Something little he might enjoy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W5QM4DP/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07W5QM4DP&pd_rd_w=rrGqt&content-id=amzn1.sym.08ba9b95-1385-44b0-b652-c46acdff309c&pf_rd_p=08ba9b95-1385-44b0-b652-c46acdff309c&pf_rd_r=MECTHK9J8A5WCSZKW9Z1&pd_rd_wg=2IZ6h&pd_rd_r=ccf5e5cb-1233-4a52-9f6f-fead28dfbd8a&s=toys-and-games&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM

I'm having a hard time with the fact that a grown man has had it in for a 5yo little boy ever since he showed up. How messed up is that? Especially when it is a person whose position is to care for children.

Does he have a balance bike? Or a Green Machine? https://www.huffy.com/ride-on-toys/green-machine/ Those may be too big/expensive for what you are wanting though. One thing our grandkids have enjoyed has been outdoor tools their size, like rakes, shovels, etc. Real ones that can be used, but that are smaller.

I wore a black skirt to my son's wedding. We flew in from overseas, had about 10 days, a limited budget, and I was trying to find something for my not-so-easy to fit body. I was really stressed. I called my sister from the store to ask if it was okay, lol. She said it's fine. I found a lovely medium soft blue shell with just-below-the waist matching long-sleeved jacket that had glittery swirls on them in black, and it worked great. (We won't address the glitter part here!🤣) Sadly, I had more problems with the shoes, and only wore them once.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BTYYCKK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This is the one that we have. I don't know that it has all you are wanting, but we like it. It was on ds' Christmas list several years ago. After he opened it, we tried it out, and bought one for ourselves.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/diabetes/107112?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2023-11-01&eun=g1838208d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily Headlines Evening 2023-11-01&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition If you scroll down and the click on the links, you see some studies showing influence of plastics (including vinyl flooring), and further down, nitrites.

I drink decaf coffee and/or tea off and on most of the day. Sometimes I put some 2% or coconut milk in the coffee, sometimes I put stevia in the tea. But mostly I just like drinking something warm in the winter.

Sounds like an amazing trip! (Except for that covid part.)

Now I'm craving fried chicken and chocolate cake! For the crusty round bread loaves, I can't use my Dutch oven (that we got for a wedding present over 40 years ago) because it has a plastic knob on the top. I haven't bothered buying a new one. But I have found that putting a 9x13" pan with water in it on the lower shelf in the oven works well. I still end up with a loaf similar to the one on the right in the picture a pp included. I put it in before I turn the oven on to preheat. Then when the oven is preheated, I put in the bread, which is on a cookie sheet on parchment paper.

This is our go-to recipe as well. It is delicious and very moist. I usually bake cakes in a 9x13" pan since my layers are always crooked in this oven. We don't use any other chocolate cake recipe. It's also good for a devil's food cake if you frost it with 7-minute boiled frosting. ETA: Okay, I see now that lots of people use this recipe. It really is so so good!

I don't know if they did something wrong, but when I checked on getting one at the Walmart pharmacy this morning, I was told that my insurance doesn't cover it (I'm in my early 60s). I was surprised, because we have really good insurance. She said it was $300 (and something--I didn't get the exact number). I told her I'd wait.

Congratulations! So happy for you!

We are both kind of like this--don't like being fussed over. When we were first married and then when we had little kids, I cooked breakfast and prepared lunch. Well, actually for quite a few years, lunch was our main meal, and we had a light supper due to the culture where we lived. Then we moved and had to move the main meal to the evenings. But anyway, as our kids grew and became more independent, and our schedules morphed, we gradually moved away from that to everybody mostly making their own breakfasts and lunches. I would ask (and still do occasionally), but he would usually say, "I'll get something in a little while." And everybody just seemed ready at different times and wanted different things. Generally, I cook dinner and he does the dishes. When we had more kids at home, on the chore charts, some helped with preparation, and some helped with cleanup. But now it is mostly just us. Sometimes he gathers the garbage, sometimes I do. He does most of the yard work, I do most of the housework. And so on. We've been at this for long enough that neither of us sees it as a big deal. I don't, because he is not a messy person, and he is not selfish or demanding.

No, he isn't a coffee drinker, and rarely a tea drinker (except for iced tea). Which is fine, because sometimes I make a whole pot, and sometimes I make a lot less. Sometimes I make tea, instead. Neither of us waits on the other a whole lot, but we do try to do kind and thoughtful things for each other. He is really easy to live with, and that pleases me a lot more than being handed a cup of coffee! I don't keep iced tea on hand very often, even though he likes it. We like it sweet (not Southern sweet), and we drink too much of it if it is made and in the fridge, so I just don't make it on a regular basis.

I wanted to be just Grandma. But dh had a specific grandpa name he wanted, and Grandma didn't really go with it, so I felt I needed to kind of "match" with his. I still prefer Grandma, but it's okay.

Yep. Why are the instructions on medications in such tiny fonts? I know they don't have a lot of space, but I can hardly ever read any of the instructions, even with the reading part of my progressives. It is quite frustrating!

What a lovely baby! She is just beautiful! Welcome, little Hazel.🥰

My mil was a widow for about 9 months before she died. They were both in their 90s and in ill health by then. My own father died about 15 years ago, and my mom is still living and in her 90s. When he was very ill and a few days before his death, he told her sadly, "I wanted to be the one to take care of you."😪 Dh and I are in our 60s, and he is a few months older than I, but not enough to make any considerable difference. He is in better health, is a runner, etc. For some reason, I expect that I will be the one widowed, in spite of that. But I know there is no way of knowing. I do think about it a good bit. I would like to have things more planned out than we do, but it is complicated by the fact that most of our family is far away, and we would prefer to be buried there rather than here. If we both live to our planned after-retirement move, then it will be much easier to go ahead and finalize plans.

I like the one you posted. It's lovely. I agree that I'd take out the blue and just give it a fresh look. If blue is a color you love, change the shade, maybe go lighter. I was a little off-base in the one I mentioned for our master ; I found our paint cards. It is Valspar's 6008-1B, Shoreline Haze. It is neutral enough to go with almost anything. The others on the card, Country Whitewash 1A, and Soft Stones, 1C, are also lovely. You need something light in a small bedroom so that it doesn't close in on you, and it will also feel more cheerful.

Congratulations! That's wonderful!❤️

I long to live close to my kids and grandkids. And my mom. But my kids are scattered, so I don't think it would ever be near more than 1 or 2 of them, and that makes me sad sometimes. We plan to move upon retirement, but my mom is 93, so she probably won't be here then, and who knows what other changes may have taken place by then.

Yeah, the surveys for everything bug me. I even got a request for a review on the bananas I bought in-person at Walmart the other day. Seriously?? I'm not sure why I recently started getting those emails, but I unsubscribed.

I don't remember what it is called, and am too lazy to go look it up. But when we moved into our house, we painted the master in the lightest sage in that set. It looks almost white (you'd never walk in and say, "Oh, this is sage") except in comparison to the white trim, so it's very subtle. It is such a lovely, restful room. Currently, I might would go with one shade darker, but I still love it as is.

They seem like sweet dogs, but I wouldn't. Everything is bigger, so the costs are as well. And...they drool.