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Left the office early and offered to make a Dairy Queen run for the co-workers. One 15 minute errand brought happiness to many.

Yes Virgo when looking through the pantry or freezer. I often think, I didn't buy this so it's at least 8 months old.

Lyrics are hauntingly familiar, sounds as though she has walked the painful paths we tread.

I'm sorry November, geez Louise. I swear the next person who suggests DW dying was akin to winning a lottery will be told to bugger off  We not only lose a chunk of our heart but also an income so whatever cash windfall people think we have must be conserved, protected and carefully managed.

Inexcusable. I understand profit margins can be slim in business but human life is our most precious commodity and much more valuable than a few extra bucks for the bottom line.

Happy Birthdat Euf! "Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."  ~ Jack Benny.

I don't notice strangers looking but people who know me are. I've lost about 30 since she died and wasn't a big dude before. Close friends will bluntly say "You look like hell" and others will ask a monotone "So how it goin?" As anniegirl said most folks are just dealing with their own stuff and too focused to notice.

Taco Seasoning. I like this because you can save money and tweak the amounts if you want to amp up the heat. -  1/2 cup chili powder, 1/4 cup onion powder, 1/8 cup ground cumin, 1 Tbsp. garlic powder, 1 Tbsp. paprika, 1 Tbsp. sea salt. Combine everything in a jar and shake.

I'm a widower but it happens to us also. Yep, people don't come thru or follow up so I go to plan B. If I can't do it myself, I'll hire someone who can. Have you tried container gardening to get a bit of a fix? You sound like my late DW in that she just had to get in the dirt and I was her 2 legged mule lugging bags of mulch and other heavy work. You're right this widda crap is bad enough to deal with and having folks let us down is just another layer of irritation.

DW used coffee filters in place of paper towels to clean when she could. Also used them to strain and reuse oil from the fryer and cover a bowl of food before warming in the microwave. Never did the math but it probably saved a little money.

Agree that's a good mix of songs. We always liked I'll never find another you by the Seekers. No truer lyrics were ever sung.

I would ask the boys if they would like to go and if they didn't get out of bed, go anyway. You and your friends can have some girl time for a little while, btw Happy Mother's Day!

Another hurdle overcome. "..., in being willing to gently embrace the pain, you demonstrate the courage to honor the pain." - Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt

Ouch! sorry Carey hope your pain eases up. The ginormous Wal-Mart here has more security cameras that the NSA. You may want to inquire if the incident was recorded and archived.

Some of those cards remind me of Hazel Grace from the book "The Fault in Our Stars"

I get it Mr C, the fantasy of thinking maybe this has been a very intense game of hide & seek. You win, Ollie-Ollie oxen free! Please come out now 

klim, I turned the mattress wedge lengthwise on her side of the bed for the very same reason.

Honestly don't see anything wrong, it conveys information they didn't know. Someday I'll have to do something about DW's Facebook but it's a handy way to see what's going on with her relatives that she shared with me all these years. I do respond to friend requests to let them know she died and use the message feature once in a blue moon but no chat or anything to indicate activity.

Oh mercy, saying goodbye to a furbaby  :'( and moving. You have some painful stuff going on, some would just curl up in the fetal position and stay a while. Glad the job is working out, hope things smooth out soon.

Happy birthday Maj {hug}. They just aren't the same without them.

I'm thinking there will be a few things like those bike shoes lurking in the drawers around here and not looking forward to it. Congratulations on tackling these difficult and painful purges.

Not much progress here, I've heard not to make rash decisions the 1st year so I'm honoring that as an excuse to do nearly nothing.

I ate the following at the little league concession; jumbo hot dog, soft pretzel with nacho sauce, coke - dessert was a freeze pop. Hell compared to some of the crap I've been eating at home, it was a 4 star feast. Pathetic  :-\

I'm sorry the_master, the depth of this pain and sorrow is simply mind numbing and operating on auto-pilot maybe all you will be able to do some days. I found this in some of my GriefShare material;

"Remember the good times; cherish the memories, but live each day moving forward. Focus your thoughts on what is before you and how you are going to get there. "I often tell people that there are three stages you need to think about: You can't go back. You can't stay here. You must go forward," says Dr. Ray Pritchard. "There may be some good things in the past that you wish you could go back to, but in the end you have to let those go."

Does it matter if the kids like the new person? When I was a young adult my mom was dating a jerk (with some sleepovers) and I can remember thinking to myself "How does she stand that peckerhead?". Later when she was dating a great guy who became our step-father, the over nighters were no big deal to us.

Imagine the marketing meetings for this gem of a product,  too weird.

Clutter, everywhere, it's shameful. I have closets that Fibber McGee wouldn't even try to open.