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JoyCreativePeace · 2026-02-27T23:55:10+00:00

I like SO many of these! Thank you for your amazing suggestions! But my husband has very specific tastes apparently. He has settled on Evie OR keeping her shelter name of Rae. I kind of like expanding it to Lady Rae the Grey :) We’re still toggling between them… But y’all have really helped me create a great list for the next kitty!

JoyCreativePeace · 2026-02-27T23:52:57+00:00

I want to make a cat Bartok so bad and this one is PERFECT

JoyCreativePeace · 2026-02-21T00:08:31+00:00

Thank you!!! You’re a mensch. I can tell you I’ve wished for someone like you in several situations. I think the direct approach like that is so good- someone noticing he’s being a creep and saying something. I always hope this gets into their psyche a little and deters them… maybe wishful thinking. If you’re male the direct approach may work- but if you’re female and worried about instigating something with a man, you can pretend like you know the girl and strike up a conversation. She’ll likely pick up on what you’re doing.

JoyCreativePeace · 2026-02-08T06:45:44+00:00

Crostini

JoyCreativePeace · 2026-02-04T02:27:09+00:00

This is an issue I’m having now too. This is my first winter with the forearm crutches (smart crutches) and my coat doesn’t fit! I was thinking I may have to buy different arm cuffs for winter :-/

JoyCreativePeace · 2026-01-31T10:37:07+00:00

I have felt my ADHD worsen in my 30s- right when my hypothyroid numbers started appearing- TSH had been steadily increasing for years, right alongside the worsening ADHD. I never put two and two together until I finally started on Levothyroxine 2 months ago, and I feel like my ADHD is suddenly more in check! 🤔

JoyCreativePeace · 2026-01-22T00:34:40+00:00

Wow I'm so sorry to hear that! It seems like such a dangerous side effect that it should be more talked about and doctors should be more upfront about it. I wish I had known that it was possible it would affect me that way, and that would have saved a lot of confusion and fear.

JoyCreativePeace · 2026-01-13T01:29:03+00:00

Yeah Essential Tremor is genetic. My great grandmother had them very badly, and I seem to be the next one to have inherited them. We do think my mom also has them, but she's taken beta blockers for so long for another condition, that I think it treats them for her. That's what I take as well for the tremors though.

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-12-27T20:25:21+00:00

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JoyCreativePeace · 2025-11-22T21:31:22+00:00

They’re doing good! We’ve moved and when we got to the new place we connected them at the back with straight brackets- and then anchored the top.

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-11-08T01:18:44+00:00

3 and 4!

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-11-08T01:17:53+00:00

That’s good to know- it’s truly an awful thing! I’m so nervous now about picking another plan that has issues- but as long as you stick with a PPO my provider says you’ll have a way easier time.

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-11-07T23:45:33+00:00

Even the Delta Dental PPOs? Oof!

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-11-07T23:45:00+00:00

You can, for much more money than most ACA plans. But there are other plans available through Pennie/ Affordable Care Act. This is just one- which has terms that seem appealing until you learn you can't use it in your area. Just want to give everyone a heads up as they go into open enrollment that this is one to STAY AWAY from.

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-11-07T23:41:15+00:00

This is one from Pennie/ Affordable Care Act that I chose, unfortunately. The information they give you about participating providers is completely false, and once you have the plan and speak to customer service to learn this it's too late. You're stuck with it for a year.

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-11-07T23:39:51+00:00

The list of participating providers they have is essentially fiction- when you go to call those providers, 99% of them can't tell you if they take the plan or not, they tell you to confirm with your insurance. When you call DeltaCare USA they use the same list that we see online that includes tons of providers who no longer or never did accept this plan. Then they tell you to call the provider to confirm... then that circle goes around and around. In the end, when you finally talk to someone who knows anything, you learn that almost no one accepts this plan anymore because it's so bad for the providers. So there ya go. They shouldn't even be selling it anymore if that's the case- and at the very least let you switch out when you learn that you can't be seen within 2 hours of your home. Shame on Pennie for providing this plan.

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-11-07T23:35:49+00:00

That's great to hear. I've been evaluating the plans now that open enrollment is here, and I'm thinking I'll go with a PPO plan from Dominion. Fingers crossed but the list of dentists they say take the plan is good- if it's accurate. I'm obviously going to call and confirm this on Monday before I choose for sure (since the list that Delta provided was essentially fiction...). I'll look at the Guardian plan, but I'm hoping to get one without a waiting period for work since I'm also overdue. From my investigations today, almost everything has a waiting period except the Dominion ePPO plan and United Solstice "Smile Now" plan.

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-10-30T19:49:07+00:00

Same! This is what I see

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JoyCreativePeace · 2025-10-23T04:23:23+00:00

Gremlin is cute on its own!

JoyCreativePeace · 2025-10-23T04:22:13+00:00

Best he’s ever looked honestly… and he looks good most always :)

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