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BEen lurking long enough, time to introduce myself!
Comments (7)Welcome, Dena along with Kitiera. It is so nice to have new peoplw join out madness. Yes, we are absolutely mad, whacko, lonney for gardening. Sometimes I think we live in dirt and grow only when watered. Some of us grow when even neglected. You have every right to be proud of your children. Sounds like you were a major influence in their lives. One of our mottos around here is "Carpe Car Kete" Grab those car keys and go to where the plants and friends are. I am waiting an invitation from Treefrog, Marion, Kat and others when they do another garden party and they know in advance and it is on a Sat or Sun. Of course for me it would have to be in the fall, winter or early spring. Can't handle the heat. *roflmao* A word of caution = be careful around Lisa *hug* or she will have you growing all manner of edibles both fruits and veggies. She has corupted almost all of us. I had to tell my hubby that I do not know how that varigated lemon made it into my yard. He laughted and said, Lisa made you do it - I know. He does enjoy the benefits though. Once again, welcome and we hope to hear more from you. Linda...See MoreIt's been a long time since I dyed my hair.....
Comments (5)Here is an unfortunately true story from last winter.... February 4, 2003 Taxes are done and sent, we've our first break in sub-freezing temperatures in a month and life is good. Except I got bored, which is a dangerous thing. So I figured I'd blend a bit of grey hair away with a bit of light brown dye. Not so bad. So it wasn't all one color I figured I'd now add a bit of dark brown dye. Picture Mortica Adams black hair except flaming red where the grey was. Oh that'll never do! No time last night to fix it so off to the drug store this morning. I found a light brown dye with highlighter. Perfect I think, that'll save this blending different colors. If a few highlights are good more are better, and if 15 minutes of highlights are good 30 minutes would be better no doubt. So back to the net to check the news never looking in the mirror I spent a half hour cruising the net. Egads! It is not highlighter in a different color, it was peroxide! Now I have various shades of dark brown hair and large white bleach stripes through it all. Off to the drugstore in a baseball hair, hair still wet, I grabbed some plain brown dye. Now I have a fine head of bright red hair just like Laura Bush. I don't dare touch it again anytime soon I'm sure it'll all fall out if I do. I'll just have to find safer things to play with in the future. ---- After this was a trip to the hair dresser. She had gorgeous red hair and could not understand why I wanted to have brown hair. She frosted it with a medium brown which helped some. A few months later I had another hair dresser frost it with some dark brown. Now it is just my own growing back....See MoreBeen lurking long enough, time to let you all get to know me.
Comments (5)Hey Dena! I just popped over here to see wazzup and saw your post. Nice to meet you! Sounds like you are quite the creative one. I bet you are never afraid to try anything. Did the weddings stress you out, or are you one of people who THRIVE on it? I know you are so very proud of your kids. Thats quite an accomplishment. I reckon they had a good role model, eh?...See MoreHaven't been to the optometrist in quite a long time
Comments (15)"Hearing of women putting off their mammograms always hits home. My wife is alive but looks like a patchwork doll due to laziness/procrastinstion. That’s as close as I’ll get to my soap box today." Get back up on that soapbox. My mother died from metastasized breast cancer. She had found a lump in her left breast, and was frightened as to what it would mean, because her only sibling, her older sister, had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had a radical mastectomy. When my mother finally went to the doctor, he immediately ordered a surgical biopsy. Mama had to sign a surgical permission that stated that if the biopsy was malignant, she would immediately have a mastectomy without being brought out of the anesthesia. So, when she entered the operating room she had no idea what condition she'd be in when she came out. And this was back in the days when a radical mastectomy was really, really radical. And, yes, the frozen section was malignant and she had a radical. My younger sister put off her annual mammogram in 2020 because of the Covid pandemic, and when she had her mammogram last year (2021) they found cancer in her left breast. Luckily, she didn't have to have a radical because her margins were clear and the lymph nodes were clear. Please don't put off life-saving tests!...See More- 6 years ago
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