Bad Hair Day

Took a shower this morning. I hoped it would put some zing back in my hair! Unfortunately, now my limp waves are gone. The perm is barely noticeable. I am so very disappointed. I have been waiting for about two years to get this perm; but I had put it off so that I wouldn't be wasting money. Well, maybe next year I will try again.

Ran to town to get some brown sugar to make an apple pie. A can of pumpkin pie mix was on sale...so, I thought I would make that instead. I came home and put the ingredients together and found out we had less than a cup of sugar in the house. Well, that shouldn't matter too much, we probably need to cut back on all the sugar anyways. The crust rolled out pretty nice as I put it all together and stuck it in the oven.

Then, as I was putting things away, I took the sack of flour and filled the cannister, as it was almost empty...which is why I had used the flour in the sack. Then I rolled up the top of the sack with the leftover flour, and went to put it on the cupboard self. But, hah! What's this! There was the sack of flour from the previous time I had tried to fill the cannister. I looked again at the sack I had just used--my gosh it was the sack of SELF RISING FLOUR that was sitting in the pantry. Well, too late now. Must remember to read labels!!!

The pie came out looking good and smelling good. There was a little cream left, so after the pie cooled a little, I whipped it up so I could have a tasty treat.

My advice to all is to never use self-rising flour for your pie crust. It kinda tasted like pie filling on bread. But, we can break off the crust and continue eating these pies--can't waste pumpkin pie mix!

Must now try to figure out how to make my hair look at least "ok" for the dinner tonight. On a positive note, I will be eating a meal cooked by professionals tonight!

Bummer

Well I waited two days to wash my hair to make sure the perm would get set, or whatever it does. Had a nice long soak today and washed my hair. Afterwards I sadly picked out my limp waves. The perm had washed out! Hey...$80 for two days of perm--heck of a price!!!

Made potato soup today and it turned out good. Got enough to have leftover soup for a week. Tomorrow I will probably freeze portions of it, after Kathleen and Andy get a chance to have some too.

Watched the Health Care Bill pass on C-Span. I look forward to hearing what Gov Huckabee has to report on it.

Will now leave all problems for tomorrow. Its time to take my washed-out hair to bed.

Snowy Spring Day

Earlier I was in town and the weather was nice out. Since Sammy broke her line, she had to stay in the house until I got back; and, then she got to go out and enjoy a little of the day. Clouds, that seemed to promise us snow, began to appear on the horizon. I looked out a little later and those clouds were all around us. Looking to the SW I saw the snow coming in across the fields. The dogs are now back in. Happy cats are out playing on the deck. They know Sam is safely out of their reach and in the house!!!

Today I splurged and went and got a perm. Last Sunday a friend from the Church gave me a ticket they had for Gov. Mike Huckabee's appearance on Monday night. I love that man, he is kind, he is conservative and he is just a good Christian guy. Maybe I can think of something to get his autograph on!!

Anita sent out a message that honey and cinnamon can heal us and keep us from a lot of viruses. So, I guess I will now go have some toast with honey on it and a glass of tea before bed. Will then sit, watch a tv show and stare at the picture albums for a little bit, so Anita doesn't win the procrastination race!! Life is good.