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I heard that some women use Preparation H on their faces to get rid of wrinkles and dark circles under their eyes.  I don't know if it works though.

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It's funny what we do some times when we are in a rush.  I carry two small spray bottles in my pocket book.  One is perfume and the other is mouthwash.  I was in a rush because I was late for a doctors appointment.  I reached in my purse, grabbed the wrong bottle and ended up spraying perfume in my mouth.  

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Craig, I am sorry that I didn't notice it sooner.  Congratulations on becoming a moderator!

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The climate where I live in Connecticut , USA has definitely change a lot since I was a kid.  We use to have a lot of snow storms that had 3 or 4 feet of snow, with big snow drifts. We use to be able to go ice skating or ice fishing.  Now, we are hardly any snow at all.  The lakes and ponds don't freeze over enough to do anything on them.

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My mom had this beautiful saying whenever us kids asked her about rainbows.
She said that a rainbow is God's promise to never to destroy the Earth again by using rain.
She would tell us that rain was God crying for all his sad children in the world.
Because we were afraid of thunder and lighting. She said that God was having fun and that he was bowling up in heaven .The lighting was when God got a strike.   

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That's Great!  I am so happy for you.   

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I do all my Spring cleaning in the Winter.  I hate being cooped up in the house all winter, so as soon as the warm weather arrives, I get outdoors as much as possible.  I love planting flower gardens.  My husband fixes the garage up as a greenhouse for me, this way I can start the seedlings early and as soon as it's warm enough, I transplant the plants outside.  I can't do as much as I use to because of my back.  My husband helps me a lot because he knows how much I love gardening.  

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I was feeling the same way this morning when I first got up.  Your picture put on smile on my face.  Thank you.  I always loved this picture.   Maybe it will put a smile on your face.

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I wish it was Spring here in Connecticut.  I love the Spring when everything is blooming.  My husband can not understand how someone could get so much enjoyment working in the garden and pulling up weeds.     This might sound crazy, but when I am outside working in my garden or doing any kind of yard work, it's almost like I took a tranquilizer.  I am so relaxed and happy.  

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I hope that everyone is feeling better today.  My daughter has also been sick.  She had minor surgery last week.  But an infection set in.  They put her on real strong antibiotics and she feels a lot better.  The part that worried me the most was that she had a sore on her leg that started a couple of months ago. It just kept on getting bigger and wouldn't heal. Her doctor thought that maybe it was a spider bite and put her on medicine.  It still wasn't getting better and it looked terrible.  I told her to go and see a specialist and thank God she did.  The doctor said that she had been bitten by a Brown Recluse spider and that gangrene had set in.  Yesterday the doctor had to cut away all the dead skin. I am going to show you a couple of photos of the spider and the sore that my daughter has.  The sore that my daughter has is almost as big as the one in the photo.

            

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Thank you all for your concern.   I live in a wooded area and my house always has a lot of spiders.  It never bothered me because they are mostly wood spiders and daddy long legs.  I didn't know that the brown recluse spider lived in this area.  The doctor that treated my daughter said that there are a lot more people than usual are coming to his office this past year and are being treated for the same kind of bite my daughter had.  It's scary. I don't know if she got bit by the spider in the house or some place else.  I hate to think that there are a nest of those spiders in my house some where.

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I am going to read as much as possible about the brown recluse spider before I call a bug man.  I hate the idea of having the entire house sprayed with a pesticide.

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I hope that you start feeling better real soon!

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Thank you Dan!   My daughter is doing a lot better, thank God.  It still looks terrible though.  They had to cut all the dead tissue out and it left such a deep hole.  I don't know why they didn't put a stitch or two to close up the wound.  Maybe, it needs to drain.  I don't know.  Your were lucky that you found a good doctor and you didn't lose your foot.   I noticed that you live in N.J. That is not that far from where I live in Ct.  I didn't think that they had the brown recluse spider living in this area.  Everything that you said that they like to hang out in, I have.  I live in the woods.  I have two wood piles in back of the house.  And I also have two sheds in the back yard.  I also have a screened in porch on the north side of the house.  It never gets any sun light.  I am always out there with my vacuum, sucking up all the spiders that make their home there.  I always loved living in the woods.  But lately, I am thinking it is a bad idea.  The deer ticks are terrible here also.   I have had Lyme disease twice in the last 4 or 5 years and both of my sons have had Lyme also.  It was nice talking to you.   Grany Penny

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I don't remember how long ago this happened but the drinking age in Connecticut use to be 21.  But in New York the drinking age was 18. The kids from CT would drive not that far to go to NY to get drunk. Many kids were killed because of driving to a different state to go drinking.   So the government decided to change the drinking age to 21 in every state.
As for getting your driving license at 16, I think it's too young.  I am glad that they are changing they law  to 18 here.  I have a 16 year old grand daughter and I know that she is not mature enough to be driving around.

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I found this so funny,  because my husband is always teasing me about my boobs sagging since I've aged.  If anyone is offended by this, I am sorry and I will delete it.

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My mom, when she got real old, she never wore a bra either.   But, she always joked about it. She was that type of person.  She was always telling dirty jokes and making people laugh.

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Meg, I wish you all the happiness in the world when you get married.   

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Arielle,   I hope you feel better real soon.  

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Your new avatar is so cute!    I'm thinking of changing mine.  I just can't decide which one I want to use.