Looking For New Clients

I just recently started working at Scandals Full Service Salon. I am a hairstylist with 3 years experience looking for some new clients. I am offering discounts in order to build a new clientel. I worked at Beauty Connection for 2 years and had a great clientel but lost them when I left the salon. Most salons don't let you take your clients with you (they don't give you your clients info). I also worked at Regis for 8 months but with the new mall hours, I lost time that I could have worked there which made it not worth it. So, I am starting fresh, I make my own prices, the salon I am in is relaxed and hip. The girls that work here are really nice. I am offering $15 haircuts and 25% off haircolor services. You can call the salon to make an appointment or call me directly. I can fit you into my schedual and I am willing to make late appointments aswell. Scandals number is 442-7700 and my cell is 672-2029.

From the Heart

I really miss my family and all the family gatherings we use to have. It's ashame that we have all moved apart and I hope to create a family that can stay as close as we use to be. Every Christmas, we would get the family together and have a brunch buffet and Grandma's house and open presents. The presents were nice but the best part was having everyone there. It seems that as you grow up, things aren't as wonderful as they always seemed. You become less satisfied and don't like celebrating things because they aren't anything like what they were before. Every time you get your hopes up and get let down when you knew in the first place that it was going to happen. My whole family lived in San Diego, then I moved away, farther and farther every couple of years... Due to my mother and her fiance, so not by choice. Then my grandmother moved from San Diego to Texarkana, Arkansas. She was the heart of the family, but now she's so far away. I still live in Eureka, where my mother, stepfather, and I ended up. And now after they finally got married after 19 years of being engaged, have taken the steps to get divoriced (only married a year). So, my mother is in hiding, avoiding my phone calls, I don't mind seeing my stepfather (after all he did raise me), but he is really down right now and I would like to be more positive. Its hard not being around family, especially because the holidays are coming up and I really want family around. It's nice having get togethers. I miss having that warm loving feeling you get during the holidays when you are surrounded by people that love you. I really want that for my daughter too.

Car Registration Costs

Wow! I got my car registration renewal and its $338! That is $100 more than it was last year!... So, everyone, since we are in a recession, lets go ahead and raise costs that most people have to pay so we can pay our debt. This is rediculous. People are having a hard enough time as it is, I don't think we need anymore bills. I don't see how everyone is going to be able to keep their vehicles this year and the next. Normally when your bill is too high, there is someone to complain to and you will most likely get it lowered... But when it comes to the government, they get to do whatever the hell they want!

Unfair

This was an email to me from my dad...

Financial planning 101 for our elected officials - This course should be compulsory!!!You have 2 families... " Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have 2 parents, 2 children and live inCalifornia ." Joe Legal" works in construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour with payroll taxes deducted."Jose Illegal" also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".Joe Legal.. $25..00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week = $52,000 per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax. Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.Jose Illegal... $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week = $31,200.00 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00.Joe Legal pays for Medical and Dental Insurance with limited coverage. $1000..00 per month = $12,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $19,231.00.Jose Illegal has full Medical and Dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 peryear. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.Joe Legal makes too much money to be eligible for Food Stamps or Welfare so Joe Legal pays for food... $1,000.00 per month = $12,000..00 per year. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00.Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for Food Stamps and Welfare. Jose Illegal still has$31,200.00.Joe Legal pays rent of $1,000.00 per month = $12,000.00 per year. Joe Legal is now in the hole -<$4,769.00>.Jose Illegal receives a $500 per month Federal rent subsidy, which entirely pays his rent of $500.00 per month = $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has$31,200.00.Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays and gets a part time job after work to make ends meet.Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family..Joe Legal's and Jose Illegal's children both attend the same school.Joe Legal pays for his children's lunches while Jose Illegal's children get free government sponsored lunches.Joe Legal's children go home after school. Jose Illegal's children have an after school ESL program which, again, is provided free of charge.Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same Police and Fire Services, but Joe Legal paid for them and Jose Illegal did not pay.ARE YOU MAD YET?!?!?!You should be!!!Pass this along to all the Blue and White collar Americans that are struggling from paycheck to paycheck to provide for their families.This is an outrage that HAS to be addressed.THIS is the time to get things started.We are poised on the brink of oblivion and it will take nothing short of an avalanche to get the bureaucrats to take action.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. ......Abraham Lincoln

Dutch Brothers Coffee

Two days ago, I went to Dutch Brothers to get my new found drink "The Cookie". It was recommended to me by one of the baristas. I drank half of my drink and found that it was hard to sip. Something was stuck in my straw. I keep sucking thinking it was ice, then it got to my lips and it was squishy. I then realized that nothing in my drink is this consistency. I pulled away from the straw, and I was staring at the butt of a bee... Stinger and all. I had been sucking on a bee! I took my drink back to show them what was in my drink, they made me a new one which I was unable to drink. And gave me two "free cards". The "free cards" weren't free at all. One I had to pay $1, and the other I had to rent two movies from Spotlight. What would you do if there was a bee in your coffee? I could have been stung by the bee on my tongue! I have been going there for my coffee since it opened in my area. I work at Starbucks but choose to get their coffee... Not anymore. I won't be drinking any coffee for a while now.

Working Your Life Away

I think life should be a lot easier. I mean really, who WANTS to work for their whole life? Not me! I don't know how much the average person works, my fiance works 9 hours a day, which is almost 50 hours a week, and 200 hours in a month. 12 months in a year make that 2400 hours a year. That's ridiculous. We hardly ever have time for each other. And its hard to find family time during the week.... We always spend time with our daughter separately due to work. There are people that pay more attention to their work than their families. If everyone worked better together maybe we wouldn't have to work so much and still survive happily. There are so many people that die of starvation. It's sad that so many kids have parents that would rather shoot up than feed them. It's unbelievable that some girls cant go to school when they have their menstrual cycle because they don't have the money to get the sanitary items. The human race is selfish. We want everything for ourselves and better things than what the other person has. What if everyone had the same things, survived, stayed healthy, lived happily, and essentially lived stress free. Is that too boring for us? Is that why we live like this? There are so many things that need to change, so many people are dying that can be saved. We need to find a solution.

Most Blogs

You know, I think most blogs are complaints... Its sad really. I know mine are. It is so much easier to vent to a piece of paper or a computer screen. Why? Because you don't want to tell someone else. They don't listen, your too embarrased, or you just don't want to involve someone else in your problems. A blog is so much simpler... No back talk, no opinion, you don't have to recieve a relpy if you don't want to, and you don't even have to talk. Just let your thoughts flow through your body, into your fingers, and onto the keyboard. Right? It does amaze me with how many things are possible on the internet but they also feel natural in a way. This is therapy for the price of whatever your internet bill is and how much you paid for your computer! It's cheaper than a therapist!