the good, bad, the yummy.

Good morning.
We finished with the work week, and it ended very busy. It was a happy and sad time. Happy for a good customer of mine I've done for years, as Saturday was her wedding day. I did the wedding party's hair Saturday morning. She seemed very happy. I was surprised when she originally told me she was getting married. She's in her 40's and never been married. I'd never known her to even date. I mean I thought she was gay! She wore her hair very short, and never wore make-up, and I've never seen her in a dress. It just goes to show, looks can be deceiving. Or as they say, don't judge a book by it's cover. Anyway, she was very happy, and I was happy for her.
Also on Saturday, I cut a customer I've done since she was 5, and now she has a 5 year old of her own, and broke the news that her and her husband were getting a divorce. She seemed okay with the decision. She was the one who filed. They apparently had different expectations of their life that are now in conflict. I never knew. Obviously, I don't see that much of peoples lives the short time they're in the Salon. Even if I've done them for years. But I felt sad.
But, as we know, life goes marching on.
The weekend looks to be the best in weeks. Sunny, temps near 70! We should be able to finish up with all the outside stuff.
For dinner last night, Craig made tasty wet burritos! If your interested in the recipe, it's over here. And Craig also rented a couple of movies, Land of the Lost, which was just okay, and Year One, which was actually pretty good.

funny friday and such

Well, after a slow Wednesday, yesterday filled right up, and today I'm working late, and I have a full day tomorrow. Also, next week is filling up nicely. It seems business has been picking up the last few months. So maybe things are getting better.
But then, yesterday, a customer told me that after 24 years, she was let go. She worked for Farm Bureau Insurance. They called her into a conference room, told her her position had been eliminated, asked what she needed from her desk, and was escorted out to her car. 24 years of service, and they treated her like a criminal! They laid off 31 people that day for the reason the company wasn't making it's projected sales targets. And they wonder why there's no employee loyalty any more.
Anyway........
For this edition of ff, don't some days you just feel out of the loop?

Have a great weekend!

blah, blah, get a colonoscopy!

Good morning.
After a productive Sunday and Monday, Tuesday we became lazy slugs. It was cold, (low 40's) windy and wet, and with the coming weekend forecast looking a bit warmer, we just didn't have any incentive to get out and finish our fall tasks, so instead, we drove around looking at laptops, since mine is pretty much dead, and too expensive to repair. Didn't buy one. Think we'll wait closer to Christmas when there's more sales. We did stop at Claddagh Irish Pub for a mid day snack. They have some really good wings! though a bit expensive. Later at home, I started to research places of interest for next summers trips while Craig finished up with the laundry from the mo-ho. I also got a call from my doctor to schedule my up-coming Colonoscopy. I booked it for early Dec. to get it over with. This will be my 3rd already. The reason for so many is my dad died from Colon Cancer at the very young age of 59. He was diagnosed at 53 when the removed a tumor the size of a baseball. My doctor said he could easily have had polyps at 43. So that was my first one, followed 5 years later for my 2nd. Both being clear, I was told I could go 7 years next, which is this year. So anyway, fun times. And let this be a reminder for anyone out there who is 50 or older, get a Colonoscopy! It's a very simple procedure, and the easiest cancer to cure if caught early. I finally got Craig in for one when he was 55, and they found 5 polyps. All benign, but better be safe than dead! And we've had 2 customers die from this before the age of 50, so go get tested! Okay, I'm off my soapbox now.
I'm off to work early today. Have a teeth cleaning appt. at 8am. Not a real busy week this week, so maybe I can get my hair cut and highlighted.
So off I go now.

Good afternoon.
It's a wet rainy day here today. But yesterday was dry, and we took full advantage of it. I spent nearly the entire day on leaves. Leaves off the roof, out of the driveway, off the deck, and off the lawn. Leaves, leaves and more leaves! I've never seen the trees drop them so fast. Craig did his usual bookwork, and then burned up a large pile of branches that had been accumulating. Then for dinner we had Herb Roasted Pork, and Roasted Butternut Squash, with mashed potatoes. I've started a new blog with Craig's recipes, so I don't bore other readers not interested in them. So just click on the link for the recipes. The squash was really good. I usually just bake, scoop, and mash butternut, but this was a nice change.
Today, while Craig did laundry, I finished cleaning out the mo-ho, removing batteries from all the stuff such as clocks, remotes, sensors, etc. , and gave it a good thorough cleaning so it'll be ready in the spring.
I'm now cooking chicken on the grill while Craig is fixing fried cabbage and a noodle dish for dinner.
Have a good evening.

A halloween party

Good morning from Lansing.
Last night we did something we hadn't done in years, went to a Halloween party. We'd been invited to a good friends, Kristi and Jay's, annual party. We've never gone before, and decided we should. We dug out a big box of costume stuff we've saved over the years. I ended up wearing a Pharaoh costume, and Craig, the butterfly naturalist costume.

The Pharaoh costume was originally Craig's, but it doesn't fit him too well anymore for some reason, tee hee, so I inherited it. It is completely hand made. Craig fashioned the serpent on the head piece from modeling clay, and I macramed the jeweled thing around the neck way back nearly 30 years ago when I did that stuff and when macrame was 'in'.

Anyway we had a great time. They we're happy we came, and they had quite the decorated yard with lights, music, stuff all over the place! Jay goes crazy for Halloween and really does it up big! They also had a fire with a cauldron and steaming ghoul juice, which tasted like a warm spiced cider. It was a blast!

My eyes are still a bit tender this morning after trying to get off 30 year old make-up. I think we need to update some stuff if we plan on doing this sort of thing again.