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Library nerd, love cooking shows, widow, middle-aged, mom of a teen (Kiddo on here), emoji over-user, random, kinda boring. ๐Ÿซ 

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Does anyone know of a small shop that has hummingbird stained glass? Iโ€™ve looked on Etsy, but most of it feels mass produced and I donโ€™t want that. Thanks!

20.10.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER! TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.

16.10.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you. I donโ€™t remember where Iโ€™ve shared it so some people get it twice.
I wish the same thing for all of us. Itโ€™s not terribly surprising this aunt is doing this b/c she used to do the same thing after Todd died. Sheโ€™s fun.

12.10.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Before I say who weโ€™re fighting & since I canโ€™t remember where Iโ€™ve said thisโ€ฆ my Mom died suddenly a couple weeks ago. Ever since then, my aunt (her sister) texts me periodically to tell me how much she misses her sister & how sad she is like itโ€™s my job to comfort her.

12.10.2025 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ring Theory Helps Us Bring Comfort In A simple way to understand where you are in a crisis.

FYI: if you are in one of the outer rings of grief, you do not get to expect those in the inner rings to manage your grief or comfort you. Get grief counseling or something and leave me alone.
Ring theory - www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/prom...

11.10.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Started and stopped this a few times. Mostly lurk around these parts, but sharing anyway b/c I need to get it out. My Mom died suddenly yesterday. I am heartbroken and hurting so much both for me and my teen. Itโ€™s just not fair that theyโ€™ve lost 2 of their most important people before 18.

29.09.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m also a big fan of putting the meatloaf mix into muffin trays because then you get perfect little ones.

28.09.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kidney stone 2.0 being kicked to the curb today. Send a good my thought my way!

16.09.2025 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's been a gift to see all of the white people who are publicly defending that man. A true gift. They are offering you an opportunity to clearly identify your antagonists.

12.09.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2739    ๐Ÿ” 608    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?

Kirkโ€™s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we donโ€™t need to honor him or โ€œcontinue his work.โ€

11.09.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30527    ๐Ÿ” 6794    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1410    ๐Ÿ“Œ 583

don't think it's a good thing to have a society this highly armed and this unstable

10.09.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2238    ๐Ÿ” 281    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
06.09.2025 00:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My downstairs neighbor is trying to shove a fully inflated air mattress into the back of his hatchback.
And now we all understand how he almost burned down the apartment building a while back.

03.09.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

See? This shit is why I'm not going to let up on Newsom or other transphobic Democrats: they might otherwise go the Labour route and plunge the country into full on transphobia as policy.

02.09.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2599    ๐Ÿ” 565    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
RFK Jr. Is Repeating Michelle Obamaโ€™s Mistakes
MAHA is โ€œLetโ€™s Move!โ€ 2.0.

By Tom Bartlett

RFK Jr. Is Repeating Michelle Obamaโ€™s Mistakes MAHA is โ€œLetโ€™s Move!โ€ 2.0. By Tom Bartlett

Someone please kill me right now.

01.09.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7116    ๐Ÿ” 1045    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 281    ๐Ÿ“Œ 220

I just looked it up to make sure I got it right. French is the 5th most spoken (non-English) language in my teenโ€™s school district. Itโ€™s Spanish, Arabic, Amharic, Vietnamese, and French. Schools often request books in French b/c most of their Vietnamese & African kids also speak French.

01.09.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Most of the continent of Africa & SE Asia has entered the chatโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘€

01.09.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe RFK Jr just learned mitochondria is the powerhouse of cell?

28.08.2025 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The formatting options are whatโ€™s annoying me the most. I specifically use Notepad because of the simple text with no frills. It doesnโ€™t cause wonky formatting when I paste things from Notepad into other documents.

27.08.2025 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
16.08.2025 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A black and white pen sketch of a happy little quokka with vampire fangs and a black, pointy cape. His name is Quokkula.

A black and white pen sketch of a happy little quokka with vampire fangs and a black, pointy cape. His name is Quokkula.

I drew a vampire quokka to distract from The Horrors. His name is Quokkula. He isn't very scary.

12.08.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

was just so weird. The most entertaining part is they only have my married last name so it should go really well looking for those records. Have fun! ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ
(3/3)

12.08.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

& set an appt. They called today asking for surgery records. Yโ€™all. This surgery was 40+ yrs ago. I highly doubt those records exist anymore. I asked my parents & they donโ€™t have any. The nurse got mad & told me they need those records to know what happened. Iโ€™m going to talk to them, but it (2/3)

12.08.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I was a toddler, I had heart surgery for a congenital defect. Since then, I see a cardiologist & get an echocardiogram every few years. My primary care dr recently realized that I shouldnโ€™t see a regular cardiologist, but 1 that specializes in adults w/ CHDs. So I got a referral for that (1/3)

12.08.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Everything is terrible but I just showed the ten year old Baz Luhrmannโ€™s Romeo + Juliet (which is utterly ridiculous but also still kind of great) and she goes โ€œoh that super cute boy from the Titanic is in this, whatโ€™s his name, Ballerina Cappuccino?โ€

11.08.2025 03:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 890    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Shout out to corn, surviving the entire digestive process then waving up at us from the toilet like "I'm still here, wockaflocka!"

03.08.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 751    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt says " am i that old " Alt: a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt says "am i that old?"

The oldies radio station just played Mr. Brightside by The Killers.
Excuse me while I get my walker.

02.08.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The cat has been wandering the apartment meowing off & on all morning. He just came in, jumped up on my lap (which he never does), & went to sleep. I donโ€™t know how the cat knows itโ€™s the anniversary of husbandโ€™s death, but he must. He never acts like this. Cat still misses his person. โค๏ธ

30.07.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of a woman with short hair and glasses wearing a blue flowered shirt. At the movies for her birthday.

Photo of a woman with short hair and glasses wearing a blue flowered shirt. At the movies for her birthday.

48. Another turn around the sun.

29.07.2025 02:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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