That’s so sweet, thanks, I appreciate it. We do have quite a few relatives near there, so I’m hoping she’ll actually get to see the extended family more than she does now.

Yum! My husband’s family sometimes makes ribs that cook all day in a sauce till they fall off the bone, and it’s SO good. Now I’m hungry.

Awesome! I have a kid headed up there this Fall, I hope she’ll do as well as yours!

I’m not familiar with the concept of Sunday gravy, but if it tastes good, I think that’s all that matters.

Jay Bhattacharya, who is best known for ranting about COVID conspiracies and “coverups” for the past 5 years, is now literally suppressing the data on COVID vaccines…because he is an antivaccine hack not a scientist

Poor little thing!

Did it seem relatively unharmed?

Yikes! I wonder how that snuck in!

Last night a horrifying, mysterious creature skittered past me on the backyard patio. It looked almost like a scorpion, almost like a spider. Turns out it was a Camel Spider, which is a thing I didn’t know existed, and wish I still didn’t. Not terribly dangerous though, I guess, so that’s good.

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise

I really like food and would prefer we do something about this:

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

There is symbolism everywhere for those with the eyes to see

An elderly woman I know had a big name HVAC company come give her a quote and they tried to sell her on $500 a month, for 15 years. That’s $90,000! Luckily she’s too smart for that, but how many out there are paying that?? That’s atrocious!

A roadrunner with a lizard in its’ beak

This gorgeous bastard stole the lizard from my yard. My dog is going to be so bummed that it’s not there to chase anymore.

It’s pretty rare!

Does this count as orange?

I didn’t hear about that either

You can’t have any unpaid fees. Personally I don’t think they should withhold something like that, but withholding it over five cents feels especially petty!

Glad this post finally calmed down 😂
And update: I emailed asking if it was possible to move 5 cents from my other kid’s account and they did that for me.

Dudes. As a society we taught young women to walk with keys between their fingers in dark parking lots and to carry pepper spray in their purse.

So yes. I’m asking you to be responsible for the actions of other men. After all, that’s what you’ve asked of women for centuries.

It’s your turn.

Pretty much. If I do it through the app, then I have to pay a minimum of $10 plus the service fee. But it said I can send cash or check with her to the cafeteria and as annoying as that is, I really don’t want to pay over $10 extra for no good reason.

Good call

I’m sure it’s a sign of my age that I am very uncomfortable not using punctuation

I have been having that issue lately too, but I didn’t connect it to the period but that almost makes sense

I guess I will try to stop using punctuation lol

I saw this this morning, too, and my first thought was also is this trying to amass a crew to mess with mail in ballots? I hope not.

Ugh 😣. that’s what I hate about having new vehicles, it’s so emotionally painful when something inevitably happens.

😂 are you going to take him up on that?

So sad!!

Just got an email that my kid owes the school food service $0.05, and won’t be able to get her diploma if we don’t pay that. So I guess I’ll send her in with a nickel on Monday so she can graduate high school!

Did he have the siren and lights on?

It’s been intermittent for me so far today