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Carol, so sorry about your BIL. Prayers for all of you. Annie, I’m so sorry the pastor changed all your plans. I hope you can get it worked out the way you want. Around here, we couldn’t change the time of a service without the funeral home’s approval. I’m giving your father a pass since his wife just died, but he really…

Annie, Condolences on your mother’s death. I like Machka’s suggestion to find a task that he can do. Rosemarie, I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. The one most helpful to me was how to deal with paper clutter, but we all have our personal challenges. Machka, I think you missed my point about the 5 minutes. I will try to…

I highly recommend Dana K White’s 5-step decluttering process. She is famous for decluttering without making a bigger mess and “progress and only progress.” She would argue that 5 minutes can make a difference, and I believe she is absolutely right. Where do you start? With the easy stuff: trash, duh donations, things that…

Rosemarie, the all day decluttering is either through the course page or the FB group. I’m not sure which. You get a schedule of the activities, and there are video lessons every so often. Like right before you’re supposed to be in the kitchen, there’s a video about what to do. You are encouraged to listen while you work.…

Rosemarie, you are facing your first Christmas without your husband. You are allowed to feel anyway you feel. May I ask which decluttering group you joined? I don’t know if you’d be interested at all, but Dawn from The Minimal Mom, Cas from Clutterbug and Dana from A Slob Comes Clean joined together to create an online…

Lisa, Oh, no! your advice is too too late! I bought Dave a gift card for his stocking at Target on Monday. Hopefully, the scammers missed that one. I am starting to feel the Christmas overwhelm. Maybe I can shake it off.

Luanne, nothing brings awareness like logging your food. A big wake-up call is to log, click the complete button to see the prediction for your weight in 5 weeks, then add something else like an after dinner snack you weren’t planning to eat, click complete again and see how that choice has impacted your projected weight…

Carol, absolutely contest the Walmart charge on your credit card. They should make that right. I currently have an order from Amazon that is “lost”. When I try to cancel for a refund, it just sends me back to my orders. I need to try to cancel it from a different device. A good three months ago I ordered a black and a…

Thanks for the comments on my outfit. KJ, the decoration on the loafers is gold. After years of wearing silver jewelry after being told I was a ‘Winter” back in the 80s, I discovered that I have a warm undertone and am actually an “Autumn”. It’s been a shift for me, but I’m trying to embrace gold. Some days I just say what…

Luanne, welcome! I am also 69. Terri. That’s exactly what I hope can happen with me and my healthy eating path. I’m about to head out for Atlanta. The rain has stopped for the moment. Here I am in my Christmas outfit Black Friday special.

Beth, so sorry about the further complications with your mother. Hugs. My father had COPD and there was most definitely a correlation between his confusion and his oxygen levels. Maybe that can be at least one place that you can see improvement. I’m up early, doing my morning routine of reading and journaling with my tea.…

Heather, you are absolutely right about the self-esteem component. I am learning to embrace the body I seem to have settled into and be thankful that I have maintained the 50+ lb weight loss that MFP helped me achieve. I know my profile only shows 40, but I was really about 15 lbs down from my heaviest when I started with…

Oh, Beth, I’m so sorry for your mom’s Covid and confusion. Prayers. Today I’ve been working through my to-do list that I ignored earlier in the week. I wrapped all the presents i have in the house and made a plan to finish on Monday after my dentist appointment. Tomorrow is my granddaughter's Christmas dance recital. I…

Lanette, yes. The results of the personality test described me pretty well. The A did seem to fit me better than the T. Beth, although I don’t see anything wrong with the dates being written on the cans, I would probably just keep those for my own use and buy some specifically for donating, just to keep the peace. When we…

I took the personality quiz. I got architect - INTJ-A INTROVERTED - 68% Intuitive - 62% Thinking 61% Judging - 61% Assertive - 56%

Annie, hugs, hugs, hugs! Devastating news. I feel for your whole family, especially your father. Lanette, thanks for the heads up on the Thursday Murder Club book. Machka, your friend is correct. All families are weird. Some people are just more open about sharing the specifics with others. I would add - if you don’t think…

Annie, my thoughts are with you through this season. I went through it in 2022 with my father. It was rough. Thankfully, my mother is doing well at the moment, but I still need to give her a lit of attention. Kylia, hugs and more hugs. Rosemarie, have you read the Sullivan’s Crossing books? I started with the first few…

Just checking in. Today was rough. Just rough. It’s religion and politics all rolled into one, so I won’t get specific. I got up at 5 to be there at 7:15 to help with registration, spent all day Wednesday stuffing name badges and validating voting cards. Let’s just say it’s a rough end to a rough week. I’m glad it is…

favorite sweater: cotton, pull-over, v-neck, for slightly more dressy occasions. I do like the looks of Barbie's red sweater. I would wear that on a really cold day. It would be a little hot for most of our mild winter days. for everyday - a nice over-sized sweatshirt, no hood, preferably one that covers my bottom to wear…

Karen, you have two very talented brothers. The video is amazing and the art is breathtakingly beautiful. Michele, all of my metal pans’ handles get hot unless they have some kind of protective coating. I’m sorry you were burned.

Karen, condolences on the loss of your brother. I know how special he was to you.

I think I already shared my new car story. I would not take money out of my 401K to buy a new car unless it was a necessity. I like to get a car, keep it 8-10 years, then trade it in. I paid my last one off early and continued to “pay” $500 a month into a sinking fund called “Kay’s new car.” I did this religiously for 4…

I drink two ounces of aloe vera juice every morning in my loaded tea. I find it helps my digestion. I buy it in the pharmacy section of the grocery store. You can usually find it next to the Metamucil and similar products. I keep a plant in the house but only use it if needed for burns. It never occurred to me to eat it,…

Carol, does your new car have Car Play? My cousin’s 2019 CRV had it, but my 2016 had built-in. If so, your phones map app will work through car play and it is actually better than built-in navigation. You can even ask Siri for directions while driving. I couldn’t do that with my built-in navigation. I had to be stopped in…

Lanette, the deck looks wonderful! I read The Upper Room”, too! Y’all, i thought I was through with MFP for the day, but I had to pop back on and tell you I have discovered something even more delicious than Oikos Pro yogurt. It is plain Greek Yogurt mixed with TrueFit Whey Protein flavor in chocolate. Yesterday, I did a…

This question is for Barbara, but feel free to chime in if you know anything about it. TLDR: i’m thinking of switching vitamin brands and need opinions. In a spoiler since I am discussing MLMs.

Rita, I use Monistat anti-chafing cream. It comes in a tube, but dries on your skin like powder. It works wonders in all skin folds. Barbara, congrats on the paid-for Jeep. I just bought myself a new car with cash for the first time in my 68 years except for the $800 VW square-back that my father bought me in 1976. I…

We are the opposite. I get FOMO. Dave has JOMO.

Margaret, I enjoyed your singing. I had never heard the song you sang as a benediction. It was truly beautiful. Thank you for sharing the link with us. I also enjoyed hearing a totally different version of the doxology than we sing at our church. I liked the version y’all sing.