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Julie, it’s very true that i don’t know how our relationship (my son and I) would have evolved over time. I meant what I said about my greatest involvement being with my three daughters because of distance and the closeness of having raised them. I had looked forward to hearing about his family as well as my other family…

Kim, Karen, Julie and Barbara, if you might recall Bob and I rediscovered one another way back in 2019. We had many phone conversations about getting together before Covid hit. We communicated about my past, his past and all of that well before this visit. His parents are both deceased. We ARE, in fact, quite different. He…

Pip! glad to hear they’re keeping tabs on Yogi’s health. He’s a special little guy. Oh, Allie! when I think of where your life was a year ago and how much had changed now, I’m amazed. Keep following those dreams, gal! I do have shocking news I went and spent about a week with my son and his wife whom I gave for adoption…

Katla, im so glad you get to ride thanks to your good friend! Many of my local friends have horses and really miss their time with them when they’re busy. It’s not like a dog or cat who greets you when you get home. Most folks have them stabled somewhere else. I’d find that hard, like having a child away at camp or…

Kelly, now I have a bit of puppy fever. I don’t want a large dog either. My best bet would be a long haired dachshund or a mini corgi. I’ll have to watch the rescues around me, I guess. I’m glad you had a good visit with your friends. I like the natural long hair photo the best. It accentuates the right things about your…

Flea, i hope it’s found that you’re in much better shape than they thought. I also hope they pay better attention to your concerns and questions. Ask every question you can think of and if possible bring someone with you to document the answers. Writing them yourself will give you more chance of being distracted and losing…

She’s BAAAACK! (But no axe. ) I’m going to try to restrain myself from posting as often this time and focus on reading every day. I’ve been working, and since then camping with my youngest girl and for spouse and assorted dogs and cats, as well as dgs Nicolas. This culminated in camping by myself during this heat wave in…

Machka - Alice and the vacuum cartoon drew a startled bark of laughter from me. “Worst of all …” followed by that last beat my low mood back for a good 15 minutes. I kept chuckling when I thought of it. Something that really hits my kind of fun will do that! We DID get some wet sloppy snow that disappeared by late…

Sharon Near Seattle here! I’m having a tremendous bout with the physical side of depression. Can’t cook (frozen meals work!), can’t do much housework (Emptying trash is satisfying and doable), can’t visit people whom I love (thank god for daughter who lives 600’ away - she helped me get a hot bath safely!), can’t think…

ps! in the first I had a living room with the tower at one corner. All the rooms’ windows were edged in stained glass squares of red yellow green blue and purple. Sharon

Heather, I so love stained glass in a home’s windows. I had that in two apartments I rented when they were partitioning off apartments in old homes in the Ohio State University area. I paid $14 a week for my 1st and $65 a month for my second. The stained glass in the stairway landing was amazing in the second, along with…

fae - Is that what they’re calling them these days? Looks like you could be inspecting more than the flowers, lol! Allie! fae is right, you deserve to be recognized for your faithfulness to this forum. I follow your ongoing tale with much interest. Isn’t it fascinating to see how others’ lives unfold? I flea-medicines all…

Hello All! I’m not out of my funk yet. Still trying to gain 8-10 lbs and in a constant worry about politics. Don’t worry - I won’t bring that on here. Starting with this page, not trying to backtrack. Like a newbie, I will figure out where you all are at physically, emotionally, spiritually as I go. Rori, i DO see your…

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Debbie in Napa, actually, if you have some good curliness available, short is wonderful. I tried mine long again after my husband died. Back to short wash ‘n wear 2 years later.

Pip, the furniture sounds like a great deal! Did you have to sign any sort of contract, or just a straight purchase agreement. I have a habit of looking inexpensive furniture in the mouth and making it say “Aaaahhh!”.

Julie Bananas, sounds like you lucked out the way I did in Oaxaca Mex last year. Lovely single room in a hostel that was glorious for double the price of a 4-woman dorm. I was the only one in the wing, and a great rain bath shower, beautifully decorated lavatory and comfortable height wc. $24 a night USA and everyone there…

Welcome Freya Clair Noland! My first newborn great grandchild. She is definitely the target of many masked figures, but kidnap is NOT on their minds. Really. Well, I’d consider it, but my grandson Joey and his lady, Aaliyah seem pretty attached. Barbara, I hope the news about your nephew is better than it sounds! I’d be…

Julie Bananas, i have only been accosted twice. Neither time was it money they were after. One was 50 years ago and one forty. The first one I screamed my bloody lungs out and rolled over and over to break his grip on my wrist. Then ran like mad. The second time I backed from the side of the road into the road where cars…

Melissa, you're really headed down the right track! Literally. Tracking foods is the key to stabilizing my weight now that I’m at goal. I had Bariatric surgery to finally help me lose the extra 125# (275kg - wow, that sounds terrifying!) I’d carried for years, since I was 75 and didn’t want to spend these years in a…

Michelle in NC, most of the kids I know certainly aren’t looking to get it handed to them! The entry level jobs are being held down by retirees who need the extra cash. They’re not about to let go of those jobs. Kids put in app after app, try to get into ground floor school programs, but lenders won’t lend because their…

Terri, thanks so much for the little meditation poem. Great things to remember, and put so well! Heather! just look at that smile! I’d venture to predict a new phone could happen sooner rather than later. Looks like a lovely day, too. Karen in VA, how my girls loved those things! I could never figure out what was so fun…

Debbie in Napa Valley, try once a week, see if the scale moves. If not, I’d try two days in a row, then wait a week. Heather, Johnny does look a bit contemplative in that shot. As in, “He contemplated the ways he’d make her pay for what she’d put him through. Nothing really noticeable. A trace of salt in her tea? Perhaps a…

Welcome, Donnamaltz! I don’t like to cook much either. That’s what rotisserie chickens in the store were made for. 🙂 I often buy lean cuisine type meals or entrees. And I CAN manage scrambled eggs or steak. Prepackaged salads help. I’m single so all I have to worry about is me. Caratrevett, a hearty welcome to you too. I…

Okie, Lanette, Lisa, Machka, Faye and others who made combating the “Nessie’s” suggestions - I’m going to try a couple of your suggestions, each for a week at a time. Even if none of them work for me longer term I should at least end up with a less messy house. This has been a lifelong problem, like my weight. I don’t…

dlfk, if I had 300 calories left at the end of the day, I’d look for a full fat low sugar yogurt, ice cream, turkey and cheese rolled up together, a couple of scrambled eggs w cheese and/or some salsa - Heck, 300 calories is a lot to play with. Some bean soup or cottage cheese, Keep it higher in protein, lower in carbs, no…

dlfk, beautiful pictures. Those plants look super healthy. I’ll bet your folks till that soul really well in the spring. Machka, I've had some success with your method. As long as it doesn’t pull me in so deep that I get frustrated, I do fine. It’s like a beach with a rip tide. As long as you stay away from where it…

Oh, Faye! There’s my beloved mountain again at the last! I never tire of pictures or surprise glimpses of her. Suebdew! you’re the first people I actually know to have corona virus, and I have a wide circle of online and not acquaintances. I hope your progress continues good. It can be a tricky and deadly disease. Katla,…

Heather, I just love the bright eyes, glowing cheeks and smiles of those children on their holiday! When I was timekeeper at a machinery manufacturing firm in California, my boss made it a practice to give jobs to European journeyman machinists who were refugees from the communist bloc countries and economic refugees from…

Cheri at college station, please don’t post flashing things in a larger space. I’m not epileptic, but it bothers my eyes terribly. Ginny, I’m glad your daughter-in-law is recovering, but so sorry to hear she had it. You must have been very worried. Celebrations: usually I’d have driven up to spend time with family or gone…