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Blonde Hair...
It was so much better being blonde!
It seems a new fad for quite some time now to embrace gray-and color for it.
Gorgeous!

But if you don't keep it up, gray coloring looks just as bad as letting your blonde go.

I would rather be a blonde.

Maybe we've been brainwashed to believe in the gray ?
I need to think this through.

Don't forget to keep yourself up, no matter the color of your hair.
Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!

Now, caregivers and past caregivers, go get your Spring into summer outfits, and stop bragging about how slovenly you can dress down. Dress up, to cheer yourself up, imo.
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Anxiety,

Our WW11 museum is phenomenal. If you can see it, please do.

Oh gosh, we are known for our jazz music. So many wonderful musicians here.

Not sure who is playing for the dates that you are going to be in Nola.

I will check a few listings to see who is playing, especially at Snug Harbor.

Snug Harbor is in the Marigny neighborhood which is next door to the quarter. You’ll be very close to all of the clubs on Frenchmen St.

Preservation Jazz is in the quarter and it’s a great place to go as well.

Start streaming wwoz.org

That’s our jazz and heritage radio station. You can see the music line up on their website.

Most of the DJ’s are musicians and they play a huge repertoire of music.

Our aquarium is nice too, if you’re looking to escape the heat!
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cw,

I haven’t tried using my husband’s grandma’s washboard. I have it hanging on the wall as a memento.

Good to know that it is functional for grass stains and socks!
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🎶Sun In plus sunlight, and you'll be blonder tonight🎶..... I used that stuff too NHWM.
And I not only have my grandmother's washboard, I used it too (it's great for grass stains on knees and scrubbing white socks).
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Anxiety,

Oh, it’s going to be hot, so bring sunscreen! We were talking to a couple of women from Michigan at the fest and they were dying in our heat!

We’re doing the second weekend this year for jazz festival. Always very hot! They do put the mister fans in the jazz tent which helps some.

My daughter is doing the first weekend, so we will be on dog sitting duty while she is at the fest.
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Way and cw,

My mom and grandma hung clothes on the line for years before getting a dryer.

I have an old washboard that my husband’s grandmother had.
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Went to French Quarter festival all day yesterday.

Looked at my phone afterwards at my friend’s house. Geeeeeeez, we walked over 12,000 steps!

Trying to be consistent with using sunscreen since my dermatologist has removed a precancerous spot recently. Wore a hat as well.

When I mentioned how foolish we used to be not wearing sunscreen, my dermatologist said that she wasn’t much smarter when she was younger because she tanning beds.

I was never interested in doing a tanning bed.

My daughters will get a spray tan occasionally. I have never done that either.

I remember putting lemon in our hair as teenagers before going into the sun. Or using sun in spray and it turned our hair orange! Hahaha…
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When I was young we had one of those free standing clothes lines. It was a metal pole in the ground supporting a square that had multiple lines stretched across the square frame.

When we were kids we had a swing set and would swing up high on the swings and try to touch the corner of the frame with our foot . My older siblings could do it . I never got to touch it with my foot while swinging , we got a clothes dryer and my Mom had Dad take down the apparatus , before I got tall enough to reach .
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We usually put the wash out on the line in winter even though we had a dryer, I think things would mostly freeze dry.... when I was little we had a wringer washer too. Our outhouse was decommissioned though and was repurposed as the dog house LOL.
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Still using my corner tub and love it. I never have taken to showers but I know the time will likely come when there is no alternative. Meanwhile, i enjoy my rose scented bubbles and bath salts. 🌹 🛁

On my mind today is the egg lady from my childhood. She had such a kind face and way about her. Which was in great contrast to my mother. Amazing how that little bit of contact made a difference to me.

She delivered eggs and sometimes brought us a loaf of homemade bread. Oh, it was good!!! The milkman, who drove a horse and cart, delivered bottles of milk with cream on top. In the winter the horse "droppings" froze and we used them for pucks playing street hockey in the back lane.

And the smell of the laundry in the winter...

"There was a time when laundry would go out on the clothes-line in the middle of winter even during snow. It would later come into the house "stiff as a board". The clothes were laid over chairs, drying racks and railings and the most refreshing clean air scent would fill the house as the pieces dried. 🧺"
From Tignish Talk
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A black shower bench? I never knew they come in anything but white🤔
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Barb: That's great! They're really helpful.
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I recently bought a lovely black rubber shower bench from Amazon before DH came home from the hospital. It's been a lifesaver!
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The other week I thought of a cheaper idea for a walk-in shower. We already have a shower off our master bedroom so I just bought a stand alone shower seat. And done! I don't need anything elaborate.
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Wonderful news, cw!
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cw: Good to hear!
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cw,

Happy to hear everything went well.

Yay! Finally got around to looking at the music schedule for Jazz Fest and bought tickets online just now. Ahead of the game this year!
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Glad to know everything went well, cwillie. Was watching for your update! Glad it's over.
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Hi, I'm home again! I was a little worried the prep wasn't as thorough as it should be because nausea kept me from drinking but everything went well, they said they removed a small polyp and will schedule me for a repeat performance in 2 years.
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Anxietynacy, I also have a husband who can just ramble away. Just keeps going and going. Now that we spend all our time together it can be a lot.

His gift of gab comes in handy right now. He comes with me to the NH everyday when I visit my parents. After my cursory hellos and listening abiut their latest issues I turn him loose to talk to them and he talks and doesn’t stop, just keeps going, it’s just a steady stream of small things. . He can make small talk so incredibly small. He keeps the conversation going with them. It’s truly a talent. 😂

My parents seem to enjoy his visits, probably more than mine.
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Way: Good grief - your MIL is more than a handful! I wish you luck.
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Where is our cwillie?
We need reassurance that all went well "in the end".
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No doctors in town here either. Though one clinic said they were hoping to bring in a new dr and to call once a month for a chance to get one. I have to go to the next town for one but haven't yet . There are pharmacies with a virtual dr. to renew prescriptions. That's my plan for now.
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Yeah, so many in Vancouver complain about drs shortage.
What’s going on?
I have dr who is also my husband’s dr and it takes two weeks to make appointment.
Very good doctor, his partner or cousin working with him is nurse practitioner, actually he is a doctor from Israel. And excellent one, compassionate, understanding, knowledgeable.
Why is he waiting years for his medical license is beyond my understanding, there is evident shortage of doctors.
All I hear is how they should speed things up.
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Need, my doctor is odd. LOL

I'm on the waiting list for a new doc. Family doctors are difficult to come by here in Vancouver where I live. A lot of people rely on the hospital emergency or walk-in clinics. So while I don't care for my doc I figure at least I have one. I used to have a great doctor but she retired early.
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Gershun,

That’s odd that your doctor wouldn’t send you to a gastroenterologist. My doctor is very thorough but if she questions anything she doesn’t hesitate to send me to see a specialist.

Also, once a person hits a certain age they don’t recommend doing a colonoscopy on them, so one should be done sooner. My younger brother had colon cancer. He kept pushing me to get a colonoscopy.

The procedure itself is nothing. The prep is the most uncomfortable part.

The easiest surgery that I have ever had was my cataract surgery. It was virtually painless and over in 15 minutes!
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cw, hoping for the all clear before and after . 😬. You do get a nice deep nap out of it and lose 5 lbs temporarily .
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cw: Good luck.
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I thought so Need. Where I live they won't send you for a colonoscopy unless you have a history of colon cancer in your immediate family. We don't have that but both my parents had cancer. My mom was a breast cancer survivor and my dad died of pancreatic cancer. I would think with that history if I wanted a colonoscopy, (not that one wants that) they would send me for one. But I was having gastro problems last year and my doc wouldn't even send me to a gastroenterologist.
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Gershun,

You are correct. My husband had three polyps removed and none of his were bleeding.
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