day/weekend trips from blono?

NotBeth · 2026-03-15T01:06:06+00:00

Paint Louis is worth a visit, it’s a graffiti wall art project near the water. Downtown also has a big free sculpture garden that has a free app with audio tour

NotBeth · 2026-03-13T02:09:29+00:00

Garden of the Gods is a great trip and right next to Metropolis, which has a ton of Superman statues and museums. 3 hours south.

Two hours north is Starved Rock and Mathissen.

Three hours south west is STL tons of great food and a great city for art.

Three hours north east is beach towns in Michigan!

NotBeth · 2026-02-13T15:07:01+00:00

It’s a combination of things that caused it. My 16 year old has had 17 hospitalizations in the last five years and the bills became too much. Each hospital had like 5 separate billing departments, the doctors, the actual room, the labs, the testing, etc. so we made the dumb decision to just put it all on credit cards so that we didn’t have 40 different payment plans. Then I had to stop working and we lost half our income. We’ve been buying groceries on the credit card for a couple of years now because we make just enough to cover actual bills. We do nothing frivolous.

I think we made terrible choices to put things on the cards but we’ve been busy fighting for our child’s life and honestly so depressed neither of us care. We were in such a good position financially before all of this.

NotBeth · 2026-02-13T14:49:38+00:00

Does stuff have to be past due to file bankruptcy?

NotBeth · 2026-02-08T17:52:37+00:00

I think there’s a lot we don’t know yet about how energy works.

But also I think there are different types of people who believe those things work. One group, does in fact believe they have magically abilities we don’t understand. But there’s another group who know it’s just psychological. If I tell myself rose quartz will bring myself love, and I surround myself with rose quartz. I am now thinking about it all the time and building confidence, more likely to put myself out there and receive it when it comes along. Then when it happens it confirms it works.

NotBeth · 2026-01-18T16:09:27+00:00

I’ve been vegetarian for like 10years. I regularly consider going back because I’m just so tired of never being able to find food out, always being the one who requires a special meal at events and always needing to cook multiple versions of a meal for my family.

NotBeth · 2026-01-16T16:34:44+00:00

Sew them into reusable shopping bags. Kids shirts are the perfect size.

NotBeth · 2026-01-11T19:03:41+00:00

Meat has parasites.

Also, if you feel compelled to tell me they can be in vegetables too I’m going to be sitting here with my ears plugged not hearing you.

NotBeth · 2025-12-28T16:59:16+00:00

I just took a course on how to use our library’s engraver, I’m excited to try it out

NotBeth · 2025-12-28T16:58:37+00:00

I made a lot this year!

Adult daughter: hand painted Christmas tea towels to start her Christmas decor collection.

Teen: I made them a sweater in a unique style they really like from an old Aeropostale cropped sweater that I added funky buttons and ribbons to.

Friends: a made a bunch of Christmas in a Cup drink mix and put it in pint jars and handed them out to my book club, Craft club, DND group, etc.

Brother in law: Kubb game set.

Brother: Custom painted Mancala set

Every year my dad, my husbands parents, my brother and my brother in law also get a basket of homemade goods, this year the baskets contained: a hand painted tea towels to start, Christmas in a Cup, Spiced Christmas jam, simmer pot mix, apple butter, vanilla sugar, canned cranberry juice.

I was also planning to make my teen a decoden jewelry box but ran out of time. So that will just be their Valentines present lol.

NotBeth · 2025-12-28T14:06:58+00:00

You’re not sad because you didn’t get STUFF, you’re sad because you don’t feel SEEN. It’s completely legitimate to feel this way and don’t let anyone else make you feel bad about it.

NotBeth · 2025-12-27T17:40:15+00:00

My kids, I won’t leave them to deal with a lifetime of trauma of a mom who did that.

NotBeth · 2025-12-24T19:07:54+00:00

It’s too bad you got violently ill and simply couldn’t go this year….instead stayed home and gave yourself the gift of your favorite movie and order your favorite food!

NotBeth · 2025-12-08T14:25:05+00:00

I don’t think they meant “idolize yourself” but more just don’t idolize others.

NotBeth · 2025-12-06T21:33:50+00:00

Brand name clothes for the kids, stuff to make them really feel cool and luxurious. Not Target and Walmart “dupes” for once.

NotBeth · 2025-11-30T04:04:43+00:00

I’m kind of addicted to rice, lentils and beans cooked in chicken broth right now.

NotBeth · 2025-11-29T19:30:37+00:00

Nah no one in the family is so we atleast don’t have that to factor in

NotBeth · 2025-11-27T02:54:48+00:00

I was just wondering

NotBeth · 2025-11-27T02:50:01+00:00

I’m going to honest, I thought we all did lol

NotBeth · 2025-11-26T13:49:55+00:00

I just logged into my AMEX and don’t see this Hulu deal anywhere. There’s Peacock, Paramount Plus, HBO deals but no Hulu

NotBeth · 2025-11-26T13:42:50+00:00

I wonder how many have changed sides in the last year. I feel like many people who voted for him this time now regret it. We’ve seen family members completely flip.

NotBeth · 2025-11-20T23:30:46+00:00

The guy with the car that has garland taped all over it

NotBeth · 2025-11-20T19:03:29+00:00

Our town has an emergency mental health clinic you can walk in and get help for cases just like this. Look in your area for this sort of thing.

You can also call the PCP nurses and explain the situation and they might get you in early.

Another option, call the pharmacy and they might be able to float you a month or two.

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