Addie’s House 2
Posted: November 11, 2014 Filed under: Arkansas, Parenting | Tags: arkansas, farm house, House renovation 2 CommentsBack to Arkansas where the only time I think about my hair is to check for spiders before calling it a day. How about a little look inside? Truthfully we still haven’t had the opportunity to fully assess the inside of the house. A family member uses the house for storage and until we get everything moved out, we’re not really sure about how everything looks within.
Part of the back room of the house.
Talk about the land of the lost, this house seems to be where things go to be forgotten, but try to look past the stuff and get a glimpse of the floor……I’m sensing some interesting things there.
Here’s the other side of the room, whoa look at that natural light streaming through the bathroom.
Time to roll up our sleeves and get cleaning.
Child labor is highly helpful, you should see this kid suck up the dearly departed wasps with the shop vac! Who needs video games with fun like that?!
Many, many sweaty hours later we were able to clean out three rooms. This whole exercise was a huge motivation for living simply!
Hey, where’d the kids go?
What the……
Nothing quite like building traps in the sand-like Arkansas soil while tethering yourself to the porch!
What else sounds like fun?
Sawing some stuff down?
Sure, never done that before!
So much harder than I imagined!
Just keep breathing, arms must keep moving. It’s gotta come down eventually….
That little 2 inch tree was my Everest, so darn proud of myself!
Lastly, found this little inspiration for the house “skirt”. We will probably only be able to do this in the front and use lattice around the sides and back, but I think it’ll compliment the house perfectly.
photo via the internet
Hope you’re enjoying our Arkansas adventures, until next time!
Oh hair balls!
Posted: November 4, 2014 Filed under: Me | Tags: 1987, bon jovi, curly hair, curly hair straight, Hair, thermal solution 2 Comments
Curly Me.
Hair is a weird thing. On one hand, it’s just hair right, what’s the big deal? On the other it’s YOU, one of your most distinguishing features at least. I’m the girl with the curly hair, so much so that I’m deemed unrecognizable by friends when I straighten my hair.
Curly.
Straight….wait who are you again??
Recently I gave my curls a break, I just needed a change, something that would stick around longer than a blowout. The thing with hair, particularly curly hair is it’s a whole darn thing. It’s like an outfit and accessory all in one, sitting on top of your head. A constant party is happening above my neck and it’s completely unpredictable. You go to sleep one way and wake up with a different head of hair – forget about factors like weather changes, pffffff, it’s crazy. There are benefits too, don’t get me wrong. Curly hair is fairly low maintenance – less washing, prefers to air dry (when possible). When it’s long you can usually pull off a hair knot sans accessories – it just stays! And all of your straight haired friends LOVE your curls.
Now with my straighter, albeit slightly fried, locks I did get the much needed change I was waiting for. Since things are simpler and a bit more predictable above the shoulders I find myself experimenting with my clothes – more pattern, more color, different silhouettes. Fun stuff! But I lost the healthy shine and the ability to just wash and go unless it’s 1987 and I’m with Bon Jovi.
Bon Jovi 1987.
image via google
The verdict: Am I happier with the overall outcome? Yes………no………yes, most of the time.
Oh hair balls!!!!!!
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