Dammit, cat! You are supposed to stay inside the fence! I am going to have to buy a taller one.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

LOL!! that tiny fence was barely a hop. You'll need something taller than you are to keep a cat in.

Had a really good burger here today. gooooood cold sweet tea.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Cute place!! But OMG yech sweet tea.

How would you feel about hearing this: You have exceeded expectations in this position for the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Jeebus, they just stabbed you in the back to watch you bleed out. And you're in a "right to work" state which means they have the right to fire you at will. I am so sorry that they did this to you. Here is a resource you might check out: https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/articles/2016-03-28/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-being-fired-but-were-afraid-to-ask

Part of it could be the fact that it's been gray and wet all day, but Tony Bourdain's suicide is ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

All I can tell you is no one can judge the pain of another. I cannot imagine how much pain he was in to have risked hurting his child so much. Even in my darkest hours when I cried out to the gods that are not there, I remembered my kids and how I I could not inflict that pain on them. That is my story, yours and his are different. But please, in that dark night when you have no more strength to go on, please summon up that last ounce and call someone. I know that storms and dark nights pass eventually, yours will too, but sometimes you need to lean on someone else for a bit.

What are the chances?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

LOL!!

When raising children is it OK to let them go with a friend to a Bible camp?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I sent three kids to bible camps while they were children. Two have grown up to be Atheists, and the youngest wants to stay on her dad's good side. The other activities at camp might make up for the religion. However, let her know what to expect, and it depends on the denomination. Is this a fundamentalist church or a more liberal denomination? The fundamentalists will try to scare god into them. The more liberal churches will make sure they have a good time and encourage them to believe.

5 ways lack of sleep could alter the course of your life - MarketWatch

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I struggle with sleep issues. My job is stressful and I tend to push the envelope with going to bed. I get involved with something and lose track of time. (this site is way too hard to turn off) So, today I had a great day at work, I'm all caught up. Such a relief. I'm actually (in theory) going to bed soon. I'm going to wrestle down the cats and trim their nails (I do it in bed, I wrap them in the blankets.) And then I'm going to take some stuff to relax and hope that I sleep til the sun is full up tomorrow.

Dazzle LOVES his heating pad

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

awwwww

There are times... like TONIGHT, when our two seem to live by this motto:

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I dunno about anyone else, but I had a great Friday. I got almost everything done, what wasn't done has to be done Monday cuz it can't be done on the weekend. My inbox is cleaned out, my phone messages are up to date, and Monday's tasks don't look all that cray cray. This is so unusual, I'm not sure how to be without that pressure and worry.

Seafood-lovers have more sex and take less time to get pregnant | New Scientist

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

My 33 year old daughter was shocked that she got pregnant in the first month of trying for a baby. She said no one she knows got pregnant that fast. I will have to ask how much seafood she eats. But then, I also was Fertile Myrtyle, as was my mom. We don't eat that much seafood.

Why are you still single?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I'm single because I won't settle.

So. What do you all think? Stir Fry?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Poor babies.

Flat Earth Society

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

LOL!!

I think Surak was trying to tell me something, today.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Adorable! Were you ignoring him/her?

In 'Chilling' Attack on Press Freedom, Trump's DOJ Seizes Phone and Email Records of Reporter:...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Scary times we live in.

Is This a Woman's Logic?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Nah, I got way over that long ago.

Just bought a single ticket to my 40th high school reunion.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I went to one reunion, and I remember thinking "who are all these people..." I don't like crowds, I don't like heat, (outside activities in Nebraska in July) and I saw no reason to ever do it again. I move away from the town right after high school. I skipped my 40th a few years ago. I don't even go to family reunions, I'm not close with most of my cousins and some of them are too religious and way toooooo Republican for me. Good luck with that, I hope you enjoy yourself.

I just simply do not understand how anyone can leave their child in a vehicle, forget he or she is ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I think we just hear about it more,

Does anyone else feel this way?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I constantly walk the line between being informed and being crazy anxious. It is a rough time. You're not a bad citizen, you have to protect your sanity.

To all my gardening friends be carful out there in the hot sun this summer.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Be careful out there!

My cats push their toys under large, heavy furniture.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

One of my cats pushes dry cat food under the stove. Oh vey, if I ever get a new stove....

This evening, I took my cattle doggies for a swim at the boat launch down by the airport.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

How could they not? Dogs are usually very enjoy the moment type of folks.

Have You Ever?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I got $60.

Has anyone ever felt unworthy of love? I can't shake this feeling.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

There is such power in admitting our weaknesses, our failing, our fears. There is great power in knowing we're not alone with those horrible thought. I want everyone to know YOU are worthy, you are loved, you ARE good enough, you are smart enough, you are enough, you ARE enough. @Squirrel you are worthy. I will stand with you and I will remind you, all of you, every last one of you, YOU are worthy. We are not perfect, but we are worthy.

This is what I'm waiting for.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

YES!!

Not sure if there is a sweeter kitty out there. The old boy Romeo:

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Romeo is such a good name for a lover boy.

Here’s an easy quiz: if a theist told you “I believe in god because my faith provides me with an...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I'd say I'm happy you have something that gives you comfort. They're not asking for my opinion and I'd hope I could refrain from giving it.

My "baby" boy is turning 7 years old today and I'm feeling like an old lady.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Congratulations!! Watching kids grow is so satisfying, and there are so many adventures left to come!! My baby is 26 and made me a grandmother! It just blows me away to see my little girl so competent with her baby. This is what life is about.

EIGHTH GRADERS IN PENNSYLVANIA ISSUED BULLETPROOF BACKPACK PLATES AS GRADUATION GIFTS.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

That is freaking wrong. Like being shot at is now the norm. Oh my freaking god. Well there ya go, more proof god does not exist and if he does exist just doesn't give a good god damn.

Growth is painful.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

This is meaningful to me because I've been struggling with my job since I started, almost 21 months. I like the job most of the time, I am just not fast enough. Pay and benefits are good. I don't want to change jobs til I've been there two years.

I'm finally on the downhill side folks! 26,000 points, 24,000 to go to reach the elusive level 8! ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Level 8 is a huge slog! Hang in there!

Yesterday, here was hot and a bit muggy - 29 degrees (84 Fahrenheit) and 60% humidity.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I have watched storms come in in various parts of the US. Weather fascinates me.

MY PENSION! I can actually afford to retire.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Wow! That is wonderful! I live in the wrong state, Pete Ricketts (TD Ameritrade family) is our governor. :(

I think I am completely insane, but maybe not?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

My first job, detasseling corn in a Nebraska summer. Hot, dirty, and teenaged crap. That was my first encounter with how really mean teenaged girls were. I was one, I just didn't hang out with them, and no one from my school bothered me.

One of the benefits of volunteering at the Ruth Bancroft Garden (Walnut Creek, CA) is having the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Wow, so cool!

Some more of my Anti Trump creations for ya' all...;)

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Very good, all of them. Thank you!

I just got a rhubarb plant from a friend dug up out of their garden.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Did you know that when rain is on the way the rhubarb leaves will rise up and funnel slightly so the rain will reach the roots of the plant?

Aren't people that are a bit eccentric or a little bit off just a hoot to talk too?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Crazy is the only way to be.

Canada legalizes it All eyes on Canada as first G7 nation prepares to make marijuana legal From ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Wow!!

What are your top 3 current favorite TV shows?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I turned the cable off during the Iowa primaries. I live close to the Nebraska/Iowa border, so we got all the commercials twice. Anyway, I glanced up one night and saw Ted Cruz's face in my living room. I got a Roku and cut the cable. So I have no clue what is on. I used to watch The Big Bang Theory and Scorpion. I don't know if Scorpion is even on any more. TBBT is still on, I think.

Could you stay isolated for five days in total isolation as an asocial experiment?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Oh hell yes! Give me my books, some music, my projects and I will hole up and get busy. At the end of 5 days I will be refreshed, and needing someone to talk to.

Are You Scared Bro?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

He's soooo hot!

This is my son's cat, she is a Burmese.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

She's adorable!

I just got a rhubarb plant from a friend dug up out of their garden.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I love rhubarb. Always grew some in our yard when I was growing up. Haven't grown it myself, moved too often.

So here I am on agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Please stay strong. Those attacks were brutal, and wrong. Hopefully Admin will do their thing and remove the most offensive of them. I like your poem, and I'm not much for poetry. Please realize that you did nothing wrong, it is a refection of their issues. You touched something and they went bats**t on you. Hang in there.

Aaron Persky - the moronic judge who felt it fitting to hand Brock Turner a six-month prison ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

We can only hope. I wish he'd go to prison and find out what rape is really like.

Why Octopuses are badasses

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

wow! looks like fun!

Is everyone getting PMs from this member welcoming them to the site?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Nope, should I feel cheated, slighted, ignored? or thankful?

A beautiful forgotten song, remembered. ://youtu.be/ov3SHTHQCNU

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I remember this song! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Bearded Dianthus, full bloom

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

so pretty, so lacy!

I'm a survivor, how about you???

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Oh definitely! It amazes me at times that I'm not more beat up than I am.

How do people feel about people who are childless?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

It comes down to choice. Babies should be wanted, so someone who doesn't want or is ambivalent should not be making babies. Babies are an incredible time and money sponge. I have three daughters, two have babies. The third is the most nurturing of all of them, but doesn't want to have babies. She is the best auntie ever, and she is going to be taking care of her parents as we age. She is busy with her career, she is a volunteer with CASA, she is incredible. But she never wanted to have kids. I support her fully in her choices.

Describes me perfectly, according to my wife:

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

And taking naps!!

Here's what makes me sick and angry today.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Wow, that hurts that instead of being happy you have someone they're trying to box you in. Stay strong.

My daughter and I read each other’s Match .

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I was on Match, but not for long and long ago. My experience with most dating sites is tons of scammers, and those real people that were on there were not looking for someone like me or we were looking for different things. And yes, don't forget the married guys. On the one hand, how will you find if you don't look, and on the other hand how much BS do you have to put up with. The BS got me down.

An old friend of 50 years has become a person of extreme religiosity in his old age.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Did that work?

A woman at work keeps asking me to come to her church.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Just tell her you have other plans, and you do. Sleep, or breakfast, or whatever pleases you. You don't have to tell her what the plans are, just that they are long term and a very high priority.

I'm moving next week; another opportunity to rid myself of stuff I haven't used for a significant ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Where are you moving to?

Anybody give blood?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I can't give blood in the US because I lived for more than 6 months in Germany in the mid 80s. The baby I gave birth to over there can give blood. However her older sister and I can't. We could be carrier's of Mad Cow Disease.

I dont care if you have to pee!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I've seen that face before.

Bobby and Zippy love to wrestle, however it's unfair that Bobby is twice Zippy's weight PLUS.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Awww sweet babies

Business must be booming!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

And I will be happy to stay the hell away.

Since i am a member here, Does this mean that i am a "Senator From Texas" like Ted Cruz? ;-)

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

EWWWW,

TRIGGERING RACISTS [scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Precisely!

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES [instagram.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

OMG yes.

HOW TO BE ATTRACTIVE [instagram.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

This is good, very good.

Who remembers this?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

LOL!!! I loved that show!

"Why did you shove it under the bookcase?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

They're sooo adorable!!

Trump doesn't know the words to "God Bless America" [facebook.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Just remember, Don The Con is special. Really freaking speshul.

Do you see it as child abuse forcing kids to go to Church when they are clearly sick?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

It is simply stupid to take a sick child anywhere, except for urgent care or other medical facility. I don't want your sick kid's germs, keep the little germ factory at home and stop spreading the illnesses. I think parents have a choice of where their children should go and if they decide that church is their choice that is what parents do. That also begs the question of how old is that child? However, it does fall under the aegis of parenthood, my house my rules. The part about the sick child I take exception to. Sick kids belong at home. No one, in or out of church wants to deal with your little germ factory's bugs.

Walk the cat?? Priorities!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

LOL! Even Samurai had to deal with cats.

Puss puss the flat cat

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Such a pretty kitty!

Ruin a first date in 4 words

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I voted for Trump I brought my kid.

I’ll try and get on in the next few days, just got out of the hospital, pneumonia and small ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Speedy recovery! Take it easy.

Everybody good tonight?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

As good as can be!

Try it! You'll see what happens.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

LOL!! My kitties move real fast when I show them the water bottle.

TV or not?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I cut the cable in 2015. I live near the Iowa/Nebraska border, Iowa was having their primary, and I kept seeing Ted Cruz in my living room. I said Oh hell no! Called the cable company and bought a Roku. Never looked back. I watch Netflix from time to time, and Amazon prime. My TV is on probably less than 10 hours a month.

Bearded Dian thus bloomed this AM

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

So pretty!

UP! The montage of their relationship makes me cry every time.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I know, makes me teary every time.

Good morning. What's for breakfast? It's bacon quesadilla's for me.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I don't cook on work mornings, or hardly on work evenings. However, my breakfast is made the weekend before. Currently it is pureed fruits with oatmeal, chia seeds, flax meal, yogurt, and honey. I just grab a bowl and head for right here!

How do the new curtains look?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

They look OK to me, it will depend on what the rest of the room looks like. And Bob, really if it makes your wife happy then they are beautiful.

Are You With The Right Person?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I'm with me, I'm the right person, and sometimes the totally wrong person.

Fancy carrying out a spot of old fashioned medicine?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Fabulous!! Thanks for sharing!

Yes like 45 wrote Melanie...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Friends and I were just discussing that she has not been seen for some time now.....

Nature has some of the best painkillers. Love this chart.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I use tincture of ginger for heartburn, works fast.

Nature has some of the best painkillers. Love this chart.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I vouch for oil of cloves for tooth ache. I needed a root canal on Sunday. I put oil of cloves on a cotton ball and stuck it on the gum by the tooth. Killed the pain for 6 hours so I could sleep. And the anesthetic the dentist used tasted like oil of cloves. I will have a bottle forever. Anyone remember the movie Marathon Man with Dustin Hoffman?

Greatest Of All "Churches"

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Works for me!

Immigrants and No Refugee Rights Miissing Migrant Children

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

This hurts my heart. Those poor frightened children.

Announcement: trivia nites -every sunday singles group chat room - 6 pm est - 9 est

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

How fun!!

I didn't join agnostics as a dating site, so this is a new idea to me.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Grandchildren are the bestest thing ever! However, mine at least aren't good for much conversation. Welcome to the site, I hope you find what you are looking for.

NATIVE AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP [instagram.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

The government treatment of the indigenous people is really horrible, but sadly it looks like the US has not been alone in this. Australia and Canada have their issues as well.

‪Vegan cooking with my oldest daughter.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

What a good dad you are! Cooking with kids is a pleasure and trying new recipes is so much fun. I'm so proud that my kids grew up to be foodies, willing to try anything.

I'm new here. Just wanted to say hello to everyone!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Welcome!!

Every. Time.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I'm convinced my cats see and hear things I don't and act supremely nonchalant when I hear stuff and know they've been up to no good.

Some of you might enjoy this chart, I know it's true for me on these.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

For several years I've chosen to keep nuts around as my go to snack. And look how often nuts are mentioned on the chart.

Late summer in the pasture

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Beautiful!

I'm home from meeting up with family in the eastern panhandle of WV.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Glad you had a good weekend!!

Good Monday morning!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Monday monday :(

Trumpy Bear. Just found out about this. Who thinks this would be worth a lot in the future?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Even if it would be worth millions in the future, nope.

It is baffling that any Trump supporter still actually believes that any of his actions or policies ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 3, 2018:

The ones that seem to support him most rabidly are the ones that have the most to lose, the miners, those in ill health, on food stamps. Why do they not understand that he despises anyone who is not male, rich, and white? I have no illusions of what he would think of me, which is fine because I think he is lower than dirt.