Alexandra's List of Top Hair Products 2008

Favorite for Thick/Coarse and Curly hair: Aveda Brilliant Universal Styling Creme. Seriously, this product has saved my life a few times...if you have coarse hair it is magic! Also, love to use with up-do's. Makes hair shiny and gives it just a little hold.

Favorite Straightening Product: Sexy Hair Darn Straight. This product works wonders for frizzies and fly-aways. It works well when just blow-drying also. Not heavy at all because it is more of a light lotion consistency. Love it!

Favorite Mouse: GHD Volumizing Mouse. I am in love with this stuff! I love the smell, how it works, everything!

Favorite Pomade for Men (or women): Aveda Mens Grooming Clay. Favorite Conditioner: Kenra Moisturizing. This also, smells delicious like banana runts, a cousin correctly pointed out to me.

Favorite Shampoo: Nolita Moisturizing. I am in love with this stuff! Not only does it smell good, it leaves your hair feeling amazing! But of course, of course, this brand has been discontinued leaving me sad and lonely for more...(good thing i went on a lot of websites and ordered many) ( i only use them on special occasions and holidays)

Favorite Leave-in Conditioning Treatment: Pravana Hydrating Intense Leave-in Treatment. I love best that it is a spray, that way you can use a lot or a little, and you are in complete control. I feel that with lotions or cremes you tend to use too much. This smells really good, like candy! Favorite All around Hairspray: Aveda Pure Abundance. Firm hold, yet not crunchy or sticky. I love it best when used with backcombing.

Thermal protection: Rusk Thermal Shine Spray. Works wonders when flat ironing, smells delicious also.

Curly Beach/don't care today product: GHD Sea Spray. Compare to Bumble and Bumble Sea spray, this is lighter and not as sticky so you can mold and move through out the day.

My NEW favorite for everything: Sebastian Whipped Creme. It smells SOO yummy! Gets an A++ just for being alive.

These are a few of my favorite things..

People keep asking me what i want for Christmas, but when i am put on the spot like that i can never remember.....here are some things i not only want, but need as well.....

Josh and I are in need of some really good kitchen cutlery. The knives we have are from IKEA and will not even cut the cheese correctly... that is how impossible they are..

Sadly, my trusty ol Rainbow flip flops that are suppose to last a lifetime failed yesterday when the right one broke....i wear them everyday and even though they have a lifetime guarantee, i don't want to send them in.....I bought them at the actual Rainbow factory 5 years ago....I've worn then just about everyday since....i am in desperate need of replacements...

For those of you who know me, you may or may not know that i am in love with music! I LOVE MUSIC! Just one itunes gift card would be more than enough...there are so many new bands and singers i have discovered but cant bring myself to buy due to lack of funds....

I've always wanted a really cool shnazey leather bomber jacket and i have seen some really cute ones this year...

But, more than anything, i want my baby....this one isn't "the one" but isn't it cute! I just am tired of waiting and everything.....I know for a fact this is something i will not get by Christmas, but when it comes down to it, everything else is just everything else, i don't really want anything but our baby......hopefully by some miracle, we will hear back from Ethiopia by then.....but if not, we will still be here waiting for what really matters most to us right now...

You only live once, and it will grow back!

This is Leigh Lezark. She is the D.J. for the MisShapes and I have always loved her style...and her hair ofcourse. I keep telling myself when i cut my hair, i am going to cut it like hers...so i am going to take the plunge and do it...hopefuly sometime this week or next!

UPDATE:

On Thursday at 2:00 p.m. we will be at our last home study! I still have some little things to take care of with our dossier, but they are minor and i am hoping i get them done this week! It is my goal! I don't know why i have been so lazy about it, you would think i would just be on top of everything...but the truth is, i feel defeated when i cant do everything all at once, somethings i have to wait for things and that just irritates me! But i am not going to let all these official documents scare me anymore and hopefully be completely finished with the paper work by next week!

WARNING not for the faint of heart...

See this drink up yonder... i dont believe in energy drinks and i rarely drink pop so i have to find stuff to drink thats yummy because although i love water to pieces, sometimes i just need some taste! So i found these, and Yerba Mate is an herb that enhances any other herb you place it with...i got these drinks originally for Josh because he drinks way to much pop and energy drink and these are a better alternative.....well i drank half of one about 3 hours ago and i still am feeling it.....i cant stop moving....my muscles are anxiously awaiting some movement if i dont move....on top of that we are going to the ASU football game and i believe that i will have no problem getting into the game and yelling and screaming actually sound really good to me right now.....

Faith is something hoped for but not seen...

Good morning! I found these words of wisdom in a newsletter i get every once and a while and i think they are very helpful!

Time: Remember that things are not static. Hardship is always followed by prosperity. In times like these, try to "go with the flow" -- cut down expenses, prioritize, and appreciate what you still have until the storm is gone.

Let your warrior kill your worrier. Worrying about the future only drains us of the energy we need to build our future. Instead, fully focus on your present: do what you need to do today to ensure a better tomorrow.

Hope. Instead of doubting life, we need to give it some credit. We all have a lesson to learn behind every pain we suffer. If you believe in a "Higher Power," this is the time to put faith above fear. If things were always well, how else would we strengthen our faith? And if your faith is in your own power, this is an opportunity to put it to work.

Dream

The night was young, the air just cold, the street lights reflected in the wet of the cobblestone ground when josh and i were running away. We were running fast, though i know not what from, but i didn't feel as though we were in trouble..... i do know that we were running from someone....all the sudden i open my eyes and i am laying on the damp cobblestone ground....i see around me the street lamps, a park with a little black rod-iron fence surrounding, a white chapel with tall white spires.....from the uneven altered cracks of the stone my hand lifts a key, not just any key. This one is beautiful, its very medieval antique looking and encrusted with rubies. I gaze at it in awe and happiness feels me, i know not what they key goes to exactly, but i do know i found something i will need....

Suddenly, we are at a wedding in the park, we are dressed as the bride and groom but i know that we are not the ones who are getting married, we are simply disguised. the lady priest knows this and when she finds out, i hand her the black handgun from my hand and, again, josh and i start running, this time through the park in late afternoon. i can see my dress flowing as we run and his dress shirt untucked, disheveled and tie unlooped....the park was overcast but not cloudy, there was not warmth in the air, but also not cold either....the people were chasing us, or maybe just running with us...i am not scared or tired or confused, but i run....i notice the trees have lost there leaves but they are still beautiful...i feel as though we are in England or Europe somewhere....

The End