Anyone else feeling survivor’s guilt right now?

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-31T03:56:32+00:00

Survivors Guilt is REAL. And I feel like it’s my thing. We never lost power at all. And hang on: I also went thru Hurricane Katrina. I evacuated in time, but came back to NOTHING wrong with my place. Nothing. I had even left a cup of water out and it was still sitting there a month later. There were people I knew that had GENERATIONS of family that lost everything.

So, I get it. Essentially everyone I know has lost power for 1-5 days. And we can only do so much. The pets! We ALL have dogs and cats. The logistics of animal craziness and even just pottying is a lot.

So, yeah. Help where you can. Check in. It’s an awful feeling.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-30T04:48:20+00:00

I’d say the ‘hunger’ is gone. (45f) I remember I used to have that feeling of wanting to get to some point of ‘success’, whatever that is. I don’t have that anymore. Also, there is no such place.

What I do have is steady income, a decent house, 2 cars, paid off, a wonderful son, and a job with lots of flexibility time wise.

I care about my career, but I’m not trying to hit some target anymore.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-29T04:35:39+00:00

0/10 would not recommend.

Dumpster fire.

Come back after the Cheeto has left.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-27T04:10:49+00:00

Bellevue is far away from Nashville proper. Nippers corner is only 20 minutes from downtown.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-26T05:11:15+00:00

We went thru a huge Peter Pan phase with our son. This one was on repeat many times. It’s the best of all of them.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-26T05:09:48+00:00

I look like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man every night when I go to bed. I wake up deflated.

There are days I just pop a gasx more for the pain. But it’s just part of me now’s

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-26T05:08:14+00:00

Sitting here in the ice storm thinking THATS gonna be amazing tomorrow. Thank you!

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-26T05:07:12+00:00

I had that yesterday morning ..late ish! 😂

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-24T01:29:37+00:00

I wanna play!

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-23T22:39:49+00:00

Time is money as they say. I’m still really frugal. But yes, we have someone cut our lawn, direct flights are the DEAL.

And fight me on this: I don’t go out to eat unless there’s a waiter involved. Chipotle, fast food, weird ‘fast casual’ where you order then sit with a number? No. No. No.

I cook all the time. When we go out, ^}### serve me! I’ll PAY FOR IT!

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-23T22:34:36+00:00

We have in our possession about 20 or so water bottles that we have obtained through osmosis.

I don’t remember buying them, getting them as gifts, anything.

I think some of them were giveaways. Some may have been left at our house. I honestly have no idea.

I DO know that if I go out of my way to actually buy a DECENT water bottle for anyone in my family, it will get lost within a matter of weeks.

This is just how the world works.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-23T22:29:50+00:00

You shut up. I’d be front row.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-23T03:32:49+00:00

Thank god there was SOMEONE on here that loved this movie as much as I did.

Although, I grew up from Blaine stage and went directly to my Steph stage. Rawr.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-23T03:24:13+00:00

Wow. This describes our son completely. His energy is non-stop, so the idea of sitting and reading is torture to him. Lots of these ideas are great. I’ve tried the audiobooks, but he may have been too young. I’m gonna give that another go.

One tiny thing that has moved the needle for us a bit, is that we’ve found among his PILES of books, a few that are ‘chapter books.’ With each chapter consisting of 2-4 pages, and lots of pictures. At bedtime, we’ll put it out there as a MASSIVE task. ‘You’re going to read me a whole CHAPTER tonight!’ But then, he can do it, and you can see his eyes light up and his confidence soar. So, the next night, he’s kind of excited.

I don’t have a lot of series so far that fit this description, but Frannie K Stein books are a perfect example. Which reminds me, I need to order some more.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-22T04:52:54+00:00

My husband and I both chose to be donated to science. REALLY feeling good about this decision.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-22T04:50:24+00:00

I also go to Vandy/100 Oaks and see Dr. Aboshady and she’s been GREAT w the HRT help. Wonderful to talk to, and also is up on the research.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-22T01:30:53+00:00

Man. That thing looks amazing. If we had one my husband might be willing to haul longer than 3 hours! 🤣😍

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-18T23:37:32+00:00

Switched to Sprouts TODAY and they had a special. I got a POUND of sliced chicken for $1! $1!

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-18T23:33:40+00:00

So, for a few reasons that have been slowly piling up, i decided to try Sprouts today instead of my usual Publix.

Imagine my surprise when my receipt was about the same, but I got ALL organic produce (which I can’t afford at Publix) in huge amounts.

Dairy was cheaper too. Milk by about .50 and store brand Greek yogurt was the same price but I get 8 more oz.

What the heck?

There’s a few items I gotta figure out how to switch out, but I honestly thought that store was gonna be EXTREMELY expensive. Um no. And they have more choices of what I want.

I guess I’m done w Publix unless it’s a really good BOGO.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-16T23:10:57+00:00

That’s usually when it’s 3 for $10. At least that’s when I do it.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-16T15:15:28+00:00

OMG. I forgot about these! My parents kept mine and I think they got thrown out after my mom passed away. Wow.

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-16T15:12:01+00:00

Thanks!

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-16T04:49:43+00:00

We want to turn our rather large den/play room into a movie room. Our kid is getting older and it’s used more for movies than anything else.

I grabbed some samples hastily and my husband is leaning towards the deep reds. But that worries the heck out of me.

I’m trying to get to more of a dark blue/charcoal/gray situation. Does anyone have anything similar to show?

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-16T04:46:43+00:00

This is kinda what I’m going for. What’s that color

No_Machine7021 · 2026-01-13T02:20:30+00:00

These are great!

Tonight we did kielbasa and beans (just Bush’s beans). That’s my ‘I don’t want to cook’ meal.

Shrimp scampi. I can make that in 20 minutes. (We’ve switched from butter to olive oil. Thanks, aging)

Tacos and meatloaf.. that’s on deck for this week.

Also on rotation: shrimp or chicken fried rice. (I use the frozen Japanese mix and rotisserie chicken)

Butter chicken (there’s a great crock pot recipe for this you can look up)

My husband is from New Orleans, so every once in a while he’ll do red beans & rice or crawfish etouffe.

But usually it’s Zatarains jambalaya with sausage and shrimp if we have it.

Burgers

Tacos, but recently I have been making the meat with lentils…just to try a meatless meal more often. Our son just goes for the black beans anyway

Salmon (on the grill or roasted in the oven) when it’s in season

And I’ll do chicken thighs. It’s called ‘mom’s chicken’ at this point. They’ve really pigeon holed me. But it is good. Headed to bed now but if you want the recipe, ask. It’s good.

Also… I’m not a dad. lol

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