Crowning Glory or Lackluster Frizzball?

I have a love/hate relationship with my hair. Love how it looks when I leave the salon, but hate that I can't quite duplicate that same look @ home. One of the things I'm trying to do is grow my hair. Most of my adult life it's been on the shorter side, but the truth is I love long flowing thick, lustrous Rapunzel hair. I know the rules say women over fifty or FORTY, depending on whose version of the rule book you read are supposed to ditch the long locks, but I think that has more to do with the tendency of hair to thin as we age. And no one looks good in long stringy hair. I sure don't want to be one of those older women with grey no body droopy frazzled looking locks permanently trapped in 1972. You know what I'm talking about. But I still have a lot of hair, so I can pull off long.

 The cool thing about hair is that pretty much anyone can have a decent looking style. I mean think about it. A lot of us, yours truly included, may not have gorgeous faces, smooth skin, or great figures, but nice hair is fairly easy to get. Ok I understand that inner beauty is much more important, our outer person is fading away, and those of us over fifty are not going to look as fresh or youthful as our twenty something daughters, etc, yada, yada. But I'm just saying when we do want to get our pretty on, hair is a great place to start cuz you can see immediate results. Yes, patience is a virtue, but a dose of instant glamour every once in a while probably isn't going  to kill anyone..

  True confession, I color my hair. I don't like how much darker my color has become or the large amounts of grey that have appeared. Now some women can pull that off. But with my very light skin and brown eyes and tendency toward dark under eye circles, I am not one of those women! I need some brightness and warmth around my face. Which is why I do reddish brown with golden highlights. It also suits my personality better then the coffee colored strands with streaks of grey. Next to my pale skin, it makes me look like Dracula's mom. (Or at least his much older sister).

But in my quest to have hair that looks more like a Disney princess than a demonic entity, I seem to have reached a stand still in length. I'm tempted to cut it shorter again cuz right now it's @ that awkward just barely on the cusp of long stage, an annoying length that hits the bra line and where the back tends to fall partly inside the collar of any loose fitting shirts. So I'm looking for ways to help it grow without having to throw out my blow dryer, curling irons, or straightener. Cuz my hair is crazy weird when left au naturalle. Straight strands next to curly next to old lady s wave next to one end flipping up another down another sideways. My hair has more personalities than Sybil!

 So I've been reading about this shampoo called Follicure that's supposed to help your hair grow, or at least make it thicker and fuller looking. They sell it at Sally Beauty Supply, so I thought I'd give it a try. Will let you know what I think. Anyone know of any other ideas to help hair grow?

The Centurion's Wife

I'm reading a book now that I was able to download on my kindle for free. It's a Christian historical fiction novel called The Centurion's Wife by Francine Rivers, who happens to be one of my fave authors. I've just finished chap 11 and am really liking it. Of course, I love historical fiction anyway, and add in a Christian theme, and as long as the writing is decent, I'm hooked. And Francine has got her some excellent writing skills. The girl can definitely tell a story that holds your interest. Trust me, if I say someone's a good writer, then they are cuz I am one picky chick. After all, my degree is in English, and I did teach it eons ago bk (before kids). I can't stand some of those sappy, cookie cutter, formulaic romance novels. Not even the Christian ones! Gag! Yuck! Puke! Sometimes I wonder why those women make such good money with such drivel!

Sorry about that little rabbit trail. I don't know why Jim thinks I might have ADHD! Lol. But anyway, this book is a far cry from that stuff! I love to read good books, and I like it even better when they're free, and better still when I can start right away, which makes my kindle (ok really Jim's kindle but who cares about technicalities?) such a great thing! I know I can also check books out of the library, which I also do, but I live in Podunk here, and our library doesn't have a lot on the shelves. Yes, I can request any book in their system, but then I have to wait til it gets here. And then I have to keep track and get it back on time, or @ least before the fine becomes equivalent to a small country's GNP. Not that I'm saying it's ever happened to me. Much.

I'm excited too cuz this is the first book of the series, so that means the journey isn't over once this one ends. Hoping I can get the other ones in the kindle version too, but will go with print if I have to.

So I would most definitely recommend this book that takes place in first century Judea shortly after the death and resurrection of Jesus. What are some of the books you are currently reading or have enjoyed in the past? Would love to hear about them.