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

Ok, funny story . . . I like to claim I have a private balcony there. During the pandemic they took out part of the seating space to use as a staging area for delivery services. The way it’s configured it seems like the balcony is off limits. Really it’s not though; you just have to be bold enough to walk through the buzz of employees working there. So, when I’m with my neighborhood walking buddies we sometimes stop for refreshments on “my” balcony. Nobody has ever joined us out there, but I’m not there often enough to know who else is onto this scheme. The soup does sound really good 😊

It seems that, the whole world over, people always have and always will purchase the labor of other people for the lowest amount legally allowed and extend them the least courtesy that society permits.

I go to EVERY other store more than I go to Whole Foods and this includes Giant, which I actually hate. 🤣 They just don’t have anything that I can exclusively get there. I think I’ve returned Amazon items there as often as I’ve shopped there and I rarely return stuff. I’ve been known to drive 5 miles to the next town to go to Food Lion because they’re reasonable priced, a smaller store, and less crowded. Whole Foods is a lovely one mile walk on a paved bike path through the woods (or 3 miles if I drive) and I just never think of it. I am fully aware that I’m spoiled for choice where I live.

THIS is why we prefer Puffin Rock. It’s calming. 🤣

I never reuse black teabags or squeeze them. I have reused green tea leaves since they are sitting IN the pot and I only steep those about two minutes, but I haven't tried it with green tea bags. Maybe it would work for herbal tea? If cost is an issue have you tried recreating the flavors you like for less? You could read the ingredient list and try blending your own with a loose leaf tea that you can get locally.

Have you ever seen those murphy doors that are both bookcases and doors? What if you had doors like that where you could store your cookbooks, but you could still open then and behind the bookcase-doors you could store lesser used items like holiday platters, or a seldom used appliances, or canning stuff that comes out for a short season? I don't KNOW that this even exists or how they could open outwards. Honestly, I'd probably just put my books in front of stuff and complain when I had to move them.

We HAVE a Whole Foods that I can walk to, but I rarely go there. Somehow it seems like less of destination and more the store I will go into if I happen to be over there. Our WF's just isn't on the same scale as our Wegmans. Wegmans has more inventory, more prepared foods, and more seating. It's easier to plant yourself at a table at Wegmans and linger with friends for hours. In Whole Foods I feel obligated to move it along a bit more and they have fewer choices. Even with outdoor seating, the Wegmans has more outdoor tables on their balcony and patio. Parking is easier too. This could all come down to where your buildings are situated. My WFs is a lakefront building and the parking there is just annoying. It's where I get a snack if I want to take a walk around the lake and need a tea, pastry, and that one item I forgot to buy for dinner prep. WF's seems more expensive. The Amazon delivery situation has claimed some real estate in our store so it feels less nice to hang out in the seating area. A bigger WF's probably solves most of these problems, but that's not our reality here.

A coworker was going off about this today. She has friends that are moving soon and they are actively censoring this episode.

Either we’re not selling it or you’re not applying yourself.

Inexplicably, there is a model train running above the dairy section and a rooster that occasionally crows. I don’t know why or if it’s every store.