Reflections of My Life

Today is another busy day for me. I have my hair appointment at noon. Will be walking to it and I find that I can do it even if when I get up I feel like I won't be able to. Right now I am doing an Instacart order for Price Chopper. I need to find decent greens for Rabbit.

Those plastic containers of spring mix at Walmart and Aldi's are horrible. Mostly spinach and I have to remove all of that first. Then the other greens have a lot of black, slimy leaves.......especially the red ones. So at PC I can get it the old fashion way.........fresh heads of whatever kind I want. I do miss the days of buying produce in paper bags that I chose.

I got rid of some things in my storage locker yesterday. Christmas stuff. Gave it to the two guys who live downstairs. They are the ones decorating the building for Christmas. Their apartment is already decorated and I hear it is beautiful. Now I am eager to continue getting rid of stuff in the storage locker. I want to empty it out.

I am also considering getting rid of my mobility chair. It has been broken down so long that I have learned to survive without it. Even if Sonny fixes it, what happens when it breaks down again and if he is not around anymore? Then I am stuck paying someone to come get it out of here for me. Right now I have to move it manually every time I want to take a shower. It is heavy and hard to move. So I am done with that. Besides I want to improve my mobility so I can walk farther and often. I am working on that goal daily and I am going to do it.
 

Yesterday I was able to walk to my hair appointment with no issues. In fact it felt good and I was happy to be out on the street. Today I am going to try another walk after it warms up a bit. Need to get some cash for Jeff so will walk to the ATM. Not too far, but farther than the hairdressers. It is a cold 30 degrees presently but the sun is streaming in my windows already. I uncovered them as soon as I saw it peeking in. I think the sunlight coming in puts me in a good mood. Or a better one. I was already in a good one.

At the hair salon yesterday, watching two little girls who came in with their mothers made me think back to when I was growing up. Back then it was not a usual thing for children to go to the beauty shop (as it was called back then). The first time I ever went was when I was 13. I had always had long hair and my mother thought it would be nice to try short hair on me. I did not want to go but did what I was told. Needless to say, I wore a scarf over my hair until it grew in. I hated it!

Since I was so upset with it my mother said I could try coloring my hair for the first time. It was the "thing" to do at that time. Everyone was doing it. I lived in FL so of course, they were all going blonde. I was never a follower so I chose to do it dark auburn. For the rest of my life until about the time I moved here I kept my hair auburn. Sometimes dark, sometimes light. Most people thought it was natural since I always kept it that color. Now I keep it a medium brown so it looks natural. I don't like the red color people are using now. It looks fake and I like the natural look. (my opinion, not judging anyone else)

One of those little girls yesterday was about twelve I think. She had long hair and had it trimmed and highlighted. Afterwards she kept going in front of the mirrors and looking at herself and smiling. You could see how proud she felt of herself then. She kind of a looked like a tomboy type of girl and was talking about her basketball game. But a whole different side of her emerged after her hair was done. I hope she gets a lot of compliments from her friends.
 
katlupe said:
One of those little girls yesterday was about twelve I think. She had long hair and had it trimmed and highlighted. Afterwards she kept going in front of the mirrors and looking at herself and smiling. You could see how proud she felt of herself then. She kind of a looked like a tomboy type of girl and was talking about her basketball game. But a whole different side of her emerged after her hair was done. I hope she gets a lot of compliments from her friends.
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12 too young for highlights. Sexualization & trivialization of young female.
 

Pepper said:
12 too young for highlights. Sexualization & trivialization of young female.
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And expensive! Her mother was having the same things done for herself. And she ordered food from Burger King delivered to the shop because her daughter was hungry and wanted it now. Since I have no grandchildren and am not around children very often I notice how kids nowadays seem to tell the parents what to do or what they want. Not asking, telling. My nieces' (by marriage) children are not like that at all but they are overly religious and so are rather meek, especially the girls. Well regardless, the girl was transformed by her hair. It looked nice not sexy.
 
katlupe said:
And expensive! Her mother was having the same things done for herself. And she ordered food from Burger King delivered to the shop because her daughter was hungry and wanted it now. Since I have no grandchildren and am not around children very often I notice how kids nowadays seem to tell the parents what to do or what they want. Not asking, telling. My nieces' (by marriage) children are not like that at all but they are overly religious and so are rather meek, especially the girls. Well regardless, the girl was transformed by her hair. It looked nice not sexy.
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I’m sure that your trip to the beauty parlor at age 13 was expensive for the times but I agree that the cost of raising children and giving them a few extras is simply mind boggling to me!
 
RadishRose said:
I'm sorry, Kat. I hope you'll feel better soon. ❤️
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Thank you. He was the one who every time the alarm went off or the elevator was acting up I would turn to him for help. In fact, the last time the elevator was not working and I was downstairs I found him and he helped me. Fixed the elevator and even rode up with me in case it got stuck. Plus they lived next door to me and he laughed all the time. It would lift my mood to hear him laughing. I still hear his laughter in my mind.
 
katlupe said:
Thank you. He was the one who every time the alarm went off or the elevator was acting up I would turn to him for help. In fact, the last time the elevator was not working and I was downstairs I found him and he helped me. Fixed the elevator and even rode up with me in case it got stuck. Plus they lived next door to me and he laughed all the time. It would lift my mood to hear him laughing. I still hear his laughter in my mind.
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You are keeping his memory alive.
 
It has been pretty quiet around here. My neighbors on one side of me set off their smoke alarm for the 2nd day in a row. That causes a little excitement. Their oven smokes and that causes the alarm to go off. That is another reason I do not use the stove. My Nuwave oven never smokes. I hate having the alarm go off. Though mine has not gone off in a number of years now. Last time was when Sonny cooked steaks and that was probably in 2018.

I will probably put in a grocery order tomorrow morning. I need a few things now and yes, Rabbit already needs more food. I tell you he should be a fat bunny but he is normal for his age.

Our weather forecast is that a storm is coming later in the week. We shall see. Most of the time they are wrong or change it by then.
 
katlupe said:
It has been pretty quiet around here. My neighbors on one side of me set off their smoke alarm for the 2nd day in a row. That causes a little excitement. Their oven smokes and that causes the alarm to go off. That is another reason I do not use the stove. My Nuwave oven never smokes. I hate having the alarm go off. Though mine has not gone off in a number of years now. Last time was when Sonny cooked steaks and that was probably in 2018.

I will probably put in a grocery order tomorrow morning. I need a few things now and yes, Rabbit already needs more food. I tell you he should be a fat bunny but he is normal for his age.

Our weather forecast is that a storm is coming later in the week. We shall see. Most of the time they are wrong or change it by then.
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SO called the smoke alarm my kitchen timer.
Mr. Bunny is getting older and it is getting colder.
 
Living in an apartment building such as this, there are so many life stories going on. It is like changing the channels on the television watching several shows at one time. Some people have sad stories once you get to know them. Not all. Some have had a really happy life and just ended up in a low income apartment due to health or financial issues. Those stories are what makes the people I know. We all change over time. I suppose that is why the "for better or worse" is part of the marriage ceremony.

Staying positive when I am surrounded by sad situations going on around me is sometimes difficult. I try to present a happy face and brighten up that person's mood. At times all I can do is give them my shoulder to cry on. Listen. Get them to laugh a bit. Give a hug and send them on their way. Hoping their day will be better.

Afterwards I realize the things I was down about......my ability to walk or to do things I want to do is not the end of the world. It is not as bad as what one of my friends/neighbors is going through. There is always someone much worse off than I. So it gets me motivated to keep on track to reach my goals. If you do not have hope you usually don't have goals. With hope I can always do what has to be done.
 
katlupe said:
Living in an apartment building such as this, there are so many life stories going on. It is like changing the channels on the television watching several shows at one time. Some people have sad stories once you get to know them. Not all. Some have had a really happy life and just ended up in a low income apartment due to health or financial issues. Those stories are what makes the people I know. We all change over time. I suppose that is why the "for better or worse" is part of the marriage ceremony.

Staying positive when I am surrounded by sad situations going on around me is sometimes difficult. I try to present a happy face and brighten up that person's mood. At times all I can do is give them my shoulder to cry on. Listen. Get them to laugh a bit. Give a hug and send them on their way. Hoping their day will be better.

Afterwards I realize the things I was down about......my ability to walk or to do things I want to do is not the end of the world. It is not as bad as what one of my friends/neighbors is going through. There is always someone much worse off than I. So it gets me motivated to keep on track to reach my goals. If you do not have hope you usually don't have goals. With hope I can always do what has to be done.
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There Are 8 Million Stories in The Naked City. This has been one of them. --THE NAKED CITY 1948
 

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