Thank you, dear Ms Ruby
Good morning Groot.
Happy Friday everyone... and forget Valentine’s Day. This family doesn’t believe in such a “holiday“... especially when we will be trapped in 15+ inches of snow!
Anyways, weather is getting colder and more fridged... and my allergies are hating me! Ugh.. stupid sinus headache
I remember getting my hair cut in a neighborhood salon quite a few years ago (a rarity for me) and I asked for a purple streak... my very first one. I used to put a purple vegetable based dye gel in my air over night about 20 years ago, but my hair still had color then so the purple was hard to see, as it did not take to my already pigmented hair very well. Since then, though, and for many years, my hair has lost a lot of color, volume, and body... so vegetable dyes work much better now (I have never bleached my hair). Bleaching is how people get that really vibrant color, but it does not usually last long, and is very high maintenance if you want to keep it up. Any ways, that first salon streak? Oh, my dear Ms Ruby, I cannot tell you how happy it made me. It seemed such a small thing and almost a silly rather frivolous thing to make one happy, but it really lifted my spirits for quite some time
Now I dye parts of my hair but only occasionally... I will do the underside of the back, so the mostly colorless hair hanging over it creates a bit of contrast. I buy various shades of purple and magenta and mix them together or separately mix and match LOL quite like my cooking and baking, not following any recipe LOL so never know the final outcome ahead of time nor able to duplicate it hee hee, but it's all good! 
The first post in SYM of the new year of 2017 was made by wwjd_kilden...
She deleted her account some time ago...
I cannot say much more than that, partially because *gossip*
Multilingual Messenger, Tommy, Socreta93, and Amazing Grace were posting at the end of '16 into '17 along with Blue Lady Bug and Decon... BLB has sojourned to twitter but keeps us updated on her progress there, and Decon, the OP of the longest running thread (Not By Works) with the most posts ever (approaching 150,000 posts, currently with 149,954 posts on page 7,498) was banned a while back... Tommy has disappeared, Socreta sill posts, and AG is now a guest, also. Dan 473 was around then, too, and I think see him occasionally in the BDF? There were others present who are now guests, also, including jennymae, who may be back with a similar user name, though I am not absolutely certain of that, so please don't quote me on it LOL. Demi777 is still around also, though seemingly not as active.
Apparently around the first few days of 2017, it snowed here quite a bit, whereas this winter, we have had none at sea level this side of the mountains, though a bit of frost, and lots of fresh snow on the mountain tops, which look very pretty in early morning pink light. I posted this around that time... you may find it funny
We have some pretty steep streets coming straight up from the ocean... and in winter some of them get barricaded because they are just too dangerously slippery to try going up or down... but I have seen people decide to navigate a hill where two cars are already in a smash up at the bottom... and sure enough, the third car fails to navigate the slippery street properly and simply smashes into the two cars that are already smashed up... it is one of those moments where one really shakes their head LOL
Laura Charlotte was also posting in SYM in early 2017... not sure where she has goneLaurenTM was also here, then, and is now a guest, though may or may not have repeatedly created new profiles, had them deleted eventually, only to join again under a new user name... like maybe six times LOL. EarnestQ has also gone awol
Kodiak! Oh, yes, awww, last posted just over a year ago...
Granndpa visits from time to time. He had this to say early 2017:
He also said, "I just pop in every thousand pages or so... lol" LOL
Blain also pops in from time to time, and is a fairly active member still. He can always use your prayers.
JustWhoIAm and WineRose were also present... though I have no idea where they are now
If anyone would like to pick up where I left off? You will have to go back to page 3090 of this thread
The first post in SYM of the new year of 2017 was made by wwjd_kilden...
She deleted her account some time ago...
I cannot say much more than that, partially because *gossip*
Multilingual Messenger, Tommy, Socreta93, and Amazing Grace were posting at the end of '16 into '17 along with Blue Lady Bug and Decon... BLB has sojourned to twitter but keeps us updated on her progress there, and Decon, the OP of the longest running thread (Not By Works) with the most posts ever (approaching 150,000 posts, currently with 149,954 posts on page 7,498) was banned a while back... Tommy has disappeared, Socreta sill posts, and AG is now a guest, also. Dan 473 was around then, too, and I think see him occasionally in the BDF? There were others present who are now guests, also, including jennymae, who may be back with a similar user name, though I am not absolutely certain of that, so please don't quote me on it LOL. Demi777 is still around also, though seemingly not as active.
Apparently around the first few days of 2017, it snowed here quite a bit, whereas this winter, we have had none at sea level this side of the mountains, though a bit of frost, and lots of fresh snow on the mountain tops, which look very pretty in early morning pink light. I posted this around that time... you may find it funny
We have some pretty steep streets coming straight up from the ocean... and in winter some of them get barricaded because they are just too dangerously slippery to try going up or down... but I have seen people decide to navigate a hill where two cars are already in a smash up at the bottom... and sure enough, the third car fails to navigate the slippery street properly and simply smashes into the two cars that are already smashed up... it is one of those moments where one really shakes their head LOL
Laura Charlotte was also posting in SYM in early 2017... not sure where she has gone
Granndpa visits from time to time. He had this to say early 2017:
He also said, "I just pop in every thousand pages or so... lol" LOL
Blain also pops in from time to time, and is a fairly active member still. He can always use your prayers.
JustWhoIAm and WineRose were also present... though I have no idea where they are now
If anyone would like to pick up where I left off? You will have to go back to page 3090 of this thread
Heh, you are welcomeThank you.
I interacted with some, knew of the others and heard of all that you mentioned.
I appreciate you taking the time to write that out, Maggie.
(Apparently I appreciated it so much it quoted your note twice?)
There were others posting as well, also: I did not
You poor bit’lil thing. You need to confront your hubs, lay down the law and get him to fix all that snow away.
Cause you know...
When mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy...
Yea... no. Lol after the first 2 years I’ve given up hope about that. Besides he didnt have The best role models to show love and appreciation
Don’t make no matter, though lol.
Ain’t none of us have lol. Being raised in a Baptist home such awful stuff like love and appreciation could easily been seen as charismatic behavior.
I love your new avatar btw. Real classy.
It's hard to believe that my wife and I are 55. We have known each other since we were 17 years old.
We had snow overnight... I awoke to a winter wonderlandHey, looks like warmer weather is finally heading towards my neck of the woods by the end of next week!
Coffee?
Thank ya dear! Audrey Hepburn was a very classy lady. And I am a very classy lady... when I wanna be lol
Bring on the coffee!We had snow overnight... I awoke to a winter wonderland
Good morning, friends
