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[psocoptera]

So at the end of April I turned 33 1/3. Huh, I thought, I'm an LP! And, oh yeah, a third of a century old.

Since then I have made a spanakopita and tried french-braiding my own hair, two things I always wanted to learn to do "someday".

Comments

[cereph.livejournal.com]

How did the spanakopita turn out?

I have tried to french braid my own hair before, though seeing as I can't french braid another person's hair either, I didn't have much luck. I understand the concept, but I felt like I needed at least one more hand to make it work.

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

The spanakopita was good!

I didn't really do a proper french braid - what I did was to split my hair into two sections, the top and the bottom, and put the bottom part in a clip to hold it separate, and then split the top into three parts, braid it a little, then unclip the bottom, split it into three parts, add one to each of the previous parts, and braid the rest. So it was like a little top braid going into a big braid. I think to be a proper french braid you have to bring in new hair more than once, in smaller bits, as you work your way down the back of your head?? I figure I'll start with this, practicing keeping track of things on the back of my head, and try to work up to doing a more elaborate version once I'm a little better at it.

[cereph.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good way to start, then once it gets a bit easier, you can just add an additional sections, and eventually just pull the hair in as you go.