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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 27, 2021 8:27:03 GMT
I often crave fried chicken. I’ve been vegan five years.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 26, 2021 8:04:57 GMT
Prague is stunning
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 25, 2021 5:57:18 GMT
I've always thought Pat Sajak looked down on the contestants or at the very least was just going through the motions as a host. I agree. Decades ago it really showed. He was practically barking at and snapping at contestants. I thought perhaps he felt trapped and as if his career was not what he dreamed of, but he was stuck. Then he improved, got friendly and nicer. My theory was he got medication. I haven’t watched in 8 years, though. So if he’s gone back to being mean, I haven’t been watching to see it.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 24, 2021 4:35:37 GMT
We have a group text for every possible scenario. Me and ask my grown kids, me and my daughters and DIL, my son and DD1, and it goes on ad nauseum.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 24, 2021 4:33:39 GMT
This thread made me happy. Whole new playlist about to be made. The toddler and I need some new tunes while we’re driving around!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 23, 2021 4:44:44 GMT
This whole shenanigans is getting ridiculous now. Either the reports in some media today about the patronage and military honourary titles are making this all up that they are both shocked or Prince Harry and Meghan are more naive than I thought they were. I can maybe give Meghan a bit of a pass as she's not been brought up in Britain and not familiar with the set up but Prince Harry? Surely he much have known that the particular patronages that were withdrawn a few days ago are ROYAL patronages. They are held by working members of the royal family and always have been. He, of all people should know this. Same goes for the honourary military titles he was given. They represent the Queen as the commander in chief of the Military. As non working Royals they are not now in a position to hold those patronages or the Military titles. I find it really difficult to believe that these stories are true, that they are so socked that these have been taken away when they chose to continue a life of independence. I would be surprised that these topics hadn't been covered before they were given the opportunity for a year " trial run" The Queen has eight grandchildren - two of them are working royals the other six are not. The six do not hold military titles have no Royal patronages and work independently to earn their living, ( four of them do the other two are too young) Why should it be any different for two of those remaining six. Prince Harry and Meghan can't have it both ways however much they want it, it just doesn't work that way. I agree with you that the papers are just making up stuff for drama. I feel sure this has all been discussed and prepared she’s off time. Anything to stir up contention and seek clicks.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 22, 2021 5:27:33 GMT
No, but can I say that I hate even the concept of black sheep? I don't like the term "black sheep" because it's yet another term where white = good and normal, and black = bad / odd one out. This. No hand slap at all toward those who use this expression, but I can’t help but wonder how much work we all must do to consciously think of ways to eliminate the unspoken messages in our everyday lives. I grew up with step family that can only be called trailer or “white trash”. It sounds harsh, but if you knew them you’d know what I mean. But I made a decision years ago to stay away from that term because its foundation is pure racism. They, actually, proudly call themselves that. And yes, they’re very racist. I wouldn’t be surprised if the term black sheep predates American enslavement of Africans, but I still think it’s important to root out anything that gives the message : white =good, black =bad.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 20, 2021 7:34:32 GMT
I agree with Surya. She was really special, but to the skating community she was the red headed stepchild.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 19, 2021 11:58:58 GMT
It makes me sick to think of anyone enriching themselves on this poor woman’s back. A strictly professional arrangement, with a third party auditor should be set up. As well as an impartial medical review. If her meds are calibrated to keep her compliant and productive, that’s disgusting.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 18, 2021 10:09:52 GMT
I do love purple, but a little goes a long way. Nothing in the house looked good to me. And never in the kitchen!!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 16, 2021 21:03:44 GMT
Oh wow! lesserknownpea I just want to give you hug. It must be terrible to put that much pressure on yourself all the time. I give you big kudos for being so introspective. I can’t take very much credit for finally working on this. The perfectionism began causing panic attacks with lovely symptoms including difficulty breathing, chest pain and very inconvenient diarrhea. The trauma I went through 8 years ago also created a lot of issues. Counseling wasn’t a choice, but a necessity. My therapists have helped me realize how my early life set me up to accept the dysfunction of my marriage. If my life had stayed the same, I can’t say that I would have done this introspection.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 16, 2021 9:17:27 GMT
Narcissists push every single button for me, because I had a fairly narcissistic mother (although, small potatoes compared to our former president). I spend a lot of time questioning if my behavior is going beyond normal, healthy narcissism. I had an eye-opening weekend about my perfectionism, which makes me judge-y about myself and other people. In 2009, I made a photo book about DS for DH and me and for the grandparents. This was kind of a major project and it took a long time to shoot photos, compile photos already shot, and arrange them cohesively. I hadn't looked at this book since then, and happened to take it off the shelf. I only remember the negative feelings constantly running through my head at the time--the photos weren't good enough, that if only I had better glass, I might have done a better job, why is my focus so off, ooh, why did I have him wear a white t-shirt--it's so blown out, etc. As I looked through the book, I started crying because my reaction was, "it's beautiful, it's good, it's really good". It wasn't perfect but it was good enough, and good enough has never been part of my vocabulary. I need to remember that perfectionism is a soul-killer and it puts distance between me and other people. Your post really resonated with me. I, too, fight terribly with perfectionism. I judge others, but I judge myself so much more. I’ve done projects like the one you’ve described, and made myself sick with debilitating anxiety symptoms, trying to get them perfect. Just recently, my DD asked me to choose 5 of the thousands of photos I’ve taken of her family over the years for her to display enlarged in her entranceway. I literally spent days and days going through and trying to come up with the 5 best ones. And it was not pleasant, I put way too much pressure on myself, and made myself sick. My mother was a narcissistic alcoholic who neglected the 5 of us, and left me as the oldest to care for my siblings. I developed a plan to please her and get the approval and attention I so desperately needed. I would be perfect. The first subjects of my judgmental tendencies were my siblings. If I could get straight A’s, clean the house all the time, tiptoe around when the parents were hungover, what was their problem??? I busted my butt all my life, and put up with crap, thinking it made me a better person. And yes, I judged women who didn’t. Who left the husbands that made them unhappy, who had dirty houses, who had emotional meltdowns, imperfect kids ( oh yes, I did this to my kids), who showed their imperfections. It says I did not think I would be loved unless I was perfect. And in every way. I guess it says I thought those others who didn’t “measure up” to those ridiculous standards didn’t deserve love either. I’ve had 8 years of therapy, and I’m much better, particularly at not judging others. But there is still that thing inside me that still thinks any mistake or weakness makes me unlovable. Or that if I were only good enough, I can make everybody love me.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 15, 2021 21:12:31 GMT
I absolutely saw many, many instances of racist comments and criticism in the media when Harry and Meghan lived in England. This I think, caused many people to dislike Meghan. Or their racism caused them to appreciate these disgusting articles. I’m not sure which was the cart and which the horse.
Hating Meghan, and finding fault with every thing she did became as National obsession.
Then they very wisely got out of Dodge, and changed their occupation to one that didn’t require them to trot themselves out daily and smile for the very people that were going to use those photos to viciously insult them and lie in order to sell media.
This caused the people who loved all those horrible articles to be peeved that their favorite target wasn’t going to around all the time. And so began the often brought out false equivalence that if they left the royal family job partly to enjoy a measure of privacy and a more normal life, then somehow they’re not allowed ever to be in the media again. Which is ridiculous.
People in this thread admit they follow H and M for the sole purpose of criticizing them. Someone else called it “fun”. I find that idea disgusting. These are real people who have been hurt enormously by this attitude. Making the decision to step down and be away from family had to have been heartbreaking, but I admire that kind of guts, Harry has shown he is strong and will do what it takes to protect his family.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 15, 2021 8:14:20 GMT
I didn’t think it was possible for me to dislike a home with that kind of view as much as I do this one.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 14, 2021 23:04:57 GMT
I have a super petty one. But it is irrational. 😂 Dh rarely vacuums but when he does he meticulously wraps the cords up tightly and perfectly on the vacuum. I HATE this!!! I loosely wrap it around and hang on one “hook” so when I grab the vacuum I can quickly have the cord extended to work. After he’s used it I have spend time undoing the damn cord! It’s annoying because why? He half asses many things like leaving cups on the counter but THIS he does “perfectly” - which I don’t want him to do? Lol Oh my, yes!!! I thought I was the only one. It takes so long to unwrap that, and is so unnecessary. My peeve is a friend who’s decided to go the MLM and wannabe influencer route. I’ve followed her on social media for years as a friend, but last couple months she transformed into a super filtered, baby voice, cutesy( read: annoying) faces like constantly rolling her eyes up to the side, cocking her head to the side , calling her “audience”, *guys*, as in: “Guys, you’ll never guess what happened...”. And proceeding to tell some dumb story in four times the time it should take all the while batting those super filtered eyelashes, and making those baby faces. And the MLM product she’s peddling is skincare! Girl, if you’re going to sell me skincare, your going to have to show me your actual face, not some almost cartoonish plastic filtered version. And it’s irrational because i don’t have to do this to myself, I can unfollow. At this point, I’m still watching out of entertainment/cynicism. Just to see what she does next. ETA: full disclosure: it also irritates me because the filter she uses totally transforms her face and makes her more attractive than she really is. In that weird way.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 14, 2021 22:03:26 GMT
That photo is beautiful.
Most people are assuming they chose today because of Valentine’s Day.
How wonderful that this pregnancy won’t be like Archie’s: out of the public eye, she can rest her hand on her bump, ( something every pregnant woman I know does) without it becoming a front page breaking news filled with derision.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 14, 2021 9:31:07 GMT
Well there’s certainly plenty of places to sit in there!! THats what I was thinking. So many sitting areas and common rooms. Still, I loved pretty much everything about it , the decor really was ocean themed in a lovely way. I would love love to live there.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 13, 2021 10:17:06 GMT
Yep. That happened. And it was everywhere. I remember Bill Maher being especially cruel. Worse that Leno. Regular guys, too. She was everyone’s punching bag, and nothing was off limits.
It was all so stupid. And mean.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 13, 2021 9:59:52 GMT
I think I was subjected to every one as a kid. I hated country music back then.
Before my divorce, XH used to watch something so much worse. It was called Country Family Reunion or something like that and it was basically an infomercial. Although, to be fair, sometimes I got to see artists from the past that I was interested in.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 11, 2021 10:46:39 GMT
I still do all of it. I was just thinking today, it’s time to do another round of purging. As mentioned above, this method allows me to see how many of each item I have, and hopefully identify the ones to let go.
And I happen to like folding my undies and socks.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 11, 2021 10:42:56 GMT
Joined a zoom watercolor group. We share our random projects on a group text, but have a monthly challenge we zoom for. It’s been pure pleasure.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 11, 2021 10:31:57 GMT
I have very dry skin and am another advised by doctor not to shower every day. My hair is also dry, and only needs washing every 4 or 5 days. When I shower in between hair washings, the steam helps revive the curl. I selected that I’m showering less, because I seldom go anywhere, and so feel less need to dress up.
If I get out and take a brisk walk or a nice hike, then i might actually get a little sweat and need a shower more often, but frankly, I’m not so good at getting my exercise in lately.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 11, 2021 10:08:23 GMT
My home was pretty dysfunctional, and my sibs and I had our moments. I’m sure I was the most honest of the bunch, but as the oldest, it often fell to me to make sure we 5 kids had what we needed. I just found it was easier to steal from my step father’s pockets, he was a bartender so they were always full of change. I got lunch money, book club money, field trip money, ect. It was just less trouble and more reliable than trying to find a time when one of the parents were home, sober, awake and cooperative.
There’s no excuse for the shoplifting my girlfriend and I did st. 12 and 13, except the thrill. We would get small items, like lipstick and cheap baubles. We didn’t even really want the things. After a couple times, it was no longer “fun” and it stopped. Never got caught. We were both brains, goody two shoes type girls, no one we knew would ever have suspected. I think maybe that was why we did it, proving to ourselves we weren’t THAT good.
My siblings, on the other hand went on to various lives of crime, including stints in jail and prison and all kinds of substance abuse. Only one really turned it around and had a decent life.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 11, 2021 0:35:13 GMT
I’ve noticed symptoms of fibro since my early 40’s and am now in my sixties. My doctor has had me on gabapentin for a decade. It really helps the pain. I also take Trazodone to help sleep. It does not help as much as I wish, but it’s better than nothing.
Yes, I have balance issues and fall. And drop things. My poor DIL, I’ve accidentally broken her favorite drinking glass, and a special teacup she received from her dead grandmother 🥲. I’m always sporting bruises from falls or bumping into things. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve broken toes.
It stinks, and I’d love it if they found something that helped more. I worry about being dependent on the gabapentin, as I’ve read that withdrawal is horrific, but before the doctor put me on it, I had constant fantasies of suicide or dying to get out of the pain.
I have about 3-4 good hours a day. Where I could be productive without overdoing it and causing me too much stress. I have to be careful about going chilled, it will cause intense pain later. I do exercises to de stress as much as possible, but that is a work in progress.
I’m glad OP, that you’re going to have a one level home. Also, try never to do anything in a hurry. It’s hard, if you’re like me, and your whole life was rushing to get a million things done, but consciously s l o w down. It helps both the Fibro pain and the clumsiness.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 10, 2021 11:16:23 GMT
You want to return something you bought at Goodwill because you don’t think you’ll make as much money reselling it as you wanted? This is a thing? Yes. This is a thing. I know several people who do this for income. Most buy from the regular Goodwill stores, who charge plenty, IMO. The funny thing to me is watching the people at the goodwill outlet stores who line up like vultures to be first to pick over fresh bins. As all all these people are helping to keep usable items in circulation and out of landfills, and obviously can use the income, it’s a win/win, in my book.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 10, 2021 10:22:15 GMT
I’ve always thought Weetabix is similar to Shredded Wheat.
People from New England do indeed eat beans for breakfast. Often on toast.
I love the responses from the many businesses. Even police. Some people seriously need to lighten up, though.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 9, 2021 22:26:14 GMT
I love the thought of calling him Bertie. Maybe Philip Albert, with that as nickname?
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 9, 2021 10:14:10 GMT
I’d like to see the books, the silver and turquoise jewelry, and some of the art.
Sure wish I still had my old vinyl!!
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 8, 2021 9:31:58 GMT
My close friend my age was telling me about someone she met on IG a few years ago. I explained how to spot a scam, and that ended that and I don’t think she’s fallen for anymore. She was lonely.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 8, 2021 2:33:19 GMT
I hated the masked dancers, stuff of nightmares. But i really like The Weeknd and thought he did a good job. Sadly, no one will ever top Katy Perry's halftime show for me. The giant tiger and dancing sharks...lol it was the benchmark of halftime entertainment, even my husband agrees. And for sheer dogged determination, Prince playing Purple Rain IN THE ACTUAL RAIN wins every time! Petty. Best halftime
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