Apparently, my abs have secretly been replaced with a bowl full of jelly. This becomes apparent and problematic when I try to take a "Pure Barre" class. Utter fail. I have back, ass, and thigh muscles, albeit not the best. But abs? Big nope.

I finally got espresso ground for my espresso machine...only to find it isn't working. I went and bought some descaler stuff, but nothing is coming through, and probably by trying several times the other day and now with this, I have melted it or something. No water comes through. Grr! There also doesn't seem to be a way to take it apart (and I've tried to clean/fix any parts I could, already)

That sounds frustrating Meara!

I was just logging in to Ravelry (online community for knitters/crochet era) and remembered that Connie Neil was close with a group there, but I have no idea which one, or what her name was there. And I haven't seen or heard from Anne Weber in ages, as maybe she would know.

Does anyone remember, because I am wondering if they know about her death.

Anne literally just posted something on FB, and she's also pretty active on Tumblr.

I think I must not be friends with her? Or my algorithm is screwed up! I will check it out.

Sophia, Connie may have used some variant on "riani"; it's part of her AO3 name.

Sophia, the psychology of hoarding/cluttering is pretty complex. For some people like it, it's almost a sideways shuffle with perfectionism, so that you don't start tasks that you know are going to be complicated and hard to finish.

Or my algorithm is screwed up!

Pretty much always the answer when it comes to FB.

And just to be sure, I didn't mean "you should have seen her because she just posted, duh," I meant "You have jogged my memory and reminded me that I just saw a post of hers."

Well, I found a riani, but she had no groups.

Thanks Dana. I am weirdly sensitive right now. But I knew you meant that Anne was alive and well!

Connie, that makes sense. I think for me, the cluttering makes it to hard to clean, even though I don't mind the cleaning. Also, cleaning up something really dirty is very satisfying, but cleaning up mild dirty ness, not so satisfying. Also, very little is gross or disgusting to me, which makes things hard because I don't know if I have normal filters. It is good for my job, when I have to deal with pig parts and such, or I can totally clean out a gross refrigerator for anyone. I have to work on that or work on some coping for it, like a cleaning service. But right now I am going with Aidan on Sundays.

I may have signed up twice. I didn't understand the asterisk thing.

It is good for my job, when I have to deal with pig parts and such

I feel like maybe I don't know the whole scope of your job.