happystuff
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Thank you, everyone. No details, but will simplify to age, tired body, etc. To have that "constant" in one's life suddenly be gone... definitely...

So sorry to hear this. Like everyone else, I greatly enjoyed her posts. Thanks for finding out and passing the information along, il.

My mom just died a few days ago. We were all there to say our good-byes. Grateful that she went out the way she wanted, but still wasn't easy.

Wow, bae! Just - Wow!

Nice fish shot. I think you have a winning Christmas card there. LOL

LOL. Very funny cat conversation. I would LOVE if my (now 1) cat didn't like boxes. As it is, there are currently three cardboard boxes around my...

Wonderful, catherine!!! I agree with Alan, it looks accomplished to me!

Nice pool, Alan! Looks like an area that will give you all years of enjoyment.

Definitely "one night stands", but I find I am really enjoying them, especially because they are short but extremely well-written. I can't remember...

Very nice job and I agree with IL - looks very cozy.

Too funny, rr. Tradd, sorry you ended up cancelling your diving trip, but totally understandable considering the job situation going on right...

Thanks for the update, jp1. Glad she will be coming home soon. And that is so sweet of you to be taking care of all these things for her!!

Found The Pocket Book of Short Stories, copyright 1941. Includes storied by Hemingway, Maugham, Tolstoi, Poe, Twain, Parker, and many others. I'm...

Both at the end of the school year and the beginning of the school year, staff and teachers feel the need to declutter. While normally a good thing,...

Chicken and rice.

Like catherine's, our mechanic told us years ago that Toyota and Honda cars were the ones to get. We've been lucky and have been able to find used.

Putting a chickpea soup in the crockpot.

I understand what you are saying. I guess it can be a matter of perspective and definitely a matter of timing. I'm not viewing giving something...

Hmmm... I don't know that I like the terms "given up". I've made "choices" throughout my life. Some good and some bad, but always the best I could...

I love it! But - except for the kitchen - there doesn't look to be much storage space at all. catherine, I loved Twelve-by-Twelve! Got the...