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  1. I am wearing my second pair of Keen brand leather walking shoes. Decent arch support, although I tend to remove the insoles of shoes I buy and replace with sturdier insoles. Mine are an earlier version of: https://www.rei.com/rei-garage/product/209520/keen-presidio-waterproof-shoes-womens I like all leather, but then I am walking through slush etc in them here in upper Midwest.
  2. Sounds like you get what you pay for...and to save money the manufacturer has cut corners since you last got furniture from Big Lots. Next time, get less furniture pieces so you can afford better quality? Or look for older sturdy used furniture you can freshen up with deep cleaning, throw pillows, etc. Wrote the person who has a lot of garage sale or Craig's list stuff in her house. All of which has lasted longer than the sofas we bought years back from furniture stores.
  3. If you have met a dog who is right for you, then it is time. Assume the dog is not a puppy? Could you offer to foster the shelter dog for now...if you end up a failed foster that is great. But fostering gives the option to relinquish the dog if need be.
  4. This was our Lab when Captain was 11.5 years old. World's Best Dog. We noticed minor shaking seizures, but he also suddenly had trouble navigating stairs - vet felt it was a brain tumor affecting his ability to navigate on and off surfaces, which since he had to use stairs to get in and out of the house for potty time was a problem. Can't heft an 80 lb dog up and down stairs. We so do still miss him!
  5. $4.89 around town here, Kane Country just west of Cook Country (Chicagoland)
  6. This. It is part of what you re paying them to do - handle the claims etc when someone hits you!
  7. Back when our young adults were still on our insurance it was easiest to have us both available when insurance had to be phoned- my young adult would tell them to please talk to mom, or we'd use speaker phone so we could both be on the call.
  8. Have you tried a Fleet enema? That, and Miralax, might get things moving. But if not, consult your doctor.
  9. YouTube. I am 62 and roam the Tube almost every night, looking for documentaries. etc. I love dipping into older British stuff like Time Team, also the series Walking Through History (Tony Robinson hosts both of these). Lucy Worsley had many historical documentaries, with reinactments, too, that are fun. You can look them up on the IMDb site for titles. I follow a mudlarking London artist, Nicole White, who vlogs as she pokes around in the Thames mud, a family of six who live on a catamaran in the South Seas, a young woman who is a chef on mega yachts, The Crew Chef,etc. etc. American Viscountess has a channel in which she tours various castles or stately old homes around Britian...she is an American who married into the aristocracy. She and her hubby also have the Mapperton Live channel which explores the upkeep of their own old estate. They are a fun couple! English Heritage as a good site, too, on YouTube. I just yesterday stumbled across a series of behind the scene at the British Museum documenties on a channell run by someone called tissgle. Meanwhile , for just plain fun, I recently devoured the short comedy series Derry Girls on Netflix, and Miranda on Hulu. The latter features the actress who played Chummy on the early Call the Midwife show.
  10. Google how to pop your ears safely - I've done the holding nose shut and keeping mouth shut while trying to blow to release pressure in ears...
  11. Our previous Lab was a chill sweetheart, and slept either on the old couch downstairs or shared my youngest daughter's bed. Our second Lab sleeps in her crate at night - if roaming freely she is more apt to bark at invisible monsters, etc. in her crate she deep sleeps til morning.
  12. Hubby years ago slipped on ice while walking to the commuter train. Made the 50 minute train ride into Chicago...and promptly took a taxi to a Major Hospital ER on the northside. ER doc diagnosed a sprained wrist, wrapped it tightly, sent hubby on his way. Did not even look at the rest of his body - hubby had back pain, too. Next morning I awoke to a note saying hubby felt so bad he called a taxi in the middle of the night to be taken to our local ER (we had four young kids in the house, I could not have driven him anyway). Turns out he had a broken wee bone in the thumb joint that needed surgery (and pins sticking out for a few weeks holding everything in place) and six months in a heavy back brace as HE BROKE HIS BACK! Later on, when the first ER called and tried to get the bill paid, hubby, a lawyer btw, went off on them for the sheer ineptness of the ER doc who had not addressed the back pain, and caused more pain my tightly wrapping up the thump joint area. Hubby refused to pay...and the hospital did not press their luck (he could have sued). Oh, past couple years our ER co-pay if we go and are NOT admitted is $1000. Which basically means we can't afford to use the ER.
  13. I had a similar scam call that I hung up on...local area code so I did answer, but as soon as robot voice tried to tell me Apple devices had been ordered on my Amazon account I hung up. Did verify that no one had ordered anything untoward off Amazon. Stupid scammers!
  14. It is their job to announce it. They fear what a phone call would entail---remind them it doesn't have to be a phone call. They can write a letter! While i am sure YOU will get a phone call at some point from these relatives, you will be ready to respond pretty much as you have in your posts here. But the young adults cant hide behind you when it comes to letting the Arizona folks know what is up. Just don't bring it up on your trip, unless the young folks mail that letter right away. In which case hope the trip is not spend having to deal with the fallout. Maybe ask them to NOT mail the letter until you get back, so your trip is not spoiled.
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