I know you feel terrible, but it happens. My brother broke his arm when he was 3yo. My mom didn’t realize for 2 weeks. She only realized something was wrong because he usually used 2 hand to open/close our heavy sliding glass door. He started struggling with it because he would only use one hand. Don’t beat yourself up too much.

This is what I was going to recommend. I had to use their program for a medication that wasn’t covered for a while until we got different insurance.

Thanks for all the ideas! I’m not ready for a pixel quilt, but they do look really awesome. I’m working on a sampler quilt this year (1 square per month) with the quilt group I have been learning with. We made a log cabin square last month. Mine came out well, but I’m not sure yet if I want to do a whole quilt of them yet. I’m leaning towards something like one of these: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/24558760456590946/ https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/quick-rail-fence-baby-quilt-tutorial/

My dd’s boyfriend asked our blessing to propose to dd! I don’t know when it will happen, but he mentioned getting married in Jan. or Feb. after she graduates college. I’m a newbie quilter and want to them a quilt for their bed. I want to take them each to the fabric store to choose their favorite fabrics and then make a quilt combining them as a wedding gift. The surprise will be they don’t know what the other chose and how I combine them. How many should they each choose? 2? 3? What pattern? Remember, I’m a newbie, so nothing too complicated. I also prefer something without lots of tiny pieces to cut and sew, because I don’t know how much time I will have to work on it. I do plan to get it long armed, because it will probably be too big for my machine. All advice and recommendations appreciated!

I don’t know much, but I was told years ago that they were poor farmers so they never owned slaves. I think they lived in MS.

Around here most sick people are suffering with allergies. The geography of the area makes it a bowl and everything just stays here. The tree or grass pollen has been high most days.

Where do you get the Ceylon cinnamon? I’ve heard so much good about it, but never knew where to get it. Can you get it already ground?

The CC my ds is taking DE classes at has a good reputation in our area. This semester ds is taking 2 classes, one on person and one online (the only option for the particular class). The online class has been fine. It’s the in person class that’s stressing me out. There have been no grades for over half the semester. I really don’t understand how the teacher is running this class. I’m just hoping that when it’s over ds will have a decent grade.

I’m a 3, but without the getting too close part. Most of the interstates where I travel are 70mph. If I stayed in the left lane, I would be goin 65 or less. I set my cruise about 75 and try not to have to take it off, so passing people is necessary, especially when there’s only 2 lanes. Seriously though, there are places I have driven where driving under the speed limit is a good way to get rear ended. Driving 10 or more miles under the speed limit can be just as dangerous in some places as speeding.

She has some pictures of the rotten tree, but did not know she needed to send a letter.

My mom lives in part of LA that was hit by tornadoes today. I called to make sure she’s ok. Her neighbor behind her has a tree that’s been rotten and needed to be removed a looong time ago. It fell towards her house. Thankfully she has a large tree that she wants to remove because the roots are causing problems and the rotten tree fell on it. So most of the tree is in her yard. What is her best course of action? These neighbors aren’t likely to be decent and cut it up themselves or pay someone to do it. I haven’t seen pictures, but I imagine it’s going to require professionals to avoid further damage to the fence or either backyard shed. Should she just suck it up and pay for it herself? Is it worth involving her homeowners insurance? Other options I’m not thinking of?

I didn’t drive the hour or so in 2017 and I’m definitely not driving 5+ hours to see it this time. I got 2 pairs of eclipse glasses from Kroger and 7yo dd and I watched what we could between the clouds in our front yard. Saw it (about 90%) for just a minute at the peak. A little disappointed that we didn’t see the funny crescent shadows like the last time, but it’s a small price to pay to not be I. The horrible traffic I’ve seen pictures of online. A couple families I know were driving to see it and coming back today. You would have to pay me an awful lot of money to do that. 4 minutes is not worth it.

Today’s plan is to just get through the day. Spring allergies have me super stuffy and coughing with a sinus headache. And I have no voice. Had plans to work on a quilt and clean the house, but that’s not happening.

Feeding my kids is very tricky. Dd21 eats a decent variety of things, but she has celiac disease, so she is limited to gluten free foods. Some things are just too complicated to make gf. Ds16 is your general picky eater. He would live off chicken nuggets, burgers, pizza, and mac and cheese and be perfectly content. Dd7 is the hardest. She has sensory food aversion, so her diet is very limited. She dislikes all chicken except Tyson chicken fries and Chick-fil-A nuggets. She only eats beef in sausage or tacos. She doesn’t like any sauces, gravies, etc. She does ok with fruit, but not vegetables. Add dh’s pickiness and cooking something for dinner that everyone can and will eat is extremely frustrating.

I think you can use Barkeepers Friend on ceramic. If that doesn’t take it off, it’s not coming off.