Thursday, October 11, 2007

Haircut

Before
After
Dominik at work.


David's cousin Pola found out that I wanted to get my haircut with someone that could speak English. So she told me to call this salon and talk to Ola cause she spoke English and I did. I made an appointment at 2PM and I got there on time. I went in and said as good as I could that I had a 2 o'clock with Ola. This one women who spoke a little English said Ola doesn't come in till 4. She said Ola is just the receptionist and doesn't cut hair! So she said Dominik could do it. Well I showed her what I needed and we got started. Then I told her I have a natural wave on top my head and the other lady came over and told her in Polish what to do. I was afraid it would turn out bad without proper communication but I felt brave because I needed a haircut. Well she used 2 different scissors, a trimmer and a thinning shears. Then she worked thru my hair cream then spray and finishing spray. The back of my hair looks better than it did when I had it done in Chicago. The front is different and I won't really know until I wash it and see how it drys. It cost about the same as in Chicago and I'm really glad I did it. Yes, I gambled and won and felt brave. In the name of vanity. Joan

Joan was really brave to have her hair cut without English being spoken but that is my wife Joan. She came to Poland for me and her courage inspires me. She is what makes my life possible.

As for our blog, you can see I have removed the advertisements. I don't think they belong on my site.

Even though this site is a day to day account of our activities, my purpose is to search for my ancestors. I think that after we have a car and can travel outside of Pozna艅, I will visit the different archives to find out more about my roots. My great grandfathers on both sides of my parents are my source of interest. They must have had brothers and sisters, and those relatives I want to find.


Davida kuzyna Pola dowiedzia艂 si臋, 偶e chcia艂em dosta膰 moje ostrzy偶enie z kim艣, kt贸ry m贸g艂by m贸wi膰 po angielsku. Tak ona powiedzia艂a, 偶ebym nazwa艂 ten salon i powiedzie膰 do powodu Oli ona m贸wi艂a po angielsku i zrobi艂em. Zrobi艂em um贸wiony termin przy 2PM i dosta艂em si臋 tam na czas. Wszed艂em i powiedzia艂em tak dobry jak m贸g艂bym, 偶e mia艂em 2 godzin臋 z Ol膮. To jedne kobiety, kt贸re powiedzia艂y ma艂a angielska powiedziana Ola nie wchodzi a偶 do 4. Ona powiedzia艂a, 偶e Ola jest w艂a艣nie recepcjonista i nie tnie w艂os贸w! Tak ona powiedzia艂a, 偶e Dominik m贸g艂by zrobi膰 to. Dobrze pokaza艂em j膮 co ja potrzebny i my ruszyli艣my si臋 do roboty. Wtedy powiedzia艂em jej mam naturaln膮 fal臋 na szczycie moja g艂owa i inna pani przyby艂a i powiedzia艂a jej po polsku co czyni膰. Obawia艂em si臋, 偶e to okaza艂oby si臋 z艂y bez w艂a艣ciwej komunikacji ale poczu艂em si臋 odwa偶ny poniewa偶 ja potrzebny ostrzy偶enie. Dobrze ona u偶ywa艂a 2 r贸偶nych no偶yc, trymera i cieniej膮cych no偶yc. Wtedy ona pracowa艂a przez moj膮 艣mietank臋 w艂os贸w wtedy rozpylacz i ko艅cz膮cy rozpylacz. Plecy moich w艂os贸w wygl膮daj膮 lepiej ni偶 to zrobi艂o kiedy kaza艂em to zrobiony w Chicago. Prz贸d jest r贸偶ny i naprawd臋 nie b臋d臋 wiedzie膰 a偶 b臋d臋 my膰 to i widz臋 jak to wysycha. To kosztowany o tym samo jak w Chicago i jestem naprawd臋 zadowolony zrobi艂em to. Tak, uprawia艂em hazard i wygra艂em i poczu艂em si臋 odwa偶ny. W imi臋 pr贸偶no艣膰. Joan

Joan by艂a naprawd臋 odwa偶na by mie膰 jej w艂osy uci臋te bez angielskiego bycia m贸wiona ale, kt贸re jest moja 偶ony Joan. Ona przyjecha艂a do Polski dla mnie i jej odwaga wdycha mnie. Ona jest co umo偶liwia moje 偶ycie.
Co do naszego blog, mo偶esz zobaczy膰, 偶e usun膮艂em og艂oszenia. Nie my艣l臋, 偶e oni nale偶膮 na moim miejscu.

Nawet gdyby to miejsce jest dzie艅 do dnia wyliczaj膮 si臋 naszej dzia艂alno艣ci, m贸j cel ma bada膰 dla moich przodk贸w. My艣l臋, 偶e gdy mamy samoch贸d i mo偶emy podr贸偶owa膰 na zewn膮trz Pozna艅, odwiedz臋 r贸偶ne archiwa by wynajdowa膰 wi臋cej o moich korzeniach. Moi wielcy dziadkowie na obu stronach moich rodzic贸w s膮 moje 藕r贸d艂o ciekawy. Oni musieli mie膰 braci i siostry, i ci krewni, kt贸rych chc臋 znale藕膰.