What's in YOUR shower?

Ok, I caved.  With so many of my friends trying the "no poo" thing, I decided to join the cool crowd.I haven't gotten bottles to put the stuff in so I just mix it in the shower but it works.  I'm trying baking soda and water for shampoo and apple cider vinegar for conditioner.  So far so good.  Nothing has worked so far with my dry itchy scalp so hopefully this will!  The only downside is having to smell the vinegar in the shower!  I HATE the smell of vinegar.  Luckily when it dries, it doesn't smell!  I'll let you know how it goes.

Root Beer BBQ pulled pork

Lately, I have been obsessed with my crock pot.  I mostly do chicken stuff, enchilada soup, tortilla soup etc.  I decided to try pulled pork and found an interesting recipe.  Cook the pork in root beer first (or Dr. Pepper or Coke-it holds the flavor so use the soda you like!) Drain the soda, shred the pork (so easy as it will be super tender!) and add BBQ sauce!  Yep...that's it.  Yum!

My new boots!

I finally got to wear my new boots!  I love them.  I don't even remember the last time I owned boots!  My legs are usually too big for them but these are adjustable so they work.....and how wonderful that they have OWLS!!  I went on Sammy's fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch yesterday ,as photographer, not chaperone(smartest decision ever) and it was so nice to just walk and not worry about puddles!  Fun actually!

 

Not so busy days

Being jobless has it's benefits.  No longer am I trying to figure out when to fit various activities into my already jam packed week...now I try to figure out what to do with my spare time!  So far my days have consisted of-

Morning dance parties(because I don't care if I miss the bus...I can drive the kids to school!)
Movies...like Annie! 
Aimlessly wandering around Target...ok that hasn't changed
Volunteering at the school...this week I'm going to wear a sign while trying to raise money.
Fieldtrips...I can finally chaperone!  And by this I mean, tag along but have no responsibility...ahhh the glory of signing up late.

Of course, I still need me time.  I decided to spend this time doing something healthy...like HOT YOGA!  I've always wanted to try it!  Today, while waiting for Karla to be done in the dentist, I signed up for a 10 class trial, and then took a nice long walk...to McDonalds but that's beside the point. 

Another fun benefit is being able to walk by the old workplace and giggle at the tired overwhelmed faces of the employees.  Mean? Maybe.  Do I care? Nope.  I never claimed to be nice.

By the way...I bought myself some cute owl rainboots today!  Just thought you'd like to know.

Have some freaking compassion!

I know I know. I need to get over it. I'm over the losing my job part. Actually quite happy about that part. It will force me to try new things. I am still bitter though about my money! While I did a good job at spending some of my FSA money, I still had $1000 left. $700 of which was already taken from my checks. I thought I had 5 months to spend it. Suddenly I had 2 weeks of which I was working the whole time. You can't even leave me in the system to give me time to use it?! I forgot. Business needs come first. Clearly having me in the system would have made the company crumble right? So now, I'm out that money and I get to pay out of pocket for all of the stuff I had planned on using the FSA for. Compassion goes a long way folks.