And so it went – If you read my earlier post, you know I was anticipating my first professional haircut since the lockdown this past week. You asked for a picture. Well, forgetaboutit! Ain’t gonna happen. The cut was shorter than expected and overall not a good look. Short, flat and straight doesn’t work for me. It’s like a blonde skullcap. The good news is that hair grows and my hair grows faster in the summer.
The perfect excuse – Does everyone blame EVERYTHING on covid-19? People put their common sense in the attic when this started and locked the door! Some things are because of the virus but many are made up. I thanked my dentist. I had to go this week. He didn’t have any silly rules like sit in your 100+ degree car. Call when you get there and end up in a queue. He’s booking so everything is on schedule and there are never more than 1 or 2 people in his waiting room. They take temperatures and wear moon suits. I felt very safe. It can be done folks!
The bounty overflows – All the fruits and vegetables are coming in. This is the time of year I can live without meat. A wonderful tomato sandwich or some fresh corn hits the spot just fine.
It’s only a random 3 this week. I’m blaming it on the virus.
I had a bad haircut myself in May when they started opening things up in Vancouver, BC. Oh i was terribly disappointed! So, I finally found a better hairstylist named Natalia! She not only made me feel great, but the haircut really suits me.💜My hair grows like a weed. Regarding the virus, I do my best to follow the guidelines set out by Doctor Bonnie Henry, but I also don’t go overboard either. 😄 I can’t wait for fall! I sooo want to do some canning again!!
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My stylist has usually given me good cuts. She cut it a little too short and I suspect she was rushed. They have to completely sanitize their station between clients. There are less stylists working at a time so overall, their income has dropped considerably.
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that’s the way it is here too.
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It is veggie season – too hot for meat and just right for stir fry or chilled watermelon. Fresh tomatoes taste perfect right now.
We used to sit on my parents’ back porch and shell peas for the freezer about this time of year. Oddly relaxing ( and the peas all tasted good that night)
The dentist visit sounds encouraging; the hair cut, not so. The Twiggy cut was never very attractive except on her (personal experience in high school – sob)
My favorite picture is “legs out” – seems to be a popular summer cat pose
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Watermelon yes. Even though we are only 2 people and my husband rarely eats it, I can go through a whole one in a week. It just slides down.
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We’ve found some “personal sized” ones. Half one day, the finish it off the texted. Ice cold. Ahhh, summer
(Pond looks great by the way)
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Thanks! I would finish off a personal one in a day!
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I haven’t had a haircut since February and I’ve definitely transitioned into the freaky-looking stage. With all our heat and humidity, my hair is an unflattering and uncontrolled frizz 😱
I was supposed to get a cut this week but my hairdresser of the past 20 years fell the night before my appointment and broke both her shoulder and wrist. Now I’m paralyzed with indecision. Trusting someone new is going to be a tough one.
I’m hoping that if I suddenly decide to buzz all my hair off, my husband will intervene.
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Sounds like karma was saying “don’t get the haircut!” Just remember it grows and right now no one really sees it.
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That’s exactly what the little voice in my head is saying too. Perhaps I should pay attention.
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No Wednesday post – hope all is okay?
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My husband had a cataract surgery today and there were a few other things going on this week. Maybe tomorrow. Thanks for checking!
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You’re welcome Kate. I thought it was odd and hoped nothing was amiss. My friend Ann Marie had cataract surgery at age 76 and was online that night and driving the next day. Hope Dan’s recovery is as smooth.
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It’s smooth but he can’t drive for 2 days and his eyes are blurry for close up reading. He is on his computer now so somehow he’s doing ok. For the last eye it took about 4 days for his blurriness to clear. He is 77.
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Hope 11 hours later, things continue to improve. They’ve likely perfected things since the last eye he had done. My boss needs cataract surgery and has said he’ll do it in the Fall as he didn’t want to wreck his Summer and the eye doc said it could wait.
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Tomato sandwiches! Blast from the past. My Mom used to make them for me. My brother did not like tomatoes so he got lettuce sandwiches. Makes my mouth water…white bread, mayo and tomatoes! Yum!
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Another person in the mayo camp!
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Fresh corn with buttah!
We see the dentist for a cleaning this week. I debated and decided to go. They are super careful and take many precautions. It will be interesting. I also have a haircut, my third since the lock down and I am not as sure about it as I was before the cases in Florida went crazy.
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My thought was that it was better to go now than later in the year when it may rear it’s ugly head again. I will continue to trim my own hair for now. That’s not unusual. I normally only get a professional haircut 2 or 3 times a year. “They” always cut them shorter than i want.
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Sorry to hear the hair cut didn’t turn out like you hoped, but you’re right it grows back. At least you were brave and went for one. I haven’t been yet. I’ve done 2 do-it-yourself cuts at home so far. Social distancing helps these hair cuts, and we don’t do much visiting anymore anyway.
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I’m not out and about so it will grow out enough in two weeks that I will be happy. If I worked, it would have been more traumatic.
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Yes, it does depend on what’s going on in your life. In not long you’ll have to decide if you’re brave enough to try another cut.
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Won’t be for at least 6 months so I’ll worry then.
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Three is just like five when it is summertime. ‘Tis a mathematical fact. I know what you mean about this blaming Covid-19 for everything. Get a grip people. You remind me that we’ve had no corn on the cob yet this summer. Must get some.
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I like the way you think. With all the lock down stuff, my “world” experiences are limited. To get to 5 I would have had to rehash old stuff and that’s boring. I’m hoping we’ll have great news for next weekend.
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Yes, a tomato sandwich. But I have to include some mayo. Haven’t had that in a while. Should correct that today..:)
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Some people are mayo and some are butter. Doesn’t matter. Still great!
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Sorry about the stylist problems, but glad the dentist visit went well, anyway! I agree about the fresh veggies in summer 🙂 Corn on the cob, tomato sandwiches or just cut up with salt on them….. Now I’m hungry!
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I know what you mean. There is too much good veggies in the summer and the fruit too.
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Years ago a friend of the family, (who actually worked as a hairdresser), offered to give me a perm for senior year in high school It ended up being extra curly on one side, poker straight on the other side. That was 1973 when everyone wore their hair long and parted in the middle with just a hint of curl. I had to use two different size of rollers to style it. It was a real debacle. I went to the eye doctor on Friday – it was not bad and no one dropped anything on the floor and picked it up thankfully. Curbside delivery for when your glasses arrive. They don’t do optical in-house.
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Wow, no adjustments if the glasses don’t fit well?
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Then you have to call and make an appointment for a “proper fitting” which I thought was a tad nervy to be honest. She said if you don’t think you’re going to like the curbside service, then you call and make an appointment, but you can’t just show up.
SMH
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If you can make an appointment, that would work. One place I got glasses (associated with my eye doc) made you have an appointment even to just look at frames. I don’t go there because there are twice as much as the standalone optician stores.
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I may go ahead and just do that and go inside rather than curbside to ensure they fit properly. My former eye doctor closed down rather unexpectedly and this place was the closest, but they charge way too much to be honest, but I get beveled lenses as my prescription is strong, progressive lenses and a non-glare finish. I get a 10% senior discount which they have given me since I was 55 – they said “are you offended?” I said “no” – but having the optometric department in-house and not off-site would be preferred.
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I am in a mood right now where I definitely feel like the virus has exacerbated everything. I’m sick of it too. And I still can’t get my hair done and I still can’t get takeout and I still can’t go to the dentist because it’s bad here. It’s been 4 1/2 months!
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We had our peak in April although we are experiencing a slight increase now. “They say” it’s a result of relaxing the restrictions and people going crazy. Many are in the younger age group that wasn’t initially hit. We are still cautious. We can get take-out and our dentist opened a month ago. He’s super cautious so I felt safe. Even with all this I’m sick of it too. I miss my friends. Our reunion is canceled so I miss the family I only see once a year. My step-daughter postponed her trip east with the granddaughters. We are in the high risk category so I don’t chance it.
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I sympathize with you about the haircut. I always expect too much of a haircut. Having perfectly straight hair, it always looks flat unless I spend some time curling it. I was hoping that longer hair would help. No such luck. As Nancy says, at least we don’t have any galas to attend.
Since I order my groceries online, I lose track of the lovely, in-season produce that would ordinarily tempt me. Thanks for mentioning fresh corn.
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We had the best fresh corn this week. And peaches, yikes! Last week’s watermelon was one of the sweetest I’ve had in a long time. It’s hard for me to buy all this stuff as my husband doesn’t eat fruit (except for bananas which I don’t even think of as fruit). I split the watermelon with my brother and it will last a week.
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At least shorter hair will be cooler 🙂
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It may be cooler but it’s more work. I have funny cowlicks. Wild and uncontrollable! 🙂
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Sorry about the haircut! I still remember my awful haircut years ago. I was a newlywed which made it worse! I literally cried and wore a baseball cap on my head. LOL!
Maybe you should just get i dyed pink now and perhaps that would help! 🙂
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I’ll wait it out. Pink, yikes! I had a friend get a really bad haircut far worse than mine. It was so short she wore a baseball cap for 2 weeks and even then it was too short.
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I keep putting off making that second haircut appointment. On the plus side, I haven’t cut it myself yet. And you are right, no one sees us!
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It’s a good thing too!
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Bummer about the haircut. I guess the silver lining is that not many people will see it. I love tomato sandwiches! Our tomatoes haven’t ripened yet but our neighbor is keeping us supplied in exchange for blueberries.
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You have blueberries? Yum! I have to buy them.
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When COVID affects the weekly Randoms, you know life is not the same as it was. Sorry to hear about the haircut, but glad that your hair usually grows fast in summer. Hopefully the next one will come out as you like. We had a dental appointment for cleanings in early August, but we re-scheduled to November. Call us chickens! – Marty
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I thought about rescheduling but went ahead with it just in case the winter months were scarier than now.
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Thanks for the reassurance re the dentist as I have an appointment soon. Not too worried though, as they have an air purifier in the room apparently, plus the regular precautions. I went for a small procedure at the hospital last week and they were so efficient I think they should run like that all the time! Registered, escorted to ambulatory care, placed in room by nurse and doctor there 2 minutes later – no waiting at all!
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That’s efficient. Without overbooking it works better.
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I’ve had two haircuts – first one was awful, second one was great. I guess I have a 50/50 chance next time. 🙂 Veggies coming in here too, picked beans, raspberries and dug enough potatoes for tonight’s dinner. Happy Sunday.
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Ohhh! Potatoes! I haven’t planted them in a while but you can tell when they are fresh dug.
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I hadn’t planted them in a couple of years, but they sure were tasty. This year because of all the ‘new’ gardeners they were totally sold out on line so I was lucky to get a couple of small packages. Next year, I’ll order early.
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I have planted them from leftover potatoes that sprouted and hadn’t been treated with an anti-sprout chemical. They grew great except for attracting Japanese beetles.
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Glad I cut my own hair Kate, especially because of the cost for a professional to do it now.
Common sense and visitors do not go hand in hand. We are housebound because of their attitude, and more than a bit ticked off I might add.
Our onions are good, our swedes are getting there, I have tomatoes in the greenhouse, and the chrysanths we planted are like triffyds!
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I mostly cut my own hair but every now and then I like to be pampers. I also like to end up with a good haircut too!
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I liked it when the hairdresser came to the house. Sadly she moved to Italy. With it being so long, it’s easy to keep tidy really. When it was shorter, it had a mind of its own, hence the perms to keep it in place!!
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Too short doesn’t work for me. I’d love to get a perm just on the top for body.
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I always fancied a spiral perm once my hair was long enough, but when I asked about it (and this was years ago) they wanted over £100. Now it seems they charge you by the inch, so heaven knows how much they;d want now. One lady paid £120 for a cut, blow dry and highlights (she has short hair), PLUS extra for PPE for herself and the staff who attended her.
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I wanted one too but for some reason my hairdresser didn’t like doing them. They were very expensive! Unless you go to the small walk-ins with inexperienced stylists, it’s very expensive here.
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My last visit was about 4 years ago and for a wet cut cost me £26. I had to stand up as she couldn’t bend to cut the back because it was so long. I still can’t sit on it though!
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That’s not a bad price. It’s around $60 around here.
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Kate, After your comment this past week, I was wondering whether you would post a photo. I get it. No need. I also wonder about some of the “rules.” Sometimes, inconsistent and don’t really make sense. We have an abundance of fresh vegetables and fruit, too, right now. Grateful!🙂
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Wish I could box some of the wonderful tomatoes for the winter!
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That’s too bad about your hair. I’ve had two cuts since restrictions were lifted. I was disappointed both times, because they didn’t cut enough off. The first time my eyes were dilated after an eye appointment, and the second time I mistakenly thought they had cut enough. Probably the next time, I’ll have to hide like you.
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Sometimes I think I’m hard to please but this stylist has given me great cuts in the past.
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I don’t want to think it, but maybe the stylist had a bad day. Wonder if anyone has thought of selling haircut insurance. Shear genius, right? Not everyone would make the cut.
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You are on a roll!
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Sorry you were disappointed with the cut, Kate. I feel comfortable going into medical facilities now. My belief is with all of the precautions, they are more safe and sanitary than pre-Covid. Have a great week!
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It’s a lot safe then pre-covid for sure. Now I wonder how I survived all those germs!
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Sorry your haircut was less than optimal. No doubt after waiting for so long, the disappointment was particularly stinging. But it’s good hair grows faster in the summer months. Before you know it, you’ll need another one. Here’s to a week where common sense (whatever that is anymore) once again rules.
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I don’t have much planned but there is one appointment that I already know holds no common sense!
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all about the fresh tomato sammich, with mayo, salt & pepper, too! On toast 🙂 and I’ve been eating cucumbers by the pound. Yummo.
I hear you on the h-cut, and with my curls and this humidity I need to at least be able to do a pony tail or I simply melt. Yes, blame it on the pandemic !
-MJ
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I went in with a picture of the haircut I was hoping for and what I got is similar in the back but not the sides and front. I’m sure I’ll end up snipping a bit but I’m making myself wait a week. I use butter instead of mayo but definitely yummo!
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You had me at fresh tomato sandwich! I’m off to make one now.
Ahh, the power of suggestion!
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Good bread and butter. Sometimes a slice of sweet onion, sometimes not. Nothing better in the summer except maybe an ice cream sundae or watermelon or fresh peaches or….
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Like you, I always remind myself that my hair will and does grow out rather quickly. However, in the sweltering heat we’ve been having, shorter is better! I don’t have a garden. Normally, I’d be at farmers’ markets and roadside stands buying heaps of fresh fruits and veggies, but I’m not yet willing to go out to a farmers’ market and be around that many people. I have to suffice with what my grocery store has shipped in. I’m lucky that my hair and nail techs are both owner-operated and are scheduling to have a few minutes between appointments because they need to wipe everything down! And yes, temps taken and masks in place – hairdresser makes you hold it there when cutting around the ear area.
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When my hair is too short, I have to wash it frequently. When it’s just a little bit longer it doesn’t look so stringy. I have never looked good in a short cut. I have a longish narrow face and it doesn’t suit. You are lucky that your stylist does a cut you like. I got most of my fruit at our grocery store who stocks from local farmers. The tomatoes are coming in from my garden.
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Sorry the haircut was a bust . . . at least you don’t have 10 galas and fetes to attend this month (thanks to Covid).
Our dentist office did the same ~ temps, masks, patient appts. spaced out.
I’m amazed you’ve been able to do 5 a week for as long as you have in the midst of all this slim pickings!
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The pickings are so slim. This coming week is the second cataract surgery for the beloved husband so I’ll have something to blog about. I didn’t want to jinx it. I am philosophical about the hair because no one sees it. In two weeks it will be better.
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That’s my approach too ~> “This too shall pass/grow/go/whatever!”
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Nothing you can do!
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We have so many cucumbers, I can’t give them away to all the neighbors. Luckily, I love pickles.
Unfortunately, the stores are out of jars!
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Me, pick me! Love cucumbers! Our stores have jars too.
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I’m sure you look beautiful in the new cut…like Lady Mary in Downton Abbey….or Jo in Little Women. You’re just not used to the new “do.”
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Plastered on my forehead? No I’m not used to that look. It grows. I’m just miffed that I paid an arm and a leg for it. My lesson is that I can cut my own hair just as well. Maybe the back isn’t as precision cut but when I look at her cut and how mine was before, they look the same.
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