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  1. How extensive is your Facebook network? I would ask my friends if they know anyone who wants a short term gig. Make it clear that you are cognitively clear and independent with bathing, dressing, and toileting. You’re not a physically difficult patient. If your local CC has a CNA, or really any medical, program you may be able to find a college student that could use the work. I’m still willing to be on the video call rotation to add novelty and human contact to your day 😁
  2. I took my first visit of the season to my community garden plot/ allotment yesterday and began weeding it to prep for spring planting. I got about 1/4 of it done. My garlic is sprouting but my rosemary didn’t make it through the winter. I took over some professional weight weed cloth and a propane torch (to cut it without it fraying) because I’m not messing around with the weeds this year. At home under the grow lights I have sprouts for tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos, cabbage, kale, and lettuce. My sweet potato slips are doing well. So far everything but the jalapeños have sprouted. Yesterday I started seeds for parsley, cut flowers, and onions. I can get some of the cooler weather stuff outside in a few more weeks but we really can’t put tomatoes and peppers out until Mother’s Day. I need to start basil soon or just plan to buy it, but I’m running out of grow light space.
  3. Where do you have to go that you need a driver? Will Uber or Lyft work? Do you own enough clothes that you can skip laundry for two weeks? You can catch up when DH gets home. Can you stock up with easy (purchased or homemade) freezer meals? Can you fill in the gaps with Amazon delivery or Uber eats? Can you line up check in video calls? I volunteer as tribute! I‘m not even kidding. I can’t get to you in person but I can certainly make an emergency call to a pre-determined phone number. I’m sure I’m not the only one here willing to be on that rotation.
  4. I hope it works for you. In the past I’ve purchased whatever brand has the primer on the other end of the mascara; so one tube. It’s hard to find that in anything but black and I really need to wear a brown mascara for everyday makeup or it looks glaringly fake. It’s a look, and not a bad one, but black eyelashes do not pass for natural on me.
  5. I generally wander the make up aisles and grab the first one I see. 😬 My current brand is L’Oréal. It looks like a tube of white mascara. I’ve never bought one that didn’t work.
  6. My eyes are too deep set for an eyelash curler. If I curl my lashes they’ll touch just under my eyebrows. I get more dramatic lashes from using a mascara primer. It’s not as over the top or troublesome as false lashes, but it is a noticeable difference without having to learn a new skill.
  7. My MIL is Grandma to my kids and my mom is Grammy. MIL kinda liked “Grammy” so when DH’s brother had kids (when our kids were 9 and 13) she had the younger Grandkids call her Grammy. Now when we’re all together she’s got different kids addressing her differently. I think that’s shady, but in a harmless old lady way. All the kids called MIL’s mother G.G. for Great Grandmother. 🥰
  8. I thought about going with Mamaw. I was very close to my Mamaw and we lost her at 95 about a year before the pandemic. However, DH is from NY/NJ and Papaw doesn’t suit him at all and for some reason I think our names should match. 😁
  9. I think everything is smaller than Williamsburg, but we’ve enjoyed Mt Vernon, St Mary’s City, and Harper’s Ferry
  10. Right now I’m going with Grandma, but I have one grandson who isn’t talking yet so I’m open to him giving me a name. I thought we’d be Nanna and Papa, but my daughter and SIL are using Mama and Papa so that doesn’t work. Since the grandpa title suits DH so well, I figured I should match and be grandma. My mother, and dgs’s other grandma both go by Grammy.
  11. Are they both under your insurance? Can you arrange some counseling sessions in lieu of rent? (I know you probably don’t charge rent). It’s your home and you deserve to live in piece. Also it’s in everyone’s best interest to resolve these issues because the next step is estrangement and picking sides for holidays.
  12. People just throw sheets over their azaleas here.
  13. How much time do you need off work to feel rested? Or at least not frantic? Can you decide which job is best for an ideal number of hours for you? If all your obligations suddenly stopped do you know which tasks you’d miss and which ones you’d be relieved not to do? One of my BFFs is a lawyer and she went completely remote during Covid and isn’t going back to a law office ever. She goes to court, and occasional work events but works from home most days and loves it. She’s on a judge track so being a homebody hasn’t hurt her career. Can you practice saying No? Say no to the next thing you don’t want to do and see how it feels. It’s hard at first but you’ll learn very quickly that the discomfort is much easier to manage than whatever task someone is trying to give you. Try saying “Oh, you’ll have to find someone else for this one. I don’t have the bandwidth for it right now.” Don’t apologize. Just don’t accept the task. Ask yourself what is the worst thing that will happen if YOU don’t do The Thing? If the worst thing is Aunt Susie gets huffy but you get a free Saturday, then say No. I flat out told someone the other day that I can no longer plan more than one thing in a day. It doesn’t matter what time my morning plans end, I’m not making afternoon plans.
  14. Is this why my Vans are suddenly choking my feet to death? I swear they were comfortable last year.
  15. I’m a FITFO kinda girl and always have been, but I do appreciate that some things are harder than others and that’s not everyone’s personality. Still, a lot can be puzzled out by careful reading and a little bit of patience. I work at a community college. Most people figure their stuff out, but we have some students who just do not read the form. One form has a very short paragraph of specific instructions that they will absolutely ignore. If they don’t have the attention span for a simple form I wonder how much attention to detail they have in a college class. I’ve had more than one student get annoyed because they want to register for a biology 101 class and I tell them they have to pick a section. They’re frustrated that I point them to a student computer to find the information. No I can’t just read off the details of 100 sections because they don’t want to look it up. I’m happy to help them find the right place to look, but don’t get annoyed with me because it takes five minutes and you thought it would take one. Some of these new adults have the attention span of a toddler.
  16. Ohhh, please ask. I can definitely measure and zip.
  17. If he would have put it back into the Vital Documents folder when he finished with it he wouldn’t BE in this situation. It’s somewhere in this house and he has no idea where. He doesn’t have the deep-clean-until-you-find-it gene. I’ve thus far resisted the urge to start searching for it in earnest myself.
  18. Is there a rural dmv you could drive to? It’ll take longer to get there but should be less crowded. A friend always did this for renewals and teen driving tests. When I got my license renewed recently they mailed it to me. In the past they’d always just handed it over and took the old one. I don’t know if they started making the RealID in a more secure facility or what. Anyway, they said it could take a few weeks. I had the option to pay for faster shipping, but declined since I had a few months before expiration. My new DL arrived the next week. We’re currently in Driver’s License limbo with DH. His expired and he can’t find his social security card. He had to wait for a specific tax document to get a new SS card to get a new driver’s license, so I’ve been the chauffeur. It’s getting old.
  19. I think the beige thing started because when you looked at an array of thumbnail posts they all match if they’re all neutral. That’s one theory I heard. It may or may not be true. 🙃
  20. It never even occurred to me that a foam shop existed. There’s one about 12 miles from me and they do same day service. You just bring in your cushions and go home with newly stuffed ones. Who knew? Not me! Apparently it’s not even that expensive. All I have to do is call them and ask about a good time to come in then get emotionally prepared to drive to Baltimore with my cushions. I definitely have a plan now. I just need to put it on the calendar so it’ll happen. Thank you ALL!
  21. I spend a lot of time on my couch (I’m not proud) and the comfort level is going downhill. I was thinking I need to replace it, but the frame is in good shape and the fabric looks decent. Now I’m thinking that I could just replace the foam and it would renew the whole thing. Has anyone done this? Do you have any advice as to where to purchase the foam and what type to get? Is this something I can get from JoAnn’s or do I need a special source? I’m willing to put some money into it if it means I’m not shopping for a new sofa.
  22. What gets me about these trad wife influencers is that the successful ones all pretend they’re not working full time and likely out earning their husbands. Those videos don’t make themselves and you don’t buy expensive cameras with coupons.
  23. I’d get a second legal opinion even if I had to pay for a consult. I can’t decide if this law firm is being sketchy to drag things out or being sketchy and planning to bail since your parents’ finances are dwindling. It seems like a weird ask. Even if it’s a legitimate legal strategy, wouldn’t you be on the hook for paying the interest?
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