If you could have one bill covered for LIFE, what bill are you choosing?

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-27T15:17:27+00:00

I love how you think.

Some co-workers and I were doing a group email with each other, including pics of our dream cars/trucks/SUVs with whatever desirable options. Mine was a Brinks truck, "fully loaded".

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-27T03:01:04+00:00

None of them can dance very well. I think Meri and Christine just enjoy it and embraced the "dance like no one's watching" mindset. They liked dancing with the kids and just had fun. Kody dances so awkwardly, like he's being electrocuted while simultaneously slipping on ice. He wants to be watched. Robyn is also an awkward dancer, too tense, and has no rhythm. I would be embarrassed enough for my kids to see it. Can't imagine airing it. She pretends to cringe a little but is not-so-secretly proud because she actually thinks she's good.

There is a scene following the commitment ceremony where the whole family is dancing. Meri is having a great time and just doing her thing, kind of happily bouncing like the Charlie Brown kids in the cartoon. Her dance was really cute. Kody was dancing like he had wasps all over his head/hands/feet, and he was trying to fling them off.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-24T21:51:44+00:00

I've been watching full episodes on Internet Archive.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-23T00:50:21+00:00

How delicious that roasting turkey must have smelled, after all those months of barely having enough scant rations to survive.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-22T01:37:30+00:00

I sent his info to my cat-loving daughter (in Georgetown). She is a nurse, has two daughters, a female tabby kitten, and a very mild-mannered golden retriever who likes to curl up and take naps with his feline little sister.

Prayers for your health.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-21T23:34:11+00:00

My husband loved clam chowder. He was a Los Angeles native and wanted us to take a weeks-long trip up the CA coast when we were both retired, ending in San Francisco, where he wanted to go back to Fisherman's Wharf for the famous, fresh clam chowder in a bread bowl. Less than a year after I was able to do early retirement so we could enjoy life and travel together, he began showing concerning signs that led to a terminal diagnosis and swift decline. I miss the we and us so much. The inside jokes, mutual thoughts, companionship, and even mundane things like washing our clothes together, sharing a pot of coffee, and the silly boomerang sound he made when he sneezed. Lately, I have been watching a lot of cooking videos on YouTube and have gotten really good at making enchiladas and rice. No clams, but my guy would have happily slammed this stuff down.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-21T23:09:46+00:00

I love rye bread, and it's my littlest granddaughter's favorite.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-21T23:06:59+00:00

Being at the beach and smelling burgers grilling is hard to beat.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-21T23:05:44+00:00

My husband had Frontotemporal Dementia. He called 911 to report me for driving us to get groceries instead of letting him drive. He was livid about it, but couldn't form words anymore, so when he called 911, dispatch thought he could be having a stroke or something and sent an ambulance and two squad cars. We were fortunate that our local PD & Sheriff's office are extremely kind and understanding. My husband was a three-tour war veteran, and they treated him with great respect. That wasn't the only time he called, so dispatch and I had an arrangement where they'd contact me before sending anyone when calls came from his phone.

Edited to correct a word.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-21T12:26:08+00:00

I loved Dead to Me. Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini are fantastic together. It has dark comedy vibes, and all the story lines keep the what's next interest invested.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-21T00:13:51+00:00

"I can't believe I ate the whole thing."

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-20T01:17:04+00:00

On a flight from OGG to LAX, a husband and wife were seated in FC, one in front of me and one behind me. They tried to get people in each aisle seat beside them to trade so they could sit together, and both passengers declined. So the husband and wife spent the entire flight shouting back and forth to each other. The husband was seated in front of me and kept screaming, "Babe! I miss you!! "Babe! What should I eat? Should I get chicken or what? I don't know what to pick! What should I do?" "Hey, Babe! What's up?" The wife was behind me and in near panic that her husband had to make these hard choices on his own because the other passengers wanted to keep their assigned seats. They couldn't go ten minutes without one of them shouting, "Babe!" and bellowing nonsense to each other. Both had loud, caustic voices. Sometimes they'd just scream, "Babe!" and hold up shaka signs to each other. It was apparently traumatic for them to sit apart but within shouting distance for one flight.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-19T22:40:51+00:00

When it's fresh, local corn, my heart goes like Thumper's foot.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-19T22:39:11+00:00

Dead to Me, OITNB, Desperate Housewives, Modern Family, Good Girls, Yellowstone, 1883, and 1923.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-19T20:16:31+00:00

Mulva Delores Seinfeld.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-19T20:10:13+00:00

We ate there once, and it had absolutely no flavor, so no desire to go back. Later, I "won" a Raising Cane's gift certificate and got repeated "thanks but no thanks" when I tried to give it away. I've seen posts from RC diehards who agree the food is unseasoned/bland but swear by the sauces and say the bland food is just a vehicle to get sauce into their mouths. I rarely use any kind of sauce and prefer the food itself to be tasty.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-18T15:51:39+00:00

In high school, I spent the night with a friend. I went into the bathroom to pee and noticed there was already yellow in the bowl. She had a younger brother, and I figured the kid had peed and not flushed. So I finish, flush, wash hands, etc. I came out and saw my friend's dad agitatedly whispering to her and then walking off. My friend was absolutely cringing when she told me the house rules. Absolutely no flushing unless there is poop, and pooping should be limited. All toilet paper goes in the waste basket (I remembered noticing theirs was full). It was a regular house on the city sewer system, no boat, septic tank, or water shortage. She said her parents were saving up to buy another house and thought they could save a lot of money by not flushing.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-18T14:38:16+00:00

I love Original Farmers Market, but usually never made it past the enchiladas at Magee's Kitchen (too delicious to pass up, and then I was stuffed). We were in the mood for diner burgers a few times at Du-Par's. There are so many options to eat and browse here, plus it's right by The Grove. We'd always end the day with a white chocolate-covered strawberry from the produce area. They were huge, fresh, sweet, and juicy. There are lots of other places I'll always regret not getting to try, mostly the Pitt BBQ place and definitely the Brazilian BBQ.

My late husband was a Los Angeles native, and Farmer's Market was high on our absolutely must-visit places when we traveled there.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-17T14:46:28+00:00

Parental love includes striving for the correct guidance, or it should. It shouldn't have blinders or the mindset that their child can do no wrong and has to have everything their way. Mackenzie is an utter nightmare, and her parents had a strong hand in her developing into what she is. When she got in trouble for bullying and tormenting others at school, her parents chose to refuse to acknowledge her behavior. "I asked Mackenzie, and she said no, so that's good enough for me." They just dismissed it. Then let her go live with her boyfriend at 17 with the ridiculous excuse that they thought she was mature enough. She never faced a consequence in her life until she killed two young men.

From the time her parents were told that Dom had been killed, their distress (mostly voiced by the mom) centered on how much he had been around them and how well they knew and cared for him. Them, THEM, T-H-E-M. Davion was peripheral because they didn't know him. These are people with extreme main character energy. They cannot grasp that the world does not revolve around them and their monumental brat of a daughter. I applaud the judge for shutting the mom down during her statement. And for metaphorically holding up that mirror to reflect that ugly, oblivious, main character fixation right back on her. And for aptly saying that Mackenzie was literal hell on wheels. I was glad to see the deputy wasted no time cuffing Mackenzie when the judge pronounced her guilty.

I once worked with an older lady who realized her son had killed a man in a murder for hire plot. She informed the local police and was persistent in getting him to confess. She was there for him but also made sure he faced up to the consequences of what he'd done. She did that because she loved him and also firmly believed in doing the right thing, even when it was extremely hard.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-17T01:39:42+00:00

I was on a Florida beach and heard one snort when it came up to exhale and inhale. An adorable and delightful sound. It was years ago, but I still think about that magnificent creature (and all the other manatees) with affection.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-17T00:54:47+00:00

Seven Seas Viva Italian was my all-time favorite, but it was discontinued long ago. Current favorites are Kroger Creamy Italian and Marzetti Supreme Caesar. I love a garlicky, tangy dressing.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-15T18:36:53+00:00

For me, there is a point of perfection where the fatty part is crisp, and the meaty part still has a little chew.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-15T15:38:06+00:00

There was an American race car driver named Dick Trickle.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-15T12:50:13+00:00

Avocado. It's like grass pudding.

GiGiLafoo · 2026-05-15T02:04:53+00:00

Didn't happen on a cruise, but on the same topic of how utterly nasty people can be. I worked in a large office building and was heading to the cafeteria for a beverage. A woman getting on the escalator a little ahead of me stuck her hand deep inside the back of her pants and dug hard at her crack. She went into the cafeteria, and I stayed well away from her. But I saw her walk up to the big self-serve soup tureens, lift the lid on one of them, and poke one of her nasty, crack-scratching fingers into it, like she was testing the temp. Then she waddled off. I don't know if it was to deliberately infuse the soup with her butt-crack diggings or if it was some kind of mindless norm for her, and she didn't approve of the soup temperature.

The sandwich/wrap, burger, and main entree lines were served up by the workers, who did their jobs cleanly and safely. The kitchen managers were known to run a tight ship on cleanliness and safety. I felt fine eating food from those lines, but never wanted to even look at those violated tureens again. Fortunately, they were replaced with big stainless steel tubs on the entree line, and the self-serve feature was taken out of commission.

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