pinkytoe
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Frugal, where do you stay in the valley? We are considering the same reverse move. Three months here for CO summer and the rest down in Texas:) I...

I got my new DL back in September but new state law required an eye exam. Easy enough at Costco.

I read the Trans Day of Vengeance (whatever that is) will be Friday of this week. I continue to wonder why we care what people's sex organs are. It's...

98% of the members of the gardening club I joined here are retired women.

I think the weather contributes a lot to that sense of being confined and bored. I am salivating to get outside and hike/garden/walk and this very...

I am finding that thrift stores are way too expensive now too. Nevertheless, they are full of pickers looking for goodies to up-sell online - Etsy...

I haven't read the article yet but my observations at the grocery store are that what the majority of people are eating might be another factor. I...

One more time - Gulf shrimp, mango and avocado salad.

Very nice. Good to have a handy hubby!

Went to my Medicare annual visit and was quite pleased with the family practice doc. Young and open-minded about tests and such. Since there were no...

On the topic of old people and drugs, my 88yo MIL is now on 13 drugs - blood thinners, statins, cholesterol, anti-anxiety, anti-depressant, blood...

Both my FIL and his brother became diabetic after taking statins for a few years. It was just odd since they were both slender.

I have had some negative experiences with prescribed drugs (Cipro for one) that spooked me so I remain very cautious about taking anything - even...

I decided to take Medicare up on the free annual wellness visit with a primary doc this week. It will be interesting to see what that consists of. I...

There was an article today in the Wash Post about lentils. Ancient and interesting food source - much better for the environment too as they grow...

DD's father-in-law had a career as an architectural project manager in the rebuilding of Bagdad. Thinking those same profit-driven companies are...

I managed to only spend about $30 on seeds this year since I have started saving, collecting and going to seed swaps over the past few years. Since I...

I'd be happy to find a good family practice doctor let alone a geriatrician but it seems like MDs other than well-paid specialists have disappeared....

I don't think any of the little people ever really know what's going on with politics.

Trump loves any kind of attention. I just wish he would be history.

I don't know enough to grasp how it all works but seems like it will add a lot of chaos to an already chaotic world. And as usual, make a few humans...

Frontline had a special about the Fed Reserve and the last decade of prolonged low interest rates, ie easy money. All of the economists and money...

Yikes those are some wrinkly shirts. I am not a fan of leggings or skinny jeans other. As DH says, do these ladies ever look in the mirror?

Teens know how not to get pregnant but certainly don't understand the long-term consequences of having a child at a very young age.

I have kin in Boebert territory. It's a whole other mindset over there.

There was a news story on CBS this evening about prostate cancer. It said watchful waiting is now recommended over radiation and chemo for some cases...

Billionaire Wilderness by Justin Farrell. The author, a Yale sociologist delves in to the reasons why the ultra-wealthy have mega homes in Teton...

I liked Lucy by the Sea. It was a calm-inducing book - at least for me.

I got carried away with seed starting and need the room so have been clearing out some house plants by giving away cuttings.

For DH, I think it is the hassle factor of listing, shipping etc of his cameras though he has sold some in the past. Easier to put in a box and...

I was thrilled to hear that DH has decided to clean up his camera closet. I guess I lit a fire under his butt by saying we can't show or sell this...

I went to a local Sprouts store and had to be escorted to the locked restroom by a security guard because of nefarious actions by the area homeless....

The latest adventure in grocery shopping is the disappearance of shopping carts. Even the little hand-held plastic ones have been banished. Sure...

Lima beans with a tiny bit of smoked bacon, cornbread and a grapefruit avocado salad.

That's pretty interesting. We are experimenting with bread making since it's the one food we consistently can't find in this city or that we want to...

The Story of More - How We got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren. Entertaining, informative writing style on this complex...

When MIL moved out of her house, we were offered some of the household items. She had a lot of worn towels I thought would make good rags so I...

I have a strong aversion to dryer sheets. My next door neighbors are always doing laundry and their dryer vent is near our back yard. We don't go...

I am trying to finish a book called Cheap Land Colorado but the writing style is hard to follow. It is about people who have left the mainstream and...