grrretta

Long time no see. i know. i know. i know.

But things are looking up. I quit my job, and I am trying to start my own business. What kind you ask?

Well, I'm working on that. Being a person with multiple interests, I am seeing what I can do, and what I can do quickly to start something until I run out of money.

And then, if that happens, I'll go work at Starbucks.
And i know you don't want that.

So hello hello, and I'll see all you LJ kiddies around.

Gretta

I'm back. I made it back alive, and I even found some money in an old purse while cleaning my closet, so I have about two weeks before I have to absolutely find another job.

When I got home what seems like an eternity ago, I realized my internet was no longer working, and then my monitor on my relatively new laptop started flickering, so I had to call a very busy but technically talented friend to try to fix the problems. He didn't fix the monitor, but he did figure out my cable modem, and for that I still think he is grand.

Sorry I didn't write; places with internet were not as available as I had thought. But I am back, and I will try to write more soon. I have been exhausted, and I got sick, probably from all the car travel.

Tonight, I got a call from a friend of mine. Clara. She was in tears. I knew she had planned a road trip with one of her friends. Well, the friend bailed. Tonight. The night they were about to leave.

She begged me. Please come with!!

I thought about it......500 bucks left in the bank. Hmmmm....

So I called the temp agency.

I quit.

I'm packing up a few changes of clothes, and my digital camera. We leave sometime tomorrow morning. We are going from Minnesota to at least Indiana, and proably a different route back. She has family in Indiana and Ohio, so it will be interesting.

I will most likely not be able to check email or Livejournal until I get home in a week, on Sunday night.

Don't worry, this won't be Thelma and Louise. This will be Greta and Clara ~ coffee shops, rare book stores, late night adventures in diners, that sorta thing.

I will tell you my adventures when I return. When I get back, I will have to find a free photo hosting service.

Have a grand week, everyone,
Love and kisses,

~ Gretta

I threw (OK, gave to various charities) lots of clothing and shoes away about six months ago, but I don't think that was enough. Now I am regretting some of the things I threw (gave) out (away), but I guess that means I need new clothes. I am about to cut my hair, with some of the hair getting 3 inches cut off. (and when you have not much more than 7 inches, that is quite a bit!) Now I am cutting my clothes.

I could never be a nudist, as I love the feeling of clothes on my body. Being nude has a time and place.

I guess I am in one of those times of letting go and opening up to possibilities.

What clothes do I want to make/buy? Hmmmm. Complicated question. Something "different"? What are my clothes right now? A hodgepodge, a mishmash of clothes that I have had since I was 16. Types of clothes don't really explain what they are; but all of them served at least one purpose or another. There was always a reason for these clothes.

I think I have one item of clothing that I will probably keep my entire life. Is it wrong to have a piece of clothing, say, a vintage jacket, that you have since you were 16, and wear throughout your entire life?

My favorite cosmetic brand, Tony & Tina, are gone. Out of business. I am very sad to see it happen, as I heard rumors and got a letter in the mail from the department store, Nordstrom, where I was buying it. They claimed to have big plans to come out to Mall of America and have a big show and Tina was going to be there, and I had talked to the counter manager, and we were planning on doing some fun things for the event, but it fell through, because they are no longer in business.

Why did I love their products? Well, made with essencial oils was wonderful, all their stuff smelled really good. They were cruelty free. They had bright colors. They had the best sparkles! It was make-up that was fun.

If there is any stuff left, check out Sephora, or Sephora.com, and you can get it for half price. All the other department stores have already cleared out their inventory. And Tony & Tina the website....it's just gone.

Why did their company go under? Could it be that they were once lovers, and named their company while they were married to each other, and then broke up after the company got big? They named their company after themselves. That would never work long term. They had so many good ideas, but now these ideas will never be created by them, because they already sold their company, made a million bucks, and are trying to figure out what to do with their lives now that their company went into the toilet.

So who is my new fun make-up company? Anna Sui. And I want to try Besame Cosmetics with their delish retro styling. And Aveda will always be on my beauty list too!

Tony & Tina, you loose! Other fun cosmetic companies? You win my business!

My first real memory of makeup was when I was at my sixth grade birthday party. We went to a brand new arcade/mini golf place inside an old school strip mall; a very hip thing to do that year for a birthday party. I had many of my friends there, and a few friends of friends. One of them was Marcia.

Marcia gave me ice blue mascara. I remember the package. It was ice blue on the outside. And I think it was waterproof.

I loved that mascara. It was so frivolous. No standard black. No. BRIGHT ICE BLUE.

It was funny that Marcia gave me that mascara, as I never remember her ever EVER wearing make-up. If I ever see her, I will have to tell her how that one present really opened my eyes to the potential of fun make-up.

My mom tried keeping make-up to be natural, whatever natural make-up means. Which is funny because my mom wore so much make-up when I was growing up, I don't think I ever saw her face without make-up on.

Fortunately, I am blessed to have skin that rarely errupts in breakouts, but I have sensitive skin, so sometimes I have to be careful. A bad moisturizer a few years ago gave me hives for the entire winter. I am careful about trying out new brands, but I have noticed that sometimes the cheaper brands don't make me break out as much as more expensive ones. Trial and error, I guess.

I had a lot of fun in high school with make-up, but in college I got stuck in the natural look. Now, I am tired of how boring my wardrobe and make-up have been, and I have decided I am going to have more fun with the daily costume of 21st century fashion.

Now I have to go out and find some ice blue mascara......

When I was in high school, I had a bob. At the time, I thought perhaps it was boring compared to all the other girls with ponytails. I was one of the few girls in school with short hair. I wanted to look like Sarah, the dark red haired beauty who put rollers in her silky thick middle-of-her-back hair every night, and her hair smelled like strawberries and sunshine.

Since high school I have worn it short, long (middle of my back), in between, with colors of red, rasberry, black, brown, blonde, platnium blonde, nearly white blonde, yucky yellow blonde, Blondie blonde... you get the idea. I've done it all. But I never had a bob again.

I thought my bob lacked style. Wow was I wrong.

For the last two years I have been drawn to something different. I see Hollywood right now and I yawn. If Hollywood is boring, there is a problem. I hope that us girls and boys who are looking back at the past take the courage to let the styles of the past return, as true style knows no sense of time.

I've made a hair appointment, in two weeks I am getting my bob back, this time with bangs. I want to grow it just long enough so I can do pin cirls and finger waves. And that is why I am here.

I look forward to meeting you,

~ Gretta

My friend S called me up and invited me out bookshopping. Half Price hopping here we come!

Oh, and Happy Fathers Day, or something.

Does anyone remember Up! All night?! Where is that bubbly blonde now? And where are those great horror films!

I had a fun Friday night after work! Then I came home, and surfed the net for awhile. I found some really interesting people on Livejournal! I had no idea that there were a tonne of creative artists of all sorts on Livejournal! There are so many interesting communities!

The sun is probably rising right now, and I have a lot of errands to run tomorrow. I always want to do errands during the week, but it never happens, and the chores add up 'till the weekend.

And why is it that I look at the clock, and see that it is 5:55? or 11:11? I always think of it as a good thing, like it means there must be a reason for it.

Why didn't I open the windows tonight when I got home? The air was so lovely, and I just forgot to let the fresh air in. Perhaps I'll go for a drive and get an iced latte and stay up all day.

Hmmm. The choices of a modern girl. What to do, what to do.

I think I'll just go get the latte and think about the choices of a weekend day.

Where does one begin something like livejournal? I have known so many friends who have myspace accounts, or friendster, or blogger or livejournal or deadjournal. But I chose livejournal because it seemed easy enough. I knew some people who had accounts back when you had to either pay for them or have "connections". I almost got a journal when I went on a date with someone who told me I should get a livejournal, and they were going to give me a password or something, and then it just never happened.

So here I am. My first post. It seems a little strange. A blank canvas.

I don't talk a whole lot, and I used to have a journal, you know, on paper, but I never seem to do it daily. I have a digital camera, so I plan on taking some pictures here and there. I think that would be cool.

Anyways, it's been a long day, and I need to go to bed, as I have to work in the morning. I can't wait to find some sort of evening job where I can sleep in. That is definately one of the goals for the summer!

Ciao,
Grrretta