It's a great day at Ethos

Between trying to finish up the last touches on Ethos SalonSpa & Barber, managing a growing team of 20 (and would still like a few more stylists/Barbers) and at this point sleepless nights (8weeks until this babe arrives) time just seems to slip away. Hence the silent blog.

I have a great story about the loyalty of one of our clients from last week.
Now,  this is not the first time that this has happened and we are truly grateful to have guests like Cheryl and Irwin who care so much about our business that they stand up for us, when we are too busy to notice. The story goes something like this:

This past Saturday we were slammed.  It was the afternoon and Brooke and I had just switched shifts.  Daniel had come up to help a lady with home care while Brooke was busy filling the day with appointments.  Needless to say, the lady Daniel was helping thought she would help herself to what Daniel recommended the second he left her side.

Our guest Irwin was waiting patiently for his haircut with Priscilla, observed this lady putting the product in her bag, walked up to her, confronted her about her actions and brought her back into Ethos as she attempted walk out the door with about $120 worth of Aveda products.

Long story short, security held her in the mall until the police showed up and this 17 year old girl now has a court date for shoplifting.

Irwin left with a free haircut and was our hero for the day.

It is moments like these that I realize how much our guests value Ethos and would interject themselves into an unknown situation to do what's best for our business.

Thank you Irwin and all the others who would do the same!  

Try and keep up!

Life feels like it has been going at warp speed lately.
Salon Renovations are full steam ahead working with NorthRidge Renovations choosing fixtures, finishes, cabinetry and dye for the cement floors.
The best part..... Is our family and team get to build Ethos Barber!  Leather, wood, scotch and straight razors!!  I can not wait.
 Ethos Annual friends and family event is November 23rd, it will be nice to have everyone in one room!

On a personal note, we are getting excited to take Charlotte to DisneyWorld and NYC.  I am not certain which surprise she will love more and i cant wait to see those baby blues light up when we tell her!

Travelling to Uganda

It was a serious two days of travel time to get to Kampala. Departed at 6 am for Calgary, caught my flight to Montreal;where I met most of the other "water wizards" (who were to be incredible companions for the next 10 days), Montreal to Amsterdam overnight flight, Amsterdam to Entebbe, bus from Entebbe to Kampala to arrive at 11:30 pm Uganda time. We were tired but not too tired to hit the lounge in the Speke hotel for a nightcap and some introductions. When I finally got to my room it was nearing 2 am and my companion on the boulevard was doing its best to keep me awake.

Walking the Water talk

I will first start off my story with a review of the boots I bought for the journey to Uganda. I bought them from Swank, a local downtown shoe store in Saskatoon. Frye boots (http://www.thefryecompany.com) ...$500... all of my tips, Christmas Money, Birthday money and then some. Yet, so worth every single penny!

I bought them 3 weeks before my departure and wore them at least a little every day until I wore them for 12 days straight.

Just so happened I had a guest come in the salon before I departed, who has had the same pair for 3 years, they looked so great broken in, a reaffirmed splurge!

They are the perfect boot for any adventure....easily taken off at 5 different airports, sand, mud, cement, the shower, the slums, several very unsanitary latrines, a 6 km walk around a volcanic crater, a swept red sand pathway to a rural home, to the shores of both Lake Mburo & Lake Victoria!

The perfect boot for my walk the talk Watercan journey to Uganda! I will definitely be wearing them for the 2012 Walk for Water on April 22 2012 in Saskatoon

The Crystal Chandelier

There it was....The Crystal Chandelier

Has it really been that long since I wrote in this blog...wow Summer just flew by!!

The kitchen is almost complete and I will post pictures as soon as the finishing touches are done!!

I wanted to share my first DIY project. I have been reading many blogs lately of some very inspirational women! The one I am currently addicted to is House of Smith's

So I took this on for the sake of making our house, that we have lived in for 3 years, a beautiful family home.....finally!

It really only took a few hours from it's purchase from Habitat for Humanity($100) to completed( two coats of black lacquer spray paint $5.99 and a lot of disassembling and reassembling)and it is now gracing my dining room with it's sparkling glamour! I can't stop looking at it and Charlotte can not stop turning it on and saying "I love it mommy" She is a girly girl!!

I think my husband , who was very apprehensive about the purchase, is secretly loving it too!!

So here it is!