Old sheds and haircuts
I have no idea why I have a * hair hangup* as I call it. It has always stressed me out to even think about having shorter hair past my bra strap. My girls have always had long hair, both to their behinds for several years and the thought of cutting it upset me, I have no idea why. It's not a religious belief for me. I wonder if this is really some sort of phobia or something with me cutting my hair, lol..screwed up, especially since I'm a beautician! My oldest had long curly hair until she had the baby, my youngest long straight hair. Either way, they have always had long hair.
Last night I let Miss Chelsea talk me into cutting hers. She's been begging me for several days. It was to her butt and beautiful light blonde, shiny.. you know that hair that all us grown up's would DIE for.. Well, it's to her shoulders now and looks very cute. She was excited this morning because she could fix her own hair and Mom didn't have to do it.. or should I say, fight the tangles. Every 2 days when we would wash it while it was long, I would spray it with Infusium and pantene leave in conditioner, then once it was dry, work a small dab of tea tree oil into it. She really has beautiful hair, but it's been work on my part. When she would go to her dad's for the weekend, she would go all weekend without brushing it or anything. His mother would try to fix it for her, but she would have no part of that. " Only momma can do my hair!" Needless to say if she happened to stay 2 days it was a mess, especially if she went outside playing and I guess I'll never forget the time she went rolling in the hay over there. What a mess that hair was! She's loving her new haircut..she thinks she's big now. I hope the kids at school today like it too!
After the haircut last night, I got her in the tub to take a bath and came in the next room to finish posting some stuff on Ebay. Next thing I know she was screaming for me to come there and of course I rushed in there and found her leg bleeding a little. She wouldn't tell me why, but I quickly figured it out.. She had snuck my razor out of the cabinet and proceeded to shave both legs AND arms because as she put it, she was * As hairy as a gorilla* lol. She just thought that she would act growny by shaving her legs since she got a new haircut that made her look older. I reminded her that she was only 8 and 8 yr olds are never as hairy as a gorilla :) Now the razors are put on the TOP shelf instead of the bottom one. She's such a funny kid.
We had friends that gave us the contents of an old shed this weekend. The house was purchased at a tax sale, and the woman that lost the house just moved off and left everything. I was happy because I love looking for treasures in places like that. When I first walked in, it was a little overwhelming at first.. stuff everywhere, but it didnt take me long to start digging. We found old yearbooks like crazy, at least 10 -12 of them.. stuff still in them such as awards and letters and report cards. Lots of books and teaching materials. Plastic bins full of clothes..decorations for Christmas and Halloween. I went through and got what I wanted to sell on Ebay and Amazon.. on the way out I figured that I'd grab a couple of bins of those clothes and go through them once I got home.. what I didnt want to sell I could donate to the crisis center here. Once I got home and started sorting stuff, I was THRILLED when I opened the boxes and there were brand new clothes, some still with tags on them. Nearly ALL of them were Chelsea's size and what didn't fit her fit our niece who is a couple of years younger than chels. I washed clothes all weekend!! Over all I wound up with about 12 pair of blue jeans for next year for her, all name brand too! Several jackets, a pair of school pants, and several shirts for the summer. I was going to have to buy her a fancy dress to wear to her girlscout father daughter dance next weekend.. and the VERY last thing that I pulled out of one of the boxes was a beautiful emerald green fancy dress with a lacy bodice in EXACTLY her size that fit her perfect. All I could say was "Thank you GOD!" My niece ended up with a big plastic bin FULL of clothes, shorts, new socks still in the package, jackets, windsuits, even a few dresses. Pretty stuff and expensive too!!
I even sold 2 of the books as soon as I got them posted on Amazon! :)
Last night I let Miss Chelsea talk me into cutting hers. She's been begging me for several days. It was to her butt and beautiful light blonde, shiny.. you know that hair that all us grown up's would DIE for.. Well, it's to her shoulders now and looks very cute. She was excited this morning because she could fix her own hair and Mom didn't have to do it.. or should I say, fight the tangles. Every 2 days when we would wash it while it was long, I would spray it with Infusium and pantene leave in conditioner, then once it was dry, work a small dab of tea tree oil into it. She really has beautiful hair, but it's been work on my part. When she would go to her dad's for the weekend, she would go all weekend without brushing it or anything. His mother would try to fix it for her, but she would have no part of that. " Only momma can do my hair!" Needless to say if she happened to stay 2 days it was a mess, especially if she went outside playing and I guess I'll never forget the time she went rolling in the hay over there. What a mess that hair was! She's loving her new haircut..she thinks she's big now. I hope the kids at school today like it too!
After the haircut last night, I got her in the tub to take a bath and came in the next room to finish posting some stuff on Ebay. Next thing I know she was screaming for me to come there and of course I rushed in there and found her leg bleeding a little. She wouldn't tell me why, but I quickly figured it out.. She had snuck my razor out of the cabinet and proceeded to shave both legs AND arms because as she put it, she was * As hairy as a gorilla* lol. She just thought that she would act growny by shaving her legs since she got a new haircut that made her look older. I reminded her that she was only 8 and 8 yr olds are never as hairy as a gorilla :) Now the razors are put on the TOP shelf instead of the bottom one. She's such a funny kid.
We had friends that gave us the contents of an old shed this weekend. The house was purchased at a tax sale, and the woman that lost the house just moved off and left everything. I was happy because I love looking for treasures in places like that. When I first walked in, it was a little overwhelming at first.. stuff everywhere, but it didnt take me long to start digging. We found old yearbooks like crazy, at least 10 -12 of them.. stuff still in them such as awards and letters and report cards. Lots of books and teaching materials. Plastic bins full of clothes..decorations for Christmas and Halloween. I went through and got what I wanted to sell on Ebay and Amazon.. on the way out I figured that I'd grab a couple of bins of those clothes and go through them once I got home.. what I didnt want to sell I could donate to the crisis center here. Once I got home and started sorting stuff, I was THRILLED when I opened the boxes and there were brand new clothes, some still with tags on them. Nearly ALL of them were Chelsea's size and what didn't fit her fit our niece who is a couple of years younger than chels. I washed clothes all weekend!! Over all I wound up with about 12 pair of blue jeans for next year for her, all name brand too! Several jackets, a pair of school pants, and several shirts for the summer. I was going to have to buy her a fancy dress to wear to her girlscout father daughter dance next weekend.. and the VERY last thing that I pulled out of one of the boxes was a beautiful emerald green fancy dress with a lacy bodice in EXACTLY her size that fit her perfect. All I could say was "Thank you GOD!" My niece ended up with a big plastic bin FULL of clothes, shorts, new socks still in the package, jackets, windsuits, even a few dresses. Pretty stuff and expensive too!!
I even sold 2 of the books as soon as I got them posted on Amazon! :)