Having trouble making the bed

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

Love your helpers!!

Getting Ready For The Weekend

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

This week was good, two Fridays. This week was also bad, two Mondays :(

This is Max. He passed in 2011. The small kitty is Love bug when I first got him. ❤

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

He's beautiful!

I would buy one! [news.sky.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

I would donate to that!

I Probably shouldn’t be posting this but I’m having a little bit of an issue.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

I'm 60, been divorced about 9 years. First love yourself. Make yourself a priority, do things you like to do, get busy having the best life you can have. Then if you still don't meet anyone your having a good time anyway. Yeah, I can see advantages to being in a relationship, tons of them. However, I can't make it happen and I'm not going to tread water waiting for it to happen. If I find someone we'll figure out a way to make it work, if not, my life is working as it is.

How many Oreos are too many? Is it 25? I’d like it to be more than 25.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

Too many Oreos? What sort of blasphemy is that? There are never enough Oreos. And not those Sunshine Hydrox crap, I want real Oreos.

Good morning and Happy Friday! Feels like I had two Mondays this week!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

Happy Friday!! I like weeks with two Fridays! And the fact that yesterday was not Monday like for me was an additional plus.

I thought this was good advice.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2018:

Never settle, and never be settled for. We all deserve to be with someone who makes us a priority.

And we see you!!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

Greedy freaking jackasses.

Sparked by another member's question: what are your thoughts on girls calling their guys "daddy"?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

NOPE, never ever ever ever.

Missy Girl helps make the bed.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

All my cats help this way, even my old girl when she was blind liked "helping" to make the bed.

Don't know if anyone else has asked this but anyone hear from Sarahroo29?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

I've noticed she was gone, but don't know why she is not here.

Good morning! Hope everyone had a great Independence Day!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

I got enough done to be happy, and also got my nap in. Good quiet day. Work will be another issue. We're always swamped after a holiday... email tends to breed if it isn't cleaned out every day. But, ya do what ya can and just keep your head down.

Do you celebrate 4th of July or is it just another ordinary day to you?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

It is a paid day off, nice that it comes in the middle of the week this year. And I've just hung out at home, so just another day, albeit productive. I don't care for the fireworks and the kids were busy with other stuff.

Something to think about.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I've thought for a long time that some of the illegal stuff that Americans seem prone to do ought to be legalized and regulated. Prostitution is legal many places and the workers have benefits and regulations. They get health care and that can slow down the spread of STDs. Make pot legal like Colorado did and reap the benefits of the taxes. Other drugs could be the same way, taxed and regulated.

How this country should be: [instagram.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Love this, it is so sweet. Children don't see differences or learn prejudices until they are taught. Thanks for posting!

Goodnight Kitty:

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

She's too cute!!

We get so worried about being pretty.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I would add: pretty helpful, pretty considerate, pretty nice, pretty generous.

Can we please stop being skeered 'white' folks? [instagram.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Some of the trumpies have very thin thin thin skin. What did it matter if 1 foot of your yard got mowed. He did you a favor. These tight ass white trumpies are so fragile. I am so ready for the Rapture to get these petunias out of here.

Waiting on the inevitable fireworks with my three dogs.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Hopefully the pyrotechnics will be over soon, at least for a few months.

Sandrine Thuret: You can grow new brain cells. Here's how | TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript | TED

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

This is fascinating! I will increase the amount of blueberries I eat, as well as some of her other dietary findings. Thank you for sharing that!!

Just another day at work.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

At least it is beautiful! How is the new job going?

Goebbels Needs a Hug....

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

More places need to kick that trash out.

When did you last have sex with a partner? (A 50 and over confidential poll)

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I truly cannot remember, but I think it has been more than a year. I remember who, just not when. I'm not sure if I should be concerned or not. But I haven't found anyone in the past couple of years or more that I've wanted to develop a relationship with. If I was willing to have a long distance relationship maybe things would change, but such as it is, Omaha is where my kids settled and I don't want to move.

I felt these needed to be shared here. Meow.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

LOL!! Love it!!

Happy 4th to All.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I'd have been a good guest.

Follow up question to the poll about women asking men out on dates.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

First I gotta meet local guys, and that hasn't happened in ages. But yeah, if there was a local guy on this site I thought we could click I'd ask him out. I have asked out men before, and gotten stood up. I do believe they were scammers.

New Exercise Regime (WWJD?) [facebook.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I will pass, I have enough crosses to bear.

What's Your American Heritage?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Happy immigrant mixed breed. Mom's family was from Germany and Switzerland. Grandmother came to the US at age 10, mom was born in '27, so I'm guessing Grandma came over very early 1900s. Grandpa was here a few years before that. Dad's parents were English, Scottish mix. Great Grandpa Smith came from Lincoln, England and settled in Lincoln, Nebraska.

You Done Me Wrong - This is What I Wish For You

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Perfect!

“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”——Howard Zinn

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

PERFECT!! Yes, yes, yes!

While we’re on a roll about daylilies :-).

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

It is beautiful, thanks for sharing.

I threw all my extra tomatoes in a pot this morning.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Looks delish!!

A pair of daylilies .

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Love the color!! So pretty!

Weed and Jeff Sessions

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Jeff is not just a dope, he a malicious malignant melanoma on the butt of dope.

Dealing with holiday loneliness

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I have three adult kids that live in my town, one I know will be out of town today. I have no idea what the other two have going on, and haven't invited me to anything. I don't care about fireworks, so my plan is just to do what I wanna do and enjoy my day off. My actual plan is a nap sometime here shortly, and then work on one of my hundreds of projects and stay inside. It is 90° and high humidity so only feels like 100° outside. Too hot for me.

I was up late last night Canning more hot spicy pickles and baking more zucchini bread.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Wow, you have been productive!! I'm impressed!

What makes you cool

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I'm me. I do what I think is right, and don't notice/give a darn what other people think.

My Dinner Plate is in bloom today

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Fabulous!! Love the color!

Wow! It's going to be a good day :)

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Beautiful!!

Are you mellowing with age or leaning toward the get-off-my-lawn end of the spectrum?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Depends on what the issue is. Have you seen my political postings, I'm getting more Liberal and proud of it as I age. My grass I don't give a darn about, I just don't want the twerps looking in my windows or messing with my garden. I curse at other drivers, put the damn phone down and pay attention to traffic! My motto is pick your battles and find your peace. I am concerned enough about the USA to chose to participate politically. Who the Kardashians are sleeping or not sleeping with I don't give a rip for. Why are they a thing, anyway?

How many road in the back of a station wagon like this?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

YUP!

IF this is true, I'm wasting my time: More than six in 10 Americans, or 62 percent, said Trump's ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

Stop the damn merry go round, I wanna get off.

Here’s another poll. Where does everyone stand on organic gardening?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

I have a worm box in the pantry and a compost bin in the yard. I never use anyhtingicides.

My sister had her cat shaved for the summer LOL poor Kitty

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2018:

https://pets.webmd.com/features/shaving-dog-or-cat-during-summer#1 I had a friend who had her cat shaved, I always felt sorry for the cat. Generally vets don't recommend it unless there is a huge issue with hairballs.

Should I go for full custody of my child?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

You sound like the better parent, however not knowing the laws of your state it is difficult to know what the biases are. You should consult a lawyer again. But if the lawyer said it is doable, I'd want to do it.

I’m thinking about going back to school and majoring in philosophy… so I can ask people WHY they...

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Because I want heart disease damnit! And supersize it!

I just signed an endorsement deal with Adidas.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

How can I get in on that?

Stupid people aren't flammable enough.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Might be a good thing, we don't have enough firefighters for the blazes that would result.

Are you or have you ever known anyone to be agnostic/atheist AND pro-life?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I am pro life and pro choice. I think all babies should be wanted, welcomed and born. However, through personal experience I know it can't always be. I had a baby with severe neural tube defects (yes, more than one defect) that would preclude life outside the womb, and may have caused me to miscarry or worse. I had an abortion. The baby was wanted, planned and welcome. But **I** made a choice for **MY** health. This was more than 30 years ago. I would love for every woman never to have to make that choice. No woman makes it happily, but every woman has to make the choice for herself, her health, her family. I spent 20+ years in Christian communities and I have told my story several times. It shuts down arguments really fast. I have a sister with fertility issues, she used to cry knowing babies were being aborted, but she also supports a woman's choice for authority over her body.

Because.......?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Yeah, I can't keep toilet paper in the bathrooms. I keep it in the cabinets and let guests know where to find it.

Have you ever tried speed dating?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I've done it a few times, not impressed. But then I live in a conservative christian bastion.

What's your best beauty/health tip?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

WATER!! Lots of water. I love water and drink it all day, never soda. That is why I look younger than both my younger sisters. If we didn't love each other they'd hate me.

What's your best beauty/health tip?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

All things in moderation except sugar. Avoid foods with added sugars and limit sugars to less than 50 grams a day.

Ignore the flood garbage on the curb. This swath of garden is a welcome sight this morning!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Beautiful, so nice to come home to.

Back to running.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I gave up running long, long ago. IF you see me running you better hope you can outrun me, because something really ugly is back there.

Oooooooh, Canada. ::breathless::

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Yummy! I so love Canada!

Today's harvest nopal and figs, along with showing off my orchid

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Beautiful!!

The intellectual originator of the Koch's oligarchic takeover: [ineteconomics.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

That must be good because my anxiety levels skyrocketed when I read the first paragraph.

Peace of mind for me.??

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I want peace of mind and peace on earth and equal rights for all.

Mind if i crash here for a spell?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Welcome!!

Think I can get overnight site-to-store shipping?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I am amazed that Wally World would have such a thing. They gotta be trump supporters.

There Must Be Complete Severance Between Church and State

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

And he was a REPUBLICAN!!!

[pbs.org] 3 yr old dies in Idaho.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

That just breaks my already broken heart. This country is so fucked up right now.

This was Vincent back in 2012 in Arizona.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

He is adorable.

Can’t completely deny this.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

First of all, why is there a comma between color and the? I don't think it is truly that hard. We want to be treated with respect, like we're real and intelligent people. We want to be listened to and heard.

Good morning!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Good morning!! With tomorrow a day off does that make today a Friday? I like weeks with two Fridays.

Calla lily this morning. I'm really hoping to harvest the seed pod from this one:

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Wonderful!

Unfun moment of the day.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

Sadly we don't bounce as good as we used to. Hope you're feeling better.

Have you ever noticed that many in of the immigrant groups that faced anti-immigration sentiment and...

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

I think it is fear that is preached by politicians. Their divide and conquer system tells folks that the new comers might take what they have recently achieved. "they're different" When you have been deprived it is hard to let go of the fear, they don't realize it isn't pie, there is enough for all; and different is not evil or bad, it is just not what you're used to.

Donald Trump's great grandfather was an unaccompanied German minor.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

The Republican administrations seem to have always been more interested in lining their own pocket than being helpful to the American public.

Most affectionate cat ever ??

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

You guys make the cutest couple! Sweet!

Failure is not to be feared, though I do.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 3, 2018:

If you don't fail a time or two you're not trying anything new. Failure is NEVER final.

Ladies, men don’t say this often enough but, thank you. Thank you for not killing us in our sleep.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I used to think about that with my ex, but how to make it look like an accident or natural.... SVU just didn't give me the right info!

Do you have certain words or phrases you mispronounce on purpose?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Rural Nebraska German immigrants always pronounce Creek as CRICK. When I want to wig my daughters out, I say crick just to let them stew. What gets my goat is when someone says Warshington, or warsh machine. There is no R in wash! One of my kids' teachers in Washington State always said WARSH. And I am thinking "why are you teaching children, especially mine?"

Our German Shepherd saw this. He's pissed:

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

LOL!! Dogs are eternally youthful.

Who is the master of your House?!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Well, they are left alone for several hours a day without adult supervision, so I guess the girls really are. Dang.

A quick break from my toils to show you my double ruffles in bloom.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Wow! How pretty!

Warning to All Parents - Stop Feeding Your Kids Rice Crispies

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Seriously, I can hear them in my knees every time I stand up.

Another cotton bloom!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

So pretty!

Just for fun. Modern dating lingo, how many terms do you know?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Good gracious, my vocabulary just expanded! Thank you!

Lawn Care and Gardening Myths One of the myths I have heard since I was just a lad was that you ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Thank goodness for sprinkler systems. It was installed when I bought the house. I set it to go on about the time I get up to go to work.

So, the boy cat (Jango) comes in and meows, which usualy means his crunchies dish is empty, so I get...

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Smart little brat!

Lets Go Hiking

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

For me that would be camping, cuz I'm not walking anywhere after I've imbibed even part of a "shit ton of weed."

I don't know how many are ready for this one.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

WOW!

This is Patches and she rules the house.....

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

She is adorable, and inscrutable. Love her in the sun!

This would be just my luck

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I want to do that one day, but who has time!

Tinder for cats!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

They are too cute!! I wish my kitties would do that, but I've only had the younger one for a few months. They might one day.

Dinesh D'Souza is a truly abhorrent person: [newsweek.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Jeebus criminey, when is DT going to run out of swamp creatures?

I don't have to think about it I'm already here.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

All the time until Samantha Grace arrived.

Alcibiades: the tRump of ancient Greece [historynewsnetwork.org]

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

History does repeat itself. :(

At least 8 white nationalists running for office: [msnbc.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

We need to flood the polls with Blue voters! Vote early and vote often!

Currently I am suffering from an insanely painful infected tooth - so bad that I cannot sleep, to ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Go to the closest shop that sells essential oils, buy oil of cloves. Saturate a cotton ball w/the oil and another oil and hold it against your gum above the hurting tooth. It will give you about 5 hours of relief. I did that the night before an emergency root canal. And it is what Dustin Hoffman was using in Marathon Man. It isn't a fix, it is just to give you temporary relief.

So is this where all the cool kids hang out?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Now that you're here, yes.

While my friend/coworker and I are traveling my folks are babysitting our cattle dogs.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

Your parents are saints!

I know I have been weening myself off the site and groups especially.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I'm so glad you let us know. I've missed you, but you have to take care of you.

Maddie knows the truth.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

And sadly there is a huge orange turkey in the White House.

Love when the kids help in the kitchen.

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I love how you're sharing the cooking with your kids, and the results with us. You seem like a really good dad.

So what do you guys look for in a partner, and how do you rank it?

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

For me, appearance matters very little. Good hygiene, hair as they prefer, skin color or race doesn't matter. Non religious and liberal matter. Interests can vary. They should have their own and some that overlap with mine. I don't really expect or want company in my sewing room, but someone to go to estate sales, travel, do yard work/gardening with. They must like cats.

Good morning! Enjoy your day!

HippieChick58 comments on Jul 2, 2018:

I haven't yet run out of coffee, and if I do there is always the baby Starbucks in the Company Kitchen at work. It will do in a pinch.