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Monday, 23 March 2009

Reality Check

I thought I had better blog before everyone gets worried. It has been a busy three days - nothing major going on, but just flat out and no time to sit down to blog. On Saturday we were out doing a few jobs and I was sitting in the van waiting for Aaron and Harri who had gone into a shop. I started fiddling with my hair and looked in the rear view mirror and look what I found - my first grey hair!!!!!!!!!

I couldn't believe it!! How did it go like that without me even noticing!! Do they just turn grey overnight or what!? I was freaking out. Most of my friends my age have had a few grey hairs for a while, but I was happy that I could always say I had never had a grey hair - until now :(

Aaron has been going grey for a long time. He has this little grey patch in the top of his head that everyone comments about. A few years ago he was totally paranoid about it, and even wanted to dye it. I told him it would look ridiculous and he should just live with it as it's going to get worse anyway. At school all the students ask 'did you dye your hair Mr King?' and he gives them his sarcastic tone back 'um yeah! I thought it would be really cool to just dye my hair grey on one patch on the top!'. Or else he will say 'no, I'm going grey since I started teaching you', or 'no, I was painting on the weekend' (depending on which mood he is on the day!).

I'm rushing out to buy a box of hair dye this afternoon! Even though I'm almost 35 I don't feel anywhere near that, but it's times like this that you are given a reality check and know you really aren't as young as you feel.
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16 comments:

  1. Paige23 March 2009 at 15:07

    I get a few grey hairs here and there-Doug is a good husband and plucks them out for me ;)

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  2. Cullis Family23 March 2009 at 15:42

    Lisa that is nothing! I have had grey hair since I was about 12 - thanks to my Mum!!! :(

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  3. Kylie's blog23 March 2009 at 15:48

    Oh Lisa - I nearly had an asthma attack laughing so much! They do creep up the rotters - DO NOT go looking as he may not be alone! I remember Samantha on Sex and The City had a great saying about not pulling out grey hair - something like "pull out a grey hair and seven more come to his funeral!!!"

    The word verification is "unbeast" - unleash your inner beast perhaps! lol

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  4. Collette23 March 2009 at 15:57

    someones getting OLD...haha jk...i've had a few!! but i dye my hair so much i might be ALL grey and just not know it!

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  5. Early Years Toolbox23 March 2009 at 16:07

    You have done well. I have had grey hairs showing up for years. That is why I am gradually going lighter - it disguises them better :)

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  6. Nettie's Blog23 March 2009 at 16:26

    OH no Lisa you are officially one of the "grey hairs" now.... that is awesome.... i will teach you haow to dye it if you like ....i am "the master"...LOL...ha ha

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  7. Jess23 March 2009 at 17:41

    GREY hairs are hot (not that i have any but Ive heard they are hot -- then again i dye my hair and i wouldnt know ) ATLEASt your not 25 like Collette and probably have A FULL head of GREYS!! (cant believe she admitted it on the internet)

    and id just like to put out there that -- im glad you dont feel old and 35 because you definitly look young and chipper!

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  8. Simone Triffitt23 March 2009 at 19:16

    Yikes!! That looked like an awfully long grey hair. At least you are not 35 (nearly) and still getting zits like I am.

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  9. The Kings23 March 2009 at 19:18

    You can't be serious Simone!! I get HEAPS of zits! I hate it. It's like I'm a teenager - always around 'that time' and it drives me insane.

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  10. Alison23 March 2009 at 20:46

    I don't know if I'll ever go grey. My grandfather has the same colour hair as me (a little yellowy in his old age but hardly grey) and he's in his 70s. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
    I get the occasional zits too. Ah, the plight of the woman.

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  11. Unknown23 March 2009 at 21:03

    Dave has been going grey since he was 13 and here is me 37 and still not-a-one :)
    Hope the others sneak up on you and don't let it stress you out, all the good ones go grey eventually :0)

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  12. Chelsea Parsons23 March 2009 at 21:47

    I scrapbooked my first grey hair! I hate they way they are more wirey than normal hairs!!!! I go searching for mine!!!! Just leave them, just leave them!

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  13. Bride23 March 2009 at 22:48

    lol, thats so funny! Yes i have looked for some too, but i wouldn't even know what my natural colour was let alone a grey hair!!!

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  14. Anonymous24 March 2009 at 00:15

    Welcome to my world.
    It is really mysterious, how that sucker grew so long without you noticing it, or one of the boys telling you about it.
    Love Mum.
    xxx

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  15. Carli24 March 2009 at 16:57

    Ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo!!!!!! That photo makes it look HORRID!! Aren't you glad you have a blog to document these things!!

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  16. Penny B.26 March 2009 at 11:12

    Lisa I can't believe you lasted so long - lucky you! I think my first gray hair appeared at 25. I stopped trying to pull then out ages ago and just head for the hair dye every few weeks!

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