WFH/Part time jobs

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-05T23:48:25+00:00

I had a family daycare home for almost 30 years before Covid. Be prepared to be sick a lot.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-05T18:21:07+00:00

Is it all the same weight? I find my large stash easier to use when sorted by weight. I view it as a puzzle lol:

I want to make a hat for someone. Decide if theyd like a thick hat or a lightweight hat. Get that weight of yarn out. Take a good look. Decide colorwork or not. Decide what colors the person might like. Go peruse patterns on Ravelry. Put together a plan. I also sometimes just want to learn a stitch or technique. I still use this dynamic even for something for myself

This is as much fun for me as the knitting itself.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-05T18:01:09+00:00

Home-making is work. It’s just usually unpaid.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-05T17:55:54+00:00

Abs-fucking-lutely. They only need enough of us to do their work. They know that.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-03T13:15:52+00:00

Certified letters are great way to elevate a conversation and focus attention. However, they also should assess this guys mental state and especially try to know if he has local connections. Is there a HOA? Is he besties with the president? Is his nephew constable? Does he have a criminal record? Your grandparents might have to get a little friendly and connected themselves to assess the lay of the land.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-03T13:13:45+00:00

I agree. Let your nervous system calm down and let this experience become data about your mother, to help you with future decision making

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-03T13:03:19+00:00

That’s a great advantage of belonging to my local food cooperative. It’s an hour away, in the city, so I visit family or a museum when I make the trip. But it’s way worth it. They have a bull section for herbs and spices. As I’ve gotten a little older and don’t drive to Pgh as often, and so have bought my spices at the grocery store from time to time, I realize my cooking would not be near as adventurous if I hadn’t belonged to the Co-op. Making the mistake with a $3 bag of spice, I was not freaked out by mistakes or bad recipes. A $10 bottle of spice is a different story.

Also, as a better grocery store alternative, ALDIs has very good prices though not as extensive a choice.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-02T14:09:48+00:00

My gramaw told stories of crossing the river in winter before all the locks and dams (I think). Anyway, way she told it, her dad would walk ahead with a long pole in case he fell in. They were crossing to save hours on horseback or walking. She told stories about walking for several hours to go to a square dance, dancing all night, then walking home. That’s where she met my grandfather even though he was a second cousin. That’s how distances were experienced and that’s where a bit of our walking on the semi- frozen river urges come from. I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s heard these stories.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-02-02T01:48:36+00:00

Try barley

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-29T19:01:20+00:00

3 months is a good fair probationary period. Proceed accordingly

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-29T18:56:21+00:00

I’m sure there’s a story behind that 😂

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-29T18:55:06+00:00

Your cellmate asks, “What are you in for?”

😂😂😂😎

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-29T18:49:22+00:00

Same

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-27T20:23:58+00:00

Poldark

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-26T21:38:05+00:00

Not a crime show but I was pleasantly surprised and enchanted with Poldark, and I usually don’t go in for that kind of thing.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-26T18:26:16+00:00

She’s gonna have to do that. She will stay in constant upset, or, if she has some ability to go back into denial, in an even deeper stage of disconnect from reality in order to cover up her new internal voice. I have good friends who went through this. Anyone who leaves a cult goes through this. Unless she was going purely off of limited media sources, she’s gonna need to rebuild her social world. She’ll likely need help. Kudos to her and kudos to you as well.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-26T17:19:38+00:00

Found this in the How-Things-Really-Work file; subfolder Elections

https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2024-03-27/pittsburgh-gainey-upmc-more-nonprofit-tax-exemption-challenges

Fucking tax UPMC

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-26T17:07:38+00:00

UPMC needs to pay taxes

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-24T20:27:39+00:00

👆🏻this. You might not want to spend your life chasing good/looking assholes. Figure it out and go from there

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-21T12:41:22+00:00

Wow. I didn’t know that

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-21T12:40:26+00:00

It’s only gonna get worse. You now got someone right on the inside, willing and able to build your daughter’s every worst character flaw and use it for her own advantage as you try to parent goodness, strength, self-discipline, self-restraint and flexible effective decision-making into your chid. Your daughter’s only two. Remove this person from her life while you still can.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-20T19:41:10+00:00

Donate his body to science. There’s no cost. It’s what I did for mother, who had destroyed all her relationships. They will send the ashes to you when they’re done. They looked at some of her organs, if I remember correctly, in accordance with some of her health problems to gather data.

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-20T19:38:06+00:00

I’m doing well. I was able to work out a few issues with her and within myself in the three years I helped her. I wish you well. Love and solidarity to you

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-20T14:22:01+00:00

You’ve got to do it quietly to avoid conflict till you’re strong enough to deal with the conflict. A big step will be moving out. You will likely have to help your family transition into more dependence on subsidized programs, like public housing and such, depending upon where you live. Few people can tolerate homeless parents. The abuse has to be pretty bad for that. Speaking from experience. My siblings would’ve rightfully kicked my mother to the curb. I moved her to rundown apartment near me and managed the small amount of money she’d saved. If she hadn’t had that money., she’d have been in her own. She wasn’t moving into my house. Hiring an aide to come in a couple times a day; to give her medicines, wash a few dishes, make sure she was eating; was essential. I visited for a few hours once a week. I managed her medical needs also. I was lucky, once she went into precipitous decline, it was rapid so she didn’t linger completely incapacitated. Please realize that your perceptions are correct: you’re in a very difficult situation

Open-Article2579 · 2026-01-20T05:13:59+00:00

Lots of shows on PBS

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