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I'm the one who's been talking to your cats and other pets when they get that thousand yard stare at that one spot on the wall.
You're the best kind of spirit.
π SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK π
I'm on both stims and antidepressants. Your doc will know which ones are ok to pair together. And it may take you some trial and error to find a combo that works for you.
As for news affecting mental health...well, I limit my intake. Significantly. And had to have repeated conversations with my SO to not talk about it with me.
I completely get the relief when a loved one passes from a long health struggle. Everyone's grief journey is different, and even mine was different between different family members' passings. But for me all sorts of other complicated emotions continue to bubble up from time to time regarding my mom. The waves get further and further apart, but it may never completely go away. Sending you thoughts of support and comfort.
I looked up the old orders on Etsy but the sellers I used back then have since closed their shops.
He's force feeding bird flu culled birds to his supporters to kick off another pandemic as an excuse to declare martial law? And they're happily paying for the privilege.
I think your brain is telling you to take a break from doom scrolling.
I'm very sorry for what you're going through. I got an urn for mom off of Etsy 5ish years ago. It was a wooden one with a tree of life carved into it.
Talk to some laser engravers on Etsy to see if their laser setup could accommodate the dimensions of an urn.
I'm only familiar with a Glowforge at the maker lab in my library, and the max clearance for items is only about an inch. So my workaround for that would be to have some thin pieces of wood and laser cut or etch that with your design, and laminate them to a plain wooden urn. I'd stain the laminate pieces a different color than the urn as well.
Or, can't believe I didn't think to mention this first...I had a brass plate laser etched (also from Etsy) with a labyrinth pattern that was significant to Mom. That's also where I put her name and years. I affixed that to the top of the urn (the urn chamber was accessed via the bottom). Let me see if I can get you some pics in case it would help give you ideas.
I agree somewhat with your last 2 sentences, but their kids don't deserve knowing hunger. Hungry kids don't / can't pay attention in school. And I know the future of our education system is circling the drain, but kids don't deserve to be condemned for what their parents have done.
I'm way more disappointed.
If you have a Prime membership, you get 1 free Kindle book a month from a short list of "first reads" (some months you get a bonus title too).
I'll also get on Libby and pull up my favorite categories and filter for available now.
This came up in the rotation on the tv and it amused me. I tried asking it for a pattern but it was unresponsive π
Mom hung a mass produced art print on my bedroom wall when I was about 8. It's of a little girl holding her puppy.
Cute, right?
Thing is, this painting terrified me. And I was raised in the time where you just kind of swallowed any complaints and didn't bother mom or dad with kid foolishness.
Here is a copy of the thing I actually had hanging on my wall. This same frame. Probably came from Service Merchandise or some such.
What in the everloving hell is lurking just over her shoulder?!?! To me it always looked like a skull wearing a hat on the side of his head, like a little old timey jaunty hat a clown would wear.
It's a wonder I got any sleep. I was too afraid to tell mom I hated it. I never considered that I possessed the agency to take it off my wall and hide it at the bottom of the closet.
I think of this cursed painting still.
Did you ever have something in your childhood that unnecessarily scared the bejeezus out of you?
In memory of an amazing mother in law. Love her to pieces.
Chef's notes: grease a dish with butter before pouring the fudge. And !!DO NOT!! put it in the refrigerator to cool. Leave it on the counter to cool. Fridge = brick of sad chocolate. Also also, MIL's preferred brand of peanut butter is JIF. I couldn't care less what brand I use, but this mattered to her. β€οΈ
Edit: Canned milk = evaporated milk.
"Mars" creme = marshmallow creme aka Fluff.
We watched Flow. It's exquisitely beautiful. It's a Latvian film yet it feels like it was inspired by Ghibli. Very well done. No characters perish (there are 2 characters where that's debatable), but my gods I was hella stressed out for the main characters throughout the whole series of events. I think I'll have to watch it again so I can appreciate more of it now that I know the outcome. There are mysteries presented that are just left as mysteries. We never get the answers for them. Leaves a lot open for interesting discussion.