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September is looking good!

by SymoneFLeave a Comment on September is looking good!

I can tell you now that for the next 5 weeks you probably won’t hear from me much. I may post a picture or two and blog about once or twice. I never imagined that September would be as busy as it’s looking! We are having an impromptu visit from my sister-in-law, my parents arrive on our wedding anniversary and stay for almost two weeks then we go home for a wedding *phew*! I just booked a spa day for us to celebrate our anniversary so I can have a few hours of bonding/relaxing time with my husband in between the craziness.

For once, I’m not stressed (surprise!). I’ve been occupying myself with getting rid of boxes in my apartment and I think when that is done then I may stress about everything but I can truly say I’m in a place right now where, I can’t wait to see those who are coming and to enjoy their company. Everything will work out. I’ve also been shopping up a storm.. I don’t know if that means I’m redirecting subconscious stress or if I’m just being naughty lol.

I feel like I’ve been neglecting my blog, but I’ve been so occupied with other things that finding the time to blog has been pretty hard. Late nights and early mornings haven’t been very nice but I don’t think I should ever be complaining about how much I have going on when at one point I didn’t have much going on. Life is great, I have no complaints whatsoever. I guess the following quotes somewhat describe where I am, and I will continue to work on being happy and living life to the fullest. 🙂

Real Simple

 

Real Simple

xx

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iFlew

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About two days ago, my husband told me we’d been invited to indoor skydiving and I was excited but my stomach hurt at the thought of it. I have a fear of heights and as much as I wanted to do this, I didn’t. With that said, I don’t remember much of how the top of the tunnel looked or the bottom because I refused to look! We went to iFly Seattle in Tukwila and it was a group of 12 of us (there is a discount for groups of 12). I was the most hesitant but apparently I did the best when the time came to fly. We watched a short video to let us know about the hand signals our instructor would be using as well as how important for us to relax.

If today had a theme, it was “conquer your fears” and that I sure did.

Enough chit chat! Enjoy the pics!

 

xx

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Team #NoWeave

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As you know I’m in the process of growing out my hair. With every visit to the hairdresser, I’m confronted with whether or not I should do a random chop but at the same time I get excited about seeing the length. I promised my nephew I’d grow it so I’m doing just that. I still want to chop it off though… Anyway my weekly routine goes like this:

  • wash
  • blow-dry
  • flat iron
  • flat iron once/twice during the week until the next wash (depending on if it was a curly or flat style).

I’m fortunate to have very thick hair that holds a style, and even if it did drop a little, it still looks like there is some sort of styling going on. As part of team #noweave I try to post pictures on my Instagram (Symonef) when I do my hair. Dark and Lovely even liked my pic so there was more inspiration for me! The first pic is what I did to rectify some curls gone wrong. I twisted and pinned a few sections to the top of my head overnight and the next day it looked pretty crazy, so I just tucked and pinned until it looked like I made an effort.

This one was when I went to San Francisco for a few days. I washed my hair the day I was leaving and gave it a little wave that I wouldn’t have to do anything with it for the rest of the trip. And I didn’t! As the curl dropped and stayed in some places, I just pinned the front back and kept it cute. It was also prior to the fresh highlights I got that you can see in the pic above.

Growing out your hair doesn’t have to be a painful process. I find it interesting because I’m forced to see what styles suit my face and style accordingly as well as play with highlights and layers. I don’t know where I’d be without my highlights and layers! I’ll post another pic after my next wash when I just do it “flat”. Patience is key when dealing with hair but there is nothing more rewarding than receiving compliments for you hair and what you did on your own to your hair with regards to styling it. If our hair is our main point of beauty, then wouldn’t you wish for it to be yours as much as possible?

I’m off to order a stick vacuum and run some errands. Have a wonderful afternoon until next time.

xx