Hair!

So I chopped my hair at the end of July. It was pretty darn short. I didn't immediately regret it, no no. But pretty soon I wished it would grow faster.
I headed to the web and came across "no poo" or no shampoo. And I tried it!! Ya I'm sure you are going ewww gross! But oh you are so wrong! Just because I'm not shampooing my hair doesn't mean I'm not washing it!
I started using a diluted Castile soap solution and apple cider vinegar. The first day was great. My hair felt so clean! The second day was gross. My hair was super greasy, but after that it hasn't been oily at all!
A couple of days ago I noticed these kinda gross bits of scalp in my hair. It wasn't like dandruff; it was a bit bigger and there would only be a few every day. Then my mom noticed this....



Do you see all those little hairs?
No, they aren't because I burned my hair. I'm really rather careful when it comes to hear.
I think this "no poo" has unblocked hair follicles, allowing the hair to grow! These little hairs are ALLLL OVER my head! It makes me so excited.

Bein' healthy

I thought I'd show you guys some of my progress with my weight.
I lost thirty pounds and have a new love for veggies, fruit and exercise! I also love how clothes fit now!

The pics on the left are from Feb. 2012 and the right are from May (ish) 2012*






Now I get asked this a lot... "Is that the same shirt?" Isn't not. The one on the right is a size smaller and a "smaller" brand.




It's amazing the difference in my face.




These pics are a year apart. May 2011 and May 2012. I mean LOOK! I have dimples now! I've even gotten compliments on them!

It's not a huge change... Ok we'll it is. I still have a long way to go but I already feel so good and so much better about myself.

*P.S. I've been doing stretches that address my sway back so the side view looks a bit different now.

Boom Shaka Laka!

Name that movie! Haha

One of my New Years resolutions was to blog more often and I think I failed miserably! So I guess it's time to catch up a bit.

I'm still working up at the chiropractor. But I'm not going to weber anymore. I'm going to go to the DATC in January to do medical assisting and I am pretty excited about that!

I'm in a new ward and have made friends with some neat ladies there. I'm teaching 4 year olds.... Which is really hard. They don't talk much.... I'm not sure what's worse; to have 4 year olds talk too much, or too little. Next week is the primary program and I'm really not looking forward to it!

My friend JC is home from is mission! I went to his homecoming and it was AMAZING. I haven't talked to him much because I realize that his life is KINDA crazy right now!

I got an iPhone. That's pretty cool I guess...

Yep, well, that's just about it! Still sewing and stuff.

Oh! My birthday is in just over a month and for the first time in my life I'm not looking forward to it!

Ok tah tah for now

Newest Project: A Novel

Wow, I didn't realize that it had been so long since I blogged last!

In the meantime I have had a bunch of projects going!
1) Creating jewelry and sewing stuff to sell in my future etsy store.
2) Training for a 5k.
3) Writing a novel.

I'm really excited about all three but I have to say I'm really a little bit extra excited about my book. I don't want to give anything away.... But....
There's multiple dimensions..... One of them being a totally Steampunk one! There's some crazy secrets and some scary bad guys. There's betrayal and love. I know that's super vague, but I dont want to post much about it!

Well, peace, love and apple sauce everyone!

1 Year Ex-Friendiversary!

Today is a really difficult day.Not only have I been feeling crummy (sickness wise) but I remembered that today a year ago was the last time a certain person was friends with me. After May 15, 2011, any act of kindness was a big joke; just enough kindness to keep me quiet until we graduated. I knew he was faking. Honesty is #1, y'all.
I guess I miss the person he use to be. That's what makes me sad. I'm not sad about what happened. If they hadn't I wouldn't be the person I am now, but I wish things would have been handled better. Like actually sitting down and talking to me about what's wrong rather than ignoring me. I'm sad that I lost the best person I knew... Even if it was years before this.
But I keep telling myself that I'm better off.

The Ruby Slippers Project: Painting the Shoes Red

Ok, well I painted my shoes red!



I decided that instead of glueing the sequins straight on the shoes, I'm going to make an overlay (like the originals) and sew the sequins on. After painting them, the texture isn't what I wanted, so I think the overlay is the best option! Lots of work! But it'll be worth it.




I thought I'd show you this cool blue print that shows how the shoe is constructed!

Project Ruby Slippers:The Shoes

For the last couple of weeks I have been wanting to make some replica ruby slippers. Ya know... Some really legit ones. Like these....




So, after quite a bit of research, I found what kind of shoes I needed. 2-2.5 inch high heel with a rather thick heel (according to today's standards), rounded pointy toe... And the front part had to be high enough that I didn't have toe cleavage.

I originally found some shoes online that would work, but they were a little more expensive than I wanted. Well today at church, I saw one of the sisters had these shoes on and I realized that I had them.... Whats even better is that I realized that they were PRETTY DARN CLOSE to the ones I was looking at online! They have a bow that I'll take off and the heel is about 3.5 inches.... But it's close enough for me! Plus they weren't worn out at all because I only wore them once!







Here are the beauties!

Time to get started!