The greatest gift you can give somebody is your own personal development.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 12, 2019:

I am taking care of me so I can keep up with the grandbabies. But also so I am not a burden on my kids, or (I need a new phrase for "god forbid") have to move in with one of my kids... or something worse. I have no desire to be a "nurse with a purse" for anyone. I had an encounter in the past with a couple of dudes who I think were looking for just that. Ewww, no thanks. I am improving me for me so I can live the life I want to live. I hope one day to have that partner, but if I don't I still have me.

BeccaJoy asking for men 50+

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 11, 2019:

https://agnostic.com/member/BeccaJoy Ohhhh baby! All sorts of scammer signs. Willing to relocate anywhere. Following much older men. Scantily clad profile picture. Hails from California, Virginia. Oy vey, looking for her sugar daddy!

We tend to think of medical conditions as maladies.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 11, 2019:

People who have Cystic Fibrosis are likely immune to cholera. At one time that may have helped them survive, however now it has no useful purpose. There are a few other conditions that are like that, necessary from an evolutionary standpoint, but no longer useful or needed, and indeed harmful. I have a 30 year old nephew with CF. It is good that you have managed your diabetes so well. I have been pre-diabetic for years. When I stopped working 6 months ago I also stopped eating sugar and started exercising. I am no longer pre-diabetic, and 30ish pounds and a full size smaller. Now I am back to work and having trouble fitting exercise in. But I will continue to abstain from sugar and eat well, so the weight will come off, just slower.

For me... assassination of JFK.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 11, 2019:

For me it was the JFK assassination as well. I was in Kindergarten, I was convinced the world was ending. The adults were crying, the calendar had only one more page, and everything on the TV was sad and dreary. I was SO relieved when mom put up a new calendar.

Why don't other tenants help me shovel snow?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

When I was a renter it was in the contract that the management handled snow removal, and indeed all maintenance inside and out. You might want to check your lease. If management is not paying you in some form or fashion they may be taking advantage of you, and IF you get hurt they may be liable for your injuries. This could open a can of worms.

Born in 53 was able to live through the 60s an motown lived less than 10minutes away from Motown ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

Welcome

I am who I am.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

I've always heard Popeye's voice when I say I yam what I yam.

I am just wondering, do they still have these around? ?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

They set up kiosks in the malls at Xmas time.

Never owned a dishwasher. Still to this day I do my own.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

I will do dishes by hand if I have to, but I strongly prefer not to. I think the dishwasher uses less water and other resources and gets the dishes cleaner.

Good names

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

LOL!!

I deal anxiety by listing things I have to be grateful for.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

I meditate and that helps the anxiety enormously.

Here is something fun, my answer is "Peaceful" ?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

Content

The Las Vegas Strip in 1954. ?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Las Vegas greatly benefited from the invention of Air Conditioning. There is a fascinating book called How We Got To Now by Steven Johnson that discusses the inventions that helped us to get to today, and AC is a big one.

Sad, isn't it, when a once secular nation becomes such a killjoy? [bbc.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Oy vey! What a wet blanket, but then again, how senseless to try to skirt the law. That is one crazy ass place for sure. Don't have fun,they will throw your ass in jail.

My wife has been out for dinner to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary. I tagged along!!! ????

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

I'm glad she took you along.

Do the right thing because it is the "right" thing to do.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Very good.

I'm a complete novice at this - and to be fair, I joined for intellectual stimulation more than ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

It is possible you've been contacted by a potential scammer. We do get a few on here. We try to monitor to keep the site safe, but we don't catch them all. That is one of the downsides of a free site. If you want to PM me with the individual's user name I can check him out. You do have the ability to block people you don't want to be contacting you.

I'm shedding the unwanted that exists in forgotten, needlessly stored boxes occupying my life.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

I was off work for the past 6 months. One of my goals for my time off was to get rid of the excess and obsolete. I had a few boxes not opened post divorce. One box had about 60 stitchery kits, some never opened. I don't think if I lived to 110 that I could finish them all. I have sold several on eBay and will be selling more. I also went through closets, cabinets, and pantry. I don't think I ever throw anything away. I am more organized now, and have a bit less of a shortfall with limited income for so long.

For the record: I HATE Daylight Savings Time!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

I agree, 1000%. I bitch and moan every year, twice a year.

We all operate at our own pace do to our life experiences. Just be yourself

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

I can't be anybody else, I just don't have that skill set.

Saw the following joke in a NYT Reader's Comment section.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

It can't happen soon enough!

I just got home from a two month job assignment. THere is no place like home.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

I love to drive home, no matter where I've been. My home makes me happy.

A Whinge: Why Job Searching Is Like Speed Dating with Sociopaths (Warning: The below is little ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

I just started a new job this week, so my interviewing experiences are very fresh in my mind. If you haven't discovered it yet, please read the blog AskaManager.org. BEST BLOG EVER for job searching, resumes, cover letters, office culture, negotiations, management, office politics. It is always full of good info and sometimes touching, and sometimes just funnier than hell. https://www.askamanager.org/ It is a searchable blog, you can read her stuff on cover letters, interviews, etc. The blogger has been an HR person forever, and the blog is over 10 years old. I read it daily and suffer withdrawal symptoms on the weekends.

Busted!!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

My dark tabby kitten used to groom my golden retriever. I was sure that was going to be a horrible hairball.

Very cool! Wonder if they have a Nebraska chapter!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

http://www.rescueink.org/volunteer.php

Some items I found on Facebook that brought back memories , one good, one bad. LOL

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

My kids got to experience a rotary phone at their grandparents house. It amazes and amuses me that in my pocket I carry a phone, camera, computer, atlas, flashlight, address book, calculator, stereo/radio, playlists, several books, photo albums, answering machine, catalogs, medical records, and games. This is likely not an exhaustive list. And this device that has all that information is smaller than that rotary phone. And I remember that we didn't even have a private line when I was younger, we had a party line. How stuff has changed.

Arguments are not my thing.?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

Depends, if your arguments are in my way I will mow you over. If you're over there and not bothering me with your delusions I'll likely leave you be. I'd prefer just to leave you be, so don't put your delusions out where I have to deal with them.

As vegans we talk probably more about diet then the rest of it.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

I tend to be more of a flexitarian. When I am alone I eat pretty much vegetarian and pushing into vegan. When I'm with my kids or my kids come over I fix meals with meat for them and eat whatever they have fixed which usually has meat. I don't need anyone else to eat as I do. I don't want anyone else telling me how I should eat. We're all fully functioning adults and therefore get to make up our own minds about what/when/how to eat or live our lives. Some people treat their diets like a religion. I have left one religion, I'm not about to get tangled up in another.

Kellyliman [agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

Too pretty, too perfect, and a believer. Lotta posts that were bland and boring.

Do you know what I would love to do?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

No vacation time for the immediate future, other than that, wonderful!!

Whahoo! I got the shirt! Thanks @Admin

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

You look fabulous dahling!! Nice shirt as well.

Going to the movies. Does going to the movies on a date always involve the man's hands all over me?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

I recently went to see Bohemian Rhapsody with an excellent gentleman. No issues with his hands at all.

Being attentive is so important to me. It is the very best gift.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

Fer sure!! Even after more than 20 years of marriage, my ex still could not remember basic details.

You just don't understand! Or do you?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

My home is my oasis, my haven, my sanctuary.

Had 3 teeth pulled today.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

When I can't sleep I might read, or knit/crochet. I've been known to get up and start sewing if I have a project in progress. I will take benadryl at times, depending on what time it is and what is on the schedule the next day. Or booze has the same rules. Or depends on day/time I might just start my day.

So, anyone here "talked on the phone" to another union member????

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

I know in person 6 people on the site, I have phone number of most of them, but I don't think they're part of this group.

My life is priceless?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

My home is my sanctuary, my haven. When I'm here everything is just right.

As I plan to take a big step, I have to remind myself that what I'm afraid of doing just may be a ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 8, 2019:

Good for you!

Who decides what to do?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I think if he contacted you he should have an idea of what to do, subject to change if you don't like or want to do it. When I have asked a man out I have suggested the activity.

Something I have a bad habit of doing (but am working on changing that and have been successful) is ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I am an encourager. I will go out of my way to tell people when I see them doing something good, or when I see something to be encouraged. I am not guaranteed tomorrow, and if I don't say it now the opportunity will be gone, possibly forever. I have lost about 40 pounds since last September, mostly be exercising and giving up sugar. I just started a new job, I am reinventing myself (well jobwise) at 61. I work for a Not For Profit hospital system.

Here is something fun to do, my oldest will be 52 and I'll be 73?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I will be 71 (oh that seems old) and my oldest will be 44, which also seems absurdly old.

Just on news Joe Biden could start campaign against trump next month.what do you think

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

Go home Joe, I love you but your time is gone.

WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON ABORTION ?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

Woman's body, woman's choice. No one else's business beside her doctor's.

This made me smile! I love me some Notorious RBG

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I adore RBG. My daughters admire her as well.

Throwback Thursday! Just for fun, post a childhood photo. Here's me

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

High School senior year 1976

I turned 50 in October 2018.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

If you haven't read it yet, the book Toxic Parents by Susan Forward will be a world of help. Check with your local hospitals to see if they have a free or sliding scale counseling program. In my area our Methodist Health System (not for profit hospital system) offers that. Or call a pastor at any United Methodist church and ask if they are aware of any programs like that. I found out about the program in my area from a United Methodist pastor, and you don't have to be a church member or religious in any way to take advantage of that program. And please realize it sounds like your mother is mentally ill. You need to make your health and safety a priority. Stay away from her.

Here you go..... Comrades:

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

That is actually scary.

Just on news Joe Biden could start campaign against trump next month.what do you think

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I don't want Biden to run, I like him but I don't trust him.

Does age matter in a relationship?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

If it makes you happy, if he treats you well, if your needs are met and it is a healthy relationship, please don't second guess yourself. Does age matter, IMHO NO. If you are both legal consenting adults what anyone else thinks does not matter. Now if you were 17 and he was much older, I'd be happy to stomp his ass. But you're a mature, seasoned woman. If you're happy then no one else's opinion matters.

I did something yesterday that I didn't want to do.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

Good for you. It is hard, but you got through. Always do what is best for you.

Many relationships just don't work out. What's a reason you've ended a relationship?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

A relationship ended because his mama liked to mess with his mind. She encouraged him to move to out here, and then she hinted her health wasn't so good. She jerked him around this way most of his life, he just wasn't strong enough to stand up to her BS. So it ended because he didn't want me to move to CA, and I really didn't want to, and he couldn't move to NE.

OMG IT'S ME.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I could so do this, IF I didn't have cats and I had better natural daylight.

If you get a lot of unsolicited sales, fundraising, and/or scam calls, I have a suggestion.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I had a caller tell me that my credit card interest rate could be lower, I asked which card. They said Visa or Mastercard. I said yes, but which company authorized you to call me. They hung up. Generally, I don't answer calls for numbers I don't recognize. If they don't leave a message, I block that number.

How could they do this to me...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

FFFFFFFFff, back to work 3 days, and kitty girls have discovered "new" toys. I have a bowl of quarters, and I mean big bowl, that has been on the kitchen island for months. Last night quarters became an attractive toy. I have a baggie with broken sticks of chalk for granddaughter to use on the chalk board, it has been there for 8 months, I have pictures. That also became a toy last night. Oh the incredible inscrutable mind of kitties.

I am about to lose my most dear niece to the evils of Ewings Sarcoma.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

I am so sorry for you loss, I know this is incredibly hard. Children should not have terminal diseases, nor should they suffer.

I haven’t been very active in this group but I’m really struggling tonight.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

I believe in you. I have never met you nor do I remember any interactions, but I know all humans have potential for great things and are worthy. Just because YOU ARE. And I promise you this, it will get better. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but it will get better. You are stronger than you think you are. And always, always, always remember you are worthy, you are loved, you are needed, and you will get through this. (((((@Marcie1974)))))

Question. Do you avoid dating people with the same name as your ex or exes?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

My dad was a Richard, my mean brother is Richard, my first ex was Dennis Richard, the father of my children and 2nd ex husband is Richard, and the long term long distance that broke my heart is a Richard. So, I ask you, should I avoid Richards?

Two things no one likes in this group.... In one link! Bibles and trump. [cbsnews.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

Jeebus Christopher, NO!

Growing up did you ever take piano lessons or other instruments and how good were you?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

I took piano lesssons as an adult when my kids did. I did learn how to play a clarinet in elementary and junior high. I am not musically inclined.

Today is going to be a long day.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

I learned the hard way that lack of sleep doesn't kill you, it just makes you wish you were dead. I wear a FitBit, so my sleep is tracked, and my heart rate. It is kinda depressing how little sleep I get sometimes. My kitties often contribute to the lack of sleep. They find it amusing to play with their toys on top of me. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but not in this case.

Nothing about this or anything tRump/pence are doing overseas is Good! NOTHING! [npr.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

Good morning Dozer Dog, so happy to see you this morning! You are 100% correct as usual. You are such a good boy!!

Since I am back on here.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 6, 2019:

Very good, I like that one.

So, I turned 25 recently and it just hit me that I'm 5 years away from being 30.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 5, 2019:

Puhleeeezzzzzeeee, you're barely started. Is the misspelling of crysis deliberate? Anyway, I digress, you're still young, the body should still be in working order. Don't waste your time fretting over hitting 30 or any other number before you get there. You're on the greatest adventure of your life, and if you're not then get it started. When you hit my age you can have your existential crisis; and blown out knees, hips, rotator cuffs and all that other delightful stuff. But make it worthwhile.

Improvement Suggestion - Can we split the Grrr/Dislike into two emojies for a post Like vote?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 5, 2019:

I am still waiting on the SMH icon.

Oh, my, the cuteness.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 5, 2019:

OMG, I'm in love!!!

I wasn’t sure where to post this but it this seems a good place to start

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 5, 2019:

Works for me!!

I figure most in this group will get a kick out of this

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

He'd probably die to avoid finishing it.

Would this be too much in a bathroom? Because I can draw and I'm seriously considering it.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

I think it is great!!

Let me pose a question to you.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

That would not be a deal breaker for me, but... to be a long term relationship I'd have to redo most of my recipes. I love onions and garlic. Lots and lots and lots of onions and garlic.

vsppvic [agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

Joined today, and definitely NNES. I don't see much good coming from him.

A Cherokee Parable: The Tale of Two Wolves.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

Love this.

Be humble in all that you do and be kind to everyone you meet.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

What you do and how you act says more about who you are than all the degrees and bank accounts that you have.

45 is 72.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

My 2 year old granddaughter is far more mature than he is.

50 Ways to Wake Your Owner

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

LOL!!

So im looking for some thoughts and opinions and please feel be as honest as you like (feel be ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

I would LOVE it to live walking distance from a grocery store. I don't drink beer, and cars are transportation only, they really don't excite me. I'm a nerd, and I enjoy it. If being a nerd is why I am still single, then I'm going to die alone. You're young, please don't give up on finding someone. My ex was 29 when we met. And yes, he's a nerd too. We raised several nerdy/geeky kids.

I finished reading a book today.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

Good for you for getting back to reading. I love to read, it is usually so relaxing. I keep track of my books on Goodreads, are you familiar with it? Goodreads.com

Just sayin'

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

He is a piece of work.

We have nothing to lose but our chains.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

And damn proud of it!!

Living in a hotel TV fare-WEATHER CHANNEL.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Climate change is a real thing.

The Hard Part- talking to so many great prospecitve dates at once!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Yeah, I don't know what that is like.

Your shitty childhood isn't an excuse to be a shitty person.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

I grew up in an abusive home, and as some children do I believed it was my fault, or at least much of it was my fault. When I became a parent and my oldest daughter reached the age I was when the serious abuse started, I realized how little control she had, and I had over anything. And that flash of insight that NONE of it was my fault just amazed and freed me. I have all girls and my ex was active duty military, we never lived close to any family until the youngest was almost 12. My kids were never left alone with any member of my birth family. My kids don't know all the details and never will. In discussing this with my younger sister, we're pretty sure our grandparents and great grandparents were abusive for who knows how many generations. But we stopped it for our kids, we are free from that cycle, and I have grown from it. One of my brothers tried some emotional manipulation a couple of years ago, I pushed it right back on him. He hasn't talked to me since. It feels good to be strong, it is freeing to be strong.

The vet clinic where I work is using some of my photos for their wall art! I'm really excited ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

That black lab is amazing, and I love love love goldens.

"We naively believed it couldn't happen here; because we assumed all the politicians would do ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Precisely!!

PSA for those who have painful periods (and those who care about them).

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Makes me so happy to be past allllll that.

Trump Say's He'll Issue Order Protecting Campus Free Speech WTF is the First Amendment for?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Shaking my head.

Finally the fourth ape! ?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Is that a sign of the times or what!! Wow!

Leave Nothing but Footprints Kill Nothing but Time! I love this sign -how about you?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

And take nothing except photographs.

I remember trying to break these in half, didn't always work out , sometimes I got three pieces.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

yes, I used to love those!

'nuff said!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

That would do it!!

[alternet.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

I think the Republican party is dying, not fast enough but dying. It will reinvent itself, it always does.

How many delivered newspaper this way back in the day?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

My brothers all did. I remember the discussions about folks that would not pay the delivery boy, or trying to pay them less. A good intro to small business, and a sad lesson in shitty people.

Possibly the best trump meme? The last 3rd part of the pic just kills it!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Perfect!!

Show me the money!❤?? My friend Keisha found this gem. She texted it to me and I had to share!?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

I want one of those!!

Stolen from FB

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

That sounds soooo good!!

What do you find attractive at first sight? I find tattoos and piercings very attractive.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Good grooming.

Cat breaks into zoo and befriends lynx! [facebook.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

That is too cool!! I love to see my girls groom each other, but they're domesticated.

Fuck. Here I go again off the deep end. I hate this so much.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Hang in there, and remember the mantra: This too shall pass. Yes it is hell while you are there, but it will pass.

Who photoshopped a newspaper in his hands?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Do you wonder if he moves his lips when he pretends to read?

They're getting meowied.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 2, 2019:

My grandmother's neighbor had a cat that liked to sleep in baskets of wet laundry. He went through a cycle in a gas dryer. He got out alive, and was the meanest, toughest SOB cat in the neighborhood. Dogs were afraid of him. There were no other intact male cats in a half mile of where he lived. His ears and tail got broken in that cycle, and from what I remember pads were burned as well. He is lucky to have survived.

Seven days days no power.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 2, 2019:

Thanks for letting us know!! Stay safe and warm. Spring is bound get here one of these days.