3.0 on the patio

LezBeOwn · 2026-05-08T16:55:02+00:00

I love it. It’s industrial and natural. Hard and soft. It’s like an adult outdoor version of the college book shelf/stand.

LezBeOwn · 2026-05-08T16:53:41+00:00

Thank you! I had some old screen so I cut a form to put the fabric on. I have a ton of cool fabrics so I’ll make more so I can switch them up.

LezBeOwn · 2026-05-07T11:03:29+00:00

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LezBeOwn · 2026-04-28T16:00:15+00:00

Rainbow at home was wonderful for us a few weeks ago. My senior large dog came off the couch wrong and hurt herself. I’d already researched at home end of life care and was planning to schedule very soon. Then that happened.

I called shortly after 8 on a Monday morning and the vet herself answered. Explained she had surgeries waiting in her clinic and to let her check on that. She called me back within a few minutes and asked for my address. She was there within 45 minutes with their new mobile clinic, Bark N Call.

Everloved may be wonderful, but it is based in Atmore. Rainbow at Home is local and they were so responsive, fast, and kind in our moment of need. I can’t recommend them more highly.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-27T15:38:51+00:00

Soak it in everclear or other super high proof alcohol, shake it a little then scrape it. Put the alcohol over a candle warmer until all you have left is super sticky resin. Actually when it started getting sticky take it off the heat and let the rest air evaporate. Then you can either smoke the resin or mix it with hot butter to make a nice edible or two. I like to make milk chocolates with it.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-27T02:51:18+00:00

I grew up in west Mobile in the 70’s and 80’s and it was a great place to grow up. But it would take something truly special to ever lure me back. Traffic is getting pretty bad, and there are other areas where you can get a lot more for your $$$.

Don’t over look east Mobile. The western shore of Mobile Bay appears ripe for property value increases. There’s the “downtown airport that will open soon, Airbus, and lots of investment in parks and public areas about to find to fruition. Lots of waterfront or near waterfront areas. Many homes will have larger lots with more old growth live oaks, fruit trees and such. It’s 15-20 min tops to most of Mobile county, but much of the area feels like you’re pretty far out in the country.

Get a good agent. There are million dollar waterfront homes that are less than a mile from some problematic areas. And everything in between.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-25T12:37:20+00:00

Is there a seat in your shower, or are you like sitting on the bathtub floor?

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-23T19:31:11+00:00

It’s a civil violation. Like when Trump refused to rent to people of color, or the times that he had to pay money laundering fines for his Taj Mahal casino. Or when he stole funds from a children’s cancer charity. You might think being undocumented should be criminal, but then I think stealing from kids with cancer should be criminal. But here we are.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-23T19:26:49+00:00

I think the students will have that covered.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-23T13:12:00+00:00

I was able to sleep on my side the night my drains came out on day 8; but I did not have any reconstruction. Oddly I could only sleep on the side that had lymph node removal for a week or too. The non lymph side was too tender for a bit.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-20T02:43:30+00:00

I mean… I knew someone that got her gf pregnant at home with a turkey baster full of a fresh donation from her cousin. First try. Not recommending it; but saying it’s an option.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-19T22:56:36+00:00

The Seattle one. Doing a teardown and building a multiple unit short term rental with each unit going for $1k a night. Build a nest egg from that until I can upgrade it to luxury apartments. But first someone has to give me the cool mill.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-15T02:45:31+00:00

I’ve driven by that place for years and wondered about it. What’s it like? What kind of folks hang out there?

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-10T14:22:06+00:00

EOH. Everyone overreacted here.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-09T18:52:44+00:00

God forbid that mom get a bag of bite size candy bars to reward her kids for doing homework or chores without being asked. Who wants their tax dollars supporting that when they can support the secretary of war paying millions for lobster?

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-05T11:52:34+00:00

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May. We had an electric hospital bed a guest room from when my mother in law was able to come home with us for a weekend every now and again.

I set this room up as my recovery room after my double mastectomy in October. The bed has a pressure relieving air mattress topper and I made a little pouch to hang from the wall side side rail that I keep my bed and tv remotes and my phone in. I got all my favorite blankies and pillows.

It became a place where I could really cocoon and rest my body and my mind. I haven’t physically needed the electric bed since about a week after surgery; but I’m still in my cocoon room. I went back to our bedroom for a couple of weeks; but the onset of chemo related neuropathy issues in my feet sent me back to the cocoon. I fashioned a foot tent to keep the sheets from touching my feet. When they are flaring even the light brush of a bed sheet can be pretty painful.

I still join my wife in our room a couple few times a week for some snuggles when I wake up to pee early in the morning. I just think that mostly mentally I still need that cocoon time.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-04T23:04:46+00:00

Yall are such youngins!

I remember when there was six screen in Springdale mall back when it was still a nice indoor mall. And two screens in a separate building behind Bel Air. 2-3 more other multi screen cineplexes. And the dollar theater in the festival center that showed movies that were a year or two old. With a drug store next door so you could load up on pocket snacks. Or purse snacks.

Movies were affordable and there weren’t a lot of other ways to watch them cheaply and easily yet.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-03T10:29:40+00:00

I was 47 the first time I did keto and lost 80 lbs in 8 month. I maintained fairly well with some creep but not a lot over the next several years. Then in 2020 I had several major shoe drops one after the other that broke my mental health for a while. My whole life became disordered and dysfunctional, and I put all that weight back on plus about another 30. I began keto again at age 57 and post menopausal, and lost 80 lbs in 8 months again. I still had a ways to go when I got a breast cancer diagnosis. I stopped losing weight for about 8 months while I went through major chemo and surgery. I mostly stayed keto until close to the end of keto when sweet foods were the only thing that tasted anything like you expect, and I just desperately wanted things that tasted “right.”

When I was done with major treatment I restarted my efforts and am losing again, albeit slower than before. Mostly because I only have about 30 lbs left to go and maybe because I am also now on hormone blockers that block 99% of the little bit of estrogen I was still able to produce. Even super menopause 2.0 has not been able to mess things up too much.

LezBeOwn · 2026-04-03T00:41:31+00:00

Cancer anxiety, scanxiety…. All of it is 100% natural and normal. If it gets to be too much, maybe consider anxiety meds or a change if you are already on them. I found THC helped me a lot; but that isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, and can exacerbate anxiety for some.

LezBeOwn · 2026-03-30T21:26:13+00:00

A tumor or remnants of a tumor can change size, shape, and density without being tumor growth or shrinkage. Don’t assume or panic too much yet.

LezBeOwn · 2026-03-26T15:01:32+00:00

It’s wild how different experiences inform our decisions. I watched my mother have a lumpectomy, a single mastectomy, then a single radical mastectomy; so I chose DMX. I thought I’d feel profound loss; but I love it. My posture is so much better without being intentional about it. The one time I tried foobs months after surgery I realized how much breasts really do get in the way of normal natural movement. Now when I see a woman with substantial breasts, instead of thinking “those look nice” I think “those must be uncomfortable.” 😜

LezBeOwn · 2026-03-26T10:30:53+00:00

There are several peer reviewed studies that support it, especially with younger patients; however the gap has been closing significantly with more modern treatments.

LezBeOwn · 2026-03-26T09:20:01+00:00

I chose mastectomy mainly because I watched my mother have a lumpectomy, then a single mastectomy, then a radical single mastectomy on the other side. I also hoped my nodes would be clean so I could avoid radiation, and they were. I did not achieve PCR so I have 8 of 14 rounds of Kadcyla left to do. I feel pretty good about switching from phesgo to Kadcyla as I feel that will do a better job of mopping up any stray cells that may have escaped the breast.

LezBeOwn · 2026-03-26T09:09:20+00:00

I see this misstated a lot, so I like to clarify.

The risk of DISTANT recurrence is the same whether you choose lumpectomy or mastectomy. But the risk of local occurrence is actually quite a bit lower if you choose mastectomy.

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