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I've been detoxing physically, mentally, and digitally for a few weeks. I've cut off a few family members entirely for the time being since they keep trying to snag me into fake and/or self-made drama and chaos. I love them, but I cannot be involved in that crazy. They are going to do what they are going to do and it is not my job to mitigate it, fix it, or even give advice on how to avoid it entirely. So, they are no longer allowed to text, call, e-mail, write letters, or otherwise contact me for the time being. I'm going to stick to managing those who live within my house only, the others (who have been treating me badly and stressing me out) do not get access to my skillset no matter how much they scream, plead, or demand. My therapist is happy with the current state of events and tells me it is about time I came to this conclusion and took action on it. I am teaching the baby vocabulary and basic math. I'm doing a lot of craft projects that are simple and listening to books on audible. DD15 is finishing up her freshman year of HS and doing testing. 3 weeks left. DH has upcoming GI surgery and will be starting a liquid diet next weekend. He will be on it for several weeks and on a modified liquid diet through most of summer. Kids are happy because the front yard is full of hops (rabbits) and a stray cat had 5 kittens under our shed. We are feeding outside them because I am a pushover. We are trying to rotate the pantry efficiently and are sorting it by dates rather than item type with plans for the sorting to be done by the end of June. This is a temporary sort so that we can focus on using the earliest dates first and getting back to a good date upkeep. I'm limiting my digital exposure a bit more than usual, so I will post, but probably less than I used to.

I'm taking a small hiatus. I need some help with the vodka so I'm going to go get it this evening. Pray for me if you are into that. Hopefully I will be coping with the world slightly better soon.

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@Kappy That is one of the reasons I love old metal office furniture.

We live in a closed subdivision. The neighborhood garage sale was today. We were going to clear out our garage, but with all the crazy lately, I didn't want to put in the effort. So we all loaded into the van and went around to the other houses instead. Everyone cooed over River and she got several 'new' stuffed animals and a toy car. I got a lot of cookbooks, kids toys, a 4ft tall metal cabinet for $20 and a huge cooler for $25. SCORE! I have no idea where I'm going to put the cabinet, but I love that tan colored metal office furniture. The lady was super nice too and threw in a free whale for River when she saw it and screamed WHALE! DH had to return home in the van and bring the truck (1 street over) when I got the furniture. I'm not sure if he thinks that is a successful trip, but I do. Excuse the dirty floor. I need to mop and River sneaked crayons out of the office. I got the art for the frame and mat. I plan to replace the image. The crockpot is smallish. It will hold maybe 2 quarts if completely full. This brings my total amount of crockpots to 6. DH says I have an addiction. I told him I don't have enough crockpots yet.

That looks delicious.

The worst part is that the chaos and drama is over my grandmother who is in poor health but still living. Her children are fighting over the scraps she has and she hasn't even died yet. I am so glad I married DH and got myself out of all of it. I'm really blessed to be where I am. I'm putting in my will that anyone contesting it gets nothing. I arranged to have a video call with grandmother through my brother this weekend so I can touch base with her and make sure she has what she needs.

Today I got a phone call. My great uncle, the last living of 13 children from the same parents is dead. An entire generation is now gone from that family. He worked for Mercedes and designed engines and Naskar engines. But the real reason for the call was chaos, drama, greed, and psychosis over someone else. That prompted another phone call and that call prompted OPERATION VODKA IN ME NOW. Family sucks. I'm glad I live half a continent away and I'm glad that vodka exists. Korean Bimipap for dinner. 10/10 from DD15 and 8/10 from DH. definately on the repeat menu.

Its legal here now to have it and smoke it and grow small amounts of it, but it is illegal to buy or sell it. I'm a big NOT IN MY HOUSE, NOT AROUND ME person and I've distanced myself from family over that. DH and I are on the same page. Vodka is plenty of enough vice for us. Had a quiet day playing with my Silhouette making paper flowers. I've got an idea for a framed picture with no glass 3d paper flowers and leaves with the words 'The grass is greener when you water it' above and below. Perhaps a paper watering can as the vase.

Did a whole lot of nothing but listening to audible. DH is taking care of the kids. I'm so lucky to have down time. Never underestimate the benefits of down time.

Alligator is legal to hunt in MS. When I lived in Vicksburg, we had a 5pm traffic back up everyday by the MS river bridge because 'Bob' would lay in the road begging for idiots to feed him. You'd be driving around and the traffic report would come on the radio 'Bob's in the road again. Please do not feed the ALLIGATORS people. If you stop feeding him, he will stop blocking traffic.

Don't forget Gharls, Caimans, and we even have 2 Tomistoma at the aquarium here. Tomistoma | Animals at the Virginia Aquarium

sounds interesting. I usually do spinach, onion, and breakfast sausage. Never thought to use broad beans.

I have kids and cats, if it hits the floor, it belongs to them. I'm too OCD and picky to deal with floors and food. If it falls in packaging it is fine or fruit like apples or bananas that aren't peeled yet I can wash those. But anything like meat or diced veg.....it is kid/cat territory now.

Jeepers, I think the universe is telling you to move to Indiana permanently.

If you move into a new place or someone moves out, you need a new lock. Go to home depot and buy them. They are easy to install.

I wish we had time to go to the market, but DD15 flew home today and most of the day was taken up by picking her up from the airport. I'm hoping to make a farmer's market/garage sale weakened in the next few weeks. I love neighborhood garage sales and I'm hoping to find a twin bed cheap in the next few weeks.

I'd believe that they do much better in mountainous places like Loja or desert places like AZ than say...Jackson MS or Chesapeake, VA. A place for everything and everything in its place. They do leak though. And that has to be fixed and causses contamination issues. Burning fossil fuels causes contamination issues of a different sort. All things have downsides.

I've diced them finely and used them with some oil to season potatoes before roasting them.

DH's RDO (regular day off) so I got to sleep in and he got up with the baby. Paid bills cleaned my office because it had become a black hole of stuff that went elsewhere did some laundry fed the baby...who really isn't a baby anymore. finally redeemed a $50 gift card to amazon from mistplay and it worked. Yea! i got paid to play video games and waste time. Now I'm reconciling the pantry list and trying to decide if I'm going to buy mason jars or craft supplies from amazon.

I use a lot of silicone molds. I always grease them before baking --especially if there is any sort of pattern or shape. If I'm freezing ice cream or ice whatever I don't grease. Making chocolate shapes, I use melted butter. Glycerin soap, I spray the mold with alcohol and then the top of the soap to prevent bubbles. The larger Bundt cake pans made of silicone require a lot of grease in the crevices. I always use Crisco and a paper towel for that. If you let the items cool to room temperature before removing from the mold, you will end up with a much more aesthetic product. I always use a baking sheet under them also. I have some silicone cupcake liners that have all the lines like the paper ones do. Terrible purchase! I no longer even try to bake with them, no amount of grease will get a release. They do ok for freezing things if well greased. I mostly use them to separate out items in lunches or let the toddler use them in her play kitchen. The only pics I found were old with bunny cookies, but I often use them for fruit or pudding or something DH needs to pull out of the container before he microwaves it. That way I can mix hot and cold in the same container and he can easily set it to the side when heating. Also works well to hold the nuts & croutons in a Tupperware lunch salad. That way they stay nice and crisp when he goes to eat it. On that note, DD2's play kitchen is stocked with a lot of dollar store kitchen gadgets. Silicon spatula, spoons, measuring cups, so much cheap plastic that looks like mine. She loves it.

I had a cough so bad a few years back that I couldn't eat, drink, sleep or anything. The doctor prescribed me a lidocaine syrup. I took very small amounts of it and had immediate relief. You have to be really careful with the small dosage because too much of it and it could cause breathing issues since it numbs your throat so much.

I rarely forget my bags because I keep them on the D clamp, my main 2 stores don't use bags, and it is a habit. On the rare occasions I do forget, I just put everything in the cart and bag it when I get to my van. We always bag at the van after a BJs trip. Most of it is bulk and big enough to just stack in the van, but there are always a few smaller items.