Hunter has made me a HUGE fan of Dr. Who.
The new version.
I haven't tried out the original yet.
I was incredibly ill for a few days...and we watched all 5 seasons together.
Yep, that is what we did.
...and I won't be doing it again.
My favorite Doctor is the current one, actor Matt Smith.
His first episode had to do with a crack in the wall of young Amy Pond's wall.
This was more than a crack in her wall though, it was a crack in the universe.
(gotta love Sci-Fi)
I thought of that episode this morning when I got out of bed and found this:
This is the crack in MY universe.
My favorite, most comfortable, most gloriously broken in, set of sheets tore.
Granted they had a small hole before but apparently during the night my foot got caught in them.
Now I have fleece sheets on my bed.
Warm, but not my favorite, most comfortable, most gloriously broken in, set of sheets.
Those have been officially retired.
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As far as other "cracks in my universe" here is a funny.
Last night I decided to try a homemade hair mask.
My hair has been really great recently but I put it in a bun yesterday and it came out in a fro.
I really should have taken a picture but I didn't.
So I made a hair mask out of honey and olive oil and put a shower cap on while I took a glorious bath.
When I went to rinse out the mask I had forgotten that water does not really take out oil.
It did feel kind of weird but I thought, "oh well, it will dry just fine."
This is what I woke up to:
So I went upstairs to whine about the state of my hair and here were the reactions:
Cita: Oh look how shiny your hair is! The frizz is totally gone!
Me: But it is so oily!
Cita: Just wait until it dries it will be great.
Bug: Why are you whining, just wait till it dries!
Me: Guys, it is dry.
All: Oh...how do you get it out?
Me: Good question.
Bug: At least it is shiny.
So I will be washing my hair again today.
Although, don't judge me, if it gets rid of the frizz I am totally going to do it again....
...and again...
...and again...
...and again until the dry winter is done.
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In other news, since Thanksgiving I have been going shampoo free.
Like, none.
Sounds gross right?
Look at you passing judgement so quickly.
Naughty, naughty.
About a year ago I read a blog about a woman who had gone, what she called, 'poo free.
I thought it was interesting, but it took a while for it to work and I didn't want to go through all that.
Well, since that time I've read quite a bit about it, and when my shampoo was almost gone and I was so poor I didn't want to spend money on more, I decided to try going shampoo free.
It took a bit (between 1-2 weeks) for things to balance out but then I realized how glorious it was.
It is harder, in some ways, than using store shampoo.
Here is a list:
- Like with any homemade thing there is an adjustment period while your scalp and hair figures out what the heck you are doing.
- You have to figure out what your body needs BY LISTENING TO YOUR BODY. Very different than just dabbing on a specific amount of shampoo. For example is my scalp dry today? Less baking soda then. Is it oily, more baking soda etc.
- I'm still trying to figure out the "conditioner" (really an acidic clarifier to counteract the baking soda). I've been using an apple cider vinegar mixture but (mostly because of the nasty dry winter here) my hair is SUPER frizzy. Last night I tried honey, which she recommended also, but I'm also going to try lemon juice which is something other people do.
So, with the adjustment period etc. why am I still going shampoo free?
- Winters here are sooooo dry. All of my skin dries out, peels, breaks, bleeds...including my scalp. My hair also dried out, split, and broke every winter. I used to use every product I could think of to help, and they got increasingly more expensive and it didn't make a huge difference. I HAVE NOT USED ANYTHING THIS WINTER!!! Nada, none. There has been no need. Sometimes, my scalp feels a little itchy because I used to much baking soda and it dried it out a little bit but other than that, there is no dandruff, not split ends, no extreme hair loss.
- My hair is thicker. I thought maybe I was making that up in my mind, but no, others have commented that my hair is feeling thicker. I'm just not losing as much hair as usual.
- It is shinier, healthier. I love it.
Yep, totally recommend it.
I've also started using a natural face cleaner as well composed of castor and olive oil.
It is GLORIOUS!!!
I've never had zits disappear so fast, my skin is tighter and softer, and most importantly, MY WINTER DRY FACE PEELING IS GONE!!!
Interested? Here are the links to Simple Mom (the blog I referenced when I started this process).
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Last day of 2012!
Make it a good one!
