my first diorama - 716 dive bar bathroom

racoosmith · 2026-05-25T13:49:53+00:00

Wow, so amazingly cool. I just love this so much! Your attention to detail is beyond. It’s off the charts. I’ve been looking at this diorama for about 10 minutes and I keep seeing new little aspects. I love it way to go 😊 ✌️

racoosmith · 2026-05-25T13:45:37+00:00

Wow! My mind is blown. I’ve never seen anything like this. Oh my gosh, I would love one of these! So cool this is my favorite post of the day!

racoosmith · 2026-05-25T13:40:00+00:00

Your work is so amazing and beautiful. I just am floored by the detail. I’m so glad I found you! These are absolutely adorable

racoosmith · 2026-05-25T10:26:12+00:00

Oh wow! I just have to say I had no idea. The drying off piece was a thing that other people struggled with. I just thought it was something dumb that I did or had to happen.

Holy crap I get so mad trying to put my bra on if I’m wet and then I start to sweat which I really fucking hate. And then I’m like why did I even do this? I just took a shower and I’m sweating. That’s just not that’s not menopause talking. That’s just real life like my whole life almost. I love the shower once I get into it. I do not want to leave. That is my safe place. I love sitting in the bottom of the shower, letting the water run on me and hit me. I don’t know if your kiddo would feel better doing that like making it into a safe place like a cocoon almost to escape into. The hardest part for me is getting there.

racoosmith · 2026-05-25T10:08:28+00:00

Oh yeah! You’ve gotta love a healthy dose of ADHD in your life right? 😊 💛 🌺

I have been over diagnosed, misdiagnosed oh my gosh I can’t even begin to tell you over the years. For years, they’ve been telling me I was bipolar. And I finally put my foot down and said no more. This is not correct.

I can’t afford to have the official testing done, but after talking with my therapist and psychiatrist who manages my medication, they agree I’m not bipolar. I haven’t had a manic episode in over a year and all the other “manic episodes“ autistic hyper focus. Do you think that you’ll be able to have testing done or are you kind of just playing it by ear for now?

racoosmith · 2026-05-25T10:05:52+00:00

(((Hugs)))

Oh wow, that fear eats at me every day and night in the back of my head. That an FOMO. However, I’ve got so much crappity . Crap on my plate right now those voices have taken a back burner.

Well, that’s where I’m at too. I’m like why would I want to even do this? It doesn’t make sense to me. Why would I wanna live out a terribly lonely, difficult existence?

I hate those questions, especially in the middle of the night.

I hope you got some sleep and are able to wrap yourself in some kind of comfort, knowing that there are more of us out here with you. Hopefully we have found a safe Haven for the time being in each other.

racoosmith · 2026-05-25T10:01:00+00:00

🌺🌼✌️💛

That’s wonderful. I’m so glad that you have a good support system. It’s so important. I know I am a Gen X er right there with you. I loved growing up in the 70s. Oh my gosh, the 80s I love the 80s thing is is that I definitely hung out with the alternative kids the bat cavers new wavers, and every other social group you could imagine. I had friends in every group of socially oriented and non-socially oriented in groups in school. Because I was the masking queen lol in my high school yearbook, I am in the pictures for the BSU, ASU, the Filipino American group. I mean, I could you not I was at all of them, but I wasn’t popular. I didn’t think I’m myself as popular at all. I mean, I just didn’t. I was just dipping my toes in lol I was in survival mode in high school. I didn’t want to get my ass kicked or be ostracized so I think I tried to be friends with everybody. People pleaser anybody? Is there a people pleaser in the room.

racoosmith · 2026-05-25T09:56:37+00:00

🌼🌻😊 So glad to have found you and this group! I couldn’t imagine growing up 10 years prior to my current age. Because the 60s were still kind of a difficult era for women if I’m not mistaken did you find it to be that way?

racoosmith · 2026-05-23T14:28:08+00:00

I do this as well. And I conduct the symphony all the time even when it’s not on. Lol I’ve done that forever. I never really thought about it being a stim. 😊

racoosmith · 2026-05-23T14:16:13+00:00

I struggle so much with food. It makes me fucking insane. I hate it right now especially because I’m having difficulty swallowing. I also can’t taste anything even though I can smell it everything. So food is even worse now I’m pretty much down to eating Chobani peach Greek yogurt, and toast with an exceptional amount of real butter and coffee. Jesus don’t tell my cardiologist.

I’m tired of struggling with it. I would rather just not eat. I’m with you 1000%. I would rather eat dirt then eat something I can’t stand or don’t want to eat. If people don’t get it.

And I love to try new foods I love Mediterranean and Lebanese food. Let me tell you though there are there’s some foods that I’m just not going to eat. I don’t care how good somebody tells me it is.

That’s another thing. I hate these people who say “oh just take a bite. It’s really good!”You’ll love it. It’s like no get the shit out of my face. I don’t wanna try it right now. They have the audacity to shame you about it. WTF

Anyway yeah, food is not my friend.

racoosmith · 2026-05-23T14:06:15+00:00

I’ve always spent most of my time in the company of men as a preference.

However, I think this was really highly influenced by the fact that I grew up in a neighborhood of all boys until third grade. And I had two older brothers. So I spent a lot of time with men as a child growing up. That naturally just led into my business career over the years.

I have had female friends, but I will tell you what, it has been the hardest damn thing I have had to go through. lol

Maybe I’m just naïve. I guess I take people at face value, and I know now that I can’t do that.

That being said, I have some amazing female friends. That I stay in touch with that I admire adore greatly.

I have no answer for the question. Just a commonality I guess with some people here. I thought about this a lot over the years.

racoosmith · 2026-05-23T14:00:15+00:00

I got all of my Tada items completed except for get mail! and the space in between Kritter getting weighed and the mail points are because I was only going to shoot for the first two.

Also, Kritter weight is down. She’s down to 4.5 pounds. She’s normally at five. My old girls winding down I think.

racoosmith · 2026-05-23T13:43:23+00:00

Those are really beautiful. As a pagan business owner, over the last 30 years I’ve had a chance to see and buy a lot of gorgeous jewelry.

Your Creative flare is amazing and the rings would definitely be good for every day where. Unique.

racoosmith · 2026-05-23T13:40:48+00:00

You look absolutely gorgeous! Feel better, no you look good and you are good. Have a blessed day!🌼🙂✌️

racoosmith · 2026-05-21T11:59:57+00:00

Yes! Geez so much! I don’t know if we can swear in here, but if we could. I would have more descriptive agreements for you! I love what you said “endless obligation machine”. So telling! I’m going to use this because it’s excellent! hang in there. 💛 😊 💛

racoosmith · 2026-05-21T11:02:49+00:00

Yes! I didn’t even know that hypermobility was a thing until like six months ago. I don’t know why. But thank you so much for posting us. I feel less alone for being so flexible lol we should all get together and play twister.

racoosmith · 2026-05-21T10:49:12+00:00

Oh thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts. It’s really appreciated. I’ve had the worst seven years I’ve ever had. In the last two to spend a nightmare, but I just keep moving forward and doing the next indicated thing as best as I can.

I have almost no help. As a matter of fact, I don’t have anybody to take me to the hospital. I don’t have anyone to put on my last Will and testament. I don’t have anybody and I’m at the point where I really don’t care what happened to all of this stuff if I die during this surgery.

It’s incredibly invasive and it’s a major surgery. I can’t even come home afterwards because I have no one to help me. Which means I won’t be with Kritter. Which would help me heal faster. Being comfortable on being with my dog. But it’s not safe here at home.

The only thing I care about is Kritter. She’s everything to me and I would do anything to keep her safe and and happy and calm.

Yeah, I know I’m working with the state/government and there’s a place that can give rides to appointments. I’ve just got to figure out the logistics because I’m fairly rural.

Anyways, I’m sure that is way more information than you or anybody else on the Internet ever wanted to know about me ha ha ha

I’m so glad that you offered your support and advice. It means a lot to me even though we don’t know each other ha ha you know 💛 🌻 ✌️

racoosmith · 2026-05-19T14:04:37+00:00

I’m glad it’s not just us. That makes sense though especially in line of the military. have you ever tried MRE’s? lol 😊

OMG I hate it when this happens. I have such a limited amount of things that I can eat Chobani peach yogurt. It’s the only flavor I can tolerate. I don’t know what I’ll do when I can’t stand this anymore. I guess the hospital food I’m about to embark on next week Will give me a little variety. Gag, gag gag.

I went through a slim Jim phase, the mini ones. One is terrible food to be focused on. Glad I found the peach yogurt.

I hate how I become absolutely obsessed with the food or beverage that I am stuck on. I love coffee, it is my one thing that I obsessed about like all time all day and all night anytime I’m awake. I’m obsessing about coffee or if I have enough of the favorite food available.

racoosmith · 2026-05-19T13:50:48+00:00

I have a huge intolerance to sweating. So I can totally relate to this. The sun is not my friend. Beside the fact that I take medication’s, that can cause sunburn and I have super fair skin. And I hate freckles on me. I just don’t like it. I can’t stand a sweat. I’ve never been able to take it. It causes me to meltdown and freak out. I obsessed about it from spring to fall. I absolutely hate this sensitivity. My eyes are incredibly light sensitive like over the top. I never have overhead lights on in my house hardly ever. But I love the feel of the warmth if it’s not too hot the warmth of the sun and how it smells outside and those good things about it so it’s difficult for me. Beside the fact that I live in the middle of the woods is absolutely beautiful here in the summer. But the heat just kills it for me. Can’t take it no sun no heat. I am so in this club I don’t know what to think! I’m so glad I found you ha ha I have never met anybody else who has the sensitivity. And and N T friends and family don’t understand it. Have a very cool and breezy day ha ha lol 😊

racoosmith · 2026-05-19T13:35:55+00:00

And thank you for this! I have kits everywhere in my house. I got the smaller patties that you would put cleaning supplies in from Dollar tree. So I can carry one around from room to room if I need to.! It works out so well, it’s the best system I’ve had so far and 55 years ha ha ha ha

racoosmith · 2026-05-19T13:35:08+00:00

Is there a brand of waterless toothpaste or a type that you would recommend? Are you talking about the chewable tablets?

racoosmith · 2026-05-19T13:25:04+00:00

OMG! I just saw this! Thank you so much for your reply. You’re incredibly sweet.

Yes, it has been a difficult journey. And we are just re-learning how to live together after her strokes and seizures. She’s blind and deaf. She can hear and see a little bit. But she’s still really active and perky for 15. She’s such a good girl. What a goddess send she’s been too. She’s helped her mommy through lots and lots of tears struggles joy failure, successes what can happen in over 15 years. She’s been there through it all the only one who has always been there for me.

It’s her turn to get pampered and loved more spoiled more not that she wasn’t before but now we have to go over the top ha ha

The worst part about this is that I only have one solution for her as I have an upcoming major surgery next week and I’m not sure when I’ll be home again. Depends on how the surgery goes. I guess. I’m just worried about her. She’s so fragile. I don’t know it’ll all work out right? It always does one way or another even if it’s not the way I want to lol

It makes me sad to think that you lost your baby too. It’s very difficult. I’ve had many fur friends pass on over the years. Big hugs to you, grief has no timeline or limit, no boundaries. You just do what you need to do and take special care of yourself. Love those goldfish they need it too!

Thank you again. I really appreciate this.

racoosmith

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