Ditching the Poo

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Christy

Today I washed my hair for the first time with baking soda and rinsed it with white vinegar, that was it, no chemical laden shampoo and conditioner for this girl. After about 7 hours it’s dry and not nearly as frizzy as normal, it’s also fairly soft. I’m pretty please with the results overall but it will take some time to see how my hair reacts to it and tweak it to perfection.

I asked Waldo if I smelled like vinegar and he said No. I asked him if it was soft and he said it had a dry quality about it. This set off a 10 minute super fun conversation about making homemade hair masks and me deciding to try an avocado mask along with maybe a leave in spray of diluted green tea.

Today was also the fifth time I used oil to clean my face and a green tea ice cube as a toner. I poured a teaspoons worth of almond oil into my palm and massaged it all over my face for about 1 minute then I took a warm damp washcloth and laid it on my face for 10 to 15 seconds and then wiped the oil off. I rinsed the washcloth and repeated three or four times. Then I grabbed a green tea ice cube and ran it all over my face, this is a little lot cold so I don’t let the ice cube sit on my skin in one spot for too long. I don’t want to do any damage with the ice. I pat my face to keep the tea from dripping on the floor and then I’m done. My face is already looking much better and I feel good for doing something for myself.

I have made homemade hair masks (bath fizzies, face masks, bath salts, body splashes, bath cookies, etc) and used the Oil Cleaning Method in the past but for some reason (fell in love and lost track of time) I stopped making and using them, even though I love the result. I’m on a quest to get back to making these wonderful (sometimes easy to make) masks, salts, etc and taking better care of my body. I haven’t used baking soda in my hair before but I haven’t been happy with how my hair is reacting to store bought poo lately so I thought I’d give it a try.

Tell me, have you ever made a hair mask or stopped using shampoo? Do you have any questions or tips for me?

Life’s a beach

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Christy

We spent last Saturday and Sunday morning in the adorable little coastal town of Cambria. I love it, I want to marry it and move there. Or just move there so Waldo can come too. We were there for Waldo’s cousin’s baby shower so just about all of Waldo’s family was there too. We all had a good time and we got some great pictures.

Lily played with two of her little cousins, well she played near them and talked to them in some unknown language two or three times.

We're at the baby shower.

We went to the beach. It was Lily’s first time. It was magnificent. And it was a little painful. The beach has a lot of rocks on it and they killed my feet, but one look at the water splashing on the bigger rocks make up for it.

Lily didn’t hate the beach but she wasn’t sure what to do with it. Maybe next time we go it will be warm enough to swim in, that might make her realize how fun it is.

Lily's first time at the ocean

I'm trying to explain why the ocean is so amazing. I think I failed to get my point across.

After we got tired of trying to impress Lily we went to the little play area.

Lily got to swing for the first time since her real first time last year and she was loved it.

"Oh this isn't too bad"

"Oh my, I'm going so fast, this is pretty darn cool"

"I LOVEEEEEEeee this"

Do you see the ocean through the fence. The playground is at the top of the beach.

We took her down the slide and then I had the crazy idea to see if she wanted to go into the tunnel that connect the two sides of the play thingy. I was a little worried that she wouldn’t like it but she loved it. She was a little sad when we wanted to go back to the swings. But once she was swinging she didn’t care anymore. Swinging is good stuff.

Bean, Lily Bean.

She loves these tunnels.

I think the best part of the whole trip was sitting up late into the night with Waldo’s brother, sister and their families. Hanging out with our families and getting to know them is one of the biggest Pro on the list so it was really nice to really be experiencing it.

Lily's very first time on the swings. She was 8 months old.

Curls

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Christy

She has her Daddy’s curls.

And I love them.

Catch up

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Christy

I have fallen so far behind on my Monday pictures of Lily that I don’t know if I’d ever be able to catch up. I haven’t stopped taking pictures of Monday but I did miss 1 week. One day I might try to figure it all out but for now I’m just going to post some pictures that I’ve taken but never put up here.