2 Years!!!

Wow, hard to believe, but I have been loc'd for 2 years now. Time really does fly when you are having fun. As I reflect on two years I ask myself if I would change anything. Surprisingly I say yes... If I had to start all over again I would..

1. have started locking my hair when I first learned about it in 2001. (I would be 7 years locked by now.


2. have cut my hair evenly before I loc'd. I would have started it out in some type of style.

As you can see the list isn't long.. I love my Sisterlocks. I love my hair. I'm very proud of the way that it has grown. I love the fact that it's virtually maintance free. I spritz and keep on moving, that's the best part for me. Maybe I'm lazy, or maybe I have other things on my plate, but I love the fact that I don't have to slave over my hair. When I first started this journey I wasn't married and I didn't have a 15 month old. Who knew those two things would happen in this short period, but I will tell you because of my locs I never had to worry about my hair being messed up. I can cook, clean, tend to my daughter, tend to my son, tend to my husband (If you know what I mean) and all and all my locs fall right back into place!!! Over the last two year I haven't had to spend countless hours in the beauty shop or walking around here looking like I'm crazy. Thank God for His tireless insight.

One day I hope to get this blogging down to a science, there just aren't enough hours in the day! But when I find time, watch out world!!

Wow! I can't believe how horrible I am at blogging!! It's been way too long since I wrote my feelings down. 2007 has been an interesting year for me. I have so much to update that I don't even know where to start. I guess I can start with in December 2006 I found out that I was pregnant. SHOCKER!!! My son was 16 at the time. So you know that this was not something that me or my dear heart planned. I have since found out that what God has for me it's for me. I've heard that statement a lot, but now I have lived actually lived it and can relate to it.

The first few months of the year were fine for me. My hair flourished and I loved every minute of it. This was beyond a shadow of a doubt the best thing I ever did for myself.

On May 14th my boo proposed to me. It was the funniest thing, we were shopping for baby furniture. We were coming out of Baby'sR Us and all of a sudden he had a ring in my face and asked me if I would want to marry him!!! LOL it was hilarious. Not because I didn't want to marry him, but because I NEVER expected him to ask me that. At least not at this point in our lives. We were content living together (I know.. shame on us!). Anyway, after I asked him like 5 times if he was "serious", and him saying yes he was 5 times, I said yes. Once the parents got involved, things got way out of control. I figured we would wait until 2008 to get married. He and my mother figured we would get married BEFORE the baby was born. Imagine the look on my face! So with that being said, from May 14 - July 7th I planned a wedding. We were married on Saturday July 7, 2007. It was not intentional, as a matter of fact, we went with the date that my pastor had available and when the church was available. Who knew or even thought about it was the most sought out day to get married... (777). Kendall and I considered it divine order. It just went along with all the other things in our relationship. So here we are an old married couple. Exactly 4 weeks prior to our daughter being born. I keep teasing saying I'm going to write a book - "How to plan a wedding in two weeks and get exactly what you want." LOL it wasn't two weeks, but it sure felt like it to me.

My daddy and me :)My Man! He sang to me, ya'll

I'se married now! (I wanted to wear my hair up, but it was too short, so I settled for SoftSpikes and a headband with lace. The morning of the wedding my man and I decided to hot glue gun a (fake) pearl necklace to the headband. It turned out so great. Did I tell you I did all of this on the fly??!)

So moving on through the year, I had a high-risk pregnancy due to the fact that I was battling hypertension, my age (I'm 38), being overweight (aggghhhhh) and other minor health issues. After 8 months of continuously going to OBGYN appointments 2 times a week, God gave me a beautiful beautiful little girl. She is so sweet and so precious. She was delivered on 8/07/07 at 4:07 pm by emergency C-section. My amniotic fluid was too low to sustain her. She was perfectly healthy and for this I'm always thanking God.

So now here I am just living the married, new mommy (again) life. And through it all my hair has been the one constant thing I could depend on. My hair has thrived under all conditions. I really haven't had any bad hair stories, or even any bad hair days. So I can stand here w/o a doubt and say that Sisterlocks is the best thing that could have ever happened to my hair! I have been so carefree. Even on my worst days I could look back and see that my hair was in-tact and looking pretty fierce (if i must say so myself).

Well, that's my year in a nut shell! Go figure that 12 months could go by so quickly. I promise to do better with my blogging now that life is starting to settle down for me. Of course I say that and I'm certain something else will come up to occupy my time. I will continue taking pictures and hope for the best with this journey. As I said earlier.. what God has for me, it's for me! I am living proof of what God will do for you! Hugs to all....

(By the way, visit my fotki album.... www.fotki.com/nappyoleme I always update those photos!)

My Week of Firsts

Well I just had to write to let you all know how my very first week of being SisterLoc'd went. I have to admit it was a lil scary. It's hard waking up every morning not sure what your hair is going to look like underneath that silk bonnet. But each day I awoke to something wonderful and beautiful. I told you in my previous post that last Friday was my first official outing with SisterLocks and that went just fine, then I had my first day on a new job Monday the 16th and I was nervous about how my new employer would react. I was nervous because I am the only African American in the office. So I wasn't sure how they would look at my new look since I didn't have it when I interviewed. My supervisor is super cool and she told me that she loved my hair and that it was very "trendy". So that made my day. I still get some that just talk to my hair, but they will get over it. It rained on Tuesday, so again I was nervous and then I realized that I didn't have to worry about my hair (yippie). First time ever! Then when I was at Soulard Market I had my first public compliment. I was just walking and comparing prices of fruit until my man told me that the woman was speaking to me. I said "oh I'm sorry?" She repeated "your hair is beautiful!" Of course I was cheesing all over the place. You know that Sistas don't always compliment each other, so I took that to heart. It made me stand a lil bit taller (I’m already short enough)

I have decided to wait until this weekend to wash my hair, so that will be another first. I'll keep you posted...


Lovin' my SisterLocks

My First Official Outing!

Friday night was my church's annual banquet, Evening of Elegance. This is a picture of my favorite person, my supporter, my best friend, my man! (Isn't he handsome!) Anyway, I was a lil nervous about my hair because it's so new and so short and I wasn't sure what folks would say about it. I ended up rolling (what lil roll i could get) on Soft Spike rollers that I ordered on Monday and had just come earlier that day. I am go grateful that I had enough sense to order the small ones.. lol. Anyway, I rolled my itty bitty locs and took a nap. I woke up and took them down and they were cute. So I was good. I put on my diva face and went to the banquet. I got a lot of compliments as well as a lot of stares. That's always the funny thing to me. Some people were talkin to my hair. You know how they are looking at your hair, but they really don't want to ask you what's up with it.. LOL. I think it's funny. All in all it was a good day and the banquet that I had been planning and stressing over for the last few weeks was a great success. All praises to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Fresh SisterLocks

Well the day has finally arrived! I am so elated I don't even know how to properly express it. I arrived at my loctician's place at 8:25, my appointment was at 8:30. We got started right away. First let me say a big yippie to Jeannine, my loctician, I immediately fell in love with her. She is so down to earth and so easy to talk to. We talked as if we had known each other for ages. She started on my hair I would say around 8:45 and she was done by 1 p.m. I was amazed. She was really fast. She also contributed it to having short hair (I thought my 3" hair was long compared to what I'm used to sporting - LOL). Anyway, she did take time to rod my itty bitty SisterLocks and sit me under the dryer and after all my questions and looking in the mirror, I walked out of her shop happy as a lil lamb around 2 p.m. Not bad for a day's work, huh. I have to tell you that I love my SisterLocks. I do have one complaint, I'm not crazy about the dry cray hair on the ends, but I know that in time I'll get used to that as well and that it will go away. I have to admit that I am a lil nervous of what my family and friends will say, but I know in the end they will be wondering how to get their hair like mine! So far my mother liked them, my 16-year old son said they were "okay" and my dad said that I should wear my hair curled more often (shakin my head). My real critic is my lil sister and of course my man. They haven't seen them yet. So their vote is still out. So, let me know what you think. I will have more pictures uploaded at http://public.fotki.com/NappyOleMe/

These are my pre-Sisterlock pitures.

Today is the final day that I will be able to comb my hair! Yippie!!! I have a lot of mixed emotions right now, but I am 100% positive that I am ready to lock my hair. I keep thinking about how I won't have to carry a comb around anymore or how I won't have to hunt around my house for a comb! LOL That's just going to be so much freedom. I have chosen the path of SisterLocks. After much research, chatting with other loc'd folks and looking at a billion pictures; I know this is the method that I want and can live with. I am very excited because tomorrow is my Sisterlock B-day. I had my consultation last week and I have to say that I was a lil leery at first, but after talking with my loctician and looking through her pictures (I love looking at Sisterlocks) I was at ease and ready to go!