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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #105 - May 7^th, 2006 at 8:40pm you girls are crazy!!but I love it!!!!
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #106 - May 7^th, 2006 at 10:06pm Maggie, I just love your 'maggie moments'! but good gracious honey get some rest
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #107 - May 7^th, 2006 at 11:45pm Quote: I'll bring the barrels. Bwahahahahahaaaa! Meet ya at the border!!!
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Reply #108 - May 16^th, 2006 at 8:42pm

Whew, I'm back! *wipes sweat from forehead* Hope I'm not long forgotten already! Embarrassed

Well, I can successfully cross mother's day off my list of upcoming holidays, it was a rough, one I'll tell ya. May is just a hellish month for anyone in the floral industry, good for sales, brutal on the body, especially for us un-staffed small operations. But I did survive...now for memorial day, bring it on!

I managed to pull through with only one real "maggie moment", but it was a doozy! I guess just from being so tired my coordination was not quite up to speed & I paid for it. Hub & I were out after shop hours planting up some barrells around town, as we were elected for the job this year. After completing barrell number 6 we returned to the van, ready to head off to the next, when...thwap! I opened my door....right into my face. Ouch! Shocked

It dazed me for a minute, when I was able to take my hands away from my face & brush my hair away I saw that I split my left eyebrow wide open. Good thing was that I got away without stitches, just some paper towels, bactine, a butterfly bandage and some ice and I was fine. Only me! So, I had to go through Mother's Day with a big white bandage on my eyebrow, but a week later, it's healing up nicely. Undecided

My hair has been on protest lately, no matter what I do it just looks like crud. As mentioned in earlier posts, it hasn't been getting the royal treatment like it usually does, due to my hecticness, but I have been getting back into my usual routines as best as I can. It just seems so lifeless anymore, I've been noticing some greys, too- not just the short little ones, but also full length strands. See what all this stress is doing to me?? Cry

I'm going to schedule a trim, maybe that will help, I'll go for about a half inch or so, I don't think my last trim got enough off & now I'm suffering for it. Undecided

I'm sure my diet has something to do with it too, when times get crazy around the shop like they've been, my diet suffers, then I suffer! I hungry and don't have the time to sit down and eat a real lunch, so I start picking at whatever's available, like chips, crackers, and resorting to frozen meals. So I guess I'll have to get back on track with that, too.

I've got a huge, post-holiday pile of accounts receivable that I'm trying to tackle today, I still do it the old fashioned, hand written way. Cost efficient, but time consuming and makes for a very sore hand! Tongue

I've thought about converting to a computerized method, but then weighed-out the costs of the program and printer/paper needed & decided to keep my old method. Maybe someday. Besides, me doing it this way helps to support my local print shop and to keep him in business, after all, he's just a small guy like me. We need all the support we can get!

I'm off, I've got a potential bride coming to meet with me so I need to get ready. Ciao!

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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #109 - May 16^th, 2006 at 10:36pm Glad your eyebrow and you are on the mend!
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Reply #110 - May 16^th, 2006 at 10:37pm

I'm glad you made it thru Mother's Day with only the one Maggie moment. I can't imagine how tough this time of year can be for a florist.

I think I can compete with you for one of those "special" moments that define you as the ultimate clutz. I managed to fall down a couple of stairs and sprain my "good" ankle on Friday. So I spent Mother's Day hobbling around, barely able to walk. Oh well, if we can't laugh at ourselves, we would cry.

Good luck getting thru Memorial Day and the wedding season!

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Reply #111 - May 17^th, 2006 at 4:04am

EEEEEEEEEgad, Magz! Shocked

Girl, you need to slow down in a major way.

heh I know, easier said than done when you own your own business, but that is nuts. Cry

I wish I could bring you a decent meal at your shop every day...not that I'm that familiar with vegetarian cuisine, but I'd sure give it my best. Undecided

Hope things start settling down for you soon, sistah. You and your hair need some major TLC.

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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #112 - May 19^th, 2006 at 4:48pm Glad to hear you survived! At least there's a break between Mother's Day and Memorial Day, so you can have some breathing room. Try to take some time to spoil yourself, Mags--you deserve it!
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Reply #113 - Jun 1^st, 2006 at 1:51pm

Uh-oh, almost booted to the second page! Embarrassed

You guys probably forgot all about me already, but I won't let that happen!

So, first off...HAAAAAALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! MAY IS OVER, MAY IS OVER, MAY IS O-O-O-O-VER!!!!! Grin

*Dancing Frantically*

...And I survived, total bonus! Now that I'm back amongst the living, allow me to catch up:

Hair: Well, I haven't measured in a while, so I have no idea if I'm meeting my goal of 26" or not, and I see that my ticker's down to just a few days. Well, hold on and we'll see...

OK, seems as though I'm not meeting my goal, I'm measuring in at 25 & 5/8", plus I'm getting another trim tomorrow. I'm thinking of gettin an inch off, my hair really needs it, no sense in having long hair if it's not healthy. So, I guess I'll have to reset my ticker! I haven't had a real routing that I've been following lately, I've actually been trying to use up odds & ends of my shampoos & conditioners. I've got so many bottles with just a little in the bottom, all Pantene though. I seem to be leaning toward the moisturizing 2 in 1 lately, cuts washing and drying time in half, but I don't think it's a kind to my hair as using separates, so I still alternate. I've been more conscious about putting jojoba on my ends, and will be even more so after my trim. I notice that my color is changing, I'm losing a lot of my natural red undertones...as they are being replaced with silver and white Embarrassed

, it's not major, but noticable to me, and my husband. Thank you, stress. Undecided

Movies: We've actually had time to see (rent) a few movies lately, it's been a while! Here's some:

Fun w/ Dick & Jane: Actually really good, or maybe it was just really
relatable to my life for me right now! About a well to do family who
slowly lose everything & still try to survive. Really funny. Grin

Date Movie: Eh, really kind of stupid. Good if you're in a stupid
funny kind of mood.

Grandma's Boy: I thought this was hilarious, I really like Dane
Cook (the comedian), it's also a stupid-funny kind of movie, but I loved
it.

...that's all, I think. So, there's your maggie ebert movie ratings! Tongue

Life in general is still a bit stressful right now. We have had just the worst luck with our vehicles lately, out of three...well, actually two now, we are down to one half-functioning truck *sigh*. Yesterday was a terrible day, I literally gave my car away Embarrassed

, it wasn't the car itself that made me so sad, but all the hard work it represented & getting nothing back for it. It was my first and only car, so I did feel a little attachment to it, it just needed too many repairs so I really had no other choice other to than just hand the title over to the garage and call it even. I actually cried as we were cleaning our stuff out of it Cry

. Same story with my shop's van. It's too beyond repair for how old it is, so we'll hand that title over as well, junk & salvage yards only offered us $25 for it...if we could drive it there! Not worth the effort, leave it there. So, there goes thousands of $$ spent on repairing over the last 4 years, right down the toilet, and once again getting nothing in return. *double sigh* Life goes on I guess!

On a good note, we found out recently that my S-I-L's expecting, so I'll be an aunt! She was, and still is, really nervous about the whole thing being that she miscarried with her first pregnancy. But, she heard a heart beat yesterday and everthing seems to be ok so far, so that's good news!

I really hope it works out well for her, I don't want to see her heartbroken again.

That's about it...and enough I guess! So TTYL!

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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #114 - Jun 1^st, 2006 at 2:22pm SHE'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry about the vehicles but I think most of us here have been there...we pour gobs and gobs of money into our rides, but they all eventually crap out on us anyway. Just another part of our disposable society. Great news about your SIL though!!
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #115 - Jun 1^st, 2006 at 2:28pm Glad you survived May. Sorry about the vehicles - what a bummer. Congrats on soon-to-be Auntie!
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Beesan16 Diamond Offline Posts: 677 st. louis, MO Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #116 - Jun 1^st, 2006 at 3:11pm Missed you Maggie sorry about the vehicles . i know how that feels, in our 5 and 1/2 year stay hear we lost 5 cars!! due to accidents or hail anyway, I really hope that pregnancy goes well!! Congrats!
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Reply #117 - Jun 2^nd, 2006 at 3:32am

Woohoo! You're gonna be an aunt! Cheesy

haha That's a title that I always thought I would enjoy...and now it looks like I might not have the opportunity. So enjoy it for the both of us, won't you? Best of luck to your SIL.

"Disposable society"....I like that, Trish. Wink

Just another way for "the man" to make big $$$ off of us poor working shleps.
Whatever you do, Magz, DON'T get a Mercedes!!! Tongue

Talk about repair bills.

Aw dude, it totally smells like a skunk right now and I forgot the rest of what I was going to say. Embarrassed

Is Pantene sucking as much for you as it has been for me lately? Undecided

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Reply #118 - Jun 2^nd, 2006 at 2:54pm

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Is Pantene sucking as much for you as it has been for me lately? Undecided

Actually, yes, it's wierd. It's like revolt of the vehicles and hair care products, give me a break! I blame it more on my hair than the products, though, I'm in need of a good trim & recovering from a stressful May. I guess there's only so much Pantene can do, eh? Oh, and no fear of me getting a mercedes, don't see one of those in the budget anytime soon!
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Trish: Yeah, I like the "disposable society" reference, too. Pretty clever! Wink

But, brutally true, we really are part of a disposable society, aren't we, that's kind of....very sad. Lesson learned when it comes to trying to hang on to a vehicle forever though, trade it in or sell it while it still has some value, that's what I should have done. Oh well, now I know!

Thanks everyone for the well-wishes for my sis in law, I just talked to her this morning and she said she has pics already, at only 9 weeks! She said you can see it's little face & where the arms and legs are going to "sprout", amazing! I really do wish her the best, she wants a family so badly & she and her husband will be great, loving parents. Not to mention how wonderful my mother and father in law will be at being new grandparents, I'm excited for them all.

I just learned that there is yet another benefit coming up for my cousin, a Jimmy Buffet tribute band, I think they're called "Parrotville" or something. It's being held at a local country club this time, not really my cup of tea, but if I can afford it, I'll go. The last I heard on his condition is that even after 2 rounds of chemo (hope I have the lingo right) his tumors have shrunk a bit, but they're still there. He has since gone to the Fox-Chase center, I guess they're supposed to be one of the best centers for dealing with cancer patients, and they're deciding what they should do next. More chemo? Another operation? Who knows, poor kid, I wish I could take it away for him.

I may have to reschedule my hair appt tonight to go looking for a new ride, not 100% on that yet. I want & need my hair trimmed, but I need a new vehichle much, much more, so that wins if it's the case. Still waiting on a phone call to make that decision. As for my hair, I'm chickening out from an inch to a half inch, I think. An inch is three or more months of growth for me, I'll see how brave I feel when the time comes! Tongue

Work beckons, later guys!

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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: maggie. Reply #119 - Jun 2^nd, 2006 at 5:42pm Well hello Auntie-To- Be!! Glad you're back,I missed ya! Congrats to your S-I-L! Sounds like you deserve a good rest now that May is over. If ya can,kick back and breathe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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