The weekend came and went way too fast. Mike worked at the condo most of Saturday and got home at 3:00 a.m. with paint all over him. He looked like a freak since it was all over his face as well. And, it looked like he had grey hair! (He’s 46 and has NOT ONE grey hair yet!). He’d used a paint sprayer and that’s how he got covered in it since he was doing the ceilings. I gave him a hard time about breathing in the paint mist and letting it get on his skin so much. I’m sure it’s toxic and he’s practically bathing in it! Sigh… will I ever get him to understand these things? Probably not!
On Sunday I went over to help paint and take some update pictures of the condo so we’ll have a good record of the remodeling. Before I started painting, Mike shot this picture of me after he cracked me up about something:
I decided to put my hair up in a figure 8 just to make sure it I didn’t accidentally dip or swish it through some wet paint. The paint came out of Mike’s hair easily, but his is short and I just don’t think it would be so easy to get out of mine. So, up it went and stayed all day. I was wearing my 25-year-old painting overalls (I painted a LOT at my old house) and my old workout/yard shoes. Hmmm... very attractive shoes - NOT. I painted for about 4 hours and then we decided we’d had enough and headed on home. Poor Mike was exhausted. He cooked himself a big ol’ hunk of cow and I had a little chicken and the veggies. I’m still weaning myself off meat altogether. I just have to get organized and get some good recipes and ingredients lined up.
Not too much exciting hair stuff is going on. I haven’t been able to reproduced the nice bun waves I got that first time with the AO stuff, which is disappointing. Here are a couple of pictures at the end of that day, when the waves were mostly gone. What I really liked about my hair that day was the texture of it. Even though the waves disappeared over the day, my hair just hung so nicely and the ends were near-perfect – all moisturized looking and smooth.
I tried it again 3 days later and though the texture was still as nice and it felt amazing, the waves were all catawampus. I wore it down anyway though since it felt so nice. Last night I washed with Jessicurl’s Cleansing Cream and followed with the Aloeba Conditioner and slept with a high bun again. Can products cause such different results? With the Jessicurl products, the waves didn’t form at all and my ends look rough and dry. I couldn’t even wear my hair down today! Hmmm… I’m thinking I need to stick with AO products. I might try a new one of their shampoos soon since I’m almost out of the Island Naturals – though I need to get more of is as well since it works so well for me.
So… I have my hair pulled back with a black leather slide today instead of down like I wanted it. Humph...
I have an awesome treadmill at home now. In fact, it’s in my living room. Mike picked it up from some gym that was closing down a couple of years ago and it’s great! I can set it on a variable speed and hill course and it’s like I’m walking up and down hills. It even knows to adjust the speed when I’m going up a particularly steep hill. Another bonus is that I can do the treadmill in front of Mike if he's home, unlike my Firm tapes - where I really have to concentrate and can't handle an ogler - lol...
Since Mondays are step classes at the gym, I do the treadmill instead and it’s an awesome workout for my heart and lungs (and legs and butt). I don’t like step classes; I have to think too much about where my feet are going to I won’t fall on my face - so it’s stressful for me. I like exercise where I don’t have to concentrate that much on that sort of thing. I don’t mind concentrating on lifting a weight or pushing it to the degree I want though. Plus, I really don’t think step classes are that good for the knees.
Since Elena pointed me to some information on soymilk, I’ve switched to almond and oat milk. It’s still processed stuff, which I don’t like, but it’s better than real milk - and soy too, I’m quite sure. It tastes fine and I think the oat is what I’ll use most for now. I never drink it plain; it’s always in a smoothie or I use it for cooking. And, Wildhoney has me interested in almond flour. I've found some online, but want to see if I can find any locally.
