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I am with you. I need time to recover even when my own kids come to visit. As far as work goes, I don't think I could ever go back to that intense...

I am still in covid mode, love being without people- except husband. He's pretty good!! If i have a week with 2 zoom one on one meetings and then an...

I was so happy and surprised when they selected him. I lived in Chicago for thirty years, so it feels like the hometown boy got elected pope. I...

Yeah, Tradd, you have a hometown Pope! It does seem strange to hear a pope with a standard American accent--DH and I think it's almost like he is...

A pope with a Chicago accent. Unfortunately, he’s a White Sox fan. I’m a Cubs fan. Since I’m in the Chicago area, there are lots of fun memes and...

That's impressive! Thanks for the tip. I will make my starter today and hope for the best.

Or single people used to being by themselves.

So true! We like to eat a sandwich or a bowl of haddock chowder there, too, a cheap meal out.

George Saunders (Lincoln at the Bardo) had a moving op-ed in the Times today about the dismissal of the head of the Library of Congress. Like many...

Thanks for that bit of information, rosa. If my tree is a Norway maple I can also say it outcompetes septic lines. But it's still beautiful and...

Someone on the MMM forum made reference to a "chaos monkey" running the show in the US, and I thought that was such a perfect descriptor for DJT.

I'm not sure about other maple varieties, but Norway maples are also problematic because little will grow beneath them due to their extensive,...

That's a shame, bobby.

I think being able to shop at Market Basket is a huge frugal win. We love our local Market Basket!

Sounds like something my DH would like.

It was definitely the silver lining for us introverts.

okay--what has happened is that a corporation from Ca. has come in, built the biggest wreckon yard in town, and all the independent, home-owned...

Isolating didn't bother me much.

Actually so did I.

I actually enjoyed Covid times quite a lot. Those times were not very people-y.

Too people-y is what I call it.

My cup runneth over with humans. Duringthe last week of April, I went on a 6 day roadtrip that included a bunch of interaction with fellow humans....

Yes that looks like a healthy clump, it is loving its water

Aww, poor iris! Here is a good example of it literally in a koi pond. ...

I stopped by the Missouri botanical gardens today and saw this sad little clump of Iris versicolor. It is quite diminutive so perhaps it is...

Loved it but the kitchen operation did not seem very realistic. Takes a lot more to run a restaurant kitchen than 4 ladies cooking. But I loved...

There's always the "use at least once a week" rule. I've had my starter for... I can't remember how long! At least 15-20 years. My starter doesn't...

Scored a like-new bread machine for $5 at a yard sale last week. Market Basket had chicken thighs for $0.99/lb, so I stocked the freezer. Also got...

I saw a CBS Sunday Morning piece on the backstory of Nonnas. They interviewed the restaurant owner and he talked about his story and the movie. I'm...

Nonnas is on my watch list. Seems like a nice feel good movie. Will watch it tonight.

Thank you! Oh yes, :D Hand-me-downs are our lifeline. I have all boys, so it makes it more convenient. There is no point buying expensive clothes...

Yes, before his eye surgery DH got new eyeglasses every few years that bordered $1,000 in cost. I had normal bifocals which required replacement few...

Louisianas and Japanese iris like water. Pseudacorous iris like water too. Most bearded iris are desert plants but they do fine in the Midwest...

I planted 3 red maples in my front lawn nearly 30 years ago, mainly because I liked their fall appearance, but my goodness I'm getting tired of them....

Yes, I recall... I didn't know if other iris also liked water.

Gosh, those are awful!! We have experienced them in other places in Vermont, but luckily not where we are. We do have other annoying insects, though....

My parents were college educated and good at talking about professional goals for grown-up life and college curriculum. But…It’s odd that they...

oh yuck! That is bad. this reminds me of something I’m happy about: where I live, we can sit on the ground. We don’t have fire ants. Oh certain...

Exactly. ETA: Paul Krugman had a good headline for his substack on this topic: "When an Arsonist Poses as a Firefighter."

My big old maple is still unidentified. Two arborists can't tell me what kind of tree it is, and I've had 4 people tell me 4 different kinds (going...

You crash the market, your friends buy. You pump the market, your friends sell. You keep repeating.

I just read it in the paper. For better or worse, I still feel that this was all part of Trump's plan. A risky game, but a potentially lucrative one...

Woke up at 2:40 am. Heard it on the BBC I was listening to then went to NYT. Surprised!

Here's something on it from Bloomberg via Wallstreetbets: US, China to Cut Some Tariffs for 90 Days: Live News on Trade Talks - Bloomberg

Black fly season has started. I have a hard welt on my neck already.

Been trying to fix my car cd player myself to avoid buying a new radio. It's been broken for 11 years. Bought a car of compressed air and a...

I don't think we've been very frugal recently; we've done a bit of stocking up & panic buying. However, I was just looking at my home improvement...

We have a lot of silver maples in our area. I understand them to be prone to breakage, but they also are native and have high value to wildlife.

We scour the sales at two local small Kroger stores every week. This week I needed cinnamon for homemade granola. I was going to go to Costco but...

Happystuff, we are also doing a lot of that. Now I find no enjoyment about watching the "news".

happystuff, we are doing a lot of that too. Now I am not even enjoying watching any news.

okay---here's a 'nother sfd loyyer that got stopped for drunk-N-driving. his specialty is "late night tv ad blitzes & drunk-N-driving". but...

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Yes, I thought of you, Tradd!!! One of my sisters is a diver and it was she and her friends that allowed me to join them this trip. It was amazing! ...

Yes, we had two in front of our property and they both ended up rotting from the inside out. We eventually cut both down.

Beautiful!

Was on vacation, so I confess the past week was NOT frugal! But it was fun! :~)

Maybe it's plain old supply and demand. Cost was too high, so folks stopped buying (I did!!!), so now maybe lowering price to balance out.