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Thread #172985   Message #4213741
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
19-Dec-24 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: DECLUTTER *hoards *bad habits *toxic stuff - 2024
Subject: RE: DECLUTTER *hoards *bad habits *toxic stuff - 2024
Yesterday, while talking to the neighbor from up the street, I remarked on how amazing her hair was looking - full and wavy and white - and she said that since an illness last year and her hair started falling out she started taking biotin, and found shampoo and everything else with biotin. My goodness! I tried it for a while to see if it would help my nails, but it didn't make much difference, but this reminds me that I have dry gelatin in the cupboard that I can resume taking for my nails (a teaspoon dissolved in the bottom of a mug, then put the tea water over it and it doesn't affect the flavor). Maybe after I use what I have here I could try some - I've always had rather fine hair that isn't particularly full. (Gelatin is a collagen, and sometimes the biotin comes mixed with collagen.) For a while I seemed to get a boost from switching to more protein and fatty meats, but the nails still could be stronger and it never hurts to have fabulous hair. :)

So many things going on around the house and yard this autumn. No gift lists from family members yet. I always make a Puerto Rican dish for my ex as his holiday gift, and the kids usually have books or games or art supplies on their lists.

Charmion, did you ever sell that china on eBay? Patty, when you were doing sales there, did you specialize in something? (I have a few things that if I come across them at estate sales I have enough information to be able to list them - oddball stuff like chandeliers, and obsolete things like VHS players). I was answering questions for a friend this morning about how eBay calculates their final costs (they include the shipping price as part of your sale, then deduct their fee from the whole, not from just the item cost itself). My friend is selling found items from her upscale apartment building so isn't out any money for purchasing what she sells, but the extra amount still stings.

Better get moving, to drink my tea and address holiday letters.