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30 mayo Dying Hair: Salon Professional or Yourself at HomeLast time I got my hair dyed at a salon was about six weeks ago. I drove an hour to get there, another hour to get home, and the job took over an hour itself. Three hours and one hundred dollars later, my hair was done a dark shade of brown with some red hues if you looked at it under direct sunlight. It was silky soft to the touch and I liked the way it fell lightly on my shoulders. Had I tried to add on highlights and a haircut it would have cost me close to 200 dollars and another hour or so.
I've been getting my hair dyed at one salon or another well over a decade. My hair has been dyed platinum blonde (bad, bad, choice for moi), red, red wine (good times), and all the shades of borwn with or without highlights and lowlights. All these years and all these colors and I had never once tried dying my own hair until today. I had just seen too many friends make too many mistakes trying to do it themselves at home. One friend tried to highlight her hair and ended up looking like a human skunk for a couple of months. Another friend completely fried her hair and lost a good amount of it too trying to...heck I don't even know what she was trying to do, but it looked pretty darn awful. There are too many horror hair stories I can recount.
Sometimes though you just have to face your fears and get the job done. Not working currently, I just can't justify spending a couple of hundred bucks doing my hair evrey six weeks. Heck, I can't even justify it if I had a job. So I went to the drugstore a couple of days ago, picked up a box of Nice 'N Easy Hair Color for $7.99 , did the obligatory allergy test and strand test and spent an hour today coloring my hair.
I asked Robert what he thought when I was done blowdrying my hair and he said, well I can't really tell that you dyed your hair so that's a good sign I guess, and my mom just shrugged and said, well I've been telling you for years to do it yourself.
Me? My hair once again is a dark shade of brown with some red hues if you look at it under direct sunlight. It is silky soft to the touch and I like the way it falls lightly on my shoulders. Except this time, it cost me $7.99 plus tax and the entire thing took an hour. I saved myself two hours and 92 dollars, give or take a few.
I was so happy that I had to reward myself by driving out to the salon and getting a nice pedicure and manicure. 23 mayo For Memorial DayOften, when there is three day weekend holiday ahead we get so absorbed in getting the most of our days off that we forget about the reason we have the holiday in the first place. Memorial day is ahead of us this weekend to commemorate U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. My good blogging friend, Aruni of Babblesoft is offering free subscriptions to their services for active military personnel. So if you know of any parents of young children in the armed services who may be interested in Babble Soft services please refer them to Aruni. Happy Memorial Day! Baby proofing the houseOur baby is getting stronger and more mobile everyday. We are very proud parents, but we are also scared that he might hurt himself. It's time to babyproof the house. Should we hire a professional or should we do it ourselves? I found this website, International Association for Child Safety, which recommends that we hire a professional. I have made a few calls to see which one serves our area. I also read this article online from Goodhhousekeeping that says just childproofing the house isn't enough; you should research the right products. Do you have any advice on how we could keep our baby safe in the house? 22 mayo Top searches that gets you to my blogYou'd be surprised to find out some of the ways people find their way to my blog. If how people find my blog through search engines is a sample of what people look for on the Internet, then we are in trouble. There are weird, one of the kind searches that always makes me wonder. Like today, someone had put in, "How to stop my husband and his jackass friend to stop watching me on the computer and somehow they ended up on my blog. I have nothing like that in my blog, so go figure.
Here are some of the top searches in the last three years though:
Apparently there are a lot of people who drink rotten milk and then go search on the Internet to find out what to do. Why not read the expiration date on the milk carton?
There are oh so many people who want to date geeks that I am not sure why there are any single geeks left yet.
There is more and more women who have gastric bypass and then get pregnant. I am happy it worked for me. Good luck to all of them.
While on the topic of pregnancy lots of questions about Nuchal Translucency test and whether it can tell if you have a boy or a girl. Usually it is too early, but good luck with the test anyhow.
People also wonder what their birth month means, what they would look like as a candy, whether they should vacation in Cancun or Cabo, what romantic comedies they should watch, what laptop should they buy, where they can find pink toilet paper, and what kind of funny pick up lines they should use.
My favorite though?
Punching the wall. My questions is, how are you typing on your computer if you have just punched the wall? That must hurt. 21 mayo Our Marital Rating ScaleI, like most other wives, like to take any opportunity to let Robert know what a superior wife I am and where he could improve as a husband so that he deserves me :) So when I saw that Jason had posted this husband rating scale from the 1930s on his blog, I couldn't wait to rate my husband. I got so interested that I did some more digging and found out that there is a wife rating scale as well according to Mind Hacks and a Boing Boing Reader had put the entire test up on their site and Flickr. You get a negative point as a wife if you wear red nail polish. What if your husband wants you to wear red nail polish??? You get a positive point if you let your husband sleep in on holidays and as a husband you get a positive point if you leave the auto for the wife to use at home when she needs it and a negative point if you ask "where is something, before hunting down for it...you get the idea. So I rated Robert and then took the liberty to rate myself and the results totally disappointed me. Turns out we are both average, although even in that Robert rates closer to superior than I do. Hmmm...go figure! Take the test and see how you rate and let me know :) 20 mayo The Origin of Human RaceFor the record, I am on the evolution side of the argument, but this was too funny not to share.
A little girl asked her mother, "How did the human race come about?" The Mother answered, "God made Adam and Eve; they had children and, so all mankind was made." A few days later, the little girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, "Many years ago there were monkeys, and we developed from them." The confused girl returns to her mother and says, "Mom, how is it possible that you told me that the human race was created by God , and Papa says we developed from monkeys?" The Mother answers, "Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about the origin of my side of the family, and your father told you about his side." Iron Man, a movie for our entire familyLast Saturday night, we went to see Iron Man at the movies. By we, I mean, my 76 year old mother (who doesn't speak much English), my 14 year old step son, my 16 year old niece, my ten year old nephew and finally my 54 year old brother. Iron Man was a hit with everyone except my mom. I was too busy admiring Robert Downey Jr. to translate the movie for her properly and she has a bad back that makes it hard for her to sit still for over two hours. The only thing I could probably fault the movie with is that it was a bit too long for my taste. Other than the time test, it was excellent. Oh, I forgot to mention that my husband, Robert had already seen the movie as well and had recommended it and so he looked after the baby while we went to the movies. Thanks Robert!!!
Back to Iron Man, I give it two thumbs up. Great plot, incorporating the current political climate; great characters which were played masterfully by the actors. I liked the action scenes; especially when Iron Man goes head to head with the two jet fighters. The demo of Jericho was awe inspiring as well and it was exciting to watch Iron Man break free from the cave and kick some serious ass. The movie combined some thrilling scenes with a sense of humor. Tony Stark's Character wasn't perfect; he had some character flaws like being an alcoholic and a womanizer, but that made him more real and more interesting to watch as he progressed through the film. Flaws or not he was pretty funny. I liked Jeff Bridges as the Iron Monger as well; it was interesting to see him play an evil character, and even though Gwenyth Palthrow sometimes gets on my nerves, she did a beautiful Miss Potts. I kept thinking where I had seen Agent Coulson until I figured out it was Clark Gregg the Ex-husband, from New Adventures of Old Christine. He was great too and showed he has range. The same thing went through my head when I saw Shaun Toub who played Yinsen and then I realized I knew him from the movie Crash. He is a Persian actor and makes me proud.
The last movie I saw in the Theaters was Pirates of the Caribbean (At World's End) almost a year ago. Having a baby somehow gets in the way of the whole movie going business :) I am glad that my first time back at the movies was with Robert Downey Jr. and Iron Man. I've had a crush on him since I was in high school and have followed his career and watched many of the movies he has made since then. I have never been disappointed by his acting and in Iron Man he brings out the big guns (literally :) The funny thing was when we walked out, my niece was commenting that she thought Robert Downey Jr. was hot. She also thinks Johnny Depp is hot. Both of these actors were favorites of my generation and it is a testament to their acting and well let's face it, their charm and good looks, that twenty years later they are still admired by young girls and even not so young girls :) And the boys liked the movie too since it really was a great action flick. So if you are looking for an action movie to entertain the whole family, you can't go wrong with Iron Man.
11 mayo Adding some pink to the white bland of her day...A very special friend of mine was having a special birthday and I was racking my brain trying to figure out what to get her to let her know just how special she was to me. As always, I found the answer where I was not expecting it at all, in my inbox! A blessed soul had read an old blog entry of mine and sent me an email inquiring whether or not I was still interested in finding myself that very special gift, one that could make me and whoever I decided to share it with feel oh-so-very-special. I couldn't believe when I read that she had found two rolls of pink toilet paper from 1970s in a thrift store and was willing to sell it to me for a very small sum. I sent my check to her and in a matter of days and right in time for my friend's birthday, I had my two rolls of pink toilet paper! I put one away for myself for prosperity's sake and wrapped the other one along with the other gifts that I had gotten for her and presented these to her on her birthday. The pink toilet paper was quite a hit! I don't know if either one of us will ever use this almost antique and exotic toilet paper, but it will make for good decoration and of course a good blog story and a great picture! 06 mayo Does Scratched Teflon Cause Cancer?The hot new debate at the Scoble house has nothing to do with Barack or Hillary, or whose turn it is to change the baby's diapers. We are above politics and poop and are talking pots and pans. We are discussing non stick cookware and whether when scratched it can cause cancer or not. I have already gotten rid of a few pots and pans that had scrtches on them, because I think they can cause cancer. Robert says I need to show him scientific proof before throwing away perfectly good pots and pans. Our recycling containers are getting heavy for him to lift :)
I've done some research and while the American Cancer society does not advise against cooking with non-stick pots and pans, they say it is best to avoid using the old and scratched ones. Some environmental and alternative health sites though have lots of negative things to say about non-stick cookware and the checmicals used to make them. So what do you think and what do you use? 05 mayo Happy Cinco De MayoGot this in email and had to share. Apparently what I learned about Cinco de Mayo in history books was wrong.
Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England . In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico , which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York . This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico . But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York . The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was lost. The people of Mexico , who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day. The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course as... Sinko de Mayo Book MemeI've been an avid reader all my life, and being an English major have had to read many books, but recently with the baby haven't had a chance to read much. I am missing that part of my life and have to somehow get that back into my daily life. Thanks to Alfred I found this list and had to fill it out. Looks like I've got some reading to do. I love Toni Morrison, Josef Heller, Nabakov, Virginia Wolfe, and Neil Gaiman. Milan Kundera has to be one of my all time favorite writers. I named my son after him :) I hated having to read Jane Austen for my classes though. I honestly don't know why everyone makes such a big deal about her writing. BORING, that's all I have to say. According to a LibraryThing survey, these 106 works are the
ones most often marked as “unread,” meaning they sit on the shelf to
make you look smart or well-rounded. Here are the rules: Bold the ones you’ve read, underline the ones read solely as a curriculum requirement, italicize the ones you started, but didn’t finish.
The name of the Rose* Don Quixote* Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed Cloud Atlas Ok, it's your turn. 03 mayo How to tell if you are married...Got this via email from a fellow married girlfriend and had to share:
Three women: one engaged, one married and one a mistress, are chatting about their relationships and decided to amaze their men. That night all three will wear black leather bras, stiletto heels and a mask over their eyes.
After a few days they meet up for lunch. The engaged woman: The other night when my boyfriend came over he found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask. He saw me and said, "You are the woman of my life. I love you." Then we made love all night long. The mistress: Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing the leather bodice, heels, mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat he didn't say a word, but we had wild sex all night. The married woman: I sent the kids to stay at my mother's house for the night. When my husband came home I was wearing the leather bodice, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. As soon as he came in the door and saw me he said, "What's for dinner, Batman?" Seven tips for new momsEvery day it seems that I learn something new about parenting since my baby has been born, but these seven things are worth mentioning. So here are a list of seven things I have learned after seven months of being a mother:
Number one--Cradle cap is not one of those cute little pink or blue caps that newborns wear to keep their little cute heads warm and covered. Cradle cap is yellowish, oily, thick and crusty patches on the baby's scalp. It is definitely not cute. They don't know what causes it and though harmless and only lasting for the first few months of life, it's nothing pretty to look at. I hear Tea Tree Oil is helpful.
Number two--Babies can sleep through the loudest musicals, huge parties, and TV and radio blasting off. Their cue to wake up is usually when you silently sit down to take the first bite of your meal.
Number three--It doesn't matter how sound of a sleeper you are; your baby's cry will wake you up. I slept through the Iraqi bomb campaign in Tehran during Iran and Iraq war. When Milan whimpers at night, I jump up.
Number four--No matter how much you think your mom loves you, she will love your baby more. There is no way you can compete. I asked my mom once if Milan resembled me when I was a baby. My mom laughed it off and said, oh no way, he is so much cuter.
Number five--On the other hand, you will appreciate your mom and understand her a lot more, once you become a mother yourself.
Number six--If you are going to go out, change and feed the baby before you put that new outfit on. It is highly possible that the baby might barf on you, pee on you or poop on you. If you are like me, most probably all will happen to you within a few minutes of putting that new outfit on.
Number seven--You can still do everything you did before you had a baby. You just have to plan it, be patient and a lot more flexible. Your life isn't over just because you had a baby. It has just begun. 01 mayo A Can of Diet Pepsi in the Freezer Here's a tip for you, if you want a cold can of diet Pepsi, you can either pour some of it in a glass full of ice or leave the can in the fridge a while before you plan to consume it. Better yet, just don't drink soda. It's not good for you anyway. Yeah I know that is pretty obvious, but what you need to do is realize that never under any circumstances should you leave the said can in the freezer, telling yourself that you will remember to take it out in a few minutes. You may remember to do it a few times, but it is enough just once for you to forget and leave the can there overnight like I did. The sad thing is I don't even drink soda. I left it there for Robert and was going to give to him when I served dinner, but I forgot. The next day when I opened the freezer to get some ice, I was greeted with a frozen black liquid that was splashed all over the freezer. After cursing my own stupidity, the laws of physics, and every single can of soda that exists, diet and regular, I decided to clean the freezer. It was hard to scratch the frozen soda pieces from the freezer. Here's where I had my next brilliant idea which should promptly land me in an episode of Jackass. I thought I would turn the freezer off and wait until it got slushy and soft before removing the splashed soda icicles. So my second tip for you is never do what I just told you that I did. What happened next was that the soda started trickling down all over the freezer, and now everything was black, sticky and requiring lots of effort to clean up. It took me a few hours to clean the freezer and all its contents. I have decided never to bring home a can of soda. I don't care if it was my fault to begin with. |
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