fraidycat
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Hugs. It's so hard to sit quietly on the sidelines with no ability to take action.
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Yes, I remember you. I'm glad to hear things are going mostly well. Thanks for the update. It seems like only a few months ago that the twins were getting their licenses and you spent all your time at the DMV.
I hope all is well with your sister, too.
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It might not be nicotine, it could just be several years worth of built up cooking grease if the cabinet was near their kitchen. Between that and old people's house scent (which is a real thing), it would definitely need a good scrubbing and airing to get rid of the smells.
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Just want to point out that satin and silk are not equal. DS had satin pillowcases that he had bought himself for skin & hair benefits. After loving my silk pillowcase so much, I bought one for my husband, kids, and their gf/bfs this past Christmas.
DS finds the silk case way better than the satin for hair tangles and less pimples.
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Yes, I do. My hair is way smoother and barely needs to be combed.
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Are you near a highway or any road that has faster traffic than city speeds?
Semis blowing a tire can shake a lot of buildings and is LOUD. So if it was not loud enough to wake you up, it could have happened further away than you might expect and still hear & feel the effects if you're already awake.
When it happens right beside your building, it will sit you straight up in bed from the deepest of sleeps. I, a deep sleeper, can attest to that. I thought it was a bomb.
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Cleaning: water in the shower
Cleansing/exfoliating "mask" once every couple months: raw honey
Moisturizer: Kiehls Face cream or an oil mixture that I make myself w/jojoba oil, carrot seed oil, tamanu oil, sea buckthorn oil, vitamin e. Absorbs great, not greasy.
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4 hours ago, Terabith said:
My kitties really enjoy birds on tv but their absolute favorite is if you search “Games for Cats” on YouTube and put that on. I really should write a review of our tv. It has stood up to a TON of abuse.
Here is the next photo in my camera roll behind the one I posted above.
This piece is entitled "Dozer needs supervision during kitty t.v. time" 😂😂 But also, "thanks for help dusting".
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13 hours ago, katilac said:
Kudos on getting six kitties in one photo! I have seven cats, and they would never, lol
They might if you gave them their own special couch and put birds on t.v. for them. 😂
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@Terabith we would feel happy with photos of pigs and chicks.
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14 hours ago, Kanin said:
Pictures, please!!
I will start a new thread so I don't spam Mercy's with my kitty cats.
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Such a cutie! I hope you are able to find him the best home. Voids need to be indoor, pampered pets due to superstition and jerks.
My two voids (and their 7 friends) are sending all the good vibes that he finds a purrfect home ASAP.
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I wish this were a 2+2=4 type of situation and I could give you a definitive answer on this.
When my periods were getting closer & closer together about 12 years ago, I started a "women's supplement" which basically turned out to be Omegas/fish oil and that helped to regulate them back to 28-30 day cycles. I'm not sure if that was the start of peri or just poor-ish health/nutrition. I was mid 30s then. I'd take fish oil for awhile, then slack off. Every couple years I'd start getting shorter cycles again, then take fish oil for a bit to spread them out. It seemed to work.
I am currently in the skip periods/extra long cycles phase now at 48.
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That is awesome! Congrats!
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I have a quick mention in Mambo #5
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Hugs. Sending warm thougths for peace and strength through this stormy season of life.
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On 4/26/2024 at 9:37 AM, Eos said:
I'm so sorry. Healing is possible.
I was depressed for many years as a young adult and mother. For me, talking with someone was not the point. I needed to " do the work" which was to actually feel what I had spent years just holding onto but not being willing to really feel. It was quite hard to access those feelings because I was really worried that I would not stop crying or would somehow never come out of the feelings, which sounds irrational but was a real fear. So eventually I decided that feeling all the stuff wouldn't be any worse than the depression I was in so just went for it. I started by sort of accidentally getting angry about a particular situation, then realized my anger was me holding onto a tiny bit of self-love, that I deserved. This was followed by months of tears. I decided that my tears and feelings would be the flash flood and I would be the riverbed. I did do talk therapy during this time but it wasn't especially helpful. After many months of crying and raging, I felt myself become undepressed. The only way I can describe it is as a physical load leaving my chest and shoulders. I thought I would have to spend effort to stop all the repeating thoughts I would have, but they actually went away without any effort on my part.
I really hope you find a modality that works for you. I haven't tried meds or hormones but I know people have good results with them.
You can't push the river but you can make an easier place for the river to flow.
This is similar to my experience. My DEpression turned out to be a lot of emotional REpression. Once I started to feel all the things and process, the depression lifted.
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9 hours ago, Kassia said:
This happened to us too with our oldest. Definitely "boy who cried wolf" situation. He broke his wrist at soccer camp, but I thought he was okay since he complained less about the wrist than he did about everything else. He always overreacted/whined about everything. I sent him back to soccer camp for two more days after that before I realized that he wasn't using his wrist or even lifting it - it was just hanging limply. I was SO embarrassed at the ER when each person would come in and ask what happened and when and I'd have to say it was two days ago. I felt very guilty about it and still do.
As you can see from all the other posts, it's so easy to miss at first. I agree that you should give yourself some grace. I hope it heals well.It took me two days to convince my kids to let me take them in when they broke their arms (separate incidences, a couple years apart). But in both cases, they broke them on Saturday and we sought medical care on Monday. Neither of them wanted to go, so I had to pull the Mom's the boss card.
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Maybe look at the Subaru Ascent. It's the largest Subaru and comes in 7 or 8 passenger configurations. So you can lay seats down to fit large loads and still have passenger room. I think it is taller than the smaller Subarus so may be able to accommodate taller passengers better. 🤷🏻♀️
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Sending caring vibes for your son, family, and all involved in his care.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
Reading this on the 4th anniversary of my own dad's passing, and having a difficult, demanding sibling myself, I say do whatever works for you.
This is your grief journey - everybody else can go kick rocks.
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2 hours ago, ScoutTN said:
Echoing @Pam in CT.
I don’t want the Second Amendment repealed. I want sensible limitations to this right, for public safety and order.
First Amendment rights are not a blank check, they have limitations. Freedom of speech is limited by libel and slander laws. Freedom of assembly is limited too - by all means have a parade, but you need a permit.
Demonstrations that block traffic or otherwise create chaos are either not permitted or disbanded by LE or result in people arrested.Semi automatic long guns are for killing people and no ordinary citizen needs one. Without these weapons, shooters would be so much less powerful. Background checks need to be thorough and include mental health. Permits, training, proof of correct storage etc. need to be required. Loopholes closed. I am a small government advocate, but gun laws need to be federal so limitations and enforcement can be uniform. Yes, all limits and enforcement will be problematic and inconsistent and incomplete. But WAY the heck better than where we are.
It'd be great if they actually followed the 2nd amendment. I'm no constitutional expert, but I believe there is some wording about "well regulated militia".
I'm also 100% down with them owning the same firearms that were available at the time of the writing of the amendment. 🤷🏻♀️
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2 hours ago, Terabith said:
I really feel like it's shaky legally to sentence parents to prison for what their minor children do, especially when the minor was tried and sentenced as an adult. I don't feel like our legal system can have it both ways. Either children are charged as adults and considered as responsible for their actions (and honestly, I feel strongly that kids should NOT be charged as adults, but it's the system we've got) OR parents are responsible for the actions of their minor children. I don't think it should be able to be both.
I definitely think these parents are guilty of incredibly poor judgment, but I also think this is an unjust sentence of them, given what the laws were in Michigan at the time. NOW it would be reasonable, because a safe storage law has been passed, but at the time, there hadn't been. And I believe there's a difference between poor parenting and poor judgment and criminal behavior.
People get charged and held criminally liable for "poor judgement" quite often.
Many accidental deaths are a result of "poor judgement" from driving tired, falling asleep with the stove on, forgetting babies in cars, etc.
Poor judgement is not a "get out of jail free" card. Nor should it be.
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I am so worried about a friend, but I can't do much
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It's really not the kids responsibility to; a) force her into a different living situation, or b) enable her to stay in her situation as is. A.k.a. Help her without complaint.
Friend is choosing to stay in her home, with her boyfriend, close to grandkids. All are valid choices that she gets to make as an adult.
Her kids get to choose how much caregiving and help they are willing and able to give. And if they also feel she needs higher level care, then perhaps NOT stepping up to enable her is the path they have chosen to help her open her eyes to reality.