Hair Bravery!

Note: I spend this entire post boring you with a history of what I've done to my hair in the past. I'm sorry! :) I promise to write something extra interesting soon!

I almost never  do anything new or vaguely interesting to my hair. My hair is naturally blond, and has always had amazing highlights. My hair is slowly darkening, which is reasonable seeing that my Mom's hair is dark brown and my Dad's is light brown. I have pretty much always had long-ish hair, anywhere from around my shoulders to my lower back. When I was seven, I had my first major haircut. I went from having hair down to my lower back, to having a very short bob! Everyone said that it was cute, but I genuinely disliked it. Strongly. 

The summer before 6th grade, I cut my hair short again. I won't go into details, since I remember posting about it. I loved that haircut, it wasn't quite as short.

The point of all that boringness was that I've never been very daring about my hair, I love the natural color, and am generally not very dramatic with cuts and styles.

Anyway, recently I decided to do something a little different! I decided to dye my hair! The other day, Mom and I popped into Sally's Beauty Supply and bought some teal hair dye...
I just got done rinsing the excess dye from my hair! We didn't do my whole head, only a large streak at the front. It turned out a lovely shade of vibrant aqua/teal. Mom only dyed the top layer, and didn't dye the tiny front young hairs, simply for the sake of me not having a blue face for the next week or two!  :)

MY HAIR IS BLUE!!! It looks prettier now that it's dry, I took those photos when it was damp and stringy. It's much prettier in real life. It has all different tones and shades in it, ranging from TARDIS blue,to nearly green, and every shade of blue and blue-green in between! It's also sort of metallic and shimmery. The dye smelled amazing! It made my hair smell very good and feel very soft.

Have you ever dyed your hair? Do you guys have any tips for dyeing hair? My hair is light enough that we won't have to lighten it, and the dye we used was semi-permanent. The color should last for about 6 weeks.

P.S. I typed this in a new font, what do you think?

Recent Book Favorites

Sorry I haven't posted in a while guys! We've been super busy with loads of little things! Also, my room is nearly done!

This is looking in through the doorway.

This is from the same spot as the 1st photo, but a little closer.

The top of my dresser.

The other side of the room.

My lovely daybed!

 I have a few things to put back, and I'd like to hang a few items on the walls, but other than that it's done!
We actually got the bed for $30 online. When we went to pick it up, we realized that it was not actually white, (it had been listed as a white iron twin daybed) but a sort of beige-ish flesh toned. Mom painted it white, and now it is much prettier.

These are from this past spring, for comparison:

from the doorway.

Also, if you haven't been to the Hutch Public Library lately, their teen summer reading program is Doctor Who themed! I read 5 novels last week, so I got to pick a prize:

I got Jammie Dodgers! The book is entitled: "The Official Quotable Doctor Who - Wise Words From Across Space And Time"! (I got it at Bluebird Books here in hutch!)

Today, Mom and I stopped in at Sally's Beauty Supply and bought turquoise semi-permanent hair dye! We're going to dye a streak of my hair!

On another note, I have recently discovered the Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo. They are my new favorite books! Part romance, part fantasy, part sci-fy! 

Book One:  Shadow and Bone

 Book Two: Siege and Storm

Book Three: Ruin and Rising

I've read books 1 and 2. Book 3 came out last week, so it'll be about another week before I can order it in paperback. I'll post a review once I've finished book 3! The author has written other novels that are set in the same world and with the same characters, like companion novels. I haven't read any of the companion novels, but I hope to!

Well, I gotta go!

Wild Kingdom Part Two

A couple of weeks ago, Mom was sitting in the driveway enjoying the sun. She had opened the garage door about 45 minutes prior. She heard a "plop!" and turned around to investigate, upon turning around, she found that a rather large snake had fallen either from in the garage door or in the rafters. I determined that it was probably a Bull snake.
After that Mom refused to enter the garage first, she also had to inspect the rafters first! :)
Last week, Mom was out in the garage getting food for Muddy when she heard another "plop!" and turned around to find a possum! It stared at her and skittered under the car. She then refused to enter the garage without inspecting for rodents, and making noise!
A couple of nights ago, I was in the house, when all of a sudden Mom started shouting my name! I hurried outside and found her in the garage staring up into the rafters. Sure enough, the possum was staring back at us from his perch! I determined that it was a juvenile (teenager), and assured Mom that possums are not aggressive. We called Dad, who came home and rigged up a system for catching the possum. We put a large pool raft under the spot where the possum was perched. Once we were all armed with brooms, Dad knocked the possum off of the rafter, as soon as the possum was on the ground, we swept it outside. Where it promptly played dead. I found this all quite fascinating, and thoroughly enjoyed watching the possum flop down with his tongue lolling, lay for a while, peek around to see if we were still there, and upon seeing me, flop back down!

This is where he was when I walked in.

Playing dead.

Dad's proven catch-and-release system! (I'm not being sarcastic, it really did work.)

Still "dead"

Don't judge the boots, I wanted to make sure I wouldn't get attacked...

P.S. My strawberries are doing amazing, though recently the bugs and the birds have gotten to them and I'm throwing out almost as many as I'm picking! My plants are three years old, and I do just about nothing to them, I water if necessary, but they are really low-maintenance.

I end up eating most of them before I even get inside!

Bedroom Redo

I'm fairly sure that I've mentioned my bedroom decor before, but I thought that today might be a good day to elaborate on it, seeing as we're redoing it this week.

Before I was born, my parents thought that I was going to be a boy (because Goertzens just have boys, almost ALL of my cousins are boys!) so they made my room vehicle themed. The wallpaper had houses and a road with trucks and cars, I adored it, and loved to count the houses as I fell asleep at night
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Then, when I was approx. 7, I decided that I wanted to redo it. We painted the walls bright/pepto pink, and decorated it with pictures of the Eiffel Tower.

This is my room as of this past March, nothing has changed, except I took down the wreath hanging in the corner. You can click on the picture to make it bigger.

Now, I've decided that I'm done with the pink, It's not ugly or terrible, it's simply a large amount of very bright pink. We're painting the walls pale blue. We may also be trading in my bunk bed which dominates most of the room, for a white iron frame daybed that my grandparents have.

This is what we are painting my room, Behr brand paint, from Home Depot.

I'm excited about painting, and I have considered moving the furniture around a bit. (my room  is teeny, so using the space is important.) But the part I'm most unsure of, is the bed switch. I love using the top bunk as a reading nook, and I can have a friend sleep up there if they stay the night. I also love how cozy the bottom bunk (where I normally sleep) feels, it makes me feel sheltered. And I can hang stuff from the bunks, my bed is covered in stuff taped to it, notes from Mom, pictures, and other random stuff.
Basically, I'm weighing the visual space the bunk bed takes up and the fact that I'll be able to sit and read on my bed VS. the cozy bottom bunk and the familiarity with my current bed. I think I'll try the new bed for a while, and we can always move my bunk bed back in if necessary.

Well, If you guys enjoyed this, I may put up pictures of my finished room!


P.S. I find that unlike some girls my age, I enjoy having a clean room and I am constantly tidying my room. I don't like to be in my room if there is stuff all over the floor!
Do any of you feel this way? What is your favorite (or least favorite) part of your house/room to clean?