I had a long talk with Cloris - told her that she must never, never, hide from me again.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

My cats can jump from the floor to the top of my washer, to a shelf, and from there they can get in the floor between the main floor and basement. That is where they go when they hear the garage door open or the doorbell ring.

Happy Sunday

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

OMG! I am so happy to see this!! I am considering myself retired!! Monday is NOT a work day! My first one, I will calm down in a few weeks.

Please phrase your best response to the first tile as a question.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Just way too many choices!!

When you were young?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Reading after the lights were supposed to be off. Seriously, being an adult is awesome!

Dog goneit that's cute. [facebook.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Sweet!!

We all have our unrealistic expectations.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I have to tell you, my heart cat was the one in the first picture. She would sleep with me just like that, and if I rolled over I'd just scoop her up and take her with me and neither one of us would wake up for more than 3 seconds. My current girls, not so much. They're not sure about this full body contact yet.

Happy Sunday

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Nap done!! Always music on. As for the rest of it, I've walked a mile, dressed. As for sleeping in, that hasn't happened yet. I'm working on it.

Foreign and Republican

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Perfect!

· Yesterday, September 8, 2018 was a very special day for me and Dan.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Congratulations!! I'm so happy for you both.

I'm all for it.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Perfect!!

Playing Like a Big Baby

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Petulant man child

When you hear a Purring sound in the wind getting louder...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Too freaking cute. HOW did they ever get those kittens in that pose?

I just checked my points, I'm almost halfway to level 8.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

And level 8 lasts almost forever! And level 9, OMG.

[yahoo.com] Fuhrer Trump Nearly Declared War on North Korea With a Tweet - WTF!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Oh jeeeebussss! Get him a leash and a muzzle. And Mittens, someone please put mittens on him.

Creation: The True Story, by Roz Chast

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

That makes so much sense now!

Asking for kind thoughts and wishes for my mother and my family.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Awww, sweetie, I'm so sorry. It's a hard time for everyone, cut yourself plenty of slack.

[yahoo.com] Fuhrer Trump Administration Plots To Overthrow Venezuela - WTF!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Why doesn't somebody have him on a leash?

"Never let somebody waste your time, twice." the.unpaid.writer.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Love that, such good advice. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.

This is my little “dog”, Addie (he acts very doglike), in his favorite “otter pose”.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

What an adorable, relaxed fur ball! Poor baby, that surgery could not have been fun!

Anyone into vermiculture?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I have a worm bin in my pantry. I've had it for maybe 5 years.

Who is Zina Bash?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_(gesture) Alt-right The OK hand gesture has been associated with Trump supporters and the alt-right at least as far back as early 2015.[10] In February of 2017, users on the anonymous imageboard /pol/ of 4chan set out on a prank to convince mainstream media outlets that the OK hand gesture had been hijacked for use by white supremacists to signal one another publicly.[11] The pranksters claimed that the three upward fingers of the OK hand sign represented the letter “W” while the circle formed by joining of the index finger to the thumb leading down the arm represented the letter "P". The acronym formed by "W" and "P" was asserted to be shorthand for “White Power.” The original thread produced infographics explaining this usage concisely, which were subsequently spread to many different media outlets according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The hoax began to gain traction when media outlets began reporting on the usage of the OK gesture as if it were, in fact, being used as a white supremacist hand gesture.[12] Most of these media outlets have since recanted their statements, citing the official response from the ADL.[citation needed] The ADL has confirmed that the OK gesture is not a white supremacist hand sign.[13] However, while the "OK" sign as a specific white power symbol was found to be a 4chan prank, it has been used as a gesture of identification among members of the white nationalist alt-right movement.[14] When asked about use of the "OK" sign, Right wing celebrity Lauren Southern said, “We just say ‘do the thing’ and everyone knows what you're talking about.” She linked use of the "FU" sign by the Alt-Right community to a gesture commonly used by United States President Donald Trump.[15] In July 2018, four Alabama police officers were suspended for being photographed making the hand gesture, since changing the uncertainty of the acceptable use of the sign.[16] Some Internet users have accused people in the political sphere of using the gesture.[17][18][19]

Crazy advertisement.????

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

LOL!! How times have changed!

Boo hoo! The alt-right is having such a hard time of it. [m.dailykos.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Love it!! Karma is such a bitch!

Boo hoo! The alt-right is having such a hard time of it. [m.dailykos.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Love it!! Karma is such a bitch!

the team is important, no time to be selfish.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Perfect!!

Hi All, Yesterday Dan and I attended my first Pow Wow/Meeting of the Tribes in East Greenbush, NY.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Well happy birthday! Sounds like a fabulous day.

America, we are living dog years. [johnpavlovitz.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

This is way too true!

I found this quote in a magazine (THRIVE - The Future of Food) from a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Perfect!! My daughter recommended an app called Calm. It is $60 a year, it was recommended by her psychiatrist and therapist. She is sleeping better and less anxious. I tried it last night, very helpful. I still woke up too early, but it was better sleep. I'm so happy I'm "retired" and have time to rest, relax, and destress. I am sure I was headed for a stroke.

Modern slavery

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

This is also why employer provided health care contributes to slavery. I hung on to my job because of health care benefit. They decided (and I agreed) that it wasn't a good fit and I was given a choice of resign or micromanaging and eventual termination, and I chose to resign. Whereas I'm very fortunate that I have some income independent of the workplace, I don't have affordable health care. I am saying I'm "retired" but lack of insurance is scary. Can you imagine how many small business would start up if everyone had healthcare? What a boost to the economy, but that might be (gasp) socialism or worse! To me it is just goo sense.

Even if you do not teach yoga, here is some things to keep in mind if you practice yoga.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I took a class several years ago called Curvy Girls Yoga. It was great! How to adapt yoga positions so you can do them. Use blocks, straps, and just generally be kind to yourself. It is a process of becoming a better you, not fitting into someone else's ideas of perfection.

Three Words???

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

What do you need me to do? What can I do for you? True story. A man's wife needed a kidney transplant. He joined a program to donate his kidney to a stranger so that a stranger's kidney would be donated to his wife. There were 12 people involved in this exchange, coordinated by several hospitals. The logistics make my head spin. But six kidney recipients and six donors, and countless hospital staff worked on this, so many factors of matching blood types and tiny details. Donating a kidney is hard, it is several weeks of recovery not to mention major surgery and the chance of dying. That says love louder than anything. I know about this because the man was my short term disability claim. He was willing to die for his wife. When I told him how cool I thought it was he said "how could I not?" Wow.

In case of misMatch

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Many years ago one of my girls once told her grandfather that she loved him, and his reply was "thanks," made me sad for both of them, but especially him.

What would you do? I would sit there and soak in all the nature.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Sit in that rocker and just breathe.

What are you grateful for?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I am grateful for my kids and grandkids. I am grateful I am alive! My mom died at 45, she never got to know her grandchildren. She would have been an amazing grandmother. I'm grateful that my ex made good career decisions. Because of those decisions I'm able to retire early.

Remember when these came out during Halloween time?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Ah yes, bowls full of vitamins and sugar! Never bought them for my kids and don't remember having them as a kid. My brothers each could eat a box at a sitting. Mom bought the cheapest she could get.

Glue IS Yummy

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I don't think he is even that evolved.

This is my girl Moxie.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Poor baby and poor you!! Forgive yourself, she will forgive you. And you'll learn from it as well. I'm sorry you both had to go through this.

Just do it already! I like the last one best.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Love it!! Thanks for posting!

What do you all feel about kneeling for the flag?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I will kneel, and it will likely kill my knees. But I feel strongly enough about it that I will do so gladly.

Funny that he says they were his honest reactions.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I watched one of the videos, it looked like he was listening and reacting appropriately. Interesting to see that the Drumpf camp is doing what they accuse others of.

Me this morning ... Good morning!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

The weather is changing, and I have aches in places I forgot I had places. I forgot my coffee on Friday (IKR!) So I still have my coffee drink in the fridge. Not sure if that will be consumed or tossed. Time will tell.....

Good Sunday morning! When dating do you judge someone on the type of work they do or just be ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

I think gainful employment of any kind is good, or retirement is fine as well. Back when I was first single the economy sucked and I knew lots of people that had gone from office jobs to retail, just to have a job. You do what you have to do. And yes, it is what we both bring to the relationship that is most important. I am more likely to judge (that is a harsh word, how about evaluate) someone on what they do when they aren't at work, how they treat others, what they like to do, personal habits.

What do you think of my new avatar?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Nice avatar. Good post.

Lovebug and Benny on the couch, with Moca in the window.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Sweet babies

Running with scissors. After so much time alone are you able to accept someone idiosyncrasies?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

To be totally honest, I don't really know. But I am willing to try. I think two people who enjoy each other's company and are wiling to communicate and compromise can make things work.

This is a great chart.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Very good, I like it.

I am going to give some of these a try they look very tasty. [buzzfeed.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

They do look very good, I love sweet potatoes.

Another good one!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Love it!! Thanks for posting!

Label wars over faux meat [seattletimes.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

If I eat meat (not often) I want to know where it came from and what it was fed or treated with. I don't want this faux meat that is glued together, and I don't want meats pumped full of antibiotics and feces. When I eat non meat that is the point, no animal products. I'd love to see the labeling laws improved. If it says veggie burger that is what I am expecting, a patty made of veggies. I surely hope there is no meat in there. Good gracious. Pork producers lost my trust long ago, I know what kind of conditions those animals are kept in, and that is BS.

To be nice, they should art least give trump his medals before giving him his orange jumpsuit. ☺

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. At least with his "medals" in his mouth he won't be talking.

It doesn’t take much.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

I bought a pair of Nikes deliberately to add my $.02 to the discussion. I do support CP, I do support BLM. I don't like brand names as a general rule, and Nike's business practices are questionable, but I will happily piss off conservatives.

Good morning! I support CP, but this is still funny.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

It is cute!!

It's so funny how suspiciously the cats regard freshly laundered pillows and bedding :-D ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

They're so particular, these little fur people we live with.

I took a break from this group for a week because the constant Trump retarded rhetoric was getting ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Glad to have you back!

Vote to end prohibition

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

I agree 100%

"In a world where the President of the United States will lie about what time it is while standing ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

I am hoping this nomination is scuttled. He is not fit to sit on the Supreme Court.

What is your favorite place you've ever lived?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

I have moved 23 times in my life. I was military, married my ex who was also military and stayed in til he retired, and then moved 3 times after he retired from the military and then 4 moves after divorce. So I have lived all over the US and overseas, and have ended up 50 miles from where I was born. That was not in the original life plan... Anyway, I loved Western Washington State best of all. We lived in/near Tacoma/Seattle/Everett area. So beautiful, so liberal, so many activities to do. Second favorite was the Kansas City area. I enjoyed the East Coast, so much history. Loved being close to DC, but hated the crowds, the traffic, the crumbling infrastructure. I loathed being in the south, don't deal well with heat/humidity/insects the size of cars/attitude. I also loved living in Germany, the distance thing though, can't get in the car and drive to my sister's house.

[scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net] words to live by

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

LOL!!

This pretty much sums it up.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

They are definitely more useful than thoughts and prayers. My girls are great bug exterminators, great purring machines, mess makers, entertainers, lap warmers, and destroyers of plants and tissue papers. If thoughts and prayers had a much use as my kitties the world would be such a better place.

Factual Vs. Fake - 090718

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Love it!! THanks for posting

This is for all you who over dress your cats.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

I like my kitties naked, I love to stroke their fur. And I don't need more "gifts" to surprise me.

Good morning ... moving slow today, but then, it's Saturday! Wishing you all a great weekend!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

I woke up WAY too early today. This is my first day of RETIREMENT! I went out for a 1/2 mile walk. My goal for retirement is to increase my exercise and get into better shape. I also need to catch up on my sleep but I'm planning a nap later.

I saw this and thought this was pertinent information to share here.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 8, 2018:

LOL, I'm so glad my fertile years are over.

(An oldie, but a goodie...) Mueller Meets Trump | Season 29 | THE SIMPSONS [youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Cool! Thanks for posting!

Necessary assistant.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Too cute, bloodthirsty little thing!

Let’s form an army

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

An attack of cuteness

I don't know if this is a single group post but it's for the ladies.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I think if it makes the wearer happy I'm all for it.

All women are beautiful.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Everyone is beautiful

Having lost our first cat to old age.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I think there are things we don't understand or understand imperfectly. It gives me peace to think I might be reunited with my fur children at some point, somehow that I don't understand. I'm a big proponent of whatever gives you peace.

It’s humbling when your oldest daughter tells you that you have nerves of steel and never get ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

It is awesome when our kids appreciate us.

I'm printing this and placing it in a 5×7 picture frame in our great room:

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

The good thing about fur kids is they never grow up and move away. They also never ask for the car keys and you never have the principal calling for a chat.... And they never yell at you and slam the door to their bedroom.

I'm printing this and placing it in a 5×7 picture frame in our great room:

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

That is my house rules too. My kids love cats and are my most frequent visitors, so we're good.

"Turn out the light!!" "How do you hoomans stay up all day?"

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

LOL!!

[yahoo.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

He just keeps digging deeper.

Reminder: The Next Trivia Nite Will Take Place Saturday, September 9, 2018 in The ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I may be able to make it, now that I'm retired.

[yahoo.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

About freaking time!

"It shouldn't be Democratic or Republican to say we don't target groups of people on how they look ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I love this man, best president EVER.

What is something you ate growing up that you never ate again once you became an adult?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Peas. We were forced to eat what was on our plate. I loathe peas and have never had them in my house. My kids only got peas at their grandparents house.

Today is my 113th day of being here with all you wonderful people.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Girl you are sprinting! I just ran a calculation and I've been here 278 days. Maybe now that I am no longer working overtime my numbers will rack up faster. Not only not working overtime, but not working at all!! Bliss!

RUB MY BELLY! Friends feline.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

S/he looks like a love!

This guy is actually a service cat. He helps me deal with PTSD. ☺

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

He's beautiful!

This phobia could make an excellent premise for a novel Somniphobia.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I don't have that, I love, love, love going to sleep. However, sleep does not always embrace me....

I remember my grandmother having one of these.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I used to have one! Middle daughter has it now. We picked it up in Germany. Yes, my English grandparents had one as well, the German grandparents didn't have one. English grandparents also had a cuckoo clock made in Japan.

Everyone has gone through something?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Change is part of living, we all change all the time, sometimes just more profoundly than others.

Sometimes he's a butt, sometimes he's too cute.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

What a sweet baby!

This song takes me way back, how many remember this one? [youtu.be]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

OMG, oh yes, and a good friend of mine is named Rosemary. We used to laugh about it.

20 more points to get to level 7.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I see you made it! Woot, good for you!

Today I got home from work.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Glad she's ok!

I was prompted by a comment the other day to write this post, a person I had just met asked me what ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Good advice as I move into retirement.

Guys, please be aware of the Troll who uses the same profile info and the same lame picture.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I saw she had been one of my visitors.

So, today I had no work, so I went out for a while to do some shopping.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

My girls are strictly indoors.

I didn't see the news until late, but Trump is a gift to comics, and that is not a good thing

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Fabulous!! Love them all. Thanks for posting!

[youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

I'm independent and unattached.

Gonna be traveling next few weeks so uh well I had an idea so coded it up tonight.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

You are fabulous, do we tell you this often enough? Have a great trip and be safe!

How many Gatorade drinkers know this?

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Well, never. I've never had a gatorade.

TGIF!! Have a great day!!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

Woot!! Woot!! First Friday with Omaha Humanists, and my last day of work! I will be retired at 5:00 CDT.

Have a great Friday, all, and a great weekend!

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

My last paid employment day for a while, essentially I'm retiring! Wonderful Friday!

Good morning and happy Friday! My mouth feels fairly well, just a little sore, but no real pain, ...

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 7, 2018:

My last day at work! I'm retiring! Last coffee until..... Connie, no pain is good! Glad you're healing well!

Baby Blu skies in his eyes.

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Too cute!

I like these bigly

HippieChick58 comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Love it!! all great!