No More Box Coloring For Me.

I love coloring my hair. I think it came from not being able to color my hair while I was in High School, then right after that joining the Navy. In the Navy, I was able to color my hair, but boring colors. No fun!!
(Also I color my hair to cover my white hairs :O)

When I finally got out of the Navy, all I wanted to do was to color my hair. Life is way too short to have it just one color. Each time I colored it I would always go to Walmart or Walgreens to buy my box, and look for the box with the color of the pretty girls hair on the box that I wanted. 

Then after coloring my hair, long and behold!!!! Nothing like the box!!
Boo!!
I have also gone to salons, and they never give me exactly what I want. I know if I would find the perfect person and stay with that person. I wouldn't have a problem. These is also the price. Eh, sometimes I want to keep most my money. 

So after going on Pinterest and youtube videos, I felt I was a tad bit confident to make something happen.
(Darn them, always making us think we can do stuff. LOL)

At Sally's I found a lady to help me. I grabbed 
Red and Magenta color and then added Developer #20, mixed them up and got a BRIGHT red color plus a conditioner for afterwards.
I grabbed 2 of everything just incase one set wasn't enough.

Dont quote me, but the lady explained that it depends what color your hair is and how much or how recent you have colored it will determine which developer you would need.
So if you end up going to Sally's ask them which number, just to make sure. The why it seems, the higher the number means the lighter you hair color is prior to coloring it. 
So thats confusing how I wrote that. 
My hair was brown before coloring it so I grabbed #20, if I would of had black hair I would go for a #10 or lower. If I was a blonde I would go for a #30.

What you will need. 

After you have everything set, prepare your space. Since it was red I was scared it would get on everything. So I cleared everything out. Then I put on my face, neck, ear, and anywhere I would think I would get the dye on me, I placed Vaseline. So it would be easier to get the red off my skin.

Putting all the stuff together in a bowl was pretty fun. 

I took these pictures in my Yellow light bathroom. So the colors are a little off. 

Don't forget GLOVES!!!!!

IT was crazy bright, and I loved it.

That was it. After mixing it, I started to cover my hair like crazy. I wanted to make sure I didn't miss any spots. I had so much left over that I decided to find a way to put all of it my hair. 

THE OUT COME :D

A bright red Ariel Mermaid color. 

I am definitely not buying box anymore. Not only was it more fun to mix colors I wanted but the quality was 10 times better and its not staining my pillows, towels or clothes. So in all a Win - Win.

After a serious selfie, you must do a silly selfie. :D

#Red #RedHeds #DIY

Pinterest feed on your blog

I finally figured out how to put Pinterest Feed up on my blog. I'm excited, because I have been wanting it on my blog. I'm no computer nut, but I wish I was! This site made it almost dummy proof, which is my kind of site. Best of all its free. 

The website is : http://business.pinterest.com/en/widget-builder#do_embed_pin 

The website will bring up this page. You get to choose which widget is best for your blog. on the Right side of the pic above. 

From there go to Custom Size: to see what size you would like.  Whats great after you pic you can scroll down and see their example. Give it a second to load.

This picture is a pic of the example it will give you. So you have a chance to play around with the kind of Pin Widget and then Size before posting it up on your blog. This came out very handy.

After you have picked your selection, go to your Pinterest personal page and copy your URL address and paste it in the Highlighted Blue box that I have shown above. Your box will not be highlighted. I did It to show you where to plug it in. On the bottom it will as copy their html link for your blog. Copy and paste it to your blog under your layout and

 Your done!!

So You have figured out how to get the information, but how to put into your blog. Your in luck :D I have a quick snapshots I took on how to do it. I hope this helps.

So where we last left off, you have the code and not sure where to paste it. 

When you go to your blog, go to overview and scroll down to your left side till you see Layout. I have it high lightened in gray so you can see it. Well kind of, I might of should of picked a brighter color.

This is what should pop up. And on the right side you see in BLUE  letters that say "Add a Gadget". Click on that and another window will pop out. 

After you push "Add A Gadget", this window will pop up. Not as big, but I blew it up for this purpose. I have highlighted in Blue what to push next. Its around the 7th one down. Click on "HTML/JavaScript"   and of course that will bring up another window. 

This is the next window that will pop up. You can title it if you like, then on the big box plug in that copy and paste from the previous website. Push Save! And now your rockin' with gold! You have just plugged in your Pinterest feed to you blog!!!

Becoming a youth soccer coach.

The Alaniz family become U6 Soccer Coaches :D

Israel, Isaac, and Me after our first practice watching big brother Joshua soccer practice.

This year I decided to help out our community recreation center with soccer. I knew this year they were low on volunteers and my youngest who just turned 4 was joining this year. Then I thought, Why Not. Little did I know there is so much that goes into it and its a different kind of workout. It really challenges you in other areas with kids that you never thought you could be challenged on. Especially with other peoples kids and have their parents just watching you, and all for FREE. Yup, not only did I pay for my two boys to join soccer but became a coach for free. My husband said I was crazy. LOL.

But soccer season has started and after the first day I feel like its not that bad. I do get a great sweat on and the kids seem to really enjoy it. Only problem is, I had to volunteer my husband as an assistant coach. He wasn't too thrilled about that, since he was already waking up at 4:30am I just extend his day. I can see in his eye that he does like it. He may say he doesn't like kids but his own, but he never gets mad at the kids and you can totally see it makes him happy.

So for soccer of a team of 3 year old to 6 year olds you really need patients, I mean patients!!!!! They don't follow any of my rules or direction and they like to hit. I have no idea why. Having to organize snacks for games, make playful games to teach them how to play soccer, contact the parents every other day, make sure every parent is happen, pass out uniforms, make sure everyone knows game times, and etc. I think Im finally getting the hang of it after a week :D, a little pat on my back for me. Pat Pat!!

Daddy and son practicing a drive into the goal

Isaac going against his opponent to make a goal

The best part, I get to see my son play with other kids and have fun, kids running up to me calling me coach and being so excited and telling me about their days, parents thanking me for being awesome of course. LOL. With all that I don't think I will do it again next season. Only because I don't really get to see my youngest play during game day or watch him during practice, and I can't watch my oldest at practice or much at game days. Still a great experience.

Isaac basically telling me he is done, and is ready to go home. Still looked cute

my boys on the way to practice

Isaac and I after practice. 

So I decided to try PACT app on my phone

    I forgot what show I saw this app on, but I saw how the lady using this app got $74 dollars. Just for working out!  So I had to get the app. I mean its basically Free money, and It would probably make me workout more. RIGHT??

   

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pact-earn-cash-for-living/id456068701?mt=8

<--- so if your going to download it, it will display this picture.

So this is my profile, and I have only earned $4.58 and can't pull out the money till its $10

But in my thoughts I didn't really like the app. 

Reasons:

1. I had to use their recommended apps. Like "runkeeper", but I was already using endomondo and it wasn't one of the apps Pact wanted you to use.

2. I used their app for running with their recommended app and it didn't count it. So after my run for more then 30 mins. (Pact requires you run or walk for 30 for it to count). I tried syncing it TONS of times and then even waiting a day, before I emailed them. And I needed it to count, if not they will charge me a fee. And of course they gave me directions that I already tried doing, but nothing. So they credit it to me. Four days of emailing them they stop believing me, and wanted me to send proof, and still gave me a hard time. It gave me more stress to worry about in my day. I don't need more

4. So since that part wasn't working with my running. I decided to use their motion tracker to track my runs. Well had problems with that too. I would run for more then 30 mins, but the tracker didn't count all of it. It's basically saying I wasn't in motion for half my run. But me being tired totally disagreed with that. So I would have to wave my arms in the air and walk till I reached 30 mins.

      

This is the motion tracker on after my run. It didn't count all my mins of running.

For one week of working out, I get only $1.68

5. Money, the reason why I started this. Well one of the main reason. So you can earn money, but not much. Not enough in one week to buy gum! You have choices of how man-days you want to work out for. I chose 7, thinking its the best for me receiving more money. Well I only got $1.68 for a whole week of working out. But the next week I forgot to turn on their motion tracker for my run, and of course realized the next day. Meaning I missed a day of working out. I got charged $5 at the end of the week. :(

I'm not getting any money for this week! Why cause I forgot to turn the app on. But they all get my money ASAP!

6. You can't pull your money out till you have reached $10. BUT they are quick at the end of the week to take your money.

7. NO matter how mad you get at the app or the people who made it, you are not allowed to quit till the end of the month!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

8. In all I can't wait for the end of the month! Cant even get my money I earned, because it means I have to continue for another month of this crap.

My comments are only about the workout part of the app. The app has two other choices you can do to be healthier. 

If you like the app Pact. Awesome, I guess I get frustrated too fast. 

Whats your thoughts?

Chocolate Smoothie Please

My oldest loves smoothies and loves chocolate. A little too much if you ask me :) But Im excited cause I found some organic Cacao powder that taste amazing with out smoothies and I can also use that powder to make my own foundation and face powder, which I hope to do soon in the future. Its just hard, because I still have makeup I have paid good money for. Boo!

But heres a picture of all the ingredients I used in today smoothie. 

Weird how an orange can give your smooth that kick. I didnt think it of it, my oldest did for his love of oranges.

1. 1 cup of almond milk
2. 1 frozen banana
3. 1 organic apple
4. 1 orange
5. 1 tbsp of organic Cacao Powder ( I found a little goes a long way)
6. 1 tbsp organic honey
7. Ice
8. Blend it all together and you have an awesome smoothie

Now I know I can go back and put a bunch more stuff in there for next time. Possibilities  are endless. Like, I think I'm going to add spinach or cinnamon, or chia seeds , I mean the list can go on, right??

I hope you enjoyed this post.

Kim

Fabric Softener

I have been using just white distilled vinegar as my fabric softener, which worked great but now I wanted more flavor. Just meaning pretty smells. :D

This is way easier then I thought and much cheaper then buying those fabric crystals from the store and I get to add what I want in it and something extra. Extra is what I really wanted. I wanted to add Tea Tree Oil to my softener to give it a anti ingredient to help with our germs. Its only the first day so I guess I have to write back and let you know how it goes.

What will you need:

1. Magnesium sulfate, Epsom Salt ( I found my at Walmart for $1.54, or you can get it from the dollar store for a $1) Net Wt. 4 LBS
2. 1 Jar or container  I went and got mine at Hobby Lobby, I went when glass is 50% off
3. Essential oils:  Please keep in mind the oils at walmart are Not essential oils their just for candles and things like that. You can find these at a heath store like CVS or Walgreens or online. like amazon. I used
1. Tea Tree essential oil (Bought here) Its a link to amazon, I bought a set so it would be cheaper, so you can get also the lavender oil and others for other home made things. (30 Drops)
2. Lavender essential oil    (40 drops)
3. Almond Oil: This is tricky, I brought it from a lady at my farmers market it here in New Bern, NC.   But she has an esty account that you can get this from. IT REALLY makes a difference. It smells SO GOOD!!!!!!!! But if she doesnt have it listed all you have to do is email her and she writes you back the same day. She is awesome. SealZiti-Natural soaps and scents  (20 Drops)
4. Mix it all in a bowl
5. Pour it in your jar and use  Use 1/2 cup for medium to large loads in the wash cycle at any temperature  and 1/4 cup for small loads.
6. And your done! Enjoy!!!

This is the almond fragrance oil that I bought from SealZiti

Comment below it have any other ideas on what to put in your softener. I love trying new things. 

Marbles Kids Museum (Raleigh, NC)

Its never to late to post our adventurers. We get so busy that I want to share our experiences, but it feels like I can never find the perfect time. This adventure was in December, we decided to go to a big city that was close to us. We live in Havelock, NC and if you look on google maps all you see is GREEN!!! So we don't have much. We were more then excited to go on a 3 hour trip to see anything.

https://www.facebook.com/marbleskidsmuseum (Facebook page)

If your ever in the area, it is a must go place. So fun that my husband and I had just as much fun as the kids did.


The first thing we had to do, was of course the big lego blocks. I think my husband was the most excited kid there.

Our first huge lego fort. Impressed?

Isaac stacking the blocks up.

Joshua made a very useful window

Next was the Water section of the museum. I have tons of pictures but I didn't want to crowd the blog up. So I picked a couple of my favorites.

We found ourselves a pirate ship.

 Someone is very dramatic!

after the pirate ship, there was a water area for the kids to play. Isaac loves water.

 SMH, my husband thinks he is hilarious!

 

Just an awesome shot of Isaac, after he throws the ball.

They had a cute little workout station for the kids. 

Museum had an awesome hockey station where the kids took off their socks and slid along. It was really hard not to join them. It seemed so fun.

Israel the sports announcer 

 Isaac before he fell.

 ME and my baby boys.

 My awesome husband and I, and a little photobomer.

After posting these picture my 3year old (Isaac) is yelling at me, saying we have to go again because he had fun.