Guess What Ya'll.....

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Trying to find my coloring..

Ok,you know how they have the coloring charts; cool, warm, summer, blah blah balh. You get my drift, right? Well anyway, lately I have been struggling with what my colors are. For EVER and day I have always worn black. My staple color. I always thought it looked nice on me. Well, now after doing some reading I'm figuring out why I look like I had a ruff night and really didnt. The WRONG colors honey. Aint that a blip. So, now I am leaving my area of familiarity and venturing out. I wore olive green the other day, and got CRAZY compliments. So olive green is a good color for me. When I wore my hot pink one day got so so compliments, so thats a maybe color. Wore my black, "you feeling ok today"? LOL Too funny. That is my rant for today. Its Friday, so happy Friday, ya'll!

Month 11..

Well, as promised, these are the pictures from washing and retwisting. I am happy that I have made it this far! Jan 28 will be 1 whole year and I am so happy! Looking at my pictures I see significant progress. Happy New Year ya'll. Happy Monday! Grace and Peace to all in the New Year! 2008 is definitely going to be my year! *smocches* ~Fe~

What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are very passionate and quite temperamental. While you can be moody, you always crave comfort. You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds. You believe that people see you as larger than life and important. While this is true, they also think you're a bit full of yourself. Your near future is calm, relaxing, and pretty much what you want. And it's something you've been anticipating for a while now. For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.

Inside the Room of Your Soul

*Waving at anybody* Hey! Hope You had a Good Christmas!!!

Just a comparison from when I first combined to now.
This was taken before i washed and retwisted. I'll post a retwist one after my 11 month day.

Well, I missed my Tuesday entry. Not because it was Christmas or anything, I just skipped it. Hope that everyone had a joyous Christmas! We spent it with my in laws like we do every year and it just like every year it was nice. Later my oldest brother and his familia came to my house and we talked, drank coffee together and just enjoyed each others company. It was really nice. This year the baby was running around pulling ornaments off the tree because he thought they were balls, and throwing them. What a sight to see. It was really good though. I needed that entertainment. It seems like forever since I have really laughed. Thanks to mi bambino I was able to smile... *smooches Preston!*

Anyway, I realize that I havent talked about hair much and this is SUPPOSED to be a hair blog, soooooo lets see. As of tomorrow, Dec 28, I will be 11 months into my locdom. Enjoying every single minute of it too I might add. Still amazed at what my hair can do on its on. I have cut back to washing every other week as opposed to weekly. That is no biggie though because when I was a permie I did the same thing. With the cooler months I am able to go a little longer in between washes thats all. I am still only twisting when I feel like it. I think the last time I twisted was like November 9 or so. I washed last night and retwisted. So its been like 6 weeks since my last retwist. Its all good too. Still rolling. My curls tend to last longer now. I think maybe it is because my locs are trying to mature????? (Hunching my shoulders...) I can still see the twist pattern from when I combined my locs back in late September, early October. Thats cool too, cause I know that if I would have kept the thin ones they would have snapped by now, or I would have had to switch to latching. I love them. Each and every single one. :o)

(See pictures above)

I went into the store a few days before Christmas and the cashier told me that she liked my hair. BIG SMILE here. She asked me how I did it and I told her that I simply roll my hair on regular sponge rollers. She wanted to know if they were twists, and I gladly told her they were locs. She once again told me how pretty my hair was. Love it! Went into another store and this fine young man(literally, he was FWIIIIIINE) told me as I walked into the store, I am feeling your locs. BIGGER SMILE here. Yet at another store a gentleman in passing told me, now that is classy. You know that you are truly beautiful. EVEN BIGGER SMILE here. I smiled and said thank you... Talk about people filling your head up with compliments. Too funny. I enjoyed every single one. :o) I have also cut back on my contact lens wear for the moment. With everything that transpired w/ my son earlier in December, I just felt like picking up my glasses and going. I feel like I can hide behind the specs. I guess others that wear contacts and glasses can relate to what I am saying about that. Anyhoo, It is the END of 07, can you believe it!!!! Going into 08 with a renewed mind about EVERYTHING!!! Life, people, and especially MWA(me). Life is like a box of chocolates.. :o) (remember that?) Anyway thats my entry for today. Happy Thursday, ya'll!

Grace and Peace,

~Fe~

I had no idea that it had been well over a month since I posted to my blog. I have had so many things going on until time has seemed like a blur. You know as women we really go thru alot. First, if we decide to have children, we go thru so many changes physically and emotionally. Then we deliver our children into this world. We go thru hours of pain and pain and birth those beautiful children into the world. Then we teach them, nurture them, raise them. Get them into the teenage years and then things start to change. God help me. I have 4 beautiful children, ages 18,15,10, and 20 months. I love them all and would give my life for them.... My two older ones are boys and it is so hard for teenage black boys in this world. The peer pressure is CRAZY now adays. I remember the hardest thing I had to endure peer pressure wise was sex and smoking... Now, our kids are plagued with gangs, sex, drugs, and so much more.. My boys are very talented. The oldest is very artistic. He designs clothes, he is very talented in music, he can sketch, draw whatever is on his mind, he has mad haircut skills, and he is a wonderful dancer. All of the above skills could take him to so many different places in life. My speech to him is to strive to be his own boss... He sells his artwork now, he plays for different venues in the area, he dances for different events, he cuts male and female hair. Sounds like he could do some thangs... :o) My baby boy(15) is very talented in the sports arena. Whatever sport he plays, he plays very well. He is mathematically inclined. His goal is to go to college and major in mathematical engineering... Music to a mother's ear I tell you.... He is more of the outgoing one and can make a friend at just the greeting of hello... To me that is a gift. Also a curse... God help me. My baby has gotten himself mixed up into something that will STOP him from attending college, stop him from playing HS sports, and ultimately stop him from being that open friendly guy that he is. Nobody wants to see their child go thru anything contrary to what has been taught in the home ya feel me. I have listened to people talk about kids and how this starts at home, that starts at home, and that is so true. Well, the question that I have is when you have someone that has been taught right from wrong and they still make STUPID choices do you still point the finger at the parents? Even prior to what has happened in my home I have often as that question. I have witnessed other parents that did what was right with their children and the children STILL go contrary to what is being taught. So is that considered a dysfunctional home? I want to know the answer to that question, primarily for my own sanity.... God help me... Those that read my blog I solicit prayers, don't just say you will pray, but really pray for us here in NC. My baby is looking at some serious prison time for making stupid choices in "friends". His gift has backfired on him and as his mamma I am scared for him. I am scared for me, I am scared for my daughter who is 10 and looks up to her brother like there is no other. I am scared for his dad who feels like he let his son down in some sort of way. I am scared for my 20 month old who goes into his room calling my son's name and he gets no answer. I am scared for my 18 yr old who is plagued with questions from teachers, peers, coaches, everybody that knows him and he doesnt know how to respond without feeling some type of guilt. We are going thru at this holiday season and yet we still give thanks... So any blogger buddies out there, please say a prayer for us. it doesnt have to be long, just something that says look out for Fe's family. Thanks to all! Happy Tuesday, ya'll....

~Fe~

Me and Black Love

November3 was my birthday! Me and my King had a wonderful day. It seems like forever since he and I have spent quality, talk no bills, no work, no kids, time together. You feel me. It was so relaxing. Nothing out of this world, but it was a day that I had not seen before and day I will never see again, spent with just my king.

Now....
Black love is awesome. Not to take away from any other love but imma black woman and I know about my"black love". I'm talking the real deal, not no fly by night, love you when you got some money in your pocket and can buy me what i want when I want it, kinda love. Im talking the love you thru a few decades kind, the, I've been with you thru the thick and the thin, when you didnt have a dime, when you wanted to give up, kinda love. The kind of, I'll pick u up and hold your hand, walk beside u, not put you down kinda love....... You know. It's the, man I 'm missing you and ready for you to love me like its the first time, make me wanna come back one more time cause I know its good, kind of love. Mmmmm, now see thats what I'm talking bout.. Its the, I'll help u study, I'll cook, I'll get the kids, you go out with yo girlfriends cause you NEED that female ADULT interaction and a little time from the kids, kind of love..... Its that, I forgive you baby, its going to be hard, but we will get thru it kinda love... Its that, I met you when you were 19 trying to find yourself, wanting to make it in this cruel unforgiving world, I fell for you way back when and still fall for you each and every day that I wake up and see you lying beside me kinda love. The kind of love where you still get butterflies when you see em coming down the street, or walk into your office, after almost 20 years of ins and out, ups and downs..... Thats the kinda "black love" I'm talking bout. I label it "black love" cause I'm black, thats all. Not saying any other person of a different race doesnt feel the same way.... Hell, my King aint even ....... ANYWAY, thats my entry for today..... Happy Tuesday peeps. *smooches*