Good morning All. Coffees on.

[KymmieL]

Kymbrill is just the formal name I came up with for Kymmie.

 

Anyway thermometer on the fence is showing 20. and it doesn't seem to bad outside.  No w i n d.

 

Still on the search but I am not giving up. I know when the right position for me comes up I will get it.

 

Kymmie

[Ivy]

I was wondering if anyone heard from Willow.  They had some bad weather down there.

[Davie]

Call it Valentine's Week, I guess. In the midst of personal trauma and moving apartments a month ago—my Christmas cactus bloomed. Here she is!

I now call her my Miracle cactus. She a beautiful sign from the universe, to me and to all of you.

--Davie

 

[Jackie C.]

Ours bloomed a while back. The cats immediately tore the blooms off playing "jungle cat" among its fronds. I do not know what to make of that as an omen.

 

Hugs!

[Davie]

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[Jani]

@MaddeeI hope your annual check up goes well.  Don't over do it shoveling out your car.  Take is easy. 

 

Jani

[Ivy]

Still no snow here, which is fine with me.  But it has been cold (by our standards).

I went over to the Tractor Supply store this morning to get an extra tank for my backup propane heater.  They had to get it off the lot.  While I was out there with the lady, she called me "sir", but then stopped and asked if I preferred "ma'am".  I told her yes, I did, and she apologized, and used "ma'am" from then on.

I told her I wasn't offended or anything cause I was used to that.  She said that I come there frequently (true) and they should call me what I prefer.

 

Anyhow…  That was pretty nice.  

 

[Jani]

3 hours ago, Jandi said:

She said that I come there frequently (true) and they should call me what I prefer.

That was nice Jandi.  Another step forward!

[Mmindy]

8 hours ago, Jandi said:

She said that I come there frequently (true) and they should call me what I prefer.

 

Anyhow…  That was pretty nice.  

That was nice Jandi,

 

I think more and more retail stores are being proactive with their pronoun awareness a customer relations.

 

Stay warm,

 

Mindy???

[Jamie68]

11 hours ago, David K. said:

Call it Valentine's Week, I guess. In the midst of personal trauma and moving apartments a month ago—my Christmas cactus bloomed. Here she is!

I now call her my Miracle cactus. She a beautiful sign from the universe, to me and to all of you.

--Davie

 

Wow! That's beautiful. 

[Jamie68]

8 hours ago, Jandi said:

Still no snow here, which is fine with me.  But it has been cold (by our standards).

I went over to the Tractor Supply store this morning to get an extra tank for my backup propane heater.  They had to get it off the lot.  While I was out there with the lady, she called me "sir", but then stopped and asked if I preferred "ma'am".  I told her yes, I did, and she apologized, and used "ma'am" from then on.

I told her I wasn't offended or anything cause I was used to that.  She said that I come there frequently (true) and they should call me what I prefer.

 

Anyhow…  That was pretty nice.  

 

That's awesome.

[Jamie68]

Looks like we got 5 or 6 inches overnight. Shoveled, fixed lawn tractor plow, and pulled snow blower out of ice and snow and got it running. Good day today.

[Emily michelle]

Hi everyone! I finally decided to join a support group just for trans feminine people my first meeting is tonight. This is online which is good because they normally meet an hour and a half away from me.

[Drayse]

That's great! I hope your first meeting with them goes well @Emily michelle

[Aggie1]

Headed to Toastmasters and one of the most influential members just posted on Facebook some sermon notes (he’s a pasty) about Sodom and two genders and bounds. Strangely I am not the least worried. I feel secure in myself. His opioid is just that. It’ has nothing to do with me. I expect thee may be some innuendos tossed around. He’s particularly skilled at this in influencing opinion. I’ve butted heads with him before. But I don’t think he’s met Agnes yet. 

 

[Ann W]

Good for you @Emily michelle, I joined a group like that a few weeks ago, and it's become something I really look forward to.  I hope you like it.

[Mmindy]

6 hours ago, Emily michelle said:

I finally decided to join a support group just for trans feminine people my first meeting is tonight.

Good morning everyone,

 

Coffee is HOT, black, and strong.

 

@Emily michellethis is great news, I hope you feel as welcome on-line as you speak in real-time to others about the trans issues we share.

@AgnesBardsiebest wishes as you make your way through the Toast Master challenges you face.

 

Hug,

 

Mindy???

[KymmieL]

that is what I need to find is an on line group that will let me join. How is one to accomplish finding one to join?

 

finally have some white stuff to accompany the cold. got about 3" over night.

 

Finally Friday for me. It has been so boring at work.

 

Kymmie

[Ivy]

6 hours ago, Emily michelle said:

Hi everyone! I finally decided to join a support group just for trans feminine people my first meeting is tonight. This is online which is good because they normally meet an hour and a half away from me.

This sounds good.  

I have a similar situation.  We have a support group with the VA where I go.  But that is an hour and a half (at least) drive for me.  When it went online it made it possible for me to get involved.  I don't know if I would have otherwise.  But now having met these people, I might be more willing to make the in person meetings when/if they start back.

[KathyLauren]

3 hours ago, AgnesBardsie said:

Headed to Toastmasters and one of the most influential members just posted on Facebook some sermon notes (he’s a pasty) about Sodom and two genders and bounds. Strangely I am not the least worried. I feel secure in myself. His opioid is just that. It’ has nothing to do with me. I expect thee may be some innuendos tossed around. He’s particularly skilled at this in influencing opinion. I’ve butted heads with him before. But I don’t think he’s met Agnes yet. 

 

 

Good luck, Agnes!  You'll be fine.

[Aggie1]

1 hour ago, KathyLauren said:

Good luck, Agnes!  You'll be fine.

I got a table topic question about random acts of kindness related to talking to strangers. Teed it up perfectly. I bragged on you guys (no names no specifics) and the genuine love and compassion I’ve experienced being blown away for people struggling with alternate genders, despite all the negative messaging, suicidal ideation and other side effect, how I’ve been cloistered in a conservative milieu all my life and feeling loved and appreciated in spite of my history, something I have not seen come out of the churches I attended despite their sermons on love your neighbor. So proud of Agnes!

[Jackie C.]

2 hours ago, KymmieL said:

that is what I need to find is an on line group that will let me join. How is one to accomplish finding one to join?

 

Check your "local" LGBTQ+ resources. A lot of those went online for the pandemic. For example, the group I used to visit moved their meetings to Discord. While I was checking that out, I also discovered they used to have a game night! And I missed it!

 

Hugs!

[KathyLauren]

We had quite the ice storm last night.  Ice pellets followed by freezing rain, a combination that sets up like concrete.  We were then supposed to get warm overnight temperatures and lots of rain that should have washed it all away.  Instead, we got a little sprinkling of rain, just enough to put a glaze over the white concrete, and then a drop in temperature that froze the whole thing solid.

 

We need crampons to get around outside at all.  I had to spend an hour with a pick-axe chipping ice in the back yard so the hound could squat to pee without her legs sliding out from under her.  Then another hour wrestling with the tire chains on the car.  The driveway is an 800' skating rink, so it is impassible without chains.  Once I had them on, I drove the driveway just to check it out.  It drove fine, but the chains didn't even scratch the surface!

 

Now my back and fingers are sore from the pick-axe and chains, respectively.

[Bri2020]

Double great day today. Got my first vaccine shot!  And it's in my new name.  I'm used to seeing my name on my medical records with the insurance company but it just felt weird (in a good way) to file with the county health department and have a nurse hand write my immunization card with my name on it.  squeeee, I feel all warm and fuzzy now.  

[Jamie68]

3 hours ago, KathyLauren said:

We had quite the ice storm last night.  Ice pellets followed by freezing rain, a combination that sets up like concrete.  We were then supposed to get warm overnight temperatures and lots of rain that should have washed it all away.  Instead, we got a little sprinkling of rain, just enough to put a glaze over the white concrete, and then a drop in temperature that froze the whole thing solid.

 

We need crampons to get around outside at all.  I had to spend an hour with a pick-axe chipping ice in the back yard so the hound could squat to pee without her legs sliding out from under her.  Then another hour wrestling with the tire chains on the car.  The driveway is an 800' skating rink, so it is impassible without chains.  Once I had them on, I drove the driveway just to check it out.  It drove fine, but the chains didn't even scratch the surface!

 

Now my back and fingers are sore from the pick-axe and chains, respectively.

Wow. Sounds like fun if you were a kid. A nightmare for you. I haven't put chains on a car since the early 70s. haven't had studs or garnet impregnated tires since about 1973. Be careful !!!!