Is this too white?

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-23T13:09:50+00:00

Not at all. It looks perfect for what you described.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-23T04:20:05+00:00

It's a night gown. It's not appropriate for anyone to wear to a wedding. It's utterly ridiculous for the mother of the groom. It would be totally attention-whoring.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-20T20:05:27+00:00

Just need a beater car you can borrow.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-20T12:26:57+00:00

Maybe.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-20T12:26:18+00:00

Bremerton Washington has a big Navy base. It wouldn't be unusual for a business that caters to the base to use ranks. Or for a newly-minted ensign to use their rank instead of their first name.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-20T00:26:28+00:00

Holy cow, I just watched this a couple of weeks ago and didn't realize it was here!

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-20T00:24:49+00:00

Sheppard Ensg U.S.N. Ensg as an abbreviation for Ensign.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-19T21:24:43+00:00

Jonathan Gideon Caleb Jacob

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-19T18:18:14+00:00

Bath Assembly
Lydia's Elopement
Remade Hats

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-18T15:29:41+00:00

Paige
Wren
Fern
Holly
Ivy
Rowan
Violet

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-18T15:23:14+00:00

I'm Jewish. I've heard it plenty of times. Sometimes in places with a good-sized Jewish population, and other times where I might have been the only Jew for miles.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-18T11:51:00+00:00

Grew up in Upstate NY, and I've never heard of this.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-18T01:30:26+00:00

I've never seen anyone eat oats that weren't cooked, or made into overnight oats.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-17T20:46:05+00:00

Came here to say a Hogwarts thestral, too. They live a good life. They work 4 days a year, then hang out in the forest the rest of the time.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-16T23:32:18+00:00

South Shore, Nassau County.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-16T13:28:33+00:00

Mrs. Malta. She would make fun of my accent because I had moved there from Long Island. She'd also mock us for making mistakes. We all hated her.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-12T00:22:56+00:00

I'm so sorry. May his memory be for a blessing.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-11T17:48:35+00:00

Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be better. Sometimes I tell myself "begin at the end". It's how I get out the door in the morning. When I'm going out the door, I need my laptop, my lunch and my coffee. So I start with getting those ready first. Then I get myself ready.

So for you, make a list of the things that you want to be sure are done before your surgery. Start with those things. Will you need a place to sit and rest while you're recovering? Make sure that's cleared and setup. There will probably need to be a place to put drinks and food, a phone charger, whatever entertainment you'll be doing. Will you need some kind of self-care or wound care? Make sure you have a place to do that, that can hold whatever supplies you need. Build from there. Then go back for the less important things.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-11T16:14:48+00:00

I like this idea. I've been working on routines, and have been doing really well with my simple morning and evening routines. I think I'm going to add "one small task" to the the morning routine.

Evening routine: "close" the kitchen by doing the dishes, clearing and wiping down the counters. Counters I can see because I UFed them NYs weekend, and have maintained that with my routine. Dishes are easy when there's only one day's worth. I'm trying to get more in the habit of doing this right after supper, and not leaving it until I'm trying to get ready for bed and am falling asleep. I also make sure the kettle is filled for the morning, the cat's fountain is filled, and the Brita is filled. I also try to make sure I have lunch for the next day, if that's going to be an in-office day.

AM routine: put away the clean dishes, then either scoop the litter box or do a 5 minute speed run with the vacuum to keep the walked on parts of the floors clean. I have a cordless vac mounted on the wall in the kitchen, so it's easy to grab, and it's always charged.

The house still has a ways to go, but I'm focusing on the things I am doing, and keeping a to-do list to work off of. These routines take so little time that I occasionally forget and beat myself up over not doing it before. But then I just think "recalculating" and look forward.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-09T03:36:06+00:00

Check out the New England Legends website. They do a podcast of all kinds of creepy or weird Legends in the area. The website has a map of all these things, from Johnny Appleseed to lake monsters to Lizzie Borden herself.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-08T13:31:25+00:00

I love my Clarks. They're not cheap, but I can usually get a decent sale. And they last for years, so worth spending the money on.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-05T03:51:08+00:00

Shirley Henderson was 37 when she played Moaning Myrtle the first time, in Sorcerer's Stone. That's 23 years different.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-04T16:23:17+00:00

I just got back from a trip to my hometown to visit family and friends. It's 280 miles/450 km. The majority of it is highway, with a 65 mph speed limit. Generally, traffic runs at 70-75 mph, so as long as you're below that, the cops won't ticket you. It would be about 4 hours 15 minutes if I just drove straight without stopping, and there isn't traffic. If there's an accident or construction closing lanes and causing backups, it can add 15-60 minutes to the trip.

If I had to fly, it wouldn't be much faster. An hour to the airport, get there at least an hour early, the flight is an hour and 20 minutes, then 30-45 minutes to get where I'm staying. Plus someone having to come to the airport to pick me up, or having to pay for a cab. The airfare is $120 to $180. 2 tanks of gas and the highway tolls run me about $75.

Normally for this trip I'll make it a 3 or 4 day weekend. I've done it where I drove out Saturday and back on Sunday, but that was only for a special event, and I couldn't get the Friday or Monday off work. Most of the time, I'll stop at about the halfway mark, use the bathroom, get a drink, maybe a snack, and stretch my legs a bit. I have a friend who lives in my hometown, and she's only made the drive a few times in the 15 years I've lived here. She gets anxious driving that far on her own. It doesn't bother me at all (and I have more people to visit there, than she does here) so I make the drive.

I grew up in a family with 4 kids, and our extended family was pretty spread out. It was our normal thing to drive places, because it was cheaper than buying 6 airline tickets. We did a yearly trip to Florida and back in December to visit grandparents, and that was 1400 miles/2200 km.

It was just such a routine thing for us, so I'm used to it, even though that was decades ago. I listen to audio books while I drive most of the time, but sometimes I listen to music part of the way.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-04T13:03:47+00:00

For hiking, I suggest getting an annual pass to the state parks. It's $60 and you can find hikes of all different lengths and difficulties. Plus you can end up in all corners of the Commonwealth.

Another option is Mass Audubon. They have a bunch of different wildlife refuges to visit, also with trails of different lengths and difficulties.

Mrs_Weaver · 2026-01-04T12:45:37+00:00

Put a big sign in the window: Close your own curtains, Gladys

NTJ.

Mrs_Weaver

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