does anyone else dread going to the hair salon because of the lame small talk? i just wish i could sit there and not be talked to.... i hate small talk. man it just drives me NUTS because i have to answer, yet i know the stylist could care less! here is the conversation from today...
HER - so did you grow up in edmonton?
ME - yes (do you care???)
HER - so have you seen any good movies?
ME - (when? does she mean recently? in the theater? crap now i have to think....) hmmm last night we rented "take the lead"
HER - was it good?
ME - not really. (shoot, i just messed up the question. she asked for GOOD movies) have you seen any good ones?
HER - (starts blabbing on about the break up, telling me all about it. little does she know i've seen it already too.) so you have today off work?
ME - (stunned once again for a second) oh no, i don't work. (again, do you care?!???)
HER - have any plans for the rest of the day?
ME - what day is it? saturday? oh sunday. nope.
HER - you should be going out to show off your new haircut!
ME - um..... no. (thinking how i can afford to go out after this huge haircut???!)
anyway i just really hate small talk. the haircut & color today went sour. i told the color chick what i wanted for color and she basically said NO and told me what she thought and went ahead and did what she wanted anyway, despite me telling her not to. this got me MAD. so i was sitting there, getting more frustrated by the minute.... then onto the haircut dude. once again, i told him what i wanted, even showed a pic i found in a mag while i was waiting, and he said NO. he said he didn't think i would like it, and it wouldn't suit me. (does he KNOW me??!?!?!??) omigod i was REALLY mad now and about to blow my top. there was probably smoke coming out of my ears :( i said, "just do what you want to do then" and he replies, "oh, that's not what i like to hear. i want you to say 'i trust you'... " fine. do what you want.
so i left there fuming mad. after paying $222. i was NOT impressed. i felt like shit. i don't like being told all of my choices are not going to work for me. do they know me???? obviously not. now i have this nice haircut and nice, subtle highlights. how nice. i didn't want NICE. :(
so i called and told the manager and got a full refund. now i feel a bit better but i still feel boring and angry. what a waste of 3 hours :( i'll go again, ELSEWHERE, next time... maybe in 6 months, a year.... that's the thing. i never get my hair done. and as if i'll tuck away the refund for another haircut. hmph. i'm not happy. i'm going to bed.
hallie's teacher took this pic, her first day! 
kai playing away!
kai's first day
hallie's first day
oops this isn't a school pic, just a grumpy hallie pic!
my girls, at playschool...
one of my dayhome kids left last week, she is starting playschool so i'm no longer needed... but i got some pretty flowers and some other great gifts from them, which made my day! 
miss emerson!
hallie, painting picture frames
thought this pic was cute!
for some reason, i love this picture too!
kai, painting picture frames... still in pjs! the kids love to wake up in the morning and just start doing "stuff" right away.... while mommy would rather slowly wake up, relax, lay around.... haha!
mr. kai
the kids riding bikes!
more painting pics. their favorite crafty thing to do right now is paint. have to go buy more actually... 
emerson's new friend (my dayhome babe)
kai, lying on the floor... not into having his pic taken
kai!
i love the look on emerson's face here!
hallie wanted some pics of her twirling in her skirt!
and another of her with her skirt all pretty... her idea LOL!
my happy girls!!
this is on of my favorites! someone mentioned that hallie looks like she is 8 in this pic! haha!
happy!! (but who's head is bigger??!)
the whole picture thing started with me trying to get a shot of just emmy alone -- but hallie loves to get in on the action... 
hallie loves her baby sis so much!
