We have 5 people. One of them doesn’t eat much. None of us really eat much breakfast. We reuse cups. Really, the only days the dishwasher isn’t full would be on days that we eat out.

Meal planning. We have a dry erase calendar on the fridge where I write the meals and what needs to happen - thaw meat, marinate, etc. No fabric softener or dryer sheets. Run the dishwasher every evening even if it isn’t completely full. I only iron very rarely. I don’t buy clothes that have to be dry cleaned.

My Yeti travel mug keeps my coffee super hot. I’m getting a bigger one for Christmas!!!

After my Pfizer booster, I had a fever and body aches for about 36 hours. The swollen lymph nodes took maybe 3-4 days after the fever was gone to settle down.

My immediate family is all vaccinated. We wear masks when required (doctor's offices, mostly). Otherwise, we don't typically mask. You aren't terrible people.

This is pretty much me. I have a good system for meal planning and one of my teenagers loves to help plan and cook. Also. I eat gluten-free, and one my teenagers is vegetarian. So meal kits are often more work to figure out who will eat what than just doing it myself! I decided to do it for January since we have 2 surgeries happening. I will also stock up our freezer with some meals.

I have Hello Fresh scheduled for January because my daughter and I are both having surgery. I had a discount code, so I’ll do it long enough to make it through our recoveries!

It’s so strange! My DH suggested that maybe someone stole it back in 2014, hid it all, intending to come back and get it, but never did. Then I asked, but how and why inside the wall behind a toilet? He didn’t have an answer for that one.

White Chicken Chili Mexican Lasagna Oregano and Lemon Chicken and Potatoes Unstuffed Cabbage Roll

I have mailed a Visa gift card to someone and didn't put a return address on it.

I’m making turkey noodle soup with ours.

Glad she's feeling a bit better!!!

DS and I had to stay home from the Thanksgiving gathering because we have colds. Not COVID, just an average cold. I thought it would be great to stay home, away from the chaos, but it’s a bit lonely. DH is bringing some food home for us!!!

Bath bombs are very popular these days.

Hoping it's going well!!!

I haven't watched it yet, but I read the book a couple of years ago.

ER. Now. My daughter had a red line in her foot/ankle/leg years ago and it was an infection, not a blood clot.

I will probably see a therapist for a similar issue. I did not have a great relationship with my parents and I desperately want to have better ones with my kids as they become adults. They are currently 11, 13, and 15.

I going away alone this coming weekend. Even though I am prepping everyone and all.the.things, I predict utter chaos when I get back.

All our bedrooms are upstairs, and laundry is downstairs. Each kid has a hamper in their rooms (my 2 girls share a room). When I'm ready to do laundry, I have everyone bring their hampers downstairs. I sort in the dining room (W/D are in a closet there), fold in the living room while I watch TV, and have the kids grab their piles the next time they go upstairs. My kids are 11, 13, and 15, but we've been doing it this way for a while now.

I have taught as an Adjunct at several community colleges and universities. I have never been asked to do this. It would make me uncomfortable to do that.

Yes, we got ours.

UPDATE: Thank you, everyone! So .... there were some things we loved, like all the space!!! I think the layout would have worked for my Mom - she wouldn't have her own "in-law suite", but I think it would work. However, the house needs at least $30K of work - it needs 2 new A/C units, a new roof, and new gutters/trim. And there was some water damage in one of the rooms where water came from the gutter, down through the wall and out into the room. It also needs new carpeting, so that's probably another 5K. So I think it's not going to happen. We just don't have the cash on hand to do all those repairs. All the money that comes out of our current house needs to go towards the down payment. So we keep looking. <sigh> Our agent does think the market is going to level out soon. My mom is in an apartment and her lease ends in June, so we have a little time. -------------------------------------------------- DH and I have been looking for a new house since January. The plan was to find a house with an in-law suite so that my mom could move into it with us. Well ...... we all know what happened to the real estate market this past Spring ...... we were very quickly priced out of anything that would work for all of us. Our kids are 11, 13, and 15, so they will still be here for a while. So we stopped looking and my mom moved here from FL and moved into an apartment. Then today, a house came on the market - actually, it was a price drop - so it showed up in our alerts today. It is HUGE. Our current house is 1700 sq ft, the ones we've seen have been around 2100. This one is 3300!!!!!!! It does need some work, and it's at the top of our price range. I figure with that much space, we can figure out a way for my mom to have one part of the house or something. She really wants her own space, and I do think that's best for all of us. We are going to see it in about 2 hours. Fingers crossed!!!!!!!

Similar situation here. DD is 11 and she has rocked the last year and a half in lockdown. But she is D.O.N.E. This girl is an extrovert to the extreme and she needs to be with her friends. Several of her friends have all moved up to youth group just this week and they are all in heaven. The rest of the family is vaxed and DH and I are choosing to allow her to be with her friends. None of us are high risk, so we are letting her venture out more. I'm so tired of hard decisions.

My 13 and 15 year olds had both doses of Pfizer. They had less side effects than I did.