Do you buy bottled water? I have hot and cold running water at home, why do I need all that plastic?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

I have two 40 oz hydroflasks, stainless steel insulated bottles. One is for work, one for home. I never buy plastic bottles of water if I can help it. Ice stays frozen for nearly 48 hours. I just keep refilling them. My office put in drinking fountains with a spigot for bottles. We can refill cold water to our heart's content. I have numerous other water bottles. No plastic bottles in my house.

I spotted this young fox down by the new rock garden at the front of the property and it reminded me...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

NIce!! I love it that you have foxes visiting.

How many broke a tooth off eating this as a kid? LOL

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

I don't think I broke a tooth then, but I sure enjoyed them.

No, I think I'd rather enjoy it!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

That is why I imbibe.

I've noticed what I consider an inordinate number of black cats here.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

I have never had a pure black cat. When I was looking for a cat after my old girl died I wanted a ginger, and found an adorable ginger. Then I wanted a companion for her, and one of my coworkers was fostering a kitten that needed a home as she had a vacation scheduled. Color didn't matter. I just like cats, someday I will have a solid black cat.

Works for me.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

Love is love and we're all one race.

Saw this today, what do you think?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

YES!! I regularly thank people for their patience with me/us. This is a work thing. Big companies move slowly. But yes, emphasize the positive. I am changing, I am getting better. Baby steps are better than no steps and all positive movement is good.

Well I wanted to beg for points when the time comes but I only need 10 now to reach level 8! Thanks ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

You made it!! WTG!

Fess up. Which one of you is this?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

LOL!! I need that!

Better hurry! There are only 25 more shopping weeks to Christmas.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

I actually have started Christmas shopping! Oldest daughter had a baby 6 weeks or so ago. Last Thursday when I saw her she says, "do you remember Monkey Baby?" Well, yes I do. She tells me she wants me to find one for her son for Christmas. Monkey Baby was a stuffed monkey that had a pacifier. All the girls loved Monkey Baby. So, Queen of Google that I am I did my research and found Monkey Baby and it arrived yesterday. This is a Dakin stuffed toy that was made in 1985 and then discontinued. What we can accomplish with the internet!

A friend of mine and I were discussing how the events we go through in our life shape the person we ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

I don't know if I can do this in order, but I was abused as a young child. My mom died when I was 14 and at 15 I got the step monster from hell. Joining the Army changed me in good ways, travel overseas and learning how other people live is life changing. Having children was life changing in so many ways. When my oldest got the the age I was when I was abused it freed me because I was then able to fully understand it wasn't my fault. I was too young to know anything and too young to have prevented it. That awakened the Mama Bear in me, I protect my cubs and it doesn't take much for someone to become my cub. And divorce changed me, I found out again how resilient I am.

My business travel has been chock full of adventure lately.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

Wow, now don't pick up any bad habits while you're there. How Nun conventional. Yeah, I should shut up now.

You are on a date...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

He has to go home to send the babysitter home. I'm not looking for someone who has children still at home.

Been noticing today that I'm getting up to three alerts per post.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

Growing pains.

My poser..

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

Great picture! Adorable kitty.

Good morning! Have a wonderful day

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

Being human is grossly overrated. Good morning, adorable puppy!

My new gardening motto: "One Gardener's Weed Is Another Gardener's Groundcover"

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 28, 2018:

That's my garden!

So there I go.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Lets just hope it is good attention. There is some attention I'd rather not have.

Got a load of wood chips from the local tree trimmer.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

spreading wood chips can be tough work, you did a good job!

What's the worst gift you've ever had?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

My ex is a webmaster. He has a xian hymnal website. For mother's day 2008 he dedicated a hymn to me on his website. He used the music to an existing hymn, and wrote a poem to fit the music. There was nothing in the words about mothers or love or anything, it was an Easter hymn. Jaw hit floor. My kids were watching and I said "oh how nice." And Easter being in April, mother's day in May. I had asked for something for the garden and I got a god damned hymn because he couldn't even bother to shop or ask one of the girls to shop. It was dedicated to me on his website. In the divorce I asked for all mention of my name to be removed from the site. Worst gift ever.

Why do people think bad things that happen to people are part of god’s plan?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Because then the incomprehensible makes sense, and they don't have to think about it much. I am so sorry for your loss.

[facebook.com] I learned some things...very good video!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

THat is excellent. I have shared it as well.

Phrases I hope to avoid in my obituary: "skeletal remains," "dumpster," "almost beyond recognition,"...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

You might want to include "most of the remains were found..."

Just finished giving my hanging baskets and wall container a drink.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

very nice!

Used to this at a neighbor's house growing up, lots of fun.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

I had one of those, it was a blast!

A little discovery, and some releases

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Beautiful!

Civility and Trump [scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Oh, baby!! I agree!!

The definition of irony. [scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

LOL

Just finished baking some zucchini bread and muffin half with walnut and coconut, and rest with ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Yummy!!

Garden update! Pink English roses and French lilacs filling the air with perfume.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

You caught my attention with peony, that is my favorite flower beyond all. I love the smell, the color, the intricacy, the smell, the ants on them :) Your garden looks amazing!

I promised you a recipe.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

looks lovely and well staged! I mostly don't bake anymore. Living alone stuff goes bad too fast for me to get it all eaten up.

Rant time, at the ripe old age of 62 I find myself back in the dating pool, oh to joy! Hard not to ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Single at 60 isn't a picnic. I can remember my last date, but it hasn't been in the last 3 months.... I don't think. I also live in a conservative bastion, and most guys say they are xian. So, spruce yourself up, have a picture taken, write some sort of bio and forge ahead. As Robin Hood said "faint hearts never won fair ladies." That was the Disney version with the fox as Robin Hood.

Been a while since I’ve posted their pic.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Lovely!!

What would you do?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

No, that chapter has closed and I'm not the same person anymore. I'm sure he isn't either, but.... I'd never trust him again.

Vegetarian for 6 years. Wouldn't live any other way! Love all sentient beings.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Great photos!

I plan to spend the day tomorrow in a state of omphaloskepsis.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Just don't strain your neck.

Cat Traps pt 38: The ornamental trap.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Wonderful examples of preserved adorableness.

Ooh! Look what bloomed overnight !

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Very nice!

These dietary militants in France are terrorising a crucial sector of the French way of life !! ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Wow, crazy world we live in.

Good morning and happy day to all!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2018:

Hump day.

Living while brown. [scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

These are scary times we live in.

Thinking about my ex: 'You Are the Hole in Me' You are the hole in me.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

For better or worse past relationships leave a mark on us.

Who knows the F word? Floccinaucinihilipilification Not the F word you were thinking about.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I am familiar with that term, but I hadn't seen it in ages. Thanks for the memory. I love weird words, well all words really.

There is no such thing as a 'humble' opinion.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

OK, instead of saying In my humble opinion maybe I should say "you probably don't want to hear this but..." I don't know about inverted sense of importance, but I'm reasonably smart and full of opinions. And then there is the adage that opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and they're usually full of shit.

Good morning, almost noon, Day four morning trip to the garden.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Looks delish!

To be intimate - is to listen - not only for things spoken, but for all the nuances that occur.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

And you have to listen to understand, not listen for your next opportunity to speak.

What's your take on this? A president calling god "stupid". [bbc.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Can something that doesn't exist be stupid?

Where are the witches where do they come from?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I think I'd have made a great witch!

Dear Wine ?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

In vino veritas, and the truth ain't pretty.

So I’ve been cleaning my garage most of the day.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Wow!! The more things change the more they stay the same.

Close your eyes and enjoy [youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Beautiful. I could listen to that all night.

Meet my new boy Bourdain.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

He's adorable!! I wanna baby kitty!

“I have never had a negative encounter with someone on marijuana,” Sgt.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I indulge before bedtime so I can fall asleep. Staying asleep is questionable.

The start of lunch straight from the garden...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Yummy!!

2020 Voting For Those Who Will Prosecute Herr Trump

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Good plan!

Herr Trump Screws Veterans

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

SMH

Let's Jail This Family

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Sooooo I google most dangerous prisons in the US? I know, I'm devious and likely deviant. They need to go to ADX Florence in Colorado.

Do you count on your spouse to make you happy?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

No one can "make you happy". You can choose to be happy regardless of the circumstances.

Are you inflated or deflated with your friends?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

The people I choose to spend time with lift me up as I lift them up. Life is too short to spend your time with those who bring you down.

Life is Too Short - Dr. Zeuss

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Most of this I like, but I'm sorry, if I believed that everything happens for a reason I'd be a basket case. Nope,nope, nope there is just too much crap in the world to believe there is a reason for everything.

About four months ago, I was talking to my cousin.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

this whole reality bit sucks, ya know. Whoda thunk.

Burn Barrel and Molotov Cocktail I was weedwhacking the jungle that is on the north side of the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Wow, quite the excitement today, you little pyromaniac you!

Do you want to be resuscitated?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Nope, no heroic measures, no machines.

It's 2018 and I still don't have a TV that gets louder to compensate for my chewing.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Stop chewing so loudly!

Pigs fly just fine with sufficient thrust.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

The landing is ugly.

Alzheimer's doesn't sound so bad when I realize I'll be able to watch all my favorite movies for the...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

When my former MIL was in the early stages of Alzheimer she remarked that it was hard for her to choose a book because she wasn't sure if she had read it before. She worried she was rereading something. I told her to look at it like revisiting old friends.

My Petunias in a half barrel have gone loopy . The stem is a heuchera fighting for a bit of light.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Beautiful!

Not sure where else to post this but figured you guys would understand.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I'm so sorry for your loss! It was a symbol of your relationship and now it is gone.

A friend of mine likes to point out that perfect partners don't exist.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I'm not looking for all the boxes to be ticked, just the important ones. You have to find the line between settling and compromising.

Ring neck parrot visiting my garden today.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

I had a parrot visit my yard when I lived in the state of Virginia. We assumed it was an escapee from a home or pet store. However it was fun to see it.

Good morning!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 26, 2018:

Innocent bystanders are not safe when I throw things. However the target is the safest object/person in the room.

Have you found your "calling" in life?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

My calling is to be a Grammy. Before that it was being a mom. But Grammy is so much more of everything. My interest lies in the medical field, but not enough to want to touch strangers or get close enough that they can puke on me. Instead I push papers and deal with people dealing with the medical establishment. It's interesting to me, most of the time. My avocation is making stuff. I sew things like quilts, clothing, home decor. I make soaps, lotions, lip balms, deodorant, and toothpowder to name a few. I am a Hippie.

Got a couple more...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

That little girl just breaks my heart.

What a insightful observation

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

It's a bitch to be judged on what you CAN control. Damn!

An urban gardeners particular struggle; I have load copious amounts of clippings, poison ivy!, etc...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I love garter snakes, the only snake I will tolerate being around.

10 Stages of Genocide [scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Scary, freaking scary.

Apparently this was shared from Norway...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

That makes me cry.

Ever feel like this in the morning??? [giphy.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

That's how I feel every time my phone rings at work.

3 Classy Ladies Lived in the White House. One Former Porn Star and POS Lives ThereNow

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

And I give you the old adage, "beauty is only skin deep" cuz below she skin she is a brainless, ugly biatch.

Canada Legalizes Weed - Relieve Chronic Pain Living Next to Trumplandia

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I gotta get my passport renewed.

It is gratifying to see major companies putting aside profit motives to do what's right.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Way cool!! I hope it does not turn up any surprises.

Domino loves the heat of the modem.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

As I'm trying to remember where my modem is.... Oh yeah, it is in a cabinet, kitties can't get it.

Apparently this was shared from Norway...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Snowstorm? Having a white out?

Cone flowers popping out in our mailbox habitat:

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

How do you keep the damn bunnies away. (I never call them just bunnies, it is always damn bunnies, they've eaten so many of my plants and always the coneflowers.)

Wanderlust... or homebody?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I started life about 50 miles from where I live now, and grew up 142 miles from where I live. However, between birth and current residence I've moved 23 times, all over the US and overseas. I've been in Omaha 15 years, in 4 different homes. Two kids graduated from HS here in Omaha and all the kids have managed to settle in Omaha. I don't plan to move again. The kids didn't see their grandparents much when they grew up, we were always far away. I want to be close by to see my grandchildren grow up.

A couple of views of the flower bed in front of my house.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Love the front porch!

Would just like to share this for anyone is feeling down.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Breathing helps, meditation helps. And my mantra, "this too shall pass." Trouble is, the good stuff passes too. Sigh, such is life.

'Most Important Surveillance Story You Will See for Years': Report Reveals How AT&T Buildings Serve...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

SMH

ICE Director Says Agency Can’t Be Compared To Nazis, As They’re ‘Just Doing Their ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I remember the My Lai massacre, and when I was in Basic Training in the Army they emphasized we SHOULD NOT follow illegal orders and it was very appropriate to question any and all orders that sounded wrong. Following orders is not a defense, it is 100% cop out.

It's me, in cat form!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Love the stache!!

I am a gonzo gardener, and am already harvesting tomatoes and basil, a new early record! I have real...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

https://thefreerangelife.com/control-squash-bugs/

I sort of accidentally implemented a family coloring book in my house.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

How sweet. My oldest at 33 was having anxiety issues and discovered coloring is a good way for her to cope. I tried coloring.... It makes my anxiety issues skyrocket. I think it's awesome that you share it with your boys,

Mimsy is sleeping on her stuffed bunny.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Kitties just have NO respect for property. But we love em anyway. She's beautiful!

After I got in trouble for over-posting a few months back, I created a Facebook page.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Good for you! I liked your page.

I saw this really interesting flower today. What is it?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

I love the color!

Nothing like an apparent domestic violence situation waking you up in the middle of a good sleep.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Oh, how stressful, and sad for everyone involved.

Good morning!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Monday morning, oh what fresh hell is this?

It took just one reason to make me vegan but I stay vegan for all the reasons.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

We must definitely change or die. The earth can get along without us, but we cannot get along without the earth.

I had a ball with strings of lovers some in plain sight, some under covers but this boy really ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 25, 2018:

Well said. I want this too.

Jim Wright (Stonekettle Station) writes something you should read all the way through: ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 24, 2018:

I agree 101%. We need to be kind to each other, to provide good service if that is our business and leave politics at the door. That isn't happening, and those shaping policy got a taste of what it is like to be on the receiving end, and it stinks. So maybe they will change the policies now.