Sounds great Nonie!!
 

Yeehaawww!!! I cant wait!! We will have so much fun!! :pepper2:
All we have to do is sell our homes ugh!! And thats no fun!! :mornincoffee:

Is anyone having problems with the main page on TOTV this afternoon? The screen wont show new posts, I cant sign out, but thats okie. Seems like everything just locked up. Hope this goes thru....it could be my stupid puter :Screen_of_Death:.

Jeanne Beannie :beer3:

Boomer, as you know, I sadly had to have my twelve-year old dog Brutus euthanized in March. It was heartbreaking, but he had a brain tumor and I had no choice. It was done at home in his own bed, and he passed peacefully over the rainbow bridge. The following week Beady had to have her much-loved Bosun euthanized. Bosun and Brutus are both waiting for us at the other side of the bridge. It was a very sad time for Beady and for me. Our husbands were both working and not available, which was very sad for them. Thank Goddess Beady and I had each other.

Fireboy and I decided to have only one dog for a while, our little 10 lb dog named Biggins. However life intervened as it so often does. We were offered a rescue dog. A 60 lb Portugese Water Dog who is two years old and has had five homes.

In our usual fashion, Fireboy and I were helpless and Lolli Pop moved in. We fell in love with her and I think she feels the same. Porties are very strong willed dogs and need a lot of consistency, firmness and loving discipline. Our only training method is rewarding positive behavior.

She has rewarded us by being obedient, intelligent and loving. She learns very quickly and wants desperately to please us. She has a forever home with us. We both agree we made a great decision.

So very sorry....
 

I am so sorry Barefoot and Beady, for the passing of your beloved babies/pets. It is truly a pain that cant be described. I have gone thru the same twice, and was extremely fortunate to have a wonderful Vet that also came to my home. I am sure they are waiting on the other side of the "Rainbow Bridge". I have that beautiful poem in a frame in my room, and read it often. My thoughts are with you both.
Jeanne

Beady,

I didn't realize that you, along with Barefoot, had lost a pet. Please accept my heartfelt condolences. Your Bosun is in a better place... chasing rabbits with Brutus... sailing through the clouds... waiting to see you again.

Kate

Good Morning....
 

Hi Kathie,
I just called TV yesterday to order the map of all the villages. I have been looking for homes in Heavenly Hadley, but its so hard to tell where these homes are with only a street name. So soon I will be able to focus on your area :pepper2:. Are you sure you want me for a neighbor lol?? I warn you, I am pretty silly lol :a040:. I hear many wonderful things about you, looking forward to meeting you!! :popcorn: :beer3:.

JeanneBeannie :2excited:

Swim Chicks?
 

Swim chicks?? Uhoh...as in I will have to wear a bathing suit?!? :ohdear:
I guess I better get exercising lol :pepper2:.

Thank you so much for your offering to help and offering to look at homes for me. I dont want to bother you with that till I sell this house, I thought I would have a little more action on showings :shrug:, maybe when the weather gets better. It would be a great help tho, as I am trying to figure out selling, trying to get there for a visit (eventho I know I dont need one lol...I am an Aries lol, and my mind is already made up lol :a20:), and finding a home all in a short period of time. Its overwhelming, but I am sure it will be well worth it!! Yeeehaawww!!! :pepper2: Thanks again Kathie.

Heavenly Hadley
 

Hi Jeanne,

If you are looking for a resale home, the search on the TV website lets you search by Village. There are three pages of Hadley resales (although some are on deposit).

The new homes search doesn't search by Village, but there may be a few Hadley homes there that the developer is finishing to close out neighborhoods. It is one of the good things in TV - they don't let empty lots sit forever. Instead they build spec homes on those lots - so you might find a good deal on one of those as they are generally discounted below the new home discount (currently at 4.5%)

Also, there are lots of home in Villages near Hadley (Hemingway, Duval, Largo, Bonita....)

Hope this helps. Looking forward to meeting you.

Kate

Thank You!!
 

Kate...thank you so much, that is a big help in my search for a home! Now I have a direction to look at the villages you suggested. :coolsmiley:. I was so confused with all the different villages. I am going to look at the places you suggested right now! :pepper2:. I will be a full timer, so it would be nice to live near all the nice friends I have met here. :2excited:. I am looking forward to meeting you too! Thank you so much for your help!

Thank you Kathie, you gals are amazing! I wont be able to travel back and forth too many times, so I am trying to do all the research I can now.
Hopefully it wont be long till I am at the luncheon at Crispers with all of you!

JeanneBeannie :) :2excited:

Bad hair days!
 

I know that hair cuts have been discussed, but would like to ask if there is anyone anyone would recommend for a short cut, ie Dorothy Hammil. Want to keep lots of hair, just want it short off my neck with a really good cut. We will be moving to TV full time, and would like to find someone there. Thanks.

Pat

Thanks JeannieBeannie and Katezbox for the kind words to me about losing my Bosun. He really is much better off now and that helps the hurt somewhat.

Pat,

A friend and I both use Helen at Tuscany in LSL. I have just had color so far (I only cut every few times) but my friend had hers cut shortish - like a Dorothy Hammill - for about a year now, and it looks great even though she has really baby-fine hair.

Kate

Two possibilities:

Kevin at Salon T on 441 (north of TV). 245-2000
I know three women who have used him very successfully.

John at Urban Hair in Oxford (down the street from Bargains and Treasures)
748-0040. I like John.

I always hesitate to recommend movies, books or beauticians. Everyone is so individual in their opinions and tastes.

Kate's suggestion actually sounds like a winner.

Thank Barefoot and Kate. I tried to make an appointment with Helen, but she is not taking any new clients. Before I could call the others, we were called back to Bonita Springs for a family emergency. We should be back late next week, so will try to plan ahead. Thanks again. Pat

Good morning, Girls,

Before I run away for a while (I just ventured into Political and now I must flee) I just wanted to let you know that I got an email today that said it is the last day of a big sale at Lands End on swimsuits. (aka bathing suits as we discussed earlier in the thread) I glanced through it and it looks like a really decent sale and it even said free shipping.

Now, I really do have to leave for the morning so I can't shop that sale right now. Please don't buy up all of those basic black tanks before I get back. I stockpile those things.

Boomer

Hair!
 

Can anyone tell me anything about the Tuscany Spa/Salon on Canal Street!
I need color/cut and it looks nice. Any info would be appreciated.

Did you read Kate's post April 21? She is recommending Helen at Tuscany.
Although Starflyte said Helen isn't accepting new customers. (Which I would think means Helen is exceptionally good!)

If I wanted to go to Tuscany, I'd call Helen myself and ask her for an appointment (or a recommendation if she isn't accepting new clients). Helen would be in a position to know who is really good at Tuscany.

Thanks, I didn't get that Helen was at Tuscany. I'll give her a call.

I got the Lands End catalogue and it looks like they have a fabulous selection of bathing suits. I just can't get my head around buying a bathing suit without trying it on first.

Bare,

:agree: I have to make sure all the bad places are sort of covered. Course i suppose I should wear a wetsuit in that case!:sad:

Well, it is 17 days after my hair was mistakenly dyed black. I thought by now it would have faded. I've washed it frequently with Dawn Dishwasher Detergent, Head and Shoulders, and WD40. (Just kidding about the WD40). I'd like to say one thing about the hair colour at the Salon Professioinal Academy .. it really lasts. Which would be a big plus if only my hair colour had turned out to be requested light golden brown.

In my opinion, no woman over the age of 25 looks good in black hair. Too harsh. I'm still wearing baseball hats everywhere. To a seminar last weekend, out to dinner last night. Oh well, if that is my biggest problem, I'm a lucky duck. :laugh:

To me that is part of the beauty. At home I can try them on by candlelight instead of in the harsh glare of department store lighting. And if I take out my contact lenses, that's even better.

(Actually I think you can send the suits back to Lands End. You might want to call them and ask if you are considering one.)

And even though I am not tall, I gotta tellya, the "long" cut covers a multitude of sins and lets me pretend that it is 1974 all over again......Wellllll, maybe if I don't wear my contact lenses and try the suit on by candlelight.

Boomer

Nonie,

I have the perfect solution!

The one piece body suit the swimmers wore in the Olympics with a skirt.:coolsmiley:

:laugh:

Whose job is it to tell those guys what not to wear?
 

Good morning,

It is so wonderful to have this "Girl Talk" thread because I know that I can come in here and share what I just witnessed and you will understand. And I also know that guys never read this thread so I don't have to worry about any of them showing up here to play defense.

Maybe this kind of thing never happens at water aerobics in TV, but this morning where I live, it did.

I really like my water aerobics class. We have fun. Because it is a morning class, we are mostly retired. There are a few men in the class. Retired guys. And today, one of those guys got out of the pool early and one arrived late.

So what's the big deal?

Well, somebody needs to tell these guys to take a good look at their swim trunks.

The guy who got out early was wearing those long, baggy style trunks. That would have been OK. EXCEPT THESE TRUNKS WERE WHITE! WHITE! WET! CLINGY! AAAAAUGHHHH!! And of course we could not help but look when he got out early and walked across the front of the pool behind the instructor. This guy was providing us with way too much information. I don't think he realized what those white trunks looked like wet. He just did not know what he looked like from behind. (I did not see the front, fortunately.)

Just when I had recovered from Mr. See-Through-Pants, the guy who was late showed up and paraded across the front of the pool. His trunks were tiger striped. But that was not the problem. This guy's trunks were of the design that is best described as a banana hammock. (I guess I am allowed to say that. We're all just girls in here.) Needless to say, it was a most unattractive sight. I am not sure if any guy should wear those things in public, but certainly not the best choice for his age.

Once on here long ago, we had a discussion of comb overs and how what in the heck are those guys thinking. And why doesn't somebody gently tell them better. Today, at the pool, I thought the same thing. Why doesn't somebody tell these guys to revisit their swim trunks selection?

Boomer

ha! ha! ha!

IMHO Its a good thing his feet had good coverage, from the sound of the rest of him that wouldnt have been a pretty sight!:1rotfl:

I personally think that bathing suits of the 1930s offer the right amount of coverge. Although I think that those suits were made out of wool, and therefore were a bit itchy.

Certainly thong suits, bikini's and bananna hammocks are just NOT flattering to anyone over 45.

Eeeewwww Yuk!!!
 

"Bananna Hammocks"?!? "White See Thru Shorts"?!? "Fat Hairy Chests"?!?
Is this what I have to look forward to looking at when I relax by the pool??
Gross lol lol!!! :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:.
I have never laughed so hard lol! Never heard them called "bananna hammocks" before lol...thats a good one!! :1rotfl:
Jeanne :yuck:

no dress code at the pools? Just kidding.

I hear there is nude dipping at some pools after dark. :yuck: Now that is even worse than a bannana hammock.

eeeeeeeeeeeeyukkkkkkkkkkkkk! I cant Bare the visual!!!!!LOL

New topic
 

Beauty Treatments:

Has anyone experienced Fraxel Laser Skin Resurfacing?

I've visited the website of course. But it is just like the diet websites where everyone lost 50 pounds in five weeks. And of course you know it isn't true, but some part of you wants to believe it is possible.

If you know anyone who has had Fraxel Laser, I'd love to hear the comments.

Bare,

Doesnt this just smooth out the surface of your skin but actually does not tighten anything up or get rid of the deep creases and lines???

today is the first interview with Elizabeth Edwards on the Oprah show.

Should be vedy interesting!!!

Drew Peterson....
 

Finally!! Drew Peterson has been arrested for the murder of Kathleen Salvio!! I have been waiting for this for years! Finally he will get his! :boxing2:

I hope they hang him by his "bananna hammock"!! :1rotfl:
Sorry...I couldnt resist lol :shrug:.

Jeanne :icon_wink:

Amen, Jeanne! The only problem now is that we'll have to resume seeing that arrogant, smug jerk get his mug seen on tv again.

Nonie, only a facelift gets rid of deep creases. And that means the knife, a general anesthetic, and a major operation! And possibly looking like Joan Rivers.

At our age, wouldn't smoothing out the surface of your skin be a good thing?
Of course, you have lovely skin now.

Yes, Drew Peterson has been arrested, which makes me so happy. But he is now engaged to a 23 year old. Duh.

I am still upset that OJ got off on the murder of Nicole and her friend. Yes, OJ is in jail now for something stupid. But I really wanted him to pay for Nicole.

Makes me ill.........
 

Oh you were so right LeLandJane...how abnoxious he would be!!! This guy is nuts!! (Well...I could come up with other words lol). Makes me sick about O.J. too Bare Just saw him on tv so sick :yuck:. Unbelieveable!!
For once...I am speechless lol!!