Oh my aching back....

Who knew getting out of bed could cause so much pain! I don't know what I did but I pulled something getting out of bed and spent yesterday nauseous with pain. Thankfully, today is better since I was awoken at 4:30 am to a dog who was seizing next to the bed. That meant lugging out the steam cleaner and giving him a bath. (In the tub, not with the steam cleaner! LOL). Jeez....what a morning! After that I was wide awake so I decided to start cleaning. I got 3/4 of the house done before taking wee one to the bus stop so I decided to reward myself by....rearranging the computer room! It looks so nice now. I love it. Kara had described to me how she is planning on redoing some of her house, and it inspired me to do a mini makeover. So, I suppose that means when my back gives out later today I can technically blame her....lol.

Anyhoo, the weekend ended up being pretty boring, since I spend most of it sitting on my butt with a heating pad on my back. We did go to my mom's for a small superbowl party yesterday and that was nice. We had it pre-game, and I had to check my AOL this morning to find out who won....(no, I'm not a football fan! LOL)

I am so in the mood to get outside and get some fresh air. The weather right now is absolutely perfect. It's cool at night and warm during the day with NO humidity....kind of like a freshly scrubbed spring day in NW Indiana....it smells so good outside. I've even opened windows to let the breeze come through. Oh, and the triple berry candle makes everything smell so good as well....

I bought some new shampoo on Saturday. It's for "colored red hair". I'm hoping it will make my highlights stand out more. I had to have stood in that shampoo aisle for 20 minutes, trying to decide what to choose. There are so many choices! I remember when I was in middle school and I would beg my mother to buy me Jhirmack. It was "the" shampoo to use....but it was also expensive....$3 a bottle! LOL....I always ended up with Agree. I remember the smell of both of them. I'll bet if I could smell that again today, it would bring back memories I had forgotten from my young teen years.

Back then, I had a girlfriend who had the softest hair you could ever imagine....it was like silk. When we had slumber parties and everyone would do each others hair, there would be palpable tension in the room whilst she was choosing who would do hers. I never was chosen, as I was not quite popular enough to be allowed to touch the golden tresses....however, years later I got a bit of satisfaction. At our 10 year hs reunion she was there with white/blonde hair that had been bleached to the consistancy of straw. I actually overheard someone say, "Be sure to tell "D" her hair looks good. She just got it done and she's a little apprehensive about it."  I took this opportunity to go over and greet her. Standing before her in the glare of her highly varnished coiff, I sweetly said hello then continued on as I flung my silken strands of pro-vitamin conditioned chestunt brown hair over my shoulder, and walked away with a satisfied smile on my face....where's your Jhirmack now, baby?!