My husband did this to his mom! She was not a hoarder by any means but had a decent collection of flow blue porcelain. Some of it was displayed in such a way that anyone who was not her was terrified to just walk near it for fear of bumping it and causing catastrophe.

Hubby found a Kubrick done in a similar blue/white pattern and he strategically put it amongst her breakables to see how long it would be before she noticed. It took about a year before she said something.

He ended up finding another version of the little blue & white bear and did it again. She’s gone now, and I hadn’t thought of those bears in a while. Thank you for that. It’s a very fond memory.

I have always called those escapeas

I’ve had a few relatives with this mindset. My advice is try the comfortably now and find a little part time gig later to supplement income and provide activity.

I was not taught to cover my mouth but I married a mouth coverer. Am a convert now. But I don’t think I cover when I’m alone.

I do sometimes at yard sales or craft markets, like if I’ve found a big pile of stuff I want, I’ll offer a reasonable round number for all of it. If I’m only interested in 1 thing, I won’t haggle unless it’s priced a little too high.

When I hold my own yard sales, jeebus, nearly everyone wants to do it and it wears me out. But I’m looking to unload my clutter so I wheel & deal.

And then there’s car buying…

He asked for a thirteen but they drew a thirty-one.

The covert ops of gameboard warfare

This is one marketing rebranding I can get behind.

The last time I flipped coin, I got half my face melted off, and now I have this overwhelming desire to stick it to rich people. One annoying dude in particular.

In fact asking dad to buy new headphones could be a way to transition into that conversation.

“Hey, dad, will you buy me these?”

“Um…why?”

“11 and 6 dad. I need them for 11 and 6. Y’all ain’t subtle.”

And daddy never sleeps at night.

Keep it in your pants, Janeway. 😂

Cats that have cats for pets? Or are the ones on all fours the children of the species?

“Tommy is growing up so fast. Before you know it he’ll be walking on his hind legs and singing Primus songs.”

• Ahhhh-oooooo-ga!
• turkey call
• the Star Trek door swish
• windchimes

Hm, I guess dealing with parental quirks tilted me the other way. I feel now like I want to be perpetually 20, but I had a chronically depressed single/divorced mom and an alcoholic dad (I’m pretty sure he was self medicating for his undiagnosed ADHD, and have come to terms with all that went on). So yeah, I parented my parents.

930 was so awesome. It still is kinda awesome, but it was special back then too (and I know I didn’t get to witness their true heyday in the old building). Once they opened the Anthem though, I feel 930 drifted more indie.

“The Stokes? The best band of the past five years. The lowlight was the warmup act–Jimmy Falon of Saturday Night Live”

-2002 christmas letter

Lolol

Also, I was out on the Mall with them for fireworks.

Ask him if he could trust you again if you deleted your tiktok and IG accounts. And then delete them.

Or if you don’t wish to do that, and want to keep making money from followers, then your guy is saying that’s his boundary to protect his heart.

You can’t control what your followers will send to you. If he’s not ok with that, then your choice seems to be him or the extra money, but not both. That sucks and it hurts, but it also means that having both was never really a possibility.

That’s such a great idea!