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Did you watch the eclipse Send?
It was rainy here but I wouldn't have been sky gazing in any case, I did that in my teens and IMO it was about as exciting as watching paint dry.
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Happening now:
Blood Moon
Total Lunar Eclipse
Live streaming Lunar Eclipse

Photos online.
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Becky: Sorry that you were in the hospital and glad that you're feeling better now.
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Got out of the hospital this afternoon after two nights. My blood sugar dropped too low and it was difficult to get regulated, but all better now. My endocrinologist started me on a new prefilled insulin. So far , so good and easy to inject. I've never had this kind of problem before. I guess another one of the joys of aging - system changes. He also recommend a new cannabis gummy for my diabetic neuropathy. My stepson is going to pick up for me tomorrow. We don't have a close by CBD store or pharmacy. They're not supposed by to interfere with dialysis. Always something.
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Fires. It has been so dry and, yes, the winds continue to blow just drying things out even more. Four fires today in one city appear to be contained. It is going to be a busy summer for fire fighters.
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golden: Prayers sent for your daughter.
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Golden, all good things for your daughter! She is in my thoughts.
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Prayers sent for all of you.

Tell DD she is going to be cancer free and have her life back before she knows it.
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Dd is going for her 5th chemo tomorrow. She is experiencing anxiety about all the cancer being destroyed. Prayer for success in all ways would be appreciated and for peace for her. It has been good for me to be at dd's. She says talking with me has helped her.

There is equipment in the back yard - finally. I am very thankful. My house will be back to normal soon. Yay!!!! 🚿 🚽 💦🛀 🧺
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Made a grocery run to restock on veggies and after school snacks (bananas, clementine tangerines, small fugi apples, and popcorn). The small fugi apples (which the 7 yo prefers because they are easier for him to hold) were 90 cents cheaper per pound than the large apples! Also got a few blueberries and strawberries just to spoil the kids. Fresh local tomatoes and SC peaches! Just love this time of year with the early produce and the local greenhouses selling plants!
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Strange night in this hotel last night. Person above was pacing/marching, loudly, nearly all night long. At one point a growl, just weird. I thought about calling front desk. I didn't, but someone must have. Checked the weather and.smoke levels outside and two police cars out there. It is also fairly quiet upstairs. In spite of all the noise, I was exhausted last night, I slept fairly well.I

Smoke in the air is awful from the New Mexico fires.
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Happy Mother's Day Llamalover!
Must feel nice to have your hair colored. So nice of your DD!
Thank you for your kind compliment. That photo was so many years ago.
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Send: You are beautiful and your son is handsome.
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Thank you Luckylu!
Happy Mother's Day to every kind of mother, young and old.

Dog and Cat Mothers too!

Pregnant Mothers too!

Mothers who are 365 days a year!
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DD came and colored my hair including card and gift much earlier today.
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God Bless your heart and Happy Mother's Day Send~
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This is my son..... 💖
Happy Mother's Day to everyone who is a mother, grandmother, aunt, niece, foster mom....
God Bless your heart!
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Every once in a while we have a news article on a snake handler in the hospital for a bite or even once in a great while a death. A few years ago we had a custody battle over a shared custodial father taking his children to the services that went to our supreme court over religious freedom vs child saftey. Since there weren't any recent incidents of the people watching the snake handling getting bit, I think the children were restrained from being with 25 ft (?) of the act if memory serves. Most of us don't think God calls on us to prove our Faith quite that much.
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Countrymouse, Appalachia refers to a region of the US. Mountains of eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia, eastern Tennessee. Mountain region. Fundamentalist church, very few congregations that practice snake handling. They bring poisonous snakes into the churches (usually copperheads) and handle them during worship. They believe that if they don't die from the snake bites it shows how faithful they are. They base this on a scripture that says to take up serpents and worship the Lord. Some snake handlers also drink small quantities of kerosene. I'm originally from West Virginia and I've seen some specials on PBS about these people.
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this is just to wish everyone good luck with all you have to do!! :) i hope you can relax. i wish you an awesome saturday!! :) (i'll disappear again from internet for a while).

over here where i live, seriously, we had snow 2 days ago. crazy. (it's not normal). as some of you know, i tried my best (altruistically of course, on behalf of our whole planet) to bring murphy (from murphy's law), to court. i think it's time he gets sued for the weird weather. anywayyyy, he had an excuse every day, why he failed to turn up in court (he was on a cruise, plane got delayed, etc., etc.). (i'm a lawyer in real life). he seems like a friendly chap, i have to say.

anywayyyy, luckily, today, I AM able to relax. my LOs are healthy, all is ok. calm. lucky.

i'm outside right now, beautiful sunshine, sitting in my terrace, drinking tea & doing sudoku (while i plan my next court case). watch out, murphy!...if i see a single raindrop...
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Gershun: I feel for you with insomnia. Thank you.
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On the road at 6.15 this morning, home in need of quick food and undemanding tv.

"Film: Them That Follow. Olivia Colman stars as an embittered, God-fearing Bible beater in this soapy but compelling portrait of a closeted community of Pentecostal snake handlers deep in the Appalachian mountains. (15, 2019)."

She stars as a *what* in a community of *what*, where???

Too tired to find out.
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I remember back when my Mom use to use a scented detergent [before non-scented was available] and then use a liquid softener of a different scent. Well, the clothes had a weird smell because of the mixer of both scents.

Oh how I miss Ivory Snow flakes for washing clothes. Everything smelled so fresh.
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Llama, insomnia kicks my butt too. I feel ya!
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Send: Thank you, but I am not really great - insomnia kicks my butt some nights, making for a catch up day when I do sleep.
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I'm allergic to dryer sheets and have to use unscented detergent. I get really itchy otherwise.

As for my hair. It's been horrendous lately. My bangs have a mind of their own now. I've developed a cowlick. Highlites don't take in my hair as well either. I guess it's age. Possibly covid? Who knows.
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Llamalover,
We can always count on you to tie up loose ends and graciously acknowledge everyone's post who has been overlooked that day. 💖

Thank you!
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Freqflyer,
When I changed shampoo to non-sulfates to protect my hair, I had the same oiliness in my hair. I used to use the clear, "clean" formulas, plus washing my hair 3 times with a different shampoo. I can't even use "light" hair conditioners anymore.

Maybe the dryer sheets are a factor, if you use them. But we use dryer balls, wool dryer balls-lol-they may have minor oils too?

The hairbrushes are all cleaned more often.

A mystery, if others have also experienced the increased oiliness in hair just behind the ears, let us know. Could this be just a getting older change? The only other difference in my hair is failure to use hair color. This oiliness is new.

I agree that dryer sheets, hair conditioners, fabric softeners are toxic. I think I remember someone posting who had Lyme disease having sensitivities to these things.

Just last night, I was looking up MCS-Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, what a coincidence!

What could it be?
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In regard to the dryer sheets, we found out our cat was allergic to them. She was licking all her fur off her stomach. I tried switching foods and other things she might be allergic to. When I stopped using the dryer sheets, the licking completely stopped and all her fur grew back. There are chemicals in those sheets.

Instead of fabric softener, I use the wool balls made for the dryer. They work great.
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BB, your 5 year old sounds very clever and comical.

I bet she made that techs day:-)
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