I found this one for $46. I found some good options with "maxi kimono robe" on Amazon. But with so many different prints available you might want to see for yourself.

I tend to think of robes as either functional and warm, or pretty silky things. Personally, my favorite robe is a big fluffy pink thing with cat heads all over it. Maybe a waffle weave robe is warm enough while being a thinner fabric?

A former male coworker once told me what a fast typer I was. He never complimented the numerous reports I helped him with, the data analysis I did, or the fact that I had a PhD. A friend I grew up with once said she envied my ability to leave the house without caring what I looked like. My ex-SIL eagerly grabbed a slice of pizza from the birthday party we were hosting for my kid and said, "Mmm, I haven't had cheap pizza in so long!" (It was Papa John's, which I never found to be particularly cheap, we just liked it at the time). This same person regularly referred to herself as a genuinely nice person, which is a weird thing to call yourself IMO (leave that for other people to say about you, right?). And well, I never found her particularly nice at all. I only wish I had good comebacks for these compliments at the time!

Yeah, from your picture you definitely have some bunions going on. One of the major positive things is I can buy shoes without having to worry about how they'll make my feet hurt. Not that I buy anything special, it's just nice to have one less thing to worry about.

Just wanted to say if it is a bunion, I had a pretty bad/painful bunion by the end of my 2nd pregnancy, and had surgery the year they were born. Didn't regret it for a minute. Surgery (by a podiatrist) was on a Wednesday and I was back to work on Monday. No crutches, walking boot.

Can confirm, I just received an invite to a baby shower requesting the book instead of a card, plus their registry info. Nothing about a raffle though. I'm not going to the shower so I just sent a giftcard.

Thanks! I suspect mine is throwing dishes away instead of dealing with them. Or maybe it's accidental. 10 is a good age to treat them like adolescents, they certainly seem to have the attitude down at that age. 😡😆

How long have you been making them financially responsible for their own set of dishes? I suspect my 10 year old has been disappearing dishes but they get very defensive and cry when I ask about it. Yesterday I went to Goodwill to buy spoons and bowls (forget paying full price for dishes at this point). Your system may help me out a lot, so please do share. 🙂

I don't remember how old they were, but one night before bed my youngest said to me, "Good night mom, I will always remember you." I was a bit afraid to go to sleep that night! 😄

When I went no-contact with my mom, it was after years of her saying and doing mean things. I tried to write them off as strange, rather than mean. I tried to explain them away as possibly early-onset dementia, because surely if she was in her right mind she wouldn't say that. (I have asked about her getting screened but she ignored that). I thought maybe she was right when she said I was too sensitive. It was so bad that when I was going through some major crises I couldn't let her find out. Because she has proven that she will try to "help" but for her that means she will only sit there and criticize every last thing I do. I learned I couldn't count on her to be on my side, but I felt really guilty about feeling that way. Then last fall she told me she and my stepdad were going to visit the following week for one of my kids' birthdays. I gently told her we had plans already so let's pick another weekend. She went completely off on me. "What the F*** is going on there. I only hope you are treated better by your own kids when you are my age." And then she ended it by accusing me of being back together with my ex-husband, who went to jail for sexually abused our children but is now out and living with his mommy in another state. So that's what did it for me. To think the only possible reason I had to pick a different weekend for her to visit was because I was back with the person who, well, I heard his voice during a child support hearing a few months ago and it made me sick. She has consistently under-estimated me as an adult but this was plain insulting. I've been busting my butt trying to stay afloat and deal with all the damage he caused, as a single mom. All my kids have some issue or special need-whether due to his actions or not. So I am busy and burned out and as much as I wish I could call on her to help out, I know that I can't. And rather than at least acknowledging my efforts, she accuses me of being so weak that I would invite the abuser back into my kids' lives. So I guess I'm saying, sometimes you just know.

One time I was shopping in a candle store in the mall. I must have been concentrating on how each candle smelled, and the store manager (a man) must not have liked how I look when I concentrate, and told me I should be smiling. I immediately put the candle down and left the store.

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Another vote for FitFlops. I've had bunionectomies on both feet and also have the old lady foot pain and these are still amazing.

I have tried so many OTC anxiety relievers and been so disappointed. I have an Ativan Rx but would prefer not to use it as much. Excited to give this a try, thank you!

How come the bully hasn't had to write an apology letter to your son? ETA: Oops sorry, saw that this was addressed. Except, if they are protecting this bully's confidentiality then that means he's not going to be writing an apology, or he's writing one but it won't be signed? Or that if your daughter writes an apology then he won't see it, because they'd have to be protecting her as well? I just hope whatever protections they're putting in place for the bully, they're putting in place for your DD. Because if they're not they are teaching some very bad lessons.

I've had to put a couple of pets down as an adult, and I know a third is around the corner. I realized that it felt like I was doing it too soon (what if there were still good days left?) AND I was doing it too late (why did I let the suffering go on for so long?). I think it simply sucks to have to make the decision to end a life, even when it is the 100% right thing to do.

Well, yikes!

I sure hope so, because I can't imagine them being worse!

Do you think that they were more ruthless in real life? Or less ruthless?

I'm not really sure the point you're trying to make. I'm sorry you were overwhelmed. Some companies have multiple staff just devoted to hiring so you'd think they would know how to respond to candidates and have the resources to do so. Job applicants have a lot on their plates too. When I was applying to jobs most recently I was working full time and a single mom to 3 kids. But I still took the time to fill in the boxes on the applications (copied and pasted from my resume that I was also required to submit), took the assessments, and customized every cover letter. I think I applied to around 30 jobs. I had several phone interviews and several in-person interviews. It's a lot of work only to be told nothing. I think the respect should go both ways.

This is my thought exactly. When I was last looking for a job a couple years ago, I sent out tons of resumes. I took the time to personalize every single cover letter. If I was lucky I received an auto-email acknowledging receipt of my application. Occasionally a real person would email me to say they received my application. Most of the time I never heard that a position had been filled. I was actually very impressed when I had gone through several rounds of interviews with one place and they actually called me to tell me I didn't get the job. How sad is that, to be relieved to hear a real person tell you you're not the chosen one? In the past, I'd traveled on my own dime to interviews states away and didn't have the courtesy of a rejection. So I just can't really be mad when potential employees do the same thing to employers. That's how they've been taught to act, no?

You could be talking about me! When I see some IRS thing coming on USPS Informed Delivery, I'm on edge all day until I get it and can read it. I didn't opt out of the tax credit. And I think I got the largest refund in my life this year.

I don't even know where yesterday went because it was like one project after another, but it didn't feel like it was taking as long as it was. I need to remember this and be easier on myself when I can't seem to get off the couch in the dead of winter. Not being motivated in the moment doesn't mean I'll always be that way.

Zoloft definitely caused me to have obsessions/compulsions when I first started up, and I think throat clearing would count as a compulsion. It also caused my anxiety to skyrocket the first week. I would get in touch with your prescriber. Mine added some Ativan until the side effects calmed down.

Last week I bought a small standalone freezer like this one after signing up for a Costco Membership. I wish I had the space for a full chest freezer but I don't and this little thing has basically doubled my freezer size. Just wanted to share another option with you.