WORLD NATURAL HAIR SHOW! APRIL 29 - MAY 1

So check this out, every year for the past 3 years I've been trying to get to ATL for this hair show. And every year I DO NOT attend. Why you ask! Well let me tell you why.....BECAUSE I'M LAME that's why. I keep depending on others to go with me and I get let down and then I don't go. But I have declared and decreed that this year I KK am going to Atlanta GA for the World Natural Hair, Health and Beauty Show. Even if (watch this) I have to go ALONE! yep I said it and I meant it.

I have rallied up a few gals but of course I don't have any concrete answers and the show is next week. So I have already prepared myself to purchase me a ticket and hotel accommodation have already been made so your gurl is gonna be outta here. Coming from a person who wont even go to dinner or the movies alone this is a GIANT step for me. And when I board my plane next fri/sat morning your girl will be doing my her lil victory dance.

I'm just excited to see all the hairstyles, hair shows (battles), check out the vendors and even hopefully run into some of my favorite YouTubers. (Yaaayyy) I love to meet people! I grew up with a Father that was military so we traveled all over the world and I must say I miss that life. It was hard moving every time I found friends but I got used to it. And now I'm itching to do some traveling. I plan on making ATL my first stop. NO I HAVEN'T been to Atlanta before. So you wait and see I'm taking my laptop and I'll be sure to do a blog entry from my hotel room talking about what a Glorious time I had in the "A". (tee hee hee)

Well that's all for now, Yall stay up and Be Blessed!
KK



For more info about the show click here  http://www.naturalhairshow.org/index.html

My Thirsty Roots!

I havent had a "perm" or "relaxer" since Oct of 2009. And I think my hair appreciates it. Not judging you if you relax your hair but I'm just saying for ME it was a great thing. I love the versatilty of my hair and my boo says its like he gets a new girl everyday!...teheehee! 

My sister who is 5 years younger than me was my inspiration. She went natural about 2 years prior. I saw how amazing her hair looked and how FAST it grew. So I said what the heck and transitioned from relaxed to natural for 4 months. Then one day I was in the bathroom and just took the scissors and started chopping! After I did it, I was instantly in a state of shock and disbelief at what I just did! But then it grew on me and I loved and embraced my new look. I hid it from some people for a minute for the fear of what they would say. Silly me!

Now 14 months later I'm happy as can be with  my new look and my new kinks. Even thought about sister locs but something about not being able to run a comb over my scalp makes me crindge. But I admit those locs be looking some kinda fierce!

Being natural can be a lot work if you wear a lot of protective styles (styles that keep your hands out of your hair). I mean, its definatley not like the days that you just take your silk scarf of in the a.m. and comb your hair down and go. Now I need to allow extra time everday to comb,brush, moisturize, assessorize, pin here and gel there. But the results are usually pleasing to the eye, at least it is to my eye..LOL

What do you think?

Put your Hands in the Hands of the Man..................

So kind of by default I have been self employed for the last 5 months doing childcare at home. Never in a millions years would I have thought I would be in this particular career field. It's going ok, I guess I cant compain. God has really been blessing me so far and I pray that he continues to do so. I'm learned how to trust in him and allow him to work things out for me. 

Although I'm enjoying this journey, I must admit............I miss getting up and putting on my suit and heels and going to my corporate job. I was a Convention Service Manager for a hotel. I loved working with different people coming from different places with different agendas. It was my job to pull it all together for them. I miss meeting so-to-be brides, sampling the lasted from our top vendors, lunch appointments and BEO's....LOL you have to be a hotelier to know what that is. I had been in the hotel biz for 10 yrs before the sudden change. Funny thing is at the time I THOUGHT I was ready for a change anyway, and was actually looking into a few options. But them my life took a 360 and here I am!

It's so funny how you spend so much time planning and thinking about what your next step is, only to get a slap in the face from reallity. This is why my faith in God is essential to EVERYTHING I do now. After all he is the only one who actually knows what's about to happen next. So why not trust him? Things that make you go hmmmmmmm???

Well the kiddies are asleep and I need to run out, so you all take care and be blessed!

Love

Special K