Oh, Sweetie! So many hugs for you all. ❤️

I have no words! Just wow!

Ugh, Baby, come on now. Your aunties can't wait for you to get here.

I like my audiobooks to be fantasy or scifi is because those genres often have names and places with the weirdest and most unpronounceable words I've ever seen. It's like they go out of their way to make them difficult. At least with audiobooks, the pronunciation is on the reader and I can sit back and enjoy. 🙌

I'm presently listening to Mistborn as I cross stitch. Fantasy and scifi are my favorite audiobooks. I recently went through The Expanse series, and while I've read the books previously, the audiobooks are joy.

Our Aldi starts at $16.50. If he wants to go for the adventure, he's probably young enough to enjoy that situation. For me, staying home for more money sounds better but I'm old.

It's kind of like the Chinese said, "Oh you like that one? How do you like these!"

I wish I did, I really do but I'm glad you came here to ask so someone wiser than me can give you a hand. All I have are hugs.

I'm a bit older than you at 57 and I'm struggling greatly with midlife crisis. Before now, I always thought it was a joke, like a man all of a sudden buying a muscle car. Most of the time, mine presents as fear. After my parents got Covid in June, I've been sick with fear over losing them and one day I will. The older I get the closer that time becomes and I worry and stress and am anxious and I'm a total mess. Throw in the regrets, and there are so, so many I'm struggling to get through this time, if there is a through.

I recently started using Bare Minerals complexion rescue and I love it. It looks so natural and like I'm not wearing any at all. It smooths away all those odd imperfections that start to appear with age and it does a pretty good job with dark circles.

My oldest turns 35 this year and I still have my favorite curriculums I couldn't bear to get rid of when the youngest (27) graduated. It is on my agenda to do that this year. I may need y'all to hold my hand when I get to that point in my deep cleaning.

With my first child, my water broke while I was sitting in the waiting room for a scheduled appointment. Soaked me and soaked the very nice couch they had in there. I was never so embarrassed in my life. Not for the wet pants but for the wet couch. I wonder what they did about that. Luckily for me, the office was in the hospital and I only had to go down a couple of floors to get checked in. A few short hours later and ds1 was born. It felt so surreal.

It really does. I'm about 35 minutes from my favorite beach and it still feels like a chore to get there even though I'm no longer taking children along.

Oh no, I hope they get back on your feet soon! What is C5-C7 fashion?

I bet it's regretting that decision. Crazy yard guy doesn't sound so terrible now.

I keep hoping this is a case of no news is good news.

My dad did finally find a satsuma at Ace. He was discouraged by the quality too but then discovered they labeled their satsuma by another name and that those trees looked good. I don't remember the name but he asked a worker and they were the ones who clued him in.

Come on baby! February 10th sounds like the perfect day to have a birthday.

That's so sweet of him and Maize to take the time to help a third grader out. ❤️ Thank you for updating!

I thought the same thing. Family members of the forum are still family to us.

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Almost in the same situation, except you were brave enough to already join. That's amazing and a great first step! My library is doing a reading challenge like those you see around the internet: pick a book in translation, a book written before 2000, a historical book set in Africa, that sort of thing. So each month they have a meeting where people discuss what they've been reading. The whole thing is right up my alley and yet I can bring myself to do it. I'm one of those people who gets a belly full of butterflies before things like this. There is no reason to be nervous but not matter how many times I tell myself that I still feel that way. So I get where you are coming from 100%. Having your MIL along will be huge in making you feel less anxious, especially if she is the outgoing sort. I, too, won't have any judgement if you back out but I honestly think you should give it a go. And then come back and tell us how it was.

I wondered that myself and I might yet offer, but they may want the kids to go. I just don't know.

No, the cost was on me. It was another reason I said no. That's a lot of money for us. I actually didn't say no right away because I was afraid of making a knee jerk reaction. So I gave it some thought, talked it over with DH, and ultimately decided it was all just too much, especially with the unpredictability of my fibromyalgia.

You can also add a motion activated spray deterrent. It could be used to either deter the raccoon family or your dog. Something like this.