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Sending my condolences to your family, Catherine.

I'm kicking myself for selling a silver ingot I was gifted back in 2018 or so but also glad I've gotten out of the silversmithing business. Buying sterling at $93/troy ounce is absolutely unteneable...

I have been putzing around all day decluttering little things, like unused stuff in the bathroom cabinet. I've been tossing really old lotion, old expired meds and those itsy-bitsy pieces of general...

My resolution for next year is to try and get to the bottom of why I still feel like crap, from the years before the TOS surgery in 2024 until the present. I am going to approach it like I did to...

Hi Catherine, yes it is a wood stove. It really cranks out the heat and it is a big room with tall ceilings (14 ft at the apex).

This stove is not original to the house. When we bought the house...

After having worked in retail my entire working life I can easily say I am just not a holiday person at all. One of my old jobs was as a display person in a high-end department store. We started...

So far I have made $1,588.00 dismantling my studio and selling my metalsmithing stuff! I am down to the barebones now and have finally posted the remaining items on Facebook Marketplace.

It took a couple of years and a bit of grieving over it, but I am finally starting to sell my metalsmithing/jewelry tools. Since K. also used to silversmith, we ended up with many duplicate tools...

Crisis averted! I just spoke to my insurance agent and he ran our projected 2026 income numbers and it turns out that I now qualify for a NM BlueCross plan that is just $20 more than what I have...

Thinking of everyone here who is going through all the various manifestations of life's trials and tribulations. The only way through is through...please remember to take care of your daily bodily...

Welp, that is what I was afraid of - I just went into my account at BeWellNewMexico (the ACA insurance exchange in New Mexico) and based on the income we had last year (which is really screwed up...

I was going to put this in the rant catagory but have decided to think of it in a different way - we have been waiting for hours (!) for our new refrigerator delivery and I am getting impatient. In...

Congrats on the positive feedback - it certainly makes one's day!

The "kids-in-restaurants rant reminded me of something that happened a few years ago when we were down in Truth or Consequences at out favorite higher-end steakhouse (not that there are very many...

Thanks Tradd and Rosarugosa: I will check with the library I go to in Santa Fe to see if they offer that app. Wow, $7.99 a month for Sirius?!! I think he got it down from $30 to $17/month (yeah, I...

After eight or so weeks of being laid off and getting unemployment payments that are far less than what K. was used to making per week, he finally realized we cannot live high on the hog like we were...

"I think I brought this topic up because that is how I am beginning to feel too. Also thinking there is a bit of low level depression going on due to the strangeness of the world these days. A sort...

I am debating on whether or not to start selling my silversmithing tools. It is very unlikely that I will ever be able to silversmith again after my surgery last summer. I have come to a certain...

I am the one in the house that has to be the refrigerator cop. I was gone last week for five days and finally got around to the disposal of old food in the fridge that K. had bought, plus some stuff...

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A Typical Day in the Life of Molly Bean

Why did I go to Michigan in August? Literally dripping in sweat and cannot cool off. 88 degrees and 60% humidity whereas I am used to 95 degrees with 15% humidity.

It is great to see my 93 year...

Oreo's used to be $4.79 for the "Family Size" package. Now they are $5.29. I've tried to give them up but for the past year or so I just cannot NOT have my customary three cookies (what constitutes...

Wow, $20,000! I had no idea that a garden club could rake that amount in! And so good to know the younger generation is taking over. We have that starting to happen in our little village as well,...

I purged a bunch of paper out of our file drawers and started trying to organize what is left better and label the file tabs. Next project to do is make a "Go" envelope with importatnt papers that...

I have long legs as well but will only wear shorts that go to the knee; either jean cutoffs that I can roll up to make a cuff or some knee-length lightweight hiking shorts from Columbia. I have come...