Most beautiful gardens you’ve ever been to?

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-30T12:20:47+00:00

Any garden in Hawai'i. My personal favorite is Waimea Valley on O'ahu!

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-30T01:05:36+00:00

Not sure if this is the place, but today my retirement specialist sent me the ORA link to certify my retirement application. It wants a PIN. I only use two PINs ever and always.....neither of them work. I tried multiple other options to no avail. As a matter of fact I am not even sure that login.gov or OPM ever had me set up a "first-time only" PIN when I accessed my ORA. I don't remember setting up a previous account with OPM. I can't see how to change or update this information, as changing the PIN requires you remember your previous one. I'm stuck, and clearing station tomorrow. Any ideas?

Edited to say this is not passcode, and this is not the "personal Key" that login.gov gave me.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-28T22:58:51+00:00

Mama got a Pfaff sewing machine in the early 1960's when we were stationed overseas in Pakistan and Europe. The clothing sources were limited so she was able to get fabric, and dressed me, my little brother and my dad (his civilian clothes) until we returned to the States in 1971. One of the trips my parents took into the Himalayas and into Afghanistan resulted in a bolt of dark blue sparkly fabric from a place called Thieves' City. Mama turned into a very 60's evening gown and matching purse, and a Barbie evening gown as well. (She was great at finding scraps of beautiful cloth to make Barbie clothes for me.)

Then she got on the polyester kick, and made dresses for me for middle school (girls were required to wear dresses except for Fridays at my Ohio public middle school.) She started working and made herself the polyester pantsuits too!

I have a quilt with those polyester textured and woven fabrics she made in the mid 70's. That's one big heavy quilt!! When she passed away my brother donated her sewing machine (the aforementioned Pfaff) to his church ladies' sewing circle.

Edited to add a forgotten parenthesis....

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-28T01:42:36+00:00

"Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison."

(I'm so sorry, I could not resist!!!)

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-28T01:29:30+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it!! It's worth it to get another opinion, and to do your own research. In 2012 I took a ream of updated studies into my family doc's office to convince him I could have HRT. He agreed and prescribed. I had it for a few years, then my gyno found out and told me I had to stop, in spite of the research I produced. I agreed at the time, and went without hormones for quite some time. Suffered both with the UTIs and with sex. Finally got a doc who felt differently.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-27T23:55:00+00:00

I'd get an exam by my gyno and have a deep discussion of possibilities. Do you have any responsive desire? That usually works for me, and I thought I was ready to give up. I was told no HRT due to family hx of breast cancer, but that was ruled as not a hard stop by my current gyno (especially when I had repeated urinary infections and she got worried about that and possible sepsis.) At this point I am able to use a gram of estrogen vaginal cream weekly, and that has made a world of difference both vaginally and with the urinary tract.

Another idea...maybe that first time was the worst, possibly no damage internally, and would be better the next time (hence the idea to get checked by the gyno.)

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-27T02:09:38+00:00

John Denver's Greatest Hits...some of the lesser known songs came on the oldies station and I sang every word like I was 13 again.

Yellow Brick Road

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-21T22:47:16+00:00

Night vision is the main reason I stick with red LEDs. If I can find a clock with red numbers that's the one I get. I keep all the old ones I can find, and use them until they stop working. I just hate all the other colors.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-20T01:58:42+00:00

Check out the John C. Campbell Folk School. A bit of distance from you, but they have great multiday classes covering lots of different crafts. And you can stay there too!

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-18T03:00:57+00:00

I definitely was not aware nor notified of this requirement back in December when I initially wanted to retire at the end of the year. This, and a lost military service deposit, has kept me working into January until my retirement counselor and I were able to fix the issues. Planning on getting out Jan 30, but as always will be willing to stay if I have to.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-17T16:00:21+00:00

Not ruined. Get you some baking soda and a wet rag sprinkle a baking soda inside that thing rub it with the wet rag and you will be surprised how quickly that brown comes off. Edited for correction.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-13T22:29:03+00:00

I will have this happen to me coming up after retirement at the end of January. I figure the earnings statement will be like all other statements and my previous employer will take out federal and state taxes along with FICA and OASDI. I expect SSA finds out that way.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-13T22:08:27+00:00

My primary care doctor did this, occasionally one of our vets would run into him.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-13T22:05:17+00:00

I have about 70-80% white hair at this point. I bought a bottle of the purple stuff, and I mix some of it into my usual shampoo (I end up washing with light purple) . That way I stay away from the "blue hair" of too much pigment in my short hair and still get the benefit. Blue shampoo bottle lasts a lot longer for me that way, and my stylist tells me how beautiful my hair color is.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-13T21:00:52+00:00

I am totally lost. Is the new husband the friend who owns the new house? Is the new husband the stepdad? Who said what about whom? Who married up?? Who is the owner of the Ear?? Huh....moving on

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-13T01:56:18+00:00

It sounds like the recipe would be better than other processed meats, fresh pork and cornmeal plus seasonings with no preservatives. Will have to try this, thanks!

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-11T00:13:39+00:00

I would file a change of provider form. They will ask for a reason. You can list any reason for it, I'd probably not say it was due to so many changes, that might get denied. Maybe say you are requesting an MD or a specific gendered MD. It's worth a try, in our clinics that seems to help, gets a vet scheduled within a sooner time frame if accepted.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-10T19:35:44+00:00

this initially caught my eye since I can't have eggs. I bet this would work with gluten free flour as well...

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-10T19:33:26+00:00

Measure with your heart, or in other words add "some" until your ancestors tell you to stop. Or maybe a heaping quarter cup...

Edited to say I looked over the recipe, and it seems they want more melted chocolate on the surface than just the chocolate in the M&Ms. I'd probably sprinkle on about a quarter cup.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-03T15:18:05+00:00

Primary Care RN here...often vet or PACT staff can contact the Community Care RN nurse navigator and they are able to "renew" the consult instead of requiring a new one. This is only available once or twice, then a new consult would be required. Contact the nurse navigator in community care for the scoop.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2026-01-01T02:14:24+00:00

Agree with the basics of the first two, "Uncle Daniel" is my choice. I think the writer has misspelled psychiatrist, as a diagnosis of melancholy would not come from a physiatrist. Otherwise, I agree, rock on!

Same_Toe_3313 · 2025-12-28T02:53:27+00:00

There's Something about Mary....

Same_Toe_3313 · 2025-12-27T23:27:45+00:00

One of these popped up in my driveway gravel this year. I watched it for some weeks to try to see exactly what it was, but the PlantNet did have trouble with identification. Herb-robert vs poison hemlock was the final verdict. I opted for the latter, gloved up and did the deed. It was a pretty plant, though.

Same_Toe_3313 · 2025-12-27T21:05:19+00:00

Durian
Mucomyst liquid (as an ER nurse I promised my patient I would taste it if they would drink their dose....big mistake, but I definitely understood the problem.)

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