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joeydog 1992 Ex Member	Re: The prodigal hair grower Reply #165 - Jan 29^th, 2008 at 7:45pm RTG, WOW, you hair has really grown and it looks great!!!!!! How long is it now? I hope you have a blast in France. It is a pretty country. Where in France are you going? Take care, JD
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Reply #166 - Jan 31^st, 2008 at 5:51pm

thanks, jd! i finally feel like i'm making progress and its all virgin hair which means it feel softer. not sure about the length, i need to measure. how are you? and how is your hair growing?
we will be driving from the south of france up to paris, and stopping a lot in between. i need to start figuring out the specifics of our itinerary. it should be amazing and we will be there for our fifth wedding anniversary!

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Angel Spun Ex Member	Re: The prodigal hair grower Reply #167 - Feb 1^st, 2008 at 1:06pm An anniversary in France?!?! swoon
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Reply #168 - Feb 3^rd, 2008 at 9:38am

i know, right? i'm so excited....
and i'm trying to lose ten pounds in the next five months before the trip. not that hubby doesn't know what i look like, but i've got some pants i'd like to wear in france, and let's just say that currently they aren't so lovely when i squeeze into them.

i don't really do diets though, am just trying to exercise at least four times a week and eat smaller servings. we'll see how it goes.

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Reply #169 - Feb 15^th, 2008 at 7:39pm

well i had a very long week at work and ended up...skipping my workouts most days and getting stressed out. bad. i'll try to get back on that again this weekend.

along with that busy week, i forgot to wash my hair the other night and ended up having to wash it before work today in a rush. then, since it was 3 degrees outside, i decided it was the lesser of two hair evils to blow dry it for a two minutes on low than to wear it wet outside and have it all freeze and give me another cold. so i dug through the closet to find the blow dryer, which i swore off last year and haven't used since. it wasn't horrible, but i'm glad i don't really use it anymore (some friends of mine blow dry every day! that must be bad for their hair.)

i've been wearing my hair up in a scrunchie a lot lately-not the most professional of looks, but one that evolves in the course of the work day. i start with my hair down and then a few hours later-find that i have put all my hair up. kind of funny how i don't even notice when i do it. i need a few more inches to really be able to make my french braids neater. the sides are still wispy and they slide out of the braid, making it look more lumpy.

tonight is friday night, and some of the more social plans i had fell through-and i opted out of another thing. it sounded nice to just chill at home-wearing my wool pancho-because it's freezing outside. i'm also reading and just enjoying sitting down. hubby is off to see friends-and normally i'd be with him, but tonight i feel like spending time on my own. this used to not be important to me, but now it really is. i think my need for solitude is growing each year, and also directly related to how many people i see in the course of a work day (i'm surrounded by people at work as a teacher). i used to feel grouchy and tired on my own, and now i feel refreshed afterwards most times. this is especially true when i work on a project i've been wanting to do for a while-a painting, putting photos together, etc.

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Reply #170 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 9:38pm

just got back from a twelve hour work day...had to finish up a major project with some other folks. now i'm home and i'm beat...will wash my hair tonight, do a few house chores and then pass out. Cheesy

oh, and today i saw some old hair picks from a long time ago when my hair was shoulder length and just down. it just looked kind of floppy and flat. that made me wonder how i'm going to style it when it's a few inches longer. do most of you wear yours braided, up or down most days? is it a style choice or to keep your hair nicer? hmmm.

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Jerry Diamond Offline LongLocks Rocks! Posts: 662 Montana Gender:	Re: The prodigal hair grower Reply #171 - Feb 18^th, 2008 at 10:47pm WOW, a twelve hour work day I had today off for President's day but I have been doing nine hour days for the past two weeks and I am always telling people eight hours is too many Jerry
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Reply #172 - Feb 19^th, 2008 at 4:39pm

My hair gets braided almost every day. Keeps it tangle-free and out of the way. I'm not much for styling - I'm very meticulous and just don't have the time. But on date nights or special occasions, I'll usually make a simple updo. Like the usual vertical double buns. 

Somedays, I just leave my hair down. Sometimes parted on the side. Sometimes parted in the center and pinned up on the side with barrettes. And sometimes I just comb it & go.  

Styling stresses hair, so the less you do to it, the better.

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Reply #173 - Feb 20^th, 2008 at 6:39pm

jerry-yes, a very long day...but i made it through it.

angel-yeah- i guess "styling" wasn't the word i meant, because i haven't used heat, sprays or really anything except scrunchies and a few bobby pins on my hair in the last year. so not styling-but rather how i will wear it. i like how braids look, if they are pretty thick. my hair isn't long enough yet to really make a nice braid-so i don't know how thick it will look. right now i just wear it pulled back in a ponytail most days-kind of plain. i'd like to braid more, but probably won't really start doing that until this summer and a few more inches.

well i'm having some friends over for dinner tonight-but all i want to do is go to sleep for a while. why am i so tired this week? (well, aside from the frigid temps that are enough to make anyone want to crawl under the covers)...lots of people at work have been sick. maybe i'm fighting something-and my body does that by getting really tired. i usually can sleep a little extra, take some more vitamins and drink tea...and avoid getting sick, or at least very sick.

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Reply #174 - Apr 4^th, 2008 at 11:12am

i've been on the boards recently, but only reading not having time to post. i just visited my grandparents in a warm sunny place for a week and am now sad to back in the chilly midwest where it seems to be raining everyday. my hair was very wavy in the warm humid weather, but now it's back to wider waves which don't show very much without a lot of length (which i don't have yet). i've mostly been doing pony tails these days, and wearing it down to dress up a bit. i was looking through some older hair photos, and i noticed that my hair has gotten darker this year. i'm wondering if it could be related to medication i've been on. has anyone else experienced this?

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Angel Spun Ex Member	Re: The prodigal hair grower Reply #175 - Apr 4^th, 2008 at 6:00pm It's funny that you should mention this because just this morning, I was looking over some old photos of myself as I grew up and my hair has definitely gotten darker over time. Thank goodness. I went from strawberry blonde at age 5 to auburn at age 17. Most of it was seeing less and less of the sun though.
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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: The prodigal hair grower Reply #176 - Apr 7^th, 2008 at 12:36pm Naturally blond hair grows progressivly darker as one ages. This is in preparation for the inevitable grey hair.
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roomtogrow Emerald Offline Posts: 379 Gender:	Re: The prodigal hair grower Reply #177 - Apr 8^th, 2008 at 9:40pm angel-yes, it could be getting darker with less sunlight-since i'm in a place that's not sunny most the year. trisha, as for the gray hairs bit, hopefully that's a ways off
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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: The prodigal hair grower Reply #178 - Apr 9^th, 2008 at 9:53am Oh, I'm sure it will take years before you see any grey hair, dear! But remember, most natural greying takes years to accomplish, so the transition (gradually getting darker) will take years as well.
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Reply #179 - Apr 9^th, 2008 at 5:34pm

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angel-yes, it could be getting darker with less sunlight-since i'm in a place that's not sunny most the year. 

That'll do it. Sunlight has a major effect on haircolor - more than most people realize. Although, it could be genetic as well. I've known 2 people who were blonde in childhood and had their hair turn dark brown all on its own as they got older. 

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