eating a box of cinnamon toast crunch...

yeah.

the entire box.

its just one of those days.....

after its gone im planning on climbing into bed and sleeping the rest of my day away. For anyone who is self-employed im sure you can concur with me that tax time....SUCKS. Ive sat on my bed for the past 2 hours adding, subtacting and multiplying numbers....scrounging through desk drawers and closet cubbords for lost recipts, called around for advice and tips and it all still boils down to this....1st off...im broke. and secondly.... NOW, im in debt. LOVE IT.

goooodnight :)

ps- hope Jeffy had a good B-day! was sad I missed the party :(

never judge a book by its cover

So Lauren and I attended our first night of bible study. We had been looking the last couple of days for a church that had a women's bible study on one of the nights we were available...We had checked out the Calvary Chapel Beachside Church that is LITERALLY across from our house, but not only did it not have the right time or days that we were looking for it kind of had a weird feel to it. sorry, i know that's mean. So we started looking at some churches online...normally when I attend church I go to Rock harbor but their bible study didnt work on the right night either, and I remembered that I had been to Refuge Calvary Chapel a few times and it had a Tuesday night women's bible study so we decided to give it a try...

On first meeting, Lauren and I were a little skeptical, as they're were probably only a handful of girls our age, and the rest consisted of women in their 30's+. It consisted on worship, then a small sermon and then finally breaking up into small groups...the woman next to me asked the lady in charge..."How will I know what the right group is for me?" and the lady responded, "God will direct you into the right group." at this point im thinking...yeah, alright...my usual cynical self...ANYWAYS, as the sermon began I realized the woman speaking was probably one of the best speakers I had ever heard, at least for me, as she dissected EVERY PIECE of the scripture into a way i COMPLETELY understood it. Now normally, I tend to lose the speech at times and have to redirect myself back into it, but this time I don't think she ever lost my attention. THAT in it of itself was thrilling...We then broke into small groups and the girl next to Lauren and I said we should come in hers... Our leader of our group wore a bright pink top, with a weird huge flower broach in the middle...purple and black plaid socks and a hairdo that came out of the 70's...yet again, my cynical side is thinking..."oh great..." however, she was a STUN, and did an amazing job of going around the circle getting every ones opinions and feedback...not only was she good, but the entire group was so diverse and different that it was like you got SO many different sides of seeing things, which i discovered, i really needed in...

In closing Lauren and I both walked away with having learned so much. and with BOTH of my cynical, skeptical views, I was completely proved wrong...God HAD directed me into the PERFECT group, everyone was so extremely welcoming and helpful...and the woman who I worried about running it, was in turn, perfect...I learned tonight, along with many other things that I need to stop being so cynical and shut off before I even give people a chance...I think I deal with so many weirdo's in my profession that I forget that almost any type of christian person will have good in them and no matter what, at the end, be extremely welcoming and helpful... I am so excited about this class, and the Tuesdays that follow! Will keep everyone updated! <3

Family Hair prices :)

So i thought I would update the family on how I would be charging everyone for their hair from now on bc im sure everyone was just on the edge of their seats wanting to know...lol...Ive calculated some ideas and tossed some ideas around with other stylists and my mom and I think what seems like a very good deal and easy to do is to just charge everyone the same flat rate. Basically I am going to charge everyone $75.00 no matter WHAT they get done. I think this all works out well in the end. So if you what Base color, highlight and haircut its 75.00....If you want highlight and haircut its $75.00. This is around what most of the girls do for their immediate family at work(even tho some scums still charge their family's full pull. sooo sad. lol) It seemed easier to do it this way than to have separate costs for each and every service. obviously, if someone JUST wants a haircut Im not going to charge you over what I normally charge. We can work something out. And if anyone wants another service including Kerastase treatments, extensions, or the Brazilian Blowout, product costs are far more expensive and will need to be figured, but even on those items I will not be charging anywhere near full pull. Anyways....this is JUST for my family...Im not giving this deal to ANYONE else...not even my closest friends or even roommates! BUT...I am starting out my own business which i know is going to be very hard so i would LOVE it if anyone sent me new business!!!! here is a list of my actual pricing just fyi....

womens haircut $60
Mens haircut $35
Blowdry $35
Partial Highlight $80
Full Highlight $105
Color(all over) $75
Color(retouch) $55
Blowdry with chemical $25
Kerastase Treatment $35
Brazilian Blowout $350

I will be coming up with some gift certificates and brochures to be handing out to new clients and would love it if people handed them out to friends and family...will keep you updated :)

SPEAKING of family and hair... Diane...haven't seen your head in a while...and donna? And Min...have you decided on going back to blonde or not? Ive been thinking about plans on ur head...lol. Also, Deb, how is Annabell's hair?

Pointless

Well John, I guess I have to admit it...I am the one who has no life. lol. Its my first day on rental and Im already home, and have spent most of my day trying to find things to do with all my free time. I feel like my mother. lol. The thing was, that when I was on commission I had to be at the salon 8 hours a day 5 days a week no matter if I had a client or not, so the majority of the time I had a lot of sitting around there. NOW that I am on rental, I am only there when I do have a client and my clients are usually gappy or at one time of the day, so I have a lot of extra free time on my hands. Which, at first, seemed so appealing and now, on the first day, Im already bored. A part of me just felt like sitting there today even tho everyone knows Im on rental now and would just be looking at me with "whats her point?" type of a feel, and a glowing "I HAVE NO CLIENTS RIGHT NOW". smoke. And, on an even sadder note I really dont feel like coming home bc the only one of my roomates who is home these days is Heather, and shes unemployed. Just a smoke feel to come home with nothing to do and waller around with a complete pointless person. So Ive attempted to spend my day with weird random errands, none of them being anything to pressing, and now I am rearranging my closet(this is how you KNOW i have no life) and I think Im off to the laundromat to do a load of laundry that really could wait a couple of weeks. buuut Im desperate.

::oscar party::

Tonight's the Oscars and my roommates and I are extremely excited... For one because we are throwing a little Oscar party and two because we've turned it into a whole competition! Me and Lauren have this extreme problem turning EVERYTHING we do into this overdone massacre. We take on these projects and at first its nothing big, a couple of people, a few appitizers and the next thing you know its 40 people with a full course meal, door prizes with games and decorations....Its a really bad disease we have....We nowve put together the food items were making and are going up to the grocery store in a few minutes to collect our ingrediants and have different ballots and different games for the evening. Katie is the type of person who likes to just show up for these parties...she loves to attend them but whats no part in creating them, which is actually good for me and lauren because we hate when people get into our plans and try and put their ideas into them, because, well, let just face it...theyre never as good as ours. lol. anyways, the oscars always remind me of Di and Michelle. They were always the ones who were into it, growing up so Im sure you guys are doing some type of banadza for the night....hopefully
involving magic shell!! lol.
Last night Phil and i went to dinner for his Dad's birthday at this place in Bellmont shores, which was extremely good. What wasnt extremely good was Chris(phil's brother) new girlfriend...a little background if not everyone knows the saga...Chris got his girlfriend(at the time) pregnant about 3 years ago...She decided to have the baby who is now turning two next month. Chris and his girlfriend stayed together and seemed very happy up until about 2 months ago when this new chick popped herself into the picture, where chris broke up with miranda to be with her and hid this whole fact from Miranda until she found the new girl in the house with chris and their baby(mikey). So basically...just from personal experience ;) I already dont like this girl....well then come to find out she had also been talking about me to chris and phil as well( not very nice things...) and i havent even met the girl! So Chris brings the new gf to dinner last night, where I attempt to be as nice as I can becaus, well obviously this girl might be in my life for a while.

This girl does not like me.lol.

First off, I say hello to her. I get nothing back. Then the ONLY thing she asks me ALL evening is...."How much do you make?" She wants to know what I make at my job and how much I get of it. mind you, shes asking this question in front of ALL phils family....
I never realized how hard its going to be to be able to get along with phils family...its been a cake walk with his parents because I am so lucky that they have ALWAYS loved me as if I was their own...even when me and Phil werent together I still heard from his mother. They have treated me so well over the past 5 years and I thank the Lord so much for bringing them into my life. Chris and me have also had our moments over the years, and at this point we are much like brother and sister. We have our fights but in the end we get along and do care for eachother...his son is just a bonus, quite possibly one of the cutest little boys ever. The girlfriends, on the otherhand have been extremely difficult. I believe I get along with most people, so how is that I never seem to get along with the chumps he chooses. lol. And at the end of the day, i know I need to snap out of it because whoever he decides to marry is going to be a huge part of my life, so i just need to work on in. Only time will tell with this situation...

On a more depressing note....sorry everyone...Heather, my roommate and co worker was fired this week...basically just because she wasnt giving it her all...this has put me, personally in such a hard place, because from a business point of view, she needed to go, but on a personal view i am so sad for her because she has no other options....her family lives in Colorado, along with most of her friends, If she wouldnt have had my offer to move in with us about 8 months ago, she would have moved home....now she has this internship(not paid for) by a record company and doesnt want to have to lose it. but she has no income and is being forced to file for unemployment....the rest of us are freaking out because we need to make sure that the rent is going to be paid, but my heart just aches for her...We finally sat down the other night and had a good conversation. The first since she was fired and she just cried for a while, while I hugged her...I cant imagine going through this with really no one to count on or to be with....I told her theres no use crying over spilled milk, whats done is done and all she can do now is do her very best to find another job, and at the end of the day all she can REALLY do is leave it in God's hands, and whatever happens can be a blessing in disguise, whether it to be moving back home, or finding another job out here...it scares me though, to actually lose her as a roommate because she has become such a huge person in my life and I would miss her so much.

wow. side note, Im watching this movie, city of angels, which Im sure almost everyone has seen...are the dead serious with this ending???? This is quite possibly the HORRIDEST movie ive ever seen!!!! now im in a real depressed mood. Lauren DIDNT tell me it was a depression movie when I asked if it was good. dangit.

alright, on a better note now that im extremely depressed...lol...I will HOPEFULLY be going on rental at my salon within the next month or two!!! This means I will no longer be paying commission on what I make, but I will have to be supplying all my own color and products and will be paying a weekly rent to rent out that station. This will finally be the LAST step in this work up for my career!!! Anyways, wish me luck and I hope to see you all very soon....

Mel, Will be praying for your rash <3>

btw...sorry so long jim. i know how much u hate these long blogs. haha

messy house monday

so im attempting to get this thing going since everyone else is managing to do it. however, im a little sad mels computer is broke :( i had a pretty uneventful weekend...Saturday was Valentines day, which im not too huge on but me and phil ended up at a sushi restaurant where we had to wait over an hour just to sit at the sushi bar, only for me to get a horrid stomach ache and i ended up falling asleep on my bed watching t.v. as i said...uneventful ...but it was nice spending the time with phil considering its been hard for us lately because ive been working all days and phils been in school during the days and has been working a lot of night shifts at work. The time we do have together we try to make the best of.
Today Lauren(one of my roommates) and I spent the ENTIRE day gutting the house. We seem to be the only two people in my crazy house that end up cleaning...probably because our mothers were obsessive cleaners and it worked its way down into our bones as well...(thanks mom :) However, there is nothing better than finally relaxing after hours of cleaning into a finished house. Lauren and I did sit down and talk today, and realized we only have four more months in this house until its time to either move or re sign the lease...which scares me because I really dont know what I should do...part of me thinks i should just resign to make it easy...no packing and moving...yet another part thinks this is too much at times and that there are a lot of other options...i've been praying about this lately because I know whatever we do decide to do it will probably end up hurting someone and thats going to be extremely hard to deal with...
Tonight Lauren, her boyfriend Ross, Phil and I are all going out to dinner at this mexican place up the street...its so nice that Phil and I get along with my roommates and their boyfriends...and it is unimaginably fun being able to live with your closest friends...however, like anything else, there are always the cons as well. lol...the weekends tend to bring this out in me...sometimes living AND working with ALL girls really gets the best of you and all I really want is to just be with phil or my family or just by myself. But it makes it hard when you deal with people everyday and then have to come home to a packed house of girls, who, a lot of the time, have their friends over or their boyfriends and you just want to scream when you walk through the doors "can everyone please get out of my house!" (especially when weird bodies are over after you just spent the entire weekend cleaning....lol...) This has definitely been one of the funnest, best experiences and yet... one of the hardest...I know that whatever the decision may be come June, Ive put it in God's hands and he knows what is best for me...