lia sophia

I've been meaning to write a post about my lia sophia business for a while now.  I guess now is a perfect time to mention it because, a) I haven't posted anything in a few days, and b) they just sent out their Discontinued List for the Spring/Summer 2008 catalog.  I can't believe its that time again!  This mean a new catalog will be available in August! It seems like just yesterday when I got my new Spring/Summer catalogs and drooled over the new stuff.  

So, before I go any further I guess I should say this:  

Hey, guess what?  I sell lia sophia jewelry at in-home parties!  

I'm sure 94.67% of you who are reading this already know this fact.  But hey, I may have a few readers that don't know me.  And if my past-self were to read this, I wouldn't believe it.  I don't think I have the sell-stuff kind of personality.  But hey, it seems to be working for the most part, and I enjoy it which is most important.

So to explain the opening statement, lia sophia has two catalogs ever year.  The Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter.  A few months before the new catalog comes out they send out a flier with the items that are going to be discontinued.  Every time they do this, I can't help but get sad over the jewelry that is no longer going to be available, and the jewelry of mine that I can no longer use in my show displays.  But this only lasts until I get a sneak peak at the NEW! catalog.  

So here is my lia sophia shpiel: 

If you are interested, come check out my personal lia sophia website:

http://www.liasophia.com/emilybergeron

On there you can check out the "My Business" section and check out the monthly specials.  Or go over to the "Our Jewelry" section to look at the current Spring/Summer 2008 catalog.  

If you would like to place an order, feel free to contact me, or enter my name for the hostess name on the "How To Purchase" screen.

And if you are dying to see the Soon To Be Discontinued List to see if there are any items that you just can't  live without, just let me know and I could probably email you a copy.  

New catalog comes out in August!  So come back to check it out!

*Edit - Sorry guys, I just noticed that quite a few of my readers have tried to view my personal lia sophia website.  Unfortunately I don't currently have it up.  I am still an advisor, but a slump in my parties has forced me to cutback and not keep my website going.  Hopefully it will be back up soon!  If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment and I will answer! TSS ~ 08-29-08

Overheard in the Office

Me: Man, I hate when I miss a period.

pause

Me: Errrr...ummm...yeah...

P.S.  I should point out that this was said after getting a job from a proofreader who had pointed out that I forgot a period after the sentence "Printed in the United States of America"  Don't worry folks, this single sister is still not married or pregnant.

The Small World of Online Dating

I have a date for Friday afternoon.  No, don't worry its not with the "I'm Not Ready" guy.  He's back with his ex-fiance.  Turns out it wasn't a matter of not being ready, but a matter of not being over his ex.  But what can a single girl do, move onto the next one?  

And the next one found me on okcupid.com last week.  After the last dating attempt I decided I wasn't going to blog about any dates until at least a week had gone by.  But I had to blog about this and the small world that is online dating.

What are the chances of a guy in Blue Earth finding and emailing someone in Minneapolis in March and then finding and emailing her good friend in Owatonna 2 months later?  

I was talking to Sarah last night and telling her about my upcoming date on Friday.  

E: Yeah, he lives in Blue Earth so we are meeting halfway in Albert Lea.

S: A guy from Blue Earth messaged me on okcupid once, I bet its the same guy.  But I ended up ignoring him.

E: Thats hilarious.  Yeah, I'm sure it is the same guy.  Did he have a beard?

S: Yep

E: Did he have a son?

S: Yep

E: Wow, what are the chances?

At this point I'm really curious as to how many single-bearded-son-having-Blue Earth guys are out there on okcupid so I called him up.  He did in fact message Sarah back in March and never got a reply back to his second email.  Now he's heart broken and vowed to never search for love in Minneapolis ever again.  Ok, so that last part never happened, but small world isn't it?  

Of course I'll let you know how this date goes.  As far as I know he doesn't have any recent ex's that he wants to get back together with, his career path seems pretty stable, and he doesn't live with his parents.  

As usual, my fingers are crossed.  

I really want it to be Tuesday so I can name this post Ruby Tuesday

So, on Ruby's second day home (or was it third?) she warmed up to me a bit more.  I took her igloo away so she couldn't hide and I was able to take some video of her.  So now you guys can have a good look at her.  

This is Ruby in her habitat.  I'm hoping to switch to fabric liners and get rid of the messy aspen shavings.  We'll see if she likes that.  But really, would I be able to tell if she didn't like them?  

After I posed this and watched it I realized there is a funny noise at the beginning.  This was taken on my cell phone so the sound must have gotten messed up....that noise isn't from Ruby (or me).

If you notice when I go to touch her how she kind of jumps at me and tries to poke me with her spikes?  Thats the start of her huffy state.  Since I backed off (actually I usually jump when she does this, it still startles me) she relaxes.  My hedgehog specialist, Tony, saw this and was surprised that she was approaching me at all.  So I'm hopeful that she's getting to know me.  Its really hard to tell.  

I now know why PetSmart is a dangerous place for pet owners.  I walked out of there today with a few items that I'm sure Ruby doesn't need.

After I got home from my trip to the cities I discovered what the worst thing about taking care of a hedgehog is going to be...cleaning out her wheel.  Apparently hedgehogs poop when they run on their wheels.  I don't know about you guys, but when i run I don't have the urge to poop and run through it.  But I guess thats just one more thing that separates us from animals.  I can tell the washing of the wheel will be an every other day occurrence, at least.  I'm sure this is probably TMI but if my sister can post pictures of her toenails falling off, I can write about this.

I think I'll leave it at that.  With that mental image of poopy wheels and toenails falling off.  

Aren't you glad you stopped in to see me today?   

Meet Ruby!

Surprise!  New addition to The Single Sister and her name is Ruby!

So I was meaning to write this post before I got a hedgehog.  But my impatience got to me when I realized it was going to be easier than I thought to obtain one of these cute guys for myself.  So I drove with my new friend Jamie over to Mankato today and adopted Ruby!  

A little bit of a back story:

So I'm sure most have you noticed the survey I had up a while back about this single girl getting a hedgehog.  The results were very across the board....pretty even between yes get one, worst idea ever, and I don't care.  And really, my mind was already set.  I just was curious how the world felt about hedgehogs.  I knew that for me it would be a great choice for a pet.  

I've been wanting an animal for a while but my obvious choices were limited.  

1. I'm allergic to cats.

2. I'm not home enough to have a dog, and I've never trained a dog before.  Dogs a huge responsibility.  Its like owning a house, not sure I want to do it all on my own.  And to be honest, they are kind of expensive...shots and vet visits every year?  And to top it off, I'm probably allergic to them too.

3. Fish.  Tried that.  3 times.  They died.

4. Mice, Rats, Gerbils, Guinea Pigs, Ferrets.  They all tend to have a certain oder to them.  And a certain creepyness.  Well except for the Ferrets, they just have extra oder.

5. Reptiles. Not cute.

So a while ago I stumbled across the cutest video of a hedgehog chewing on a carrot.  It. Was. The. Cutest. Thing. Ever.  I looked into hedgehogs as pets and discovered they are pretty low maintenance animals.  They don't need visits to the vet, don't need to be exercised, you just have to refresh their bedding every week.  They like to live on their own, but are very personable and like to come out and play.  And they eat cat food!  How easy is that? Perfect for this single girl!

One snag. I looked up breeders and their were only 2 in Minnesota.  I kind of put the idea on the back burner after I saw that.  But then I met my friend Tony who had a hedgehog and I actually got to play with one and see what they were like in person and I fell in love.  I contacted the breeders and they were both going to have babies ready to go home by the end of the summer.  Ok, I can wait.  Can't I?

Turns out, I didn't search hard enough.  Pet Expo in Mankato has hedgehogs for sale.  I found this out last night (Wednesday) and Jamie and I were on the search for a hedgehog right after work today (Thursday).  They had plenty to choose from.  And I picked out a female thats about a year old.

She's rather "huffy" toward me at the moment.  Check out the link to see a video of a hedgehog in their "huffy" state.  Its what they do right before they roll up in a ball.  This is normal after moving them to a new surrounding.  I'm supposed to give her time to adjust to everything (a day or so).  So I apologize for the lack of good pictures of Ruby.  This is the best I could get.  She's pretty camera shy.  But thinking of it, if you look at the "huffy" video, Ruby looks a lot like that hedgehog.  

(Her head is facing away from the camera)

And this is Ruby's home.

Complete with a green running wheel.

(apparently they can run a couple of miles every night)

And a purple igloo to hide in.

That picture makes the cage look rather small.  But its actually quite large.  I'm hoping to find a table to put the cage up on so she's not on the floor.  

So, in case you couldn't tell, I'm super excited about this.  

And yes, don't worry I have a hog-sitter lined up if I have to go away for a few days.  He lives right down the road, and he used to own his own hedgehogs.  So I've got all my bases covered. He's already answered a few strange questions.  Like, 'why does she keep biting the water bottle when she drinks?"  Turns out she was used to drinking out of a dish and not the bottle.  

But I realize that now I'm just rambling.  I'll stop the craziness here.  :o)