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3-4-21, 7:15pm
My brother grew up in CT but talks more like a Minnesotan than my Minnesotan SIL. Oh, yah!
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3-4-21, 7:06pm
I just got the Pfizer shot 3 hours ago, and so far so good! VT opened the availability for 65+ just on Monday, and already DH and I got our 1st...
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3-4-21, 11:15am
100k seems to be the ballpark for any time you step into a home renovation project of any seriousness. I've had to stress this with DH, since his...
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3-3-21, 8:16pm
Frozen burrito with sour cream and salsa. I usually buy Amy's Organics or Costco but I'm trying a new brand: Red's.
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3-3-21, 6:53pm
In my little bubble, people wear masks. DH and I social distance ourselves from our neighbors. We don't even entertain the thought of vacations. I...
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3-3-21, 5:48pm
In my state you get to see gubernatorial debates like this one:
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3-3-21, 12:42pm
I saw that on the news, and I was so afraid that my favorite Dr. Seuss titles might have been struck down: like Horton Hatches The Egg in particular....
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3-2-21, 9:39pm
Reuben sandwiches.
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3-2-21, 1:01pm
Didn't the sender provide any instructions? If it's a word document can you sign something and scan it?
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3-2-21, 8:27am
DH is getting his first today.. mine will be March 10. The appointments opened up for 65+ yesterday at 8:15 and at 8:45 my son was calling me asking...
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3-2-21, 8:25am
No, I've never heard of Insight Timer! The breathing exercise sounds really cool! He describes the technique in the book.
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3-2-21, 8:16am
Welcome, rnmom! Thanks for joining! Looking forward to hearing from you!
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3-1-21, 11:53pm
Liberty Mutual. I already have homeowners with them, and I have 2 cars, one 2004 and the other 2007, and I live in a rural area in Vermont. So that...
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3-1-21, 8:32pm
haha! I totally get it, 100%!
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3-1-21, 8:04pm
I've been on discussion boards with journal functions and they never interested me. In my mind, you decide "do I want to share things with people to...
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3-1-21, 7:56pm
So sorry, SiouzQ. I truly hope that with a little rest and healing you'll be able to adapt to what you can do with your jewelry-making and your music.
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3-1-21, 7:52pm
GP, there aren't that many musical aficionados here on this forum. I get the facepalm. I LOVE musicals, and I particularly LOVE inspirational...
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3-1-21, 5:11pm
Well, I am so delighted with my March frugal. With one short phone call, I saved $1500/year by switching my car insurance. It took me forever to...
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3-1-21, 9:16am
This is a cool post. So glad you have been able to find a "middle way" to dealing with the stressors in your life, and I'm glad that you have...
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3-1-21, 8:59am
I love that space... there is a guy in the Princeton area in NJ who had a Zen space above his garage that was so cool he would open it up for a week...
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2-28-21, 8:36pm
I read Wim Hof's (The IceMan) book, The Wim Hof Method, and one of the key components is cold exposure. He believes it has numerous health benefits,...
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2-28-21, 8:29pm
Holy cr*p. A whole other level of diving there. Did you have to slowly acclimate to the colder temperatures? Does your wet suit keep you at a...
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2-28-21, 7:57pm
As a market researcher, I LOVE that scene. I find clothes and clothing choices so fascinating. You can't NOT make a statement about yourself with...
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2-28-21, 6:43pm
Well, one of the reasons I've adopted the practice of listening to a book/podcast at bedtime is because of this one author who has the most serene,...
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2-28-21, 6:30pm
There have been a couple of people in my life who could look like a million bucks on very little money, and I always admired them. One was a college...
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2-28-21, 2:24pm
I feel the same way. I feel claustrophobic when listening to an audiobook sometimes, but I have three exceptions:
In a car in a long trip I enjoy...
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2-28-21, 2:11pm
ROFLMAO!!! Good one, IL!!
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2-28-21, 10:46am
hahaha!! Maybe a Freudian slip... I've struggled with my own FI path...
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2-28-21, 10:19am
This is interesting! I didn't know there was a 3/4 size bed, but it does address the issue I've had with the futon I bought when we moved into this...
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2-28-21, 9:25am
I'm surprised that GeorgeParker was attacked for simply saying that some people can be accused of lack of ambition if they they don't work to pursue...
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2-27-21, 2:45pm
Oh, I'm not going to be picky, that's for sure.
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2-27-21, 1:15pm
March 1 DH and I can make our appointment. I am kind of hoping that we get the J&J one, but OTOH, did I hear that it's slightly less effective than...
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2-27-21, 1:14pm
That is so cool!! It will be a stunner.
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2-26-21, 9:22am
I agree with rosa. I think grey would be really nice. IL suggested lacquer, which I could see, but also, have you considered chalk paint? I have an...
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2-25-21, 6:07pm
Thank you for that, rosa. It was just a case of "necessity is the mother of invention." It's amazing how "ambitious" you can be when you've had a few...
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2-25-21, 2:36pm
I think COVID, which is a present reality being conjoined with potential hardships due to the future implications of climate change have forced me to...
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2-25-21, 12:01pm
I agree--it reminds me of the Fountainhead where Rand casts the ambitious, self-serving people as gods and the people in the helping professions as...
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2-25-21, 11:18am
My millennial daughter was ranting about how she thinks her peers are a bunch of babies. She isn't a workaholic, but she is responsible and works...
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2-25-21, 11:15am
That's right... I think most people would prefer to go the route whereby they don't have to ask others to do them a favor.
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2-25-21, 10:54am
My neighbor pointed out to us yesterday that one of our fruit trees is budding. ??? After a week of Vermont weather in the low teens?? And 17mph...
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2-25-21, 10:50am
Yes, that is so nice of you, Tradd. I'm sure it was much appreciated.
When it comes to the inability for IL's do-gooder friends to find people to...
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2-25-21, 10:41am
I'm having a hard time distinguishing between "modest" goals and "reasonable" goals.
Since we're talking about finances (as opposed to other...
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2-23-21, 6:12pm
Beautiful, Kay! I like them both, but the heart one is so pretty!
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2-23-21, 12:41pm
For me it adds data to the answer to my burning question about earth-ceptionalism... If we are only one planet in a whole galaxy, and maybe others,...
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2-23-21, 10:49am
I saw that on TV last week as well, oldhat! It was amazing--I can't wrap my mind around how all that happens. It was so exciting being "in the room"...
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2-23-21, 9:18am
I read in the NYTimes (I think) that an example of this weird way of charging for electricity has resulted in one Texan on a fixed income having to...
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2-22-21, 3:15pm
Thank God for Sundays off!! Yes, I recall that you are correct in terms of the rules. When I was a kid, the lightweights would give up candy but the...
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2-22-21, 3:09pm
I love wood ash to clean the glass on my wood stove--it works like magic! This article mentions it as a silver cleaner, too.
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2-21-21, 5:07pm
I'm also in the "leave it alone" club, for the reasons you mention. I'm glad that a) the neighbors aren't here in the winter to complain, and b)...
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2-21-21, 5:02pm
Wow... I've seen smaller versions of that, but that picture is incredible!! How do that do that without risking the whole infrastructure?? But I'm...
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2-21-21, 3:41pm
DH made a really good vegetarian soup--his first foray into non-meat soups (I make and eat them all the time, but he has always believed if there's...
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2-21-21, 12:58pm
How about Steal This Book by Abby Hoffman?
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2-21-21, 12:51pm
You and your family definitely have a lot of farm-cred, and even when I don't always align with the way you do things, I highly respect it.
I...
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2-21-21, 11:07am
Agreed!!
Thank God it happened after the cold spell. And also, 25 years is a pretty good life for an HVAC system
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2-21-21, 10:29am
In the morning, The Earth is Flat by Thomas Friedman and in the evening, the book that dado recommended, Forest Bathing by M. Amos Clifford.
BTW,...
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2-21-21, 10:13am
I would beg to differ. Maybe they didn't make a mark in your world, but they did in mine.
Look who Thoreau is lined up with on my shelf. :)
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2-20-21, 12:24pm
I'm with IL. I adored American Beauty, but I have no desire to see it again.
I don't read fiction twice, but I've seen movies more than once for...
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2-20-21, 8:38am
I love comforters, but hate duvets. They are such a pain in the butt to put on, and then I find that they shift and look messy or lumpy--but I'm...
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2-20-21, 8:12am
Yes, I have definitely found that to be true!! There have been a number of movies, probably mostly movie musicals that hold no sway for me anymore....
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2-19-21, 5:53pm
https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/george-saunderss-advice-to-graduates/
I just read this commencement speech delivered by writer...
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