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[Melinda]

I'm with you Jan, I have to use it up, and it has to smell delicious otherwise I won't buy it. I've got wavy hair but I straighten it. I haven't really got anything I really like. As I have thick hair nothing seems to work so I give up, smell all the way.

[Grey]

we use matrix stuff when we straighten our hair. my daughter and I both have naturally curly hair.

[[deleted user]]

Yes, I have 2 products that I do not really like right now. One I've had for over a year, lol. It is almost done and think I am finally going to toss the last little bit.

I do not straighten. I just do not have the patience.

[Melinda]

I took this quiz on face book found it quite amusing

ARE YOU HIGH MAINTENANCE
shower everyday 3 points
Shower for 30 min 5 points
Do your hair everyday 3 points
Do your hair 20 min plus 5 points
Put lipstick on everyday 7 points
Put makeup on everyday 3 points
Put makeup on 15 min plus 5 points
Nails always done 5 points
Nails done professionally 7 points
Pedicure done regularly 7 points
Wax 5 points
Wax done professionally 5 points
Massage regularly 7 points
HAir done by a professionally once a month 10 points
Eyelash extensions 10 points
Tanning 10 points
More than one outfit a day 10 points
High heels everyday 10 points


How,any points are you? Loved it. I was 64 with no 30 min showers😳

[Robin]

LOL!! I got 10 for pedicure and shower, but let's be honest. Right before a deadline the shower everyday part is questionable, and the pedicure is only when my toes become a danger to myself or others.

[Melinda]

It's great isn't it. I loved it

[Melinda]

No matter what. I have a shower everyday. My 17 year old daughter, myself and my husband were travelling to New York and we had a stop over in LA and I said what is that smell and my husband said omg I can smell that too. Yes it was the 17 year old. I went in and bought a new t shirt and deodorant and sent her to the toilets and said wash under you arms put deodorant on and don't come back until you smell better. Or I'm leaving you in LA.

[[deleted user]]

8-11,lol.

Sometimes 30 min but def everyday.

I scrunch gel into wet hair and let it airdry. Not sure how much of a do that is.

[Leslie]

Melinda, I spit my coffee out at your last comment. Hee hee

I have a crazy weird thing with smells. It started when I was pregnant with my son and it never went away. (He just turned 17) I cannot tolerate perfume (on me or anyone sitting close to me), scented deodorant or any new hair products now that my hair is long again. I only use Joico k-pak products because that is the smell I am used to.

So funny, this group of 20-something women sat down behind us at a restaurant yesterday and I was gagging on perfume smell and my son & husband couldnt even smell it.

[Leslie]

Aside from being the "perfume police" I am actaully extremely low maintenance. I pretty much dont do anything on that list except get my hair colored. That is only because I started turning grey as a teenager and I am a brunette. Skunk really isnt a look I like. I wear no makeup ever (except foundation), wouldnt style my hair if my life depended on it and don't own heels. Some days I dont even comb my hair! I lost my job a few years ago but even when I worked, it was an internet based job so I kind of turned into a slob.

[Ela]

*high fives Leslie*

[JudyCa]

We are somewhat perfume free at work - we have a lady at work who is smell-sensitive as well...i don't wear perfume anyway (especially not to work, regardless) and I am very low maintenance as well...shower everyday, check...nails done? toes yes, fingers never...hair? clean or have a ball hat on :) the only thing i cannot leave the house without is mascara...everything else doesn't matter!

[Melinda]

You name it I get it done. If I see a grey hair I dye my hair that day. But I usually go to the hairdressers and get my hair done with highlights. Nails done. It's very big in Australia. Laser. I used to be in the cosmetic industry so always full make up. So ummmmm yeh I'm high maintenance. Always wear perfume. When I was going through customs I was getting frisked and the lady said "what perfume are you wearing that's so nice". But that quiz was just for a bit of fun.

[Ela]

Oooooooo what perfume? I use Issey Miyaki and Si and Stella

[Ela]

I have a collection of makeup since I love to buy it but hardly use it! Hair products are a must but I don't style it other then messy bun or pin back, my hair is naturally curly.

[Melinda]

I haven't heard of that one. It's Beautiful by Estée Lauder I love it. I wear it all the time. Wear I work often people will say you smell so nice. Need all the help I can get. Hahaha

[Melinda]

Love it. 3 daughters. 17, 20,22. Makeup everywhere. Perfume everywhere. One daughter I think tans every week. Omg. What chance do I have.

[Leslie]

Melinda, I bet you all are beautiful bronzed goddesses!! 😉

[[deleted user]]

No make up for me either. And never high heels.

I love scent but from body lotions and oils.

[Tessa]

8 I like my long showers (says the girl in the drought prone area) I rarely put on make up.

My hair is sometimes like Bev's. I occasionally put Mousse in it. No gray so no point in dying it. I'd have to bleach it to get it a fun color and then maintain it, but maybe

My idea of doing nails is keep them trimmed and rounded so I don't accidentally stab someone. *looks at nails**could totally slash someone currently*

That said, I love collecting nail polish for when the mood hits. Seriously I want go nuts if I see a color I like, even if I have a shade near it. No idea why; just do.

Oh hair. I'm simple. Pantene Pro-V for curly hair.

[Jan]

Sadly many perfumes give me hay fever/ sneezy attacks, sometimes even when someone wearing lots of perfume just walks past me LOL. I like perfume too, but I haven't discovered many I can wear.

Melinda, your three daughters. Wow. I have three sons, What a different experience of motherhood we have LOL. I have been the lone female in a male household for years. It took some getting used to as I have 2 sisters and shared a bedroom with one of them growing up, so I was used to lots of girly things around me. Now, not so much.......

[[deleted user]]

3 sons and 3 daughters.

Anyone else see the start of a romance series?

[Jan]

*busts out laughing*

Thanks for making my morning bev.

[Leslie]

Whoa! For a minute I was all "wow, bev has six kids!!"

*cackles with laughter *

[Jan]

My husband is the eldest of a family of six boys and six girls. (Yes, he really is!) Sixteen years between eldest to youngest. No twins. The eldest ones were closest in age. The fifth child was born about a month before my husband's sixth birthday. (I know.....) His mum has passed away now but she was AMAZING!

[Grey]

*giggle* oh Lord... this is how rumors get started!!!

[Leslie]

Holy crap Jan! That is a huge family. You must have a bazillion nieces and nephews. I am jealous. I am only child and my husband has one sister with an adult son and they moved out of state few years ago. :(

[Melinda]

I'm actually one of 5 and there was 3 girls and 2 boys. We had a Peter and a Greg and we desperately wanted the Brady Brunch but mum said no. So my girls are friendly with 3 boys that live straight across the road and they want to be the Brady Brunch too.

No tan for me.

my poor husband says he doesn't have one good week because of the menstral cycles in the house. Omg the moods. And the cost buying all that stuff Jan. One thing you wouldn't have to worry about. The formals and the Debs. It costs a fortune having 3 girls.

[Tessa]

lol I'm the twefth of twelve. Mine is a Yours, Mine, and Ours family. I'm the only ours. My dad had 8 (5 boys, 3 girls), my mom had 3 (2 boys, 1 girl), and then they had me. :D

I can't imagine dealing with three girls. Emotions!!

[Melinda]

Ooooh Tessa, did you all live together? How did you share the bathrooms. Bad enough with the girls let alone 12 in the one house.

You would have been very spoilt. The youngest of both the families.

You are the living Brady Brunch twice over.

On Facebook it said share if you have a special daughter so I shared it and the arguments started with one daughter saying she was the special daughter then another commented saying why couldn't we all be.then another one saying no it's me. So I had to interject saying you all are. Omg kills me.

[[deleted user]]

Melinda, you should of told them no and then followed up with a "Surprise! It's a girl" notice.
And we are naming her Orlando.

[Melinda]

Soooo funny,should have done that.

[Jan]

Haha. All those crazy varieties of families. Yeah I've got a LOT of nephews and nieces. All 12 of my hubs family married and had two or more kids. We get together every second Christmas and there's well over a hundred people with all of the in-laws. We hire a local hall. The babies are starting now from the next generation. It's wonderful.

Tessa your blended family sounds amazing. LOL to Melinda's *almost* Brady bunch. I'm from a family of three girls and two boys as well.

And yeah, Melinda, 3 girls. OMG I didn't think about all the menstrual cycles. Your husband must be a saint.

[Tessa]

Melinda wrote: "Ooooh Tessa, did you all live together? How did you share the bathrooms. Bad enough with the girls let alone 12 in the one house.

You would have been very spoilt. The youngest of both the familie..."
lol They want to be the favorite.

And for the most part, nope. We did when I was just born, but most left. Then we moved to Southern CA when I was four, and that's when all left except for those of us who were underage, (four of us).

Most of my siblings are much older than me. Some are even old enough to be my parents. lol The older ones are like, 22,21,20, etc older than me while the last three are 12, 8, and 5 years older than me. Though, yep! Spoiled. I was the baby and the love child. :D

[Jan]

"I was the baby and the love child. :D"

Aw shucks. That's so sweet.

[Grey]

Must be why we get along so well, Tessa. I'm the baby too... Of 4 brothers... That was really more like 5 because my parents practically raised another one boy who grew up with my brothers. But they are all much older than me too - I was really pretty much an only, at times lol!

[[deleted user]]

Birth orders, I wonder how much of an effect they have.

[Tessa]

Exactly! The youngest two are boys. I adore them, but even the youngest being five years older meant he wanted to play with kids his own age, not me. lol However, they sure did stick up for me when someone would pick on me.

[Melinda]

Tessa I can just imagine you being spoiled. I'm the eldest and there's 4 below me with my brother being the youngest 7 years between. There are 4 children in 4 years and my youngest brother was an accident, so mum says. But I used to spoil him sooo much. Buy him anything he wanted. Take him to all his sports, really early in the morning. I think I thought I was the mum. I still spoil him. Even though he's married with his own children.

[Nay]

Hello all my wonderful friends! I can't tell you how MUCH I've missed being here the past week while I've spent every moment either at a hospital or sleeping.

A day or two after they found my mom's benign brain tumor last week, my sister had to call an ambulance (she was staying with my sister because of her headache and not being able to sleep). She was having trouble urinating on top of everything else and was just miserable.

I think I mentioned last week that my mom is a very young, active, and independent 72. She's lived alone for 30 years, and up until 4 months ago, she was going to a cardiac exercise class 3 times a week, and she's never smoked, taken drugs, or had an alcoholic drink. She's also a 17-year breast cancer survivor.

So they FINALLY admitted her (after 4 ER trips in 10 days). After doing many tests, they've found:

1) The brain tumor may not be a meningioma, may not be benign
2) She has a cyst on her adrenal gland
3) She has a nodule on her right parotid gland (salivary)
4) She has a cyst the size of a grapefruit on her right ovary
5) She had stroke the afternoon the ambulance came to get her (last Wednesday).

So...they did a PET scan yesterday to show them any cancer in her body. We are waiting for the results, which one of her doctors will give sometime today.

The stroke didn't leave any problems with her speech or any paralysis, which is a blessing. They are still doing tests to try to figure out what caused it.

The only reason I'm home right now and taking an extra moment to get on my laptop is because I had my monthly biopsy yesterday. I was told to go home afterward and get some rest, which I did last night, and I'll be going back to the hospital in a few hours.

I know this is a given, but I would like to ask for extra special prayers for my mom and my sister (she's spending the most time at the hospital because I'm just not physically able to be there all the time and my brother, who tries, is a man and just doesn't know what to do).

My mom is not herself AT ALL (which is understandable). We haven't seen even a glimpse of the real her since she was admitted, and she's in constant head pain and has a lot of nausea that they can't seem to get rid of. She's depressed and not eating or moving around, and we're trying to find that fine line between tough love and being too hard on her (because we're not sure how much of anything is being caused by any of these growths in her body or the stroke, but hopefully, the PET scan results will give us some valuable information.)

[Melinda]

I'm so sorry to hear that nay, my prayers will definitely be with you tonight.

My eldest daughter is studying nuclear medicine. Which is related very closely to pet scans and undoubtedly you will get a result either way and then they can commence the correct method of treatment.

But you have to remember to look after yourself. Just one day at a time.
Medicine is so fantastic now and progressing rapidly. The stroke is probably causing your mums behaviour problems. I'm sure she's very unwell. Just go with it.

My thoughts and prayers are with you tonight. Lots of hugs and kisses.

[Leslie]

Nay, first and foremost, take care of YOU! You are still in recovery and your mom would want you to make your health a priority. Not to mention, stress isnt healthy for you either.

I hope everything goes well with your mon and as always you are in my thoughts.

*sending hugs, prayers and positive energy you way*

[Robin]

I'm so sorry to hear that, Nay. I agree with everyone, be sure to look after your self and try to trust the docs. My mom survived a major brain tumor when I was in the 4th grade and that was eons ago. Medicine has come a long way since then. And it was directly responsible for shifting her personality, so that will likely go back to normal soon. Plus, she's probably just pissed and frustrated which I would be too. Sending hugs and good vibes.

[Grey]

(hugs) oh my sweet. I am so sorry to hear of all of the troubles your mom has been facing. However... I must echo all of everyone's sentiments here, and you know your mom would agree...you have to take care of you first before you can take care of anyone else. It sucks... but it has to be done. I will pray and send all of my positive thoughts to you and your family. Please keep us as updated as you can. (hugs)

[Lisa]

Constant thoughts and prayers for you and your family, Nay. I actually have tears in my eyes reading all that - so much for you, your family, and especially your Mom to go through. Please make sure you take care of yourself. Your Mom is in good hands and where she needs to be right now. Heart hugs to you!!

[Nay]

As always, thanks so much to all of you! You can't know how much it means to me and how much you all lift me up!

We just got the results of the PET scan and it's not good. They are still calling the brain tumor a benign meningioma, but the mass in her pelvis is cancer. And in addition to that, she has a cancerous spot on her lungs, and she has bone cancer in her femur, rib, spine, and bony pelvis.

My sister is at the hospital with her right now and gave her the news, and Mom said she knew (and we knew she knew). And as would be expected, she's not handling the news well at all. So the oncologist will come by today to give us a game plan.

My dear, wonderful husband is coming home from work early to take me down there to be with her for a bit, and then I'll come back home and rest (the best I can) for the rest of the night. I'm taking your advice, and I WON'T let myself get run down. I'm not going to risk my new heart, believe me!

I will pop in as much as I can, but I just don't know how it's going to be the next few weeks. Really, we won't know anything until we speak with the oncologist today.

So please keep praying, and I'll check in as soon as I can with any news. And thank you all again in advance for EVERYTHING!! I love you all!!

[Grey]

(hugs) Oh Nay... I am so so sorry. I am praying for peace and no pain for your mom...and sending my wishes of strength and hope and love to you and your family. Please know that I am never further than a text message away. (hugs)

[[deleted user]]

Oh, Nay. My heart breaks for you.
First, yes take care of your health.
It is horribly hard to see a parent not act like themselves.
I lost my mom almost 5 years ago now. All I can say is just love on her.

[Melinda]

Oh Nay, I'm so very very sorry to hear that. Make sure you look after yourself that's the most important at the moment. Rest up so you can be strong for her.

Stay positive and take care. Lots and lots of hugs and prayers.

[Jan]

Thinking of you and your family Nay. Hugs and prayers from me as well.