I use the heck out of my egg cups...mostly because my MIL gave me this chicken-shaped egg steamer (for making soft-boiled eggs). I thought I’d never use it, but it’s actually super convenient. You can also put wee votive candles in them!

The silliest thing I have is a set of vintage aluminium spice pots, there are…

Donate it to an animal rescue to be auctioned off in their next fundraiser...

I’m sure there wasn’t a reward out for this guy...but it would be awfully nice if there were a fund to send this gal to Hawaii or something.

I started keeping a thermometer at my desk to reassure myself that I wasn’t crazy. 95F outside...65F at my freaking desk. I started keeping a heater under there and whenever someone commented on my wearing fingerless gloves, jacket and heater in July, I pointed to the thermometer. “Oh, it’s not THAT cold in here!” I…

Yep. Definitely worse than childbirth.

Ow! Poor thing! I’m sure the antivirals shortened the length of the acute phase for me. Still with was 3 months before I could function anywhere near normally.

Believe me, I know the feel.

Thanks for the good wishes. The lingering nerve pain is an annoyance (feels like a track of fireant bites, and usually crop up when I’m stressed, lol), but fortunately the infection stopped short of the optic nerve and my vision wasn’t permanently effected once the swelling went down.

I have anti-vaxxers in my family. I want to grab and shake them until they give in. “Oh, there’s treatment for all those things now, it’s not so bad.”
Even mere chicken pox can be deadly. I am a strong and healthy individual, but that didn’t stop me from developing the second-stage of the chicken pox infection known…

Mary Poppins around most people. But I’m a lightweight. One drink: happy. Two drinks: happier (or really handsy if my hubby is present). Three drinks: I go night-night.

To sum up: Losers are threatened by competent women.

Perhaps we should send Helena to talk to the voters about the appropriate choice...

The only reason to watch that film is for the excellent (but not terrobly accurate) costuming.

On the last one, I’m surprised she didn’t just order a grilled cheese. Sonic grilled cheeses are pretty tasty. I’m a vegetarian and I always just go ahead and get the kids meal there...grilled cheese (with pickles in!), fries and a small drink — and a toy. :D

<Hugs>

That sucks! I hope things have gotten considerably better for both of you since then!

My mom has thin, fine hair like that...which is why she has an extensive collection of wigs. She got tired of trying make her hair comply, so she took advantage of how easy it is to conceal under the wigs.

Those poor kids. I wish I hadn’t read the transcript. You can just HEAR the smarmy condescension in her voice when she’s addressing the kid. I wish I could give all three of those boys a hug and a week in Disneyworld.

If you have a tolerant gardener in the family, you can save a lot. My wedding bouquets cost $20 in supplies. I spent and entire spring stripping my Granny’s rosebush of its wee pink blooms, dried them, and assembled them into bouquets a week before the wedding with dried ivy leaves and ivory lace...such a shame…