Reagan Christmas Trees

Posted on December 9th, 2009 by Jean

I’ve just returned from a visit with my sister. One of the highlights of the trip was touring the Reagan Library in southern California. From Nov. 18th to Jan. 10th the Library displays 26 Christmas trees representing the countries President Reagan visited while in office.

My sis was right. I have forgotten which trees are from which countries, but one thing is for certain. They are all gorgeous! I hope you enjoy this tremendous photo blog.


Coffee beans on the Columbian tree.


Snake on Indonesian tree.


My favorite tree.

• What tops your tree?
• Do you have any unusual ornaments?

Blogging Notes 7

Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Jean

Bad Pedi
 
Thursday, Tom and I got pedicures. He had a lovely female nail technician, while I had a young man they summoned from the back room. He had really long bangs, like this.
 

 
Ya, that’s him! Go ahead and picture him giving me a pedicure.
 
He really did a fine job, until the end. That’s when they add cute flowers & rhinestones. His design stunk. One flower plus a big chunky, silver swoosh. I didn’t say anything, but I painted over it when I got home.
 

 
That’s not the actual chunky, silvery swoosh. I attempted to recreate it.
 
Do I talk about my feet too much?
 


 
Did You Just Insult Me?
 
So I’ve been dealing with a salesman from Canada. Let’s picture him as that cute guy that sings in the credit report commercials. He’s from Canada.
 

 
I signed a contract for the creation of our virtual magazine, and was trying to get it designed, up and running by June 1st. Time was running out, and I was starting to panic. The salesman, Grant, wanted to light a fire under the Production team, so he asked me to write him a nasty email. Get really angry at me, he told me.
 
So I fired off an angry email, and then fired off a 2nd one for good measure (after a glass of wine). The next morning, our website was complete! Grant phoned me and asked, Is that as angry as you get? Yes, that’s it. I wish you were my mother.
 
Aw, damn, I’ve graduated to the Mommy category.
 

 
Beauty
 
This morning I received an email from the beauty site, Sephora. They enticed me to visit their site with a pink button that said, Shop now, gorgeous! They know how to talk to me, unlike Canadian Grant.
 
I clicked, and was a bit surprised at one of the products they were recommending for me.
 

 
I mean, sure, I’ve put on a few pounds. Well, ok, I’ll try it. Wait! Do I eat it or rub it on??? Oh, and what exactly does it do?
 
Here’s another product they wanted to sell me.
 

 

 
Look, bub, if I had an extra set of hands… (do I really need to complete that sentence?)
 
I hope you’re all enjoying your weekend!

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