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Ah, finances... my first marriage we shared everything and when I left I left with a small inheritance I got from my grandmother (which allowed me to leave basically). It's a long story. My second marriage was a manic mistake and we didn't share anything, including finances. This is my third and final marriage and he's the…

As someone who used to sell things through Amazon as a third party seller, I second this. You can't blame Amazon, the company, for someone else's mistake. We mostly sold books and movies and made it very clear in the description of the product that they were second hand and not in mint condition but we still got some…

A friend of mine made a quilt for me out of upholstery scraps that I gave her for that purpose. I've been so busy enjoying it that I didn't get a good picture, but here's a snapshot. It came out amazing. And it's warm. I'm still fatigued... Much of my day is mostly watching videos and playing video games. I don't really…

It's been a couple of days since I've hit the boards, and I was behind a few hundred posts. Sorry to hear that there are so many family members sick and in the hospital, my heart goes out to y'all in your time of need. I'm still fighting my fatigue flare... no energy at all to do much more than stare at the screen and…

Skimming through the comments because it's been a couple of days. This thread moves so quickly! I'm sooo tired. Fatigue sucks rocks. >_< Every morning it's like, "Do you want clean hair or clean dishes?" and sometimes I don't have the energy for either. Blah. We haven't even set our Christmas tree up yet. Maybe this…

This is hysterical ... and so true! >_< Willow in WA USA

Rebecca -- that sounds like a lot of family drama and stress! I hope that things work out for you. Sidney -- welcome to the board, I'm something of a newbie myself. I wish I had the energy to keep up with all of the threads, but I honestly don't. I'm reading them though. Every one of them. Something about coffee. Something…

Pip, your nails look awesome.

I wish it were nice... but it's really just... exhausting sitting here not having the energy to do anything. I'd rather be working than too tired to move. >_< I haven't worked in over seven years. I had plans! I had dreams! But my body conspires against me. And I don't even qualify for disability. *sigh* But that's a…

Soooooo tired. I haven't exercised in days because I'm exhausted. I did go out shopping with my husband yesterday so that's something I suppose. But damn, am I tired. My body is working against me. >_< But at least I'm keeping to my calorie count. Blah. Willow in WA State

Yay! A new month! I suck at resolutions. :smile: One day at a time for me. I have a vague plan to deep clean my house by the end of the year, so I have a month to do it. :smiley: I guess that will do as a resolution. hahahaha! Willow in WA USA

Another day of no energy... blah. At least I got the dishes done this morning. I might dredge up the energy to get the laundry started... maybe. I'm running out of things to wear. ^_^ One good thing about being disabled is that I can run around in my nightclothes if I want to and no one can tell me otherwise. Ha! Willow in…

We live out in a semi-rural area... we've been here for three years, maybe four -- I'm bad with numbers.. It's almost impossible to get people to come to our house. I can't tell you how many times I've had people ghost on me even after we've shook hands and made a deal. One of the main difficulties about our particular…

Yeah, we moved into this manufactured home (never again!) about three years ago and the appliances here are... not great. The stove is old and temperamental, and the oven... well, the less said about the oven the better. If we use the microwave and the fridge kicks on, it trips the breaker. >_< We were in a hurry to buy…

Too tired to comment, but still reading. Fibromyalgia... blah.

I accidentally clicked it once when I was trying to click "like" but I unclicked it... I think... I'm pretty sure. My aim with the cursor nowadays isn't what it used to be. I have to dial the font up quite a bit to see the screen these days and those icons are tiny. >_< Willow in WA USA

Ah, Mister (my old fat cat) is okay. He's been living the high life for a while now. When I got him almost nine years ago, he was a stray off the street, abandoned by some college kid who went home and left him behind I suppose (I lived in a college town in MS at that time). He weighed almost 25 pounds back then. Probably…

I've only ever tried making it once, and it was awesome. I found the recipe online (I can't remember where, but it was a British website) after seeing an old recipe in a medical book from the 1800's (I collect those). Did you know that they used to feed fruit cake to invalids? Egg nog too? They weren't always considered…

That's too bad (about the cat and the tree). We put ours up on a table and our cat is too old and fat to jump up on the table to get at it. The dogs ignore the tree altogether. My Mister (old, fat cat) -- he's 11 years old and weighs about 19 pounds (~8.6 kg) Willow in WA USA

I gave up soda for a while too. Didn't drink it for almost five years. Then one day, I just craved a Diet Coke, and I don't even know why. And bam! I was drinking Diet Coke again. It's the only stuff I drink. I've cut down to one single serve Diet Coke a day... I wish you have better luck than me. That stuff is quite…

Heather, your Christmas cake sounds like it's going to be scrumptious. I made a fruit cake a few years back that I really enjoyed -- it kept for quite a long time too. ^_^ Good thing, because I was the only one eating it. :D The hubs kinda liked it but it was a little "strong" for him. hahaha! I might make one again some…

Do you have someone you go to in Issaquah? I haven't really found anyone here in North Bend. Then again, the last time I got tired of my long hair, I chopped it off myself. :smile: It's getting long again, and that's a pain because it's so thin that it tangles all of the time, esp in the winter. >_< Willow in WA USA

My psych meds help me sleep... most of the time. Plus... and y'all might think this is strange, but I read about it when looking for a "cure" for restless leg syndrome, but I put a bar of Ivory soap under the sheets of my bed and it really helps with the pain at night. I didn't think it would work. But I figured what did I…

Traditions... When the kids lived with me, we put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving and it stayed up until the day after New Year's (Jan 2). We decorated the inside and outside of the house as much as we could afford. On those years that we lived in apartments (and there were many) we decorated the inside of the…

The hubs and I had a very quiet day with the furbabies. It's raining here, but that's okay. We like the rain. He slept until 1pm and now he's playing video games. I exercised again (yay!) and now I'm surfing the internet. All in all, it's the perfect kind of day for us. I have to tell y'all though, that after three years…

I cannot brain today, I has teh dumb. But I did exercise... first time in years. One of the DVDs I bought the other day. Go me. I'm still reading all y'all's posts. I just can't string enough words together to form coherent responses. Darned fibro fog. Blah. Willow in WA USA (one day I'll remember to put this without…

Congratulations Lisa, on both the job and working water. :smile: Willow in WA

I'm sorry I don't know your name... This... this here is why I worked temp for twenty some odd years. Because I cannot deal with office politics. My miswired brain simply can't deal with this kind of petty BS. I have bipolar -- it manifested when I was around 15, I think -- and shenanigans like this are one sure-fired way…

We were just in Issaquah this weekend running errands (go me! I went out to run errands this weekend!) You have to cook cranberries with sugar for them to be edible. But when they're cooked, they are delicious.