Tomorrow I’ll be heading to the cottage for about 2 weeks (maybe 10 days, maybe 12; we’ll see how bored I get). It’s going to be cold! Getting down as far as 55 F (for you Americans) at night and sometimes not getting past 68 F during the day. I always pack lined jeans, sweaters, a puffy vest and even a puffy winter…

Keep hanging on and fighting. I’ve been close to giving up many times,but thankfully, did not. Use us as your safety net when you need to. We got you.

Hi Jezzies,

*internet hugs*

Fuck those twats right off, Maya. I will always spend my last dollar on my babies. My heart breaks for you honey, Ollie was such a special little fellow. He'll never truly leave you but I know that is small comfort while it's still so raw. Just keep dismissing the fuckers and let yourself grieve. ❤

Finally some wonderful news after a truly shitty year - where I lost both of my parents within 6 weeks of one another. My son-in-law got a professorship at a university just an hour away -which is where he’s from! They’ve sold their farm in the rural midwest and will be here next week. What luck that at 33 he ends up…

Last week a kitten appeared in our yard. Not a rare occurrence, unfortunately - we live near the outskirts of town, and people with unwanted cats often dump them in the fields near our home so they can either a)get found by us or b)fend for themselves against the coyotes. We feed whoever shows up, and have taken in a…

Hi Jezzies

I can only offer, you will likely find it is helpful to have a “pre-approval” from a mortgage broker before looking. I bank at a credit union and am currently using them. Compared to other home-buying experiences, the guy at the credit union really rises above the others in terms of efficacy and ethics. In this day…

Hi Trim my friend. Thank you. I’m lucky that I qualify for the PDSA for Ollie. It’s a charity that treats animals for people with not a lot of money. I’m hoping he will be ok for many more years. I just worry about him. He’s been thru so much and I’m his home and him mine. Thank you for being you Trim. Always great to…

I’ll keep doing all the things I need to do and it will all come together eventually. When it does, my Jezzies will be among the first to know :-)

Love SNS? Ever wish it was available 24/7? A long long time ago, jezebel (and all the gawker blogs) had an openthread that was always available for just general chatting. This was back in the days when the comments were actually moderated. It was just a scrolling page of comments, nothing fancy. Jezebel’s was called Gr…

Thank you Nelly Now. It helps to hear it <3

Hours of bra shopping induced tears aren’t weird.

Hi Jezzies, a few of you will remember that I was homeless and then finally got rehoused by the council into a flat last year. The block the flat is in is awful and full of drug dealers and that I am the only female in the block. I posted last year that my doctor had written to the council to say that I needed to be…

My daughter starts Uni next week. Last year, while studying Year 12, she was hospitalized four times for mental illness and suicide attempts. I have a safe in my house for medicines and knives. I slept on rotation with my other two younger kids with her every night. After medication changes and so much stress, she has…

I got a call this week from a local Catholic school where I had registered as a sub - months ago. “Hey, don’t you have a degree in physics?” Why, yes I do. “We have a need for a long-term sub.”

You just described my exact mindset, except I have a husband (also no kids, very happy never wanting them) but no horses. Everything in my life - job, husband, living situation - is very much how I want it (except I want horses), but I’m so sick of myself. And my grandmother just turned 101 and people are like “you’re…

What do you do when you’re fed up with everything and can only look forward to your weekly visits to the horse barn? I have a really nice secure job that, when I talk about it, I do get happy that I have it and feel good about it, and I do have a decent family, even if I never had a relationship or kids (do not want…

Job update: I did not get the job. *sad trombone*