In ugh holiday news, Brendon is going to LA for a basketball tournament, on December 26th. This wouldn't be a big deal, and I would have joined him, but my son and his GF arrive in Florida on December 25th. So I will be doing all the holiday stuff with the kids without dad. He will still be in LA for his birthday on the 28th. Sigh. I'm like, okay with it, but would probably have changed the kids' visit schedule if I had known earlier.
My whole life, I've never loved anything else.
Oz ,'Him'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Dec 12, 2024 4:13:34 pm PST #4004 of 4186
Our wings are not tired.
brenda m - Dec 12, 2024 5:29:49 pm PST #4005 of 4186
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
How can one person be so extravagant and boring at the same time?
Me to the family member who just put an $80 navy blue doormat on their elfster wishlist. The hell you say.
-t - Dec 12, 2024 5:46:17 pm PST #4006 of 4186
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Trying to imagine what could make a doormat be worth $80 and not coming up with anything. Secretly a trap door? Seems like that would be pricier.
Cass - Dec 12, 2024 6:12:59 pm PST #4007 of 4186
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I need cataract surgery on the right eye
Anecdotally my mom had hers done and it was easy peasy with quick results. She was very pleased back in 2017. If I need it, I'm going to get past the scared and see better. I did think I was seeing floaters once but it was just a spider on its web that was MUCH closer than I thought.
brenda m - Dec 12, 2024 7:11:48 pm PST #4008 of 4186
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Same with my dad. (The surgery, not the spiders. So far as I know, anyway.)
bennett - Dec 12, 2024 7:59:50 pm PST #4009 of 4186
I've had cataract surgery for both eyes and it was the easiest surgery I've ever had. Being awake during surgery was a little weird but that was the only issue.
flea - Dec 13, 2024 3:47:31 am PST #4010 of 4186
information libertarian
I’ve bought an $80 doormat. Those nice water hog ones from ll bean in the big sizes, like 4x6? Essential if you get snow. (But I am known to be boring.)
Laura - Dec 13, 2024 6:17:58 am PST #4011 of 4186
Our wings are not tired.
I bought my son this doormat for $14, and he loves it: [link] However, this is inside an apartment building, where they have the serious snow and yuck-capturing ones at the main entrance.
It was pretty cool that I could get the consult for the cataract surgery next week. The sooner the better.
-t - Dec 13, 2024 9:43:56 am PST #4012 of 4186
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Helpful to know, flea! I have zero doormats so my perspective is, no doubt, extreme.
P.M. Marc - Dec 13, 2024 12:02:59 pm PST #4013 of 4186
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My current doormat was $14.99, but a: it was half-off; and b: it's on the covered porch and comes after the large, hardcore mat that we got when we had dogs. A regular doormat gauntlet (we also have one on a low spot on the path to the house).