tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post5076561516395180642..comments2024-03-22T05:18:29.555-04:00Comments on Romance Bandits: That's not gonna buff outLoucinda McGary aka Aunty Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217492654108300014noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-57744132317780387212010-05-22T11:39:21.952-04:002010-05-22T11:39:21.952-04:00Christine said:
then have to share the shuttle t...Christine said:<br /><br /><i> then have to share the shuttle to the hotel with ... you guessed it, another romance writer, who is perfectly groomed, perfectly lovely, but who must have been wondering if those Aussie girls had never heard of hairspray.<br /></i><br /><br />LOL Christine! She probably thought you looked fine. When I'm that tired from travel I stop caring how I look at all and usually shove my hair up into an umbrella-style ponytail and just go. You know, that's one thing I don't carry and don't worry about--hairspray! I guess it's small consolation though, since I have a bunch of other "product" as Nancy calls it, to make up for the missing hairspray.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-585825049854985832010-05-22T01:21:56.593-04:002010-05-22T01:21:56.593-04:00Cassondra, I can very much relate to this story! I...Cassondra, I can very much relate to this story! I get extremely nervous about going through airport security especially in the States and so I end up taking not much at all in hand luggage. When I went to National last year, I thought who's going to see me between my hotel room and the airport? Of course, I got off the plane looking like a wreck after 20-odd hours to DC and then have to share the shuttle to the hotel with ... you guessed it, another romance writer, who is perfectly groomed, perfectly lovely, but who must have been wondering if those Aussie girls had never heard of hairspray.<br /><br />Sigh. I can totally relate!Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-16985492154865063412010-05-22T00:55:38.726-04:002010-05-22T00:55:38.726-04:00Okay y'all I'm about to go to bed EARLY fo...Okay y'all I'm about to go to bed EARLY for a change--it's only midnight!<br /><br />Thank you so much for telling me about your lotions, creams and gels, and for sharing your packing ideas! This has been a fun day in the lair! I'll check back tomorrow for any late posters.Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983545713541452190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-19251202838238286572010-05-22T00:22:39.376-04:002010-05-22T00:22:39.376-04:00Lime, I don't know what Sephora is.
I bought ...Lime, I don't know what Sephora is.<br /><br />I bought several sizes and varieties of container from The Container Store online. Some of them are working out okay, but I haven't gotten it down small enough yet. I'd be willing to look at other containers.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-35892849969762822042010-05-22T00:11:52.867-04:002010-05-22T00:11:52.867-04:00Hmm Cassondra- I admittedly am still curious as t...Hmm Cassondra- I admittedly am still curious as to the size of the containers you got. Sometimes I keep hotel shampoo bottles etc to fill with my own stuff.<br />But the Sephora sample ones I'm talking about would be like 1/3 that. So if your trip was only say 3 days, it would be sufficient. And seriously, I think like 30-40 containers could fit in the regulation size bag. No joke. Filling them would be a pain, but if you NEED/WANT it...limecellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331447498798826649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-56444355216088504182010-05-21T23:48:41.240-04:002010-05-21T23:48:41.240-04:00Y'all have to pardon all my typos this evening...Y'all have to pardon all my typos this evening. The tired is starting to show for certain. Staying up until 4 this morning, then getting up again at 8 has done me in.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-45529965222535273862010-05-21T23:47:19.347-04:002010-05-21T23:47:19.347-04:00Pissenlit said:
Unfortunately, I can't get wi...Pissenlit said:<br /><br /><i>Unfortunately, I can't get within smelling distance of a Lush store without having sneezing fits</i><br /><br />Well, dang. That means it would have that effect on me too, probably. Any highly-scented stuff does that unless it's actual essential oils. Dang.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-8993335246170059182010-05-21T22:56:59.431-04:002010-05-21T22:56:59.431-04:00Gillian, congratulations on finishing school! And...Gillian, congratulations on finishing school! And thanks for the beverage. :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-50796326764362050772010-05-21T22:39:06.527-04:002010-05-21T22:39:06.527-04:00Gillian - my girls dragged me into a store called ...Gillian - <i>my girls dragged me into a store called Lush and had me buy a little round bar of solid shampoo. It's so neat! You swipe that thing across your head a couple of times and bam--huge amounts of suds.<br /><br /></i>Oh yes, I've heard that Lush is magical! Unfortunately, I can't get within smelling distance of a Lush store without having sneezing fits.Pissenlithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652379987538733088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-17671854291425683152010-05-21T22:21:59.134-04:002010-05-21T22:21:59.134-04:00Gillian Layne said:
School, as of noon today, is ...Gillian Layne said:<br /><br /><i>School, as of noon today, is OVER. There is nothing like finishing the end-of-year paperwork...I am buying virtual drinks for everyone tonight. :)</i><br /><br />Woot! Everyone, drinks are on Gillian! Woot!<br /><br />And as to the packing and airport lines and such...there was a GREAT tutorial online about getting through security successfully and easily in 2008 when I flew to San Francisco. Dang, I wish I had that still. It gave advice for how to handle the little trays in the x-ray line efficiently and everything, and it was deas-on. I never have any trouble and I still do it pretty much that way.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-66270379045593320932010-05-21T22:18:23.099-04:002010-05-21T22:18:23.099-04:00Jeanne said:
Heeheehee. Nancy, I have the problem...Jeanne said:<br /><br /><i>Heeheehee. Nancy, I have the problem too. You probably had to get rid of most of the Southernisms for court. I had to do it for making speeches to people from outside the US. I discovered that "I reckon" and "yonder" just do NOT translate into Japanese. Go figure. <br /></i><br /><br />Yuu know, I got rid of mine ENTIRELY in college. (I never had a heavy accent, so it wasn't too hard to lose.) I was in broadcasting school and we had to lose our accents to pass the program. I worked in radio and tv this way for a while.<br /><br />THEN a few years after school, when I'd decided broadcasting was not what I wanted to do, I found out that to be a highly successful radio broadcaster you needed a bit of regional flavor to your language and diction. The Typical Midwestern American Broadcaster's Accent was not actually popular with the public--only with the teachers. I could get by with no accent, but to develop a following, I needed some kind of personality to ME and to my voice and accent. Interesting, isn't it? Perfect is far less interesting than regionally flavored.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-91461838649435897722010-05-21T22:13:49.030-04:002010-05-21T22:13:49.030-04:00Jeanne said:
It's the intimidating vocab tha...Jeanne said:<br /><br /><i> It's the intimidating vocab that does it every time, fer sher, until the guys hit around 30. Theyn they can take it. :> And the geeks have grown into all that brain and found their inner manhood, so...yeah. 30's good.</i><br /><br />Yes, 30 does make men better. Hmmm...maybe we should start a campaign for young girls. DON'T GET MARRIED UNTIL YOU'RE IN YOUR LATE 20s!!! Think that would go over well? <br /><br />No, I didn't think so either.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-70954932118909733972010-05-21T22:11:43.747-04:002010-05-21T22:11:43.747-04:00Deb...
Hit send too soon. I was about to type th...Deb...<br /><br />Hit send too soon. I was about to type that you will love contacts. LOVE them if you've had only glasses before. Find a good practitioner though. A good one will help you see great. A bad one will frustrate the dickens out of you.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-83475017279865103262010-05-21T22:10:35.902-04:002010-05-21T22:10:35.902-04:00Deb said:
I think I am going to invest in contact...Deb said:<br /><br /><i>I think I am going to invest in contacts this summer because it is really irritating to see figures across a room and not be able to see their facial features.</i><br /><br />Ha! Without corrective lenses, I can't even see the figures across the room. Heck. I can't even see the other SIDE of the room. :0(Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-752696920039484902010-05-21T22:08:18.645-04:002010-05-21T22:08:18.645-04:00Deb said:
I consider my own romance and love life...Deb said:<br /><br /><i>I consider my own romance and love life because I didn't become serious about a man and get married until I was 35. I was the oldest bride in Iowa, I think, LOL!</i><br /><br />Woohooo Deb! You go girl. That's awesome!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-20084768544521483412010-05-21T22:05:42.541-04:002010-05-21T22:05:42.541-04:00Suz said:
BUT we have a doctor who calls the nurs...Suz said:<br /><br /><i>BUT we have a doctor who calls the nurses, "Precious"...........OH hell no!! My Mama doesn't even call me precious!</i><br /><br />Oh yeah. Now I would kill anybody who tried to call me precious unless it was at a roadside diner in Idaho and I couldn't get food anywhere else until Colorado. Then I would drive away and never come back.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-50376246750933442532010-05-21T22:02:37.473-04:002010-05-21T22:02:37.473-04:00Suz said:
I'd like to write a 40 year old her...Suz said:<br /><br /><i>I'd like to write a 40 year old heroine someday... hmmmm</i><br /><br />I really do hope the market opens up so that there's an age range. It might have to be targetted a little differently because I think Donna's right. When you're 20, you can't really relate to a 45-year-old. But with the number and age range of romance readers, it seems like there are enough of us to support a sub-genre of older heroines doesn't it? And second chances at love are so popular anyway, I can only imagine the possibilities.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-78796828616166370722010-05-21T22:00:22.398-04:002010-05-21T22:00:22.398-04:00Suz said:
So, the makeup got less and less. Now I...Suz said:<br /><br /><i>So, the makeup got less and less. Now I only put on my Oil Of Olay regenerous formula and a light dusting of powder. Talk about freeing!!! Now when I go out with hubby or to RWA National, I do put on a bit more, but hey, it's daylight, people actually look at me!<br /></i><br /><br />Suz, I can totally see the need to not go into work all glammed up when you're in that situation. If I were in labor, I would feel absolutely horrible about the way I looked. I have no doubt that it's easier for those women in labor to have nurses who don't come in to work in full makeup.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-66496664902366420242010-05-21T21:59:09.365-04:002010-05-21T21:59:09.365-04:00I am going to double pack my toiletries in plastic...I am going to double pack my toiletries in plastic baggies and hope they don't leak all over the place. I hardly ever fly. I'm going to be the one holding up the line while they go through my bags. <br /><br />We were at the mall last weekend getting a book signed by Debbie Macomber (I was there so early the bookstore manager researved me a chair at the front, and when I went to sit down people asked who I was! It was hysterical) and my girls dragged me into a store called Lush and had me buy a little round bar of solid shampoo. It's so neat! You swipe that thing across your head a couple of times and bam--huge amounts of suds. I'm just thrilled I have one less thing to leak. <br /><br />School, as of noon today, is OVER. There is nothing like finishing the end-of-year paperwork...I am buying virtual drinks for everyone tonight. :)Gillian Laynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772849187702478349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-46051210595830045932010-05-21T21:54:47.749-04:002010-05-21T21:54:47.749-04:00Pissenlit said:
I do need some mandatory magic n...Pissenlit said:<br /><br /><i> I do need some mandatory magic nowadays *grin*...but I can travel with only carry-on luggage.</i><br /><br />Ah, yes. I dream of this. Being able to consolidate my lotions, creams and gels down to a carry-on quantity. <br /><br />And as to the desert--I've never wanted to camp there. Maybe I'm missing out, I dunno. It sounds as though it's absolutely beautiful, but more in a "scenic overlook" kind of way than an "I want to spend large amounts of time camping here" way. I think I'm more of a beach/water/mountain person. But I think I should at least experience this before I pass judgement. And I'm thinking that in the desert, I might need even MORE lotions, creams and gels. :0/Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-100001533625712392010-05-21T20:55:19.822-04:002010-05-21T20:55:19.822-04:00Cassondra said: I KNOW you're from the south,...Cassondra said: <i> I KNOW you're from the south, but my brain doesn't seem to want to assimilate that. (ducks flying magnolia limbs)</i><br /><br />Heeheehee. Nancy, I have the problem too. You probably had to get rid of most of the Southernisms for court. I had to do it for making speeches to people from outside the US. I discovered that "I reckon" and "yonder" just do NOT translate into Japanese. Go figure. <br /><br />Snork.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-47035768789685579132010-05-21T19:42:22.328-04:002010-05-21T19:42:22.328-04:00Susan said: From about 25 on, this flat-chested, f...Susan said: <i>From about 25 on, this flat-chested, freckle-faced bespectacled girl and her truly intimidating vocabulary had more male interest than I knew what to do with. And it was all because I'd learned to shine from the inside. To figure out my freak flag and fly that thing with pride. </i><br /><br />Snork. Totally. :> It's the intimidating vocab that does it every time, fer sher, until the guys hit around 30. Theyn they can take it. :> And the geeks have grown into all that brain and found their inner manhood, so...yeah. 30's good.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-7995908345269831532010-05-21T19:40:15.898-04:002010-05-21T19:40:15.898-04:00@Jeanne--my vision is the same way; I have glasses...@Jeanne--my vision is the same way; I have glasses for driving and little readers for up close. I think I am going to invest in contacts this summer because it is really irritating to see figures across a room and not be able to see their facial features.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831144769121001738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-69858330007562528932010-05-21T19:36:00.576-04:002010-05-21T19:36:00.576-04:00Cassondra wrote: HA! I feel your pain. If I were s...Cassondra wrote: <i>HA! I feel your pain. If I were stranded on a deserted island I would end up prey because I couldn't see well enough to feed or defend myself. I don't even have glasses now, just contacts. My vision is that bad. Yes, I am one with contact solution.</i><br /><br />Ditto. Prey. Mostly though because my eyes are so different. One is mild the other really bad. Weird, eh? I can't read w/o glasses or contacts anymore because of the dichotomy. Gives me a headache.Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815530646091177574.post-32654067916752404312010-05-21T19:30:05.671-04:002010-05-21T19:30:05.671-04:00Louisa, our family also said, "That'll le...Louisa, our family also said, "That'll leave a mark." A very versatile saying, just like Cassondra's "That's not gonna buff out."Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.com