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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.
  15. The battery on my three year old Samsung Galaxy J7 Crown was dying daily, so I needed a new phone just a few days ago. I use Tracfone service, and have rolled over and accumulated a massive amount of data since I just use wifi most of the time, being a homebody, and text minutes etc. So needed to stick with a phone Tracfone worked with...and got a new, although older model, iPhone 7 three days ago (it got better reviews than a similar android phone when i looked them up). I have used an iPad as my major device for years, so not hard to adjust from android to apple. Plus is this phone, even in a case, is smaller than the Crown and fits my pocket better! I don't care that is is an older model, heck, I tend to get refurbished older iPads from Apple anyway, and gently used cars instead of new, etc. Ran me just a couple hundred dollars. Now, my kids buy themselves newer iphones (their money) and pay an arm and a leg for service (Tracfone is about $30/month) and i swear their phones are too big to easily hold or stick in a pocket.
  16. Unless the mild cold I briefly had was covid, no. But son with autism is probably due to get it - he lives with five other dudes, and no sooner did they get to the end of quarantine from one guy testing positive (just mild cold symptoms) than another dude tested positive. So quarantine starts again. Sigh.
  17. That is one town south of me, a more affluent area, not surprised.
  18. SO far only some frozen foods seem to be missing at our local Walmart...and the smaller size of 2% milk I like to get. So I stopped at the nearby Meijers (regional chain) since they do have the milk, and better produce, although baby carrots, of all things, were out. Meijers is the ONLY store I go to (out of a half dozen within 20 minute drive) that has bare shelves in many aisles AND the signs noting limit two (or four, depends) due to shortages. Woodmans, Jewel, Butera, Caputos, Walmart (except some frozen) no signs, no bare shelf space. Have not been in the local Aldi or TJ for couple years now, so no comment on them. Meat prices higher across the board.
  19. Just have to say I LOVE this thread!
  20. Daughter lives there now....very different from nw Chicagoland suburbs! For one thing...bears!
  21. I use it as a treat to get myself out of bed in the morning. Love it!
  22. My twins would have loved the sit and spin over the hoop (which is more for the dad to try and get them to play with than anything they'd gravitate to themselves at that age.
  23. Eve always a jar of herring for hubby, cheese pizza from our favorite local place for rest of us. Salmon if I see a nice piece in the store. Christmas is beef tenderloin, wild rice (etc*) pilaf, homemade yeast rolls, veggies, more cranberry sauce since the dudes love it. Note this year all the tenderloins have been much more costly, AND very slender compared to prior years. Usually I have to fold over and tie the narrow end of a loin to make it as thick the bigger end, to achieve an even medium rare throughout. This year I swear I may have to double or triple up the entire loin (I got three to work with since so slender) and have bought extra cotton cooking string to tie it up with. Wish me luck! * I like to use wild rice AND brown rice AND jasmine rice (our regular rice) cooked in broth for flavor, with sauteed minced veggies of course stirred in. With luck, we have leftovers for days! Cold tenderloin in a homemade yeast roll is divine! Oh, and before she passed on, my MIL would bring her wonderful lasagna to serve as a starter. With fresh mozzarella from her local Italian deli. We miss it (and her).
  24. Fine nw of Chicago. Was surprised on walkies with Lab this morning that there werent even any branches down, just a few tipped over trashcans. We lucked out.
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