Poor Neglected Blog

Hello blog world! lol

I haven't written since November!! Well I'm so consumed with knitting who has time to write! Not to mention nothing fabulous has really been going on with my hair. I wanted to write in though since my 3 yr mark is approaching. So here's a quick synopsis of what's been going on with me. Knitting, knitting, & more knitting, LOL, didn't I say I was obsessed? Yep I am obsessed with the needles. I've been making tons of items. All of my friends received knitted gifts for Christmas & I've also sold several items. I also did another 30 day detox this year in March & got down to my lowest weight in over 20 yrs!! I feel great & my skin & body loves me for it! Now I'm fighting to keep the weight off, the fat girl inside is fighting to get back out. LOL

I wish I could post all of the pics of things I've been knitting, I take photos of it all to keep a photo journal of all my projects. Here are a few things & one shot of me going to the Eric Benet & Kem concert from this past weekend. Lawd I hope I still have readers!!! LOL
Have a great summer because I probably won't write again anytime soon. LOL, you know, busy knitting but you can always catch me on facebook!!!

Lately

I guess as you can see I haven't had much to say about my hair. LOL Of course I'm loving it but as of right now it needs to be colored & I'll probably do that before thanksgiving. Oh lord how I hate my gray halo!! LOL My loc's are 27 months old now & they are doing their own thing.

As of late I have been a knitting fanatic working on two projects at a time. I take an easy project to work with me to work on in down time & I work on a more difficult project at home where I'm not being disturbed. I just finished a beautiful poncho for myself. I have yet to seam up a shrug I made for my sister-in-law, hopefully I'll get that done by the end of the week. And now I have two more projects going. A baby sweater for my friends g-baby which is due to arrive any day now & a cowl which I'll probably give as a Christmas gift to a friend. And I'm constantly looking at different patterns of things I want to make so I think this qualifies me as addicted!!!

I'm also a self proclaimed Zumba addict! I teach two classes a week & attend three other classes that my bestie teaches as well. And if all goes well I'll be teaching an additional two classes a week for a six week stint. Maybe if I work on my eating w/all of this zumba I can be a size 10 one day! LOL Who am I fooling I've never been a size ten in life!! I'm healthy though & that's all that matters.

Here are some pics of my poncho, let me put a disclaimer out here, lol, these are not hair shots!!!

Happy 2 Year Lociversary to Me!!!!!

OMG I can't believe this time has come this quickly!!! I can recall vividly scouring through many blogs admiring those who have started this journey before me. Having some serious loc envy, which I still do by the way, and wondering if my loc's will look like theirs. I can recall the day I went in to start my loc's. I went in with 6 inches of natural hair so I just knew I would not have the stringy chicken looking loc's! Boy was I wrong, I'm thin in the top front portion so that was really evident for the first three months. I was all prepared to be my loctician's poster child, I was her first client for microloc's, so I was anticipating great things right out of the gate. Crazy because I knew from looking at other blogs that my loc's were not going to look mature but I had high hopes because I had a healthy head of natural hair. Well I don't think I lost the chicken head look until around month 3 & it's been all gravy from there!

I got a new color for my two year lociversary it's called RED HOT!!! I love the new color & I may keep it for awhile.

I've enjoyed watching my hair evolve into what it has become in two years & I'm sure the next year will be even more thrilling!

Oh wait I have to tell y'all this: So last night I'm at church for a rehearsal & one of the older ladies looked at my hair & says........I don't like your hair like that! me: REALLY? Why? now mind you her hair is unkempt & standing on top of her head!!! Then she tells me she doesn't know why she doesn't like it & proceeds to ask me would her hair look good like mines. I told her well you wouldn't have to worry about a comb ever again (not that I think she did anyway)LOL!
So then I decided to change the subject & ask her about baking or something off the wall so she'd get off my hair!

Just to Clarify

Hi all just to clarify for some new readers. I do not have sisterlocks. I had someone post a comment on an old post about the grid/parts in my hair. I've never said that I've had sisterlocks, even if you read my profile you would see that I don't have them but guess what my loc's are the bomb!!! LOL

My loc's are 22 months old now & I have some friends who do have sisterlocks that have loc envy over my locks. I plan on doing a photoshoot for my 2 year anniversary so stay tuned!!!This is just a pic of me doing my favorite thing ZUMBA! We were doing a demonstration for Juneteenth day this past Saturday.

A New Hobby

OK I have to tell you guys this. I have a new hobby......knitting!!!! LOL I'm getting teased something terrible right now about it too. I have to tell you how this started.

I was surfing the web one day & ran across this website http://bohemiansoul.com/ & fell in love with her work. She crochets all types of cute things you have to check her out. Sooooo because some of her things were a little expensive, & now I understand why, I decided hey why not learn how to do this myself. Well I ended up learning to knit instead of crochet. I do plan on learning how to crochet a bit later though after I get this knitting thing mastered. I also should add that yes I have purchased several things from her & I love them all, I just figured hey I could learn a craft.

I am hooked you guys, I'm always online looking for easy patterns & there are so many out there that are free too! I've finished my first project a neck warmer, I'll post the pics of that. Well for some reason I can't post the pics of the neck warmer. I'm currently working on a baby sweater for my four month old little cousin. I'm making a size 18mo because I didn't know how long it would take me to make it but it's coming along pretty quickly. I'll post pics of my progress of that as well. Heck I just may start a knitting blog!!! The last side of the front of the sweater is what's on the needle now. I started knitting this sweater on Mother's Day. So I'm almost two weeks in & I thought it would take me a lot longer to get this done. If I would have known I would have made it a size smaller & he would be able to wear it sooner. But I guess if he keeps growing at the rate he's going he'll be in it soon enough.

Stay tuned for more knitting projects I love this stuff. I can't wait to get more experienced where I can make things with more detail.

It's Been A While

Hey Blog Fam!!

I've been away for awhile, just busy, busy, busy!!!! I'm officially what I call a ZumbaHead(lol)! If you're not familiar with Zumba check it out here. I'm so hooked that I am going for my certification this saturday in Chicago. I have my own class lined up on Tues & Thurs & I also attend my best friends classes, she's also an instructor. I attend her classes two to three times a week depending on my work schedule along with also attending bootcamp/kickboxing classes twice a week. So sometimes I'm working out two hours a day & I love it! I'm also participating in a biggest loser challenge in the workplace which has been interesting. I go up & down on the scale from week to week, which I don't understand because I'm working out so much.

I went to DisneyWorld two weeks ago for a week. Who would have thought going to DisneyWorld without children could be so much fun? I took tons of pics, we went to SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Universal Studios.

A quick hair update. I LOVE MY LOC'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! My hair is fully loc'd now front to back, no more curly q's. I miss my curly q's though. I love how my hair blows in the wind. I love my length, it's almost shoulder length now I find myself pulling my hair out of my collar now. I'm not sure how long I really want it to get though before I cut it. Here's a few pics from my trip

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Hanging with friends

I had an opportunity to sing backup for a good friend of mine who is looking to get into the music industry. We sang at a pretty prominent benefit in Chicago last weekend. They had a profound speaker by the name of Simon Bailey if you've never heard of him I encourage you to google him. He has written several books. He's an awesome speaker & he's inspired me to find my genius that's hidden inside. Wish me look with that because I tend to start things that I have a natural knack for but never follow it to completion where it would benefit me. Any who here's a few shots from that benefit. You will see that I colored my hair again it turned out great it seems to be a deeper red, which I like, & less copper.


My friend Undrah is in here too I featured him in my blog when he was three months loc'd, he has a year in now.





A quick shout out to Karen from Natural Hair Beauty I was one of the winner's in her giveaway for having 300 subscribers! Thanks Karen for the nice jewelry & the extra surprise!