My family is the outlier on two things that are frequently recommended. One, the orange chicken. It's fine, a good quick meal, but nothing special and pretty much on par with similar offerings. Two, the chocolate. We were gifted individually wrapped chocolates, and half of the stack was still sitting there six months later. Nobody ate it even when there was no other chocolate. Caveat that we've only tried it that one time, and it wasn't the magical peanut butter cups. TJ's is too far for me to pop in conveniently to check other things, but at least I have an Aldi's now, that's convenient.

Arcadia over here keeping all of alive . . .

She totally fits!

ohhh, I'm always so afraid I'm going to do that!

Mandina's, Acme Oyster House Drago's does fried seafood well, if a little bland for local tastes, but I haven't had their roast beef po boy.

Separate.

You may have heard the first parade of the season, Krewe Boheme! They're a walking krewe parade that generally has a brass band. Krewe du Vieux is tomorrow and also goes through the Quarter. They're definitely on the risqué side and usually have a ton of great bands. You might ask at your hotel if your plans need to take the parade into account. I'm not familiar enough to know how disruptive it is as far as blocking streets and so forth. People do live in the French Quarter.

Well, this is a homeschooling board, so it's going to skew to a lot of stay-at-home parents, and that's still overwhelmingly the mom.

Don't underestimate how much weight some companies put into who you know! A lot of companies/managers will give someone a chance based on the word of someone they like and/or respect. Your husband's company might not be one of them, but then again they might.

googled "huntsman spider" and that completely checks out

So y'all overdue?

I got distracted and never answered the OP. Yes, you have to let it go. Lots of people have a high tolerance for dust and grime and dirty baseboards. She's declined outside help. If you clean it, you're only going to get annoyed that it gets dirty again quickly.

Old is a descriptor, not an insult. It just means having lived for a long time, not young, which pretty much applies to 70+. She could have said senior citizen, but it means the same thing in the end. A long time ago, I commented that my dining room table had been covered in science experiments and crafts for a decade, and a long-term boardie dragged me to filth 😂 She was usually nice, too, but was all like that's nothing to be proud about *aghast vibes* Never said i was proud about it, friend, but I'm not ashamed, either (current tense because there is a jigsaw puzzle covered that table at this very moment). That sounds infuriating. If she's close enough to see weekly, can you just offer to meet her for lunch/coffee/shopping/whatever? Then you're doing your part of being willing to visit. If she won't do that, don't make excuses for not going to her house, just remind her that the clutter gives you anxiety, but you're ready to see her somewhere else.

That was a wild ride! Definitely worth watching. Spoilers:

I have both; 'tis not the same.

I have to say I'd be quite surprised to come back from lunch and discover that a co-worker had 'saved' a bug for me to deal with, lol. I'd probably assume she wasn't too excited about dealing with the huge beetle, either, and absolutely did not want to set the precedent of being the bug wrangler. Telling you to grow up was uncalled for, but your request probably caught her by surprise. Dealing with the Giant Flying Gangster Bugs that are common in Louisiana and Florida causes me tremendous anxiety, and the screams that I have scrumpt are many. I am phobic to the point of having a serious conversation with a prank-loving friend, letting them know that any prank involving The Bug That Shall Not Be Named, or rubber replicas thereof, would result in genuine anger and much damage to the friendship. I still wouldn't trap one of the demonic creatures and ask a coworker to deal with it when they returned from lunch. If I absolutely could not bring myself to deal with it, I would just inform them of the trapped bug awaiting the custodian, leaving it up to them to move it or leave it as they preferred. I am also afraid of heights (I'm a mess, apparently), but somebody forcing me to stand by the edge of a cliff is not the same as a bug strolling up to me in the office.

I always thought that was the dumbest punishment, because who doesn't want a mini nap in class, lol

Why, if you no longer believe? You can be serious about your marriage vows - that is, not take them lightly - and still decide that abuse has been so prevalent and trust so irrevocably broken that he has broken the marriage as well. There's no reason to stay technically married. If you don't have a formal health care proxy, I'd jump on that. Your dh isn't likely to tell the hospital you're separated if you're unable to make your own medical decisions, and that's who'll they default to asking for guidance. It would also give me the ick for him to be able to tell people he's my husband.

But Farrar and everyone else attending will be the living as well, in the midst of their grief process. I wouldn't necessarily exclude him bc of my mother's wishes, but I would absolutely exclude him if I thought there was a good chance he'd actually follow through and say stuff. He for sure would not be speaking at the service, and, for my own peace of mind, I'd probably go as far as hiring a security person to prevent him from walking up to the podium, and/or to cut any scenes short. She doesn't think it's likely that he'd actually do it, but I myself would not want to be worried that this would be the day he follows through, lol. I do think the poor dead person has the right to not have their memorial turned into a trashy circus. Will their dead self know or care? No more so than they'd know or care if someone starting smacking them around in their coffin, but I hardly think anyone would allow that. But I would definitely tell him in a timely manner when she does pass. It's not like he's not going to hear it from other relatives in short order anyway.

The client should not pay anything more at this point. Indeed, the organization should provide a full refund of what's been paid so far until they get their act together.

I'm the same age as you, Scarlett, and I don't think it's relevant at all. The entire case history is readily available on the internet; anyone of an age to read can have a reasonable opinion. I have opinions on cases that occurred before I was born. We have no idea if there is new evidence or not, and I'm never disgusted by cases being reviewed. They have some kind of reason for reviewing it, presumably. The Los Angeles Innocence Project is part of the Innocence Network, a coalition of independently funded organizations headquartered at the national Innocence Project. The Innocence Project does not take cases where this an organization in place that is part of the Innocence Network. They are an alliance that works together. He did get disbarred,

Honestly, I think that's an utterly typical thing for a teen to feel awkward about. Heck, many adults have trouble addressing things directly and declining invitations/offers without angst, particularly when they see the other person as doing something nice for them. I came up with a really elaborate backstory when I quit a job once, because young adult me didn't have the skills to just say, "Thank you for the opportunity, but this isn't going to work out." I don't know what I thought they were going to do 😂 but saying I don't want to work here seemed horrifically awkward, lol Being direct without embarrassment is a great skill to have, but it takes long-term practice for many of us. Including adults, which is why memes and posts about it are popular. So I would just keep modelling straightforward discussions and reminding him that he isn't responsible for other people's feelings, but I wouldn't worry about it overmuch. Disclaimer: the following tweet is presumably exaggerated for comedic effect. I am not saying it's an exact match for OP's situation or advocating for moving to Poland to avoid awkward situations. I am just saying avoiding awkward situations is a theme that resonates with many adults.

Given your work schedule, I would simply enroll him in school.

No, they don't, but they also don't send you a new set of supplies for your science kit at no additional charge once you use up the original supplies. They are clear that you are subscribing to ink for a certain number of pages per month, and not ink cartridges. This style is generally called a print plan. If you want a subscription to actual ink cartridges, that is generally called an auto-replenishment plan. I save money doing it this way, I don't have to think twice about printing color-heavy pages, and the convenience of always having ink available the second I need it is fabulous. If I go through a crazy amount of ink very quickly, no problem, they just automatically send out more. So people can choose a print plan or an auto-replenishment plan, and of course they can also just buy cartridges as they go, with no subscription.

Oh, you should be in time for the house floats! You should be able to see a few while going to other places without going too far out of your way. When covid canceled Mardi Gras, a bunch of people hired the artists who usually work on floats to decorate their houses - that's how it started, but some people DIY as well. https://www.strongholdstudios.com/house-floats