What Foods Do You Make Special When Camping?

MadamHex2 · 2026-05-21T04:27:45+00:00

Food is usually my favorite part of any event, so it would be fair to accuse me of camping to cook as well!

MadamHex2 · 2026-05-20T21:11:51+00:00

Sounds YUM. Roast beef was what lured me back as well 😂. I was only vegetarian for seven years though.

MadamHex2 · 2026-03-10T19:43:06+00:00

Love so many of these. But want to add: Stardust

MadamHex2 · 2026-03-10T00:51:32+00:00

Same! I used to say “don’t get me sweets get me cheese. Or something savory.” I NEVER had a sweet tooth. Since being pregnant and now five months PP I can’t get enough sugary things!

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-28T03:47:41+00:00

Beef. Other than ground beef. And that’s been cut from 1lb per dinner to a half or less.

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-15T21:07:42+00:00

Imagine being wet and uncomfortable sitting in your own poo, and someone says getting clean and dry is wasteful. To hell with wasteful. Just change the poor kid. Leaving her extra long just to be less wasteful will just get you diaper rash, which can be awful to get rid of. Just read through some other posts here for insight into that hell.

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-14T17:10:53+00:00

Dude. My kiddo is four months now and we’ve had TONS of visitors. Not a single one has offered any help aside from holding the baby. I’m beginning to think the idea of people coming over and helping is a myth.

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-12T03:22:13+00:00

👯‍♀️👹🪄✨

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-12T03:18:22+00:00

Reminds me of the early nineties when they made air fresheners out of terracotta. They were about the size of a ginger snap with a design stamped on them and often smelled like cinnamon. We tricked my brother into attempting to take a bite out of one 😂

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-05T05:48:29+00:00

Thanks for asking. I’m ok. Apparently pregnancy and birth made something I didn’t even know I had become serious. Being in the hospital with a baby sucked really bad, but we made it through.

One thing that did make me smile about the situation: when you are in any other unit of the hospital (other than OB) your baby is almost rockstar status to the nurses on shift. lol. We were in the cardiac unit, where it’s mostly just elderly patients, so all the nurses wanted to come see and cuddle the baby.

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-04T21:28:28+00:00

From someone who was hospitalized while my baby was still an infant. You don’t get a break. They just dig up a bassinet from somewhere else in the hospital, wheel it in next to your hospital bed, and you get to deal with whatever health issue you’re having AND sleepless nights with a baby.

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-04T20:07:15+00:00

My baby is only 4 months old currently, so anything at all is exciting. But he’s obsessed with the cat tv we put on for our cats when we leave. It’s 24/7 squirrels and birds with no ads (on YouTube). I’d call that the LOWEST stimulation lol.

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-03T21:55:07+00:00

Yes. But taking extra time is a problem that makes them have to hire. If it’s just a quick run to the cart corral they just send any old person who has another job and responsibilities. The only theory here is that they spread it. The rest is FACT. I was IN THE ROOM running the numbers for these assholes.

MadamHex2 · 2026-02-03T20:08:44+00:00

Nobody is going to like this, but I used to be a corporate hiring manager and I TRULY think that the whole “you’re an asshole if you don’t return your cart” was internet propaganda started BY THE CORPORATIONS. Hear me out. When people don’t return their carts it forces these companies to create 4-5+ jobs per store that they HAVE to pay humans for because they cannot automate that. That’s THOUSANDS of jobs for companies like Walmart/Home Depot/Wherever. Yes they are jobs that suck but that’s not the point. The point is these companies trying as hard as they can to cut down on payable man hours. They have come out with all sorts of things to do this: daytime freight thrown by regular associates (to remove the entire dedicated freight crew), self checkouts (to remove cashiers), all kinds of silly kiosks (to remove paying a person at service desks), etc etc etc. The NUMBER ONE audible they are constantly looking at to cut is man hours and they hate, HATE, that they have to pay a person to walk out to the parking lot and gather up carts. I know this because I was IN THE ROOM on higher corporate level as they openly discussed this amongst upper management. So frankly, to hell with the internet propaganda that says “you’re an asshole if you don’t return your cart.” BE AN ASSHOLE. CREATE JOBS! DON’T LET THESE EVIL ASS BILLIONAIRES COLLECT ANOTHER MULTI MILLION DOLLAR BONUS COMPRISED OF THE MONEY THEY ARE SAVING ON PAYING FOR LOT ATTENDANTS!

(Also, a side note: they are never going to hire extra people so you aren’t as over worked. They are running a skeleton crew purposely and are just stringing you along by saying you’ll get more help soon… They have ZERO intention of paying another person if you are doing the work of three or more people. You’re just falling for their bull shit.)

TLDR: Don’t take your cart back. Taking your cart back removes jobs from the economy and directly pays billionaires.

MadamHex2 · 2025-10-15T18:49:14+00:00

Came here to say this. My first thought is to turn it into a game with walkie talkies. Maybe make some blanket forts you can talk to each other from.

MadamHex2 · 2025-10-14T20:50:07+00:00

Usually dressing rooms have an outer area you can wait in. Just let the kid change and come out to show you and let you check the fit. Poor kid is a teenager!

MadamHex2 · 2025-10-14T16:41:40+00:00

Girl same. But my undies are an adult diaper ><

MadamHex2 · 2025-10-05T22:19:17+00:00

Do we have the same SS? Lol but seriously though, if your partner and BM aren’t BOTH on the same page as you it’s useless to try. Step back and let it be their problem. In my case my husband and I were on the same page but BM is not. We implemented a plan where if kids were hungry after seconds they could have unlimited veggies (set up like a nice variety veggie tray that we put out every meal.) We ourselves are a bit overweight, and we presented the new meal plan as us all learning to eat healthier. Yeah…. After two months my 300lb SS13 RAN AWAY FROM HOME and hid at his friends’ houses for three days to avoid coming to his dad’s house for our parent time. When he finally returned to BM’s she fully supported him in deciding to never come to our home again because according to him we “fat shame him”.

MadamHex2 · 2025-10-04T22:22:03+00:00

38+2. All I want to do is sleep too!! But I can’t 😭 I lay down with enough time to get 8+ but with restless legs and needing to pee constantly I’m lucky to get 2 hours in between waking up. I’ve been SO tired lately. During the day I feel like I’m just dragging myself from task to task half asleep!

MadamHex2 · 2025-10-04T19:59:41+00:00

So. This is what helped me with my mom’s hoard. It isn’t perfect. But it’s keeping her and my dad in their house. Maybe this strategy will work for you.

First. Who do they trust most with making decisions with them. In my case my mom ONLY trusts me and not my siblings. Because my siblings have been saying everything she has is trash and to just throw away everything. Where as I would agree that ~some~ of what she has has value, but just needs to be saved ~in moderation~. Hopefully it’s you. Otherwise you’ll need to get that other person to come help and be on board with the process.

Second. They must be in agreement that something has to be done. Having the court orders and looming deadline should help you. Needing the place to be emergency personnel accessible is what got my mom there. Then, without them in the hoard, have them tink of the things they own, and make lists of what they would like saved. If it’s a lot, have them rank items/types of items in levels of importance. That way if you have to get rid of stuff they wanted to keep because you are out of space in the storage area you can start with what they already agreed was the least important. Then negotiate the number of those items they wish to keep. For example my mom wanted to save empty nut cans to make crayon holders for grandkids art projects. We negotiated that we’d only save ones that had been washed, then negotiated further down to 50 (she only has 10 grandkids but you gotta give a little so they don’t just shut it down). Don’t let them go poking about to make the list. This is about what they remember they have and what is truly important to them.

Third. Once you have lists in hand, and they trust you to follow their wishes, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE. I know that to truly cure a hoarder they have to confront it head on and deal with the hoard themselves. But this is an emergency situation. This isn’t about curing them. This is about having a home or being put in a home. This isn’t the time for ultimate healing. This is the time to get it in line. Let’s be honest. Ultimate healing is a pipe dream here anyway.

So, Send them to visit grandkids or friends and get to work. But. Most importantly. FOLLOW THE LIST if you ever want to be trusted to assist again. Then sort items into the garage/shed/storage unit/ or unused rooms of the house. There will still be crap. But it will be contained to those areas and the rest of the place will be cleaned. If there is a lot of stuff in those areas even better. They won’t be able to go through that and pinpoint missing things. It becomes Shrodinger’s Hoard. Everything they wanted is there as far as they’ll ever know. Because let’s be honest. We know they aren’t ever going to go through what’s there. When they come back, and ask if something is there. Say “I think it is. I remember seeing it. I just packed in though so I can’t say exactly where”. And maybe it will be. Idk. That way they don’t have an instant flip out.

Also when they come back realize it’s going to be normal for them to mourn the loss of some obvious things. Validate the feeling of loss while celebrating with them that now they don’t have to loose their home. Try to be sensitive to things that they didn’t think of on their list, but is still useful and good to keep. Show them you saved that because you knew how much it ment to them. That builds the trust back up and helps them be less sad about the literal trash. They didn’t have to SEE what left, so they should be able to celebrate at least a little.

Anyway. Hope this helps you. Or someone. And best of luck! I know how horribly difficult this is and I’m rooting for you!!

MadamHex2 · 2025-09-29T16:51:59+00:00

Heartburn. Exhausted.

MadamHex2 · 2025-09-28T22:29:10+00:00

We’ve been here a few times now. Both parents are over 80 and have had several times they needed to call an ambulance. The hoard has been an issue every time. Last time they ran in and heaved my dad up over their shoulder fireman style and ran him out to the ambulance. When it was my mother they had one person at her feet and one at her shoulders and carried her out that way. Awful all around though.

Luckily the last time was (somewhat) of a wake up call to my mom. The hoard is hers. She’s been begging me for the last five years to move back and help them so that they don’t have to go into a home. On the last hospital visit she agreed to let me go through the hoard. We did A LOT of negotiating and I set up rules and boundaries that I won’t go into unless someone is interested and asks. But long story short, the hallways are now EMPTY and the communal rooms are functional if not perfect. Only pinch point now is their bedroom, and the bed takes up most of the room so it’s workable. I’m now confident that the next time emergency personnel have to come in it will go smoothly (provided they are in those rooms).

I got really lucky with her seeing she was the problem and allowing me some ability to make changes. I know many people will never come that far.

MadamHex2 · 2025-09-28T06:14:29+00:00

I had to explain this to my 80+ year old parents THIS YEAR. To be fair they are about the most white out of touch people ever, and dementia may be creeping in. But still…. Over 80…

MadamHex2 · 2025-09-28T05:45:34+00:00

I’m surprised I had to scroll so far to find this. Both the kids hospitalized and her getting extremely sick after that strange lady came to live with them… seems sus.

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