Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Bold is easy to see and read though. I use it now and then in emails....just never thought of it here I guess, or I'd have maybe done it here.
Jackie
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Teka: I was thinking about that brief bold use. FierceBluebird was a lovely person.
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I'm sorry to hear that, but what a beautiful thing to do. May she rest in peace. So many people do so very, very many of the little things that I know mean so much. Always a joy to hear about someone's kindness. I'm sure Bluebird appreciated it with her whole heart and soul.
Hugs,
Jackie
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Hi Jackie! You still there? I'll send you an email soon.... Been cleaning and organizing the closet, from Summer to Winter clothes.... Just working slow but sure.... So many trips back and forth.... I'm going to fix a chocolate coke.... !
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You know, I wrote my whole book in "script".... "A Rose and a Glass of Beer".... I thought it made it feel more personalized.... Oh well..... That was quite a few years ago.....
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Chevy - when will the cake be done? I'm hungry and chocolate is my fav. Oh well, guess it's too far to go just for dessert.
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Minus! You little scamp! I said Chocolate Coke, which I am having right now! Teka just knows me too well.... Ha!
Did Sassy really say that, or are you just making it jup....
I sometimes read something, and then don't remember.... my mind being the whiz that it is.....0 -
Maybe I'm the only one who finds reading print in italics more difficult than regular print? If that's the case, just ignore me, Chevy. Or ignore me anyway! Do what makes you happy.
Authors sometime use italics for dream sequences or for thoughts that are going on in a character's head. Bold print is very emphatic. It's like talking loud and pointing your finger at the person you're addressing. It is easy to read. And if a passage isn't easy for me to read, I just skim through it.
Tomorrow I face the decision TO COLOR OR NOT TO COLOR . My hair stylist may faint when I walk in with more than an inch of gray roots. Also I've given myself two haircuts during the summer, trimming top and sides. The back has grown out long. I'm really tempted to go with the gray but I suspect the hair on the back will be darker than the top and sides.
I saw a woman yesterday who had beautiful silver hair cut in a cute short style.
Any thoughts?
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Carole, if you think you look good with silver/gray hair, then DO it! I'm just so used to coloring my hair the same color since I was 21, that I wouldn't know who that was in the mirror! You can always go back to coloring, but ask your stylist! Look on the Internet and take a picture of the short hair-style you like!
Then take a picture and show us!
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Hmmm, Carole -- I think gray or a sort of white-silver can be fantastic. Maybe your stylist could offer some ideas about this. My SIL who went gray really young kept her hair colored....and it was in a sort of grayish-white sort of shade. Mainly to have a fairly consistent color. I think probably everyone grays somewhat slowly -- so no matter what you do you are going to have to have color.
I say go for whatever pleases you. One nice thing about coloring -- it adds great body to the hair. If I could grow my hair out long enough I think I'd try to find a "stylist" who really knew her stuff and then get a cut and color......I get perms now because there is body and I can usually manage to look ok even in really wet weather. I'm starting to go gray -- but there isn't enough to make me think color yet. But -- if I could end up with a style ( my mind just does not work that way on its own ) that I could live with on a fairly permanent basis -- I'd stop the perms and just go with a good cut and color.
I have no style -- no pizazz's -- sigh. I think I got spirituality instead which is fine too.
Jackie
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I'd love if my hair were like my grandfather's. He had beautiful thick, white hair. My hair is thick but he gray is dull. I don't know if my stylist even remembers what color my hair was!
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Mine is purple cause I haven't dyed it yet, but it is coming back to blond, got it cut and the chemo curl is coming out, so excited.....HEY PEEPS!!!
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thanks Teka whenever it is...last night it was 6am this morning and I woke up at 1130 this morning....going to take 2 ativian lets see what happens....thanks for caring0 -
My hair is still pretty dark, although it may not be in another year. Both my kids took after my husband and have lots and lots of gray. DD has been coloring hers so long she can't remember her real hair color. DS is letting his go gray, although he considered color when he was job hunting. DH has been snow white for a long time.
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You might remember the story of my daughter Stephanie and the loss 2 months ago of her 1 yr old kitty, Maxwell. He had a rare fatal disease called FIP that kills kittens but she was able to keep him alive for 7 months with experimental drugs and holistic feline treatments. Maxwell and his brother Kelvin were Stephanie's babies and losing one of them was awful. Kelvin has had a hard time adjusting to life without his brother and spends hours meowing while looking for him all over the house. It was breaking Stephanie's heart all over again. Yesterday she found a new little brother for him. Franklin is an adorable two month old gray and white baby with a pink nose. So far, so good. Kelvin even played with him a little but mostly watches and follows Franklin around.
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I yay love that
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Oh they are so beautiful! Things (especially the kitty) are looking up!
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I love that too! Sooooo sweet... I just hate to hear of things that hurt our pets hearts.... Big Boy will come around!
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Honor, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Choice,
Vision, Action, Celebration, Unity -
The Values of an Inspired Life.
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Ah, a little adjustment and all should be well. I am glad for both kits. The picture of Kelvin looking down on Franklin is really neat. The smaller a new kitty is sometimes, the easier the adjustment -- just a general thing though. The older, bigger kitty - even if a male seems to feel the "little" one needs mothering/caring for to some degree and they are less apt to get tough with pecking order issues. So glad for Stephanie too.
Jackie
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Beautiful dark cat and adorable young one! Nothing cuter than a kitten or puppy.
Thanks for all the input on the hair color issue. It boils down to the fact that some gray hair is attractive and some is not. When I post again I will either be "re-colored" or "going gray."
Happy Thursday.
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I agree, the italics is a little harder to read.
a video of beautiful photos and an awesome message, An Interview with God. http://vimeo.com/8898059
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Sweet kitty brothers.
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Puffin, loved " The Interview" and found it oh so true. Glad you shared.....beautiful pictures too.
Jackie
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Back home with a very short hair "do" and no color on the roots. The plan is to grow the gray (ha! a rhyme!) and see how it looks. If I don't like it, we'll go back to color. My stylist thinks it may look good and that the transition may be easy. I'll need another couple of cuts to get all the colored hair off. I was so happy she guided me to this decision. All she would have to say was "Yuk" and I would have gone with the color and she would have made more $$ today.
It's mid 80's here today and still uncomfortably humid. I am SO ready for cool fall air. Then I'll get some yard work done and the outsides of my windows cleaned.
Meanwhile I'm doing indoor chores this afternoon.
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Home again from work --- didn't have much time this morning. Don't go back to work until Sunday either. I'm glad you are going to try "gray" Carol. Most of the people I know ( some may actually help how it looks with a gray/silver color applied ) look really good. Then I also think you may have to think about tray eyebrow pencil and possibly some lighter or just one shade darker of make-up. Now I can't recall what my friends did.
We are damp here --- hasn't actually rained anymore, but I think it can and will at some point.
All my bills are paid and I'm now officially broke again, but it never feels that bad if I don't "OWE". I have lots to do, but I'm being rather lazy. I let laundry go a few extra days so some real catching up in that department.
Jackie
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Loved the video and will share it with several people.
Carole, I envy you for being able to let your hair be its natural color. I am sure it will look great. Growing older with red hair is not very attractive, it first turns pink ( great if I wanted to be punk) and then I look like a ghost with no contrast between skin and hair so I pay my $$$ each month to look alive.
The new kitten is so cute, wish they didn't make me sneeze.
Jackie, I agree with you about having bills paid. I love on line banking because I can schedule the bill to be paid, file it and not worry about it again.
I just reached the maximum for my out of pocket medical expenses so I should have a few less bills each month. I am also in the donut hole for Medicare D so I pay for all my meds now but the generics are at some huge discount. I picked up a prescription yesterday that cost 57 cents. Wonder who gets all the money when you have to pay full price.
We have had rain, 8 out of 9 days. The weather forgot that this is Indiana and not Seattle.
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Hi all,
Night owl here...late start for work tomorrow. It took me a long time to catch up - you are all very prolific writers. And warm welcome to the new ladies here.
About who can join the thread, Jackie said it well. What I love about this thread is that someone who is going through a tough time can share that; but we talk about "normal" things mostly-- not just BC. And of course, there have been some hilarious posts in the past few weeks! We all need a smile, but we are also ready with big hugs for those who need them.
Sandra, I'm glad to hear you are recovering. The kitty pix are precious.
I hope to keep up here as I do love this thread. I am an "older woman" - 65 - and work is getting to be more and more of a challenge.
This week end DD is coming from Boston area with my precious granddaughters. It has been a year since they moved away...5 hour drive now. I have seen them many times but I miss so much now. So, we are going pumpkin picking at the farms on the North Fork of Long Island. It will be quite busy but that is part of the fun.
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So happy 4 u take pix
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