Years and years ago when Thanksgiving was still at my Mom and Dad’s house, one of my sisters would come home and we would get up at the butt crack of dawn to go shopping at the mall. I loved it. This was years before the random social anxiety shit started. I loved the crowds the sales, the busy parking lot. All of it. We both would try on tons of clothes and wipe out the clearance racks. Around noon, we would come home and have Thanksgiving leftovers. Then we would get right back in the car. We’d either go back to the mall or to TJMaxx or Steinmart or Pier One or someplace and buy more stuff.
At some point, Black Friday turned in to a bunch of idiots fighting over TVs and tennis shoes. And things got dangerous. I also grew up and stopped wanting a lot of stuff. Now I want to get rid of all my stuff.
So today, I napped and ate left over Thanksgiving stuff. I feel sorry for all of you that have never had biscuits made by my sister. She has perfected biscuits. And my brother gave me a really cute poinsetta, and a jar of Georgia honey. When the Georgia honey met sister’s biscuit? It made for the perfect day. Naps, sappy Hallmark movies, biscuits and honey. Perfect. And that’s not all. I still have a piece of hummingbird cake left for supper.
Did any of you go out in the crowds today? What did you buy me? Um, I mean what did you buy?
I drove three hours home from my mama’s house with a sack of yeast rolls and boiled salty country ham plus a hunk of my Aunt Geraldine’s Mandarin Orange cake. My Uncle Jerry picked some oranges and Ponderosa Lemons for me (yes, he is married to Geraldine!) that I will juice later. I had a nap and did my Black Friday shopping one line 🙂
Ok, what is Hummingbird cake?
I was up at the crack of dawn for 50 cent poinsettias and $6 wreaths and cheap kitty litter. Woo Hoo. I was back home by 8am. If you don’t go for the big items it’s not a fight.
Hummingbird cake (says this girl from Connecticut) is a banana-pineapple-pecan cake, usually served with cream cheese frosting, popular in the South.
Cheap kitty litter? I missed cheap kitty litter? I would have braved Black Friday for that. Shoot, I should have read the ads. Instead I was online stalking my favorite perfume on every website to see who had the best deal on Black Friday because I love Balenciaga Paris. I was unable to find any good deals though, everyone wanted to either give reward points or sell me ugly looking diamond earrings for an additional $29.99. I don’t want the ugly earrings or reward points, I just wanted a little off my favorite Balenciaga Paris perfume or maybe a gift set or free gift with purchase. Just a little something. Maybe Cyber Monday will be more generous, we’ll see.
Please let me know if you find deals on the brand name perfumes. Have you tried Modern Muse. Love their recent scents.
I didn’t want to shop today, but unfortunately we are getting a blizzard and my horse was low on feed so I HAD to go to our mega farm supply store where there wasn’t a basket in sight. I found a random kid tand told him someone would have to bring a hundred pounds of feed up front for me but he insisted on finding me a basket instead. 45 minutes later I left with my horse feed and some pet safe sidewalk salt that was on sale. I HATE Black Friday.
Oh! But I did order a pet hair vacuum for over 50% off from Walmart.
I got up and got to world market by 7 AM for the $10 gift certificate. Two hand soaps .72 cents. Went with mom to big lots (only two other people in the store) to get children’s toys for the charity tree at church. And was home before 8 AM.
Will get up tomorrow be there by 7 AM for the $10 gift certificate to get wool dryer balls.
I bought a polar fleece jacket s a blouse online at Talbots today. I just came back from visiting my mother at the nursing home. I go there twice a week during rush hour because that’s when my father visits. Today I discovered an article that I read to him, about one of our relatives, which contained more details than any I’ve seen before. Our cousin was a writer and a revolutionary and was imprisoned by the tzarist forces and tortured and almost executed. He came to America and became the editor of the primary Yiddish newspaper, The Forward, which still exists today. When he died in 1938, hundreds of thousands of people came to his funeral. My father tested up. It was a good day.
Should have read “my father teared up.”
Wow! What a great Thanksgiving gift for your dad. Your ancestor was fortunate to get out. Hundreds of thousands at his funeral… Do you have any of the papers or his writings? It would be fascinating to read what he wrote before the tzarists got ahold of him. Likely all records were destroyed. (Sorry to barrage you with questions, it’s just so interesting — and a near-miracle he made it to America. I savor the good triumphs evil stories.)
I was just about to ask where you were! Hope you made it home safely from the dog sitting gig.
Thank you. Still dogsitting. We are at their old place in Walnut Creek. Again. Their dad is back from fighting poachers in Africa and bought a house 35 miles away in Vallejo. They paid me extra to go up there and check on the house, with the option of staying there closer to my home for the duration. But I couldn’t find the TV remote, my WiFi wouldn’t work, and the thermostat was too complicated. We came back. Sad how dependent I’ve become on creature comforts. The dogs LOVED showing me their new back yard — despite the rain. Happy Sunday!
I was adopted and prior to DNA I always wanted to be a “lost” Jewish baby.
Now I’m one of many children a woman dropped across the western states with a few awesome found siblings.
There was a certain freedom of imagination of the possibilities of being anyone I wanted to be at any time. If I discovered I did like my imagined heritage I just changed it. I never went to money or totality like many adopted children but went to a solid bloodline.
One miracle of modern science. In the 1960s and 1970s, I was a big Grateful Dead fan. Bob Weir knew from a young age he was adopted. I watched “The Other One” a couple of years ago and learned he located his birth mother, who told him the name of his birth father (who wasn’t told about the baby). From there, a PI found his bio dad. Imagine sitting around the living room and Dad answers the phone. Talks for a few minutes. Then asks the grown kids “Anyone ever heard of a Robert Weir?” One kid says, “There’s a guy named Bob Weir in the Grateful Dead.” They met, forged a friendship, then a father-son bond before Dad died. A happy ending.
Goose bumps reading this, just amazing!
I adored Black Friday when I lived in Grand Rapids, Mi. Being an Aussie I always took any excuse to get out & enjoy the foliage and snow and the delicious warm energy of Americans in the holiday season. So breathtakingly beautiful. I still have the gorgeous Christmas decorations I bought at Hobby Lobby 20 years later, back home in Adelaide, South Australia.
We do have Black Friday here too now so stores can compete with the likes of Amazon etc but it’s just a normal working day. I stocked up on half price makeup. Lord I miss Thanksgiving leftovers!
Hi! I went Christmas shopping on Black Friday for the first time ever today! I worked in retail during high school and part of the way through college, so I kinda hate shopping in general. Also, bad childhood = issues with the holidays. But, I am peri menopausal and do whatever the fuck makes me happy now. I am building the life I want. So, I am doing a secret Santa thing, and doing presents for the few friends and relatives who I still have in my life. (Funny thing about getting your shit together; a lot of your alleged loved ones don’t like it very much.) So, I had a great day, and am looking forward to more stuff I have planned. I had a good Thanksgiving too, and am very grateful for all the therapy I have had, and all the changes I made. I think I have vanquished the worst of my demons. Also, I loooooove getting rid of stuff too. I love garbage day.
I am so angry about my experience at a Dollar General today. This isn’t a Black Friday story at all, other than the fact that it happened on Black Friday.
I ran into DG to pick up some soda and chips for football snacks tomorrow, and the line was incredible. I got my stuff, queued up with everybody else, and started counting. When I got in line, there were 19 people ahead of me. When I got to the register, there were 26 behind, and that was after several gave up and left.
But here’s the thing. There was ONE cashier, and she looked to be near tears. I asked her if she was all right, and she said she had been standing in that one spot, on a concrete floor with no mat, for 4.5 hours without a break, and her back was killing her. She said that the manager was hiding out in the back and wouldn’t relieve her at the register, and she desperately needed to walk around a little and stretch, but the manager was ignoring her calls.
I didn’t see any other workers on the floor, and the whole time I was in there, she was the sole cashier. I asked if I could bring her some water, aspirin, whatever, and she said she wasn’t allowed.
I am furious beyond words at the manager who just let that poor girl suffer for hours on end. What kind of monster refuses a basic call for help — one that is clearly justified???
Sorry for the vent. I just can’t believe I witnessed that. And I guarantee you that the poor cashier was already suffering because the customers were increasingly angry at having to wait so long to check out.
Yes, I emailed Dollar General corporate. But I’m steaming right now and can’t get that image out of my head.
That sounds horrible! That poor girl! If you yelled at the manager that poor girl would probably have been fired. 🙁
I wouldn’t have had to yell at the manager. Everybody in the store would have been on her just because of the lines, but she was keeping herself hidden in the back.
I am just sick about that poor cashier. She said she had an 8-hour shift. I hope she made it okay, but I bet she didn’t.
The part about this that makes me maddest is NO COMFORT MAT ON THE CONCRETE! That is inexcusable. The manager will get hers. Glad you contacted corporate.
Dollar General is a horrible place here, went once and never returned. They are in trouble now because many of their personal products are not approved by US standard or use. We no longer have the branch of government to prosecute violators. The branch of government is still there buts it’s understaffed and can’t do much.
For the first time in years I didn’t get to go Black Friday shopping at the mall. My partner in crime fell and broke her hip on October 2nd and she’s still recovering. Instead, Other than taking my dog for a few walks, and a walk to the store to get jelly donuts for my friend and her husband, I spent the day binge watching NCIS New Orleans and Almost Family. It’s cold, damp and windy in Las Vegas this weekend, so it was a good weekend to stay in anyway.
Only ventured out to eat a wretched dinner that we mostly brought back for the (4) dogs. They all loved it, though Coco Chanel only got a bit of the greasy stuff per vet orders on account of tiny pancreas. Kitchen getting ready for demolition so eating out at least for dinner is our modus operandi these days, though difficult in this small town desert for decent food where I usually have to carry my own Ziploc of real butter in my pocket when not in the mood for “whipped spread.” Even staying home managed to spend a bundle online. Got younger (ha–mid-50’s) daughter a DNA swab kit & Ancestry.com membership for Christmas. She has no children, so I thought she might enjoy searching through the large family on her dad’s side. Each of her great-grandparents had 21 kids (13 who survived to adulthood), one of whom was a “Radium Girl” who died from painting glow-in-the dark watch dials in the 1930’s. I already traced one of her ancestors back to the 17th century, so thought this might give her another hobby other than riding her Harley (her dad & I both rode, but not Harleys). Bought a couple of wedding gifts to put away for the eldest granddaughter. Deals were fab, & I’m pretty sure that event is only a couple of years away. Bought myself a great deal on a new fancy panini press for when the new kitchen is complete, as mine has been rode hard & put away wet over the years. Got extra for a gift, plus a few other small presents. I’ve been buying the teen girls nice ornaments so they’ll have some of their own when time to decorate their own trees some day. The eldest one already did a small tree in her dorm last year. Used some Reward points + an Amex deal on Amazon. Stocked up on cologne on sale. Recently griped to Fly Boy about the price, then he asked, “But aren’t I worth it?” Made me think about it differently, so bought it. I’m usually long finished shopping by now, but between the never-ending whole house renovation + some silly falls in recent months I’ve been a tad slow. Need to find more books for Fly Boy, who is a speed reader.
Your little stories always brighten my day. We should all send you our secret recipes when the kitchen is done.
Empty nest so stayed this week at a spa hotel that’s haunted. No ghosts but totally relaxed!
Took my then teen girls to quite a few black Fridays. Made them push me everywhere in a wheelchair. Had a blast. When they would get ignorant, I’d act like I was spazzing out until they died of embarrassment.
Good times.
I want Humming Bird Cake. I’m Googling soon. But will never Google blumpkin.
Here’s the recipe. Shocklingly there are no hummingbirds in the batter.
https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/hummingbird-cake-recipe
Um, thanks for posting this recipe too. I think I will make one for Xmas. Haven’t had it since childhood. Must make it for kids at least once! You must really want me in the lentil group because I’m eating like a king lately thanks to your recipes and D’Artagnan recommendation. It is great but doesn’t go well with the slothfulness.
What, pray tell, is the D’Artagnan thing? Will I be sorry?
It’s a fancy food delivery place with good meats and the truffle butter she raves about on here. She posted the link to it somewhere when I was bitching about how lousy the Amazon fruit baskets were. Basically add the dot com and you should be able to find it. They sell the Fois Gras whatever thread that conversation was on…
And yes you will be sorry. I’m now both fatter and more broke.
Mostly you will be broke as fuck. It’s a place to buy meat of all sorts (I came close to trying buffalo) that are blessed by TIbetian monks, grassfed,gently sung to at slaughter, and blessed personally by the Pope. Or something.
The problem is even if you don’t have to take out a car title loan to buy it once, you will never eat poor people meat from the grocery store again. This of course leads to a life of prostitution so that you can keep yourself in Berkshire pork chops (frenched of course). If for any reason you cannot get any clients for your meat brothel, you will eventually go bankrupt and become homeless.
So the short answer is YES. YES, you will be very sorry
.https://www.dartagnan.com/
A meat brothel… That idea needs exploring… I could become The Meat Madame.
Im laying on my couch recovering from hosting 20 guests. I enjoy hosting, but its chaos. I woke up, made a few online shopping carts- which are still active 10 hrs later- as I have yet decided if I really “need” the stuff or not. I am eating all the leftovers, as I was so busy yesterday I didnt get a chance to eat like I normally would. I may have not had my bodys weight in irish soda bread and irish butter. Soooo good.
No outside today. I am becoming one with my couch. Wishing everyone a lovey day
I just did some Black Friday shopping at D’Artganan because I had a gift certificate and Berkshire pork chops were 40% and so were veal chops. It was still astronomically expensive. but I felt less guilty spending other peoples money! LOL. Oh and I also bought another tiny tub of truffle butter. I have been making cheesy grits with truffle butter WAY TO MUCH lately.
I have a really good life. I wish my brain and my nervous system would just get that message and stop being ridiculous at random times! 🙂
I NEED your cheese grits recipe! My mouth is watering!
Sent. It is marvelously easy. You can to the whole thing in 15 minutes.
THANK YOU 😊
I would also love this recipe.
I buy all kinds of “fancy” grits but these are the cheapest and also the kind that works the best every time.
Quaker Oats OLD FASHIONED GRITS in the circular thingy. They are around two bucks.
Get the OLD FASHIONED Not the 5 minute quick ones. Basic grits are one part grits to 4 parts water. So since I am cooking for one, I make “two servings” that TWO CUPS OF LIQUID and 1/2 cup of grits.
For the liquid I usually use about a cup of organic chicken broth, and a cup of water. Unless I have milk. I usually don’t. But if I do for some reason I sub a bit of milk (maybe a quarter of a cup) for some of the water. I use a two cup liquid measure Pyrex and just have whatever combo I feel like that equals two cups. If you just have water that is fine. I always have a box of chicken broth in my fridge so I use some of that.
So bring your liquid to a boil in a small saucepan. Then toss in your grits and stir. It will return to a boil pretty quickly. Then you turn it down to low and let simmer WITH A COVER ON THE POT. While that is happening grate some good cheese. I like an aged white cheddar. but all cheese is good cheese. Set aside.
The box will tell you it takes twenty minutes to cook but because my stupid new stove doesn’t have much of an ability to cook slow, and because I am making a small batch it’s pretty much done after 8 minutes. You know grits are done when they start to pitter pat. Try to stir it a couple of times while you are grating. The more cheese the merrier. I use a hand grater and like the number 23 so I grate the short end 23 times. Just grate some until you think “oh shit, that is a lot of cheese.” Stir in with about a teaspoon of truffle butter it doesn’t take a lot to get the flavor (and some regular butter if you want) and plenty of salt. Stir well and eat. The whole thing takes less than 15 minutes. In the meantime microwave some bacon. Enjoy! Then go buy bigger jeans.
EDITED BECAUSE I FORGOT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS. EDITS IN BOLD.
xo.
Oh and response to everyone I forgot to say you have to cover the grits when you turn them down .
Thank you! This year I turned 40 and for some reason decided to by a house for my puppy. Being in a condo with a bullshitz (French bulldog/shih tzu) was not working and poor Gus needed a yard. Now that we are here I feel the need to cook new things in the kitchen and grits is perfect. I used to go to this place that did parm/reg grits with shrimp. I think your recipe is a great base to start on that. Thank you again!
YAS! Shrimp and grits! That’s how I’m planning on making this too if I don’t mess up the grits. Shrimp and grits are the best!
I also had to go forage for kitty litter and one last pass through Christmas decorations for my outside decorating. I usually don’t ever go out for anything on Black Friday, but kitties rule in our home. It was surprisingly calm with not much traffic. I had to drive by the Walmart and even their parking lot was not very full!
I worked, like i do every year. I’m a public servant and we’re open the day after and I would prefer to take time of at other times. So i go to work in no traffic with no phones ringing but I’m there in case I’m needed. Its still an enjoyable day!
Trader Joe’s has 3 truffle products! Two are in the spice section, like truffle powder, and one in the refrigerated section with the butters, truffle butter! Idk if ur close to one but just wanted u all to kno.
Oh my!
I never would have tried truffle butter if someone had not sent me some. I do not like mushrooms, and truffles are essentially mushrooms. But truffle butter is fantastic. Its been a long time since I have ventured out to a Trader Joe’s. Neither are particularly close to my house so it is a FIELD TRIP OUTSIDE THE CONE OF SAFETY. lol.
I’m thinking chocolate truffles , now I assume you mean the mushrooms !
Yes but I have no desire to try a real truffle. But TRUFFLE BUTTER is amazing. Because, butter.
TJ has a pasta sauce with truffles too! It was the sample yesterday. I think it was Alfredo Truffle Sauce. I have been on keto for 9 months. This was my first time to fudge more than one item every few months. I am making judicious use of it. Hence, the sample. I thought, I now know that keto has profoundly helped my chronic pain. Off to take dogs to dog park. I hope there are no assholes there.
Truffle anything is so off to me! If it’s even one drop of oil or one speck of powder I can detect it. That being said I wish I did like it n I know people who do really do, so just know there’s a lot of good truffle product out there!
I think it was Anthony Bourdain who railed against truffle oil. Claimed it had nothing to do with truffles. I wonder if your detector would indicate otherwise. How I miss Tony.
Have never done a black Friday, and never will. The parking and crowds of people would send my anxiery so far off the charts, even valium wouldnt help. Spent today on airplanes. Myrtle beach to Atlanta, then on to St. Louise. Rainy, windy and cold. But it’s good to be home and my 5 cats were happy to see me
I usually do all of my Christmas shopping on Cyber Monday. I’m actually doing Thanksgiving tomorrow because my daughter and her girlfriend went to the girlfriend’s family yesterday. It will just be them plus one other friend of mine. I went to Costco to pick up a few food items today and it was pretty empty. They happened to have a book that I wanted to get my daughter and a friend for Christmas so I picked up a couple of copies along with my 10 pound bag of sweet potatoes. My Costco often has some amazing deals on books. Last year they had former White House photographer Pete Souza’s gorgeous book “Obama, an Intimate Portrait” for only $19.99! That’s over $30 off the cover price. I gave a few as gifts and the recipients loved it. I cooked most of the dishes tonight so I can relax and drink wine and enjoy myself tomorrow. I made some very yummy vegetarian dishes, including my daughter’s favorite, acorn squash stuffed with leek, apple, and sourdough stuffing. I’m a very good cook and even people who are dedicated carnivores tend to like my vegetarian meals. I’m excited to have leftovers for a few days! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Up at 530 am after a glorious Thanksgiving day . Worked at the restaurant from 430pm til close. Spent the entire day wrapping gifts writing Christmas cards & baking cookies. Will bake a different cookie every day til Christmas eve. I had a great Thanksgiving with my best friend & hope we have a great Christmas too. I love when you reminisce about your family. It reminds me of all the great times I had with my mother & sisters. You sound upbeat & well. Stay in the zone twin. It looks & sounds hella good on you. Much love & many prayers headed your way xoxo Marc ♥️🎅⛄💖😘 I remember a post a few months back & you said when you saw anything with a butterfly it reminded you of your mother. Guess what my boyfriend ‘s nickname for me is ? Yes dear he calls me BUTERFLY 🦋 remember all the good times with your mother & I will do the same.
Butterfly is such a sweet name; I love it. Almost as much as your cookie baking. Are you taking photos of all of your cookies? It would make such a great Advent calendar next year. Every day, an envelope or page with a new cookie recipe until Christmas Eve, when the MAJOR AWARD would be revealed. Even better if there were a cookie behind every little door. But after a year … no…
You give me wall to wall smiles 🦋😃🎅😪 have a great holiday season Nanette! A cookie a day keeps the fugly feelings at bay ! Xo Marc
Do you dunk your cookies? I see you in a long nightshirt with a red and white striped nightcap. Drinking hot cocoa with rum and dunking cookies! Whee! XOXOX, N
Only in the outfit during the cozy holidays. Other times, the sky is the limit.
Dammit! Just got home and saw there is an open forum!! Who’s here for 3rd shift!?!!
Damn. I missed third shift again! I am also fading fast for tonight. But then again, 8 pm is my new three pm slump. So maybe I will rally for tonight?
I’m here and kinda lost. I didn’t leave the house. What is going on out there? My dress for a work event arrived but otherwise, I stayed INSIDE. Oh and binge watched American Crime.
American Crime was such a good series. I watched them all unless I missed a new one!
PS I recapped some of them here if you are interested.
I loved that show! I was so pissed that it was cancelled after only three seasons. I seem to be the kiss of death for television shows. If I like it it’s almost a guarantee that it will be cancelled. I really liked that show Rise so of course they canned it after just one season! Same with Freaks and Geeks and Wonderfalls. 😕
I was out all day and night in the Black Friday mess. I finished my Xmas shopping before noon, and then spent the day buying stuff for myself! (Got an awesome new ginormous and comfy AF couch—even though none of the old folks shat on my other one this year but I AM NEVER GONNA DO THAT SHIT AGAIN EVER EVER EVER NOT EVEN FOR A MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS)
But I found the best thing ever while I was out in the mess! Remember back when we all wore the Levi’s 501 button fly jeans that made ur ass look great? Well, they are back in style big time but they now have added the stretch to them. Stores are selling the old ones and marking them up as “vintage “ and the kids are loving OG denim without the stretch. If you have any old pairs saved/hoarded from youth (doesn’t matter if ripped or altered), you can sell them to urban outfitters for $140/pair! They then sell them for like $300 to stupid kids lol! I got 3 pairs of the new ones with stretch for cheap AF on sale and fit is great because, you just pick ur waist size and length size like the old days (I was actually able to go down a size or two because of the stretch!) they are as comfy as ever, and the stretch lifts up my sagging ass, and I’ve needed new jeans forever so it totally made my day!
I also loaded up on a new coat and a beautiful two toned silver and gold big handmade chain link style necklace, two pairs of kickass boots, a snakeskin handbag and a new pair of sunglasses. I spoiled myself and it was fun and I don’t even feel guilty. Have needed a wardrobe update for a decade! Now when kids are here, we can go do stuff and I won’t feel like the dumpy dressed mom. And I’m chopping and coloring my hair on Monday!
I was so anxious about getting out in it but it was a ghost town before noon, then it got crazy in the afternoon— took me 2 hours in traffic to get home but I didn’t even mind because I was jamming to the old rock station in my car. Only had to flip off two people today! After dumping stuff at home and a snack, went back out and got a pre-lit, pre-decorated tree which is being delivered the day before my new couch. (Next week-happy bday to me lol) I decided I don’t feel like hauling the big tree out of storage and mess up my back decorating it all by myself. So the day was very successful and now I don’t have to leave the house until I run out of food. Going to catch up on my shows over the weekend and hopefully FINALLY watch Survivor!
Youngest daughter decided to not take any work hours this break and is now coming a week earlier than planned-right after last final exam. Oldest just got approved for research this summer at Harvard Med so I guess I’m going to Boston this summer! But my girls and I are going to do a mommy/daughter trip to nyc first. So looking forward to that!
Happy Holidays to all and peace on Earth, good will, good health and cheers! 🙂 countdown to Christmas… Can’t . Wait. To. See. My. Kids!!!
Your off to one great year!!! Yes, it’s not here yet, but who cares!!! Have fun, Happy early bday, congrats on your oldest, and enjoy living my dream in NYC!!!!!
(And kick up.your heels, no more thanksgiving horror lol)
Thanks so much, sweet friend! I think things are better now that Thanksgiving hell is over and I know I’m never going to have to do that again! Ha! I’m trying to block it out like it never happened. 😂 I went out in it again today and bought all new decorations and table stuff for Christmas. I gave most of my stuff to my kids for their homes and realized that I have to start over with the decorations because when they ALL come at once they love the decorations and the nicely put together table for the big meal.
I’ve overdone it physically and financially so I’m pumping the brakes now. I get so excited when they’re all coming home at same time! My body hurts after all the thanksgiving kitchen time and major shopping so I’m probably going to collapse. Looks like I won’t be watching survivor until the new year because I haven’t even started.
Glad you had a relaxing one and hope you have a wonderful rest of the season! Bring on 2020!!! 😘
YOU HAVE TO WATCH SURVIVOR! What else are you doing this weekend! Get started at least!
I’m trying! I keep falling asleep because every time I get in the bed or lay down anywhere lately I immediately pass out. I even fell asleep reading comments the other night. It’s actually starting to piss me off. I have two speeds: full blast and off. Idk what the deal is.
I do the same sometimes. But unless you are going to church in the morning at some Catholic Cathedral to swear you are doing Lentil season with us, you can at least get started!
LMAO. It’s the slothfuness kicking in.
^^^ see… it was even too much effort to type the L
It’s all the Fukitol you’ve been taking! Don’t OD. Two hours in traffic and not a single “GOODBYE KYLE!” or “Cuntsatchel!” must mean the Fukitol is working. So what will you give up for Lentil Season?
Lentil just reminded me that a few years ago, Kelly Rippa thought “vowel” was “vow.” Busted on Live TV. (Literally.) I’d like to buy a vow with that undergrad railroad pass…
LOL! I was just saying that I could tell that the fukitol was working! Glad you’re back to give us some laughs. Now I wonder what Kipper has killed so far. Hope she gets her elk or whatever it was.
You wonder what Kipper has killed and I am wondering how the boots worked out. With me, it’s mostly about the shoes.
Thank you. 😘
We went to my hometown to visit with my dear Aunt who’s 93. She still has her great sense of humor that many of my family members have.
We also went to the local bakery in my hometown to pick up fresh roasted peanuts and cashews. We will use them to make our homemade chocolates which is a Christmas tradition in our family. We melt 10 lb blocks of milk and dark chocolate and mix them with various things to make chocolate peanut butter cups, chocolate covered cherries, chocolate covered coconut, chocolate bark with Rice Krispies, almonds, etc. We give them as gifts and eat plenty ourselves.
Today is Ohio State-Michigan game day, and hoping for a Buckeye win.
Bwahahaha! You make it sound so easy. Just melt some chocolate and add in some things … you must be masters. The cherries take FOREVER. I am envious of your chocolate receivers. Carry on …
Nanette, you’re right the cherries do take forever. The fondant for the cherries is a chore to make! Melting the chocolate isn’t so bad but it also takes time, we have to do it slowly. If the milk chocolate is melted too fast it gets white streaks on it after it dries. Doesn’t really hurt the taste of the candy, but not very pretty to give as a Christmas gift!
You could start your own version of Belly Flops by Jelly Belly. (I think maybe they only sell them at the factory.) You could raffle them off here. Or just donate to Tamara if she doesn’t mind the streaks. Happy holidays!
I can’t do the Black Friday shopping – since the C-PTSD kicked back in in the last few years, the crowds make me freak out and I don’t want to be around crowds of people anymore, but then again, I have never been much of a shopper. When I still lived in Illinois many years ago, a small group of my friends and I used to go Christmas shopping in Chicago, but it was never on Black Friday. That was ok, but I still was not a fan of the crowds of people. It always seemed like I would get some kind of horrible cold or flu after a major shopping trip. So, yesterday, my Black Friday consisted of watching a few things on You Tube and TV, then going to physical therapy in the afternoon (I’ve been battling a radial nerve compression in my right hand/fingers/wrist/forearm for over 3 weeks now, which is making typing incredibly hard and my job involves typing 10 hours a day), then I went to Papa Murphy’s and picked up a pizza and brought it home for dinner – Papa Murphy’s has delicious pizza and it’s a place where they make it for you and you bake it at home (just in case none of readers’ areas have this chain pizza joint and never heard of it). That was the end of my exciting Black Friday. Today, I am venturing out in the rain to get a haircut at the salon, then going to grab a few groceries at the store and we’ll probably have leftover Thanksgiving fare for supper – the best thing about Thanksgiving for me is just the simple turkey sandwiches after Thanksgiving. I just did a small turkey breast because it was just my husband and I and it seemed silly to bake an entire turkey for 2 people. I am looking forward to that turkey sandwich for dinner tonight. I hope everyone has a safe and happy rest of the holiday weekend and gets some rest to prepare for the upcoming week. Glad you were able to get some naps in yesterday, TT – that’s my plan for today when I get back from the haircut/grocery shopping – it’s been raining here in St. Louis for 2 days now – perfect day for curling up on the couch with a good book, then drifting off into a nap or two.
If you want the best turkey sandwich in the world, invest in a panini maker. Pick your favorite bread, load it up with the turkey, stuffing, bit of gravy, cranberry sauce— the whole shabang, and mash it, toast it and warm it in the panini maker. It’s ahhmaazing! Yummy for your tummy. 🙂
And add cream cheese to take it over the moon.
Next time, try CBD oil. I am not a shill for any CBD companies, especially Tamra Judge’s. (Mike Shouhad’s sounds good, though. Now GG has some too). People kept trying to convince me to try it. It was when my dog was walking around like an old lady that I bought her some. So happy with the results, I got some. It is BETTER than promised. Doc says shows more promise BY MILES than anything pharmaceutical for PTSD. He’s been working with veterans for decades.
I tried to look at both the Thanksgiving post and this one. Our Black Friday started around 6:00p.m. on Thanksgiving. So Black Friday is Thurs.
Is that everywhere else?
I didn’t do a damn thing but take NyQuil and snooze! My neighbor brought me Thanksgiving leftovers between comas.
Headed to Disney tomorrow! I’ve never been this time of year! So excited!
Post rarely, read obsessively.
Hosted Thanksgiving for 30 and was nervous about having enough (the count kept climbing- jumped by 5 Wednesday night!). Well, we had moooore than enough. So yesterday I made muffins out of the leftover mashed sweet potatoes. I don’t bake much but they taste great and look pretty. Then I made a kind of Shepherd’s pie in my cast iron frying pan… stuffing as bottom crust then layers of turkey, gravy, peas and topped with mashed potatoes. Was awesoooome!
Today is turkey soup, ham and bean soup (I served two turkeys and a 20 lb ham, sigh) and turkey enchiladas for the freezer. Salad dressing with some f the left over cranberry sauce. The rest of the sauce will be used as mixer with vodka. Delicious and nutritious!
BTW, my screen name is aspirational so I’m kind of proud of myself for getting all that done😇
And Thanksgiving was great! A good time for all. Only slightly awkward moment was when my father in law got on me for not stoping my husband from doing something while his ankle was sprained and I replied how amazing it was that an incredibly stubborn man (seriously legendary in the family) was telling me to stop his almost equally stubborn son from doing anything!!! All said with big smile and love of course. Anyway, apparently my father in law didn’t know he was stubborn! No one had ever told him. Huh.
Okay y’all, I AM SHARING MY SHOPPING HACK WITH Y’ALL SO PAY ATTENTION!
If you shop online, you can save money all year long with this hack until someone figures it out and fucks it up for us consumers.
Don’t go to the big stores except to find what item it is that you want to purchase and what brand it is (And size/color etc). Then go to the website of the brand you’re wanting to buy. For an example, you want to buy a pair of converse chuck Taylor shoes. Figure out your size conversion on the department store website and pick out what color and size you want.
Now go to the actual converse website. Sign up for their emails and create an online account with them with your personal information but DO NOT PUT YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO IN THE PROFILE. Wait 12-24 hours and then they will send you an email welcoming you and it will have a discount code to use toward your first purchase. Every single individual site does this (you might need to check your spam folder for their first email. Discount amount will vary from 15%-25% off first purchase. Most give 20% off of entire first order)
Now go back to the website, sign back into your account, make your selections and when you get to the shopping cart, enter the discount code at checkout. They usually will also give free shipping on first order. Make sure that you UNCHECK the tiny box that asks if you want to store your credit card info!
Once you’ve received your goodies, completed exchanges if needed and your transaction is absolutely complete, go back to website, sign into account and delete all your information and unsubscribe completely from their emails and everything.
Now go clear your cache and block your cookies. Visit the website again to make sure that it doesn’t recognize you. Don’t go back for thirty days.
Next time you want to purchase something from that website start all over and get the welcome discount again! I’ve yet to have this system not work!
Chances are the website of your choice will have a better deal going for cyber Monday or had one for Black Friday but this for the rest of the days of the year when you need a price break on something. If it’s a brand you buy often, just stay signed up because they all usually have random private flash sales throughout the year and can sometimes save like 40%.
Happy Shopping! 🙂
This is like the getting new credit cards, transferring balances at zero interest, then getting a new one. I didn’t have a card, but kept track of everyone else’s dates so they could transfer to new ones in 90 days. I don’t know if they still have those CC deals. But this is more fun, you clever one.
Thanks a million for this hack 💕🥰🙏
And I just realized that it’s DECEMBER 1. How is it already December? It was 83 degrees yesterday. What is going on and why is it happening so fast?! Now I’m panicking!
Waiting for the dogs to stop napping before I take them to the park.
I spent Black Friday shopping from bed — buying good yarn at 70% off — for an annual knitting Gift-a-Long. The Ravelry (a site for knitters and crocheters) GAL begins in late November with participating designers reducing 10-20 of their patterns by 25%. There are 286 this year. You get to see a whole bunch of the thousands of designers on Ravelry that you may not otherwise notice.
Today, I bought some of the discounted patterns. I was feeling good about the gifting.
Until I realized most of the yarn I bought (I have a sizable stash) was for ME. Ooops! Maybe I can find the two pair of 501s that I came across and sell them for gift money!
FYI I made a couple updates to the grits recipe above.
Um you guys, I am going to have to break my own no sad stories rule because I am having sort of a mental breakdown.
I needed to go to Publix and buy Banjo some dogfood and me some wine. It was going to be a quick in and out but I was having trouble motivating to get into the car. After much procrastination, I was pulling out of the driveway and saw a guy walking with a leaf blower and a big extension cord thing. He had on a hoodie and it was just getting dark I wasn’t sure if it was lawn boy or not. When I realized it was him, I stopped to offer him a ride to wherever he was staying. The kid was BAWLING HIS EYES OUT.
It was not lost on me that SOME HIGHER FORCE put me in Lawn Kid’s path at that moment.
I started freaking out on the inside. I gave him a hug and asked him what was wrong. He didn’t say anything at first and then he said, “It’s just so hard to do everything by myself. ” I am dying on the inside and trying not to bust out crying. (I saved that to do now.) The kid is living with friends. His mother is living with her sister but she can’t stay there because apparently the sister doesn’t like him. What is not to fucking like about this kid?
So I took him with me to Publix and encouraged him to get whatever he wanted. I would suggest getting larger sizes of things. He would say Thank you after each item. He never asked for a single thing. So I had to go through do you like this or that down every aisle. Eventually, he got a ton of stuff but only because I kept existing. At the register he kept saying “None has ever done anything like this for me before.” I am still trying not to sob and fighting the urge to tell him to just come live with me. Because that would not go well.
Sidenote: CNN is on in the background and I am hearing the story about the two kids who were at a conference to lessen prison sentences in England and were stabbed to death by a criminal who was out of jail on house arrest WHO WAS INVITED TO THE EVENT. TRAGIC.
Anyway, I found out that lawn kid is EIGHTEEN years old and STILL GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL EVERY DAY and then tries to get to his night job. He has to pay a friend to use his Uber. He borrows lawn mowers and leaf blowers and ladders from various people to try to get more work. He told me that some people called the police on him recently when he was working in the yard next door and they claimed he was in their side yard trying to break in the house. He was not.
He has a younger brother who lives with some cousins that he is also trying to take care of. It’s all just too much as no one need much yard work. This is all breaking my heart. I dropped him off at a very crappy apartment where a bunch of guys live. I am worried for his safety. Also, the apartment was at least three miles away from my house where I picked him up.
I gave him $150 in cash and told him not to tell anyone he had it. I am already worried that his roommate will eat all of his food. I tried to by enough to compensate for that. This kid is going to highschool every day, working what is probably a fulltime job at night. Also trying to get yard work when he gets out of school at 3:30 and there is only about an hour and a half of daylight where he wanders around trying to get some work..
He kept thanking me and telling me that I warmed his heart, while my heart was breaking for him.
I am worried that all the food that an 18 year old boy wanted is now in the apartment and my cause problems with his roommates because they are barely eating either. And I one point when I suggested spaghetti, and picked out some Prego for him, he said, “That is the kind my dad used to like.” I was trying to keep us both from crying.
In the end I was able to cheer him up. He kept saying no one has every cared about him before. I told him I have his back. And he something like that made him feel less alone. He seemed too really like it when I told my family at Thanksgiving that I had “adopted a son.” He was surprised that he was someone I would tell my family about.
Okay. I have stopped crying for now. I have to get to work on the RHOA recap set up. I have to make money to feed my growing boy. Sorry to share a sob story. But it’s not really MY sob story so there is that. Also as I was trying to post this, things somehow got all jumbled. I hope I got it all sorted out.
If you can help him get a job in a restaurant, he will meet other young people starting out. He can start bussing tables and then move to server. It is a great way to get through school. He will make more money than he will make landscaping in winter. He is learning the hard way that he WILL make it. You are teaching him to trust. And you are giving him hope that SOMETIMES good things happen to good people. Without hope, we are sunk. You are a saint who says cuntsachel. Amen.
I am second guessing everything. Did I give him too much money at once? Should I have doled it out in smaller doses? I told him NOT to tell his “friends” that he lives with that he has money. The tons of 18 year old food in the house is going to raise enough suspicion. At least he will have breakfast before schools this week. He got blueberry muffins, Fruity Pebbles and a gallon of milk. Probably should have bought two gallons because I think a lot of guys live in that apartment. I just wanted to fix the kid RIGHT NOW. Seeing him walking down the sidewalk sobbing with miles to go in the cold and dark before he got home….
I’m still crushed even though he is home and safe now with money and food and hopefully feeling better.
❤️ You are so kind.
The restaurant job is a great idea. There are a lot of restaurants in kind of walking distance from his house. It would be easier than trying to get him to the docks to load trucks six miles away on a high traffic road. I talked to him about the bus thing too. I have been trying to figure out and I couldn’t do it. And he tried too and then said, “I’ve never ridden a bus by myself before.” He is a very quiet kid.
You absolutely positively AMAZE me ! You are so tender hearted & STRONG. That is what will propel you into the future twin. Let no fear doubt or insecurity get in the way of your feelings of love & compassion for this young man you are helping.YOU ARE EXCEPTIONAL & it shows. Keep up this & you will find peace contentment & bliss. I promise you. xo Marc p.s. your mother & my mother in heaven are really PROUD OF US !!! ♥️🦋😘 KEEP THIS GOING regardless of sleep patterns deadlines etc you are more than halfway there keep this up !!!
First, trust your instincts. They helped you travel the globe.
Second, perhaps you can start building his confidence about restaurant work by going out to a few meals. He can do research like I did before I ever cocktailed — only with food. Before I turned 21, I bought Old Mister Boston’s Cocktail Guide. YEARS before, I bought a book of Post (or pre) Prohibition cocktails. All those drinks in style now — Moscow Mules, Sidecars, Jack Rose — I knew them years ago. Bought Trader Vic’s cookbooks. Tore out every ad using the newest booze in Cosmo — HARVEY WALLBANGERS were NEW! I WATCHED every bartender everywhere I went. He won’t have to do all that.
But the best thing I learned early — never leave the kitchen empty-handed, never return empty-handed. Don’t waste a trip, you’ll be thankful later. Grabbing a (tall) bottle of ketchup off an empty table now saves you from having it fall over later breaking things — even if it’s not your table. He may open up more over food too. Eating together does that. And no one can steal that food from him.
And now the baby Jesus is smiling on you. I see you, big hearted one. Now cook up some pork chops, cheese grits and some greens and feed him a homemade meal before Xmas. It’ll do you both good. And he needs a warmer coat than a hoodie from Santa. Running into him was a Godwink for sure! ❤️
I think he was wearing a not very puffy puffy coat over his hoody. It doesn’t get really cold here that much.
I am really an asshole. But some moron gave me a gift certificate and that meant I had to do a PAY IT FORWARD anyway. So it is really that moron’s fault. 🙂
No, TT, this isn’t a sad story, this is a HAPPY story, right up my alley, & perfect for the season. This is exactly what we ALL need to hear & do. I doubt that there is a single one of us who isn’t grieving in one way or another for someone or something, & I know from my own experience that this is a productive way to handle that emotion. That is how I handled the loss of my beloved Rocket Man. I sort of adopted the children of my poor rural county, within a small nonprofit we had already started, & scoured stores & thrift shops for deals on clothes, shoes & toys. I covered empty shoeboxes with fabric & filled them with toiletries & small toys for traumatized kids rescued by DSS & taken in by the Women’s Shelter in the middle of the night. I bought cartloads of school uniforms & literally wore out washing machines washing used jeans & jackets to deliver to schools. I had to learn how to make my own laundry soap. I made deals with Walmart to buy season-end shoes for $3 a pair & ran up my Amex card so high I has to recruit a group likeminded of “Fairy Godmothers” to help me fill the unending needs for foster kids.I distributed nearly 10,000 brand-new books, mostly hardbound, & when a hurricane was pending I got Michelle Obama’s office to help me get many of them safely to a Marine base to distribute to kids whose parents were mostly deployed. Good works make folks whole again. It worked for me, & 7 years later I was pretty whole & ready when I found Fly Boy. I’m a firm believer that when we help others the healing flows in both directions. TT, perhaps in some way you need this boy as much as he needs you, & the rest of us need this story, too. I think we already love this kid so please give us a good made-up name for him & maybe we can help, too, in some small way. BTW, I like the restaurant idea, & he does need a safe place to stay. Is there a church where he could do custodial work for a bed? Does he need a bike? If he is still in school, his counselor might be of assistance.
THIS ^^^
MizGrandma is wise. So very wise. And I agree with Nanette’s restaurant idea too. So he still keeps a good work ethic. They are sponges at that age where the lessons they learn stick. He needs trust, safety, community and blessings but not so much that he starts to look for handouts. But sounds like he’s in crisis now and TT looks like you are indeed the chosen one to lead this young man. I’m sure his mother is on her knees thanking the universe or God or whatever she believes for someone helping her sweet boy. Your help will have more of a ripple effect than you can imagine! And he can in turn impart his lessons to his younger brother. It’s a much bigger gesture than I think you realize. And you have us at the ready to help you help them! ❤️
OOH a bike is a good idea! But the thing is, I worry about the guys he is living with finding out who I am. It’s a burglary bound to happen if they do.
I’m not sure how to handle this. I would give him all the things if it didn’t lead back to me and let people know that the old drunk lady living in the ghetto might have something worth stealing…. so I am in a bit of a pickle.
I love you more with every story. Every post has nuggets of wisdom and humor and generosity of heart and spirit. So happy you met Fly Boy when you were ready to receive him.
You’re a good egg, TT! I’m sure LB appreciates your kindness more than you’ll ever know!
Is there any sort of Teen Housing program in Atlanta? We have something here for homeless teens where it’s a safe place for them to stay and helps keep them off drugs and in school.
It’s so wonderful that you were in the right place at the right time. It restores my faith in people that you care about him so much and did what you can to help. I really hope he’ll be OK.
So this happened earlier. After the dogs and I came back to their “grandparent’s” house, it was pouring. I decided to leave most of the stuff packed in the trunk because it would ALL get soaked. I could use my purse toothbrush and their toothpaste. JUST as I was about to brush … I stopped and put on my glasses. The toothpaste was Preparation H! Close call.
🤣🤣🤣 HILARIOUS 🤣🤣🤣
Lol! Potty mouth.
Literal asskisser by proxy!
This is a total sidenote but Nanette’s Moose (avatar) really brought a memory to me. When I was 14 we took a driving “vacation “ to Wyoming. During one of the Wyoming drives we happened upon a lookout point for baby moose’s. So we stopped and looked and lo and behold a female and two calves appeared. Cool I thought, but my mom freaked out and said remember this bc you will probably never see two calves again. And I haven’t, but I also haven’t been to Wyoming again.
Anyway I appreciate the memory.
Now you have only to tune in to RHOA to watch a moose in the wild. A Frankenstein Monster moose. A moose with a camel toe and a fright wig.
I may be repeating myself here. But I am just so sad.
I have a PERSON who is my PERSON who spoils me. That is how I know things like D’Artatnan and Murray’s Cheese even exists. I was so excited to receive rich people things. I didn’t think I deserved rich people things. And eventually I was like okay, that is enough rich people things. The best part was someone thought I was worthy of rich people things.
And the first time I took this kid to the The Publix he was like”I am just shocked that anyone would do anything nice for me.’ I CAN’T STOP CRYING ABOUT THIS.
Y’all don’t understand what a good kid this is. He works from morning until night while he is in school. I want to pay for his tutors. I want to put money on his school lunch account. I want to go to the school and speak with the counselor. Is that okay to do? I don’t even know his last name.
This is a student in crisis, & you are bringing the situation to the attention of the appropriate person at the school. I have done this on more than one occasion. The counselor cannot share private information with you, but can receive information from you & act on it, & likely receive assistance offered on behalf of the student. Depends on how good he/she is at this. Be sure to reveal your credentials.
I don’t know where or how this kid is, but I truly hope he walks this carpet your offering.
Thanks and people are pouring in to help. I want to bring Christmas to the entire apartment. The kid is coming back tomorrow or soon to get the leaf blower that he didn’t want to take home because someone might steal it.
I want to bring wrapped gift to him and everyone he lives with and just HOPE that is not insulting as fuck.
Y’all are making me feel better. Thanks for not making me feel stupid for being so concerned.
I bought a Leatherman knife ( which is like a Swiss Army knife just not red) as a thank u present to a guy who did labor for us. He never used or wore it, and after like 4 months I inquired why….. and geez his answer hit me like a ton of bricks. He said, it’s a weapon and I’m illegal and if I get caught with a weapon I’m no more.
My lawn kid is not an illegal. And you are sadly not the first to ask me this. Even in if he was, how would that change you compassion? HE IS AN 18 year old American child that is trying to start his own life!
He is a young American male with a heart of gold whose father died and his mother left him to fend or himself! AND HE IS TRYING HIS HEART OUT TO MAKE A LIVING FOR HIMSELF AND NOT DOING DRUGS AND NOT GOING DOWN A BAD PATH.
I am old school. I carry a leatherman and or a knife all the time (except airports and ball games). But the young ones tell me knives are not allowed on one’s person at many places, no matter the status of the human.
Thank you for helping those you help.
Kathy Sorry I was freaking out a bit last night. I don’t know why I overreacted. Apologies.
I am trying to save a kid who I think can still be saved. Don’t slander my boy!
I think what she meant about the Leatherman is that we don’t know another’s path. You are learning the young man’s. Again, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS. You have superb instincts. And rejoice that you are able to give the gift of hope to this deserving kid. He didn’t cross your path by accident or mistake. Too many people would not have picked up on what you did. What many of us are trying to say is that you are a treasure. A special person — and not in the snowflake way. In the BEST way.
I have learned to be a better person from someone on the Internet who somehow thought I was worthy of nice things. In that way I was this kid. No one had ever cared about me before and it was in a rich people way. Like a really nice gift. WTF? Who would do that for me? And every time it has happened since then, I try to pay it forward. I want to spread that feeling of being singled out as someone who is deserving for no reason at all to others. I have benn and continue to be blessed that person. And I can drunk tweet and say stupid shit and show my ass and that person still talks to me the next day. I am so fortunate and my most fortunate thing is that person. And I want to be that person for others.
Now WTF do I get That person for Christmas? Any ideas?
Books candle toiletries warm clothes or work gear gloves hat scarf etc. You are a gem to do this for him. He has gotten himself a golden girl of the highest caliber. You rock T. # rockstar you are. This intervention of love will benefit both he & you. Happy to hear this great news.
So shite! I just spent more of the dogsitting money to buy half-price fabric to make my best friend’s granddaughter a summer dress. Or two. It was ON SALE. Dangerous words. No need to leave your bed to spend $$$. But the dogsitting money was supposed to make up for the $270 SSA is docking me because I am now making BARELY more than $1,500 a month. So Medical won’t pay Part B. Because $1,500 is not low income. In California. Try living on $18k a year in California. Oh, make that $1,512 a year. One dollar a month cost me $137 a month. Oh well … my good health is returning. I should be able to work again soon.
Oops. $18,012 a year. Bad math.
Lord. You are bad at math. Check your email.
I’m so glad I read this tonight. My prayers are starting immediately. People say I have some kind of “crazy” prayer line that really works. Whatever it is-I don’t ask questions-I just pray & cool things happen. Please keep us posted TT. I’m so glad the 2 of you met and I also don’t believe in coincidences.
Thanks so much you reminded me of another friend whose prayers always work so i sent it to her too. NowI can just lift it up and hope I don’t storm the school tomorrow and make sure he has his lunches paid for.
Wide awake in america. Call me if you want. Marc
Oh sweetie. Never tell a drunk woman to call you. I suppose you learned THAT lesson. 🙂
Love your heart. You can never go wrong helping a child. Also, sometimes, all we need in life is one person who cares about us–that can help us make it through anything. Having one person can change everything.
I am sort of annoyed by all the I am a nice person comments. I do much better with the hate..,
Fuck off. Feel batter?
Some asshole pressured me into a Survivor binge and I’m awake at 4:40am because I’m narcoleptic or something and keep falling asleep so I’ve tried to watch this same episode eleventy billion times!
And I’m dying for a lawn boy update. Thought about it all day!
I am sort of missing my kid too. but he knows when the curtains are closed not to fuck with me.
Also he may have a REALLY cool bike because my neighbors are the best!
OMG! That’s awesome!
👏👏👏 And school started back yesterday. When might he get it?
I am obsessed with my new “son,” I dashed out and came home and he was waiting for me on my porch. He needed the leaf blower he left in my car to return to the man he borrowed it from. I have jobs set up on my neighborhood group. I also found out that there are six people living in his two bedroom apartment. I totally kept him from getting in a job this afternoon and he was headed to a friends house to go to movie… except there were no cars there. so???? I dropped him off and gave him movie money.
My mother would SO HATE me for doing this. I used to take my college students shopping for clothes because they NEEDED clothes, I can hear her now saying “You can’t keep taking these people to raise!” I loved and miss my mama a lot but she was not particularly charitable. lol.
So for those asking to help. I’d like to bring Christmas to the apartment he lives in. There is a 17 year old female, an 18 year old female, his 17 year old brother who technically lives elsewhere but there is some sort of rift in the family and he doesn’t like where he lives, Another female in her 30s or so? And a male who is about 40? Who is the father of the 17 year old.
I mentioned the concerns you guys had about his coat, and he said the one he has if very warm…. AND THAT I PAID FOR IT! (via yard work). Also he says his grades are very good and he is not struggling in school. Also he said that he he is saving the money I gave him and continuing to look for work. He wants to buy his mama something nice for Christmas. I can’t with this boy. Oh and when I dropped him off at his friends house He initiated a hug! I’m TOTALLY a proud “mom.”