In spite of the fact that I know that it's really, really not allowed in the employee handbook, I have a compulsion to dye my hair an unnatural color.

I'll just ignore it. It's been coming and going for about 17 years now. Probably I can hold out another week.

Yesterday was a lovely day. Went to breakfast with my mother at Tom's Farms for blueberry pancakes and bacon. They charge $2.50 for a side of bacon and it is a LOT of bacon! After breakfast, we went to the Glen Ivy spa. I got a 60-minute "stress relief" massage, which focuses on the head, neck, shoulders, and the lower legs and feet. Or ( Read more... )

The day started out a bit rough. I didn't end up seeing my mom, because this is the first Mother's Day since my grandmother passed away and she didn't feel like "being social." And Jenn was also bummed. So we went to SubMarina, and then to TJ Maxx; she's in search of a maxi dress to wear to Vegas in a couple of weeks. I bought her a scarf with ( Read more... )

My mom and Gramps came up to Temecula today. We took Gramps to the nail salon. He and I had mani/pedis, and Ma had her first ever professional manicure. At the age of 57. I mean wow. I felt proud of her, because she always talks about how people catch fungal diseases at those places, and here she finally threw caution to the wind and tried it ( Read more... )

Yeah, I keep looking at myself in the mirror and seeing Beach Bunny Barbie looking back at me. I really ought to get a pic at some point. Of course, I probably look hair-wise like I did the last time any of you saw me, so you might not really get how far I've come. Which is good, really. It's like missing the whole rehab stint, and just seeing ( Read more... )

I am really liking my haircut. Just the fact that it took so much WEIGHT off. And I no longer look like a refugee from that polygamist compound. And, thanks to all this sun I've been getting, (my left forearm is totally sunburnt - hawt!), but, I am much, much blonder. Jimmy and I agree that it makes me look younger. I said, "How much younger ( Read more... )

My mom went and saw 300, (before me - Ahhhh!), and afterward she wanted to know: "Was that real?" I said, "What are you talking about?" And she said, "The bodies. As I was watching it, I kept wondering if it was real or if they did something with computers ..." Assuming she was talking about something having to do with the level of violence, I ( Read more... )

( The Good )

Thanks to all who answered the first poll. Just in case you were wondering, I was interested in what you all thought not because these were the rooms of my dreams, but because they were all done by a specific designer who I have heard described as "wonderfully talented" ... and every one of those rooms is in the home of a very wealthy individual ( Read more... )

"I sound like a new convert, but next time you want to treat yourself to a facial, I highly recommend that you try a Dr. Hauschka treatment. And if you're vacationing in the Berkshires, stay at the Windflower Inn in Great Barrington, and tell them that Meg sent you."Some of you girly types, who get this done regularly, if you happen to try this, ( Read more... )