I missed that! I’m so sorry that happened to you. Our house was broken into over Christmas and my daughter woke up and saw the guy. We all slept together in my room for at least month. It’s the sense of vulnerability that’s the worst.

You can live frugaly and be okay, as long as you’re happy. All the paychecks can’t give you a sense of contentment and joy. I think you did the right thing.

I’m sorry you’re stuck in depression and I hope it recedes soon. Your pup the the cutest :)

YAYYY!!!!

If you feel like this isn’t good for you, it’s probably not. I think a good first step is to see a regular therapist and talk about this, but also about your mother’s drinking. Alcoholism tends to run in families. A therapist can help you with stress, with the alcohol issue, and with any underlying issues that might…

I hate this person now. I’d be so damn passive aggressive it would literally burn her to the ground with my hatred. Maybe not feasible, but... mild poisoning of the food? Mini fridge?

:/ But the quality of the expensive stuff has gone to shit, so my hopes are not high that a cheaper option is going to hold up better than forever 21.

Her husband.

I love you. I giggle snorted.

I love shamelessly weepy movies. I’m not good at crying when I’m actually upset, I get quiet but I rarely cry. I save it all up and go to a sad movie and LET.IT.OUT. like a dam bursting.

My dad was abusive in every possible way and I gladly would have chosen jail over spending even an hour with him. I begged not to go on visitation days. I refused and had to be dragged by my father, letting my body go limp as he dragged me across the floor.

The kids apparently did.

Do we have the same shitty dad? Basically, I’m just going to say SAME.

I do a lot of canning so I do have maybe two dozen mason jars on a shelf at any given time. (Not including the ones that have pickled and preserved things in them.) That said, I really only use them as drinking glasses or for yogurt parfaits. Any more mason jar than that and I think I’d need professional help.

Every single one of these is gorgeous. <3

My kryptonite.

Hmmm... we have one of those, too. What kind of regulations? I’m not sure how they could be regulated, except maybe outlawing the specs. Most people don’t have the skill to create the plans themselves and buy the plans. Those could be regulated. The actual machines... I don’t know how that would work.

It kinda just reminds me of my 4 year old son’s butt- adorable but that’s it. My first thought was seriously “Nakie boy!” Like when toddlers get out of the bath and go streaking through the house, refusing to put jammies on.

Same.

My husband builds and flies them as a hobby, and I promise they are not scary unless they’re bombing, murder-y ones. Mostly they crash. Also, my cats go nuts trying to kill them when he flies them in the house.