Connie, this is just for you.

Askye, if your mom is concerned about pricing, suggest that she call a few other veterinary practices in your area for comparison. If she chooses not to, yet still complains about what she's being asked to pay, then she's just being whiny.

I just had a dream which featured invasion by scary aliens. I was holed up in a hangar filled with AT-ATs (good guys' ones, not Evil Empire ones) guarding the peanut butter machine and trying to scoop peanut butter up off the carpet (with my hands) from when I let my attention wander and I let it leak out all over.

In the event that the planet is taken over by malevolent aliens, I am not civilization's last, best hope. Unless the aliens are allergic to peanut butter.

Also? Who would carpet a hangar?

guarding the peanut butter machine

God bless you. You're a true hero. To me, at least.

Who would carpet a hangar?

Disco Stu, that's who!

{{{askye + mom + kitty}}}

Hec, and brenda, thank you. Brenda, I never remember you're blond. Are you not, in some pictures?

I think I like [link] and if I get really daring, maybe the longish (that's longish?) pixie: [link]

My hair is much longer than this [link] right now, but see how the front-top is? That smooth front bit is what L did to it last time, and it didn't work on me. I think we were trying to grow it into something like this: [link] (though less wild, and less in the face). I don't know if it's psychological or faceological, but I need a little height in the front. I've been trying to grow it out, but think I'm giving that up and going short, again (candy for the hardworking Hecubus).

I have pretty cooperative hair, and am not helpless with it, so when I can't make something work for more than a couple of weeks, I know it's not for me.

Haircut: [link]

right click

I like it!

I can see what you mean about the eyelash-tinting. You have very pretty eyes, but you're so incredibly fair, they could use a little more framing.

and if I get really daring, maybe the longish (that's longish?) pixie:

This is my first choice for you, and not just because it's shorter. I think it's the kind of cut that would be very easy for you to maintain and style, but would also look super cute on you.

A very fair (and I'm fair, so for me to notice) woman I used to work with got her lashes tinted--swore by it. And it really brought out her pretty eyes. I would go for it, brenda.

eta...

Thanks, Hec.

Andi! Sorry I missed you in IM! I finished tearing the 1970's paneling from my 1890's basement stairway and I decided the beaded boards behind it couldn't wait for a coat of primer over the horrible pink and green.

Painting beaded boards? work.

Followup:

Has anyone else seen beaded board installed horizontally?

Beaded board: [link]

Hec, I like the platinum and orange (though I'd change it to red), but I kind of need my front hair to remain at cheekbone-length right now, for ease of scar-disguising and mental health.

I like the idea of Cindy with a pixie cut....

Okay, I admit it. I'm trying to call up a mental picture of Cindy, and it isn't working. Do you have a picture of yourself that you're willing to link?