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Monday, August 31, 2009

I wonder if her house is clean...


After moving into a pretty dirty place I pulled out my Queen of Clean books to give me a hand. I think these books are really useful so I thought I would let you know about them if you've never heard. The Queen of Clean has devoted her life to finding the best ways to clean things. She has written a bunch of books, Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean, Talking Dirty Laundry With the Queen of Clean, A Queen for All Seasons, and The Queen of Clean Conquers Clutter. She has also compiled all these into one big book called How the Queen Cleans Everything. For those of you who know me well you know these books are my kind of reading material!
She pretty much tells you what the best way is to clean pretty much anything. An added bonus, most of the products she uses are natural (baking soda, vinegar, etc.). Now all I need is the motivation to keep everything clean! Any ideas with that one?


Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Since we are talking about hair...

My sister sent me this link for a blog about fixing little girl's hair. She doesn't maintain the site anymore but there are still tons of ideas on it. Some of them look a bit fancy and I'm not sure Eliza would hold still that long but maybe someday?
http://shedoeshair.blogspot.com/
If anyone knows of any other sites like this one could you send it to me. I'm always looking for new ideas for Eliza's hair. OR, (I know this is a lot to ask) if you can send me a picture of your favorite way of fixing your kids hair (boy or girl) maybe I can make a post on here of good hair ideas for the kiddos.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Help My Hair!!!

For those of you who don't know, I just barely moved from Oregon to Virginia and I have encountered two problems with my hair. One problem I expected, the other I did not. Problem number one-I have naturally frizzy hair by nature. That combined with humidity and it is a bit of a disaster. Anyone have a frizz product that they swear by? It would be great to have something that works when my hair is curly and something that works when I want my hair to be straight. (Although, I might have to give that up for a while if I can't find anything to help.)
My second problem is the worst. I am used to getting out of the shower and running a pick easily through my wet hair. Its never tangled or knotted. It just easily slides down. Since I moved into this house, when I get out of the shower my hair is a tangled mess. It takes me ten minutes to comb through it, section by section. Its really awful and I am not sure why it is like that. My only guess is it has to be the water. I can't really figure out anything that could make that big of a difference. I am using the some conditioner I was using before I moved. I even bought a new bottle just to be sure. Does anyone have any idea what I can do for this or any idea of what could be causing this besides the water? If I can't fix it I might just buzz my head one day so please help!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Next thing I know he'll be going off to college...

OK-I'm back now. We are all moved and everything is mostly unpacked (but still very messy). Of course, it will take me a super long time of working on the house until I feel comfortable in it but at the worst of it is behind me!
Which means....
...Time for blogging again :)
Here is my newest question for everyone out there:
Tyson starts full day kindergarten in a few weeks. I gotta be honest, I'm a little freaked out. I had absolutely no problems dropping him off at preschool but that seemed so different; small class with two teachers, only a few hours a couple of times a week. Now he will go to school for 6 1/2 hours 5 days a week and he just turned 5 a month ago! I am wondering if anyone has any tips for me on how to make the transition easier for both of us. Or maybe even stories you have when your children started school, so I know what to be prepared for. It is crazy that he is going to school already. I still can barely believe it!