Bones, Aladdin, and Some Hats

Good morning, afternoon, or evening.  I have a new obsession... the song "One Jump Ahead" from Disney's Aladdin.  It is absolutely wonderful, and I have nothing more to say about it!  Aladdin has such a great voice and the tune is just so catchy.  :]]  {I can't believe I'm raving on and on about this.}  Here's the video, you must watch it.  I command you.

January 1st, {New Year's} was my birthday and my dad gave me two things that I asked for, The Christy TV series from the 90's and my *favorite* TV show ever, Bones.  Yes, it may not be the best TV show in the world for younger viewers as it's kind of gross and inappropriate at times, but it is wonderful.  Really, that makes it OK, right?  No, not really.  But I still love it.  I just received the second part today, which is the first three seasons on Bones.  I have seen almost all of them, I imagine... but I still want to be able to watch them whenever I want.  It's wonderful!  I love my Bones!  

Hats.  Hats?  Hats.  I'm not a hat-person.  I'm told they look nice on me, but I don't know.  Anyways, I have two hats that I own.  They're pretty much exactly the same except for different colors.  Since I practiced rolling my own hair last night, I have curly hair again {yay!}.  I thought that with the curly hair the hats would look nice, so here are some pictures of me in my {cute} hats.

 This hat I received as a gift a few years ago... it was handmade!

  I got this hat at JC Penney last January.  It didn't have a tag and it was the last one, 

so I got it for only .99!  Woohoo!

Do you like my look?  I think it's very cute.  I'm still wearing the pink one.  We took Fritzy to the vet today to... well... get him snipped.  Poor guy.  I'm tagging along, and I figured this cute hat would be appropriate for the cold weather.  Also, how do you like my new header?  I made it last night/this morning.  I think it's pretty, though Elle would tell you otherwise.  We don't exactly have the same taste.   {At all.}  Well, as Tigger would say, "Ta-ta for now!"

 

It Iced... in SC?

Just found out the my first public speaking class AND my doctor's appointment are canceled due to the weather.  Which wouldn't be so bad, but I got hardly any sleep wearing my new big rollers last night so that I'd have pretty hair for today.  Which I do, but now I have no one to show it to.  No, I'll show it to you!  Here's a picture...

Not the best picture, I know.  But I'm not the most photogenic gal in the world.

So as for the weather, you probably guessed that it's icy outside.  Which it is.  But it's not REALLY icy, it's just dripping off of things.  My mom went out earlier and she said that there wasn't any ice on the roads.  Which is why it really irks me that we don't have class today.  Yes, I did just say it irks me.  I'm irked.  But let me tell ya, it has been cold down here.  Like, in the 30's.  Cold.  This morning weather.com said, "Temperature: 30 Feels Like: 20."  {Brrrr...}  As my dear friend Jenna would say, "Global warming in action!"  I agree.  {Brrr!!}  It rained a lot last night, which is why there's a bunch of ice.  Well actually, it kinda... er... ice-rained?  Don't get me wrong, I'm an Iowan at heart... but I don't know that... terminology?  {I'll go with that!}  Haha!  You Northeners with four feet of snow are probably rolling your eyes at me right now.  Well don't.  This isn't a laughing matter, it's cold!  It shouldn't get below 50 degrees in South Carolina.  Ever.  But I did make sure to get plenty of pictures of the icicles.  

 I thought that the ice in all of the wholes was pretty.  :]]

 It is quite a rare sight to see icicles in South Carolina!  Actually, no.  That's a lie.  If you get up to Columbia and Greenville then it snows and ices, but not around Charleston {and under}.  Hehe, the pampas grass in the background looks pretty sad, doesn't it?  

A Simple Farmgirl: Photo Contest Entry

Here is my entry for "A Simple Farmgirl" 2011 photo contest.  I took this picture of my curl after taking rollers out of my hair one day.  :]]  I really like the picture, I think it turned out really nice.

Here's the button for her site.  :]]

How do you like the picture?

~Alyssa

These Past Days

I know, I know.  It's been 3 days since I posted.  I've been slack, but I have good reason.  More or less.

But I have been busy, really!  It's not my fault that I lead such an interesting life that I can't take 20 minutes out of my totally packed schedule to write a blog post.  I just haven't got the time.  It's snowing in South Carolina!  (awkward change of subject)  Yes, it's true!  For the second time this year (remember back in February?)!  This is an amazing weather phenomenon!  What's supposed to happen once every ten years has now occurred TWICE in this marvelous year, 2010.  I think we should have a party.  Anyone interested?

 Some light flurries.  :]]

 A little recap of what's been going on these past days I've been offline:

December 24th-- After I slept with my curls, my hair looked even more amazing than it had the previous day.  I got some sunglasses and shoes from Cato and a cute new pink sweater from Walmart. 

My new sunglasses-- I truly love them! 

My pur-dy curly/wavy hair.  Perfect for hitting the town!

On Christmas Eve we also got a new kitty named Fritzy.  Well, that's his nickname.  His full name, you may ask?  Bailey's Ragdolls Lord Fritzgerald.  Yes, a truly remarkable name for a truly remarkable cat.   (Barnie's full name?  Clarkston Rag's Sir Barnabas)  Though Fritzy is a very timid, shy kitty.  He's spent his days hiding under my parents bed (we're keeping him in their bedroom the first week or so).  He's very sweet and very soft, but he's also very shy.  He probably didn't like the fact that the first day we had to comb out his matts and wash his tail.  The breeder didn't keep up on grooming him-- he was dirty.  :[[

Here's a not-very-good picture of him before he darted under the bed.  He's going to be a lot darker than that.  Barnie is a blue bicolor, meaning that his fur will be a dark-ish gray in certain places.  Fritzy is a seal bicolor, meaning that he will turn dark brown in places.

December 25th-- Nothing.  We basically just sat around the house.  We didn't do gifts or anything for Christmas, just watched TV.  Fritzy was our present!  :]

Decmber 26th (today)-- Went over to hang out with Grandma Barb while she was staying at her friend, Laurie's who is out of town visiting her daughter.  We baked ginger snap cookies (not hard, very soft!  really delicious!) and pumpkin bread pudding, which was also good.  I ate so much dessert today though that ever since 3:00 I've felt like I was going to throw up.  No lie.  But we did go to Goodwill today.  That was when it started snowing!  I didn't get anything, but Grandma got a few books for my cousin, Xander.  

Am I not adorable?

~Alyssa

Curly hair? No problem!

If you are like me and want to change your hair up a little bit sometimes (over the holidays, for special occasions, etc...) without damaging your hair with a straight iron, look no further!  I used to use a hot curling iron to curl my hair (like most girls) but I was tired of getting split ends faster and having damaged hair.  I don't know about you, but I wish I still had the hair I had when I was four!  Anyways, the way that I get uber-curly hair minus the iron is with rollers.  

Yes, you read correctly.  And yes, they may look silly.  And yes, they can be a pain.  But yes, they do make your hair super, duper curly.  Plus-- there's no damaging effects.  It's what all the cool cats are doing nowadays.  Here's what I did to achieve beautiful hair this morning...


Last night-- I showered.  I waited until my hair was no longer sopping wet.  When my hair was slightly damp I had Grandma put them in (1" rollers from Wally World).  **When putting in rollers, make sure the roller on the very top of your head is not to one side.  You don't want the rollers to be parted at all!!!**  


This morning-- I took the rollers out.  I usually take them out starting at the bottom and ending at the top.  That way you won't be pushing all the curls around trying to undo the rollers at the bottom.

 I know, I look like Shirley Temple and the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz!  Haha!

 Next Step-- Brush through your curls.  Not a whole lot!  Just the ends.  If you want to, you can leave it like this.  To me it looks kind of 20's.  I think it's pretty for a nice occasion.  **If you have any amount of bangs then you can do what I did here.  Just push the top curl to the side or behind your ear.

Last Step-- Pull it back in a ponytail.  It will be bumpy, but that's the look I personally like.  It's a great holiday look, or if you're just going out shopping!  **NO HAIRSPRAY IS NEEDED!  When you use the rollers, the curl stays in all day and into the next!!!




Also, a big thank you to Jiye from pearls and green tea blog!  I won her Twisted Natural Rope Bracelet contest!

~Alyssa