Avon anyone?

Anybody have any strong feelings about Avon, good or bad?  I have an appointment with someone next week about becoming an Avon Representative.  I really wanted to go the eco-friendly makeup line route, but alas, I could not find anything that fit the bill in my Interwebs searches.  Avon seems more like a better fit (than Mary Kay or Arbonne) because (as far as I know right now) the start up costs are close to nil.  I just hope there's not a lot of pressure to sell because I want to do this for fun on the side & not worry about making such-n-such amount of sales.

We shall see how it goes!

My winnings

The purse (& pouch) from Miss Prickly came in the mail yesterday.  It came in a homemade envelope; love that.  It's super cute...I've really got to sign up for a sewing class or two.  Oh the things I could make!  I'd have all kinds of bags...and my husband would be thrilled!  ;o)  You can find other things made by her at her Etsy shop.

I luv NM

From Entertainment Weekly:

Jun 24 2010 01:14 PM ET

Val Kilmer apologizes to New Mexico neighbors for disparaging remarks

by Brad Wete

Categories: News

Actor Val Kilmer apologized to his neighbors in New Mexico Wednesday at a San Miguel County Commission meeting in Las Vegas, seven years after making disparaging remarks about his San Miguel, N.M. hometown in an interview in Rolling Stone. (The actor claimed his area was “the homicide capital of the Southwest,” among other insults.) “I hope that you can recognize my deep regret for the impact my comments have had on you, my neighbors, as well as our state,” he read from a prepared statement, according to the Wall Street Journal. “I am, and wish to remain, a contributing member of our community.”
A five-member commission granted Kilmer the permit needed to open his Pecos River Ranch as a bed and breakfast inn to paying guests. (He previously had no community support behind his desire to transform the ranch, thanks to the interview.) It was an unanimous decision. “The county accepted the apology. We hope this is now behind us and we can all live as good neighbors,” said County Attorney Jesus Lopez, who once called Kilmer’s comments “incendiary.”


Personally, I would've said, "Sorry buddy, guess you'll have to move to AZ to open your lousy B&B."

School in the mountains with a Shorelines program?

I'll never quite understand why WCU has a Shorelines program.  Skip to 7:45 to see our own Dr. Young.

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It's my Friday today

Because I took tomorrow off to write the rest of my thesis.  I'm going to the library and everything, so hopefully some progress will be made.

I went to see a Physician's Assistant today.  I'm 28 and haven't had a physical since highschool (plus I had some questions), so I thought I might pay the Health Center a visit.  I received printed information on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (great), a written prescription for Bentyl which relieves muscle spasms in the GI tract.  I'm planning on not relying solely on the medication but altering my diet as well.  Have done it before with some success, but it's difficult maintaining such a restrictive diet.  No dairy?!  HOW COULD I EVER SURVIVE WITHOUT CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE?!?!  I will admit, that was me who was eating feta straight out of the package the other day.  And who got goat cheese on top of a cheese pizza today?  Oh yeah, me.  At any rate, back to my story.  I also have an appointment at the Physical Therapists' office on campus on Monday.  Went snowboarding in Canada in January & screwed up my hip.  Hopefully they have some magic exercises for me to do that will cure it (doubt it).  We also determined I don't need to be screened for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.  I'm not showing any major symptoms & even if I had it, it would just be a waiting game anyway.  As far as bloodwork goes, because I didn't know my family history (doh!) she couldn't really suggest anything, but after talking with my mom, a cholesterol check is in order. 

I suppose that's it.  I let you go now that you're sufficiently bored.  Oh!  One more thing.  I started playing one of my husband's PS3 games.  It's actually pretty cool.  It's called Dark somethingorother.  It's like WoW but not lame.  ;oD  A cyber-poke in the rib of my husband who reads my blog.

Seed Bombs

This is the coolest thing ever!