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No, all the spiders were dead. Poor things. I think they are pretty cool critters so they don't give the me creeps. DD and I cleaned the house yesterday and I threw away a plate of date pit DH had been collecting so he could plant them ... hes really mad at me today even though he has more dates and it was a nasty sight in…

oh it was also very rural back in 76, so the pool was next to a large field.

I am not sure why, but there is a time of year that they are really active. I remember it being a little cold that day so I can't say if it was early spring or nearing fall. Here in Oklahoma just 2 hours from Denton, we see them mostly in late summer, early fall. They might have sensed the warmth of the pool since water…

ugh still no edits... Beary didn't even notice we had company. I usually have to warn everyone that he'll launch himself on to their shoulder. Diet cat hid outside. Old cat tried to room with them and was rejected. Boy has 2 cats, must be an okay guy. DD is uncertain if they will see each other again.

@shanaber Bear is a great study snuggler. He usually gets under my knees that I have a blanket over, his sucky blankie. OK. I got a childhood story. It is not embellished, much and I left the part out where my mother pushed me underwater as I was struggling to the side of the pool and she laughed at my inability to conquer…

We get scorpions too, I just scoop them up and toss them outside. Dh is the only one ever stung and it was in the sink on a BBQ flipper handle. He said it wasn't half as bad as a bee sting. I looked up Brené Brown. I will listen to her podcast. I talked to DH about it all and he had some sound reasoning as to why I need to…

Oh Boy here (late 20's early 30's). I like him. handsome, rugged, welder, articulate, funny. Hope she don't let this one get away. Ya'll cross your finger for her!! (and him)

Ugh MFP is being weird. no edits ETA @bearly63 The flu shot wasn't terribly sore yet. It's just less than the chronic grump of the frozen shoulder. I did find myself waking up from the pain of sleeping on it and it was sore enough to consider tylenol/advil. I just looked up the CDC shingles recommendations, guess I should…

@quilteryoyo I had a friend before my parents divorced. I went to 13 different schools, so not really any friends after than. I think I can tap into a typical day, stuff I enjoyed when I was about 7-8. Thanks for the memory prompt! We switched from Frontline, where they have to be bitten to Advantage/Advantix to where it…

@quilteryoyo we keep the monthly flea and tick stuff on our animals. Once bear got a rat or mouse and despite having flea and tick stuff on, had probably 100 flea bites around one side of his neck, probably from carrying it around. I can imagine hundreds of seed ticks. Ugh, like those big spiders you disturb and realize…

How about a friendly wave and thumbs up! bear on me cant type.... lovey bug. Blanket sucker. Edit. Bear helped me eat my soup so he left me for a nap in his cat tree bowl. I should tell dd that even he liked it. I’m tired. Been up since 430. Got my mandatory flu shot today. It’s not terribly sore yet. We had orientation at…

I know. I just am not a people person and I don't know how to do people. It's uncomfortable. I appreciate the thought and advice, I know you've been there.

I made soup trying to be aware of the thing DD doesn't like in my Indian dishes... Held the sweet potato and added extra carrot, and put very little quinoa in the rice. grrr! She doesn't want it 'cuz I put fruit in it... grrr. It's Indian food. Well, it's a really good soup so I'll enjoy it and freeze the rest.…

Food/Studies I am supposed to make some soup today. The weather has cooled dramatically, high of 70 today. I am caught up on nursing classes other than studying. YAY! ASL and maybe some violin today. hopefully... I gotta do better with the regular practice. Anxiety My schedule has changed and with the Monday holiday, I…

@quilteryoyo How about adding some nuts and berries to oatmeal. Nuts are high calorie and healthy. I think you are on the right track not adding unhealthy foods. Maybe even a good granola cereal. They are rather sweet but somewhat healthy. My weight has stalled. I have a headache today. I added a nondairy cream (coconut)…

@quilteryoyo Ther is a lag in syncing across devices. If I log food on my laptop, it doesn't show on the ipad and may or may not be on the phone app. It's wierd. It'll update eventually. @shanaber Your DH... sounds like my DH! haha!

Got all my HW done. I really need to quit putting ASL off until the day it's due. It's getting harder and I am sure next week I'll need more time to learn it. Food Yesterday was poopoo. I wasn't even hungry and ate a piece of pizza then at 9pm DH wanted chilis hamburgers. ugh. Wasn't hungry and still ate a 1000 calorie…

@shanaber I noticed one of my lab/clinical mates who is in her early-mid 20's dyes her hair and it is seriously grey-ish. We aren't allowed unnatural colors so maybe it's as crazy as she can get with the restrictions. I like her though, she's a smart girl. @RunsOnEspresso I'd be no help on injury topics. I know a lot of…

@quilteryoyo I understand the list of to-get dones. The roof has been an issue for 3-4 years and I had to keep on DH about it. It leaked into the garage only when we had a windy storm, fairly common here. And the porch was "fixed" last year by the wrong person and "unfixed" shortly after. This time DH called a foundation…

I really hate pictures, but... My hair will never look this normal when I fix it. The under layer is very curly and I usually just manage to make it fluffy helmet hair, and never get it to lay as neet and smooth. It's just a trim up. DH said it didn't look like I'd had a hair cut. *shrugs* How about you @shanaber ? see…

@bearly63 oh my goodness, those were big babies. My first, they overdid the epidural and I couldn't feel a thing. Being the first I had no idea what I should or shouldn't feel. Doc says push when you feel a contraction, I'm just watching Oprah. They had to use forceps on him. Episiotomies are never fun. My first one felt…

I had kind of a crappy day. Cried all the way to class, 1.5 hours. Cried there, cried the whole way home. Still crying at 0830pm and I just wanna go to bed and cry more. I ate half of an almond butter and jelly sandwich and 4 fudge banana popsicles today. I looked for grief information online, seems that I am probably…

@RunsOnEspresso I agree with @quilteryoyo Just tweak a few choices, maybe eliminating certain things will help. For me, I hade to start a no no list of foods that I can not eat responsibly-nachos. You can also consider that maybe a dynamic change is happening, losing fat and adding muscle. Maybe a DXA scan once a year?…

@shanaber The two nights before Alex died, my soul was restless. I lay in bed listening to Vijay Gupta until I was numb and fuzzy, and could sleep. Magical violin work. ETA I asked DD about the bench and she doesn't want her name on it. So, it only delays the bench by a week to engrave it, I figured it is what I want, so I…

My twins were a natural delivery, no problems, 8lb 1oz and 6 lbs 12oz. It was actually a better experience than DS1 who was induced because he was getting rather big, 8lb 4oz. DD was born at 8:05pm and DS 8:23. DD was rather chill about the whole experience. Once DD was born, they put a lot of pressure on my upper abdomen…

Isn't it so annoying when your spouse doesn't listen to anything you say and the next day you mention the aforementioned meeting/appointment, and they are hearing it for the first time? Or when you are on that Zoom call and are talking to your mates and the spouse is all "what? where are you going?" from across the house.…

urgh... the weight isn't moving in the right direction. It was nice to lose a bit but it made me think I could wear jeans again and I was uncomfortable all day with the belly roll pooching forward and over the sides. haha! I had almond butter and jelly x2 today and the last of the beef enchiladas. Over calories for sure…

@rheddmobile FOX! yay! It's been a while since I've seen any so I never thought about them. YA, it is just little piles of fruit seeds, usually persimmon. I have to plant persimmon trees now.

@shanaber Yes, I think they'd get me a steroid shot, that doc is the October appointment. It's kinda weird, the hip surgeon is my treating physician and referred me to the trauma doc to correct the femur, so I think I am relying on the hip doc to call the shots. I love the trauma guy best though. I can check the app with…

LOL! Some funny dogs out there! @shanaber I can't believe Hobbes eats the fruit. @quilteryoyo I've heard that coyotes eat persimmons, so I'm not entirely shocked. @RunsOnEspresso watermelon is probably the craziest thing for a dog to eat. Haha!. My dogs don't eat anything that isn't normal dog eats. Well, other than the…