Hair Update...

Still no pics!!! :( well look... its growng ok! LOL no but seriously it is. I have no camera right now... I gotta fix it :(  Yesterday I dedicated the whole day almost to my hair. I washed it, deep conditioned it with LeKair's Cholesterol. After that I moisturized it with Cantu Shea Butter.... That stuff smells like heaven and it truly IS moisturizing. I then sectioned my hair into four sections detangled, moisturized and trimmed (dusted actually) each section one by one. I needed a trim because my hair kept getting those little knots at the end. SO after I trimmed tiny little sections and twisted it after I trimmed... My hair was still damp. I did that over the whole head and then I waited until each twist was dry. Then I took each twist out made them into smaller twists. I used 100% shea butter, i found lying around my house, before twisting each tiny section of hair. So the result? My hair feels gorgeous. Can hair feel gorgeous? HELL YEA it can! I shook my hair and it felt SUPER light. 100% shea butter is AMAZING! My hair doesn't feel oily, it feels super light... I LOVE IT. Ive heard about shea butter before and have used it on my relaxed hair, but didnt like the results... but my natural hair adores it. A new staple. So far, the products I use are Cantu Shea Butter Leave In, S curl spray and Gel, cheapie conditioners for cowashes, wide tooth comb, soft bristled brush, LeKairs Cholesterol, and now shea butter. Simple. Trying to keep it that way. Oh and Im on 3 challenges at LHCF this year, two of which are hair. Im shooting for APL length hair for December 2009. So far the back is touching my shoulder blade and the amd the rest in different areas to frame my face. Im also stepping it up on the growth aids and Im using MN. So I have been using that for the past week and will continue. But thats all for now!!!!! PEACE

More pics, during the first months of the cut

Not gonna say much on this post, just gonna show some more pics of my TWA during the July-August months... I can definitely see a difference... But, you would just have to stay tuned for the newer pics...

Sorryy!!!!

My goodness... I guess its been awhile hasn't it? LOL that was a nervous laugh by the way... I broke my own promise... HORRIBLE!!! but anywho, I have just finished the first half of my senior year and I did fairly well! glad to say! I will be graduating May 2009, no if's ands or buts about it! So thats exciting news... My hair has grown since, but unfortunately.... i broke my camera... but I do have pics on my camera phone, just have to add money to text them to the online album... but you will see how much my hair has grown. I have been rocking braids since October 5th to December 12th and its grew about an inch I would say. Shrinkage is a b--ch because it still looks like I have a TWA, but it turns into a banging fro when I blow it out :) Styles I have tried with my natural hair: Braidouts, Bantu Knots, Twistouts, and Wash and go's. My faves being the twistouts and the Bantu Knots. Things I have learned with my natural hair: Moisture is her best friend, and not combing while its dry, she looks more healthy when dyed black, and she loves the rain.... I might just give my fro a name... already referring to her as if she were a person, so why not? LOL I'll figure out a nice one for her within the next day lol... for now, peace out! (By the way, that pic was taken in September)

A New Earth

I put my life on it, this has got to be the best book that I have ever read in my life. Just when I thought deep couldn't get any deeper, it did lol... Rather shallow of me? lol But anyway, this book has had me realizing things in myself that I just did not understand. I read a page this morning which described me to a tee! It was scary especially since this man Eckhart Tolle has never met me before. It was scary, but also an eye opener. A lot of things hit home, but there was one thing that I think was the key to my problems, which I read this morning on page 86: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, thats the ego in you. Page 86 is me completely. Those feelings of superiority or inferiority does not define who I am, but rather clouds my "true self". I will work on living in the present because the past can no longer affect me because it does not exist anymore and the future has yet to exist. So all the baggage and issues will be put behind me. I will work on it everyday. The feeling of needing more or wanting more is purely ego... I should just be happy in the now rather than wishing toward the future...I have been working on it since reading the book and will continue to do so.... I need a highlighter... Page 86 is as far as I got and I will continue to read, for every page is packed with knowledge and enlightenment.

Today is a new day....

Yesterday was a drag for me, but today is a new day and there is nowhere etched in stone that says that today has to be the same. So today is way better. I am a little worried about my baby boy. It seems that he won't be the type of baby or boy that you can just spank and he will listen. He is a rough little one. He will cry for like 2.576 seconds and then he will just go back to doing what you originally spanked him for. I don't know whats up with my baby boy. The more I hit, the more he hits. I have to teach him otherwise. He is going to be the type of kid that needs to be put on punishment and to be spoken to. He is my first and only born, and he has my heart in a way that is hard to express in words. I want to teach him well. AAAAAH My baby boy... this is gonna be a tough one :) :(

Back to Hair...

So, my hair is about 3 inches all over (stretched). I most definitely helped myself to my sister's ruler and measured. So as of right now, my hair is 3 inches long. I am hated by some for cutting my hair but, heeeey like I said, they'll get over it. They can buy their own Kleenex because i ain't supplying. We have some mad people, and many supportive, so the supportive to mad ratio is like 12:1. That's good enough for me. So I noticed, that I have been pampering myself more... Taking care of my skin, wanting my nails done more often, wearing unnecessary makeup (Mary Kay all the way... well almost) dammit i feel like I look my age now!!! LOL I get IDed a bit less and people think I'm at least 20 something (which I am) rather than 14. That gets a bit annoying after awhile. This mail lady refused to let me sign for certified mail (i think it was ) because she thought I was 14. When I told her my real age, she was floored. Why floored though? Sheesh. AAAAAnywho... i used the Lekair's cholesterol and my hair feels soooo good. I left it on for the night and washed it out in the morning. It usually doesn't work out well, but it did with my natural hair. I am coming to find that products that my natural hair likes, my permed hair HATED. My natural hair is way cheaper to maintain as well (as far as products go). I use V05 and Suave for my Wash and Go's and Lekair's for my deep conditioning. Infusium 21 Leave In is what I also use as well sometimes after my cheapie conditioner Wash n Go's. Anyway, thats all for now, Im tired.

So today....

My son crapped ALL over me before I went to work. Yea ALL over my work pants. I guess he had a tummy ache hence, his crankiness. Yea then after that he started laughing at me, so yea... that was ummm.... embarrassing... yea. It wasn't regular crap... no... I think he vomited and it just came out the wrong way. Sorry for the graphic visuals, I just thought i'd share. Can you say d-sgusting? lol This is all apart of the mommy growing pains. Boy do I have an embarrassing story to tell him when he gets older! *insert evil mommy laugh here* But I am really worried because, he will not eat. he will drink and drink and drink... Eat fruit and chicken, but thats as far as his appetite goes without me having to MAKE him eat. So i was a little suprised at what came out. But anywho... Poor baby. I just hope he doesn't have another accident like that in school. Someone else will have the privilege of being embarrassed. I'll hear the story later. Stay tuned...