Curly hair dilemmas

If you have curly hair, you can relate to title of this post.

You know what it's like to get your hair wet in the middle of the day and be miserable for the rest of the day because your hair is ruined. You know how annoying it is to check on your hair until it dries and be disappointed with that one little strand that just couldn't cooperate and copy all the other strands. You know how awesome it feels when it's humid and you can feel your hair spontaneously growing as the day wears on.

Having curly is like being in a cult. Curly-haired people know what it's like to have untamable locks, and when we see another curly-haired person having a bad hair day, we can't help but feel a little twang of hurt for them (and relief that it's someone else this time around).

Where am I going with this?

Oh right. Products.

I was always worried about having a disasterous curly hair day until I found this product:


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Marc Anthony Strictly Curls. It's amazing. I love it. My hair looks naturally tamed. It's not sticky or too hairspray-like like so many other curl enhancers that are out there today. It smells like lemons. And, and this is the best part, you only have to use a little for it to work.

I have very thick hair; like very thick. My hair stylist always tells me that my hair's so beautiful, but she feels bad for my head because it probably never gets enough oxygen. But this product seems to cover it all. Even with just a little dollop in my palm my whole head is curly and worry-free.

I just needed to tell people about this fab product. I really hope that it'll continue to work as the weather gets hotter and more humid... stay tuned!

M

Rusty

I just wanted to write a little blog about my Rusty dog. There isn't much to say because everybody who knows me knows that I love him to death. He's my first little baby and I just can't believe how much I love him, but who wouldn't with a face like that?



This weekend M and I took Rusty for a walk through the Quarry and we saw some fox. It was so funny because they looked just like Rusty did when he was a little baby. Everybody always asks (jokingly, of course) if rusty is a fox because of the similiarities... so naturally we call him our little fox.

Well here are some other pictures of Rusty because who doesn't like to look at an adorable little face?!

Sleepy baby

He's a wild one!

  

Let me in!!!

 Cheers!

  M

Going, going, gone.

It's April 19th and as all my CreComm friends know, that means that we are a week away from being officially done with the first year of CreComm.

All that's left is a meeting with our IPP advisor and then we'll be on our way to make some serious (and seriously needed) money and living at the beach on the weekend - well I will be anyway.

This year was different than what I thought it would be, but it was also a lot better than I thought it would be. It's been a big year and a busy year, but I actually feel like I've actually accomplished something, which I didn't always feel after a year of university.

I met some great people and made some even better firneds. I'm planning a small raod trip with a couple girls from both my semester one and two class and I'm so stoked - we're going to have such a great time!

I'm not nearly as nervous to go into second year CreComm as I was earlier this year. I feel prepared and sometimes I even get excited when I think about it. Today I can't wait to start, but I think I can manage waiting for the next 4 months.

I'm so happy with the way this year turned out. I have great marks in all my classes (and on all of my exams, I hope), I'm one university course away from being a university graduate, I have an amazing family, fantastic boyfriend, great friends, and the cutest darn dog any girl could ever ask for. I feel so special and happy about everything and I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I feel for the first time ever that I'm on the right track. I'm so excited to see what next year has to offer and am very excited to spend my summer worry-free.

Cheers to all the CreComms who made it through a nerve-wrecking, but wonderful first year.

M

Easter eggs

Hi guys,

This is a bit of a late post, but I just had to show people what I did. 

Every year my parents put on Easter dinner at our house. It's always a good time, but it is a stressful day. Any sort of dinner party or party in general is always a stressful time. But Easter is a big one, and in a family of people who want everything to be perfect, it's just that much more stressful. 

Anyway, this year I wanted to contribute to the dinner for the first time in couple years and I found this idea on Pinterest. It's devilled Easter eggs! My mom and I made them the day before and they turn out so well (and were SO tasty)! 

Here's the picture I took (in order) in case you ever want to try them for yourself!

Mmmmmm! So good! 

Have a great week and weekend!
 M

Cryer

UGH!

I've always been a bit of a push over. Always.

I don't remember a time when I wasn't. In elementary I was bullied by girls so badly that to this day I have vivid memories of sitting at my little desk with my little head in my little hands and crying in front of everyone.

That was why I was bullied. I was a cryer.

I didn't cry over everything, but when someone was being mean I just couldn't control myself. I would get so upset and instantly cry.

I hate that about myself. I always have. I used to fight with my parents and I would be furious about something (probably being told to do something I didn't want to) and just wanted to show them how 'grown up' and 'mature' I was by standing my ground and not cry, but it never worked. I always cried (and I rarely won the fight).

These days I'm not really any different. I don't often fight with my parents, but when I do the second I get defensive or mad, I have to grind my teeth because the tears are coming.

I'm learning more and more now, as I grow up, that being overly sensitive and being a cryer is not something that will help me in this life. I don't want to be cynical and I definitely don't want to be a hard *ss, but I have to learn the healthy medium. It's hard. What is the healthy medium? How do you know?

I'm learning, very slowly.

The UGLY tan

Hi all,

I'm changing up the pace today and I'm going to write a little bit of a rant post.

So everyone who knows me knows that I hate overly  orange-tanned people. Not in a normal "Eww they're gross," kind of way, but in an "I have an overwhelming desire to throw a bag a cheetos at you and show how it's not normal to match their orange-ness." 

Maybe it's overkill, of course everyone's allowed to look whatever way they please - even if that means being hideous - but I just can't get over it. 

If you know me well you also know that this profound hatred of the 'orangies' stems from experience with one specific orange person. It's unfortunate that along with ruining her own skin (and appearance - which was awful to begin with, but that's beside the point), she ruined what could have been an appreciation for people who dare to be different and take on the strange responsibility of being the orange person in a group... nah. I'd still hate it.

Anyway, I'm just feeling a little mean today and felt like getting it out on 'paper'. I don't understand the compulsion to be overly tanned and I definitely don't understand the purpose behind constantly being orange. I mean seriously, learn from your mistakes, it will never look nice. But at the same time, enjoy your premature wrinkles while this pale girl enjoys her unsun-spotted skin and her sunscreen buying obsession.

Here's some memes...

Melissa Davies' Pinterest

Rachel Elizabeth's Pinterest

Happy Easter friends

  M

Disney! Disney! Disney!

Hi guys,

How's everybody's week so far? Good, I hope. It's spring-y out there, I feel all uplifted!

Well, it was bound to happen - I'm surprised that I haven't written about it sooner - this is the Disney blog.

I went to Disney World with my family over Reading Week, and it was amazing. Just amazing. I love Disney World - everyone who knows me knows that - and this trip was the best one yet. We've been there as a family three times so far and honestly I could back every year for the rest of my life and I think it would just keep getting better.

I think the reason it's so amazing, aside from the amazing rides, the great food, and the nicer-than-anything-staff, is the fact that I get to spend so much concentrated time with my family.

The first time we went to Disney we went for two weeks. Well we were in Disney for eights days, Universal for two, Sea World for one, and then capped the vacation off with a 4 days cruise. It was amazing, and we made so many fantastic memories.

The next time we just went for a week, but it was also amazing. We ate so much and walked so much and laughed so much, it was just all around fantastic.

This time we went for a week again and spent a day in Universal Studios. We had to see Harry Potter and OMG I'm so glad we did. I love Harry Potter land!

But anyway, I loved the time with my family. We all get along well, but we travel together amazingly. No fights, no nothing like that. It was great. And because everyone's so busy with their day-to-day while we're home it was nice to just relax and catch up on this vacation.

I really just wanted to write this so that I could show you some pictures... so here you go!

Have a great weekend!
  M