Inherited a 3 bedroom house from my mom and it was full (overfull) of her stuff. My house had 4 full bedrooms. Both had full garages. Like you, it’s just stuff- not trash , though some was old mail and magazines.

I have big trash pickup every Wednesday. I usually put things on the curb on Saturday and Sunday and much of it is gone before the trash people come. I like knowing that it’s going to someone instead of a landfill.

Other items were donated to a local organization that runs a thrift store.

About 40 bags of clothing and bedding went to my cleaning lady. She keeps what she can use and the rest goes to her church. They offer it to people here and the rest goes to the border. We tease that in a few months we will turn on the news to see everyone at the border dressed like my mom. ❤️

The ‘mementos’ or items that i feel nostalgic or sentimental about - I’ve learned that it takes me 3 times of interacting with items to decide what i definitely want to keep and what can go. I’ve also learned to be ok with that. I can narrow from 10 boxes to 7, then to 5, and if those sit in a closet for s year before i do more, so be it.

Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls!

You must work where i work, in public education. Too many administrators without enough to do, who just keep stirring the pot and then scheduling meetings about the shitstorm they created.

Barry Manilow- Looks like we made it.

I suggested that we should have cheers day instead. Activity Pub.

🍻 Cheers!

You could get an extra shower curtain and hang it at the ceiling to help keep the steam inside the shower. Maybe stick a space heater in your bathroom if you want it warmer. I’d turn on the vent fan afterwards to help get the moisture out to decrease risk of mold.

Hoping my son ends his break with us.

Making a decision about retirement and hopefully not regretting it.

How about the shower?

One of my kitties prefers a pad. I put a pad in a box and i just change it every night. It’s better than the floor or my bed.

I had a fat little kitten that i took to the vet to be dewormed. Turned out he was just a fat little kitten.

I have a couple of friends who go to one of the UU churches in Dallas. I think maybe Roe came from it.

Our art museum is free but for 100/yr we used to get a subscription that got us 4 free tickets per day to visiting exhibits that are normally $16 each, plus free parking which is normally $10 and it’s across the street from a big park with food trucks and activities.

Also, the zoo and botanical garden memberships that offer reciprocity with a bunch of other zoos or gardens.

In restaurants. Not so much at home. Though i do have a friend whose husband left her for his step sister.

At dinner my husband and i often sit silently on our phones texting each other to play ‘What’s that relationship?’

Is there an app that they could use privately?

My son is a mechanic so it’s often chilly at work. He uses those rechargeable hand warmers in his shirt pockets.

I can’t wait to have French toast Saturday morning! Breakfast tacos Sunday morning! And maybe some beef bourguignon, chili, or chicken soup. The house i live in now was without power for 4 days in 2021. Fingers crossed!!

Question for people who live in colder climates - why is it always so hot indoors? When I’ve been in new York, Chicago, Milwaukee, etc. in the winter it’s miserable inside. It’s 12 degrees outside and you step into a restaurant or shop where it feels like it’s 80 degrees. You’re immediately sweating because you have a jacket, gloves, etc. and you have to find someplace to put them.

Was good. I was working in a new field, learning good stuff, and beginning to get my finances cleaned up after 2 years in school.

Know anything about squid? I was wondering if they ever got a diagnosis.