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Do you wanna know why so many people are driving around uninsured? Because even when you’re a great driver and have no claims your insurance goes up at renewal time $70+ extra dollars per month. So now we’re back at almost $500/month for “just in case.” It’s about irritating. My rant for the day! #insurance

I got my feelings hurt today. It wasn’t the first time and won’t be the last. A year from now I will see this memory and it will remind me how I felt about the situation.

The Book Of Likes poem by poet Heather Sweeney that I can personally relate to being an urbexer: 'Home is people's souls. It's not a place. If you go back to a place after souls are gone, then all you see is an empty space. Home is where your heart is, more than where you lay your head. Home is not a place, it's a feeling, a state of mind, not a bed. Earth is our temporary home. Every home is one of a kind. A house is shelter, but a home is love and not a smelter.'

Subway restaurants have almost convinced most of us that it is actually healthy to eat a whole large loaf of bread in only one sitting! #carbs #diabetes

I’m in a space right now where I’m very, very angry but also very, very calm. I’ve never felt this way before and I’m not sure what to do with it.

Last night I was working late putting out the remaining Christmas stock. It had been a long Friday, I was tired and it was quiet in the store. In the distance I suddenly heard someone singing Christmas carols. As I walked toward the front of the store I saw a large group of carolers assembled. They sang several of the Christmas classics. I enjoyed it because it flashed me back to when I was little and my Grandfather would take us caroling. Beginning to finally feel a little bit like Christmas for me after all. 😁

Hi all, I haven't been posting much because I have been truly busy with life and stuff. I have been dealing with a minor back injury the last 5 weeks (feeling better) and then getting news of other family health issues, besides spending time with my nephews and working/worrying about finances etc. etc.. It has just been a lot. I am heading to Utah in the next couple of days to stay with my sister and family there for Christmas and will return home by next Tuesday or Wed. So I will be traveling. I may not post much since there is a lot going on atm and I did not want people to worry (I guess?). Anway, I hope everyone has safe upcoming Holidays, New Year 2024 , etc!

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Light travels faster than sound---this is why some people appear bright until they speak. It is also why we squint at the sun because it is bright and we squint at people because they are not.

Normally a huge horse-fly would put me in panic mode but it's funny how it only becomes a minor nuisance when all of a sudden a crap load of the biggest fire ants (I believe that's what they are) all begin attacking your bare legs all at once...I haven't felt this alive in awhile!

@BobbiGrizzo you are nothing short of a beast, and although it would be an impossible endeavor to choose my favorite chaperone , I must say in terms of heart, courage, strength and motivation, you could darn well give any other rugger out there a run for the money!

So, I took my little nephew Sammy's disposable camera from summer camp to finally get developed for him and I inadvertently grabbed some random disposable camera of my mom’s that I didn’t even know she had ?!?…Well, Sammy was so disappointed when he opened it and discovered it was not his photos…So, to comfort him, I shared my relatable childhood trauma when I eagerly opened my photo package from my 110 camera and had 24 pictures of one eye...lmao

Sending out a HAPPY HEAVENLY 100th BIRTHDAY to my maternal Grandpa Joe aka "Paw Paw" who was born on June 23, 1923. A proud member of The Greatest Generation, he was a real-life Nazi fighter and a hero of the D-Day invasion, storming France's Omaha Beach in June of 1944, and eventually receiving two purple hearts for his service. Paw Paw didn't like to talk about the war very much. He kept his medals in an old cigar box on top of an upright piano. When I asked him about those medals, He said all they meant was that he was lucky, because His family could have very well been receiving those medals. While I do recognize That he was lucky and protected by the grace of God, I am still proud To be able to look back at the history books And know that someone that someone I loved so very much truly played a part In helping to save the world on that terrible day. Paw Paw, You've been gone almost 22 years, but you are still very loved and very missed. Without you I would not be here, And if it were within my power to give you another purple heart, I would. I just hope you'll settle for for a family whose hearts are still filled with love for you.

Walking in the house with your outside street shoes on is ghetto af.

Been reading up on the legendary tales of life in Appalachia. Times were/are hard there and there are there are many stories of married women with few rights who suffered great abuses at the hands of maniacal husbands. There are also tantalizing tales of maniacal husbands who went off "looking for work" and never returned, leaving his wife to an early widowhood and a conspicuously absent cast iron skillet. Interesting read.