Good morning All. Coffees on.

[Ashley0616]

4 minutes ago, ShawnaB said:

Looking towards to both of them.Been cleaning my side of the closet out lately

I only have three shorts that are considered men's. I donated my winter coats today since I don't have to worry about the cold anytime soon. 

[Birdie]

I have 3 polo shirts that are men's, but pastel colors. I still wear them upon occasion. Almost everything else is androgynous, but off the women's rack. I do have a few sexy blouses that I can save for "date night". 💖💃💖

[awkward-yet-sweet]

4 hours ago, Ashley0616 said:

Congratulations. 

 

Well I got my car back from the soon to be ex wife. She wasn't there so I had it towed to my house. Her family gave her a Saturn Vue. Now if I could just get the keys but then again she hasn't responded to text messages and the phone calls go straight to voicemail. I have a feeling I might have to actually hire a divorce lawyer just so the marriage can be officially over. I don't know how a lawyer would be able to get ahold of her either since I can't. 

 

If it is a newer car and you've got the title in your name, you might be able to get the key pattern from a dealership.  Of course, the new computer-chip key stuff costs $200-$300 each from a dealer, which seems like too darn much to me. 

 

If it is an older car, pull the lock cylinders out of the ignition and doors and buy new on Ebay or from O'Reillys.  Again, you're looking at about $200-$300 total.  Either way, it is probably easier to do than to get the originals from an uncooperative ex. 

[SamC]

On 5/14/2023 at 2:48 PM, Mmindy said:

Hey there Chloe,

 

We used to have several drive up coffee kiosks here in the Indianapolis, IN area. They seemed to take over the abandoned drive up FotoMats. Then FiveBucks coffee moved into the area and drove them out of business.

 

Mindy🐛🏳️‍⚧️🦋

What an interesting picture. When was that?

[April Marie]

Good morning, everyone!! I've walked and fed our dogs and have almost finished my first cup of coffee. AFter catching up here, I'll grab another cup and then read the local paper. We're supposed to have showers/thunderstorms today - this weather is killing my tan/pool time!!

 

I've trimmed down my male clothes to where I'm about 50/50 now - but I really don't wear a lot of the male stuff. I just need to clear it out! 

 

I'm going to make an admission here... I am a Talbot's clothing junkie - especially their popovers and blouses. My wife has been a Talbot's customer for years so she gets free shipping. I get most of my shorts, skorts, jeans, pants and dresses from Amazon and Costco but I can't resist Talbot's tops. I wait until they have their deep discount sales of around 70% which generally puts the tops in the $30 to $40 range - and have also had luck on eBay lately making offers on Talbot's items when I have the option instead of having to pay the asking price. My offers are sometimes refused but most often I get the item for a fairly low price. Their XL size is a perfect fit for my frame/bust and even the sleeve length is good. And, I've been very happy with the quality. It generally means I'm a season behind or wearing last year's patterns...but you can't beat the prices by waiting for the deep sales and discontinued items - I learned that from my wife! Please don't judge me too harshly.😄💕

 

I hope you all have an amazing day filled with fun and love. Be safe and remember to look for the goodness in this beautiful day we've been given.

 

 

[Willow]

Hi y’all

 

boy you go to work for four days an you are over 4 pages behind. Sheesh!

 

first two read but I have to leave for work or I’ll be late.

 

@KymmieL congrats on getting Oreo. I’m sure she”l be a faithful companion 

 

 

gotta go

 

Willow

[Ivy]

I went to a local Pride group picnic yesterday.   I had been to a couple of their meetings in the past, but still feel a bit like an outsider.  I guess it's because the people have known each other for awhile.  And then, I'm older than most of them.  There's no hostility or anything, just that people seem to have their own thing going on with each other.

 

I was sitting by myself when a younger woman came over.  It turned out that she was from a writers group that I had been in before life and the pandemic shut things down.  She had a friend there and we got to reconnect over the writing stuff.  They noticed a symbol on some earrings I was wearing, and we also got into a conversation about that.  It seems like there is more in common than the writing.

 

It was good to meet and reconnect.  The three of us took her friends dog for a walk on one of the walking trails at the park where the picnic was.  We exchanged info, and are hoping to be able to get together again for writing stuff.

 

It's just mutual interest in writing and the other stuff.  I have kids their age LOL.  But I never expected to meet her at a Pride thing.  I guess you never know, ya know?

 

I can say that I am glad I decided to go, even though I was feeling a bit intimidated beforehand.  It's nice to find out that you're not the only weirdo around after all.

[Ashley0616]

17 hours ago, awkward-yet-sweet said:

 

If it is a newer car and you've got the title in your name, you might be able to get the key pattern from a dealership.  Of course, the new computer-chip key stuff costs $200-$300 each from a dealer, which seems like too darn much to me. 

 

If it is an older car, pull the lock cylinders out of the ignition and doors and buy new on Ebay or from O'Reillys.  Again, you're looking at about $200-$300 total.  Either way, it is probably easier to do than to get the originals from an uncooperative ex. 

Thank you it's a 2013 so I think I'll go to the dealership on next pay day to get it resolved. I think I'll stick to just getting one key because that does sound about right what they'll charge. 

[Davie]

I checked out the Pride Parade today for NYC. It looks great and it's huge and ABC covers it live. Lots of supportive topics and issues are getting talked about. "Trans people are being attacked because our coming out has been very successful." That's hopeful in a way—the broader perspective. 

 

[awkward-yet-sweet]

59 minutes ago, Ashley0616 said:

Thank you it's a 2013 so I think I'll go to the dealership on next pay day to get it resolved. I think I'll stick to just getting one key because that does sound about right what they'll charge. 

 

Hopefully if you get one key/fob combination, you can get a blank key fob transponder on Ebay that you can program.  However, some cars (like Dodge) actually need two factory transponders to program another at home.  If you get one factory key, you can get chip keys made at walmart for $50 to $100.  It is just getting that first one from the dealership that will hurt.

[awkward-yet-sweet]

1 hour ago, Ashley0616 said:

Thank you it's a 2013 so I think I'll go to the dealership on next pay day to get it resolved. I think I'll stick to just getting one key because that does sound about right what they'll charge. 

 

I will add that if you're like me, it is probably best to get at least two keys eventually.  I have the annoying habit of locking myself out.  Of my car, of my house...I'm just very forgetful.  So I keep a key around my neck as a backup when I'm going out. 

[Ashley0616]

53 minutes ago, awkward-yet-sweet said:

 

I will add that if you're like me, it is probably best to get at least two keys eventually.  I have the annoying habit of locking myself out.  Of my car, of my house...I'm just very forgetful.  So I keep a key around my neck as a backup when I'm going out. 

Oh yes I always like to have two keys but at that price I'll wait until the next month.

[MirandaB]

Went to Pride in NYC. Didn't hang out at the March, just went to the Fest. The train rides in were packed with lots of attendees, maybe as loudly happy a trip in as I've ever experienced. I think a bunch of the riders had little experience with the trains into the city. To confuse folks the trains from the south stop at Newark Penn Station and shortly afterwards at New York Penn Station, which sound like the same station over the garbled PA. So today's announcer said when we got to New York, "Next stop, REAL Penn Station."

 

So humid and sometimes so crowded, it was OK, lots of companies handing stuff out. 

 

Getting a compliment once or twice was nice. Favorite story I was standing in a less crowded area near the sidewalk of a cordoned off avenue and some young person came over and said, "Can I have a hug?" and I said sure, we hugged, then I said, "Why am I getting a hug?" and she pointed at a banner behind me that read "Free Mom Hugs"...that group was in the middle of the avenue dispensing hugs left and right, but she thought I was the only hugging mom there since I was in front of their sign. We all had a chuckle over that, I said I did need a hug!

[Birdie]

Good night y'all 💖

[Alessia]

3 minutes ago, RhondaS said:

Went to Pride in NYC. Didn't hang out at the March, just went to the Fest. The train rides in were packed with lots of attendees, maybe as loudly happy a trip in as I've ever experienced. I think a bunch of the riders had little experience with the trains into the city. To confuse folks the trains from the south stop at Newark Penn Station and shortly afterwards at New York Penn Station, which sound like the same station over the garbled PA. So today's announcer said when we got to New York, "Next stop, REAL Penn Station."

 

So humid and sometimes so crowded, it was OK, lots of companies handing stuff out. 

 

Getting a compliment once or twice was nice. Favorite story I was standing in a less crowded area near the sidewalk of a cordoned off avenue and some young person came over and said, "Can I have a hug?" and I said sure, we hugged, then I said, "Why am I getting a hug?" and she pointed at a banner behind me that read "Free Mom Hugs"...that group was in the middle of the avenue dispensing hugs left and right, but she thought I was the only hugging mom there since I was in front of their sign. We all had a chuckle over that, I said I did need a hug!

This was lovely to read Good Morning all

[SamC]

3 minutes ago, RhondaS said:

Favorite story I was standing in a less crowded area near the sidewalk of a cordoned off avenue and some young person came over and said, "Can I have a hug?" and I said sure, we hugged, then I said, "Why am I getting a hug?" and she pointed at a banner behind me that read "Free Mom Hugs"...that group was in the middle of the avenue dispensing hugs left and right, but she thought I was the only hugging mom there since I was in front of their sign. We all had a chuckle over that, I said I did need a hug!

What sweet story. You do look like a mom in your profile pic. Young one 

[MirandaB]

Some of the folks were getting choked up when they got those Mom hugs, including me, thinking how the day I went to come out to my Mom (waiting to do it in person in the covid era) it was instead the last day she spent at home before going into the hospital for the final days of her life.

[SamC]

10 minutes ago, RhondaS said:

Some of the folks were getting choked up when they got those Mom hugs, including me, thinking how the day I went to come out to my Mom (waiting to do it in person in the covid era) it was instead the last day she spent at home before going into the hospital for the final days of her life.

Was she surprised?

 

I am sorry you lost your mom. 

[Birdie]

Good morning, I think 🙄

 

I noticed my bras are fitting looser, and they are all brand new. I took a quick measurement around the base and I apparently have lost 2".

Good news that I lost weight, but bad news because my bras aren't fitting right. I just spent $200 on bras a few weeks ago. 😳

My boobs are still growing because the cups are still full, and I kind of knew that from the pain. 

It looks like I'll be using my sewing machine to take 2" off the bands of all my new bras. 😉

Of course the smaller band size with same sized cup will officially make them DDD in Torrid bras, or G cup on some other brands. So I guess I have grown a cup. 😳

[April Marie]

Good morning, everyone!! 1st cup of coffee for today is in the history books, dogs are walked and fed and I'm ready to tackle the newspaper - have to set realistic expectations with only 1 cup of coffee so far. 😄

 

You Mom Hug story is full of bittersweet emotions @RhondaS.  It made me think of the last time I saw my mom before she passed unexpectedly. 

 

Be safe and remember to look for the good in this day we've been given.

[MirandaB]

6 hours ago, SamC said:

Was she surprised?

If you mean Mom, no, cause I didn't come out. She wasn't feeling well but soldiered through a visit, so I figured I'd do it on the next visit,  just nobody knew that what was happening was going to lead to what it led to and there would only be hospital visits left.

 

There was a sweet little "Tiny Love Story" in the NY Times yesterday with an accepting mom, same first name as my late mother, and when I was out in Seattle I saw a bar called my mom's name and they had all kinds of pride memorablila up and a sign welcoming people of whatever gender identity and even though I don't believe in 'sign's I'm taking it all as her letting me know we're good. 

[Birdie]

@RhondaS Sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing. 

[SamC]

2 hours ago, RhondaS said:

If you mean Mom, no, cause I didn't come out. She wasn't feeling well but soldiered through a visit, so I figured I'd do it on the next visit,  just nobody knew that what was happening was going to lead to what it led to and there would only be hospital visits left.

 

There was a sweet little "Tiny Love Story" in the NY Times yesterday with an accepting mom, same first name as my late mother, and when I was out in Seattle I saw a bar called my mom's name and they had all kinds of pride memorablila up and a sign welcoming people of whatever gender identity and even though I don't believe in 'sign's I'm taking it all as her letting me know we're good. 

I can feel your love and caring for your mom.  Without a doubt, you were and are good. Thank you for your heartfelt post. 

[KymmieL]

Our 2013 VW Jetta only came with 1 key. It's chipped and also the key is internal cut. read that as $$$$.  So far we have had no problems with one key. unless someone is driving it. the key usually sits on the table. Watch with getting blanks from  Ebay. I got two for a n Explorer we had. neither one would program.

 

Right now I am enjoying watching the cat chase the puppy. and vis versa. She however has the advantage she can take short cuts over the furniture.

 

Have my therapist appointment later. Skort and a T is the dress code for today.  I also need to wash the explorer, went to the Snowy range and played yesterday. including getting stuck in a snow drift for 2 hours, and a couple mud pits. I also found that the winch that came with the truck is pretty much crap. SO I am going to upgrade to the Warn that is on the ranger. Also going to swap the air compressor over too. Also found that the Explorer that was supposed to have locking differentials on each end, isn't.  So I am looking to go select able on each end, ARB air lockers.

 

Well meds need taken, along with poking myself as Monday is my E injection day. Plus I keep hearing a strange calling from the coffee pot. Kymmie come drink me, it is saying. I must obey. LOL.

 

Kymmie

[awkward-yet-sweet]

3 hours ago, KymmieL said:

Our 2013 VW Jetta only came with 1 key. It's chipped and also the key is internal cut. read that as $$$$.  So far we have had no problems with one key. unless someone is driving it. the key usually sits on the table. Watch with getting blanks from  Ebay. I got two for a n Explorer we had. neither one would program.

 

Yeah, Ebay isn't always a good deal.  At least most of the time you can return them.  Of course, purchasing and programming is my GF's department.  I rarely even drive now. 

 

I did go out with one of my partners this morning.  She hasn't driven since 2019 due to seizures.  2020 was a really bad year for her (stress), and she stopped driving entirely.  She wanted to try it again since she's been seizure-free for several months.  Of course, she won't be driving solo.  Probably not ever, but if she can do it she might be able to go out with one of the older kids.  Somebody who can at least get the car to the side of the road and make a phone call.  Thankfully, we've got a cat that detects her seizures coming and provides 2-3 minutes warning, so we took her along also.  I'm hoping that if she can drive again, it can give her a bit more freedom in her life.  She rarely leaves the house.