You changed your hair, not your heart...

I've been getting good reactions to my hair, other than shock. My Evil Mother didn't recognize me at church on Wednesday night. She walked past me several times and didn't notice me until I walked up to her. My grandfather likes it. I didn't expect that. I got so much flack last time I made my hair dark that I didn't expect a warm reception this time around. I'll be seeing my grandmother today for the first time. She probably won't like it. We'll have to wait and see I guess. My hair still needs to be trimmed and I think another coat of colour. It's so strange...you look at my hair and your eyes deceive you, it still looks blonde in places, but when I turn my head it's clearly not blonde. Maybe it's my imagination, but Rudi and Sarah see it too.

Rudi still hasn't gotten used to being married to a brunette. I asked him this morning and he again said he prefers the blonde. I got a little huffy since this was kind of his suggestion in the first place and then he said 'I don't care. You changed your hair, not your heart'. Wow. Didn't expect that. Sweet!

Our weekend to George draws ever nearer. We'll be going the end of May to meet Nellie, Goliath and Daniel (the new arrival). I can't wait! Speaking of waiting...I'm still waiting for my package to arrive...you know. The thing I ordered that I can't talk about. Dying to try it out!

So tomorrow I'm back at work. Heaven help me. This leave was so short. At least now I have our weekend away in George to look forward to. After that...nothing. I cannot believe it is May already. On the 5th of May it will be 6 months since we lost James. It's been a long road, but I have come out on the other side. I still get very sad sometimes and I do still cry, but it doesn't occupy my thoughts every single waking moment as it once did. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Although I had wished that my happiness would stem from a new pregnancy, it has not.

The gynae predicted I would be pregnant by May or in May or around May or whatever. Again, only time will tell. I'm doing pretty well at not being upset about not being pregnant. I didn't cry about it, I didn't bite Rudi's head off about it. A vast improvement.

Looks like Rudi has our day planned out for us. Going to watch Fast and Furious 4 at 12:15 and meeting my grandparents for lunch at the Spur at 5. Guess I've done enough chilling. Hmmm...breakfast beckons...

From blonde to brunette...

So last night Sarah and I got together and transformed me from a blonde to a brunette. Took less than an hour and here are the results:

My hair before:







This last one is going to my new profile pic for sure :)

What you think?

+400g

Yeah, OK. I know I'm getting fatter and I know I'm undoing all my hard work. I seriously need to get back on to the bandwagon and start eating well and excercising again. This is utter nonsense! I have to get my ass into gear.

On another note of vanity, Rudi has suggested that I ditch my blonde locks and got back to my natural colour (which he has never seen, other than my roots sticking out). I've been toying with the idea for a while, but I'm not sure what to do. I don't really have pictures of the 3 months stint in which I had dark hair...so I can't put up pictures for you to decide. The blonde suits me, it really does...but it's a bitch to maintain and to keep looking nice all the time. Even now I feel like my roots are getting out of hand.

So - question is: Blonde or brunette? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

I promised pictures of my gifts from Leebeesa. I figured if I was going to wait till I take them with my proper camera it could take a while, so I snapped a few pics so you could see:



Tulip bulbs



Hand painted bowl



Flashing rubber ducky (this duck flashes different colour lights and is for the baby that is yet to come)



Butterfly earrings


Thank you Leebeesa for the lovely gifts! I hope I manage to cultivate the tulips!