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I forgot to mention that I had my hair trimmed yesterday, had the dead ends cut off of it, which thankfully was only about an inch and a half. My friend does it for me in her kitchen and charges me 18.00, I pay her 20 just because. She does a very good job of it, and I really appreciate it. She does it all professional like and checks the ends all the way around. However, she also washed my hair before she does it. With shampoo. I love my trim but after my hair dries it is almost impossible to comb through. Its disgusting! I think next time I will find a way to take a quick shower and run to her house with it still wet so I don't have to worry about her needing to wash it with nasty shampoo. 
A year and a half of not using shampoo really changes your perspective. Life is so much simpler now, just baking soda and apple cider vinegar.
Had a GREAT day today. We went to the closer local bank today to open an account. Now I know why people don't change banks much. Whew, its going to be a pain to have to manage moving all our money over and getting enough money into the new accounts to be able to handle the payments that we have set up to automatically debit out of our accounts. It'll probably be the better part of a month before we get everything taken care of and closed out of the old bank and open with the new. The first reason we decided to switch is that our old bank is no longer convenient. It was before we moved, and after 4 years of having to plan specific trips to the bank to deposit checks it was getting old. This bank is down the street on his way to and from work, and there is also one across the street from my office. Plus several others in other areas we frequent. Beyond that, I was doing a little digging and happened to discover they have a high yield checking account... 2%!! The requirements are few, and that pretty much sold us! Unfortunately they only allow one of these accounts per household, so I think we're going to need to rework some of how we handle our money so that we keep the bulk of our money in that account, and move our money to other secondary accounts to actually use it. The requirements for this account are not that high, and so I am thrilled to have our money making more money.
As a result of this, we're also working on getting a better grip on our money - where it goes, how much we have, and what we are spending it on. I have a feeling this is not going to be a fun thing to know! If anyone has any budget/financial tracking spreadsheets that they use, the information would be welcomed! I have figured out that through an app we should be able to view our spreadsheet on our phones as well as on the computer. Since it won't contain any account data, I am not worried so much about it. Being able to handle it that way will give us the ability to input purchases AS they happen, rather than having to save all receipts and do it later. For us, that could be the difference between success and it not getting done.
We left there and headed up to pick up the first print of 3 that I was having framed, and to make the deposit on the second print. It turned out gorgeous. I almost cried when I saw it. The gentleman that was there did not seem to be as competent with the computer system as the woman that helped me in the first place (the way he referenced her seems she might be a manager or something) and was having difficulties getting the computer to ring up the balance that I owed on it. I told him that I really couldn't do anything with it anyway since I needed the other two in order to hang them, and that they could just keep it and I would call and pay the balance on Monday, and pick it up with the second print. I just freaking can't wait. However, I also now know they are going to be HUGE on the wall. All 3 of them will take up the ENTIRE wall, more than they really should for only having a love seat to hang over. At this point all I can say is OH WELL! As I joke with my other half, I may be easy, but I am NOT cheap! So I paid for the deposit on the second picture and left the first one with them, with only a little twinge of regret. (Really, it would sit in the spare bedroom for another 4 weeks anyway, so it truly doesn't matter)
Left there and mosied our way up to the wintery, with a stop for coffee/hot cider, a stop at the tack consignment shop (picked up a "German Hunting Whip" originally marked 40.00 marked down to 5.00. Its made of a silver capped end with clip, a leather wrapped handle, a gorgeous twisted wood length and a neatly whipped leather end. The end is hardly long enough to even really behave as a "crop" to a horse, so I have no idea what the function is, but it will look cool on the wall!), and then a stop off at the way too over priced gun shop, and then finally to the winery. Met our friends at the winery for a tasting of the wines paired with truffles which was fantastic. Our friends insisted on paying the tasting fee (30.00/couple), and so we bought a box of the truffles for them (hand picked and then packed in a beautiful wooden box! I am more excited about the box than the truffles!), and then, dang them, they paid for the entire case of wine that we split with them! We are case club members, so we got 25% off the case, the entire case was barely $150.00, it was awesome. And I just adore their wines. We won't go back and buy wine again for a long time (save for going to buy a few bottles of the awesome sweet wines during their spring release).
We left there and headed through the countryside, and I just have to say I can't WAIT to call some place like this home. It won't be MD, and that is ok, I just can't wait until rolling hills and fields of crops and animals are the majority of what I see. Stopped at the BBQ supply store to pick up wood chips (starting with Applewood! Did you know you can get wine barrel chips to smoke with! OMG! So Exciting!) and several other supplies we'll need to start smoking in the new smoker. Then we headed down through more countryside and made a couple stops at some antique stores (nothing worth writing about, sadly! one store had some scythes on the wall, which were cool, but the store was creapy, so I didn't bother to inquire any further...) and then to our Alexander Technique lesson.
We both really enjoyed our lesson, and I feel like I am finally beginning to loosen some of my tension patterns now that we are back in practice again. I am so glad to be back working on my body again to get rid of some of these horrible tension patterns that make me work harder than I need to and endure more pain than I should. Silly brain can't get out of our own way, and makes all kinds of trouble!
Tomorrow we had planned a few things, but many of those things seem to be dissolving now, which is just fine by me. It is supposed to be WINDY and COLD tomorrow, neither of which make me happy, so I might just stay in the house and clean and work on our taxes and try to put together a budget spreadsheet for us to keep track of our money. Sounds like a grand plan to me!
A year and a half of not using shampoo really changes your perspective. Life is so much simpler now, just baking soda and apple cider vinegar. Had a GREAT day today. We went to the closer local bank today to open an account. Now I know why people don't change banks much. Whew, its going to be a pain to have to manage moving all our money over and getting enough money into the new accounts to be able to handle the payments that we have set up to automatically debit out of our accounts. It'll probably be the better part of a month before we get everything taken care of and closed out of the old bank and open with the new. The first reason we decided to switch is that our old bank is no longer convenient. It was before we moved, and after 4 years of having to plan specific trips to the bank to deposit checks it was getting old. This bank is down the street on his way to and from work, and there is also one across the street from my office. Plus several others in other areas we frequent. Beyond that, I was doing a little digging and happened to discover they have a high yield checking account... 2%!! The requirements are few, and that pretty much sold us! Unfortunately they only allow one of these accounts per household, so I think we're going to need to rework some of how we handle our money so that we keep the bulk of our money in that account, and move our money to other secondary accounts to actually use it. The requirements for this account are not that high, and so I am thrilled to have our money making more money.
As a result of this, we're also working on getting a better grip on our money - where it goes, how much we have, and what we are spending it on. I have a feeling this is not going to be a fun thing to know! If anyone has any budget/financial tracking spreadsheets that they use, the information would be welcomed! I have figured out that through an app we should be able to view our spreadsheet on our phones as well as on the computer. Since it won't contain any account data, I am not worried so much about it. Being able to handle it that way will give us the ability to input purchases AS they happen, rather than having to save all receipts and do it later. For us, that could be the difference between success and it not getting done.
We left there and headed up to pick up the first print of 3 that I was having framed, and to make the deposit on the second print. It turned out gorgeous. I almost cried when I saw it. The gentleman that was there did not seem to be as competent with the computer system as the woman that helped me in the first place (the way he referenced her seems she might be a manager or something) and was having difficulties getting the computer to ring up the balance that I owed on it. I told him that I really couldn't do anything with it anyway since I needed the other two in order to hang them, and that they could just keep it and I would call and pay the balance on Monday, and pick it up with the second print. I just freaking can't wait. However, I also now know they are going to be HUGE on the wall. All 3 of them will take up the ENTIRE wall, more than they really should for only having a love seat to hang over. At this point all I can say is OH WELL! As I joke with my other half, I may be easy, but I am NOT cheap! So I paid for the deposit on the second picture and left the first one with them, with only a little twinge of regret. (Really, it would sit in the spare bedroom for another 4 weeks anyway, so it truly doesn't matter)
Left there and mosied our way up to the wintery, with a stop for coffee/hot cider, a stop at the tack consignment shop (picked up a "German Hunting Whip" originally marked 40.00 marked down to 5.00. Its made of a silver capped end with clip, a leather wrapped handle, a gorgeous twisted wood length and a neatly whipped leather end. The end is hardly long enough to even really behave as a "crop" to a horse, so I have no idea what the function is, but it will look cool on the wall!), and then a stop off at the way too over priced gun shop, and then finally to the winery. Met our friends at the winery for a tasting of the wines paired with truffles which was fantastic. Our friends insisted on paying the tasting fee (30.00/couple), and so we bought a box of the truffles for them (hand picked and then packed in a beautiful wooden box! I am more excited about the box than the truffles!), and then, dang them, they paid for the entire case of wine that we split with them! We are case club members, so we got 25% off the case, the entire case was barely $150.00, it was awesome. And I just adore their wines. We won't go back and buy wine again for a long time (save for going to buy a few bottles of the awesome sweet wines during their spring release).
We left there and headed through the countryside, and I just have to say I can't WAIT to call some place like this home. It won't be MD, and that is ok, I just can't wait until rolling hills and fields of crops and animals are the majority of what I see. Stopped at the BBQ supply store to pick up wood chips (starting with Applewood! Did you know you can get wine barrel chips to smoke with! OMG! So Exciting!) and several other supplies we'll need to start smoking in the new smoker. Then we headed down through more countryside and made a couple stops at some antique stores (nothing worth writing about, sadly! one store had some scythes on the wall, which were cool, but the store was creapy, so I didn't bother to inquire any further...) and then to our Alexander Technique lesson.
We both really enjoyed our lesson, and I feel like I am finally beginning to loosen some of my tension patterns now that we are back in practice again. I am so glad to be back working on my body again to get rid of some of these horrible tension patterns that make me work harder than I need to and endure more pain than I should. Silly brain can't get out of our own way, and makes all kinds of trouble!
Tomorrow we had planned a few things, but many of those things seem to be dissolving now, which is just fine by me. It is supposed to be WINDY and COLD tomorrow, neither of which make me happy, so I might just stay in the house and clean and work on our taxes and try to put together a budget spreadsheet for us to keep track of our money. Sounds like a grand plan to me!
meanwhile, I'm sending some love.
but it is the quickest, throw the rope around their neck and go), but I am sure he'll deal with it just fine. We've ALL been there before, and done just about everything you can think of to make mistakes at one time or another. He was moving so quickly that I felt like I was half running to keep up with him. I suspect he'll work out just fine, though, and I am glad. We need some good part time help around here.
