Stopping by to say hi!

Just wanted to post a pic of my hair! Just left cheer practice and got my retight last week. This picture is 4 and half years Sisterlocked. I'm still loving it!



A close up on my texture...


My curls are still hanging on....



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Curly Ends

4 years later and my ends aren't locked yet!


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Location:Home on our 7 year anniversary weekend...

Guess who's bizzack!

I miss blogging and my blogger friends! Got consumed with fb and all the natural and sisterlocks groups that I forgot the main goal of my blog! I wanted to create an online diary of my hairstory. So I will just pick up from the year n half that I missed! First thing first.... I'm married!!! Pat n I got married last month on March 2nd. Secondly, I fell way off the vegetarian wagon but I'm running after it trying to jump back on... It's hard when it limits ur time and resources. I live in a city known for BBQ! Although I'm eating meat, it's poultry and seafood only. I think I'm good on the other meat. I'll never eat pork or beef again! I haven't since 2004. Well it's late and I will get back sometimes this week but I wanted to leave you with some pics from the wed/ honeymoon . My hair is 4.3 years locked. Enjoy!

















Oh!! And have u noticed the braces are gone!!!! Yes! Three weeks before my wedding! I was so happy n loving my smile!

For Colored Girls Wkend

Watch out there now! My locks are getting longer and more lock- looking... If u know what I mean. Still in love with my hair after 2.11 years! Refer to the locLoops tag and check out the earrings! My hair is almost past them!


During the opening weekend of For Colored Girls..... I went to a mother daughter bday brunch honoring a neighbor. We all wore hats ( which I had to borrow b/c I'm not a church hat owning kinda girl.... I had fun. Then afterwards we went to see the awesome movie.... Dinner.... Then drinks! What a good weekend spent with beautiful, strong, empowering black women.


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Tried FushiaStorm Double Bun!

This was fun! I gotta a lot of compliments all day long! This was the only way I could put my hair in a bun by using the bandana method. Click on Fushia's site on the right under my Sisterlock Family. I tweaked it a little. I held my head down and tied the bandana on my head to make a ponytail. The ponytail holder techinque didn't work for me. Then I followed everything else like her blog said. I will definitely use this style again! Oh and I had to tie a headwrap on cuz my locks in the front are shorter and the fly aways drive me crazy! Enjoy!


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Updating blog!

Hi girlies! I still can't figure out where my SL bloggers went... ;( I will still update my blog. So much has been going on. My ex-husband passed away from a car accident. I was very sad about it but was at peace because our last words to each other was in October when he called me for my 30th bday. They were friendly and pleasant and i got a chance to tell him that I forgave him. BF was very supportive and by my side. This incident showed me that he is truly on my team and is the one for me. We havent been together 5.5 years for nothing! My Sls are still the same to me... Nothing changed but my ponytails are starting to look 10 x better! I am also losing weight... A lot of it. I started on 8-9-10 weighing 181lbs! As of today 9-16-10, I weigh 164! My secret weapon is Medifast and just a Lil exercise. I try and walk about 30 times/ 3 days a week. My goal weight is 135. So I got about 30lbs to lose. Medifast is kinda expensive but only bc I have to pay a lump sum for 40 days. I will continue this until January. We will see what happens... Here are some pics until next time!



RIP Alejandro Perez
( I was 135 in this picture and a permie...)





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Photo update

These photos were taken between May and July 2010 (2 year/ 5 months thru 2 year/ 7 months). Enjoy!








Teeth are getting straighten...


Purple lock down....


Braid out...

















That's all for now! Still loving my sisterlocks! Follow me @ sislockedbeauty (Twitter) and on facebook @ facebook.com/freecb




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March Madness

Well ladies it's that time of the year! Shout
out to all the Memphis Tigers fans!!!! just wanted to keep
my blog going and post some pictures of the hur! I was a hostess at a friend's wedding-





taking pics of my new braidout-








and me spoiling Marley after an unwanted bath session.


Simply, naturallly me!



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Playing around!

Well I got this idea to add some color to my hair from all the music videos and the hundreds of women in Memphis. Lol! I wanted to find some kinky hair that was colored purple- my fav color next to black. The plan was to sisterlock the track and then glue it in ;)... Ok ok I was bored and the idea just popped up. I'm still too chicken to touch my own hair with bleach n color so that's when the weave thing came up. The weave was too str8 and after back combing and installing 5 sisterlocks, I got lazy and just really wanted to see the results. I Bobbie-pinned in the row of weave and took sum photos. The bf didn't like it. But I just know it will be super cute once I find some purple "marley" type hair and sisterlock the whole track. I'm looking forward to wearing this style in the summer. Here are some pilot or concept pictures!


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December 17th 2 yrs!!

Well I know I'm late posting but it's been hard to keep up with blogspot and facebook. Here's a pic of me at the two yr mark. My hair had been rolled on "hotdogs"... Well that's what my stylist calls them. Lol I'm back and I'm sorry blog followers that it took so long to post. Peace


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Happy 30th 2 Me!

What a ball! I had so much fun enjoying life and everything about it this whole week. My heart is just so full of love! I am so lucky to have a family like mine... A mother who cares about me so much she doesn't care if feelings will get hurt,,she's going to tell you whats on her mind. It took me a looong time to understand that! A father that truly loves his baby girl and would walk to the ends of the earth with me if I needed him. Two loving brothers that I adore and who adores me back. 3 BEAUTIFUL NIECES AND THE ONE AND ONLY Handsome Nephew.... I love you guys you always make TT happy and make me smile. I am also lucky to have two beautiful sisters in love ( E and T )that are strong women. I truly care about them and my brothers are lucky to have them. Even though I am grown I am lucky to have a God-mother that has been there for me from birth remembering each birthday and always there for any event in my life. I love you so much God-Mother E. I am so lucky to have friends...true friends that have been with me thru thick and thin. You guys are the best and you definitely know who you are! I am also thankful for my fellow bloggies and sisterlock wearers who have made that commitment to show your natural beauty and are beautifully rockin that natural hair style. Whether you are rocking an afro, locks, twists, etc. You guys made it easier for me to wear my natural hair and I am truly thankful for that! I hope that the next thirty years of my life will be filled with the same love, joy and peace as my first thirty.

Fall is Here!

Although I am a warm climate kind of girl, I also enjoy the colors and clothes of F-A-L-L. I can also see and feel my hair thickening up as I approach my 30th birthday! I have always dreamed of how I will bring in my 30th to only find out I will be alone. My parents are going away on a Retreat and I broke up with my long-term boyfriend 3 days ago. I will just have to call up some friends because I am not celebrating alone! Still haven't replaced my camera... maybe I will get one for the b-day. Who knows... I will post some pics soon because I dont want to look back 3 years from now and I dont have pics from those months during my journey. Well I will talk to ya soon after my birthday so I can post sum pics.
So I will leave you with some 30 yr old quotes I found on the internet. LOL
Everything I know I learned after I was thirty. - Georges Clemenceau

Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty. - Robert Frost

When you turn thirty, a whole new thing happens: you see yourself acting like you parents. - Blair Sabol

I'm turning thirty this year. And you know the saying, a woman over thirty is more likely to get hit by an A bomb than find a man. - Fanny Fink

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. - Caryn Leschen

Happy Summer!

I'm baaaack! I really never left, I've commented on other SL blogs but since my camera is tow-up, I haven't been able to post. A post isn't fun without pictures! A friend of mine was nice enuf to take some impromptu pics of me. I saw him coming out of the store and he took some snaps. They came out perfect! Luckily I had on some make up and a stylish shirt... I was on my way to a birthday dinner in honor of my father. Well, anyway everything is going good with me. My relationship with P has seriously been tested...but weeee stilllll together! This long distance stuff is hard!!! I can't wait until he graduates. The teeth are getting comfortable with the brackets but the Jaw and lips are still mad at me! The ortho appts are getting better. No noticable changes in teeth though. My sisterlocks have still been good to me. But I sometimes think that the fairies come out at night and cut inches off a week! LOL No I'm kidding..my hair actually passes my shoulders now-but only when I pull it. It sucks because I'M READY TO TRY LONG LENGTH HAIR STYLES!!! I still dont know when the shrinkage will finally stop. I am just happy that I don't have to comb my hair still and I love that when I'm riding with my boyfriend and all the windows are down, I can put on my shades and let my hair do what it do! and when we arrive to the destination, I can just shake, fluff and go! That's the freedom of SISTERLOCKS baby!

2009 Goals Revisted

Ok I just read my past post---- 2009 Goals and um WTH was I thinking..... Ok lets dissect the list shall we...

So here are my new years goals....... Save a dime in 09 Haven't saved anything more than I'm normally saving (403b, stocks, etc) Does it count that I've paid some loans off since Jan?

1. save for car Haven't done this yet..Still undecided about purchasing a new car. I want one for swag but I don't NEED one. I mean who still drives a Daewoo...I do! Does it count that I've replaced the really cracked windshield, added auto tint, fixed the AC and bought new tires?

2. save for wedding Ok this was a REAL stupid goal to begin with. Sometimes ladies we are guilty of thinking this will be the year that he proposes... He has never asked and I was wrong to assume that I needed to save for a event that hasn't even been initiated, Well it has been 4 years.... But 3 1/2 of those years he has been an undergrad college student. And if you read Steve Harvey's book - "Think like a man but act like a lady" than you will understand that men need to know who they are , what they're going to do (job), and how much money they are going to make before they can even think about marrying you... and P doesn't know the latter two. I think I am going thru this "I'm turning 30" phase. You know when you were a child you mapped out your whole life? By 30 I suppose to be married with 2 kids living it up... It's just Marley and Me. I didn't want to start having children at 35 but I guess I have no choice.... I can go on and on on this subject... I digress

Marley wishing the bag was full...

3. invest in a treadmill Bought an Elliptical instead and I MAKE mself get on it twice a week. So far so good but I miss working out with people/gym


4. Lose 25 lbs Dont know how much I weighed when I wrote this but I know "I aint loss no 25lbs!" lol it's a work in progress....


5. Get 4 new Sisterlock clients this year Ok I quit the SL business. I wasted ALOT of money. Memphis is not a great place for natural hair care. There are three women who has been SLing for 7 yrs plus and they got Memphis on lock! All my appointments cancelled on me-changed their mind- etc. P says I never really wanted to do it anyway, I was just fasinated about the thought of extra income. My new thing is to opening a preparatory school for ages 3-5 in a rural area outside of Memphis. Anyone know a grant-writer? Teaching is really my true and first love.





So there you have it! I've revised my goals for the remainder of the year...





1. Lose 25 lbs- current weight 161


2. Save money- not for a car or anything particular just some saved cash on hand


3. Start saying NO





Wish me luck!

New LOOK

my first professional photo with braces..you cant see them...

NOW YOU CAN!!

My baby Niece

Happy in Atlanta

THE OLD ME..... I had a gap..but at least I could smile pretty, eat whatever, and talk without spitting everywhere without my lip getting stuck over my braces.....

OK so what do I do the year that I will turn 30??? Get braces. The day after, I cried hating myself for ever taking on this leach. I can't eat because my over-bite is so bad...none of my teeth are touching except two in the back. I cant even eat salads. I had to cough up the money and bought a juicer. I like it and believe it or not, I am getting full off of juice all day. I can manage to eat smashed up green beans and potatoes of course. I also bought a Waterpic and I am attached to it. I don't know how anyone is not NOT using it... no more flossing ever... Here are the embarrassing photos of my teeth... and just like my hair posts, I can look at these pics three years from now and say, "I remember when...." There is also a not so embarrassing one of my pretty neice, M. and of course the love of my life in Atlanta