Last week I went for a facial at the Aveda Institute, that someone gave me as a gift. I've never had a facial before, but it was a great experience. Here's what I expected. Basically, I'm sitting in a chair and somebody puts a mud-like substance on my face and it sits there for about 10 minutes till they walk me over to a sink and I wash it off. Now this wouldn't be bad, but it was what I was expecting... Nope, that's not at all what this was like.
First, they take me to this room and tell me to undress from the waist up and they give me a towel to cover myself with. In the meantime, my girl left the room. She came back and soaked my feet before the facial. Then she used an exfoliating cream on them. It was nice. So I crawl on to the bed/table and lay down. She covers me up and tells me that during the facial, I'll be getting a foot and leg massage as well as a neck and shoulder massage. Aaaaahhhh, perfect. She shined a light on my face to study it, found all my pimples and blackheads as well as explored my skin type. (According to her, my skin elasticity is great and my texture is amazing.) So from that she chose the clay mask. Somewhere in here, she did some manual extractions, which means she squeezed my pimples. :) She applied the clay mask, then put something that blew hot steam on my face so it would sort of dry. In the meantime, I got my foot and leg massage. The only problem was she tickled my feet! I still managed to relax though. After she wiped that one off, she put another mask on, some rejuvinating thing, I don't remember exactly. That's when I got my neck and shoulder massage. It wasn't anything great, since I like my massages hard, but it still felt nice. After the actual facial, she used a tinted moisturizer for my face and used a lightly colored lip balm to brighten my face.
Overall, I loved the facial. It was so relaxing to have someone do that stuff for you and take care of your beauty for you. I would totally do it again and would recommend it for anyone who wants to pamper themselves a bit. My face didn't feel too much different, since my skin is pretty smooth to begin with, but I was really relaxed afterwards. I was glad I didn't have to go to work afterwards. :)
P.S. You know who you are, but thanks for the gift!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Next year is our year...
I am totallly convinced that I jinxed them. The Cleveland Indians lost the last 3 games of the ALCS and a chance to go to the World Series. My last post, I said I wanted them to win the World Series for my birthday and that did it. I jinxed them. But I'm not giving up, I'm pretty sure next year is the year. We'll do it then, I have confidence in my boys... and I won't jinx it again.
Good year boys! Everybody in Cleveland is proud of what you've accomplished, especially for such a young team.
Good year boys! Everybody in Cleveland is proud of what you've accomplished, especially for such a young team.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Wahoo!
Wahoo! Way to go, Indians! Those are my boys. Okay, I know I say this every year, but I'll say it again since this year is a big year. For my birthday, my 30th birthday this year, I want the Indians to win the World Series. And hopefully I didn't jinx them. :)
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Baseball playoffs
So we're at the start of the baseball playoffs and my team, the Indians, are in. I found a place online that I can listen to a Cleveland radio station. I'm SOOOO excited. In the past, I could only listen to games when the Tribe was in my city and the announcers here are awful. You can't tell what's going on in the game because they talk about so much other stuff for most of the game, and they have no enthusiasm. Even for their team, if someone gets a homerun, it's so blase and you can't even tell it was the home team! Well, it made me realize how great the Cleveland announcers are... Tom Hamilton and Mike Hegan. If you ever get a chance to listen to them, they get so excited, even for the other team. I'm so glad they're in Cleveland.
Right now the Tribe is winning 4-2.... Go Indians!
Right now the Tribe is winning 4-2.... Go Indians!
Monday, October 1, 2007
Bathroom Etiquette
This is a post I've been meaning to write for a long time. I'm sick of people not following proper bathroom etiquette. I work on a floor of an office building that has part of a major corporation on it. We share the bathroom on the floor. There are 8 stalls, so no shortage of them. Most of the time, the bathroom is empty, but there are times when it fills up. Here are a few items of concern that my co-workers and I are absolutely disgusted with and want to demand women of the world to change. I can't vouch for the men's restroom, but it could be the same with them too.
1. Please don't choose a stall next to someone else if there are other stalls available. Let us have our privacy, as much as we can.
2. Do not talk on your cell phone in the bathroom, and especially not in the stall. Again, let us have our privacy and not be forced to hear your conversations. I WILL flush the toilet...
3. If you have bodily functions that produce noises you cannot prevent (and I'm not talking about blowing your nose) please use the "courtesy flush" technique to drown out the noise.
4. I know most of the time you can't help it, but if something is upsetting your stomach, don't eat it every day.
5. Please, please, please... wash your hands... with soap! It doesn't work to turn on the water, wet your hands for half a second, dry them, then touch the door handle that we all have to touch to leave the bathroom. My bathroom doesn't have disposable towels, we have the cloth ones on a roll (which is another pet peeve of mine by the way), so I've resorted to using toilet paper to open the door, especially when I see something like that. Gross!
6. Wait till you're in the stall to undo your pants. Close the door before you sit down. (Yes, I've actually seen this, it's disgusting! We've deduced that this woman has a bladder problem or something, but I don't think that's much of an excuse to not close the door.)
7. Eating your lunch in the bathroom is just nasty. Yes, there are couches separate from the stalls, but that's still nasty.
8. A bathroom is for just that, going to the bathroom, not napping. We've had people sleeping consistently on the couches, even bringing up an alarm clock to wake them up in time. These people are just weird.
9. Please keep your legs to yourself. If you need room to sit down, please don't put your legs into my stall. Use the bigger, handicap stall.
10. Don't make a mess for everyone else on the sink. When your hands are wet, shake them into the sink before grabbing the towels. If there is a puddle on the sink, grab a towel (if the bathroom has one) or toilet paper and clean it up. A lot of people on my floor are very well dressed and don't want to lean into a puddle and ruin their clothes.
11. If the bathroom has paper towels, make sure they go into the trash can when you leave. If it is full, use your paper towels to push down the rest of the pile as best as you can. I'm not saying to flatten the towels to the point where there's a dense brick at the bottom, but enough for a few people to throw away their trash. Don't leave it on the floor either, if it falls. That just creates more work for the person cleaning the bathroom. Would you rather they refill the toilet paper or pick up your towels? Think about it.
1. Please don't choose a stall next to someone else if there are other stalls available. Let us have our privacy, as much as we can.
2. Do not talk on your cell phone in the bathroom, and especially not in the stall. Again, let us have our privacy and not be forced to hear your conversations. I WILL flush the toilet...
3. If you have bodily functions that produce noises you cannot prevent (and I'm not talking about blowing your nose) please use the "courtesy flush" technique to drown out the noise.
4. I know most of the time you can't help it, but if something is upsetting your stomach, don't eat it every day.
5. Please, please, please... wash your hands... with soap! It doesn't work to turn on the water, wet your hands for half a second, dry them, then touch the door handle that we all have to touch to leave the bathroom. My bathroom doesn't have disposable towels, we have the cloth ones on a roll (which is another pet peeve of mine by the way), so I've resorted to using toilet paper to open the door, especially when I see something like that. Gross!
6. Wait till you're in the stall to undo your pants. Close the door before you sit down. (Yes, I've actually seen this, it's disgusting! We've deduced that this woman has a bladder problem or something, but I don't think that's much of an excuse to not close the door.)
7. Eating your lunch in the bathroom is just nasty. Yes, there are couches separate from the stalls, but that's still nasty.
8. A bathroom is for just that, going to the bathroom, not napping. We've had people sleeping consistently on the couches, even bringing up an alarm clock to wake them up in time. These people are just weird.
9. Please keep your legs to yourself. If you need room to sit down, please don't put your legs into my stall. Use the bigger, handicap stall.
10. Don't make a mess for everyone else on the sink. When your hands are wet, shake them into the sink before grabbing the towels. If there is a puddle on the sink, grab a towel (if the bathroom has one) or toilet paper and clean it up. A lot of people on my floor are very well dressed and don't want to lean into a puddle and ruin their clothes.
11. If the bathroom has paper towels, make sure they go into the trash can when you leave. If it is full, use your paper towels to push down the rest of the pile as best as you can. I'm not saying to flatten the towels to the point where there's a dense brick at the bottom, but enough for a few people to throw away their trash. Don't leave it on the floor either, if it falls. That just creates more work for the person cleaning the bathroom. Would you rather they refill the toilet paper or pick up your towels? Think about it.
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