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I think you said in another post that your parents are much older, right? That probably makes all the difference in the world! I was 24 when my oldest was born so the generation gap is much more manageable. I'm not really the nosey type. I mean, gossip amongst my friends is one thing, but I don't want to read my childrens texts, listen to their messages, read their mail, whatever. I like the little people they are and it's important to me that they like me back. (and trust me!)
You are a cute little thing, aren't you? I liked those glasses! If mine looked that way on me, perhaps I could bear to wear them!!!! :)
Fiona-Maybe you came along and your parents realized-"This is it! Nothing as exciting or great will ever happen to us again." so they are now resting from the excitement of----YOU. (maybe?)
Fiona wrote: "Kandice, what do your kids think of your GR obsession? Has your booky son signed on yet? Wouldn't that be a bit weird though, you'd have to watch what you say if your children started socialising o..."I feel like I am not me then with other clothes...same reason why it is no make up for me.
Kandice wrote: "It hasn't ever been that big of a deal to me, but I know people that really get into the search! What does that say about me, I wonder?That's strange that your granddad wouldn't be sure of his bi..."
My Grandfather was 60 when my Dad was born so he would have been born mid-late 1870s. Basically the Dark Ages for a small Saharan oasis town. I'm not even sure how literate my grandparents were.
In Algeria you had to register births with the local (French) colonial civil service. Sometimes it took days or months or they didn't bother.
The main (and also legally valid) record is the family Bible but with many of my 40+ first cousins trying to get passports the Bible often disappears as it passes from hand to hand.And I have never seen it though we do have some photocopies.
edited to add some more!
My father never swears. I spent my teenager years listening out to catch him but no dice.
Occasionally he'll quote someone else's curses which sounds really strange. And rarely he'll call someone a b*st*rd but he says it in such a matter of fact way it is nowhere near being an expletive.
He can yell and rage but an expletive never passes his lips.
I'll admit, I wear mascara everyday! And I have about 100 lipsticks. I always carry that around but don't always remember to put it on. I don't generally wear anything else, though. (make-up! not clothes Haha!) I don't even know how I got started wearing the mascara. I really don;t like when people wear a lot, you can't tell what they look like! I am not one for fussing up my hair either. I'm pretty lucky because it's thick, but even if it wasn't, I wouldn't want to waste the time. I have a can of hiarspray I have had long enough that the bottom is rusty and they probably don't make it anymore!Sometimes I see high-maintenance women and wonder if I will become one as I get older. Lord, I hope not. I wouldn't want to waste my book allowance on nails, makeup and hair dye! God forbid!!!!
Don't cut it! I am much older than you, and I can tell you from experience, once it's too short for a pony tail it's crap! Especially if you don't want to fix it! My mom talks me into cutting mine every few years or so with he promise of ease... It's so much easier to put in a pony or up in a clip, a bun, whatever. No curling, no teasing or fussing. If you cut it, you have to keep getting it trimmed and it just doesn't stay. DON'T CUT IT!!!!!!!!
Okay. I don't think long enough for a ponytail is short, but I see what you mean! I got mine cut last summer, and it has just gotten long enough for a pony. Honestly, at work, if I wear it in a barrette, or a bun, it seems more professional than just down so that's what I try to stick with. I don't even like bangs anymore. If you sleep wrong they go all funny and have to be fixed. Is yours curly, wavy or straight?
Mine is stick straight, and I have always been one of those that wished for yours! I should know better though, because plenty of my friends wish for straight. The grass is always greener...My little girl has hair like the Emily Watson in the HP movies from the first and second. We finally figured out to have her take her shower in the evening, put lots of glossing on it and be in bed when it's just a little damp. She wakes up with it nice and straightened, just a tiny wave at th ends. Before we figured that out we used to straighten it with an iron. Way tooooo high maintenance! It's a lovely caramel color, though, so that will probably take some of the sting out of having to deal with it the rest of her life!
DO NOT BEGIN THAT BOOK AGAIN!!!! Please wait until Valentine's *bats lashes coyly* then we can read it together! I know what you mean about the smell. Can't remember if I've said this, but in a book I read, a character desribed the smell of books as old, but clean, water. That is a wonderful descriptin of the book smell I like best.
Fiona wrote: "You can have mine! I wish it was thicker though, it's a bit stringy. Oh well. My hair is extremely dark brown near to black. It looks kinda black from the distance but it's dark chestnut brown, sli..."Do you use conditioner? Usually that helps with the frizz. For the static you may want to try rubbing dryer sheets. My hair sounds like yours- wavy with some parts straighter than others. I got layers which helps to lessen the bulk, make the waves wavier(sp?) when I want them, and easy to straighten when I want to make it straight.
I have to blow dry it straight and sometimes I will use the flat iron. I normally only use a leave in conditioner mixed with a drop of jojoba oil and that seems to do the trick in getting it sleeker. I really hate fussing with hair especially since I have a lot of it. I'm trying to grow it out so I can donate it to Pantene's Beautiful Campaign, but I'm not sure if I'm going to last.
Bar soap in your hair? Oh Fiona you are a fundamentalist, aren't you?I hate the way my hair feels if I put mousse or gel or anything. It feels dirty, no matter how "clean" it's supposed to feel, and since it's straight, I feel like it's heavier so even more unable to hold any curl!
I ordered this crazy expensive hair thing called the Instyler. It was more for my daughter, but tried it myself. It was supposed to be this miracle piece of equipment. The real miracle was that they got me to part with that much money for something that curled my hair only to fall totally flat 10 minutes later! Too much effort anyway! My daughter and her friends love it, though, so...
I've heard of lush for their face washes, but I didn't know they made bar shampoos. Hmmm, something new to try!
Oooh! Thanks for the link Fiona! I may not like fussing with makeup and hair, but I LOVE lotions and soaps! This is my favorite:http://www.thebodyperfumery.com/page/...
Their stuff smells so lovely and lasts forever. I use Victorian Violets everything.
Jeane: I am actually really getting into it now. The beginning was a bit drab but it does get much Better.
Fiona: you need to read MD w/Jeane & I!!!
Fiona: you need to read MD w/Jeane & I!!!
Kandice: The name changed because we were writing a lot one day- we all kinda took over the thread, that was quite a while ago however.
Fiona: I'm not lost kinda back. I've been reading a lot & watching a bunch of movies. However, I have had excessive withdrawl & need either rehab or to come back online excessively.
How is everyone? I feel like I'm lost! ha ha!
How is everyone? I feel like I'm lost! ha ha!
I am at work on my short break so I have to log off for now but will be back when I get home tonight! promise!!!!!!! :)
Fiona wrote: "My hair probably needs hair spray ebcause it just likes getting into a tangly mess, but I don't like the feel of it in your hair. I really should just cut it but I hate hair dressers."
Fiona, I don't hate hair dressers but I hate the moment after they cut my hate. I feel so unhappy afterwards that I take shower immediately to wash my hais and for the next days/weeks it makes me sad and cry.
You know that great thing called bandana???? They are wonderful!!!!:-)))))))
Fiona wrote: "Naturally wavy. I wish I could have either curls or straight. People think, ooh nice wavy hair. It isn't. One side is wavy, one side decides to be straight, or I get a kink. Worse when shorter.Sh..."
And Fiona, people think oh nice curls BUT it sin't! I keep it short enough so that the ccrls don't come back!!!
Fiona wrote: "It isn't soap, it's shampoo and it's really good, but I think it really has to be fresh which mine wasn't.www.lush.com
Expensive. I can no longer afford it, but their face wash soap is fantastic..."
i can not go in that shop because I can't breath!!!!
Fiona wrote: "YOU BETTER!!!Oh of course Moby Dick... err.... maybe when I have a bad cold maybe... Jeane scared me off that book."
Hahaha, sorry. It did end better but no more.
Emilee, what do you mean you are getting into it??????
I had lots of curly frizzy hair when I was young - the typical jewfro.In the days before conditioner my mother would wash my hair once a week, spend 2 pain-filled hours combing it out and then she put it in rags. Which gave it manageable ringlets, a bit like Shirley Temple. Conditioner made it combable but didn't cut the frizz.
I always wanted a bob but it curled up like an afro if it was shorter than shoulder length.
After giving birth to my son half my hair fell out and the curls have disappeared.
If I wear my hair long I look like an ageing hippy flower child. Finally I have the bob I always wanted. Although it needs frequent cutting it is cool enough for the boiling hot summer and looks good.
Kandice wrote: "I'll admit, I wear mascara everyday! And I have about 100 lipsticks. I always carry that around but don't always remember to put it on. I don't generally wear anything else, though. (make-up! not c..."I rarely wear make-up or fuss with my hair. When hubby becomes impatient waiting for our daughter to get ready I remind he that 'This is what living with a 'real' woman is like!' :0)
I like eye-liner but had to stop using it when I wore contacts. Now I am back to glasses but am so short-sighted I can't see where to put the make-up.
I can't tell you how many times I have nearly poked my eye out with the mascara applicator!
As a teen a lot of my friends were boys and they loved the fact that I rarely used a handbag, I wore men's jackets with inside pockets, and would always be out of the toilet as quickly, or quicker, than them.
Esther wrote: "I like eye-liner but had to stop using it when I wore contacts. Now I am back to glasses but am so short-sighted I can't see where to put the make-up. I can't tell you how many times I have nearly poked my eye out with the mascara applicator!LOL...I've done this many times with the mascara wand. It sucks when the mascara gets stuck on the contact. I usually have to throw it out or it will bother me all day even after cleanining the contact.
I usually wear powder, mascara, eyeliner, bronzer and gloss for work. Sometimes I will throw in some eyeshadow. By mid-morning the powder and bronzer are usually wiped off. I really don't know why I bother.
I can be ready, from bed to car, in 10 minutes (on my own, no kids). My husband loves that, I just really LIKE mascara! I have been known to put it on while I drive and I have NEVER poked myself in the eye!!!I do know how to put on a whole face of makeup, and not so I look like a floozy, either. I just feel dirty with all that crap on my skin:(
Fiona-do you mean crackers or biscuits?I packed myself the BEST lunch today! I have strawberries, blackberries and blueberries with a dip, and a ham, creamcheese and pickle sandwich. Yummy!!!
Jeane: MD is getting really good, I am actually no longer falling asleep & really enjoying it. however I don't think i would read it a second time.
I love curly hair. I use to have it but it is slowing going away. Each kid stole some of the curl! :(
Haha! If I wear my glasses (not often) I get the same thing if I'm not careful! Mascara is much more important if you wear glasses, right?
Fiona-not only are you a book pusher, you are a soap pusher! I am on my lunch looking at Lush! I could spend my whole paycheck!!!! I've never seen solid shampoo before. It looks very strange, I want to get some, but I need to get 2 to get the free tin. Do you have any suggestions? Does it last? Does it really smell good? (I am such a sucker!)
Fiona you need to read Moby Dick! YOu can catch up. You just have to get past the first about 100 pages then it gets good!
Not a makeup person unless I am going to be in pictures. Then I need makeup or I might break the camera.
I have this awful OCD about actually finishing books. I might put it down for a week or too but I have to read the book to completion. Sometimes you just have to give it a chance
I love Arbonne skin care. Very pricy however.
That is why I read tons of books at once.
I am yet hungry again. I am always hungry.
My face is dry, but any old moisturizing thing will do. What I like are good smells! I LOVE to smell things. Especially smells that are considered "old". How can a smell be old? Violets are my very favorite. I have bottles and tubes of lotions tucked and hidden everywhere. Oh, and sweetpea. I am definitely getting some Lush Solid shampoo. I hope I like it!
My whole body is dry right now. I really hate winter. Cold, snow dryness! Yuck!
We got more snow last night I really hate the snow.
We got more snow last night I really hate the snow.
I love the snow but hate cold. Contrariness!!! You need lotion, body butter, shea butter, all manner of things! Make sure they smell nice enough to make you smile!
Oh yes, I am using all of the above. I think I have told myself that if I use a mix it will help. My hands suffer the most-I have to handle a lot of paper at work & know that does not help!
But do you have the limited edition purple glitter model?
I really want to read the Outlander thread! we are soooo not busy at work, and it would be so easy to do...
How about A Great And Terrible Beauty?It doesn't say *spoilers* anyway, and Lori is a supe great moderator, so if it was going to ruin the book for me, she would have put that!
I can't believe I got all my work done and have to stay. Playing on the computer is permitted, but I can't actaully read any books. I'm frustrated!
At one of my first jobs there was a dress code and make-up was compulsory - second time you turned up without it you were fired.I'm always so bad in the morning I would travel to work 'au naturel' and then 'put my face on' at work. The place had a huge staff bathroom with lots of lights and massive mirrors. Luckily I had good skin so no foundation just a little powder a dab of rouge and shadow and then my favourite eyeliner, some mascara and lipstick. 5 minutes - I was all done.
Both my dad and husband dislike make-up so no reason to bother now and the natural look has become part of my trademark.
Fiona wrote: "Oh - talking about hair earlier I remembered my fantastic brush. It's called a Tangle Teezer
http://www.tangleteezer.com/
And it's supposed to be able to de-tangle every kind of hair relatively p..."
Wow I like that purple glitter though it's my daughter who needs to de tangle and she is a pink girl.
I always wanted a Mason Pearson hairbrush but they are pricey!
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I have to dress nicely for work, but hate to dress up to go out, so I am not big on going places that require that. My husband likes to go to that osrt of place with our friends sometimes, and I'm okay with nto going. We actually have friends over to our house a lot. We do game nights, Karoaoke nights, Wii, whatever. I'm pretty social.
My children's friends all like to come to our house, and they all seem to like me (thank God!).
My oldest son, the tenderhearted one, like Jeane, I wish he would get out a bit more. He plays his guitars for hours, rides his bike miles and miles, and has friends but really, just 3 or 4 really close ones. No girlfriends I know of yet. My other children are much more the social butterflies.
I'm sorry you don't seem to get on with people your age. You seem such a lovely girl! When I was your age, all my friends were much older than me. I am just now really fitting in with my age group. Don't worry!
I am not interested in Facebook or MySpace, so even though I monitor my children well, I make a concerted effort not to embarass them in any way! I would never participate.