Re: I'm exhausted

Have it braided in cornrows with beads on the ends and everyone will wonder
when you had time to go on vacation ; }
----- Original Message -----
From: <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] I'm exhausted


> Andrea,
> once you start coloring your hair for awhile, the hair gets chemically
> altered. When you change to another color or a different brand, or any
> other sort of change, you are putting a chemical on a chemical, not a
> chemical on virgin hair. Consequently you don't get the color the box
> shows. Some of the strange results I've gotten have been pretty awful,
> but usually livable. The detergent will help get some of the color out,
> but it will also be chemically hard on your hair. What you might want to
> do is get a color stripper so you can then put a color on after
> stripping that won't be combining with other elements already in your
> hair.
>
> --
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone5
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
> > This is definitely a monday. Gracie is sleeping peacefully at the
moment. I
> > just got out of the shower. I colored my hair last
> > night................they've discontinued my old favorite, which is red,
as
> > in orange red. I tried a new one. My hair is maroon. All of it. I just
> > washed it 5 times, twice with laundry detergent to try and get some of
this
> > out. It's still maroon. Sigh. I know it will fade (probably to pink and
> > I'll look like an Easter egg) and grow out, but for the love of God.
> > Maroon? That was NOT what the box had on it. I look like an idiot. I
wore a
> > baseball cap to the vet this morning after I looked in the mirror and
> > gasped in horror. LOL!
> >
> > Andrea H
> > Beaufort, SC
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Zemuly Sanders
> > > To:
> > > Date: 7/11/2005 11:29:42 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] I'm exhausted
> > >
> > > Good grief, Andrea, that is awful! I'm so sorry for Gracie -- and you,
> > too.
> > > I recently heard of a man who was charged several thousand dollars for
> > > copperhead anti-venom. I, knock wood, am just about the only person in
> > town
> > > who has not had a problem with snakes, and I believe it's because of
all
> > > these cats. They seem to keep just about everything under control.
Hope
> > > Gracie gets back to normal very soon.
> > > zem
> > > zone 7
> > > West TN
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "A A HODGES"
> > > To: "gardenchat"
> > > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:33 AM
> > > Subject: [CHAT] I'm exhausted
> > >
> > >
> > > > and it's only 10:30 in the morning. Was out drinking my coffee on
the
> > > > porch this morning and two of the dogs started raising a ruckus
behind
> > > > the house. Saw my Lab, Gracie jump backward and shake her head and
> > > > though Oh Sh--, it's a snake. It was, she got it in the nose three
> > > > times. Copperhead. I've spent the morning at the vet with her. Raced
to
> > > > another vet to get antivenom as mine was out due to this being his
third
> > > > dog/snake bite in less than a week. Fortunately, I had just given
her
> > > > benadryl for breakfast for allergies. So, he pumped her full of
> > > > steroids, more benadryl, antivenom, antibiotics, and fluid. I've got
to
> > > > take her back this afternoon for another round of fluid. She's
resting
> > > > in her crate right now.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting ready to go clean all the crap out from around the back
of
> > > > the house. Pots, shelving, etc and mow down some of the more
prolific
> > > > jungle in which they can hide. By the time I got the dogs into the
house
> > > > and went back out with shovel in hand it had disappeared, of course.
> > > > Normally, I don't go after things with a shovel, but I would have
killed
> > > > it had I been able to find it. I am now probably about $600 poorer,
the
> > > > antivenom alone was $300. Ouch. Poor Gracie looks like a Labrador
> > > > balloon.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I swear I'm going to move someday. The heat, bugs, expense of living
on
> > > > the coast, and now the local wildlife are making me crazy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Andrea H
> > > > Beaufort, SC
> > > >
> > >
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