Just One Of "Those" Days

   I work as a hairstylist at a local chain hair salon. I can't say I love working there BUT I DO love what I do! I have a steady flow of loyal client's that help me keep my sanity and considering the current economy I am grateful to have a job.But then there are days like today...when I want to go running out before the day even starts and I didn't start until 1pm!We have no manager until next Tuesday and I just knew something was going to go wrong.... So it wasn't a huge surprise when i found out our dinosaur of a computer monitor went kaputz this morning.We were instructed by the people on the help line to hand write receipts until they could send us a new monitor tomorrow. Now I know this sounds like no big deal but allow me to elaborate..aside from figuring out tax percentages and writing out SKU numbers on retail, we also had to write down ALL of the credit card info on customer's cards.You should have SEEN the weird spot we were all in..someone writing down your credit card number on a piece of blank receipt paper and then calling it in to authorize it, saying all of your info over the phone! And it took forrrrevvvvverrrr! Then a copy for you and a copy for us and have a good day! YIKES! There was a part of me that started to panic. I can't do this ALL DAY!!! 8 out of every 10 transactions is a credit card! But then..I had to step back and smile. Look at me,in a panic because I have to do things the way I did just 2 years ago,boo hoo!I didn't use a computer to manage finances when I had my own salon! I cursed the stupid computer when I started working there and now I was dying without it?! I had become the techno reliant whiner that I had always made fun of!! So instead of accepting defeat,I recruited  my AWESOME boyfriend to help.Vern dug out my old monitor and came to our rescue.After a few minutes we were back up and running! Thank God I fell in love with a true "Mr. Fix It/Jack Of All Trades" kind of guy! The rest of the night went well,the busy spell was over and now it was a wrestle with time..Can't this day just be OVER already?! 9 o' clock couldn't come soon enough!It did and I snuck in the door just in time to kiss my sleepy boyfriend good night. Ugh. Long day.

Spring Is Here! Right?!?!
Just a few cheerful spring pics to welcome spring!

 

  

Wake up Mother Nature! Time to bloom!

 

  

This weather makes me dream of being at the beach!

All of the above pictures were taken by me :)

In the meanwhile I will tolerate the spring rain...knowing warmer days will be here soon :)

                                            (I stole this one off the internet :P)

Clever Quotes For Today

"God never said life would be easy. He just promised it would be worth it"

"I am only as strong as the coffee I drink,the hair spray I use and the friends I have"

 
 

The Pieces Of Me

  I grew up in a small North Idaho town. My parents owned the local hardware store and we lived in a little 4 bedroom rancher. I have 2 sisters and 1 brother, 2 nephews and 1 niece. I am the youngest by 8 years and I was the "surprise" baby my parents weren't planning for in their 30's. I had the most normal childhood I know of. No really,sooo normal!haha I was a Girl Scout,Freshman Class President,played almost every sport and had so many great friends I couldn't pack them all in my 1969 Dodge Dart! When I was 16 a new bad boy moved to town and as it so typically goes..I was head over heels! We began to date as I finished high school and he dropped out,then I went to beauty school while he sat at home selling weed. I should have listened to my loved ones but nooo,he was going to change. I just knew it. We moved to Washington after I graduated beauty school and I won't bore you with the details of the following ten years but it ended in divorce shortly before my 30th birthday.So I started over.
  I am now 32 and I thank God everyday for the amazing life I live. I spent some time single and loved the freedom and independence of it all! I had my own salon,a cute apartment and my little dog Chipper to protect me!Although the year and a half on my own was great I missed having someone to share my life with. I dated a few different types of guys,the biker,the nice guy,the snob,the young party boy but nothing that I was willing to bring home to Mom and Dad. I figured that was all WA had to offer and I was off to Hawaii.I closed my salon and spent a month on Craigslist trying to find a job and roommate in Hilo. Spring was in the air and a friend invited me over for Easter dinner with her family. I knew all of her family and took the opportunity to get out of the house. That night at the dinner table I met the man of my dreams. He sat next to me at dinner. I will tell our love story at another time but we have been attached at the hip ever since. His name is Vern and he's the love of my life :)

  Fast forward 2 years and here I sit telling you what a happy life I have. I have learned what true love is.  I have learned who my real friends are. I like myself and I know I'm not perfect and that's ok. I have been a hairdresser for almost 14 years and I am finally beginning to think I am getting the hang of it. I hope to grow a garden and attain the culinary skills to make delicious food for my friends and family. If we're not at home,we are at the beach rock hunting and exploring.Otherwise you will probably find me here. Until next time..that's a few "Pieces Of Me"

Chipper

My First Blog

In the past I had heard of people having blogs and I was never sure of the point of them. Why wouldn't they just join MySpace or Facebook where everyone else was? I loved MySpace and I love Facebook but after awhile I got more and more friends and felt less and less comfortable sharing my daily moods and thoughts. Call me paranoid but what the heck does someone interpret from my status updates when we haven't talked in 13-15 years? Sometimes I want to say what I really feel,nice or not and not care so dang much how others will react! And then it hit me.....ohhhh is THAT what the blogging thing is all about? "I bet I could also post some of my photography and share my hobbies with whoever is honestly interested!" and as that thought flew through my brain I set out to blog.

This blog will be about love,gardening, photography,family & friends,dogs,cooking,hairdressing,the beach and anything else that comes my way. I hope you enjoy it :)