I Am Not My Hair, The Finale

Here's a pic of my hair before (I was dancing at a bar with friends. I'm the one in silver). It's not a good one, I'm actually having a much harder time finding one of my hair down than I thought. But, I think you can tell there was a massive amount of hair. It was past my elbows and very, very thick. Sad thing is, all I ever do is wear a pony tail, a braid, or a messy bun similar to this. Boring.

So yesterday, I went with Sara and Kira and chopped it off to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. I think I cut off about a foot. I haven't measured or gotten pics yet. I will before I send out all three of our sets of pony tails tomorrow.

So now, I have this tiny little pony tail that I need to use a clip to keep up!

Definitely the smallest I can remember. I think it's shorter now that it has been since I was in third or fourth grade. and it's much shorter than I expected as well. I'm still deciding how I feel about it, but most say they like it.

This is the back without the pony tail. This illustrates why I'm not sure I like it yet or not. The curl that's in my hair makes it very unruly now. Much crazier than I'm used to!

Overall, I'm getting used to it. It's okay. It looks much better with my face than I thought it would, as long as it'll stay behind my ears! This is the fourth time I've donated, and the first time I didn't go into it apprehensive. You can read a little more about the past experiences here.

So...I suck

Since I haven't done this blog thing at all, I'm taking a new direction with it. I want to garden, for many reasons, and think I have finally discovered how I might get that done on my tiny, over-landscaped little plot of land. I will attempt to chronicle that journey here. Let's hope it works. For a journalism major, you'd think I'd find writing a little easier. Unfortunately my over-scheduling gene takes precedent in my life.

To make this work, I've taken on this challenge.


I've made a few resolutions stemming from this idea:

1. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a bit of a picky eater. So I have vowed to try and expand my food varieties. I have already successfully incorporated asparagus and broccoli (covered in cheese or sauce) into my diet and, as of this week, have consumed green beans, barley, red beans and lentils without my body completely rejecting them...good start I think. I'm hoping that if I grow my own veggies, I'll feel too guilty to not eat them!
2. I also want to expand on my limited knowledge of preserving food. Having my own food to preserve will make it easier.
3. With a garden comes an assortment of lovely things, including compost. I want to successfully expand on my poor little compost pile. I don't tend mine at all, and it shows. So this year I want to maintain my compost pile and use it successfully to grow food!
4. Another by-product of gardening is a lower food bill. My resolution for this is along the lines of lowering bills, paying down debt and saving more. Our finances aren't exactly in the greatest shape right now, as are most of the country I'm sure, and I hope this will help.
5. Take more pictures to share! I have a very good point and shoot camera that takes wonderful pictures, especially outside, so now I'd like to share my visual world a little more with everyone. Here's a sneak peak of our pond...it's just gorgeous I think! I've also got some lovely flowers and unintentional mushrooms. So a good start I think!

So there it is. We'll see how this goes :)