Race for the Cure

So I thought I would share what I did this morning.
Race for the Cure is a walk/fundraiser to benefit breast cancer just in case you did not know. Here in Memphis we have a great time every year at the walk. Just thought I would post a pic of all the people in front of me, no telling how many people were behind me.
It took a whole hour to walk three miles, but it was great.
My love goes out ro all the breast cancer survivors and families who have lost loved ones. Special love goes out to my Aunt Carolyn.

Life

Hey ya'll I have been gone once again...explaination.
So I have been going through so much these past few months on every type of level and just wanted to say hello.
HELLO! (waving)
I am not going to get into all the 411 but just to tell you to please keep me in your prayers.
Hair has surely been the last thing on my mind especially after that last hair raising story about the beauty shop.  But the owner did call me back after my sis in law showed her the pictures of my hair, she offered me a discount on my next styling session and we even talked about me bringing in some of my hair products to help with the process (smiles).
Even with all that is going on I have still been making jewelry for Etsy, please stop by and look around when you get the chance, etsy.com/shop/abenis, I got some cute Basketball Wives earrings coming up shortly.
Needless to say until all is well with my soul I will not be doing much blogging except to post a pic or two. I haven't even checked into blogger to check out the friends I follow in forever, probably missed all sorts of giveaways.  Anyways, continue blogging and hope to see you guys soon, enjoy some pics below.

 These are my Black and Blue hoops.

You don't have to an AKA to wear these, I love

these glass beaded hoops.

Available on Etsy.

Back to school again...

One of my favorite movies is Grease, yeah talk about me if you want but I love both of them, when the movie is coming on all the students are singing about going back to school and  let me tell you they are not excited, if you have seen the movie then you know what I am talking about, if not go watch it. Anyways, I feel like the kids felt at the beginning, slowfooting into the school.
Tomorrow is only Friday but my body feels like we have been at this longer than a week, thats what happens when you get 8 weeks of relaxation, summer was great! I woke up this morning super tired and in need of my morning coffee ASAP. I have to admit though that I am glad to be back at work and to see all my coworkers again, not to mention that my school is a great place to work. The best thing this year is that my Baby Girl will be in kindergarten and at school with me and Big Girl so I will get to work everyday on time for a change, mommas you know what I am talking about.
As much as I wanted a new job I love the job that I have. See I am an assistant teacher which means I go to different classes and tutor children, mostly kindergarten, first, and, second, in reading, math, and any other subjects they made need help in. I find it really fulfilling to do that cause I am a big fan of education and love to see children learning and excited about it. Last year I worked with a second grader who at the beginning of the year could barely read at a first grade level but by the end of the year she was reading right where she needed to be, I was so happy for her. There are parts of the job that are not all fine and dandy but I guess that comes with all jobs.
I am just blessex to have a job period, cause they way this economy is, I could be one of the ones seaeching.
I have so many plans going through my mind for this school year that I will share shortly, including a hair plan and a little surprise so stay tuned, as soon as I get sometime this weekend I will release it.
Until then enjoy another pair of earrings that I made tonight and another wreath I made for a coworker...

Blogger issues making me blue

I am having some serious Blogger issues and they are making me more than blue...
I can't seem  to leave comments on blogs if the comment box is posted under the post but if it is a pop up window it works well.  I also am noticing that when looking at other blogs I follow the page is showing that I am not signed in and apparently I am cause I am trying to leave a comment.  And third, I don't know if my followers are able to leave me a comment, if not please shoot me an email and say something to the effect of  "hey girl, can't leave a comment." 
This problem keeps coming and going and I don't know why but it is very frustrating for me.  If somebody knows what to do please help.

I hate not being able to leave comments on some of my favorite blogs :(

I Not Find The Teezer

I went to get a Tangle Teezer that "The Good Hair Blog" has been talking about for my daughters hair cause it is wash day and stuff....and Sally's was all sold out.  Sad face!!!!

What a hair raising weekend,  my hair was washed and Henna'd and it is feeling great.  I ended up buying Karishma brand Herbal Henna and loved  it better than the henna itself.  It already contains Amla but I still bought a box and added half to the Henna.  I also added some Cholesterol conditioner with Shea Butter.  Can you say AMAZING!  She felt super fresh.  NO pics yet though, I wore my hair in a twist n curl for church yesterday...since I am off today I am trying to figure out what I want to do, flat iron or just do a quick protective style.  Hmmmm...I was so loving my straigh hair and my hubby surely was, lol, but I was missing my hair just a little but.  Ok, so I think I made up my mind let's get started on a protective style

Wash Day

Wash day, hallelujer.  I made it three weeks with straight hair and believe me it wasn't easy cause I was definitely tempted to wash it last week especially when I had two extra days off due to snow.  Just getting back from Zumba, and I am still walking around with my pre poo mixture in my hair that I got from Chicoro, aloe vera juice, castor oil, jojoba oil, and coconut oil, got a nice deep oil treatment in my workout today, feeling the tightness in my abs.

My hair is loving mixture, not the first time using this recipe, after applying to my hair she immediately started responding to the moisture like crazy, the curls were popping all over the place.

On today's agenda:  about to hit my local India Mart to get some Henna and Amla, I am going to do a mix of the two and some other things for a good ol' gloss that I have not done in a while

This is going to be great!!

Holla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First real bad hair day

Today is the worst hair day ever...my hair is so dry and crunchy, it's been like this for two days that shea butter ain't even helping, what's up with that?  I feel like running to the store and finding some kind of DC, as a matter of fact I think I will be doing that in just a moment cause I can't take this.  I have Zumba in a bit so I won't wash tonight but when I wake in the morning it is on like a pot of neck bones, LOL! 

Ho Hum Hair

For the past few days I have been thinking about doing another cut, nothing big but I am in need.  The other day I was looking at my ends and was just not feeling them.  I know it has something to do with the color I put in my hair, I am still doing deep conditionings but I don't feel like I am seeing great results like I use to.  So do I cut or don't I?  What I kind of decided was to cut   the ends of my twists slowly during this summer break only cutting off the colored parts of my ends.  I say slowly because I am not ready to cut as much off as I really need to, I am not ready for another big chop.  I will keep you posted.

A Bored Kinky Lady

I am home and stuck in the house on this rain, stormy, tornadoy day.  On top of that my truck is in the shop and hubby is at work with the car.  The only thing I can do is sit back and watch back to back reruns of Good Times :)  I think I feel a hair experiment coming on, I am feeling creative.  Be back later to show what I come up with.

I might be late...

So I might be late...but oh well!
I went to Target today as soon as I got off work all excited to see if it was real, and it was, Miss Jessie's was there.  And still the same price :(  Like that was going to change.   Anyways, I am still excited, at least I don't have to order it online, wait a week for it to get here, and pay shipping and taxes, now I just pay taxes.  I have to admit that I have fallen in love with the Stretch Silkening Creme and Curly Meringue for mine and my daughter's twist and braids, and I have been wanting to try the Rapid Recovery so I will be trying that out but not soon.  All their products were on the shelf in the two different sizes and everything was the same price as online, though I was expecting them to be cheaper, now I did ask if there would be a buy one get on free like they do online but I didn't get a straight answer...guess that was a no.

One thing though, the lady stocking said they were getting Jane Carter and Curls also (which is cheaper and on my wanna try list) so I will make sure I check back when that arrives.  She asked me what all the fuss was about cause there were alot of people there on Sunday, I explained that curly heads all over the world (that lived close to a participating Target) were just waiting for this grand appearance.  She wasn't natural so I don't think she cared, plus she had a short cut so there wasn't much she could do with Jessie's, I did recommend she try the shampoo ;)-

Name Change

Yes I changed the name of my blog.  I had been thinking about it for a while and this is what I came up with.  Still trying to figure out how to and what to change the look too.  Don't ask me why I did it, I just did. 

So right now I am in the process of taking my braids down.  What?  I told you it was not gonna last long.  I was missing my "poofy hair" as my girls call it.  My babygirl asked me today where it was, I told her it is still there just in the braids.  Again, I am missing my hair and tired of all this nonsense going on.  You know what else, my husband said he was missing my hair too, but liked the fact that I can change it up when needed which won't be too often so I told him don't get too worked up.  I can't wait to wash and run my fingers through my hair and rub it down good with some of my good ole shea butter.  Man, I'm gettin excited thinking about it. Deep breath girl :)
Well back to the process I go, won't be long I already took a whole patch out in the middle.  I will post pictures tomorrow.  Night night.

Louisiana break

Naturallady is coming to you from Louisiana, enjoying time with family, cousins, aunts, uncles and parents. Family is nice, especially when everyone is getting along, I love it, we are having a good time. We spent some time eating and enjoying the outside weather, Louisiana has some sort of bugs called Lovebugs that keep flying around and they are getting on my nerves. I can't stand bugs; not an outdoorsy person.
One thing I was happy to see are my natural relatives: my aunt and cousin are totally natural, I am loving my aunts salt and pepper fro while my cousin has curls galore, of course they are loving my twists as well. I will try to gets pics of them to post just to show off if I can and if I remember. I am fighting the urge to wear a wash and go but my twists shall prevail. Hallejuah!

Oh, before I forget, for all you 4a-4b curly q's check this site out if you haven't already, I went through it the other day and though it was pretty cool.
afroniquelyyou.com

Hair update

Here is a little update on my protective styling and recent hair regime.

So far so good

Alrighty, officially back at work this week, all the little students are so excited as are the teachers. We have lots of enthusiasm by next week we will be looking forward to Labor Day for another break. Unfortunately the numbers are low so we may be loosing some teachers by Friday which is not a good thing. We are all hoping for the best.

On to hair: I am on week four of my protective style two strand twists, so far so good. It is so easy now that I am used to wearing the twists, I don't even have the urge to want to wash or experiment. Dag, it is easier than I thought. Well, this weekend is wash weekend, I think I will be wearing a twist out until Saturday it should last that long. My next question is what kind of protective style to do next? I love twist outs, they are so cute and I know I will not do a wash and go at all just not interested in them right now. Oooh, that is exciting to me, I thought I was going to have to wear a TWA forever. Anywho, I will post pictures to post this weekend, maybe I will get cute this weekend and head out with my sister.

On a house note (no pun intended): We went out today and looked at a neighborhood, we decided to get a house built, I find that more exciting, I look forward to picking out my own for my house instead of fixing up somebody else's. It is in another state, but only ten minutes from where we live now, all kind of in the same area. We just getting the paperwork started so we will find out where we stand in a few days. Definitely keep you updated.

Rejoice!

This is the day that the Lord has made, rejoice and be glad in it!!!! May the peace of God be with you,

Back on the payroll

No not a new job, but at the elementary school. It's kind of bittersweet, I am ready to move on but thank God for a job. Well I am thinking of taking a break for a while, only about a week :) I have been looking for a job everyday for eight weeks so I think I will take a break and wait to see what happens, I am just so eager to begin my new career. I have a fear of having a degree and not the job to go with it, cause it does happen. My husband keeps telling me that it is just a test that I have to pass and I know it is, but believe me I do thank God for my job and everything I do do at work I do it with a smile no matter how much I don't want to. Anywho, I am just glad to be back on the payroll cause my checking account is bone dry. Until then, later gators.
BTW, I am on week three of my protective twists styling, it's getting easier, I don't have the urge to want to take down my hair and experiment with it. Surely it will get more simpler as time goes on. Keep you updated,

Frustration...and not with my hair

I am so frustrated. I cannot find a job. School starts back on Monday, that means I go back to work, not happy. I have been searching for a job since school got out for the summer, 8 weeks to be exact, and nothing has come up. What's up with that? I like my job but I don't, I tutor children all day and other stuff and it's getting boring, the kids give me headaches, they are not as sweet as they look and this is elementary school ya'll. I am praying diligently that something comes up, always remembering that God said he would give me the desires of my heart, I worked very hard through school and graduated with honors, my desire is for a better job. I know it is coming, no worries, until then I will work as if unto God until he blesses me with another job. I was just on a hospital site and they had an opening in my field but it was nights, I mean the perfect job but the wrong hours. I definitely can't take a night job because that will be taking away from my children and after two years of school I can't be away from them or my husband, what's a girl to do.
Anyways, sorry about the rambling, just feeling frustrated and sad. On the plus side I get to have all my holidays for a while longer.

Good hair day

Three things today:
First: Today was definitely a good hair day, I went to a career fair and wore my hair in the cutest twistout. My husband just saw my hair and was like wow, that looks great. I have to admit it was cute, it was very soft and well moisturized thanks to my shea butter and oils. Check out the pics.














Second: I got a great compliment on my twist out, a fellow church goer saw me in the store and loved my hair, she asked how I did it and what I used . She said she had all the products at home and that she was going home to try it on her grand-daughters hair. I told her next time I saw her in church let me know how it turns out. She seemed so excited, hope it turns out good.

Third: I almost fell ya'll, no not literally. I went by Whole Foods today just to buy some peppermint oil, and OMG what did I see but Curls hair care products, yes the original, starring back at me. I got so excited because I have been wanting to try it. I picked it up and walked around with it for a while. After I floated back to reality I slowly set the jar back on the shelf and walked away. I am so proud of myself, I am going to stick to this regimen if it nothing else, plus I kept looking at that price ($16.99). In the end I left without it but I did ask if it was just a trial or are they planning on keeping it, they will be keeping it so I will try it another time.

I should be sleep but...

I should be sleep but...I am not sleepy so I just decided to blog and watch House of Payne at the same time.
So, I am proud of myself, I can't believe I made it through one week with my twists, surely I can make it through another. Hold that thought though... I have a job fair to go to on Wednesday, I may go I may not. I need to go. Anywho, if I do decide to go I think I will wear a twist out, surely I can make that look professional definitely not feeling the wash and go lately.

Enough of that, so I found out that my husband has planned a little surprise getaway for the two of us this coming weekend, I am excited because I love surprises. He said I will find out where on Wednesday so I can prepare myself. I think he has been planning this for a minute, it is funny cause I have been seeing him look at hotels but didn't think anything of it, our 8th anniversary is in September so I thought that's what it was for. So since hubby can't hold water he told me we were going somewhere out of the blue while we were at church today. He is a mess, but in a good way.

Usually I would try to find out what he has planned, sometimes I can figure it out, but this time I will let it be a surprise so it gives me something to look forward to. It will surely be nice to go somewhere without the girls for a change and definitely get prepared to go back to work as if I haven't had enough rest these past 8 weeks. I will let you guys know I end up on Saturday, until then. Toodles.