A Little Gray Hare

I have been letting my hair grow out for about the past 6 months.  My oldest daughter, Gennifer, is a hair stylist, and I am fortunate enough to be able to have her keep my hair in good shape.  I have been struggling with what to do about the fact that, my hair is turning gray faster than I would like.  I am tired of needing to color it so often, and I have been thinking about just letting it grow in gray.  My Dad was entirely gray in his thirties.  He had beautiful silver hair.   I used to think that if my hair turned gray early, I would be okay with that, and just let it go.   I will never forget the first time I realized that I WAS gray at an early age.  We were at my daughters softball game, sitting in the bleachers, and my parents were sitting behind me, and it was windy.  My Dad said, "Kristy, you have a lot of gray hair in the back!!"  I said, "NO I DO NOT!!!!!"    I went home and discovered that, yes I did have a lot of gray hair!!!  I was 32!!!!
This was taken about that same time.  The big hair days.

My darling Dad gave me this little sign the next time I saw him, after the day he informed me that I was going gray.

So, I am gray.  Almost totally gray.  But my daughter is a hairdresser, and says I am WAY too young to go gray yet.  So when I went in to see her this week, at the salon, I got a much needed haircut, and new color, and highlights throughout.  I am still letting it grow, but it needed to have a couple of inches cut.

I have been busy working on orders for Christmas.   I did manage a little bit of Christmas decorating this week too.  I am not completely done, but close.

The tree is up, and loaded with ornaments.   Do you remember these cute gingerbread men I made last year?

And these crochet Santa faces?

I put this pillow on the living room sofa. 

But because my dog has a thing for pillows, I have to keep it like this most of the time!

When he was a puppy, he chewed pillows up.  But now, he just plows them onto the floor!  Every pillow!  He's nutty!
Before I leave you tonight, I have a public service announcement.  I had mentioned to Greg that my dryer didn't seem to be working very well.  I used the clothes line all summer long, so I wasn't sure if it was my imagination, but it sure seemed like it was taking forEVER for a load of clothing to dry.  So over the weekend, he went to Lowe's and bought this.

Disregard incredibly messy workbench!  He bought a kit for cleaning the dryer vents that go up into the wall and vents out to the roof.

Clogged dryer vents are one of the leading causes for house fires!  This should be done at least yearly.  We have not done it since we moved in here over 20 years ago!  Not a good idea.  Greg got about 4 gallons of lint removed from the vents by using this tool.  My dryer is drying as if it were brand new again!
So if your dryer doesn't seem to be running as it should be, and clothes are taking too long to dry, you may want to get one of these kits and clean your vents.  It makes a huge difference!!!!!
That's it for me tonight.  I went to a wonderful dinner this evening at Citrus City Grille with four of my best friends.  We have been friends since high school, and some of us, before that even!  We were celebrating birthdays.  And friendship.  I am so blessed by these women in my life.  I have some pretty wonderful friends!!
G'night all.  More of the Christmas decorations later.
XO  Kris