Hello October

This month feels different to me. I'm turning a new leaf, in the fall, when colorful leaves are plentiful. Starting with my hair. Well first, let me tell you about this blog. I have had a few other blogs, but this one is different. It's not really a networking blog, it's just a page about me. Of course I would love to hear from you if you want to leave a comment. However, I will not be bending to peer pressure on this blog. No way in Hades, no one is getting to me. This is my page, back off.

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Did I just say that? Really? Ok, if you're going to read my blog, you better have a sense of humor. I don't want to be taken very seriously. I just want to be able to write whatever I want. It's like a diary, but you are free to snoop through it anytime you want, i.e. bookmark it. I will be showing pictures of my life, my child, my husband, and my home improvement projects. I will talk about spiritual stuff, cooking stuff, decorating stuff, and even shcience schtuff. Since I teach science it is unavoidable that I will be learning interesting things from time to time, whether I like it or not. And then I will share with you. Like the ban on production of CFCs is stupid and will eventually kill people. Some other time, some other time...

So, on with the show, and back to my hair. I made an executive decision to dye my hair for the first time with a permanent Feria hair dye.
Color: Bright Auburn Brown
Colorist: Hannah the Crazy
I always wish my hair was a little darker, and little less brassy, a little more red. Like the color red, not like an orange headed ginger kid. But only a little bit. Not a huge difference. I tried to pick a color pretty close to my own, from the picture on the box. Just darker. So I finally committed to this Bright Auburn Brown color, spent like 9 bucks on it (coloring is so expensive!) and let Hannah shake it up and slap it on me. We did this late at night, so I didn't really get to see the color until the next day, which was a very long busy day, with Bible study in the morning, eating lunch on the run, and teaching in the afternoon. It wasn't until a few minutes before my science class was starting, standing in front of the mirror in the little girls' room, having already been to Bible study, that I got a good look at my hair. Oh nooooo...

I looked like an old lady. With crazy red, and dark brown, hair. How do I describe this? The undertone is very dark brown, but there is a shocking bright red color which is most intense at the roots and fades downward. The bottom of my hair is much less red than the top. For some reason the red just didn't take well at the bottom and underneath. uhh... ok? I'm not sure what to think.

Fortunately, Hannah has been dying her hair red a lot lately and knows that the red dye washes out over time, even with "permanent" dyes. After two washes, I do see a little less red. Oh let me just show you a picture.





I tried to distract from the fact that my face was not yet washed.

But see, it's pretty red. I feel like I'm dressed up for Halloween already, and I'm going as an infamously red headed mascot of an infamously fattening fast food restaurant. Oh maybe it's not that bad.