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Cindy: Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:24 PM
 I was actually able to sleep last night without ripping off my socks and digging my nails into my skin to scratch my ankles. Tonight though I have been really bad. My daughter keeps yelling at me to "stop scratching"! Oh but it feels so good in a painful kind of way to scratch those damn things when they itch. Yes, I am talking about mosquito bites! It all started 2 nights ago when I decided I was tired of my yard of dirt and wanted pretty plants and flowers. So I went to the local nursery and bought anything that looked nice and would come back next year without me re-planting. |
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Cindy: Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2011 6:58 AM
I was visiting my friend Shannon Ewing and her family in Idaho. They wanted to show me their new invention. They had an elevator that went under water and when they were under water they could open the shaft and then you would be entered in the attic of their house. I was not too sure I wanted to see this because I don't really like being under water but my husband wanted to so I went ahead and gave it a try. The elevator was quite huge and we all fit inside. |
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Cindy: Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 6:16 PM
I have been spending a lot of my free time (which isn't much lately!) on Facebook. I have my business facebook set up and try to do some networking, make some friends, do some shout-outs, try to win in giveaways, donate to giveaways and in general try to get my name out there. If you have ever done this then you know it can get time consuming but I think in the end it is worth it. I have already made some new friends, gotten some leads and made some sales. I want to list some friends and sites I have found on facebook and perhaps you can go by and give them a "like". |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, April 08, 2011 10:00 AM
I am sitting here at my desk currently waiting for the phone to ring. I have a phone interview set up with Tim from the Financial Times newspaper based in London. Let me go back to yesterday. I was at the salon and I recieved a message on my phone from this gentlemen. He said he found an entry I had done on a blog about hair feathers and angling. That was true, I came across this blogback in February and decided to put my 2 cents worth in. This is the second time I have been called for an interview about the feathers since I wrote on that blog. |
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Cindy: Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 8:56 AM
 19 years ago today @ 2:00pm I married my best friend. We were married at the church I grew up in. Two years prior to that date we met, for the first time. A mutual friend, Gary & his wife Chris set us up on a blind date. We met at their house. Our first meeting wasn't all that exciting. I remember chatting and serving up ice cream for everyone. After a few hours Gary & Chris kicked us out of their house and we went our seperate ways. I thought Rick was nice but he didn't ask me out so I assumed nothing was there. |
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Cindy: Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2011 4:16 PM
On March 27th, 14 years ago today @ 3:00pm a little girl was born. She weighed in at 5lbs 11oz. She had a tiny bit of hair that was blonde and no visible eyebrows. She came out very alert and had pretty blue eyes. Still in the hospital.. The 4 generations of girls. It seems like just yesterday we were planning the nursery for our new baby. It is hard to believe how fast time goes by. Sometimes I long for when she was little and I could pick her up and we would play games or sing silly songs. |
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Cindy: Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:26 AM
Tonight started out like any other night. I went to bed about 10:00pm and was a bit restless as I lay there trying to go to sleep. I have a lot on my mind these days and a lot going on in my life. Granted it is all good and excitng things but I guess stress is stress no matter if it is caused by good things or bad. For those of you that really know me, you know I suffer from anxiety and panic. I have spent years with this issue wishing I was different and could handle life without breaking down and having anxiety or a panic attack in certain situations. |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, March 11, 2011 8:57 PM
I have been on quite awhirlwind this last month! Things are starting to pick up at the salon now that spring is peeking around the corner. A lot of my customers are snowbirds and have been gone the last 6 months. It will be nice to see them when they return. People are feeling the itch to get out and do things when the weather is nice. We have been having rain, snow and sun. It changes daily. I find the saying true about Oregon, that if you don't like the weather, just wait 5 minutes! |
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Cindy: Posted on Sunday, March 06, 2011 7:59 PM
Today my friend Andrea and I hosted an "Open House Feather Party" at my shop! We served wine, cheese & munchies. Oh yeah, cake too! The local newspaper photographer was there taking pictures. We will be featured in the paper next week. I can't wait to read the article! The weather cooperated today and we had a good showing of people. Some got the feathers/tinsel put in their hair and some opted to buy the already made clips. That way they could put them in and take them out at their leisure. |
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Cindy: Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 8:18 PM
The last 2 days the temperature has been below zero. Yesterday when I got to work I did not have any water for a few hours. Then, I did have hot water, but no cold water. So my toilet would not flushand my two sinks were plugged and would not drain for some reason. I was going to leave the water faucet dripping last night, knowing that it was going to be way below zero but I did not want my sink to over flow because of the water not draining so I opted to not leave it dripping. |
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Allisyn: Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 7:40 PM
Allisyn Loves You Mommy!(: Teehee I Hacked You. Your Laptop Is Cuteee. Your My Favorite Mommy.(: |
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Cindy: Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 8:58 AM
The feathers are flying out the door as soon as we get them in! Yesterday Andrea and I had our first "feather party" at the local feed store. (La Pine Feed). It was a lot of fun and we had a nice group of ladies interested in getting feathers and tinsel in their hair. |
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Cindy: Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 7:29 AM
The hair tinsel has arrived and my friend Andrea and I have been practicing putting it in. It is a bit complicated and the first few ones we did on ourselves and the kids fell out. Good news though, I re-did 3 of them last night on my oldest daughter and I think it finally "clicked"! I am sure these will stay in. We should be all set to start adding the tinsel to our clients hair next weekend at the "New Merchants Mall" here in Bend. Get ready to add flair to your hair girls! |
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Cindy: Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:49 AM
I am so excited! Some of our supplies have started to come in. I had 3 packages today in the mail box, I felt like a child waiting for Christmas! One package was the tool I need to do the feather extension and the other package had 2000 special hair clips, to be used so your hair won't get damaged. They are not any old clip, they are special! I am not so sure there are 2000 of them there since they are kind of small, now I am debating weather or not to count them! The hair tinsel should be in today and new feathers are on their way to add to our small collection of colors we already have. I am now in business! |
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Cindy: Posted on Monday, February 07, 2011 10:00 AM
The hair feathers have finally arrived! This has become so popular that feather companies are finding it hard to keep up with the supply and demand. No doubt that means that prices will rise too! We find that we are limited on what colors we are able to order due to the fact that companies are so busy selling out. We are fortunate enough though to have found a place that still has some variety left. Currently, we have 5 colors available and have 5 more on the way. |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, February 04, 2011 9:28 AM
I am not sure how many of you know this about me but I like to change things up and am always thinking of new ways to improve my business. A friend of mine and I have been talking about doing some business together so we are getting into feather hair and tinsel extensions. We have ordered everything we will need to get rolling on this project and are just waiting for the items to come in. Neither of us have done this before so we are learning together. I am very excited about this adventure and hope to get others excited about it too! |
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Cindy: Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:49 AM
I was in the process of helping someone put new windows up in their house. They lived in a cul-de-sac in the mountains. The road was a steep downhill drive to get to their house. We went to Lowes and picked up the new windows, but what we came out with was cork board. We were close to the house so we all walked to the house carrying the cork board. Then I am standing at the top of the road holding onto a large white refrigerator that we also bought. All the men walked to the house with the cork and left me with the fridge on the furniture dolly. I waited but no one came back to help me so I started wheeling the fridge down the steep road to the house, when I got there all the men asked "What took you so long". I was peeved at them for not helping and gave them all the death look. |
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Cindy: Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:15 AM
My friend Charlene. I met Charlene when we started school the summer of 1978. We were in second grade. Our parents would get together and play cards and us kids played together. Charlene and I have always gotten along. I can't remember ever having a fight with her. We would play hop scotch, jump rope, or play on the monkey bars on the playground together. We attended all the same schools up through graduation. In Jr. High we both joined the band, playing the clarinet. |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 12:07 PM
I was in my shop the other day when my toilet started making this really weird noise. I also heard a loud vehicle running outside the back window and noticed a Roto Rooter truck there. That explained the funny noise coming from my toilet. So I figured the tanks were backed up in my building. The noise started getting worse and before I knew it the toilet looked like it was posessed, it was spewing water everywhere and gurlgling! Julie was with me, the daughter of the people that own Cinco De Mayo (the Mexican restaurant next door) and we kind of looked at eachother as if to say, "Is the toilet gonna blow up"? |
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Cindy: Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:37 PM
Websites & Business networking. Business networking is a socioeconomic activity by which groups of like-minded business people recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities. A business network is a type of social network whose reason for existing is business activity. I was thinking today about the many ways there are to advertise one's business. When I first started advertising my craft business many years ago I wanted to find the cheapest way to do it. Social networks came into play. |
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Cindy: Posted on Monday, January 17, 2011 10:06 AM
Apparantly my family and I were living at my parents house and we really wanted our own place but we couldn't afford a home so we found a place that made "bubble" houses. They were a bit like a pop up tent, only very large and covered with clear plastic. We had our choice of what size we wanted it to be. We decided to have it put in my parents garage since their garage was huge! The day the workers came to set it up there was a parade in town with a bunch of weird people so it took them a while to get to our house. |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, January 14, 2011 9:01 AM
Growing up in a southern California high desert, there isn't much to do. My younger brother and I would spend our days outside riding bikes, playing in the dirt or wasting water from the hose. We spent a lot of time making mud. We would also dig holes and make little bridges for his toy trucks to go through. I would make mud pies and we would leave them out for a few days until they hardened from the desert sun. We dug a lot of holes. One day we dug a hole so big (I think it was 1 1/2 feet) we thought we had dug to China! |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, January 14, 2011 7:42 AM
I had won a free makeover by some local interior decorators. I was in the middle of a painting project and had already painted my hallway pink and was stamping flowers onto the wall. When I say that I mean I am using a rubber stamp with paint on it and putting it on the wall. The ladies came in and started doing their home interior work. I went about my business. I went back to check on them and they were painting over the wall I had just done, they were drawing flowers on there free hand and coloring them blue. |
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Cindy: Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:41 AM
I seem to dream a lot. Last night was no exception. I felt something loose on my tooth. It was the gold crown on my molar. It just popped right off! I wasn't very happy about that because I had only had it a month and the dentist is not my favorite place to spend my day. See this past blog. I put the crown in a little baggie so I wouldn't loose it. I figured while I was at the dentist getting that put back on I would have them take out the small metal plates that are screwed into the roof of my mouth to help my face look like a face. |
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Cindy: Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:53 PM
Well today is interesting. I am at work and I do not have any running water. I thought the pipes are frozen but no one else in the building has frozen pipes. So I have no clue as to why I don't have water. I figured it would be ok to stay here and work as long as no one needed their hair shampooed! I do have water in the fridge and used that to make some hot water for tea. I even poured some over my hands after my first customer to wash them. Not very sanitary though so I went next door to Cindo De Mayo to wash my hands. |
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Cindy: Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:19 AM
My family and I went to a place called OMSI. Now I have heard of people talking about OMSI but I do not really know what it is but in this case it was a pizza place, a bit like "Chuck E Cheese". It was for my daughter Natalie's birthday. A friend of mine, Suzie came with her 3 girls to the party. We were being served lasagna instead of pizza and there were a ton of people there. It looked like a cafeteria with stools instead of benches to sit at and they were red. |
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Cindy: Posted on Saturday, January 08, 2011 11:34 AM
 I went out the back door of my shop this morning to go next door, knowing their was a pile of snow about 2 feet high by 2 feet wide that had been building up from the stuff melting off the roof but I did not realize it was now an ice block and I tired to get over it like a dummy and slipped and fell. I now have ice burns on my hands, it was like falling on asphalt. I guess there comes a time when we all realize, we are not as young and agile as we once were. I am not sure when that happened. After all I don't feel any older, just a little dumber for trying to walk on ice. |
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Cindy: Posted on Saturday, January 08, 2011 9:16 AM
When I went to bed last night I was here at my house in Oregon. When I awoke I was at my parents old house where my brother lives in California. I am not quite sure how I got there since it is a 16 hour drive. When I woke up at my brother's house there was snow all over the ground. Edward, my brother and I made snow balls and had a snowball fight and played in the snow like we did when we were little kids. His dogs even joined us. The snow was gone now and my mother and I were sitting on the back patio in little school desks. |
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Cindy: Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:30 AM
Last night I charged $598.00 to my mom's credit card for pizza. Then I decided that I only really needed a $20.00 pizza so I asked them if I could have the rest of the money back. They said no because it had already been charged. So I asked if I could have it for gas since my truck needed gas. They never did answer me. I left the pizza place and found a cute little resturant/bar down the street. It was so cool inside. There were carved bears made out of wood and a long bar to sit at with all wood decor. |
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Cindy: Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 1:18 PM
The end of the year is near and as I sit here in the dryer chair at work looking out my window at the white sheet of snow falling down I start to reflect back upon the year 2010. It has been an interesting year that is for sure. Lots of ups and downs. We started out in January with my husband (along with 30 other people) being told that they were all losing thier jobs due to the office closing down. The good thing was that this was January and he would have a job until June when the office closed. |
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Cindy: Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010 2:38 PM
The Cardboard Santa We had our stockings hung by the chimney with care. Mine was red & white checked, my mom made it out of flannel material when I was little. I forget what my brothers looked like, it was probably blue. When I was about 9 and my brother 7 we had a large piece of cardboard. My dad drew a Santa face and a few other things on it. (My dad has a hidden talent) we loved that picture of Santa and displayed that big piece of cardboard for all to see. |
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Cindy: Posted on Saturday, December 18, 2010 12:57 PM
For as far back as I can remember my parents would take us on a trip 2000 miles away to Cincinnati every other year to visit family. We always went in July when us kids were out of school and my parents could take time off of work. Each trip had something memorable about it. I only remember the ones when I was a teenager. My brother (who is 2 years younger) and I had to share the back seat of the pontiac hatchback. One time my parents put the hatchback down and I slept, literally all the way there, 5 days of driving 2000 miles. |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010 10:10 AM
I went out around 9:30 this morning to warm up my truck. I thought it felt rather cold outside but I wasn't sure of temperature. I started it up then headed back to my front door. The sun was shining brightly and the snow on the ground was reflecting the light. As I was walking back I noticed how the air seemed to be sparkling. It actually looked like clear, sparkly glitter was being swirled around through the air. It had to have been little frozen particles of ice that were falling off of the trees, I can't imagine what else it would have been but the sight of it was so pretty! It was very suttle and I don't think my camera would have captured it but I can see it in my mind and now have another new memory of this beautiful place in Oregon. By the way, when I got in my truck to drive to work the temperature thing said 8 degrees. |
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Cindy: Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 12:41 PM
 July 1978. My family had just moved to Apple Valley, Ca and we were living in a mobile home park in a travel trailer until our house was done being built. There were 4 of us and 2 big dogs in that trailer. I thought it was fun but my mother will tell you otherwise! My brother (who was 5) and I would wander around the mobile home park looking for things to do. I remember shortly after we moved in we became friends with a cat. That cat belonged to some people 2 spots down. |
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Cindy: Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:43 PM
 What is your passion? What do you like to do? What are you good at? Some people can write some people can sew, some people make can make us laugh, even some people we know. Some are good with kids and have patience to teach. Some like to nuture and some are born to preach. Some of us will do hair, or drive a bus or help a company not go bust. Although you may walk people's dogs or make a house out of logs it doesn't matter what your passion is because it is yours. So don't ever be afraid to teach people how to ski, ride a bike or take groups on a hike. Learn to do what you have always wanted to do. Go back to school, crack some backs, do some nails or make coffee in a little coffee shack. Whatever your plan, see it through. No one can live your dream, only you. |
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Cindy: Posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:58 AM
 With Christmas just around the corner I think we all start thinking of people we love and people we have also lost. I was thinking about my father in law, Ray who passed away almost 8 years ago now. I can't believe it has been that long. I loved my father in law. He was a special man who loved to tell stories. He worked for IBM and took an early retirement. I only knew him for about 11 years before he passed but I enjoyed those moments. He knew me when I went through beauty school and I learned how to trim a beard by practicing on him. |
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Posted on Monday, November 22, 2010 9:55 PM
Today started out like any other typical snowy day. The kids are on vacation for Thanksgiving break and had had friends over for the night. I started my truck to let it warm up around 9:45 am while I cleaned the powdery white snow off of it. Then my 2 girls and their 2 friends piled in the truck. I had the one girl sit up front that I was taking home. She just lived on the next street over. I was a little leary about driving in the snow because I didn't have my snow tires put on yet but I went slow and was cautious. |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, November 12, 2010 11:31 AM
I miss my grandma, my mom's mother. lately she has been showing up in my dreams and it is nice to see her again. She would have been 100 years old this past October 20th. She passed December of 2007, when she was 97. My grandma (Lois) was a very interesting person. Ever since I was a little girl I loved to sit and listen to her stories of how life was. She grew up in New York and was an only child. She loved to dance and was very popular when she was a young lady. |
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Cindy: Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:48 PM
Today, I went to work. When I arrived I unlocked my shop door, turned on the heater & lights and then plugged in all my rock lamps & nightlights. I set up the laptop, turned it on and started hot water for tea. It was snowing today, the first snow of the winter. I didn't expect any customers due to the weather but twopeople managed to brave the snow to get their hair done. During my spare time I worked on my website and browsed around Facebook. |
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Cindy: Posted on Tuesday, November 02, 2010 3:30 PM
Hello! As November rolls around and Thanksgiving is in sight I start to think about all the things that have gone on this year in my life and all the things I am thankful for. Every night, when I tuck the kids in bed we say what we are thankful for for that day. In truth, sometimes I find it hard to come up with anything, I feel like it should be something great, on the contrary. The kids and I have learned that we can be thankful for the things that seem trivial and they are still important. |
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Cindy: Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 8:08 AM
I am afraid of going to the dentist. I wonder if I am the only one? I was just getting used to the one in California when we moved to Oregon last year but now I had to find a new one. I put it off for about a year but I knew it had to be done so I found one close by and like a good motherI made my kids go first! The day of the appointment I was nervous for the kids but ever so grateful it wasn't me! I knew, that my time was coming though. The kids made it out just fine and really liked the dentist. |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, October 22, 2010 9:20 PM
The other day I got an email about dogs. I was really touched by it and started to remember about all the dogs that I have had love me in my life. So I would like to say thank you to all of them.  Moe the black lab. I don't really remember you because I was just a toddler but I know you let me climb all over you. Heidi the German Shepherd/Lab mix. You helped raise me and were my friend. You would let me pick tons of fur from you when you were shedding and you never complained. |
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Cindy: Posted on Friday, October 22, 2010 4:09 PM
Hello, this is the first blog I have ever written. I have always liked to write so this will be fun for me. I wasn't sure how to start my first blog so I will just tell you a little bit about me. I have been married to a wonderful man for over 18 years now. We have two daughters that are heading into teen-age years. We also have 2 dogs. Lilly is 5 and Chipper is 4. I am a hairstylist. I have been doing this for 18 years or more. I love to cut hair and style it. |
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