Way to go missypie! You will get things done. Don’t worry about things being perfect. No one will notice. Just enjoy yourself!
Struggling with my computer right now. For some reason I can’t connect with Google! Just sits there and spins. Driving me crazy! Everything else connects. Any words of wisdom from from those of you with computer expertise?
NM, I won’t pretend I can help, but do you have the same issue if you use different browsers?
Different browsers work perfectly. Just Chrome is having issues
I had the spinning a few days ago. Turned the computer off and waited awhile. It was frustrating.
So Chrome doesn’t have issues with other websites, just Google?
Well, H’s evil twin brother is already starting to act like a segment of excrement with respect to the wedding. Expected, but we just can’t understand why he is coming to the wedding.
@cq…yes
MP don’t let him ruin your day. then they win.
We lost our dog today He had cancer so we knew it was coming but very hard. I think hard also because they just trust you so much. and don’t know whats going on. He couldn’t use his back legs and that was it. I like dogs better than most people and will miss him so much although he was tough to take care of the last few months.
I was transiently excited to finish the semester but literally the night I finished he lost his legs. I was hoping to have more quality time with him without school work. Nothing really ever goes completely the way you hope. But H stayed home with him yesterday while I was at work, and they spent the day in the yard as it was a beautiful day. Then we picked up the girls. The girls and I spent the day with him (after I got a cortisone shot in my back) and them we took him , so in the scheme of things it went well.as could be expected. We keep looking for him.
So sorry. Losing a dog is so hard.
I’m so sorry, DTE. My kitty went the same way, and I still mis her.
MP - Can somebody (not in your nuclear family) be put in charge of corralling evil twin brother if he gets out of hand? I hope so.
dt, still miss my dog from 25 yrs ago. good thought your way.
MP, don’t you wish you could have just not invited him?
I am older than most here and about 3 years ago just decided not to feel guilt regarding my sisters and brother any
longer. Meaning little to no contact, Have not missed anything --sad, but true. The anxiety I used to feel is finally over.
But good wishes for you and your wonderful family! It will be a wonderful celebration. Your S and FDIL sound
like a good fit.
DTE - sorry for your loss. Losing a pet is losing a member of the family. There are times I would take my dog over just about any human person!
MP - There are always THOSE family members. Try to ignore him perhaps. I don’t know the situation but sometimes that has helped me in the past where if they couldn’t get a rise out of me (or they couldn’t tell that they were) they just stopped. My MIL comes to mind…
OH - managed 4 days at the gym this week. Was going to try for 5 but went to a show last night and didn’t get in until way to late to get up at 4:30! I’m taking this as a win! I am not going to be upset that I didn’t get there today. May try to go on the weekend but we will see how things go. Trying to be a bit more tolerant of myself. I think I get down and upset when I am way to “harsh” on myself.
I’m so sorry to hear about your dog, dte. They really are members of the family and it is hard when they are gone.
I didn’t think it would be this painful. …
I am with Oregon. I recently had an interchange with some family members and although I didn’t want it to be that way I had to accept that it was. I realized the people would not change and I couldn’t either. That to be healthy I need to have boundries… Harder to do than you think You always need/want your family but sometimes that cant be… Toxic people don’t have a place in my life. I have too much uninvited stress. I realize with MP it may be easier to put up with the jerk than cause family angst, but try to not give him too much power.
He has no power over me. It’s H. The evil twin takes every opportunity to demean and otherwise be mean to H. H will never give it back or cross him in any way. H hates being around him, hates receiving emails from him, etc. It must be a sibling bullying situation that has gone on for over 50 years. I can call BS on the twin in a lighthearted but firm way and he doesn’t cross me. It’s H that he torments and I’m not a good enough psychologist to get him past it.
I’ve seen the pix of the sweet dog on Facebook. What a nice looking dog. Be good to yourself.
dte, truly sorry about your dog.
RM, good for you! Most impressive.
DTE, Hugs!
Ok, so I’m sitting on my deck after getting out of the hot tub, watching SNOW fall on my 87-degree pool. Seriously. Last Sunday we were swimming!
I covered my new bed with burlap. Will be so mad if this psycho weather harms my new plantings. At the time I purchased everything, the greenhouse and I had determined I had a good 10-day frost free window to plant…but I kind of used up a few of those days not getting the stuff into the ground. Hi ho.
We have gone from a hot 88 three days ago to a November grey 56 today.
I get nothing at all done when it is gloomy out.
Took D’s BFF from preschool to lunch yesterday, She was with us often back then and I adored her.
Our family felt she was under family-ed as her parents were not hands on.
So good to see her. I do not think understands the role we played but that is Ok.
Just glad she is happy, married, and pg! Had not seen her since HS graduation.
I am so not a gardener that I at first was confused as to why kmc would put burlap on her bed. I thought of bed linens.
Anyway I am returning from NYC and seeing Hamilton with D. Amazing. Absolutely worth it.