I didn’t know they qualified it. I don’t have TikTok so sometimes I miss the full context. I still don’t think it’s remotely fear mongering to say that, historically, men are way more dangerous than bears. That’s just a global fact. You don’t know her life!!!! Also, can you choose the bear? I’ve been in the woods with black bears. They’re not trying to get near you.

I’ve made oxtail stew. It was time consuming and a bit of a pain. I figured the effort would be lost on my family and I might as well make regular beef stew, but they really did like it and I got compliments.

Thank you so much for saying that. I’m not sure “We memorialized it” is quite the solution that @fairfarmhand was looking for. 🤣 I do understand her frustration though. It’s not the easiest habit to live with.

I don’t know what the gender divide is but we just got through a cold that has to be breaking records for producing mucous. We’ve been blowing noses for two weeks did here and it’s still lingering. It’s completely ridiculous.

Yeah, but statistically a women is WAY more likely to be killed by a man she knows than a bear.

Confession time. DS was a renowned complainer. One teacher reported “if he’s not complaining he’s not happy.” He’s the reason we own iamoutraged.com. We were going to have him record his litany of complains from petty to warranted. We suggested he do a complaint of the day YouTube. He never did anything with his website so we used it as a memorial. My sister bought him grumpy cat stuff because Grumpy Cat was his patronis. His sister got him these complaint forms.

Demand them in writing?

I don’t remember the last time I saw someone smoking and I’m in a very populated area.

I’d do a square. A circle would be a pain if you’re building raised beds or making planting plans.

Dancing babies are the BEST. My grandson’s moves are a LOT. He puts one hand on a table, one in the air, and pretty much twerks. It’s both hilarious and slightly unsettling. He has a strong preference for female rappers 🤣 At least he’ll be able to pay for college. 😳 We do get plenty of time with dgs, but since his parents both work and he’s in daycare they are reluctant to leave him on the weekends. It’s cool, I like his parents too. 😬 I do adore the sleepovers though because he’s scrumptious in is Jammie’s at night and do fun when he wakes up in the morning. We just stare at him the whole time because he’s always busy. He acts like he has a super demanding job and no time to stop.

I was watching video of my grandson’s fledgling steps over and over and I started wondering how peaches and nectarine were doing lately. I don’t remember updates past the early days when @Ann.without.an.e was there every day. Granted, this year has been a blur and I feel like I’m somehow recovering from a concussion, but I think I’ve missed more than a few updates with these babies who are a year old now. @Elizabeth86 isn’t your baby around this age? Forgive my memory. I’m sure I’ve left people out. My gs was one on Valentine’s Day and recently started toddling. My great joy is that his parents book concert tickets at the venue closest to us and we get grandson delivery to our doorstep. It’s glorious. Now, these kids are greedy with him and we don’t get too many overnights, but we get them occasionally and that’s my favorite. 😍

Hedge your bets. Do some “just family” photos then add the bf/gfs to the photos one at a time? Bf could be the one with staying power and the gfs could be gone. What pictures do you want. Maybe do a bunch of family photos then one with gf1, one with gf2, and one with bf. Then do a few everybody photos. The photographer is going to shoot some film anyway. Just tell them what you need and let them order people around. They do it all the time. What you don’t want to do is treat new bf weird because he showed up later. You don’t want to be the punchline at the wedding if they end up together or to hear I told you so if one of the more photographed gfs doesn’t stick around. Eta: How much say will you even have in what photos are taken? I’m assuming the bride and groom have thought this out.

Ok, but hear me out:

It seems if he was with it enough to launch a legal defense for squatters’ rights he wouldn’t BE in this situation. With that level of function he’d probably have a job and a place of his own. It must be a very specific subset of squatters that can take advantage of those legal protections. Once you eliminate anyone engaged in illegal activity and anyone without the executive function to organize things the number of squatters must be greatly reduced.

I’ve had mine for about 12 years, but it’s a toploader and I’ve never heard of mold issues with those. It gets the clothes really clean (because WATER) and does it quickly. I think it’s this one