Reinventing myself......

I have been less than inspired by my blog so far. It is ok, I guess, but it doesn't speak to anything specific about my life, family or interests. So, for those who follow I will make sure to let you know when I have found my new home. Even if you do not follow, if you have suggestions, please make sure to take a moment and leave me a comment on things you like to see featured. Thanks!

Hair Care tips for swimmers

Anne at A Latte in the Morning posted a wonderful question about caring for her daughters hair because of excess exposure to chlorine. Do you have any secret tricks to avoid chlorine damage? Here was my comment:

'Some tips: Before she goes into the water put some conditioner in your hand and scrunch it into the ends of her hair. The water(&chlorine) are absorbed through hair ends, like a wick of an oil candle, and that is why the ends take the most damage. The very best solution is to do this and also wear a swim cap. I was on a swim team all through school. No matter how short you cut her hair it will continue to be seriously damaged unless you close the hair shaft with conditioner or cover the hair with a cap. If you put conditioner on her ends & then put it up into a swim cap, her body heat will actually help the conditioner absorb * it will act like a conditioning treatment--all while she swims. A product I LOVE is BioSilk Hair Silk oil. It has saved my hair and now I have hair down to the small of my back and it hardly gets damaged when I use BioSilk. The silk oil is more expensive than conditioner, but it is not as gooey or heavy and it absorbs into hair and doesn't weigh it down as bad. Good luck....if you really teach her to care for her hair it will be a priceless lesson for the rest of her life. I am adamant about it because I had to learn the hard way when I was a swimmer.'

Were you ever a swimmer? Ever have trouble with split ends, even if you are not a swimmer? Ever tried BioSilk?? Lets discuss......

Great quote from one of my Tweeples.....

Twitter has been very addictive for me lately. I swore I wouldn't sign up. Swore up and down I wouldn't sign up. Then Kelly McCausey made me! I don't like MySpace, at all! Facebook I tolerate, but I accept very few friends. Twitter, I love!

Here is a gem I just found:

@babyorganics RT @AlphardBarret: Eric Hoffer~ You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

I LOVE a great quote! Sometimes I feel that someone else has already said it best. If you twitter, leave your twitter name so you can be followed!

P.S. A 'tweeple' is a person on twitter you follow.....get it? All the new techie slang is a whole other language!

Happy Fall to you all!

I found DesignsByBine.com today and I thinks her designs are adorable.
If you have a WordPress page and are looking for anew design, make sure to visit her.

I have heard the praises of WordPress sung from many a rooftop and I am seriously contemplating making the switch.
Not only a switch of format, but possibly switching my blog name.

Any thoughts?

The workings of 'A 2 year old's brain'

Doodle by Lee. The code for this doodle and other doodles you can use on your blog can be found at Doodles.

I found this at Jolly Mom and I thought it was spot on! I want it blown up into a poster. That way anyone in our home will know (visually) how things run around here!!!

Thankful Chores

In the middle of my chores I try to remind myself:

*Be thankful for dirty dishes, it means we have plenty to eat.
*Be thankful for dirty laundry, it means we had lots of messy fun together.
*Be thankful for a dirty floor, it means there are many active feet in my home.
*Be thankful for the dust, it means I was too busy with my little one to notice it settling.
*Be thankful for being so tired, it means that I am a mom!

I drive a car with a tape deck......and other random thoughts.

I drive a car that only plays tapes (I don't own any tapes anymore) and it only gets one radio station. *Gotta upgrade!
I used to keep thinking that 'I WILL' get caught up on laundry and dishes. Now I'm thinking 'I'm insane' to think these two things will ever come close to a finished status. We always have to eat and wear clothes.....and we live here all the time, so 'here' will always be a mess. *Gotta learn when to give up!
I am also thinking I have control issues and OCD issues. *Gotta learn how to let go.
I am letting you know here that I have a coffee addiction. * Gotta go make a cup!


Some posts that really caught my eye, or made me smile, or made me cry:

Beautiful> @Musings of a Housewife (rings very true)

Haterz (you HAVE to watch the video)> @A Wrestling Addicted Mommy

Steam Cream One Year Anniversary> @Musings of a Muse
(oh, thanks to the MUSE I wants to try some steam cream SO badly)

Eleven Shoes Giveaway> @My Organized Chaos (you know I would LOVE some free shoes!)

What would you do?

If you won a Million Dollars, what would you buy?? Of course you would send your kids to college, but what would you buy for yourself? I would have to buy: New Cars for us both, probably about 100K; A really great Custom Built Home, probably 400K with taxes; New Office Equipment and Furniture for both of our home-based businesses and a great little office set-up, probably15K; Have another Baby, 35K; Pay-off any and all debt, 50K; OK, now I would have to put the money away for some college educations and other teenage expenses, probably 200K; .....I am guessing the rest would probably go quickly over a couple of years for groceries, taxes, gas, insurance, and all the other things we hate to throw our money after..........What about you? What do you think you would have to Have??!!

I WON!

I won the Indiana Jones DVD collection from 7 Dogs and A Baby! Thanks Angela!!

If you have not already been to her site, go now and enter one of her amazing giveaways!

While you are there find out about PRIZE-A-TRON......

WOW

I found a slideshow on Point Click Home that WOWs me!

Blog head

I have been sucked into this bloggy world and there seems to be no escape for me......

So, I created a blog of my own to bring you with me, into my world. Strap yourselves in and enjoy the ride!