Sing it, Bob!

Sorry, that's SIR Bob.  

I didn't need to check the forecast to know that it was a full moon.  If I didn't know better, I would've sworn I was PMSing.  (women on estrogen don't get PMS, do they?).  Monday + full moon + a million little things = this girl at the end of her rope.  maybe I can laugh about some of this later, but I am NOT laughing now.

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Pro tip:  electronics work a LOT more efficiently if you plug them in before trying to use them.  I'm pretty sure the toaster is still mocking me.  

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I am in love with Suave's Captivating Curls Cream Mousse.  i've been using the spray gel for a while but finally gave this a go.  OMG, this stuff is just amazing!! It comes out foamy like a mousse (minus the "holy crap will it ever stop expanding!"), but turns creamy when you work it between your hands, and it's doing incredible things for my curls.  You have to work it into soaking wet hair, and then blot dry with a non-fuzzy towel (just like the curly girls say to soak and plop!), and even without hitting it with the diffuser, I had the most amazing spirals.  my hair was also really tightly curled and shorter than normal - those curls had amazing spring to them.  and they were oh-so soft and silky.  normally i'd follow a product like this with a gel to kinda cement things in place, but it wasn't necessary at all.  it was ridiculously humid today, and my hair looked awesome.  

new things

I hope it's a sign of growth, and willingness to learn and expand my horizons, that I'm finding and incorporating new things in my life.  

last month, I began the Curly Girl treatment of my hair but co-washing with the super-expensive conditioning wash my stepmom got me.  my hair rejoiced!  over the last week, I've done some more reading on the methods and products, and today, I did my first co-wash with a new (cheaper) product, followed by my first plopping with another new-to-me (reasonably priced!) product.  and you know what?  my hair looks freaking awesome today.  i've got some serious curls going on, lots of nice thick clumps, no pyramiding, and virtually no frizz.  this makes me so damn happy!  the plopping will take some practice to get right and to break my terry towel head-wrap habit, but if I can look this awesome every day?  I'm in!

Sometime this past week, and I'm not even sure how (probably via Pinterest), i discovered Unfuck Your Habitat.  Not knowing the difference between a blog and tumblr must be a sign of my advancing age.  I guess blogging is for old farts like me, and tumblr is for the cool kids?  whatevs.  I will say, I like this approach.  It's like FlyLady for real people.  i haven't actually done any of the challenges or anything, but the before-and-afters are quite inspiring.  in fact, i PAID FOR and downloaded the app.  my house needs some serious unfucking, and maybe getting to play on my ipod while i do it will help?