Ohhh, feeling this so hard right now. My son started his senior year of high school last week, and for the first time in years, I wasn’t jumping up and down with joy for freeeedom. I cried some after I finished taking the requisite “standing by the back door” photo and “him loading his crap into his car” while I was…

Behold : Cherry Jones, actress -

Just use the money you’ve saved for funeral plans, fly somewhere fun, rent yourself a “pool boy,” and live for the moment! Retirement...who needs it?

Well...I’ve made it to 53, and I’m not a ghost, so.

Someone posted video of this today on Facebook, showing his body being picked up and moved, after close ups of him just...lying in the surf. It’s horrific, and I wasn’t sure of what I was seeing at first. I closed it down fast once I realized.

Also:

Oh no. No, no, no. I am in Virginia, as well, and thought I had permanently eluded those hell beasts once I left Florida and came back home. Gahhhh!

I lived in Florida for three years. The first night in our condo, my then-fiance walked into the bedroom and yelped that we had a mouse. Being well-versed in Florida, I knew better - palmetto bug. There he is, trying to beat it to death with a flip flop. A FLIP FLOP. I ran into the kitchen, searching through the…

Sigh. I know.

Listen, everyone knows that nothing short of nuclear weapons will kill those rancid little fuckers, even chopping their disgusting heads off. Dogs are smart enough to know not to waste their time, leaving them for cats to play with instead. That’s just how they roll.

Sorry :-( I was about five pounds underweight when I started (stress, over-exercising), so my doctor made me put on five before she would start me on the meds. I have subsequently put on another 10; she didn’t tell me about that side effect! So 15 pounds in 18 months for me, then another few because I slacked off in…

Generally, you have up to a year to give a gift. And really, most people, people who true friends, consider the fact that you’re spending all that money to travel to their wedding as your present. Don’t sweat it, congratulate the couple, and send a gift later IF and when you can afford to do so.

Me, too. Eventually, I’d like to wean completely off, but if I go back to the misery, I’ll go right back on. Sure, I hate the weight gain, but I’ll manage that. Cold. Dead. Hands.

After 18 months of misery, and saying that I would never take hormones, I begged my doctor for Prempro. I don’t care, it changed my life and likely saved the lives of those who share my house, including a teenage boy. I’m on the lowest dosage, and have started taking it every other day; I’m back to occasional hot…

Thank you! She’s a sweetheart, and we love her so. She’ll be 12 soon, and is still super feisty and playful and bossy!

She had a birth date, some vet records, and story, so either her people lost everything and decided to let her find a new family, or they didn’t make it back for good. Skye was found on I-10, swollen from swimming her way to safety. Her people had to leave her, as well, and clearly thought they’d he coming back for…

She had just gotten a Summer hair cut and was feeling all look at me! I’m super SASSY!

Thanks :-) She’s actually a very happy dog - she was on the way to the beach in this photo, and super excited - but definitely odd. A kid in my neighborhood, who has Aspberger’s, explained to me that Allie was just like him, and has it, too. But she has a good life, is loved, swims in my pool daily, and has two dog…

Is this a kinja thing? Because this is not my dog!

Allie, rescued hound, may be slightly “off.” Super sweet, afraid of one specific piece of pottery, eats slippers with extreme vigor.