plan. So after my one day pass not to work on my paper turned into a four day pass I've got to crank out two chapter this weekend and then I won't be technically behind.
Other than that I've had to take a hard look at my finances and see where I can make cuts, so I will be trading in my car before the month is out to get my car payment down. I've already cut out Netflix and reduce my cell phone bill by $40. I'm trying to sell one of my time shares, and will be talking with the time share company for my other about selling it back.
But in other more exciting new I've made a big decision: I will be moving out of Virginia when my lease is up (May 25). I have decided to really overhaul my life which has started with getting me eating three times a day (like I should be) and getting me active again.
After New Years I will be looking for the first retail job that I can find that will hire me (I no retail experience). My current dream job is to work in the Apple Store (and eventual get enough training to become a Genius Bar Genius, but I'm willing to working my way up through the retail bitch food chain and put in some long hard hours) and to bartend at night to make up the difference in pay/for extra cash on hand.
So where will I be moving? New Orleans. Which means while I'm there for New Years I will be making my housing arrangements, a studio apartment. Why New Orleans (besides the obvious, they have a Apple Store)? Because it's about three hours from my grandparents and aunt: close enough I can go visit but far enough to deter them from constantly being in my business.
I'm also very excited to being having a Florida Christmas this year. I used some of my school money for plan tickets to Pensacola for Christmas and then I'll get dropped off in New Orleans for New Years and fly back from there.
Well, I've got two of the nephews here so I'm gonna run.
Nov 25, 2009
Nov 18, 2009
Middle of the Night Hair Adventures
Well, I'm constantly doing something to my hair. Be it adventures with hair henna or grocery store aisle hair dye I'm not afraid to try it (and make a royal mess in the process). So the rebel in me decided to try and dye a few purple streaks in the week leading up to Halloween as I was also "too conservative" to give wild colors a try in college.
After trying some purple gel I determined I'd need to add some blonde highlights for the purple to show up. Off to Target I went in search of some blonde hair dye and what did I find? Clairol Frost and Tip! I thought, Sweet! This will be easy. Not! The first attempts to get the hook to pull at a few strands of hair either resulted in knots of huge chunks of hair escaping from the cap. Off came the cap and I have my hair a good coming through with the smallest toothed comb I had in the apartment (actually I had to go out to the car to fetch it). Back on went the cap and the tie broke. Finally I somehow managed to get my hair to start cooperating and then another huge chunk (or two) decided to escape. At this point I went whatever since the chunks thankfully weren't in my bangs and on went the frosting solution. My roots looked nice and frosted, but the longer/chunker section went from blonde to green! o.0 On went the purple hair dye. After the maximum time I prayed the highlights would turn out purple. No such luck; they were blue/green.
So now that I've had blue/green hair for a few weeks I decided (in my all infinite wisdom while procrastinating) earlier this week to throw on another coat of purple to see what would happen. Well, my bangs were purple for a day or two and the rest were more blue. Now, after another wash, I'm just blue all over.
Since I've given away my blow dryer, curlers, curling irons and flat iron I've been experimenting with rag curls. After making a batch of rags that were too short, I produced a batch that were a little too long (but better that than the previous). Sunday night, after my shower I decided to do my hair up in rag curls while watching a movie before heading to bed. Extra time is required both for putting in and taking out rag curls. But the end result is crazy fun curls with no need for product. My curls where still intake after two days thanks to sleeping with a messy bun which preserved the curls for yesterday. Sadly the curls washed away in the shower.
Last night I tried to give my hair a trim, but it just wouldn't even up. After cutting a large inverted v in one side of my hair I gave up and tried to go to bed. But as insomnia would have it, sleep was not in my future. Now while I don't advocate cutting your own hair if you're an insomniac, it seemed like a perfectly good idea for me. Amazingly I managed to cut the bottom half of my hair (as in the hair left down after pulling my hair half up) perfectly straight at the exact length I was going for. I attempted to go for the gold a second time only to be foiled, but luckily it doesn't look too terrible and there are no inverted v's missing from what I could tell.
After trying some purple gel I determined I'd need to add some blonde highlights for the purple to show up. Off to Target I went in search of some blonde hair dye and what did I find? Clairol Frost and Tip! I thought, Sweet! This will be easy. Not! The first attempts to get the hook to pull at a few strands of hair either resulted in knots of huge chunks of hair escaping from the cap. Off came the cap and I have my hair a good coming through with the smallest toothed comb I had in the apartment (actually I had to go out to the car to fetch it). Back on went the cap and the tie broke. Finally I somehow managed to get my hair to start cooperating and then another huge chunk (or two) decided to escape. At this point I went whatever since the chunks thankfully weren't in my bangs and on went the frosting solution. My roots looked nice and frosted, but the longer/chunker section went from blonde to green! o.0 On went the purple hair dye. After the maximum time I prayed the highlights would turn out purple. No such luck; they were blue/green.
So now that I've had blue/green hair for a few weeks I decided (in my all infinite wisdom while procrastinating) earlier this week to throw on another coat of purple to see what would happen. Well, my bangs were purple for a day or two and the rest were more blue. Now, after another wash, I'm just blue all over.
Since I've given away my blow dryer, curlers, curling irons and flat iron I've been experimenting with rag curls. After making a batch of rags that were too short, I produced a batch that were a little too long (but better that than the previous). Sunday night, after my shower I decided to do my hair up in rag curls while watching a movie before heading to bed. Extra time is required both for putting in and taking out rag curls. But the end result is crazy fun curls with no need for product. My curls where still intake after two days thanks to sleeping with a messy bun which preserved the curls for yesterday. Sadly the curls washed away in the shower.
Last night I tried to give my hair a trim, but it just wouldn't even up. After cutting a large inverted v in one side of my hair I gave up and tried to go to bed. But as insomnia would have it, sleep was not in my future. Now while I don't advocate cutting your own hair if you're an insomniac, it seemed like a perfectly good idea for me. Amazingly I managed to cut the bottom half of my hair (as in the hair left down after pulling my hair half up) perfectly straight at the exact length I was going for. I attempted to go for the gold a second time only to be foiled, but luckily it doesn't look too terrible and there are no inverted v's missing from what I could tell.
Nov 17, 2009
Another Thing Checked Off...
Well, I finally added some November challenges to the right hand column:
→Make own solid deodorant
→Make tooth powder instead of using tooth paste
I also finally used up the last of the paper plates that were hanging out in my cabinet.
Still avoiding working on my paper today so I'll leave you with my new no 'poo shampoo recipe:
Directions: Boil water and thyme for 10 minutes, strain and combine with peppermint castle soap in desired bottle.
→Make own solid deodorant
→Make tooth powder instead of using tooth paste
I also finally used up the last of the paper plates that were hanging out in my cabinet.
Still avoiding working on my paper today so I'll leave you with my new no 'poo shampoo recipe:
- 1 ounce of peppermint castle soap
- 1 2/3 cups of water
- 1/4 teaspoon of thyme
Directions: Boil water and thyme for 10 minutes, strain and combine with peppermint castle soap in desired bottle.
Nov 15, 2009
Tooth powder
Alright, I've been MIA for a few weeks while I tried to cope with everything that's going on. I was hoping that a few weekend trips to see friends and be around people would be enough to pull me out of it, but it just made going back home that much harder. After spending the last couple of days in bed until late in the afternoon, I convinced myself that I need to have another trip and work on my paper at the same time.
On a happier note, I finally finished all my tooth paste so I've finally made some tooth powder. Here's the recipe I used:
On a happier note, I finally finished all my tooth paste so I've finally made some tooth powder. Here's the recipe I used:
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 6 drops of peppermint oil
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