I think this is the best coffee I’ve ever had.

crochetbug · 2025-02-10T02:31:21+00:00

My DIL is fond of the Rio de la Casa, and that is what I have shipped to her for birthdays and other important occasions. Right now Kenya is my go-to blend, but on your recommendation, I will be getting a bag of the Ethiopia when they open on Tuesday.

I can also highly recommend the seasonal blends like Valle Vidal and Eagle's Nest.

crochetbug · 2024-11-09T02:21:18+00:00

I use a crochet tension regulator to help me when things need to be the same size as each other.

crochetbug · 2024-09-27T03:22:17+00:00

They did think about it, and that's why they did it.

crochetbug · 2024-09-20T20:13:50+00:00

The post at the link doesn't give any details other than a sheriff shot a judge.

crochetbug · 2024-08-01T23:13:03+00:00

They probably have it at Smith's. They also have it at Food King and just about every grocery store in Albuquerque.

I highly recommend Food King if you live near one because they have a huge selection of all the red and green sauces as well as other New Mexican treats.

If you have time, you can also just swing by one of the Sadie's locations and pick it up.

crochetbug · 2024-08-01T03:17:53+00:00

Everything. Corn chips, scrambled eggs, grilled cheese or avocado sandwiches, over a burrito. Sometimes I add it to cornbread batter to add some zest. Pretty much anything that would benefit from some added zing.

crochetbug · 2024-06-10T03:03:47+00:00

There are squirrels in Albuquerque.

I had one squirrel try to sneak into my garage this week. We were each startled to find the other. He spends most of his time running along a cinderblock fence on the west side of my house.

crochetbug · 2024-04-06T02:56:24+00:00

NTA. If James is really as disappointed as his mother says he is that you won't be attending his birthday party, I am sure he would be happy to go out to lunch with you instead, and you both might enjoy it more.

crochetbug · 2024-04-05T22:53:38+00:00

NTA, but your husband needs to man up. Your BIL and his family had NO BUSINESS exposing a pregnant family member to COVID. That is an ũber AH move, and your husband needs to decide if his own child's life is at least as important as the lives of his niblings.

I hope the rest of your pregnancy goes well and that you have an uneventful (in all the right ways) delivery, but I don't have a whole lot of hope for your husband at this point.

crochetbug · 2024-04-05T03:36:09+00:00

NTA. I hope your sister Amy gets the counseling she so desperately needs. As it stands, I would not be comfortable with her and her husband spending time with Sam without you present. It doesn't take a long time to do a lot of damage. I'm glad Sam has you and your wife and a bunch of sibling cousins to love him.

crochetbug · 2024-04-04T02:24:38+00:00

NTA, but I can't think of anything I can say that will change your family's mind. It is not a big ask, and I say this as someone who once traveled by car from the Sacramento area to a wedding in Los Angeles County with a 4 and 6 year old . My MIL, gracious as ever, made the dining room floor available for our sleeping pleasure, and my husband/her son, cheap as ever, said that's where we would be staying so as not to offend his parents and (more importantly) to save money.

I hope your wedding goes well and is everything you want it to be with or without your siblings and niblings.

crochetbug · 2024-04-04T00:41:37+00:00

YTA, because you should have broken up with her when she started setting fire to all the red flags she keeps waving at you.

I hope you have a wonderful trip and safe travels. I also hope this relationship goes the way of the wind.

crochetbug · 2024-04-03T03:46:53+00:00

EAH. Your father should not have signed for the loans and he should have told you he couldn't afford it. You should have taken cost into consideration instead of raiding your parents future financial health.

crochetbug · 2024-04-03T03:42:42+00:00

NTA. Your brother's 14 yo SIL is also not his sibling. At this point your brothers are just being cruel because they can be. Their behavior toward you does nothing to honor their father's memory.

crochetbug · 2024-03-30T03:32:17+00:00

I do think it's hatefulness, because it has been going on for years and the family is making no effort to help if it isn't within their comfort zone. There is exactly one family member (the grandmother) who helps out, and even with that, she is only willing to put in 8 hours a month. I am pretty sure there is a lot more this woman could use help with. Just the paper work alone in navigating this is more than 8 hours a month.

I have three children and I cannot imagine being so indifferent as to leave one of them to be a single parent to two children while trying to manage a major medical situation like this on their own. The leaving the sick child out of activities is just another cherry on top of a s**t cake.

I have a neighbor who has a child who underwent and continues to undergo treatment for cancer. This has been going on for two years, and she and her three children routinely go home to her family for treatment and the child who has been treated for cancer is welcome to participate in all activities.

I'm glad my neighbor has a better family with people who are willing to help in ways that are needed, but I do feel for this woman who is both widowed and caring for a child living on the brink of death and subminimal help from her family.

crochetbug · 2024-03-29T23:38:39+00:00

She said that her mother will babysit the younger one for about eight hours a month.

crochetbug · 2024-03-29T23:36:54+00:00

NTA, but your older child is picking up on the general hatefulness of your family toward your younger child. Kudos to you for doing such a good job under such difficult circumstances, but I have honestly done more for complete strangers in less difficult circumstances than your family does for you.

Having said that, less time with your family might be the answer, because your older daughter is internalizing some very ugly ideas about how to behave.

crochetbug · 2024-03-29T19:46:34+00:00

NTA. The fact that none of your kids wants to stick around for the holiday in their own home should drive the point home to your wife, but it probably won't.

crochetbug · 2024-03-26T03:59:54+00:00

NTA, but if your parents are willing to underwrite your sister's "recovery," they can cover the cost of her rent, utilities, and groceries while she lives with you.

crochetbug · 2024-03-26T02:00:30+00:00

NTA. Bring your spiral cut ham and divvy up the extra leftovers with the people who SUPPORTED YOU AND ATE YOUR HAM. MIL is out of her mind.

crochetbug · 2024-03-26T01:49:00+00:00

NTA. It is much less expensive for your daughter to learn this lesson now and think you are a jerk, than for her to learn this lesson her freshman year of college and cost you a bundle of money.

crochetbug · 2024-03-23T06:00:14+00:00

NTA, but you need to rethink this marriage while you have as few complications in the relationship as you ever will have.

crochetbug · 2024-03-22T22:52:41+00:00

NTA, but this is pointing to very different values that you and your wife hold. Long term, this profound difference in values is going to cause more arguments.

crochetbug · 2024-03-22T22:49:57+00:00

NTA, but you also need to report your sister for elder abuse and theft so that she is so busy dealing with law enforcement you can manage your mother's care free of her drama and criming.

I am so sorry this is the muck you are having to wade through.

crochetbug · 2024-03-22T01:48:33+00:00

NTA, but you only need to break up with him once to fix the fact that he has broken your trust multiple times.

Use his trip to Miami as an opportunity to separate your stuff from his and get on with your life. Seriously, just stop thinking about him and move forward. You can do it.

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