tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post5196747107259248787..comments2024-03-28T20:40:18.960-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: If It’s Wednesday, I Need to WriteMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-14594141917423869912015-01-17T22:08:58.361-05:002015-01-17T22:08:58.361-05:00I reply for self-serving reasons. LOL I want to en...I reply for self-serving reasons. LOL I want to encourage more comments and hope it helps to know that you were heard when you do. Hope it works out better with your neighbor to be more open. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-45686227769764570792015-01-17T21:10:23.119-05:002015-01-17T21:10:23.119-05:00I just want to mention that I think it's great...I just want to mention that I think it's great that you reply to comments as you do. I'm sure that takes a lot of time, but it does enhance the experience of following your blog. (Now you DON'T need to reply to this!) But I do agree with you that some widows do appear to want to wallow in the grief. I never wanted that - but sometimes I think my determination to get on with living didChartreusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919069110736697400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-41167889239194925212015-01-17T12:31:53.549-05:002015-01-17T12:31:53.549-05:00I think you are so right about hairdressers wantin...I think you are so right about hairdressers wanting to do something different, to update us for the times. But we've had lots of different things over our life times that it gets tiring to change....Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-91757814215709954582015-01-17T10:10:06.079-05:002015-01-17T10:10:06.079-05:00good morning dear! sorry to be so late making rou...good morning dear! sorry to be so late making rounds, i am trying to catch up today. it's been crazy around here but today is relaxing finally. my hairdresser wants to change my hair too. i think they get tired of doing the same thing but all i let her do was make me go natural (sometimes) and have it curly. i still wear it the same old way sometimes too but don't tell her.<br /><br Empress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-66723921022879834922015-01-16T21:38:17.851-05:002015-01-16T21:38:17.851-05:00Me neither. I always think of Peter Pan when I thi...Me neither. I always think of Peter Pan when I think pixie but apparently they've changed terms since the olden days. LOL I'm liking my hair more and mover every day since my haircut.I think I will like it if it's not too much trouble to style after showers.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-61171058883914993662015-01-16T19:56:46.137-05:002015-01-16T19:56:46.137-05:00I just googled pixie. I knew the haircut you were ...I just googled pixie. I knew the haircut you were talking about the minute I read your description, but had no idea it was called a pixie. You see them everywhere. So cute. I bet you'll like it. Bella Rumhttp://culdesacchronicles.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-21507218668509335312015-01-15T23:54:01.343-05:002015-01-15T23:54:01.343-05:00If you google 'pixie' you'll see they&...If you google 'pixie' you'll see they've changed the meaning of the word since we were young. Now, pixies can still be like we remembered (very short with wisps) but more often they are very short in back with long, sweeping bangs in the front. I know I was confused by her saying that until I got home and googled it.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-45618186213303332362015-01-15T23:29:06.871-05:002015-01-15T23:29:06.871-05:00I am wanting to do something different with my hai...I am wanting to do something different with my hair. All my stylist says is, "Same as last time?" and I say, "Yup". BTW--I thought a Pixie Cut was very short and close to the head--that's the way my girls wore theirs when they were young. Cute little wisps coming down on their cheeks and short bangs. What do I know? ABSOLUTLEY NUTTIN', HONEY! Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-36018100847258427632015-01-15T22:33:47.731-05:002015-01-15T22:33:47.731-05:00My posting schedule isn't set in stone. I just...My posting schedule isn't set in stone. I just say weekends and mid week but sometimes it ends up to be two times mid week if something interesting is going on in my life of my head. I'm very grateful to people like you who take the time to let me know that they identify with some of the things I write about. It's hard sometimes to look at the view counter going up so much and Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-62714571772219790072015-01-15T22:25:55.604-05:002015-01-15T22:25:55.604-05:00I can identify with your issue with dealing with y...I can identify with your issue with dealing with your neighbor's grief drawing you back into your own. I can't spend time at the widow's support site anymore for the same reason...that and it seems like some widows really don't try to help themselves and I know how unfair it is to make that kind of judgement based on message board posts. People are usually drawn to those places Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-61342538209531178392015-01-15T21:54:38.716-05:002015-01-15T21:54:38.716-05:00I would also like add to the chorus that your blog...I would also like add to the chorus that your blog posts are interesting. I, too, didn't realize that you had certain days that you blog (although I did realize that you write on Sunday). I have decided that I am a slow thinker because for a few weeks now I have been reading your posts and thinking about them. By the time that I have thought enough to reply a few days have passed and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-21614980593253884212015-01-15T20:43:49.686-05:002015-01-15T20:43:49.686-05:00I hope you write that three-year sadiversary blog....I hope you write that three-year sadiversary blog. I've just passed the one-year mark as widow and I read your blogs with more than a casual interest. I thought I was doing really well myself until a neighbour whom I'd befriended casually over the years lost her husband in December. In the months leading up to his death she had been visiting me quite regularly for moral support as her Chartreusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919069110736697400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-21013208386775988862015-01-15T19:14:48.518-05:002015-01-15T19:14:48.518-05:00With the Woody Woodpecker factor, my haircut does ...With the Woody Woodpecker factor, my haircut does look cute. I think in two month if will be even cuter....if it's not to much trouble to style. But I still can't get over the fact that I didn't know she was growing it out!<br /><br />What a serendipity encounter for your shirttail relative! Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-21089426733710247852015-01-15T19:07:44.526-05:002015-01-15T19:07:44.526-05:00Nope. I have been going to her every four weeks fo...Nope. I have been going to her every four weeks for about two years now and I don't recall her ever asking. But I usually tell her when I first sit down if I'm having an issue with something or if I especially liked something. Many months I have nothing to report.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-57613363239073282672015-01-15T18:56:17.057-05:002015-01-15T18:56:17.057-05:00When you first sit in the chair, doesn't she a...When you first sit in the chair, doesn't she ask you what you want?!<br />Regards,<br />LezeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-18962539522515693092015-01-15T18:29:10.228-05:002015-01-15T18:29:10.228-05:00Jean,
Well, don't you have the cheeky hairdres...Jean,<br />Well, don't you have the cheeky hairdresser. She's lucky that you're willing to go along for a bit. But who knows, you may find that it's the new you. <br /><br />Two of my brother-in-law's brothers were on Martha's Vineyard many years ago when they ran into two boys on the beach. The boys offered to teach them to sail. I can't remember if money was involvedBella Rumhttp://culdesacchronicles.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-2127827321032154852015-01-15T12:30:03.763-05:002015-01-15T12:30:03.763-05:00Me, too. If I was younger I'd be so tongue-tie...Me, too. If I was younger I'd be so tongue-tied around my foot doctor it wouldn't be funny.<br /><br />I've never in my entire life had a hairdresser do that and I keep racking my brains to figure out if I said anything to her to encourage that, and I keep coming up with nothing! She's a good stylist and the shop is close enough to walk to and there are lots of stylists there to Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-11074013410402837872015-01-15T12:06:11.730-05:002015-01-15T12:06:11.730-05:00Your hairdresser is changing your hairstyle withou...Your hairdresser is changing your hairstyle without your approval? Well isn't that interesting.<br /><br />I've a dentist that drop dead handsome. Hard to concentrate isn't it. Well it is for me.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-40930313349790585822015-01-15T11:08:53.519-05:002015-01-15T11:08:53.519-05:00I do write something every day, just not for this ...I do write something every day, just not for this blog. If I was to blog today you'd have to hear all about the Civil War and how my great-grandfather got a head injury and was sent to a Jewish hospital in NY, then to a ladies home of Park Ave. who cared for soldiers after leaving the hospitals. It's amazing what you can find out on the computer these days!<br />Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-15068817106956779012015-01-15T10:25:29.026-05:002015-01-15T10:25:29.026-05:00Jean :
I so enjoy your blogs you always give me d...Jean :<br /><br />I so enjoy your blogs you always give me different perspective on ordinary things in life which sometimes so easy to miss. I too wish you blog every day<br /><br />AshaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-31991243424641375962015-01-15T02:16:49.678-05:002015-01-15T02:16:49.678-05:00Aren't you sweet to say that. I usually do a m...Aren't you sweet to say that. I usually do a mid week post and a weekend post but sometimes, if a lot is going on in my life or head I'll throw in an extra oneMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-19506638544831246362015-01-15T01:19:39.782-05:002015-01-15T01:19:39.782-05:00You can tell I don't pay attention, do you pos...You can tell I don't pay attention, do you post just on certain days? <br /><br />You will NEVER run out of things to blog! I love reading every single blog ... even wish you were an every day blogger! <br /><br />Can't wait to hear (read) the movie reviews! I'm still in the Netflix watch movies at home phase ...The Awkward Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729456066739275695noreply@blogger.com