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I'm in Gymbo Heaven this week!!!

How to Improve Your Posture

Every since I had the kids my body has completely changed and my posture is so bad. Chronics headaches are a result of bad posture along with back and neck pain as well. I thought I would share this and I hope that its helpful for others.

Steps
1.) Know what good posture is believed to be. Most people think that to "stand up straight" means tensing your back to heave your chest 'in and up', and pulling your head back in to your chest. This is not so. The spine has two natural curves that you need to maintain called the 'double C' or 'S' curves, these are the curves found from the base of your head to your shoulders and the curve from the upper back to the base of the spine. When standing straight up, make sure that your weight is evenly distributed on your feet. You might feel like you are leaning forward, and look stupid, but you don't.
2.) Using a mirror, align your ears, shoulders, and hips. [This needs an image] Proper alignment places your ears loosely above your shoulders, above your hips. Again, these points make a straight line, but the spine itself curves in a slight 'S'. You'll find that this doesn't hurt at all. If you do experience pain, look at your side view in a mirror to see if you're forcing your back into an unnatural position. If so, stop it!
3.) Do exercises that strengthen the muscles across your upper back and shoulders. These do not have to be strenuous! Try the following, with or without hand weights:
- Align your ears over your shoulders. Raise both arms straight up, alongside your ears. Remember to keep your ears aligned! Bend forearms toward shoulders to touch your shoulder blades. Do 10 repetitions with both arms, then alternate 10 reps for each arm singularly.
- Align ears with shoulders. Raise both arms out to sides at shoulder length. Hold for a slow count of ten. Slowly lower arms to sides, counting ten as you lower. Slowly raise arms back to shoulder height, counting to ten as you raise arms. Do ten reps, constantly checking your alignment! If ten reps are too many to start, do as many as you can. You should at least feel a slight fatigue in the shoulder muscles.
- Be a penguin. While you wait for a web page to load, toast to pop, or the microwave to beep, place elbows at your side, and touch your shoulders with your hands. Keeping your hands on your shoulders, and your ears aligned, raise both elbows (count one, two) and lower them back to your waist (count one, two). Do as many reps as your wait allows. You'll be surprised how much exercise fits into 30 seconds.
4.) Do stretches. This can greatly help if you find that you have a sore back or neck after a while.
- Tilt (stretch) your head in all four directions over your shoulders (forward, back, left, right), and gently massage your neck. Avoid rolling in a circle, as it may cause further strain.
- On your hands and knees, curl your back upwards, like a cat, and then the opposite. Think about being able to place a bowl in the hollow of your back.
5.) Repeat the exercises a few times each day. Doing them in the morning helps your body stretch out the muscle lethargy of sleep, and periodically throughout the day helps raise your energy level without a heavy workout.
6.) Try taking ballet classes. You can take ones from a performing arts school in this instance; they are simply recreational.
7.) Doing yoga is also excellent for posture. You can take a class or find a good workout video.

Sitting
1.) Sit in an office chair.
2.) Align your back with the back of the office chair. Avoid slouching or leaning forward, especially when tired from sitting in the office chair for long periods.
3.) Keep your shoulders straight.
4.) Flex your arms at a 75 to 90 degree angle at the elbows. You may have to adjust the office chair.
5.) Make sure your neck, back, and heels are all aligned.
Keep both feet flat on the floor. If there's a problem with feet reaching the floor comfortably, a footrest can be used along with the office chair.

Standing
1.) Stand with weight mostly on the balls of the feet, not with weight on the heels. Avoid locking your knees.
2.) Keep feet slightly apart, about shoulder-width.
3.) Let arms hang naturally down the sides of the body.
4.) Tuck the chin in a little to keep the head level. Be sure the head is square on top of the neck and spine, not pushed out forward
5.) Stand straight and tall, with shoulders upright.
6.) Stand against a wall with shoulders and bottom touching wall. In this position, the back of the head should also touch the wall - if it does not, the head is carried too far forward (anterior head carriage).

Walking
1.) Keep the head up and eyes looking straight ahead. Avoid pushing your head forward.
2.) Keep shoulders properly aligned with the rest of the body.

Driving
1.) Sit with the back firmly against the seat for proper back support. The seat should be a proper distance from the pedals and steering wheel to avoid leaning forward or reaching.
2.) The headrest should support the middle of the head to keep it upright. Tilt the headrest forward if possible to make sure that the head-to-headrest distance is not more than four inches.

Carrying Objects
1.) Always bend at the knees, not the waist.
2.) Use the large leg and stomach muscles for lifting, not the lower back.
3.) If necessary, get a supportive belt to help maintain good posture while lifting.
4.) When carrying a heavy or large object, keep it close to the chest.
5.) If carrying something with one arm, switch arms frequently.
6.) When carrying a backpack or purse, keep it as light as possible, and balance the weight on both sides as much as possible, or alternate from side to side.
7.) When carrying a backpack, avoid leaning forward or rounding the shoulders. If the weight feels like too much, consider using a rolling backpack with wheels.

Sleeping
1.) A relatively firm mattress is generally best for proper back support, although individual preference is very important.
2.) Sleeping on the side or back is usually more comfortable for the back than sleeping on the stomach.
3.) Use a pillow to provide proper support and alignment for the head and shoulders.
4.) Consider putting a rolled-up towel under the neck and a pillow under the knees to better support the spine.
5.) If sleeping on the side, a relatively flat pillow placed between the legs will help keep the spine aligned and straight.

Tips
- You can have someone tape a giant X on your back from one shoulder to the opposite hip. Then put a straight line of tape across your shoulders closing the top of the X. Wear this during the day, to help retrain your back. This works really well if you hold shoulders back before taping, use wide non stretch tape and ideally change tape each day.
- Don't tighten up your muscles when you are assuming a straight posture. It will only stress the joints and muscles themselves and this affects the skeleton, therefore your posture and even the way you move and breathe. Try to eventually relax into it but if you experience back pains, stop it! You are probably causing unnecessary muscle tension. It is important to differentiate between back pains, and muscle exhaustion. Since the correct posture is foreign, the muscles needed to maintain that posture might not be strong enough yet. A guideline for this is that if it strains you to breath, realign your posture. Let the breath guide you, it needs to feel good! It can take weeks to strengthen the muscle imbalances and this is very tough work, but worth it in the end.
- If your head is hanging, you can't be properly aligned. Keep your head at the level that allows you to look directly ahead without having to turn your eyes up. If you cannot do this without feeling tension in your neck, this means you are causing unnecessary muscle tension.
- A great side benefit of keeping your head straight, and your ears/shoulders/hips aligned is an improvement in your self-esteem and attitude. If you walk with your head up, you appear more confident, and feel more confident, which improves your attitude and mood, making it easier to walk with your head up.
- Try these steps to get in alignment: push your shoulders forward, then bring them straight up, then bring them straight back, then bring them straight down. Feel good? If your shoulders feel slightly stiff or tense you may have unnecessary muscle tension.
- If you need help remembering to keep your posture, think of a unique object or color. Every time you think of that object, check your posture.

Warnings
- Do not keep doing exercises if you feel pain or more than a slight fatigue! This will not get you there faster. Instead it will frustrate you and make you less likely to continue the exercises. If you can only do 3 reps, do 3 reps when you get up, and 3 after breakfast, and three just before you leave the house. Tomorrow or the next day, you'll be able to do 4. Then 7, then 10.
- Anyone with back, neck, or pelvic injuries should not attempt to correct their posture themselves. This could further damage the body. Contact your Doctor before trying to tamper with your alignment

Next Weeks Deals

Ok, not a ton happening for great deals next - which I'm totally fine with. I might need to check out the Market Basket flyer this week.

Shaw's Week of Jan 23rd
Perdue Chicken Nuggets and Cutlets - B1G1F
-$1 MCs found in the 1/11 RP

$1 SALE:
Easy Mac Cups
Gatorade

*FLYER MFG. Q - 1 FREE 35 ct. Clorox Wipes WYB any 2 participating products:
- 48 oz Pine-Sol $3
- 30 oz Clorox Disinfecting Bathroom Cleaner
- 32 oz Clorox Clean-up with Bleach $3
- 35 ct. Clorox Disinfecting Wipes 2/$5
- 32 oz Formula 409 $3
- 32 oz Clorox Disinfecting Kitchen Cleaner
- 82/96 oz Clorox Bleach 3/$5
- $1/2 Clorox 4/30 exp. from Redplum

Lays - BOGO


CVS Week of Jan 25th
ECB Deals

5 ECB wyb $15 of Advil, Dimetapp or Robitussin Limit 1
Advil $5
Robitussin/Dimetapp $6
Advil Cold & Sinus or Advil Allergy Sinus $1 (2-28-09) V 10/12/08
Advil Cold & Sinus Product, any $1 (1-31-09) V 9/7/08
Advil Cold & Sinus, Allergy Sinus or Childrens Advil Cold $1 (4-30-09) V 11/16/08
Advil Cold & Sinus, Allergy Sinus or Childrens Cold $1 (3-31-09) V 11/2/08
Advil Cold & Sinus, Allergy Sinus or Childrens Cold $1 (4-30-09) V 12/14/08
Robitussin Product, any $1 (1-31-09) V 11/2/08
Robitussin Product, any $1 (4-30-09) V 12/14/08
Robitussin Product, any $1 (4-30-09) V #2 1/4/09
Robitussin Product, any .50 (1-31-09) V 9/21/08
Dimetapp Childrens Product, any $1 (4-30-09) V 11/2/08
$2 off Robi/Dimetapp Printable

4 ECB wyb New Gillette Fusion Gamer, Venus Breeze Spa or Embrace Sister ($7.99) Limit 1
Gillette Fusion Razor, any $4 (1-31-09) P & G 12/28/08


$3 ecbs wyb Head & Shoulders, Gillette, Pantene Restoratives or Expressions shampoo, conditioner, mask
or balm ( $4.99), Limit 5
Gillette Shampoo or Conditioner, any except trial size $2 on 2 (1-31-09) P & G 12/28/08
Gillette Shampoo or Conditioner, any except trial size $2/1 (2-28-09) P & G 1/18/09
Head & Shoulders Shampoo or Conditioner, any $1 (1-31-09) P & G 12/28/08
Head & Shoulders Shampoo or Conditioner, any $1/1 (2-28-09) P & G 1/18/09
Pantene Product, any except trial size $3 on 2 (1-31-09) P & G 12/28/08
Pantene Styling Product, Hair Spray or Treatment, any except trial size $1 (1-31-09) P & G 12/28/08

4 ECB wyb Shick Intuition Plus Razor ($8.99) Limit 1
Schick Quattro Titanium Razor, any $2 (1-25-09) SS 12/14/08

$10 ECBs wyb $20 of Benefiber, Gas-X or Maalox (prices starting at $4.99) Limit 1
Benefiber Product, any $2 (1-31-09) SS 10/19/08
Benefiber Product, any $2 (2-28-09) SS 11/16/08
Benefiber Product, any $2 (3-31-09) SS 12/14/08
Benefiber Product, any $2 (3-31-09) SS #2 1/4/09
Gas-X Product, any $1 (3-31-09) SS #2 1/4/09
Maalox Chewable, any $2 (1-31-09) SS 10/19/08
Maalox Liquid, any $2 (1-31-09) SS 10/19/08
Maalox Product, any $1.50 (3-31-09) SS #2 1/4/09

$2 ecbs wyb Colgate total toothpaste or max fresh toothbrush 2 pk Limit2


Gillette Styling Product, Shampoo or Conditioner (no trial) $2 expires 2/28/09
$4.99 - $2 = $2.99 with $3 ECB back = $0.01 profit
2 Day Sale:

Revlon BOGO Limit 6, B1G1-50% after monday
Revlon Beauty Tool, any $1 (1-14-09) SS 9/14/08
Revlon Beauty Tool, any $1 (1-31-09) SS 10/19/08
Revlon Beauty Tool, any $1 (2-12-09) SS 10/12/08
Revlon Beauty Tool, any $1 (3-16-09) SS 11/16/08
Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, any $1 (2-12-09) SS 10/12/08
Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, any $1 (3-16-09) SS 11/16/08
Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, any $1 (4-7-09) SS 12/7/08
Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, any $2 (1-14-09) SS 9/14/08


Other sale

Pert/Sure $1.99

Music on my Blog

I have added a music playlist to my blog thanks to Mandy. Hope you enjoy, just a mix of songs that I liked.

Shopping Trips from Yesterday

Ok, so I wasn't able to make it to Shaws so I'll be doing that tonight. And I only went to one CVS - just ran out of time. Sorry no pics - the bags are still in the car from last night.

Rite Aid
Huggies Pull Up for $12.49
Huggies Size 4 for $12.49
Huggies Wipes for $2.50
Huggies Wipes for $2.50
Coupons - Huggies -$1.50
Coupons - Huggies -$1.50
Coupons - Wipes -$1.00
Rite Aid Coupon - $5.00
Total: $21.08 (not the best deal ever but I'm not into buying the monitors that everyone else is)
I will get back the following $10.00 Rite Aid Gift Card, $2.00 from the Wipes and $2.00 for the diapers so total is $7.08 for diapers and wipes (not bad)


Market Basket
I bought 4 boxes of Quaker Simple Harvest Oatmeal since none of the Shaws around here carry them. They were on sale for $2.50 and I had a $1.00 coupon. Totally worth it - so total was $6.00 for 4 boxes of the maple and pecan flavor - yum!


CVS
1 Excedrin 20CT $1.99
1 Excedrin 20CT $1.99
1 CVS Allergy Med $3.79
1 Lotex Long 32 CT with free liners $3.27
1 Lotex Long 32 CT with free liners $3.27
1 Lotex Long 32 CT with free liners $3.27
1 Hallmark Card $.99
1 Hallmark Card $.99
1 Hallmark Card $.99
1 Regular Card #3.69
1 Johnson Body Lotion with free lotion bottle $4.49
Manufacturer Coupons - $7.50
CVS Coupons -$7.00
ECB's $13.49
Total was .74 cents and I got back $3.79 for Allergy Meds, $6.00 for Kotex and $3.00 for Hallmark Cards - total $12.79 in ECBS to roll.

Shopping Trips

So, the plan is after a dr appt I'll be hitting Rite Aid, CVS, Market Basket and Shaws (if I can fit it all in).

Just need to have my coupons all together and organized and run in and run out. I'll post later what I end up getting and paying. Some great deals on Huggies Diapers at Rite Aid!! Yeah, always need those!

CVS Trip

I finally went to CVS - I swear it has been over a month if not longer. Here is what I got:

St. Ives Facial Wash $2.99
St. Ives Facial Wash $2.99
CVS Allergy Medicine $3.79
Shoe Laces $1.79
Total $11.56
Manu Coupons $-4.00
CVS coupons $-5.00
Total after coupons $2.56 OOP and I got $3.79 back in ECB(this is a lot to pay out of pocket but I'm just getting back into it and need to pull the rest of my coupons, which I left at home yesterday)

Also, got a prescription filled and got a $25.00 gift card. YEAH!

Shaw Deals Starting 1/16/09

4 Day Sale:
Hotel Style Turkey Breast $1.39/lb
Semi Bonesless Rib Steak or Roast $5.99/lb
24 pack Poland Spring 3/$11 ** cat Buy 3, get $3 OYNO**
New England Coffee 4/$10
Chicken Wings Frozen 4lb bag $4.99
Huggies Jumbo Diapers $8.88

Unilever Deal:
Buy $20 .... save $5 OYNO
Buy $30......save $10 OYNO
Buy $40.....save $15 OYNO

items listed:
$3.99 Hellmann's Mayo 30 oz 2/$6 - coupons in 11/16 RP
$2.89 Skippy PB 15-16.3 oz 3/$5 - coupons in 11/16 RP
$3.59 Lipton Tea Bags 100 ct 2/$6 - coupons in 11/16 RP
$2.79 Wish Bone Dressing 16 oz 3/$5 - coupons in 11/16 RP and 1/4 RP
$2.50 Ragu 13.5-26oz 6/$10 - coupons in 11/16 RP
$1.79 Lipton Sides 4-5.7oz pasta 10/$10 - coupons in 11/16 RP
$1.69 Lipton Sides 4-5.7oz rice 10/$10 - coupons in 11/16 RP
$3.19 I can't believe it's not butter, promise, or brummell and brown
spread 2/$4
$2.29 Shedd's spread country crock spread 15oz $2.19
$10.99 All Laundry detergent 100oz $7.49
$6.99 Dove beauty bar or body wash 6pack bars, 19-24oz wash 2/$12 http://www.dove.us/#/offers/coupons/
No Caress at my store - Caress Bar Soap or body wash 6 pack bars 15 oz
body wash 2/$8
$3.99 Klondike bars $2.99
$5.29 Breyers Ice Cream $2.99

Stock up and save:
Shaws coupon Save $5 WYB $20 or more of General Mills products

Participating products:
4/$10 Cereals: cookie crips, trix, multigrain cheerios, chocolate chex, strawberry chex, honey nut chex, reese's puffs, lucky charms. Betty crocker fruit snacks, gold medal flour, pillsbury ready to bake cookies. - can find coupons on www.coupons.com and www.pillsbury.com and www.bettycrocker.com

10/$20 Betty Crocker boxed muffin mix, cookie mix, 2 pk warm delights, bugles, chex mix, progresso soup, bisquick shake n pour - can find coupons on www.bettycrockers.com

10/$15 Totino's pizza rolls, Betty Crocker seasoned skilets, 20oz Bisquick pancake mix, Green Giant steamers - can find coupons on www.pillsbury.com

2/$6 Chex Mix, Nature Valley, Caribou Coffee, Milk n Cereal, Curves or Fiber One bars
- can find coupons on www.pillsbury.com and www.coupons.com and www.bettycrocker.com

10 for 10
Near East rice **shaws Q for $1.00 off 10**
Banquet Brown n serve sausage
Shaws spinach
vitaminwater and smartwater
Chef Boyardee
Shaws pasta
Birds Eye veggies
Celeste Pizza for one
Swiss miss
Hunts spaghetti sauce
Healthy choice soup
Shaws bread
Avocados

B1G1 Free
Doritos
Hatfield Ham Steak
Hostess donettes
Utz Potato chips
Emerald Nuts
Blueberries **shaws Q for $1.00 off 2**

Coupon - In Ad
$5 off WYB $20 of any coca cola, digiorno or california pizza plus $1 off 2 that are Shaw's coupons so you can combine - yeah!!

** coke, diet or sprite 3/$10
Digiorno or california pizza 2/$10

Hood IceCream $1.99
Kelloggs Cereal 4/$7 (froot loops, apple jacks, corn pops, rice crispies, Frosted Mini Wheats, corn flakes, frosted flakes, cookie crunch) - yeah for Frosted Mini Wheats!!!!

Bagel Bites are 2$3 which is a great price for these - now to find coupons!

Fantasy Island

Ricardo Montalban dies at age 88 - this makes me so sad. I so remember, like it was yesterday watching episode after episode of Fantasy Island. I loved this show and so wanted to live there. Mr. Roarke and Tattoo - the two friendly faces that greeted you at the island. We will never forget you!

It's Gymbucks Time!

It is time to turn in those gymbucks. I can't wait, I already have my cart built and I'm just finalizing a few things and then off to place the order. This is the first time that Jefferson has more things than Sidra.

Shaw's Deals Starting Today

New catalina promo:
Save $3 ONYO WYB $15
Save $5 ONYO WYB $20
Save $7 ONYO WYB $30

Participating products listed:
egg beaters-2/5
Swiss Miss Diet, Fat Free & No sugar cocoa mix-2/5
Healthy Choice items:
Pasta sauce-2/4
Cafe Steamers-2.99
Soup microwavable bowls-3/5
Complete selections dinners-2.99
Panini-2.99
soup-10/10
Fresh Mixers-2/6
Pam cooking spray-2/6
Ro-Tel or Hunts tomatoes,10-14 oz, all var.- 10/10
O. Redenbacher's Smart Pop 3 pack & 4 ct mini bags- Buy 2 get 1 free
Hunt's pasta sauce, 25.75-26.5 oz-10/10
Hunt's tomatoes or tomato sauce, 28-29oz cans-1.69
Also pictured BUT NOT listed: Wesson oil-3.49 & Fleishmans margarine-2.39

Kleenex-75-200ct-Buy 2 get 2 free
Tostitos chips, salsa, or Ruffles-Buy 2 get One free
Progresso Classic soup-10/10 (Shaws IP)
Plumrose bacon-BOGO (Shaws IP)
Friendly's Ice Cream-BOGO (Shaws IP)

Quaker breakfast items-5/10 In ad q for $3 off WYB 5 Quaker products(Manu Q). AND Shaws IP! Items include: Cap'n Crunch and Life cereals, Instant oatmeal, Simple Harvest hot cereals and bars, quick and old fashioned oats, Quaker morning minis, Chewy granola bars, fruit flavored crisp bars and bites, breakfast cookies, muffin bars, granola bites, oatmeal to go, and a few others listed. (Here is the fine print on the Quaker deal- 11.8 oz. Simple Harvest Instant Hot Cereal, 7.84 - 10 oz. Chewy Granola Bars,14 - 16 oz. Cap’N Crunch Cereal, 15 oz. life Cereal, 7.6 - 10.4 oz. Breakfast Cookies, 10.5 - 16.2 oz. Instant Oatmeal, 4.2 oz. Granola Bites, 6.3 oz. Crunchy Granola Bars or 7.1 oz. Sweet & Salty Bars)

California Navel oranges-10/10
Del Monte Fruit Naturals-10/10
Eggo waffles-2/4
Ray's Bagels-BOGO
Powerade-.89
Jolly Time microwave popcorn-BOGO
Act II Micro popcorn-10/10
Freihofers Italian or Canadian White bread-BOGO

There's a $4.50 milk cat wyb any new GM cereal $4/10. - the New GM Cereals are: Cinnamon Chex 13.5oz, Total Cinnamon Crunch 15.4oz, Banana Nut Cheerios 10.9oz, Honey Kix 12oz, and Fiber One Frosted Shredded Wheat (YUM - Honey Kix sounds good - I'll be getting that)

Have you met my friends - Ben and Jerry?

Went to Walgreens this afternoon for a quick trip. I haven't couponed in over a month and I just needed to get some things. Walgreens has their Ben & Jerry's ice cream on sale for 2/$6 so that would be $3.00 for one. Well, if you follow these steps below (i hope it's still working) then you can print off a $3.00 coupon for their ice cream. You can print it off twice so free ice cream!!!!!!!!! Who doesn't like free stuff. I'll be indulging in some of it tonight - now which kind should I have - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough or New York Super Fudge Chunk? Now all you need is a best friend to share it with :)

To get the coupon:
Click on this link and it might tell you that the coupon has been printed already. If it does, then enter your information in the section where it asks who do you want to send it to. Send it to your own email address. you will get an email immediately with the coupon where you can print it off. I printed mine a couple of days ago so I'm not sure if it's still working but it's worth a shot. Bonne Chance!
http://b.coupons.com/Start.asp?bt=wi&tqnm=qahndib45341023&c=BJ&o=54923&p=TAFQAEMEFF2833688176&eb=1&z=

A Duck At The Door

Jefferson got this book for Christmas but it seems like Sidra has taken it over. She knows it's his but she insists upon reading it every night. I love reading the story because it is so cute and there are so many cute animals in the book.

A duck shivering in the wintry cold. A duck making his way to the front porch of a cozy-looking house. Luckily for Max, this house is the home to LOTS of animals. And they just happen to be the ones to hear his arrival first.

It was a quiet night until...Thunk, Creak, and Knock, Knock, Knock!

All twelve animals--birds, dogs, cats--fly, run, leap as quick as can be to their owner--the boss of the place--Irene. Why? She always knows just what to do to make everything right around the house. She opens the door to find a snow-covered, miserably cold duck. He's brought inside and his story is told. Max stayed behind when his flock left because he thought winter would be fun. Irene and the gang welcome him with open arms--at least at first. But day after day, week after week, Max soon begins to take charge.

In January he learned to use the remote control. (He enjoyed Wild Kingdom and World Wide Wrestling.)
In February he discovered he had a flair for cooking.
By March he had made himself right at home.
but by April it was clear that Max had learned too much.

Check out this wonderful family story of animals living together and appreciating what you have before it's gone.

Jackie Urbanovic - Illustrator

2009 Goals

Here are my 2009 Goals:

1.) Start dieting
2.) Start exercising
3.) Get house clean and organized
4.) Bring more things to my mom's house to store
5.) Work on punchlist for house repairs
6.) Have house inspector come and do inspection
7.) Put house on market
8.) Sell house :)
9.) Buy another - this could be tricking with buying and selling
10.) Get back into couponing - just CVS and some Wags if there is overage or a great deal

Sidra's Hair

I love Sidra's hair so much that I had to take some of her with her straight do and some with curls.