2009 November | Olympia and the City

for flowers that bloom about our feet;
for tender grass, so fresh so sweet;
for song of bird, and hum of bee;
for all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hello Everyone,

Thanksgiving Day is almost hair (oops, sorry) I meant here. The salon is rocking; the clients look amazing; the kids are healthy; the bills are paid, and with a heart replete with gratitude I sit to write this while the cornbread is baking in the oven. Good stuff!

All of us, I think, are but mere guests at a huge banquet table….that we did not set. You see, life is truly blessed if you think about it. Our life, our friends, our work, the sunshine, even Love is all because of our Host. What a great Holiday this is..no matter our age or our different faiths, it’s a time to come nearer to our Host, and like the magnet finds iron, so is a thankful heart. I admit it freely that I am dependent to God. “Only by the grace go I,” was meant only for me, I’m sure. I had spent many years thinking that my fate was in my hands, and now that I think about it, I laugh at myself for being such an idiot.

They say that appreciation is the indispensable ingredient for thankfulness, and I agree. How about you?
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, here is to seed time and harvest, co-existence and God, please bring our boys home from this senseless war. THANK YOU.

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kosta2

“You never really know a man until you have divorced him”
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Hello Everyone,

It’s that time of year again. The Winter season/Holidays is fast approaching and not a minute too soon! We salon owners love this time of year because it marks the time that busy buses are constantly parked outside our salons. Miracles is doing Hawt-On-Yelp this week, and we are crazy busy. Needless to say, we are thrilled with all our new yelpers breathing new life into the salon. Yelp is a great site, you all should visit.

This time of year also reminds me of loved ones and family members that are both HERE and AWAY . I want to tell you a story about someone that is BOTH: my ex-husband Kostas. You see, Kostas taught me how to CUT HAIR. How? Well, I went to get my hair done before going on vacation and I ended up marrying him 11 days later. Talk about falling in love with your stylist…I know all about it. I had just graduated from Emerson Prep in Washington D.C. and I was going to study law and save the third world. He was 31 and I was 18 when we married. I was sure that I was NEVER going to pay for a haircut ever again…I WAS RIGHT. Needless to say, law school was never realized. I took the 9 months that I was pregnant with Maria (thats her in the pic), to attend beauty school and learn to do MY OWN HAIR.

Kostas and I lasted seven years two months and ten days. We had a love/hate relationship just like YOU do with your OWN hairdresser. The day we divorced was also the day that I got to understand this man. Since that day, we have raised our children; worked hard at our stores; go on vacation together as a family; eat at LEAST one meal a day together; talk on the phone constantly; make fun AND/ OR chase away our daughter’s boyfriends; lend a shoulder to cry on when we divorce other people (we have), and someone forgot to send us the Divorce Decree in the mail. You see, getting away from your hair stylist is almost impossible, dont even try.

I’ve heard it said that being divorced is similar to being hit by a mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the left and to the right. Is that really true? Do we blame the divorce ? Is that why we can’t go on and live life? Was being married to the man that bad? Im not sure of the answers, BUT, my hairdresser is also my ex-husband AND my best friend. I WILL GO ASK HIM….