Not a whole lot going on. Seems to be a theme I think. I did do this cross stitch for Jeff. I think it’s fun and funny!
This was the fastest I have ever done in my life. I did this for eight hours straight. I know, I am crazy! But I watched a really good Netflix show the Queen’s Gambit.
You know I am working on another cross stitch. It’s the year of the cross stitch.
We had a good Thanksgiving. Instead of turkey, we made meatloaf. It was so yummy! We also had mashed potatoes, cheesy potatoes, and cheddar biscuits. We also made pumpkin pies and got whipped cream. Everything was so good.
The dogs got some pumpkin not the pie but just a can of pumpkin with a little whipped cream. They loved it.
Jeff and I watched out holiday movie Planes, Train and Automobiles. Good fun.
I am all better. Have no idea why I was sick of. Maybe change in weather? Allergies? That’s all I can think of.
Got two new cross stitch projects I am working on. When finish I will share. Both are for Jeff.
This coming Thursday is Thanksgiving. It’s super different this year. We are staying home and having our own Thanksgiving. We are of course going to watch Train, Planes and Automobiles but this year we are actually watching on Thanksgiving. Usually, we watch it before or after. We decided we are not going to have turkey. We both agreed we only eat it because it’s there. We decided to have meatloaf this year. Lol! Definitely a different Thanksgiving but it’s still will be good.
I’m sick but not with Covid. I don’t know what I have but just feel terrible. However, I do not have the symptoms that Covid is described. This is my third day being sick. I hope it passes soon.
I washed my hair for the first wash. Lol! I can see my dark roots which is cool but also my white strains. I actually like it, it came out as lighter on top but darker on the bottom. So far so good.
I did it well…Jeff did it. He dyed my hair purple. Semi-permanent I used Arctic Fox Purple Rain. I haven’t wash it yet. It will be next week since I only wash my hair once a week.
I am curious how it will fade out. If it goes well, I would like to try a different color. I do miss having darker hair. I think that’s why I love this purple.
Before dying it for about three days. I used a conditioner hair mask. I got it at Walmart it was called Cry baby. OMG! Made my hair really soft. Then I washed my hair and that same day dyed it purple. By using the mask beforehand made my hair really soft even after dying it. Also, this color of Arctic Fox smelled like grapes. It smelled amazing for a couple of days.
Sometimes when I sleep I get sweaty. It’s been hot here this week for some reason. Thought it was fall. Funny! Anyways the dye didn’t come out anywhere like some other dyes I have used in my life. I am impress with Arctic Fox.
I have been cross stitching so much! I am in that kind of mood again to do more cross stitching. The one I am most proud of is the one I made for Adam for Christmas.
I know Adam’s favorite scary movies is Jason. I think it turned out great!
Jeff wanted this one so I did it. He picked out the colors. LOL! I do love this one.
I just finished this one. I thought it was so cute! I had to do this. Dino Christmas and he’s blue like my favorite color.
This one just makes me happy when looking at it. The pattern calls for white Aida but I thought the black would make it stand out more. I changed the coloring on the pattern too, to rainbow. I think it turned out great!
This is the first one I started with. I think the pic doesn’t do it justice but it’s a pumpkin candle.
Last weekend we did pumpkins. Of course, Jeff did an amazing job. Mine well…..not so much. Lol! One of the pumpkins looks odd. I tried to fix it but it didn’t turn out too well.
I did the ones on the left. Jeff did the ones on the right. The first and third pumpkins I did, I got from my Uncle’s farm. They gave the best seeds!
Tex was so interesting in us carving pumpkins. It was funny to see him be so serious watching us. Lol!
Not a whole lot going on this week. This weekend is errand extravaganza! Going to see my parents and pick up two pumpkins my dad got from his brother’s farm. I am going to pick up some pumpkins so we can carve them this weekend. Then all that life errands like the grocery store and get some pellets for heat. I hate the pellets part they are heavy bags.
I can’t wait to see my mom I haven’t seen her since having surgery. It’s been very bad in our town with Covid. It’s like the disease is closing in here. We try to be safe as possible so maybe we won’t get it.
I think doing pumpkins will help keep my mind off it for a little while at least.
Scary: My mom went to the ER for chest and back pain. The first thing that comes to mind is a heart attack. After they did tests found out that her gallbladder was bad. She had to stay at the hospital for the night and the next day had surgery to take out her gallbladder. After that another night in the hospital and another surgery to take out 100 gallbladder stones! CRAZY!
After surgery and being home she is happy. I was surprised and back to normal. She said it was scary but now she is good. She is a silly woman. She has to go back in November to take out the stent. I am glad she is okay.
This week I had my yearly physical. I really didn’t want to go. Well I never want to go to the doctor but this year I really, really didn’t want to go. Because my town has grown so much in Covid cases like crazy in the last month.
Here is something super dumb. At the doctor’s they have an area blocked off for Covid. However to get to the waiting room to see the regular doctor have to walk in the area where potential people have Covid. How dumb is that?! Ugh my town is dumb a lot of times.
At the doctor I am normal. I say I am not. Lol! Anyways all my levels for everything is good. I am in a good health.
I did it! I changed my hair color. It was a lot of research to do it and I have to say I am happy with it.
Here is the process I did and it worked for me. First of all my hair was really healthy so that helped. Before starting the process it actually started a whole 7 days before doing anything. I didn’t wash my hair for a whole week. Then I combed my hair. After that I slept with a pure coconut hair mask the night before. I have to say that really sucked. Sleeping in a shower cap AND the coconut oil kept running down the back of my neck and back. Probably kept the mask on for about 10 hours. I got up and had coffee and didn’t do my hair right away. So yeah I think about 10 hours of coconut oil mask for my hair.
I didn’t wash it out. We bleached with the oil in. Was it messy…hell yes! Jeff was my hairdresser and I have to say he did a good job. I got Clairol professional white 30 developer and L’Oreal quick blue bleach. This was enough to do two times. I bought these items on Amazon.
I left the bleach in for an hour. Bleach eats everything and it did it’s job. But since my hair was dark to begin with it left my hair on the bit of the orange side but I knew I would need more than one bleaching. I also checked my hair after we did the first bleaching by stretching and it was still intact. Not super stretchy so I knew from my research I COULD do another bleaching.
I waited some days to give my hair a bit of breather before bleaching it again. I didn’t do coconut oil again. But I have to say by doing the coconut oil the first time the bleach didn’t burn me. I was surprised because I thought it would burn but having the oil helped that. Also my hair was soft! Soft after bleaching?! Crazy!
The second bleaching after washing my got stretchy and that means stop! So I did. I have to say my ends of my hair got dry but it’s not too bad. After the second bleaching, I did another coconut oil mask for an hour. That helped the dryness.
After the second time of bleaching my hair was yellow not so much orange. I wasn’t sure if I was going to tone it or not since I didn’t think the color was too bad. Then I decided to tone it after all. I am glad I did. I like this color of my hair.
I did, however, damage some of my hair. I knew it was going to do anyway. It was worth it to me. I decided I am going to see what I can do with my hair by myself. I have been doing a lot of research on many things I can do for my hair to bring it back. Not all the way healthy like it was but things I can do to help it. I am also thinking I may do some semi-permanent colors. I want to have fun with my hair.
