Jan. 26
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I slept a whole 7 hours last night, awoke hot and had to get up. I lurched down the hall and stabbed the wall with a thumb nail. I wonder what damage I did. My nails are lethal weapons, especially my thumbnails. If anyone ever attacks me, I will leave him permanently scarred, maybe bleeding to death.
At the grocery store I did not even slow my cart as I grabbed a bag of Quaker Chocolate Rice Cakes. Yesterday, I had two left of fourteen. I wanted to eat them, but neither Tommy nor I could find them. When I came into living room and sat down, the bag was sitting next to the remotes. I ate them. But, when Tommy awakes, I will say I have not seen them. That will send him on a chase. I won't make him look, not that mean. There was a time about 40 years ago that I ate rice cakes all the time, but they did not have chocolate.
4:15 and everything melted down. Tommy will never be near me with color and my hair. Now, I cannot put it on like they do in a shop, but it works, so don't tell me how a shop does it or I should do it. I take the bottle of color with the little tip and use the tip to get it on hair in close rows in some places. Then, I use a toothbrush to sort of poke it down along the lines so color it to roots.
He started at the front like I told him, then sort of swirled the toothbrush until I had a rat's nest on top of my head back to crown. He did this over a dozen times. Yes, I screamed at him lots. One time, he cut my hair off four inches too short. I only wanted length off. Years later, he said he did that to get out of doing it again. Nope, didn't work.
I told him he pays for hair color for me at shop. He agreed by saying nothing...lol. I really hate it when people do things wrong to get out of doing it again. I just refuse to do whatever it is! There was more color smeared and dropped than ever before. At my house I have colored my hair without ever getting a drop on anything. I colored my hair at daughter's house and spilled not one drop. She would have told me if I had anything spilled or dripped. Now, I have to do it sitting in my recliner.
This is something I have never paid to be done. People have said it looks great. Now, I cannot get arms up for so long. I will remedy this problem. Plus, I have to sit in lift chair because I cannot stand too long.
OT story. She came in smiling saying she could smell marijuana in our front yard. We wonder who was smoking so that it wafted into our yard. She said it was strong. So now we wonder who it could be.
After all the talk of egg shortage, I finally asked Tommy how many eggs we have. We have 13. So, there is no catastrophe about to happen when we run out of eggs. Tomorrow, we will buy more at some price.
I may go to the store and get a garland for the Christmas tree to make it a Valentine tree. It only had red balls on it this year, so it will work fine. I will figure out something for St. Patrick's Day and Easter. The red makes it work for patriotic holidays. I won't use the multicolor lights that are on it.
Have you ever had a Valentine tree using your Christmas tree?
Do you put color on your own hair or go to a stylist. Problems with either?
Do you eat or like rice cakes?
Are your nails lethal?
I have colored and cut my own hair for at least 25 years.
ReplyDeleteMy neighbor smokes pot (she is older not a teen), and some days you could probably stand outside and get a contact high. She thinks no one knows! LOL
Cheryl,
DeleteI have colored my own hair for at least 35 years, only cut it myself since pandemic. I have older neighbors, just one family with teens. So, we consider all to be smokers. That is funny that you all know.
I don’t really decorate for Valentine’s Day, but I do have a patchwork heart quilt I made which replaces my Christmas quilt. When the kids were much younger, I would cut seasonal images out of my Cricut and put them on the cabinet door over the built in desk in our kitchen. I don’t do that anymore!
ReplyDeleteI never really colored my hair at all, but when I did, I did it myself, to get out the red highlights the sun caused. I hadn’t gone to a stylist in decades until recently, at the urging of my daughter. The stylist did a color rinse which made my hair glossy. As pleased as I was with the effect, I won’t be back. I am too impatient to put up with sitting in the chair for that length of time.
Same with my nails…I had to keep fairly short for work, and the style continued. My short nails work well for all my hobbies. I have had a few French manicures over the years which I like, but getting a manicure also requires me to stay put for too long. As far as being lethal, I have never deliberately scratched anybody and can’t imagine doing so. But I have been on either side of a kick line nail mishap. No fun!
I have never, ever decorated for Valentine, but I have a tree with red balls, so I am going for it.
DeleteI hate sitting in the chair. I hate the smells. I have allergies.
Deliberately scratching anyone is not what I meant. I was talking about defending myself if I were attacked! My hands always hurt when nails are involved. Woman always squeezed and twisted my fingers.
Hi Linda! Chocolate Rice Cakes sound SO good!!! I used to be addicted to the caramel rice cakes...
ReplyDeleteAs for the car at the top of my blog, we saw that on our last day in Ireland. Someone had had a BAD experience the night before. not me. But it fit my theme, kind of.
McVal,
DeleteI never saw caramel rice cakes. I will look for those, too.
It is good to know you were not involved in that wreck. I have always wondered. Thanks.
I used to color my hair myself. Haven't fooled with it years. I don't mind the gray hair that is creepy in. I like the Cheddar cheese flavored rice cakes. My nails are short, no lethal weapons here lol
ReplyDeleteNana10,
DeleteI have never seen Cheddar cheese rice cakes. I will have to look for those. My nails are not so long, just hard as so to be dangerous.
I buy the Fit and Active brand at Aldi. They are smaller than a regular rice cake. Publix should have something similar, Cheddar Rice Crisps
DeleteNana10,
DeleteThanks. I will look.
You put a hole in drywall with a fingernail? Dang! I can only wish my nails were that strong! Tommy better watch his step because you could eviscerate him in one slash...
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of a Valentine's Christmas tree. And as you said, you've already got all-red decorations, so why not? Instead of red garland, I might try hanging paper red hearts--you know, to bring home that Valentine's theme. Sadly, I think you're going to have a tough time making red ornaments work for St. Paddy's and Easter...
I have never, ever colored my own hair. I have had it professionally done for decades. It's one of the many girl skills I don't have. I don't even do my own nails because it looks like a two-year-old on crack has painted them. SO not kidding!
Not to yuck everyone's yums, but to me rice cakes taste terrible. Even the flavored ones do not have enough flavor to make them palatable. I may as well eat a sheet of styrofoam.
Only 13 eggs in the fridge would constitute a national emergency in this house. I usually stockpile at least 8 dozen. For only four people, we go through eggs super fast in this house.
He has been warned...lol.
ReplyDeleteThe garland does have hearts. It is very pretty. Hopefully, I will find someone to take them and tree down before St Patrick's Day.
I have always colored my own hair except once this spring and once when I first started. The friend who offered managed to ruin my floor in the kitchen and did not even care. I think she did it on purpose. She was a beautician who could do better.
Eight dozen is a lot. I suppose I can see that.
Yes I have decorated the Christmas tree for Valentine's day. As a mater of fact I came across a large bag of Valentine decorations just a few says ago in a rarely opened cupboard in the secretary. I have several sets of red felt hearts that I used along with some crocheted hearts.
ReplyDeleteI do eat rice cakes. I buy them at Aldi. I purchase Lightly salted rice cakes and eat them spread with crunchy peanut butter.
When my hair was short I colored it purple at home. Since covid I've allowed it to grow out. I hadn't been trying to cover gray. I did it just for fun. I had hoped that I would have my Daddy's silver hair......Instead I got wiry, fly away fuzz that makes my head look like a dandelion unless I use the straightening tool. I lost a lot of hair while I was caring for John. Thankfully most has grown back.