A friend is adopting a kitty today. I want to get a cat warming gift (but not the litter robot he has hinted at lol). As a bonus, when I can get to petsmart will be on the way to fencing tonight, and I’m torn as to if I will actually got into a store it’s those styling pants we wear 🤣
Post by mccallister84 on Jul 25, 2024 9:57:55 GMT -5
Anyone have any suggestions for a gift less than $50 for a 13 year old girl?
DD has to buy an end of season gift for her swim buddy. She’s a super nice girl but also very quiet and didn’t do a buddy sheet so we don’t have much to go off of.
Preference to something that can be bought in store at Target/Ulta.
Post by fluffycookie on Jul 25, 2024 9:59:43 GMT -5
Add me to the list of being tired today. We had dinner last night and I felt off after and my heartburn was acting up. Before bed I took my high blood pressure medicine and suddenly felt like I was going to get sick. Spent the next 10 minutes puking. I took an omeprazole and went to bed but laying down was torture from the heartburn until it kicked in and I couldn't stop coughing from the feeling of the acid in my throat. Hopefully today will be a quiet day.
mccallister84, we have to do those types of things for DDs dance buddy. I was just pick out some cute stuff at Target - cute hair clip, some beauty items (bath bomb, lip balm, sheet masks) and fun candy/snacks. Buy a cheap basket and out it in there with some tissue paper.
I'm in the middle of multiple wildfires. The air is bad outside and my house smells like smoke this morning. I have multiple air purifiers going and a hospital grade whole house air filter. Isn't climate change grand? /s
Anyone have any suggestions for a gift less than $50 for a 13 year old girl?
DD has to buy an end of season gift for her swim buddy. She’s a super nice girl but also very quiet and didn’t do a buddy sheet so we don’t have much to go off of.
Preference to something that can be bought in store at Target/Ulta.
My daughter turns 13 in a couple months. She would love anything from Bath and Body Works, or similar lotions/ lip balms/ etc from Ulta or Target. Cute socks. I don't know how swimming works-- do they generally have a gear bag or something that you could get a custom tag for? Water bottle with a cute/funny/custom design?
Anyone have any suggestions for a gift less than $50 for a 13 year old girl?
DD has to buy an end of season gift for her swim buddy. She’s a super nice girl but also very quiet and didn’t do a buddy sheet so we don’t have much to go off of.
Preference to something that can be bought in store at Target/Ulta.
A belt bag (Target must have knock-offs?) and lip balm, hair ties, $5 starbucks card, etc.
I'm in the middle of multiple wildfires. The air is bad outside and my house smells like smoke this morning. I have multiple air purifiers going and a hospital grade whole house air filter. Isn't climate change grand? /s
Do you have the cooler weather and rain today? It's currently in the 60s and I'm looking at heavy grey clouds waiting for the rain.
We are driving down to the states next week and were supposed to come back up through eastern Oregon/central Washington with a night in Yakima. Plans changed so we're coming home a day earlier and staying entirely in Wyoming/Idaho except for the northeast corner of Washington that we have to pass through. Based on the fire activity I'm seeing now, that sounds like it was good choice.
mccallister84, we have to do those types of things for DDs dance buddy. I was just pick out some cute stuff at Target - cute hair clip, some beauty items (bath bomb, lip balm, sheet masks) and fun candy/snacks. Buy a cheap basket and out it in there with some tissue paper.
Thanks. I should have added that we do a small bag each meet - this is the end of season large gift. We’ve done nail polish, lip balm, fun snacks, etc already. I could do more I guess.
I'm in the middle of multiple wildfires. The air is bad outside and my house smells like smoke this morning. I have multiple air purifiers going and a hospital grade whole house air filter. Isn't climate change grand? /s
Do you have the cooler weather and rain today? It's currently in the 60s and I'm looking at heavy grey clouds waiting for the rain.
We are driving down to the states next week and were supposed to come back up through eastern Oregon/central Washington with a night in Yakima. Plans changed so we're coming home a day earlier and staying entirely in Wyoming/Idaho except for the northeast corner of Washington that we have to pass through. Based on the fire activity I'm seeing now, that sounds like it was good choice.
If by cooler weather you mean 80, then yes. :-p No rain in my forecast.
Anyone have any suggestions for a gift less than $50 for a 13 year old girl?
DD has to buy an end of season gift for her swim buddy. She’s a super nice girl but also very quiet and didn’t do a buddy sheet so we don’t have much to go off of.
Preference to something that can be bought in store at Target/Ulta.
Target GC? Low effort, she can get whatever she wants.
The Foo Fighters are playing here tonight and they're doing sound checks right now that I can hear from my desk.. so that's cool.
One large rock of this project that has been consuming my work life was checked off the list this morning. There are still a million other smaller items to check off the list, but having a few huge ones done is a massive relief.
My vacation plans for today (zip lining and a scenic Blue Ridge mountain drive) got rained out so I’m watching Kamala Harris speak live to the teachers union. Those people are fired up! And she’s a great speaker — obviously memorized her speech, not reading from a teleprompter, very relaxed and comfortable up there. I really believe this might happen, we can win.
Also, Asheville NC is a wonderful place! I’d been here 25 years before and it’s even better than I remember. Wish we’d booked it for a whole week instead of three days.
Post by cricketwife on Jul 25, 2024 10:47:50 GMT -5
More important than the humidity is the dew point. We call it “air you can wear.” 🥀
One of my favorite mornings ever was when a 20-something joined our 5:30 am fitness group of “old ladies”. We were all 40+, most of the ladies were/are late 50’s, early 60’s and this girl was super young and fit and she was struggling soooooo hard because she couldn’t cope with the humidity. 😂. Fat, middle-aged me felt so 💪 , lol.
I noticed an almost immediate improvement on wellburtin. I was honestly shocked. It isn't supper dramatic for me, but it is noticeable day to day and very noticeable when we have several days of bad weather and my mood doesn't tank like it used to.
Our marriage counselor broke up with us yesterday. Or rather, she said there is no productive work we can do til my H gets help for his current mental health state. She recommended he see a psychiatrist for meds and start individual counseling at least weekly. She also recommended I increase the frequency of my individual counseling so I can get support too, because he is unable to give that to me right now. He is so miserable so I think he is willing to try anything right now, he told me today he made the two appointments. I am miserable too. I care about him and I want him to be better and I think there is hope. But also I don't know how long I can continue on like this.
Post by InBetweenDays on Jul 25, 2024 11:20:41 GMT -5
I just got back from a 4-day, 3-night backpacking trip on Isle Royale National Park in Michigan and it was FABULOUS! All female crew of my sister and 5 cousins - some of whom had never backpacked before but hiked 25+ miles with full packs. Took the float plane to the island, and boat/ferry off the island. Had beautiful weather and the bugs were WAY better than we expected. Just all around a great trip.
It was so nice reconnecting with cousins I don't see a ton. And was great to hear that while some of them are very Christian and fairly conservative they hate Trump and will never support him or anyone like him.
Post by gerberdaisy on Jul 25, 2024 11:49:49 GMT -5
Spent the last two nights in the ER with DD and am wiped. While she isn't any better, at least we've ruled out some of the more serious concerns. Really hoping she can keep fluids down today, I don't have it in me to spend another 10 hours there tonight.
Anyone have any suggestions for a gift less than $50 for a 13 year old girl?
DD has to buy an end of season gift for her swim buddy. She’s a super nice girl but also very quiet and didn’t do a buddy sheet so we don’t have much to go off of.
Preference to something that can be bought in store at Target/Ulta.
Bath and Body works gift set or Tree Hutt Sugar scrubs with candy
Post by arehopsveggies on Jul 25, 2024 12:15:07 GMT -5
I’m sending the kids to my MIL for a few hours hoping to finish my capstone project for my masters. I feel like it needs 10ish more hours of work, but my professor told me I’m overthinking. So I really need to just polish up what I’ve done and call it good enough.
Post by gretchenindisguise on Jul 25, 2024 12:39:38 GMT -5
I had my first all body skin check today. She found a mole between my toes I've never noticed so she whacked off a piece for biopsy. When she first saw it, my mind immediately thought it was toe jam and I was embarrassed. 🤣🤣🤣. Why. Why is that my first thought?!
The Foo Fighters are playing here tonight and they're doing sound checks right now that I can hear from my desk.. so that's cool.
One large rock of this project that has been consuming my work life was checked off the list this morning. There are still a million other smaller items to check off the list, but having a few huge ones done is a massive relief.
mccallister84 , we have to do those types of things for DDs dance buddy. I was just pick out some cute stuff at Target - cute hair clip, some beauty items (bath bomb, lip balm, sheet masks) and fun candy/snacks. Buy a cheap basket and out it in there with some tissue paper.
Thanks. I should have added that we do a small bag each meet - this is the end of season large gift. We’ve done nail polish, lip balm, fun snacks, etc already. I could do more I guess.
ah that's tough then! We did a bigger gift for our last but I think the limit was $30 for the final one. Does the club sell any branded stuff like a tshirt, towels etc you could add in?
Do you have the cooler weather and rain today? It's currently in the 60s and I'm looking at heavy grey clouds waiting for the rain.
We are driving down to the states next week and were supposed to come back up through eastern Oregon/central Washington with a night in Yakima. Plans changed so we're coming home a day earlier and staying entirely in Wyoming/Idaho except for the northeast corner of Washington that we have to pass through. Based on the fire activity I'm seeing now, that sounds like it was good choice.
If by cooler weather you mean 80, then yes. :-p No rain in my forecast.
Yes, your travel plans are a good choice.
My parents are on a road trip from Boise to Portland, then up to Seattle and the Olympic mountains - I wonder if they will be running into any problems from fires?
They were going to cancel their trip for different reasons and I convinced them not to, so I hope I didn't give bad advice lol.
Regardless, I am once again sorry that you and everyone else in that part of the country have to deal with this every year! It is really awful how much worse it has gotten in recent years.
My younger dog has a habit of picking up his water bowl and carrying it to me whenever it doesn't have as much water in it as he'd like. (He never has as much water in it as he’d like.)
Unfortunately, sometimes that means he dumps 1/4" to 1/2" of water all over the floor in the process.
His current bowl is light weight and far too conducive to this habit. I'm not sure ceramic is a good idea because what if he succeeds, and then drops/breaks it? Any recs for something hefty, but that isn't fragile?