In my dream. It was the most bizarre of dreams. After watching Michael Phelps host Saturday Night Live I went, very wearily, to bed. Pregnancy has already induced some strange dreams, but this was by far the most odd I’d…
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I'm Gonna Wash That Gunk Right Outta My Hair, 4
Saturday, August 23 was another hair washing day for me. Yeyda and I were still at mom’s house so we benefitted from the softened water. Again I washed with Olive Oil shampoo, rinsed with apple cider vinegar and distilled water.…
The Urine Test
I received this from my brother-in-law and this is one of the few things I’ve gotten from him that are actually worth sharing with others :-). I HAVE TO PASS A URINE TEST FOR MY JOB, SO.. Like a lot…
Have a Hard Drive crash? Here are some recovery tips.
I know, I know. . . You should always back up your precious data. Unfortunately, there are times when the catastrophic strikes at the least opportune time. Lately, I’ve had to deal with three such crashes. Most of the data…
GlamToday Contest
Thanks to the editor of PinkHues for posting this originally (that’s where I found the info). Would you like to own that Chloé Saskia bag? You can have a chance to win that prize plus a cool $5000. All you…
Nvidia Graphics Software Widget
Lately, I’ve been having a problem with a recurring Blue Screen of Death. Most of the time the errors are nondescript and generic. Every once and a while I end up with the error referring to the nv4_mini.sys. As of…
I'm Gonna Wash That Gunk Right Outta My Hair, 3
On Thursday, August 21 I continued my trials with how best to treat hard water hair. I washed my hair with the Olive Oil Shampoo. After which I used the apple cider vinegar hair tonic to rinse my hair and…
Back in the Saddle Again
Ahhh, It’s nice to be home. After four days away from my house, husband, bed, PC, car, internet connection and space I’m so happy to be back.
Out of My Element
This week my daughter and I are spending the week with my parents. My husband, brother and three others have traveled to Atlanta for the International Woodworking Fair held there every two years. Since the only car I can drive…
I'm Gonna Wash That Gunk Right Outta My Hair, 2
Hard Water Hair Experiment #2 Tuesday, August 19, 2008 I added a slight variation to my experiment in treating hard water hair. Sunday I found an Olive Oil/Aloe shampoo called Organic Root Stimulator Olive Oil Creamy Aloe Shampoo; now that’s…
I'm Gonna Wash That Gunk Right Outta My Hair
Hair Experiment #1 Sunday I tried one of the suggestions for making “hard water” hair behave. I mixed 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar with 1 cup (8 oz) of distilled water. Since I had an old spray bottle handy I…
Hard Water, Shampoo, Conditioner, Styling Products & Your Hair
The Good Last week I had to stay with my mom for a few days since she needed some help getting to some important appointments. She is tentative about driving lately because of weakness she experiences because of her condition. …
Spreading the Love with CommentLuv
Just added the WordPress CommentLuv widget to this blog. I’ve had the benefit of commenting on a good number of blogs that offer this service so I thought it’d be nice to reciprocate. So please, drop by, comment and maybe…
To EntreCard or Not To Entrecard???
In my short months with Entrecard it has brought my blogs greater traffic and some very good commenters. I know that they would never have found my blog without it. Over the past month I’ve had a combination of problems…
Justin Spring – "The Monkey Man"
“The Monkey Man” is my new knickname for USA’s men’s gymnastics team member, Justin Spring. If you’ve ever watched him do the highbar routine you know exactly what I’m talking about. I’ve seen two of his performances in competition in…
No Real Life for the Karen
The Karen are the largest minority group in Burma, now known as Myanmar. For many years they have fought for autonomy from the Burmese government without much success. A ray of hope was handed them during British rule. But as…
Finally, some rain. Ahhhhhhhhhh :-)
It has been at least a couple of weeks since we have had any significant rainfall. And it’s been hot, really hot. With temps up in the 90s and little cloud cover of breeze the afternoons and sometimes even the…
Evil Among Us, 2: What of Prognosticators and Nostradamus?
One vein of the occult that has popped frequently into my view as of late is prophecies by man, mainly Nostradamus. This one bothers me because the world has free access to this book called the Holy Bible that contains…
Don't Pass Up This Op to Make $50
Blogging is a wonderful pasttime. It gives us a chance to write about things we find interesting and also to find out what other people think about our soapboxes and bad days. It is so much fun to enter contests…
She Slept on the Floor
We live not a mile from some new highway construction. There are no trees or even houses to block out view of the goings on. This isn’t really a nuisance during the day, but they’ve been working all night, too.…
