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Don't even consider that injection medicine that starts with an O! The side effects are awful so people have said. It makes you feel full by numbing your digestive track I've heard. We love you, don't ever be swayed! Rebecca Whidbey Wa

That's true.💖

Yes, I am kind of hoping she does come to visit this year, we can talk a lot of stuff out. All in all we do have a solid relationship. Your family seems very organized,by our grandmother getting things situated before she passed. I know when my Mom passed it was organized by her that her husband (my step father) would live…

I am so glad everything worked out regarding Saga! I know you do not like those situations, but it is all coming together. Being at the mercy of outcomes not in your control puts you on edge, but know that, "all shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well". 😁 I love when you talk of your new…

Rusty, (nice to meet you by the way 😁), I like those sayings! Wise words! I need to let go the need to please my sisters. In the end the only person I need to please is myself in this here life of mine. My desire to measure up comes from years of low self esteem, and though I am far from that person, when I touch base with…

Great photos! I do notice you like wearing helmets, and hoods! Activities where there is some protection of some sort.😁👍🏼 I am always amazed at your desire to expand your knowledge, and persevere with it.👍🏼 as my momma would say "good on ya"! Rebecca Whidbey Wa

That has happened to me off and on. Luckily its an easy fix. Now I need to look up warmies! They sound inviting! That sloth is adorable! Rebecca Whidbey Wa

I hope my sister does that as well, because she's at my home. The last time she visited my home, we were living at the coast and it was 2016. Actually its been since 2017 that my middle son has come to our home too. Athena has never visited me. Pretty fancy equipment there! Enjoy the weekend! Rebecca Whidbey Wa

I have joined some of these! Thank you! She knows that I have embraced minimalism, intermittent fasting, though she doesn't understand either. When I stated that I had 40 or so clothes items, she equated that to not caring about how I look. Its not that at all. Its just I refuse to have clothes I hope to get into one day,…

My sisters life is so much more physical. I mean for example, if she needs to take the bins to the curb she needs to put them in the bucket of her tractor and drive them down. While husband and I just wheel them a bit and done. She weeds 5 huge beds, while I weed nothing. So her life is very different than mine. She asked…

I need an arsenal of great phrases! I will add it to my list.👍🏼💖 Rebecca Whidbey Wa

Maybe that's just life, telling us to live happily in a smaller radius. I am content in my happy, quietness. I think the only thing I get nervous about, is when my sister comes to visit she will be so bored, and make me feel like my life isn't adequate enough. How do you explain to someone after years of medical issues…

I am getting crawly feelings just reading your post.😂. I admit, am a "every night look up at the 4 corners of the ceiling" person, because that's where spiders go. Every single night since I was a child. Oh I had a fish fillet (beer battered) te other day. I put a sprinkling of malt vinegar, then while hot from the oven I…

"Out to conquer the world"! Love the flowers weath on the door!💖👍🏼 Rebecca Whidbey Wa

My eldest sister and I have not always been close. There were years that she harbored a bit of anger towards my husband for "taking me away from family" and of "making me so submissive and not outgoing". What she saw as being compliant was me just being a good obedient Navy wife. My actions reflected back onto him, another…

Glad I am not the only one that does that. I kind of get a thrill at looking in my cabinet with hardly anything staring back at me. Nice to meet you Linda! Rebecca Whidbey Wa

That was nice of your sister, and I am sure your Mom appreciated it. I think what my sister and I deal with is the difference of me with less stuff in general, and her thinking I don't out of not caring about myself. So she buys me stuff to treat me. She nearly had a fit when in casual conversation I had stated that I had…

My sister.💖👍🏼 Rebecca Whidbey Wa

So today my sister called me and we video chatted. It was her husbands birthday, 2 years since he passed, and it was a tough day for her. We cried and I hoped I helped a bit. We talked about how he would be so proud of her, how she's handling things. Later in the conversation we talked about summer travel plans. I told her…

Eli looking wise.💖👍🏼 Rebecca Whidbey Wa

I'm eating my pantry down to a couple of items. I have pasta, crackers, honey, prunes (not opened yet), olives, some packets of hollandaise sauce mix. Everything else I eat is stuff in the fridge or freezer. Have any of you noticed this transition? Less prepackaged foods and more chilled items. I just realized this when I…

I'm not traveling anymore (adding "this year"). I like it! We have traveled down to Oregon, to the airports etc a good 20 hours of traveling, and I have done my quota for awhile!🙄😁😂 Rebecca Whidbey Wa

I like that explanation. Its true, I don't really have the energy to entertain. I also have the splattering of appointments, which I need to be on Whidbey for. I need to get up the nerve to "say what I mean, and mean what I say" to my sister.💖👍🏼 Rebecca Whidbey Wa

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD, I think the only issue is going to be getting my sister to understand me not wanting visitors. She wants to drive her rig up, so she can bring her Bernese Mountain dog, Tucker. While that's a great plan, it would be no fun for Tucker in the 5th wheel all the time. Its so muddy…

Hugs Carol, so sorry to hear of your brothers passing.🙏 Heather, you are prepping the best you can for this surgery. Recovery for you will be just keeping you from over working yourself.💖. Hugs to you! Machka, enjoy this new house process! Remember not everyone gets that opportunity to pick colors (like me the renter) so…

These shrimp are amazing! They are from India, and seem really good quality. I only had three, and though my servings seem to be three, or four, I needed more! They are cooked, and slicing them they taste like scallops to me. Great on salads, tacos, soups and in pasta.👍🏼💖 Rebecca Whidbey Wa

There's definitely a system! Knives with wood handles I like to set out on a dish rag. Plastic containers next, setting them on the grate type shelving in the bay window kinda window. Then I put cutlery in the water, and wash plates and bowls. Those in your the drying rack. Last is pots and pans. Either on the drying rack…

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD, Lee was never a fan of leftovers as the boys were growing up. Now he really has no choice, as many meals, even the boxes item ones, will make leftovers. He likes French dip sandwiches and will always have leftover ajus sauce. He just puts it I the freezer and then adds a new…

Well he'll probably just have the movers move it into crates three years from now, and then sell it. That's if he can get one. Unfortunately many of the for sale sites do not state where the truck is located, so it might not be that specific one. Plus not sure if he has to get a commercial vehicle license even though its…