damn woman Foxwoods is like 20 minutes from my house. I live very centrally located to both it and Mohegan. I need to give you my number in case you come down again.

I am good, today is my 3rd anniversary and our 2nd where we arent together. Last summer I was in Phoenix playing nurse with my grandma who died, and this year the Navy decided they wanted Vinnie in Washington. Oh well, I knew what it would be like when we got married. We married on a Saturday and by Monday he was already off to work in another state. Oh well, such is life eh.

Anyways, I am here at work trying to figure out how to scam it so I can still get paid for the 2 weeks that I will be gone. Dont know how that will work but we will see.

I got a ice coffee from Dunkin Donuts. Its Toasted Almond flavored and really good if you guys like iced coffee.

Shelly, Foxwoods is a 40 minute drive for me. The trek down 395 is a very easy one, because it is really light related to traffic. I checked out the web site, and they are building an MGM Grand out there, the place is incredible, it is like a city, with 340,000 square feet, the largest casino in the world! Happy anniversary!

KaeEll, I hope that you have a relatively stress free day, goodness knows if anyone deserves it, you most definitely do!

I have to go make another BIG cup of coffee, so that I can get some work done here. I just got off of the phone with my mother and aunt. We had such a good laugh, my mom had to get off the phone because her side hurt.

Good morning Gals (and guy?)!! Hope everyone has a great day! I was hoping to plans some play dates for this week, I'm in a social mood, but everyone else is busy I guess.

So I might get a hair cut, just an inch or so.... And that's about all I have on my agenda!

Love those iced coffees, McDonald's actually has a good one. But then I get all jittery. More than usual.

I need a prayer, should I start a new thread? My cousin Robin is ill, they don't know what yet. But so far her medical bills are $8,000. They're planning a fundraiser to help pay for that. I guess let's pray it's not too serious and the bills will somehow get paid. Thanks!

Great new avatar, Tina. It's like you're right here in the room with me!

Shelly, I think we have Dunkin' Donuts here. Krispy Kreme (sp?) came up for a while, thought they'd take over the donut business but it didn't catch on at all and they folded up shop. There might be the odd one but it was a hasty retreat. I tried one of their donuts and found it inedible, really sweet and gluey. Yick!!

We have a huge chain here called Tim Horton's and I like their coffee much better than Starbuck's, too.

Good morning, ladies and gents. Tess, good idea for a second cuppa this morning.

My husband LOVES the Tim's iced something or another with mint. He's like a big kid with those things. There's me with my small coffee, 2% milk, and he's all smiles and slurpy with his gigantic frothy thing in front of him. He can lose weight by skipping dessert and I'll gain if I look at one. So NOT fair!

I think Tim's is now owned by the same people as Wendy's. It used to be owned by a Canadian hockey player, Tim Horton, who was killed in a car accident a long time ago. His widow was swindled out of the chain (can't remember the details) but it was a really sad story as she ended up on welfare.

We used to eat the sanwiches there on a regular basis because there was one in the town of Stayner that was about 40 minutes south of our cottage and we'd pop in there on the way home ALL the time. But when the chain was bought out, they started using additives and we'd get that "MC-feeling" so we stopped ordering any of their food. We buy Tim's coffee to brew up at home. It's about $14 for a large tin, lasts us about 2 months. Our son, Nick, used to eat 3 donuts from Tim's after school before his sax lessons on Thursdays. I was so jealous!

I got my hair cut and feel really glamorous, Do you have Mario Triccoci by you? They do a great job for $35. More than I like to pay, but other places can be even higher. And I only go about once a year.

My last hair cut experience was awful, the girl cut too much off, so I was really thrilled today when she only took off about an inch and my hair feels all silky and healthy again!!

Kae, I don't know that I've seen a pic of you... And we're waiting on Sophia's with her blonde hair.





-- Edited by TinaLord68 at 13:33, 2007-07-24

thats nice you got your hair done. Its such a good treat for all women. I need to get mine done but am waiting til it is a little longer so that I can get a better style out of it. Its a little silly I have really long hair that I never leave down but its there in case I need to do the dress up thing for whatever occasion.

you probably don't wear it down because it gets heavy when it's long, go have some long layers put in and have it texturized....

Shelly, you can any colours out of a box! There are oodles of products out there, and if you really want to do it yourself, enlist a friend to do the highlights for you because it's hard to get them even, especially at the back.

Best would be to save up for the hairdresser to do it the first time, though. And none of that cap nonsense. Foil application only! Some cheapie hairdressers STILL use the cap method, unbelievable! Argh.

Anybody watching OL live today?

-- Edited by KaeEll at 14:35, 2007-07-24

I'm watching One Life

shelly you could get long layers now and let the hair dresser know not to take off the length

and highlighting at home is fairly easy. I let my hair go to it's natural color when I was pregnant with Gabi, which is a kind of dark, reddish blonde. And then I decided to put highlights in after she was born. You pull hair thru a cap and put the bleach on. I was happy with my results

Shelly, when I did my own hair colour, I'd always buy 2 boxes because the one wouldn't be enough to do my whole head. I have kind of thick hair and used to wear it a few inches longer than it is now. With the second box you don't need to worry about making the first one reach everywhere.

Tina - those caps are brutal! How could you stand to pull your hair through the holes. Ack.

Shelly, I also went the two box route, my hair was also longer and thick, and after one disaster, I learned that two boxes make the process much easier. Make sure that they are from the same lot.

I colored my own hair for years, until one time when I missed a big patch across the back of my head. That time I got the underneath fine, the ends and roots were okay, but I missed the whole portion across the back of my head because I ran out of dye, and did not realize that I had missed it, because I pulled it up, and used a clip to hold my hair up while I was waiting for it to process. I had to go to a friends house the next day for her to fix it. After that I always went to the salon for them to do it, because I found out that having a professional was not that expensive. I believe that it is only around $40.00 to have your hair colored, when added to the whole haircut process. After I factored in the cost of buying two boxes of hair color, I went that route.

I would ask for advice on the brand to use for the coloring yourself process. Some of them are easier than others, and less harsh on your hair. The pain about maintaining color is that after first doing the color, you only need to have the roots touched-up, because the color can build-up on your hair after multiple treatments, and hair that has been colored previously can hold the color better than the roots, which are being processed for the first time, so you could inadvertently end-up with different colors in your hair.

Lot's of people color their own hair, there are just a few things that you need to watch out for.