that is such a great idea! Good for you for doing it!

I'm sorry you had to do this, but also glad for you. Your holidays will be so much more relaxed.

The Breakthrough series is really good, kind of a light Tom Clancy, but with enough personal relations to get you invested in the characters. so kind of a spy/ special armed forces thriller but also add in dolphins and maybe- aliens! what's not to like?! Breakthrough is the first book, I think there are 6 now in the series

please let us know the results! I'm moving into a bigger, nicer home soon and was contemplating the need to hire design help...but I've never done it before and it feels wasteful...but I am in over my head. It will be nice to hear how this "half-step" sort of design help goes for you.

yes, it's enabling. Her adult children are in the position to step up and help care for their mom, including helping her to make the hard decisions she needs to make.

thinking of you, hoping you get answers soon.

ohh, I think I need the bracelet now! Thanks!!

For Hobbit lovers, book lovers... a cute t-shirt, "potatoes...some things are worth fighting for..." https://inkandarrowshop.com/products/womens-short-sleeve-t-shirt Ink and Arrows shop oh, let me add this print from Etsy, -Society of Obstinate, headstrong girls (Pride & Prejudice) -I already have one for my spare room, it's lovely!

I was just thinking about my sister, who has an unusual, longish name and so was not given a middle name; she kind of regrets that. Feels shorted, I guess?

I only use my middle name when signing important legal things, like loans, buying property, stuff like that.

wow! What a read! your story is amazing. I'm glad you are out of that toxic work situation.

I'm wishing good things for your future business!

so happy for you!!

so happy for you!!

good luck! crossing my fingers for you!

I am really enjoying the Witch City mystery series, it's set in Salem and has a cat... https://www.audible.com/series/Witch-City-Mystery-Audiobooks/B00XDAHLXI?ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_series_1&pf_rd_p=80765e81-b10a-4f33-b1d3-ffb87793d047&pf_rd_r=J571XEQT2NTT1QDRTMPJ it's more candy for the brain, but enjoyable. I love the Miss Julia series, too https://www.audible.com/pd/Miss-Julia-Weathers-the-Storm-Audiobook/B06XTTLFTR?plink=CxPF9EojveNGvVsA&ref=a_pd_Miss-J_c5_adblp13npsbx_1_1&pf_rd_p=abddd6ef-be0d-4a2e-b681-b572ef923c7b&pf_rd_r=3GR3P6NJZ9W58N71XQ3Q

good luck! I hope it works out!

congratulations! it sounds like a much better situation!

Thank you, MercyA.

I haven't, but I am thinking about doing it the next dog we get...(my 12 year old dog just passed away )

I love this, thank you! I am in the US, it would be a dream for me to one day see so many wild budgies!

the owner posted about this at the beginning and said not to have a food button, they will get in a loop with it. There is a person on instagram doing this with a cat, the cat is Billi, and she did have a food button and the cat was always pressing it. She finally took it away. It was interesting, and "on brand" that the cat's favorite button seemed to be "mad" ! The cat is under the name "billi speaks" there are some video from a few months ago, where the family with Bunny moved and Bunny talks about her dog friends and is clearly thinking about them and missing them.

no, and check out "what about bunny?" on instagram, she is communicating with buttons. She talks about wanting to play with her friends, and is told "later". and has worked out morning, afternoon, night and later. It's very interesting. https://www.instagram.com/whataboutbunny/ there was one where a stranger came to the door, she barked and used the buttons "stranger" and "concerned" and then she continued to "talk" about it the rest of the day with the buttons. It was really interesting that the one incident continued to bother her all day, something. you wouldn't know without the buttons.

congratulations!! I know it's such an accomplishment!

our orange cat has always been half misanthrope, loving to our kids, who he views as littermates, I think. He would "talk" to them and snuggle with them but ignore us unless he was demanding food. He was also a known bully to other cats in the neighborhood (except 2 that he was friends with) and sometimes chased dogs. He is now elderly, 14 I think and he is now a grumpy old man, who hollers for his food, but is more chummy with my husband and I and will "talk" to us now. He is still not a lap cat for us, but will sleep with the kids.