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Heather – Gee, I’d love to be ‘allergic’ to paying taxes! Our taxes here used to allow you to claim interest on just about anything, credit cards, cars, and all that got changed to where we can claim interest on our houses, property taxes, insurance premiums, donations, and a lot of other things; but, still the IRS eats…

Margaret – We had our screened-in porch, glassed-in. They did a good job; cracked one and it was replaced in a week. The only thing I am unhappy about, Louis even more so, is they looked like they took 1” x 1” stakes to hold them in - unfinished wood. IF we had known that Louis would have preferred to have stained them, so…

Beth – I agree – While I like to feel connected to my guests; and one side of our house contains the kitchen, dining area, and den area … it is basically open. Not as open as some seen on TV; but, open. I can see who is walking in through the utility/computer room from my chair in my den. On the other half of the house is…

AH, the joys of trying to get 'life insurance' ... especially when, for 2 freaking months, agent has NOT been able to get any medical records from Neurologist who told me this morning they had talked to her 3x (not true, they might have left her 3 messages - have NOT talked directly to them). I called them and they said…

Re – I don’t think there is such a thing as Chinese Food being low in calories; but, why is it you so rarely see an Oriental that is anything other than thin? I love it, too, but 1/4th of their lunch plate of ‘fried rice’ is full of the oil they use to cook it in.  I usually only eat breakfast, if I know ahead of time –…

wessecg – Yes, much better – size-wise, it draws the pieces of furniture together. I think you can see that it is centered from each sofa and the sofas are each about equal distance from the edge of it. It is a great size for showing off the rug and the new furniture. If it had been any larger; you would have needed to…

Re – I’m the same way; lactose intolerant … can eat about a ½ cup (scoop) of ice cream; don’t drink milk, it tears me up every time I do. I can eat 1 ounce (no more) of aged Kraft yellow cheese, unlimited white cheese. But, occasionally, regardless of the consequences, I want a ‘milk shake’ and ‘hope I can get home before…

Mia – Your hair rocks! Re – When I worked for the Federal government; we could not have a personal email account set up at work; the IT would remove it, if we did. I had the job of ‘backing up’ all the day’s work; and, if I did not do it I got a call early the next day about it from the Clerk’s Office in Macon. LOL! Hell…

Pray for my family, please! This afternoon, right after Louis and Trey got home, got a call from DDnL#1 from her cellphone telling me, "You (or someone) needs to come down here and get your son before I have him arrested'! He is yelling, screaming, hitting the wall in front of the girls ... I can't take this $#*T!" Knowing…

Janetr OKC – IF I could strip down to my birthday suit; I’d do it. But, I am not too sure that Estee would appreciate it. She did say that she really wished that all her patients did what I do, which is bring her copies of what I eat during the day. Need more protein and need to cut back on my sugar some, like back to 1…

Becca – I think I am going to have gained back what I had lost the last time I got weighed-in. If I stayed the same, then it would be a ‘miracle’; but, I’d be happy. Yo-Yoing is just costing me more money. I will wear shorts tomorrow provided it isn’t too cool to do so. We have 2 sons; DOS lives next door and works with…

Cute baby – Your DD looks too young to be a grandmother; but, I was one @ 45; which is relatively young. Our DOS became a Daddy at the ripe old age of 19. His wife was 5 days to go before she’d be 18. But, I have know people with children who got married young as they had; so being a 'young' grandmother isn't all that…

KJLaMore - It certainly could be a 'security issue' if it won't let you use any of your passwords; but, using the same on your laptop. I think I would 'freak out' if I could not get mine to accept the passwords. I can't get my computer 'open' without a password. I need to write mine down in a book; so I don't forget them.…

Katla – I’m not positive that replacing the SIM card will work; but, at least she would know what to ask about when she takes her phone in. Sometimes knowing what might be the problem saves a lot of hearing ‘well, you should have purchased insurance’ (so they can upgrade you in a phone and plan). It is like dealing with…

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Margaret – Because it gets so ‘hot’ so ‘quickly’ down here, pansies usually do a lot better as fall flowers. We have daffodils, tulips (but they don’t last long), hydrangeas, azaleas, and I have 2 bushes that the starts with an “S” (long name); that has pink star-shaped flowers on it; and in the fall and winter the leaves…

Pip – DAMN, I did! Hit post and never looked back! RITFLMAO! I think I’d have to admit that I spent all morning typing that. Now to get back to my book, “Dummy Line” by Bobby Cole, [not me]; 1st in a series of 3; and, also have his ‘stand-alone’ book. Aileen and Jimilyn – Welcome; on the last day of the month; Barbiecat…

Margaret – We have carpenter bees that show up this time of the year (for about 2- 2 ½ months). The difference between carpenter bees and bubble bees is the carpenter bees have a black underbelly and no hair on its body; while a bubble bee has yellow markings on its belly and a hairy body. We have to get the house sprayed…

pyanko7 – Yep, there are men out there that think a ‘woman’s place’ is ‘in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant’. There are also women out there that ‘don’t feel complete without a man’. Often wonder why these two types never seem to be married to one another. Women are not ‘property’ in a marriage … it is an equal…

Joyce – We had windows put in by Window World. We were very satisfied. We had windows made to go into the places where screens were; none the same size; so they had to measure them and go back and cut them to fit. While putting one in, they cracked it; and, it got replaced within a week. Our house stays dusty because we…

wessecg – Probably the same way my Daddy survived 4 females in the house; 'he only used the seat in the ‘down’ position ½ of the time; we just had to get used to it'. Until the moved their bedroom downstairs after a major remodeling. One night when my sister and her family were up visiting; she emptied a dirty diaper in…

Lisa – My DBnL was stationed in Minot, ND; his wife with a newborn and very active 2-year-old left him the first snow they got which was a blizzard with snow blown up to the eaves of the house, so for 2 weeks they were in the house and could not even see out their windows. She left him a 2nd time when it snowed badly. I…

Pip and Becca - Upon further examination ... bike looks like a 'stationary' bike ... sitting rear wheel up in some sort of contraption. Margaret - Beautiful flowers. I'd like to have a 'day trip' to Calloway Gardens to their Butterfly House and their flowers planted around the place 'in full bloom'. Lenora

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Meg - Sorry about Benny Beagle. I know it is heartbreaking to lose a 'fur-baby'.

Michele – Some people will ‘steal’ something for the sake of ‘stealing’ it; quite often they will say something stupid like, “Gee, I don’t remember picking this up, I don’t really need it.” and give it back to whoever stopped them. That might work for a young teenager (once or twice) – in a small town where the store owner…

I wonder if ‘tromping’ through the woods, burns more calories than just ‘walking’ through them? Machka9 – Don’t have to ‘close out’ of a program/app, such as MFP to get information from another search engine. It pops up and I can see things like, ‘what word describes sitting in yoga positions’ and it will throw up several…

Pip – Beautiful choice! Ginger – Thanks! I think I will try that. I am very familiar with Gesso; as an artist I use it for a lot. I always paint my canvases with it even though they have a thin coat on them aready. I do it to smooth out the texture, mostly. I was in ‘art school’ when acrylics came out. They have greatly…

Meg – Certainly sorry for all you’ve gone through; will be praying for a good outcome. Sorry that Benny isn’t doing well; it is difficult to lose a fur-baby because they can be a good stress reliever in times of trouble. {{{{{HUGS}}}}} Leigh – I can’t tell you how awful it really was; but, so glad that we did not continue…

Beth – THIS IS A RANT – skip-pity-do-dah if you don’t want to read! This week my DH and I sat down and discussed our finances as well. I made out a nice spreadsheet so he could ‘actually’ see what I am talking about. DH won’t learn how to operate computer, so I had to be the one who actually does it, if it got done. At our…