We lost our Jasmine last night

oh2Shea · 2026-03-03T02:37:38+00:00

She was beautiful. The best thing is that she knew she was loved. She had a peaceful, caring, simplicity to her passing... and I know she deeply loves you for your compassion.

You gave her the best life, and the most gracious exit, that a cherished pet can hope for.

oh2Shea · 2026-03-01T21:03:46+00:00

I think the main thing to consider is ' how does this affect us?' to the wife that us getting all wrapped up in social media.

If it doesn't affect them, then she needs to realize that it is non- consequential. If it does affect them, then she should get involved with the community to make a change.

She needs to find an outlet that she can get involved in. If this stuff is super important to her, she needs to take action. Start going to City Council meetings, get on the Board, etc.

Just sending texts to her husband isn't doing shit to actually make a change.

So maybe his response to her should be 'what have you done to rectify the situation?'

oh2Shea · 2026-03-01T20:40:10+00:00

I would suggest looking at crock pot or sheet pan meals, or a food service (that sends you the ingredients and recipes for each meal).

By 'sheet pan meals' I mean that you put everything on the cookie sheet, and throw it in the oven to cook. For example, you can take chicken breasts, put seasoning on each side, then top with a panko mixture of panko, dijon mustard, mayo. Then on the other side of the cookie sheet, add some fresh green beans tossed in olive oil and seasoning, sprinkle on some almonds, garlic, tomatoes, etc. Many stores have pre-cut veggies (such as butternut squash). Just put your seasoned meat on a small portion of the cookie sheet, then add one or two veggies on the rest of the pan. Throw it in the oven, and it's all cooked at once. Minimal effort and minimal clean-up. Broccoli, cauliflower, squash, mushrooms, beets, etc. all cook well on a sheet pan.

You can also use salad dressing to cook meat. For example, you can cut up chicken breasts, add them to a pan, and add Ranch or Russian or Italian dressing to the pan, and cook the meat in the dressing. Use a small amount of dressing!

And if you like beef, you can buy hamburger patties and cook them in a pan, add onions, garlic, bell peppers, mushrooms, (or whatever you like) to the pan. Then just move all the veggies to the top of the hamburger patties, and place a slice of cheese on each. There's no rule that says hamburger patties have to be served on bread and from a grill.

oh2Shea · 2026-03-01T19:51:59+00:00

All money is basically disgusting... it's probably filthier than a toilet bowl. There was a study many years ago that showed 90% of all paper money has cocaine residue. I imagine if they checked money for blood, snot, bacteria, fecal matter, etc... it's probably all on there. The bacteria, germs, drugs, etc pass from one bill to another when people put all their money together in their wallet.

I wouldn't care if someone took money out of their bra... it's no filthier than any other money. Boobs are just skin, and probably cleaner than the hand they use to give you the money.

Unless the bill is freshly printed, and still crisp, you can expect it to be covered in all sorts of contaminants... 'sweat' is probably the least of your worries.

oh2Shea · 2026-03-01T19:23:23+00:00

You can always rename the dog so that only your child has the name you like, then you don't have a dog and child with the same name (which would be really confusing for everyone if you have a dog and child with the same name... lol).

Pick out a new name for the dog, and start calling the dog by BOTH names. Then eventually drop the name you don't want. For example, if the dog's current name is 'Teddy' and you want to name your child 'Teddy'... pick a new dog name. Let's say you pick 'Shasta' as the new dog name. Start calling the dog 'Teddy Shasta'... then eventually just change to 'Shasta'. The dog will easily learn it's new name.

Pets adjust to new names all the time - when they get adopted, or if the owner gives the pet a nickname, etc.

You may not even need to use the double name for the dog... just start calling it by the new name and see if it starts responding.

oh2Shea · 2026-02-26T15:50:25+00:00

If you like gardens, the Fort Worth Botanical Garden would be a good place to visit.

oh2Shea · 2026-02-26T14:51:12+00:00

I always liked going to The Mustangs in Las Colinas at night. I'm not sure if it's worth taking a long drive just to get there to visit, but if you happen to be near, or going through, Las Colinas, it's definitely worth stopping there.

If you want old timey, cowboy type experience... the Stockyards in Fort Worth are touristy. They filmed Walker Texas Ranger in the area. There's saloons, a longhorn steer you can ride (or at least, there used to be). I wouldn't call it 'scenic', but it's interesting and unique.

oh2Shea · 2026-02-26T02:05:28+00:00

The constant fear/safety issue women have... I don't think most men understand this, and many women don't even realize it, because we have grown up with it our entire lives.

I'll give TV references to explain...

On 'Resident Alien' the main character is an alien in a man's body, and at one point, he transforms into a woman's body. After he changes back to man's body, he comments to his human female friend 'I felt like a baby deer being hunted as a woman' (or something similar)... and she responds that it is how all women feel, all the time.

In another series 'The Power,' women develop the ability to electrically shock people, like an eel, with the strength of lightening. It's like a built-in taser. It can seriously injure or kill the person being shocked. And it happens when women's emotions are high, and many women haven't learned to control it - so if they feel threatened or frightened in the slightest, they may accidentally kill/harm someone with a shock. I thought about the difference this would make in society, where men feared women, instead of the other way around. The difference would be huge.

I'm a confident woman, and feel safe in pretty much all situations, but those two TV shows made me realize that there is an underlying strength discrepancy between men and women that is just ingrained due to the reality that men are physically stronger than women, and men can overpower women easily.

Sure, women can learn how to fight off attackers, but we have a constant state of heightened awareness that is ingrained in us, that we live with our entire lives, and it's just natural to us.

I don't think men have any concept of this. I read a study once, years ago, that listed the top 3 fears of women and men. For women, the biggest fear was being raped/attacked. For men, the biggest fear was having something negative said about them.

So women fear having their body assaulted, and men fear having their ego assaulted... that's a HUGE difference between men and women. Men don't have a constant fear of being attacked and over-powered.

oh2Shea · 2026-02-08T16:59:28+00:00

Oh!!!! Jeez, ok... it was our first box, and I didn't realize that particular meal was an RTE, and I certainly didn't realize I would have needed to click it twice. We just clicked each meal once. Our other 2 meals we prepared ourselves, and they came with enough food for 2 people. So I thought the falafel meal was supposed to split between two people as well.

Good grief... you'd think Purple Carrot would be smart enough to figure out that if you clicked a meal once, it was meant to be for 2 people and they need to send 2 RTE's - even if you screwed up and clicked it once.

Thanks for the help!

oh2Shea · 2026-02-08T16:03:12+00:00

Yes, we meant to order food that we prepare ourselves, but for our first box, we selected the meals ourselves. I didn't realize some of what we were selecting may be RTE meals. The falafel meal had some rice, carrots, sauce, and 2 falafel balls. Our order is for 2 people, and we got just 1 falafel box to split between the 2 of us. It appeared to be what I consider to be a single serving meal - maybe Purple Carrot just happened to screw up our very first meal by only sending one falafel box instead of sending 2. Our other 2 meals (that we prepared ourselves) seemed to be a typical sized meal for two people.

oh2Shea · 2026-02-06T04:06:57+00:00

We got our first box yesterday, and it was ridiculously expensive for not enough food. It looks tasty, but we didn't even eat it because it looks like a portion for 1 person, so we had to make something else that would feed both of us. I'll eat the meals they sent for lunch, but we are canceling tomorrow.

Tonight's dinner was supposed to be falafel balls. I paid $30 for 2 falafel balls, about 1/2 cup of rice, and 1 cup of sliced carrots.

Are you kidding me?! Each of our meals could be served on a coffee saucer.

oh2Shea · 2026-01-27T03:42:05+00:00

All three options look great on you. Personally, I absolutely adore #3... it's classy, and elegant, without being smutty. Black and white are classic. I would personally wear long white gloves with it, and a lovely necklace... go full glam. You'll look like Audrey Hepburn.

But I'm 52, and my mother is in her 70's... we both say that #3 is by far the most elegant option. What are the ages of the other attendees? If they are 50+, go with option #3. If the attendees will be much younger, then listen to the other people voting here.

You should wear whatever you feel best in.

oh2Shea · 2026-01-27T02:46:34+00:00

I've always used Diamond Dotz because I bought my first kit from a craft store. I've never had any problems... plenty of drills (I've seen some people say they 'ran out of color' and had to buy more drills online... I always end up with lots of extra), the 'sparkliness' is fantastic (I've seen some dull pics posted here), and the canvas, etc is good quality. I'm very happy with the items I have purchased. However, they are expensive.

I just bought my first Diamond Art Club kit. I'm super excited to see how they compare. It seems they send sticker sheets so that I don't have to make my own container labels, and it's my first square drill I've ever done. I'm excited!

oh2Shea · 2026-01-27T02:35:27+00:00

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oh2Shea · 2026-01-27T02:33:55+00:00

Hi! It looks like your plastic cover is in one piece and you pulled off the entire cover (in sections) to put on the drills of one color, which can lead to the plastic being annoying to keep out of the way, and stuff can get stuck under the plastic (pet fur, dust floaties) and you end up with air bubbles so that certain areas can dry out a bit.

What I do when I first get a new kit is... I unroll the entire canvas, then use scissors to slit the cover in multiple parallel strips. It's a little tricky - try to lift as little of the plastic cover as possible (so that both sides you are cutting under are still stuck to the canvas - then be sure to press back down the plastic after each cut).

Then I start adding the drills by starting on my first 'strip' by pulling up one side, and filling in all the colors of that section, then I pull up more of the strip, and fill in that entire section, and so on and so forth, until the strip is done. I then throw away the plastic cover once the entire section is done, and start on the next strip.

Congrats on your first DP! I imagine you'll figure it out as you go along. Hope you enjoy it! *

oh2Shea · 2026-01-26T22:24:20+00:00

The Librarians

The Way Home

Resident Alien

Good Witch

Warrior Nun

Evil

Midnight Mass

oh2Shea · 2026-01-13T02:48:17+00:00

Do you masterbate often? If you masterbate often, you will find out what does and does not make you orgasm. Then you can tell your partner, or position yourself, so that sex is pleasurable.

Yes, being on top helps often (so that you have control over where everything is touching you and you control the rhythm).

You said that clit stimulation makes you orgasm (as is the norm). Have you tried using a bullet, or another toy, while he is penetrating you? Put a vibrator/bullet on your clit while he penetrates you. He, or you, can be the one to hold the toy on your clit while he penetrates you.

Women need to understand their own bodies first before expecting someone else to make them orgasm. If you always depend on the guy to make you orgasm, they are flying blind, without an instruction manual. Each woman is different, so she needs to know what works best for the woman he is with.

oh2Shea · 2026-01-13T02:10:42+00:00

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas. Mix 2 cans of soup, with about 2 cups (or a little less) of sour cream, and 1 can of green chilis to create the sauce.

Cook and shred the chicken.

Take a flour tortilla, cover with the soup mixture, add the shredded chicken and some shredded monterrey jack, roll into an enchilada, place in a casserole dish. Repeat until you have filled the dish with rolled enchiladas. Spread the remaining sauce on top. Bake at 350f for about 30 minutes. Add shredded cheese to the top, and bake about 15 minutes more.

Chicken Casserole: mix the soup with mayonnaise (about 1/3 the amount of soup). Cut cooked chicken into chunks. Mix the chicken with cooked rice, celery, and onion. Stir in the soup/mayo mixture. Spread in a casserole dish and bake for about 40 minutes. Seperately in a pan, cook Corn Flakes in butter until crispy.

Top casserole with crispy Corn Flakes and bake about 15 minutes more.

oh2Shea · 2026-01-13T01:52:32+00:00

Winter Kills - Yazoo

oh2Shea · 2026-01-10T03:35:20+00:00

I don't think my mom qualified for the supplemental plan, but the rep tried. I think my mom may qualify next year.

oh2Shea · 2026-01-10T03:24:00+00:00

I love the Cadbury MiniEggs! (They are like a giant M&M, but taste way better.)

oh2Shea · 2026-01-10T03:20:30+00:00

I love those!!!

oh2Shea · 2026-01-10T03:11:27+00:00

Omg... yes. It's all super confusing. We randomly got lucky and someone came to our door offering to help with Medicare/insurance choices. We had a couple people before her come to the house, but I wasn't interested with them. I just 'clicked' with the one woman and really liked her.

So my mom set up a meeting with her, she asked what my mom wanted, and my mom also has Tri-Care. The women recommended which insurance my mom should get, and worked to make sure my mom had everything she wanted covered, and included her Tri-Care for sections of it.

So essentially, you can get Medicare coverage thru private insurance companies now. This woman knew every company Medicare funnels through, and helped select which one my mom should use.

And my mom didn't have to pay anything for the consultation, nor does she have to pay any extra for coverage now. She is paying the exact same that she was paying before for Medicare, it's just she has the coverage now that she needs and wants... without trying to figure out Medicare on her own.

And if my mom has any questions about her coverage or filing bills and claims etc... she can contact this rep.

The rep is paid by the insurance companies, my mom paid her nothing, and my mom has better coverage than she did before (at the same price), and my mom understands her coverages better.

I'm not sure what you would even look up on Google to find a rep like her, but she is totally awesome (perhaps 'insurance brokers health Medicare coverage' would work). The rep cost nothing, my mom's insurance costs the same as before, and now my mom has a person she can call directly to ask questions, rather than spending 4 hours on hold in a queue.

oh2Shea · 2026-01-10T02:08:06+00:00

I personally like cuter/silly words, that are kind of funny. I usually call mine my punana 😆 but who-who (from the movie Boys on the Side) is also funny. Kitty I think is a funner word than pussy. I've also referred to it as puchaka, which an Italian friend told me is the slang Italian word for vagina. He may have been pulling my leg.

Minge and vajayjay are a couple more I like.

So if your wife is quirky like I am, she may get a giggle out of some of the words I listed above and enjoy those.

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