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11-9-25, 12:56pm

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Rave in Dailies and Challenges

Same!! We were going to visit my DD for her 40th birthday, but we are weighing the decision at this point. We were really surprised to wake up to...

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11-9-25, 11:23am

catherine replied to a thread The Christmas wholesale warehouse in Holidays

I like to go to the smaller nurseries at Christmas. They are usually very tastefully done, sell quality goods, and you get great ideas from them....

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11-8-25, 5:25pm

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Rave in Dailies and Challenges

Good idea! Cool! I love double-use stuff. BTW, for Kay, I saw this photo on Facebook by Higashiyama Kaii, and it's so beautiful. I just love a...

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11-8-25, 12:51pm

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Rave in Dailies and Challenges

Hey, East or West--it doesn't matter where a glorious fall foliage display is! Glad you enjoyed it! My "rave" is not really a rave but an...

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11-5-25, 3:04pm

catherine replied to a thread 2026 ACA Healthcare Premium Shot UP....WAY UP in Health & Health Care

So great to hear, SiouzQ!

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11-1-25, 9:58pm

catherine replied to a thread ,,,and all the children are above average in Open Forum

Is the hard part actually just getting into Ivy League schools and other highly selective schools rather than staying in--with the assumption being...

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11-1-25, 11:00am

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

Sorry, Tybee!!! If Congress finally gets its butt in gear, will they reinstate the class?

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10-31-25, 12:25pm

catherine replied to a thread TooMuchStuff in Open Forum

I agree.

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10-31-25, 9:35am

catherine replied to a thread TooMuchStuff in Open Forum

I have been thinking of him and noted his absence since his last post.. thank you so much for posting this, Alan. I will miss him.

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10-30-25, 2:40pm

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

The rant continues... The family support group grows. My son just texted the family with the news that my DIL has cancer. Thankfully, she had the...

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10-29-25, 11:46am

catherine replied to a thread Local food banks/pantries in Making a Difference

I did Meals on Wheels for a couple of years up here, and a typical recipient was like one of my cients--an older man, Joe, who had a condition that...

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10-29-25, 11:02am

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

Thank you, everyone. We're taking it one day at a time. What else can we do? He and my daughter are talking shop these days, which is a bit of a...

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10-29-25, 10:59am

catherine replied to a thread Local food banks/pantries in Making a Difference

Wow, the article is powerful, but this is that part that makes me cry, maybe because I'm a market researcher: Last month, the Trump Administration...

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10-28-25, 7:55am

catherine replied to a thread How many languages do you speak? in Open Forum

I'm getting closer to abandoning FB and social media altogether because it's nothing but ads and AI-generated crap. A large percentage of the photos...

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10-26-25, 2:42pm

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

So, my rant is about how sucky 2025 has been from a health perspective. Lightning does strike twice. As you know, my daughter was diagnosed with...

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10-26-25, 12:30pm

catherine replied to a thread Local food banks/pantries in Making a Difference

Maddening. I think I've said it here (and I'm pretty sure I have) that I consider abuse of safety net help by the poor to simply be by-catch. It's...

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10-25-25, 2:40pm

catherine replied to a thread Local food banks/pantries in Making a Difference

Thank you for that recommendation. I was thinking that communities will have to step up. We have a food bank here in our local Catholic church, so...

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10-25-25, 8:45am

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

OMG, rosa, that stinks. I can't believe how much dental work is... I remember years ago I broke a tooth eating a mushroom of all things (it was a...

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10-25-25, 7:55am

catherine replied to a thread Tickicks Ta See Carts Next Thursday. in Consumerism & The Media

In the 2000s I paid $750 for two tickets to see my lifelong heartthrob, Paul McCartney in Philadephia. And I felt really guilty about spending that...

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10-25-25, 7:48am

catherine replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

DH just said he's going to stop consuming the news, and I think I'm right behind him on that. It used to be that CNN was a relatively benign way for...

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10-24-25, 8:08pm

catherine replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

You make good points, iris, but my emotional reaction is I hate the idea of it. bobby, I agree to close this case. I might have gotten a little...

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10-24-25, 3:45pm

catherine replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Rogar, that's exactly what I figured but didn't know how to say. Thanks for posting. Pinkytoe, yes, regarding the trees, you're right. Trump...

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10-24-25, 1:19pm

catherine replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Roosevelt did not expand the footprint, he called in an architect and he intentionally built it complement the existing architecture of the White...

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10-24-25, 12:58pm

catherine replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

Well, I think it's a matter of scale and, frankly, taste. In an attempt to mark his territory at the White House with the biggest piss possible,...

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10-24-25, 11:44am

catherine replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

According to Wikipedia "In 1784, Louis XVI briefly moved the royal family to the Château de Saint-Cloud ahead of more renovations to the Palace of...

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10-23-25, 8:06pm

catherine replied to a thread How many languages do you speak? in Open Forum

Wow, that's beautiful! It reminds me of one of my favorite books--The Dollmaker by Harriet Arnow. It was also a movie with Jane Fonda. When I read...

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10-23-25, 6:35pm

catherine replied to a thread How many languages do you speak? in Open Forum

bae, can you give us a sentence or two? I'd love to hear a sample. I'll trade you by giving you one of my favorite sentences my MIL said, which...

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10-18-25, 9:03am

catherine replied to a thread Presidential Pardons in Simple Public Policy

Because Trump is pathologically driven to make his "enemies" mad. He is on a singular mission to punish half of the country. (or more, if you...

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10-17-25, 7:47pm

catherine replied to a thread A fun new thing - Pottery Class! in Hobbies & Creativity

rosa, this idea popped up on my FB feed... this is a cool pottery project! It's so clever--an herb stripper! Have you ever seen one? I haven't. But...

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10-17-25, 1:01pm

catherine replied to a thread Hop in the car and go? in Travel & Home Exchange

Like iris, I also am comfortable winging it.. it's part of the adventure. This may sound contrary to what I said about having a destination and a...

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10-17-25, 6:47am

catherine replied to a thread Government Coup in Simple Public Policy

OMG. Well, fentanyl is definitely the red herring here. But what could the US interest there be? ...

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10-16-25, 10:26pm

catherine replied to a thread Hop in the car and go? in Travel & Home Exchange

In our family, we call those "meanders"--although 5 hours is a long meander. But while I'm a "what's our destination and what time to we need to be...

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10-16-25, 4:25pm

catherine replied to a thread Cross-country adventure in Travel & Home Exchange

OMG That is definitely cross country!! I'd love to get a "travelogue" from you--how many miles did you go per day? Where did you stay? Did you choose...

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10-16-25, 12:16pm

catherine replied to a thread Cross-country adventure in Travel & Home Exchange

That's wonderful, happystuff! It does sound like the trip of a lifetime! And you got to spend time with family! So glad the parks were open enough...

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10-15-25, 2:03pm

catherine replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

Hopefully he'll work out and ease some of your burdens, especially if you get more tariff whiplash.

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