As far as pincurls go I've had some pretty good luck with Got2B pomade.(it's orange inside and in a white can the size of your pam maybe $6 at kmart,walmart,ect)I use bobby pins(like 47 last time i tried) and it turned out wonderfully.But my hair was considerably shorter when I did this and the curls actually bounced.

Your hair would probably work with this if you tried. Good luck!

Hair - Wash, 1 min. "deep" condition.  I don't know if I really believe in that but I don't dare stop this weekly routine between regular wash/condition and wash/ACV/deep condition. 

Shopping - There are some supermarkets in Denmark that are allowed to be open until 8-10pm.  They're the ones with low profits and those in ports and the nearby town of Horsens happens to be a port so we have a couple of "late" open supermarkets there.  We bought the two oldest summer jackets, the middle one shoes, me some fish oil capsules, new school bags. 

I've just returned from buying cake mix for the middle one's 8th birthday on Friday.  He'll be allowed to bring a big chocolate cake to school.  Then I'll try to put together an icecream layercake for when he comes home.  Wish me luck!  I love to cook but I hate baking.

Council/county/social services - or whatever the equivalent is in your place.  They either don't answer their phones, the lines always seem busy or I get shuffled around before I finally get lost with some waiting tone.   They don't always answer e-mails either and they don't let you know if your social worker has been changed.

We're not a social "case" as such but yet we are because anyone who lives with a mentally disabled person in their household automatically becomes a social case with own social case # and assigned social worker.  This is of course necessary but I feel uncomfortable about being a social case.  Our oldest son has Autism, the youngest one has automotoric retardation.

Hair - Tried to wear a hat to go out.  Not so much to protect my hair but more my eyes because I can't wear sunglasses.  I can't afford prescription sunglasses and the optometrist has adviced against the clip on types and any type of "film" would add mm to my glasses and make them even heavier.  I'm not a hat hair fan and aside from making looking easier, the hat didn't do much for me plus it's windy.  My hair's down today with is becoming increasingly unusual.  I prefer ponytails and slim alice bands these days.  

Baking - forgot jam and cream (to whip) for tomorrow so went and got that.  Got a huge chocolate cake in the oven for the middle one to take to school.  I hope he'll bring some home for his brothers.  Not that they'll suffer if they don't get any because I'm also making an icecream cake and a regular layer cake.  

This isn't the norm around here!  I don't know what's gone into my head.

Oldest school - They have bon fires, play with water and all sorts of other stuff that leads to getting dirty and wet!  They've spent more money on the playground than on learning material.  I know he has autism and I can't expect the same of him as of a none-disabled child but I'm becoming worried about the "focus" at his school.

Middle's school - They're only in 1st grade and some boy has already been bullied out and is transfering "to a school that doesn't allow bullying".  This is one of two boys whom my son was closest to.  My boy's very popular.  All three of my boys are popular but my middle one knows who's good company and who isn't and will potentially be more trouble when they grow older.  He's already talking about that.  He'll be 8 tomorrow.

Kindergarten - Some girls have been trying to frame my youngest one for teasing.  He's no says the adults.  They say the girls are just attention seeking and my boy is more honest than is often good for him so I trust the adults and my son.  

They've asked me if he eats with fork and knife yet and other questions as part of a test to see what they need to work on in his last year of kindergarten to prepare him for school.  No, he can't eat with fork and knife yet and his older brothers are only beginning to get a hang of it at their own initiative.  I've been completely honest and told the adults that I don't have the energy for stuff like that, which may be nice as far as manners go but isn't strictly essential.  JMO.

Hair - Wash, condition, air dry, brush, did kindergarten run, am now experimenting with casual styling that works in a modern context with my retro/vintage inspired style. 

Today: sprayed bottom with salt water spray I never learnt to like and applied mousse wax for layer enhancing I never cared for either.  Fluffed hair around with my fingers to create volume, smoothed top over with brush, then placed an alice band over the top.  Pretty neat and just a little less flat.  It's a bit matte in appearance.  I don't know why, but I associate matte hair look with retro styles and I think it gives hair an etheralness if done "right".  My hair still has movement. 

I just can't bring myself to just throw stuff away.  I won't buy new hair "stuff" when I've used this up though unless I find something that's both organic and affordable. Wish me luck!  I'll never use styling products daily or even weekly though.

Skin - I have blackheads on both of my cheeks and other break outs around my mouth.  I've tossed a lot of old cosmetics.  I'm very religious with gentle cleansing, oil free moisturizers and I'm only using a thin layer of MF mineral foundation but I don't have any blusher left and if I buy new blusher it has to be mineral too.  If my skin doesn't improve despite switching to mineral foundation, I'll quit using any foundation and blusher on my face all together and just use eye and lip make-up.  I won't go on the pill though some say it could improve my skin.  I'm just paranoid about other side effects the pill might have. 

I also need to ask my pharmacy for a sensitive skin, oil free, sun screen for face application.   La Roche Posay Anthelios XL Lait/Lotion was recommended to me by another Dane.  It's sold as a pharmacy brand here in Denmark.  It comes in spf 30 and 50 I think.

Council - On Tuesday I finally got through to them.  Got my social worker on the line just to be told she's quitting her position, doesn't know who's taking over but she'll write in our case file that we request a meeting and let her superior know.  

Other meetings - Had meeting at middle one's school Tuesday evening.  Not too bad, good in math but a very "weak" Danish reader.  I'm taking over the Danish tutoring from my husband!  He's an awful reader too.  Perhaps stupidly I thought they could both learn to read together.  Now my son reads words that aren't there, doesn't read words that are there, takes a really long time with each word and line and has strange breaks and pauses...just like his dad.

I'm prepping hub for a school meeting at the oldest one's school next Wednesday because it's at 5:15pm which is a really stupid time where I can't be there.  Yes, I'm a control freak but I'm tired of being the only one who knows anything.  So this is my poor attempt at letting go of some control.

Now we're trying to coordinate a meeting with a child psychologist at the oldest one's school at the end of the year to talk about what can be done to motivate him to learn things better.  Again, it's the Danish that's the serious issue here.   I hope this isn't just any school psychologist but one who understands Autism too.  Otherwise her examinations of him have been a waste.  Those examinations haven't been explained or forewarned to us either.  I'll definitely want to be at that meeting!

What language(s) do you speak at home?

Good luck with the reading.  My nephew has Asperger's and he's now 16 years old.  He only recently started to read up to level and I'm very happy for him.  Guess my point is, keep working on it and have faith!!!

Mother's day here -  Woke up with a headache and feeling really cranky.  Hub suddenly drove into town and came back with a bouquet.  We don't usually celebrate mother's day or father's day but the boys appear to have decided that we're going to celebrate it so they woke me up with drawings and we've gone for a walk in the woods and had our first ice creams of this year.

Hair - rinse, vinegar rinse rose hip deep condition from Schwarzkopf.  I think I messed up with the vinegar rinse.  I usually use the plain cheap kind but I suspect it was the red wine vinegar I mixed with water and I'd accidentally mixed the vinegar with cold water *ough!*.   Hair's been looking and feeling great for some time now and I regretted having to put up my hair for the hike so it wouldn't blow all over the place because it's quite windy today.  Other than that, the weather's sunny and only partially cloudly with mild temperatures - 15-18C degrees.