Friday Faves

Better late than never...

1. baby snuggles (this may be on the list for quite some time!) 

2. Jurassic Park in 3D with my lil' bro

3. Beautiful sunshine

4. SLEEP (umm...can you tell I'm sleep deprived!??)

5. Holding my daughter's hand at her request as we walk to the library (one hand holding hers and the other pushing the stroller...she rarely asks to hold my hand so this is precious!)

6. Long weekends with the hubby home

That's it for now...thanks for stopping by...
The following picture is what happens when my daughter plays around with the ipad:

Tired Tuesday

My motivation to blog has returned, but my desire to clean has not.

Monday Makeover

This one will probably be short, since my daughter will be waking up soon...ha, she's up!

So, I've entered the transition phase of "no poo"  I have some greasiness, but not too bad.

Instead of focusing on that makeover.  I'm going to focus on a lamp makeover since my daughter went shopping at my mom's garage sale. She fell in love with a new lamp shade.

I took this lamp:

And, changed out the lamp shade.

One of the easiest makeovers ever! And, my daughter loves her new lamp!

Friday Faves

These are my Friday faves, I was not paid to promote any of these items:

1. Baby snuggles

2. Six Sisters Stuff Papa Murphy's copy-cat gourmet vegetarian pizza with creamy garlic sauce

3. Pantene curl enhancer spray gel (on the days I air dry my hair this is the only product I use). Seriously, I LOVE this product

4. Burt's Bees intense hydration cream cleanser with clary sage

5. E.L.F. eye shadow(sold at Target)

Monday Makeover: No Poo

Ok, so I'm not sure how much I'll be posting to this blog, but I'm gonna try. Here goes...

Have any of you out there heard about "no poo"? Well, I recently read about it and my first thought was that's gross. First of all, anything with poo in it doesn't sound enticing to a mother of a newborn. Changing diapers all the time just makes me think of poop. I'm sure I just grossed out many of you, LOL!

However, the concept of not shampooing kept me coming back to google searches to read more and watch videos. 

 My thoughts were,

not washing your hair...way gross

but...the idea intrigued me.

 I continued reading and there's plenty of recipes for a baking soda wash and apple cider vinegar rinse. AND, it is supposed to be good for curly hair. Which I have.

Since moving back to the Portland area, my hair has felt dry and I've gotten tired of wasting money trying new products. And, I didn't want to pay salon prices for shampoo. Other people who "no poo" want to avoid the chemicals in shampoos. That wasn't what drew me to give this a try.

I have been shampoo free for a week and a half now.  I'm waiting for the transition period to begin...but it would be super awesome if it didn't!

Week 1 observations:

Hair dries faster

Curls better

Softer than ever before

Generally feels healthier
Using less product(more about this on Friday)  

I followed the recipe that's in this video: Ashley's Green Life: No Poo Method
I would love to hear from those who are currently using the "no poo" method!
And make sure to check out Leah Gillen's site for her Makeover Monday post.

Coming soon....

Monday Makeover

and

Friday Faves

January 30

Our son, John, was born on 1/30/2013

Weighing 10 pounds 4 ounces

22 3/4 inches long