Taking some advice

Someone gave me a bit of advice recently. They said I should post more things. So here are things...being posted. Actually, this is more like a PSA advising you that things will be posted. In the near future. Stay tuned....

Emma's pearls of wisdom: my tongue always cleans my mouth"

I have an insightful little girl

Assorted photos

The kids live for Halloween. They would wear their Halloween costumes every day if I let them.

Emery's first day of Kindergarten. He had a rough start to school, but after consulting with his doctor, we tried some medication to see if it would help. It did and now he loves school.



Emma being a ham. She's got a pretty mischevious personality but it hardly ever shines through.



Emma was all set to ride her bike. Helmet on, ready to hit the door. And then she laid down and fell asleep.

I don't know how many times I find them like this. Emery has a pathological aversion to sleeping by himself. So just about every morning, I find him asleep next to his sister in bed. Fortunately, she's a sound sleeper.

Having fun

Had some fun doing Emma's hair today. I've always wanted to curl her hair to see what it would look like. Thankfully, my daughter indulges me.

I write like

So there's this new website that analyzes your prose and will tell you which famous author your written word resembles. In my case? Stephen King. I'm curious to try out some of my other writings to see if there is consistency their analysis.

Something to think about

Ok kids, here's a little grist to chew on: I ain't cheap. Okay, let's back up a bit. If you come to see me for hair services, you can expect that I'll do my absolute best to make sure you step out of the salon looking like a million bucks. You come to me for world class service, I'm going to oblige you. But for the love of peanut butter, don't sit down in my chair and expect me to hand over my time, energy and talent to making you look good and not be willing to give me fair compensation. Notice the word fair in that sentence. There are some places where it costs the equivalent of your mortgage to get your hair done. I don't work in one of those places. But I also don't work at Pro-cuts (no offense to people who do work at Pro-cuts, but people aren't exactly beating down your door for the quality of your work).
You can go to a fast food joint and get a hamburger and fries. Or you could go to Chili's and get the same. The difference? Quality. And you will pay a bit more for the quality of service at a higher end joint because you know that you're going to get more. The same analogy applies here.
What's got my dander up? Someone came in for a variety of services today that involved about three hours of my time and effort (not to mention product). And then they wanted to nickel and dime me for the cost (when they didn't just outright ASK me for free add on services). Please. I might not be the world's best stylist, but I've only ever had ONE person leave my chair unhappy with the results. And it was the second person I ever did professionally, many moons ago. No, I don't expect a tip for my work (you want to tip? That's greatly appreciated but NEVER expected). I do, however, expect that if you walk in looking like death warmed over and you leave looking ready to stop traffic, don't give me a hard time about the cost.

Cowgirl Emma

Emma put on Emery's boots and paraded around the apartment calling herself "Cowgirl Emma". She even added a couple of "Yee-haws" for emphasis. Seriously, I have no idea where she gets this.