I have tried so many dry shampoos and I loved the idea of them but I was about to give up. Then one day in my local grocery store I noticed that they had the TRESemmé Fresh Start Volumizing Dry Shampoo on sale! On sale is my favorite 2 words! So I decided to try it. I have LOTS of hair that is very fine and the top goes limp and lifeless. The bottom of my hair has loose natural curls/waves depending on how I dry it. And the end of my hair are dry and get split ends easily but the roots get super oily. So I have a ton of issues. I tried this dry shampoo after my hair started to look a little dirty. I wasn't super impressed with how it worked. It was definitely better then most but my hair still looked dirty. So then I stumbled upon the tip to spray it where your hair gets oily right after you shower while the hair is still wet. This trick works wonders. My hair takes so much longer to look dirty now. I just spray this down my part and in the front of my hair then I do my leave in conditioner and argan oil at the tips and my hair stays not only clean looking but super volumized for days! I don't think I will ever try a different dry shampoo. I'm hooked. I would give this product a 9 out of 10 just because I had to get creative to make it work for me. But it is not only affordable but it works better then anything else I have tried! I highly recommend this product. It also comes in different varieties! Try it and let me know what you think! Any suggestions on what I should review? Leave them below! Enjoy your day and thanks for reading.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Trying new things
So I am a city girl. In my family I am the princess. I love comfort. I LOVE the internet and books on my phone. I love sitting at home and watching Dance Moms. So last Wednesday I took a huge step for me. I went camping 5 hours from home in the desert. I did this because I have been with my wonderful husband for almost 7 years. In this time I have been asked every year to go with him to the spot where his family fishes every year. However they always go memorial weekend which just so happens to be my birthday weekend most of the time. So being the pampered city girl princess that I am I have passed on the opportunity every time. Last year I planned to go I got time off from work and then my father had a heart attack and a quintuple bypass surgery. So I stayed home. Well this year I agreed to go for their second trip in the year. Which was September 18th. I was excited but also a little nervous about rattlesnakes and also how my asthma and allergies would be. Everyone said that my asthma may be worse at the higher altitude but my allergies should be better since there is much less plant life. So we went. I was so excited I made sure to pack my inhalers and epi pen and all the things I might need. I didn't however bring my CPAP machine. So we got to the spot and it was so different from any place I had ever been to. But so beautiful. I had my seizure dog and she was by my side the whole time. I was loving it. We fished and although I kept getting fish stealing my bait and never landing one. I had so much fun. My husbands aunts gave me tips and even let me reel in some that they hooked. I was so glad I let go of my fears and went. I ended up being there 3 days instead of 5 because of the fact that my throat swelled about half way shut, my nose never stopped bleeding because of the altitude, I couldn't sleep without my CPAP. But to spite all that and having to leave early, I had so much fun. I saw so many new sights. I spent some wonderful quality time with my husbands aunts. I got the dog out of the house and taking the lab mix by water was a very good thing. In short almost everything I worried about going wrong did. But I wouldn't change a second of it! I will always be open to trying new things and I'm hoping to go back next year but I'll bring my CPAP and allergy meds! Have fun and just say yes sometimes. You never know what wonderful things could happen!
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Diagnosed
This is quite possibly one of the worst words in the English language. Most of the even worse words tend to hang out with it too. I remember when my grandma was diagnosed with lung cancer. When my grandpa was diagnosed with a brain tumor. When my mother was diagnosed with bladder cancer and all three times my baby brother was diagnosed with cancer. I remember when I was diagnosed with A.d.h.d. and even though nothing about me had changed in those few minutes. I felt different. I remember being diagnosed with hyper sensitivity disorder. Again nothing had changed but I was more confused by my body and why it overreacts to everything. Why does this word have such a negative impact. In reality it changes nothing other then the fact that you know where you stand now. If my mother and brother weren't diagnosed when they were I wouldn't have them here with me today. So I try to focus on the positive with everything in life. But that's not always so easy. Recently I was diagnosed epileptic and instead of thinking, great they have this figured out and we can make progress towards making me feel better, I instantly thought oh no I can't drive. There goes my independence. I thought of what a burden I will always be on my loved ones. But really I should have been thinking that it's not the worst thing it could have been. I should have been thankful for my wonderful neurologist for all his hard work to find answers. Not resentful that he couldn't snap his fingers and fix me. I have alot more to learn about my newest diagnosis but I will learn and I will pray that God helps me focus on the positives in life. Because really a word is only as powerful as we let it become. So starting today I'm diagnosing myself with positivity syndrome! It's gonna be great!
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Grandparents
Today I was out in my garden, harvesting peas. When I came in and started to get the peas out of the pods I was almost immediately brought to tears. It has been almost twenty years since my hands smelled like a garden and fresh peas. It reminded me of all of the days I loved growing up. Spending the whole day in the garden with my grandpa then coming in and helping my grandma turn all that we grew into amazing nutritious meals. I have always been a city girl but I have always had my grandparents house just about a mile away and it was an amazing place. We had a pool, a huge garden, a hexagonal picnic table built around a huge tree. We had kid sized gardening tools so we could help our grandpa. We had a huge baseball field and a smaller field closer to the house where we could play and grandma could still keep an eye on us. I have very few bad memories of this house and my grandparents in general. They weren't perfect but to me they were just what I needed. My gramps was superman in my eyes. I was his little princess and I was always the one who wanted to help him with his chores. My grandma N. Was the one who kept me calm. She showed me how to crochet and cook and bake. She taught the tomboy how to be a little girl. My husband appreciates all that she taught me on a regular basis. I wonder if everyone is as lucky as I am. Does everyone love their grandparents as much as I did? I hope so I miss them everyday especially when I smell rose perfume or fresh shucked corn or like today peas from the garden. But I hope they are looking down on me and happy that I smile when these moments bring them back to me. I used to cry everytime. But I've learned to be thankful for the time I did have with them. Grandpa A. And Grandma N. I love you. And I miss you daily.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
8 simple rules for dating my middle aged mother.
So I am 30 years old and my parents have been separated since I was 5 and divorced since I was 6. My mother is one of my favorite people in the world! I know everyone has to love their mom but mine is particularly wonderful. She's one of my best friends. I call her every single night of my life that I'm not at her house. She is a cancer survivor of a rare aggressive form of cancer. I have taken care of her since her diagnosis which was when I was 13 years old. She has recently begun dating a man who she has known since before I or my brothers ever existed. Therefore I need to lay down some ground rules.
1. I must always remain her #1 priority. My brothers have gotten used to it. I'm the princess deal with it or be on your way
2. Break her heart and I will sick a legion of her adopted children on you. My husband and brothers are strong men but in case they're not enough she has "adopted" many of our friends. Many of whom have military training. All of whom can hunt. Keep that in mind.
3. Respect her. Even jokingly disrespecting her will never be okay in my book. She is to be treasured. Always.
4. We are huge college football fans. You are a fan of our rival team. You cannot convert us. I will always cheer on my team. And we should probably not talk much around civil war time.
5. I don't mind helping her get ready for dates or watching her dog when you guys go somewhere for the weekend. However, I must be able to reach her by phone at all times. She's fragile and I check on her a lot.
6. We haven't met yet so a tip for impressing me. Don't be too quiet. Quiet people freak me out. I need to know that you're not secretly a crazy person. So the more awkward silences the more I tend to think you're somehow planning my demise.
7. She completely tortured me for a while when I was dating a guy she didn't like. So even if I do like you (which must happen) I will be getting some payback on her. Don't take it personally I've been waiting years and deserve my revenge :)
8. If she deems you worthy then that's already a point in your favor. Treat her well and we should get along splendidly. Much like most parents with their children, nobody will ever be good enough for her in my eyes. But I'd make it a goal to try anyway.
Momma is precious and amazing and deserves the best. Stick to these rules and all will be well in the kingdom. Don't ever forget I'm the princess and she's the queen!
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Operation Honeymoon
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http://www.gofundme.com/2ah5hg
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Me days
I grew up in the house where everyone gathered. My mom was the cool mom and there was almost always extra people in our house. We have always teased my mom about taking in strays whether that be cats or dogs or lizards or teen moms with no place to go or that friend that annoyed the heck out of me. No matter what they we're always welcome in our home as long as they were respectful. So growing up in that house that always had 4-9 people living there and guests all day, I picked up the habit of serving everyone. I'd make tacos and we'd all have a movie night or stew and then a bonfire. Whatever we did I always made sure everyone was fed and felt at home. So when my husband and I got our first apartment it was so hard for me to adjust. I had to have friends or my brothers or mother over at least twice a week. No matter how tired I was I just wasn't comfortable unless people were in my house with me. What can I say I'm a primate I'm social. But what surprised me came after we moved to our farm. I knew people weren't going to drive all the way out here twice a week for dinner no matter what I cooked them. So I took the time to get to know me. I have always been crazy independent. One of my first sentences was, "No, Mommy, I do it!" I have always been able to do stuff by myself and that's good but I never wanted to be alone. Not relationship wise. I never had the time to worry about that before I met my husband. But actually physically alone I just didn't do. So I decided to have a "Me" day. I drove to the city that I'm from spent time at the mall, window shopped, drove by where I grew up and my grandparents old house. To my surprise I had an amazing day. No plan nobody to give input on where to go. Just did whatever I felt like all day. I came home and was noticeably happier for days. So my advice to those social beings out there. Try a "Me" day spend some time getting to know you. You may surprise yourself. Me myself and I have our me days about once a month now. I'm still little miss hostess but I'm a happier more well adjusted one! Love and hugs, -Steph