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That's fantastic news @Davie !! I'm actually finding Atlanta season 3 to be outstanding. Haven't finished it yet, but I find some of the themes to be refreshingly challenging to established norms, and I'm impressed by the conciseness, cleverness, and effectiveness of the writing. Also, some gorgeous aesthetics. 

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Just thought I'd randomly toss this out there, but I don't suppose anyone's planning to be out around either Fremont, IL or Perrysburg/Toledo, OH (or Fremont, OH, for that matter) this coming weekend, on either Saturday or Sunday? I'll be passing through both those days to visit my cousin in Kalamazoo, MI.

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3 minutes ago, Heather Nicole said:

Just thought I'd randomly toss this out there, but I don't suppose anyone's planning to be out around either Fremont, IL or Perrysburg/Toledo, OH (or Fremont, OH, for that matter) this coming weekend, on either Saturday or Sunday? I'll be passing through both those days to visit my cousin in Kalamazoo, MI.

 

Ugh, I meant "Fremont, IN", not "Fremont, IL"!

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6 hours ago, Heather Nicole said:

Ugh, I meant "Fremont, IN", not "Fremont, IL"!

🙁 I was all excited. Fremont, IL is like 20 minutes from me.

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Okay, so far.  Baked bread and drank coffee.  And it hasn't gotten hot yet.

Unfortunately I need to take my car in for some repairs in awhile.

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Good morning, storms expected today at some point 

 

@Heather Nicole as you drive past Fremont OHIO give it a wave for me.  That’s my home town, born and raised there.  Last time I visited was 9 years ago.  Said goodbye to my grandfather, parents and sister.  All are buried there.  When I left, I had no intention of returning.  Fremont is a great place to be FROM.  The home of President Hayes and the worlds largest Heinz ketchup factory among other things. 
 

You wouldn’t be going to Cedar Point would you?

 

Wife and I both had our last for now therapy appointments.  When she came home she was in a good mood smiling etc.  I figured things went well.  Later she we were at the pool and she said except for housekeeping this feels like being on a permanent vacation.  That was the point and we both feel that way.  For me I was also happy.  It was pre planned it would be my last appointment unless something set me back.

 

I made the coffee today.  Starring dark roast from Seattle.  I got it just right.  Lots to do today.  Drug store, new broker, same firm, get more things off our boat and out of storage. Lots going on


l hope everyone has a great weekend.  
 

Hugs

 

Willow

 

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20 minutes ago, Jandi said:

Okay, so far.  Baked bread and drank coffee.  And it hasn't gotten hot yet.

Unfortunately I need to take my car in for some repairs in awhile.

That's always fun lol. Hopefully your repairs aren't too pricy!

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OK it's friday. And I'm nervous about tomorrow. Scared. The Big Trans picnic happens. Many trans folks I've grown to love online I'll see live for the first time. In person. I don't know what to wear. They tolerate me pretty well on screen, but in person I'll be the really old guy who won't shut up. They'll have to ask me to leave with looks of disgust and nausea. I'll have to change back into a cis male again and take my cheating ex back home. From there I'll join the French Foreign Legion and die defending colonialism and racism in a desert. Flies will buzz over my forgotten bones.

Or maybe it'll be a nice sweet picnic—not sure which.

😆

— Davie

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8 hours ago, Heather Nicole said:

Just thought I'd randomly toss this out there, but I don't suppose anyone's planning to be out around either Fremont, IL or Perrysburg/Toledo, OH (or Fremont, OH, for that matter) this coming weekend, on either Saturday or Sunday? I'll be passing through both those days to visit my cousin in Kalamazoo, MI.

I have a cousin in Kalamazoo 

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9 hours ago, Heather Nicole said:

Just thought I'd randomly toss this out there, but I don't suppose anyone's planning to be out around either Fremont, IL or Perrysburg/Toledo, OH (or Fremont, OH, for that matter) this coming weekend, on either Saturday or Sunday? I'll be passing through both those days to visit my cousin in Kalamazoo, MI.

 

Tragically, I love on the other side of the state.

 

Enjoy your trip though!

 

Hugs!

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1 hour ago, Davie said:

OK it's friday. And I'm nervous about tomorrow. Scared. The Big Trans picnic happens. Many trans folks I've grown to love online I'll see live for the first time. In person. I don't know what to wear. They tolerate me pretty well on screen, but in person I'll be the really old guy who won't shut up. They'll have to ask me to leave with looks of disgust and nausea. I'll have to change back into a cis male again and take my cheating ex back home. From there I'll join the French Foreign Legion and die defending colonialism and racism in a desert. Flies will buzz over my forgotten bones.

Or maybe it'll be a nice sweet picnic—not sure which.

😆

— Davie

That's pretty much my train of thought every time I have to socialize with people LOL.

 

But I think it will go well! Have fun and enjoy the tasty food and delightful company. :)

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26 minutes ago, NashySlashy said:

That's pretty much my train of thought every time I have to socialize with people LOL.

 

But I think it will go well! Have fun and enjoy the tasty food and delightful company. :)

Right. Worst-case scenario would be to not show up at all based on fantasy-based self hatred. Better the Foreign Legion thing than nothing at all.

-- Davie

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Well, I knew it was too good to be true. Looks like we may not be moving. The appraisal came in at $300 when we wanted to roll the closing in so we are looking for $310. I may have to bite the bullet and sell the bike. It will kill me to do it.

 

Well I snooped on my wife's phone. I now know where I stand with our oldest. I saw a text from him. "Hi, Mom. How are you doing. I love you" I have never gotten any texts like that from him. Oh, Well. I guess life will go on.  Another thing yesterday I was doing my normal morning stuff. When my youngest comes in. It seems like my wife's car has a flat he wants the jack stand out of the wagon. I guess that my wife doesn't think I would take care of it for her.  Again life goes on.

 

I wonder if she is at it again. I am working on doing a Holley Sniper fuel injection system on my wagon. I have finally picked up all the parts. But now I am missing my fuel pump, fuel filters, and a spool of 20ft of 3/8in fuel hose.  Nobody has seen it. I have checked everywhere but my wife's trunk. No sign.

 

hope everyone has a good day.

 

I'll try.

 

Kymmie

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5 hours ago, Elizabeth Star said:

🙁 I was all excited. Fremont, IL is like 20 minutes from me.

 

There seem to be a lot of Fremonts! And yea, unfortunately, Illinois isn't quite on the way from OH to MI. At least not the main part of MI anyway (Is that what they call it? The part that isn't Northern Michigan?) I'll just be clipping through a tiny corner of Indiana. (My gradeschool teachers would be so disappointed I still get IN and IL mixed up...Indiana's a neighbor, you'd think I could at least get that one right! 😜)

 

3 hours ago, SheenaT said:

I have a cousin in Kalamazoo 

 

It must be the cousin city!

 

3 hours ago, Jackie C. said:

Tragically, I love on the other side of the state.

 

I have an aunt and uncle out near Pontiac. Unfortunately that won't be in the cards on this trip though, it's just a little more out of of the way than I'm going to have time for. ☹️

 

4 hours ago, Willow said:

@Heather Nicole as you drive past Fremont OHIO give it a wave for me.  That’s my home town, born and raised there.  Last time I visited was 9 years ago.  Said goodbye to my grandfather, parents and sister.  All are buried there.  When I left, I had no intention of returning.  Fremont is a great place to be FROM.  The home of President Hayes and the worlds largest Heinz ketchup factory among other things. 

 

Yes, Fremont's nice! It's been close to 20 years for me, but I used to pass through all the time back when I went to BGSU. Coming from Cleveland, it was shorter and quicker to get off the turnpike at Fremont and take the back roads to I-75 than to go all the way to Toledo and have to drop back down south again.

 

4 hours ago, Willow said:

You wouldn’t be going to Cedar Point would you?

 

Not this time 😭  Been awhile since I've been there. I'll be passing just south of it on the turnpike.

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@Heather Nicole   Fremont's nice! It's been close to 20 years for me, but I used to pass through all the time back when I went to BGSU. Coming from Cleveland, it was shorter and quicker to get off the turnpike at Fremont and take the back roads to I-75 than to go all the way to Toledo and have to drop back down south again.

 

A Falcon?  My sister was a Falcon.  I’m a Rocket!  Sworn enemies.  LOL. Yes dropping off the turnpike and bypass Fremont then route 6 to Bowling Green is certainly the shortest way from Cleveland area.

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17 minutes ago, Willow said:

A Falcon?  My sister was a Falcon.  I’m a Rocket!  Sworn enemies.  LOL.

 

Really? Wow, what I find even funnier about this is that UT was one of the schools my sister was considering back when she was looking into colleges! I remember being with her when she toured it, it's a nice campus!

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Good Saturday morning.

 

@Heather Nicole the old portion of the campus is beautiful.  Then they tried to make it more modern. Since around 1967 they went to construction to match the University Hall.  Since UT started out as a City College they didn’t have the financial constraints that BG had when it came to architecture.  Many of the buildings, even the newer one received large donations from the Glass, automotive and other large companies in Toledo.   I’m class of 74.  It’s at least 3 times that now.

 

Willow

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Well another potentially stormy day.  Safelight is supposed to replace our Jeep windshield this afternoon but they can’t do it if it’s raining.

 

we got a lot of our things off our boat yesterday.  I’m putting up a fan on the porch. And I need to get some more boxes out of storage before the rains come.  
 

Well the dog is asking to go out and my wife needs some attention today.  
 

hugs

 

Willow

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Good morning. I'm already on my second cup of coffee.

 

Trying to figure out what all I need to do today. I definitely need to get my nails done. They're way to long and everyday tasks are a real struggle. I just don't know some women do it with super long nails. My riding mower has a dead battery. I had it out at one point and could hear the acid sloshing around when I shook it, sounded half full. I could just refill it and it might come back but it's 6-7 years old and I just don't want to worry about it.

 

My plans for selling my house and moving have been put on indefinite hold. There's been a lot of craziness going on in other parts on my life and I feel it's best to remain as stable and predictable as possible until the dust settles.

 

But, priorities, I need to get my day started. I'm going to get cleaned up and go out for breakfast.

 

❤️Have a great day everyone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I walked in my first ever Pride parade today, at Annapolis Royal.  For a tiny little village (pop. 500), it was well attended, both in the parade and watching from the sidewalks.  It was a perfect day for it, sunny, not too warm, with a light breeze off the water.  That's me in the mask in the first photo.

 

My bigender friend Michelle was also in it (at right in 2nd photo), representing the Canadian Armed Forces' inclusivity program.

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We’ll, I got as far as breakfast until I got word from from my friend. She’s super excited and wanted to let me know she’s going to be wear a pantsuit for our date tomorrow. Last I heard she was also painting her nails so she could look her best for me. I can only imagine how cute she’ll look. 
 

It brought up an issue for me. I have a lot of cute outfits but nothing that I feel will compliment what she’s wearing. So I’ve been in a bit of a panic for the last few hours trying to find a relatively classy dress. Unfortunately with such a short notice I’ve had no luck. However, I did find a black rhinestone belt to match my boots and hair band so it wasn’t a complete loss. 
 

Now I’m just waiting to get my nails done. 

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Well yesterday wound up being alright. Aside from the Ticketmaster app being a huge PITA.  The concert was great. Loverboy, Reo Speedwagon and Styx. I heard songs that I thought I would never hear live. 

 

Hugs.

Kymmie

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29 minutes ago, KymmieL said:

Well yesterday wound up being alright. Aside from the Ticketmaster app being a huge PITA.  The concert was great. Loverboy, Reo Speedwagon and Styx. I heard songs that I thought I would never hear live. 

 

Hugs.

Kymmie

That sounds like a great line-up.

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On 7/8/2022 at 12:02 AM, Heather Nicole said:

Just thought I'd randomly toss this out there, but I don't suppose anyone's planning to be out around either Fremont, IL or Perrysburg/Toledo, OH (or Fremont, OH, for that matter) this coming weekend, on either Saturday or Sunday? I'll be passing through both those days to visit my cousin in Kalamazoo, MI.

just gonna miss you. I'm flying in Monday late, getting electro Tuesday and flying out early on Wednesday.  

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