Homemade Honey Shampoo

          So this summer I've been reading about DIY shampoos that are healthier for your hair and don't strip it of the natural oils your scalp produces. I've been using an apple cider vinegar and baking soda shampoo that my hair has just started to get used to, but lately I've been hearing that it is still stripping your hair, so I read up on this DIY honey shampoo and am trying it. It is simply raw honey and water. You want to get raw honey because a lot of the honey at stores aren't real honey or not completely honey, and that doesn't work as well on your hair.
                      Start out with a ratio of:
                                            1 Tps. raw honey
                                            3 Tps. warm water

           You mix the honey and warm water (you never use boiling water) together until the honey is all melted. The consistency is not supposed to be like the normal shampoos, it's watery and doesn't suds up when you scrub. But the nice thing is when you get some in your mouth, its okay! It tastes sweet and delicious and isn't going to kill you! You might even just do it for fun. Honey is also very good for your skin.
          Using a small squirt bottle or something with a small opening is best so you can get it all over your scalp before you run out. scrub well. And then you'll eventually rinse it all out.
         
          You do have to go through a transitional period. During the transition you have oily hair (Because your hair has to get used to producing a normal amount oil and not being stripped daily of it) and it could last days, weeks, a few months. Everybody is different, so you can't know what your specific hair will do and how long it will take.

           Here's my hair so far (day 4). By the way this is clean and it's not wet from a shower. It's very soft and extra curly and my scalp is also extra oily.

               
I'll keep posting so that it is known to you what happens and how it all works out!

I love music

     My piano teacher (my sister) gave me a 9 page song to learn and play and I finished it in two days! That just shows how crazy excited I was about this song. I've fallen in love with the piano! I could play all day if I didn't have other responsibilities. The sound it makes and the feel of playing and mastering it is wonderful.
     I have a weird feeling of being a beginner in violin and being pretty good at piano. 9 years in piano and only one semester in violin. I feel like I'm going back to the very beginning of learning and becoming a beginner student again.    

     I love music very very very very very very very vert very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very much!

Animals

These are some fun animal facts.

• Dolphins have excellent eyesight and hearing as well as the ability to use echolocation for finding the exact location of objects. 
• Tigers can reach the length up to 11ft and weigh as much as 660 pounds. They also not only have stripes on their fur, but also on their skin.        
• Wolves have two layers of fur, which allow them to survive in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius. In warmer weather they flatten their fur to keep cool.
• Giraffes have blueish-purple tongues which are tough and covered in bristly hair to help them with eating the thorny Acacia trees.
• Some sharks remain on the move their entire lives. This forces water over their gills, delivering oxygen to the blood stream. If the shark stops moving then it will suffocate and die.
• Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the male ostriches can roar like lions.
• House flies have a lifespan of 14 days, and they always hum in the key of F.
• Cats conserve energy by sleeping an average of 13 to 14 hours a day.
• Scientists believe that an elephants trunk is made of 100,000 muscles, but no bones, and they can cool themselves by the circulating blood through the vessels in their ears.

     God created so many cool animals, and when you read about how intricate and detailed each of them are how can you say that there was no creator? Seriously, have you checked out the human eye?

Pretty Foods

     For the past few years my family has been into healthy food. I've gotten really interested in vegetables and fruits and what they do for you. There are some really interesting and cool fruits and vegetables you've never seen. So here are some different kinds of strange food.

   
 Summer squash                                                            


                                     Purple of Sicily Cauliflower


   

OrangegloLuffa Gourds

                                 D'Alger melon                                        
                                                                         

                     


                                                                                     

                                           
        Some......... sort of beautiful artichokes.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

     These are only some of the beautiful fruits and veggies that are around the world. The melons are making my mouth water right now. They just look so delicious! Don't worry, I know I'm weird. 

Home

     I've been doing lots of yard work. Mostly clearing out the weeds. We have a big backyard out in the country. Our house is at the end of a road, so we don't get a lot of cars passing us unless they're farmers in their trucks or tractors. There are four fields surrounding our house.
     In our backyard, there are lots of bark paths with railroad ties to frame the paths and keep the bark in place. Having bark paths makes it easier to pull weeds and get around when it's rainy and muddy.
     We have chickens, ducks, goats, a sheep, two cats, and two dogs. In the backyard we have to two cottages that my dad made and a garden we're trying to keep up. Some big fruitless mulberry trees in the front yard to block some of the wind that comes toward our house. We also have a small orchard with a few different kinds of fruit tree's. A cherry tree, two apple trees, two apricot trees, three figs, a peach tree, and a tangerine tree. Our house has an add-on dining/school  room that we also made for space. As we have a lot of people around.
     When you live in the country, there are a lot of different sounds you don't hear in town. Birds in different seasons come in large amounts and the sound is overwhelming. Crickets at night, tractors working in the fields, planes and helicopters, goats, chickens and ducks are very chatty, tree's in the wind, and sometimes I hear the whistle of a train down the road. Leaving home someday is going to be hard. I love it here. Oh! The raisin bread just got out of the oven! It smells sooooooo good. My mom makes raison bread for Sunday mornings.  
  
     

True Love

This is one of my favorite songs by Phil Wickham. It explains how Jesus Christ took our place and died willingly on the cross for us and that He rose again in three days. He says "Jesus is alive Jesus is alive He rose again." Jesus was victorious over death. It hits me hard to think that God loves me enough to give himself up for me. A sinner who doesn't deserve to even live. God gives us a choice not just to live, but to live forever in heaven giving praise to Him. That's why this song is called "True Love." It took God's true love to save us.

some hard times

     There has been a lot of crazy things happening lately. Everybody has been getting the flu. our friend got really sick and she had to go to the hospital. While she was there she was coughing so much that she cracked a rib.
     My brother Joshua was playing softball and he was the catcher, the ball went from the pitcher to the batter and the batter hit the softball backwards (somehow) into Joshua's nose. So his nose is sliced open about an inch long and kind of deep. It's pretty high on his nose. He got 5 stitches across his nose. It's all swollen and he has two black eyes.
     Me, my brother Ben, and my mom are sick. We have really bad coughs, headaches, and we're really tired. It's hard for me to sleep at night because of my throat and headache. It. Is. Miserable.
     One of our friends drowned in her own pool the other day and my sister lost her baby. Even through all these things I'm putting my trust in the Lord and refreshing myself by reading from the Bible in James 1:2-4. These few verses are really cool.

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

 Even through this stuff I can be joyful, knowing that God has a plan and a place for everything and everyone.