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[Kevin]

right now i am fake working at my desk. wonder if i can keep this up til mid-day thursday?

[Félix]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "right now i am fake working at my desk. wonder if i can keep this up til mid-day thursday?"

I only have to do it until Wednesday afternoon.

[Heidi]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "right now i am fake working at my desk. wonder if i can keep this up til mid-day thursday?"

You can do it, Kevin! :)

We'll be here to encourage you if you falter.

[Kevin]

does ESPN.com look anything like a spreadsheet?

[RandomAnthony]

Yes!

Sally, what happened with the furnace? You still sick?

[Sally, la reina]

Kevin, can you minimize ESPN.com and your spreadsheet and make both exactly half the screen size?

I'm sick. Totally ick. Five hundred and something bones later the furnace is working again.
Can this month just be over, yet, please?

[RandomAnthony]

Ooh, sorry, Sally. That sucks. And over break...double sucks. Can you sleep through it?

[Sally, la reina]

I'm trying.

[Kevin]

good call sally. sorry you are feeling blah.

[Heidi]

Sally! I think you and my sister should let your pregnant bellies (and their wee cargo) say hello!

But only after a nap.

[Heidi]

Is anyone else having SERIOUS weirdness on GR today?

When I open up my groups page, it lists like eleventy billion groups as mine... and except for two, none of them should be on that list.

And then I get an error message that tells me the page is being closed down.

[Sally, la reina]

Nope, none of that. Can you do the thing where you click on someone's profile and see all their private groups?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I was getting an error message that GR couldn't load, even though I could SEE it right there!

[Heidi]

I just joined the GR feedback group and noticed there are two threads posted in which other people are complaining about the exact same issues I've been having.

[Félix]

I haven't noticed any such issues.

[RandomAnthony]

Eight hugeass wild turkeys walked along the side of my house today.

I assume I'm the only one.

[Félix]

You're special for sure.

[Heidi]

RandomAnthony wrote: "Eight hugeass wild turkeys walked along the side of my house today.

I assume I'm the only one."

If you weren't a vegetarian, I'd say, "Eat 'em!"

[Heidi]

I've been an on and off again fan of Aveda products, but I'm hugely on again right now. We're not supposed to have candles at work, muchless light them, but I just HAD to do it.

I'm burning my humongoid Aveda shampure candle at my desk. It smells so friggin heavenly.

I also splurged on a couple of Aveda diffuser oils with my birthday money - the Euphoric scent and the Lavandou scent

[smetchie]

Oh how I love the shampure. i didn't know they made a candle in that. I think that will solve all my problems. I love the way Aveda stuff smells but it makes me break out so I don't use it. I'll just light a candle!

[smetchie]

speaking of candles. This is the best smelling one I've ever encountered. But it's insanely expensive.



Made by Lollia and the scent is "relax". They have other great scents too but this is the only one I can truly vouch for because I have it at home.

[Heidi]

OHH!!! I love Lollia candles! I also have a bottle of Lollia perfume I like to wear during the spring months - Inspire - I always remember it because the bottle says "1000 flowers" right above the peacock. It smells like my grandmother's home, in a good way - soothing and relaxing, VERY feminine.

I've also had the Wish (too sweet-smelling) and the Believe/Cabbage Rose & Citrus (too grapefruity) miniature bottles. I didn't care for those scents as much, so I gave them away to a friend who enjoyed them.

[smetchie]

I have that perfume too, Heidi, but I can't wear it.
::sobs::
I can't wear perfume because my body chemistry makes it smell funny. Especially feminine ones. I turn them 9 times sweeter in under 10 minuted and then I want to vomit so I have to wash it off. For some reason I keep on trying to wear different ones, thinking I'll find one that works. But no.

[RandomAnthony]

So how much is that candle? I tend to buy my candles at Target...I could probably benefit from better ones.

[Heidi]

Which one? The Shampure one was $30 - it's worth it IMHO - lasts 50 hrs, Target candles cost about the same, but it smells waaaay better than any Target candle I've ever had.

The Lollia candles tend to run anywhere from $32-$80ish, but the scent is VERY strong and lingers after only 10 minutes of burning. Plus, you get a pretty little glass container with a crystal. :)

[Kevin]

RandomAnthony wrote: "So how much is that candle? I tend to buy my candles at Target...I could probably benefit from better ones."

for your aromatherapy?

[Heidi]

Gretchen wrote: "I have that perfume too, Heidi, but I can't wear it.
::sobs::
I can't wear perfume because my body chemistry makes it smell funny. Especially feminine ones. I turn them 9 times sweeter in under 10 ..."

I didn't think I'd like it, Gretchen, but I got the mini bottle and wore it and bought another and went through it... and went nuts when the store was out of the minis and the only thing left was the large bottle - so naturally I had to splurge. :)

[Sally, la reina]

I love the magic that makes perfume smell different on different people.

[Mary]

Gretchen, I've never heard of Lollia before but will be checking them out immediately. I am addicted to Diptyque candles but they are ridiculously expensive so I'm always interested in trying other brands.

[Sally, la reina]

So do you two sweetmakers make those spicy hot perfumes into a nice feminine smell?

[Sally, la reina]

Heidi wrote: "Sally! I think you and my sister should let your pregnant bellies (and their wee cargo) say hello!

But only after a nap."

How does one let their wee cargo say hello?

[Heidi]

Sally wrote: "Heidi wrote: "Sally! I think you and my sister should let your pregnant bellies (and their wee cargo) say hello!

But only after a nap."

How does one let their wee cargo say hello?"

You'd face each other and pretend like the babies in your bellies are talking. They might even pretend hug. It might seem weird, but I think it'd be cute. :)

[smetchie]

BunWat wrote: "Yes we do! At least I do. Well I don't know about feminine, but it smells good anyway. Used to be one of my fave perfumes was this Isabella Rossellini perfume that has basil and black pepper scen..."

me too...sorta. I have to try the spicy ones to get somewhere even remotely appealing. Some men's scents work ok too. Mostly my body chemistry screws everything up. I can wear the Aveda pure-fume spirit dealies because they are just one thing, not a blend, and tend to be pretty herbal-smelling. But they wear off really quick. I do ok with some musky perfumes but I don't always love the way they smell to begin with. sigh. I mostly just don't wear perfume. ::pouts::

[RandomAnthony]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "RandomAnthony wrote: "So how much is that candle? I tend to buy my candles at Target...I could probably benefit from better ones."

for your aromatherapy?
"

Ooh, I didn't realize this candles were that girly. Pretend I didn't ask.

[smetchie]

"I smell like ten day old strawberry pie in a whorehouse."


AHAHAHAHHAHHAHAAAAAHA BUNNY!! BUNNY!!!!! HAH! HAHA!

[Heidi]

I tend to go for woody, spicy, or musky perfumes, myself.

My alltime favorite was discontinued several years ago (boooo!) and costs an arm and a leg to purchase over the internet - Donna Karan's Chaos (by the way, if you're a perfume fan, basenotes.net is a great website - perfume reviews, top notes, base notes, middle notes listed, and other information)

[Sally, la reina]

I agree with that, Bun. I wish I were a perfume fan. I just don't smell that much difference between the types.

I loathe the smell of too much on anybody - early in my pregnancy that was the biggest ick. I could smell any and all men on campus who'd gone over the one pump limit.
There are one or two girl perfumes I really dig, and I can usually spot it on anybody. It kind of disconcerts people too, when I catch up to them in a mall, panting slightly from the exertion: "Excuse me, but are you wearing Alfred Sung perfume, by chance?"
It doesn't smell good on me, however. It kind of just disappears.

I've been wearing Jessica McClintok, a sample that came when I went to go dry on wedding dresses there. It smells like gardenias.
Sometimes I alternate this with Wild Swans, an Obsession/musk perfume Matt's mom or granny gave me one year for Christmas. My daily pump is CK1.

[Mary]

Heidi wrote: "I tend to go for woody, spicy, or musky perfumes, myself. ..."

Ever tried Jo Malone's scents?

I love the floral, girly stuff! Right now my current faves are Essence by Narcisso Rodriguez and CH by Carolina Herrera. My three non-book-related addictions: shoes, handbags, and perfumes.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I like Jessica McClintock, too, Sally. And yes, I found it the same way, getting a sample while trying on dresses. :)

[Sally, la reina]

I used to love 212 by Carolina Herrera.

Jackie: !!:)!!!

[RandomAnthony]

This is the girliest conversation ever. I'm learning a ton. Carry on.

[Heidi]

Mary wrote: "Ever tried Jo Malone's scents?"

Heck yeah, I have! I love Jo Malone perfumes. I have a bag FULL of sample Jo Malone perfumes and scented lotions that's lasted me for two years now... and I still have more. My faves are the lime basil & mandarin, sweet lime & cedar, grapefruit, nectarine blosson & honey - none of those are woody or spicy by title, but the fragrances tend to fall under one of my categories (woody, spicy, musky).

I'd say that more times than not, I tend to be drawn to fragrances that have chamomile, tonka bean, sandalwood, white musk, or tiare flower somewhere in the list of notes

In fact, the only Jo Malone fragrance I've NOT been crazy about is the Blue Agava & Cacao one.

I should add that I adore the Narciso Rodriguez Musc for Her.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I also like Evelyn, which is just a lovely rose scent from Crabtree & Evelyn. But I don't wear perfume hardly ever.

[Félix]

I don't hardly never wear it.

[Heidi]

Okay, I'm almost thinking we should start a perfume/cologne thread - maybe list our fave genres? scents? share perfume/cologne stories?

[Sally, la reina]

I was just going to rename this thread.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

But then, where do I tell everyone that I am in the middle of reassigning manga right now? Volume 30 of Naruto will now be going to the Hoquiam Library...

[Mary]

RandomAnthony wrote: "This is the girliest conversation ever. I'm learning a ton. Carry on. "

Ok, let's talk about mens' scents. Ever dated a guy (ladies, not you, RA)(or maybe you, RA, I'm not judging) who had that 5 year old bottle of Jovan Musk or Ralph Lauren Chaps sitting in their medicine cabinet, and they still wear it? I will rush right out and buy someone a bottle of *nice* scent, on the first date even, so I don't have to smell that crap.

[Sally, la reina]

I made a poll.

Jackie, I don't understand you. Reword, please.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I hate English Leather. Makes me nauseous.