ChiCricket

Btw, you can search this site for the exact times to see the eclipse in your town (if you can.) https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2024-april-8

Oh wow! I have some grape vines that took years to start to produce fruit, but once they did, I was so excited, and then so,so disappointed when *just* when they were ripe enough to pick..they all disappeared too! Guess what I have living in my back yard? Opossums! Here I've been blaming the lil butthead squirrels in my yard, who eat all my expensive bird seed, for stealing all my grapes. I didn't know opossums ate fruit too.😁 Ps I found this on Google: "What should I do if I have opossums on my property? Welcome them! Opossums are an incredible asset to a garden. They eat a multitude of pests, from snails and insects to rodents and venomous snakes. They also have a tremendous appetite for ticks. One study found a single opossum can kill more than 5,000 ticks a week."

April showers (rain or snow) bring May flowers, to be followed by many, many Cicadas (in my area, at least.) Not looking forward to the coming invasion of the crunchy critters.

It is pouring outside rn, and it's supposed to last for many more days. Oh well, could be worse, it could all be snow. 😁

Please DM me if I sent you a (now) invalid invite.

Just sent you a DM 😊

OK, I *think* I DMed everyone who asked for a list. Please DM me if I missed you. (I hope it was all for nothing)🤪

I'm sending DMs to everyone who asked. But I'm being told I have to take more time between each message I send. So, I'll get to everyone little by little.

Ok, am I the only one who wants to know who is sharing new places by dm? I see the above posts and I'm not sure if someone else already DMed the above posters already, and I'm not even sure if I'd be sharing all the correct places anyway. I guess I'll just volunteer to do it,if that's ok with everyone? And then you guys could share the places with other posters if you want. (Ugh my brain hurts)🤪 Ps dm me if you want if know of other places, and I'll make a list to DM to people who are asking. Ps why are they (possibly) ruining this place?😭

If anyone wants to try a Royals discord chat I just set up, dm me and I'll invite you. (Who knows if I even did it right) 😂

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I'm grateful for the CONVIVIAL friends I've made here.. especially the COMPASSIONATE ones who made me feel like this a place for shy Chi (me) to get up the courage to post my thoughts and feelings. I never once was made to not feel welcome here. PS if anyone is shy and afraid to post like I was, take a deep breath and say hello! 💕

Ditto for me...the more places DMed to me the better! Please and Thank you!

What immediately sprang to my (admittedly warped) mind...

I was surprised nobody commented on her using swam instead of swum, but I know I'm a very picky old lady. Maybe that has changed over the years?

Ok..maybe to some people it smells like fresh flowers, to me it smells like skunk. Source, my grandson who vapes in his room. JS everyone doesn't like the same smells. I also can't stand cigarette smoke. Ps I'd rather be around a pothead than an alcoholic, if push comes to shove.

My husband and I have been married 55 years today. Thought I'd share a photo of us the day we got married. He was 21 and I was 16...yeah, it was a shotgun wedding, but 5 kids and 14 grandkids later, I'm glad it happened. I can't even imagine my 16yo granddaughter being married rn...I was just a baby, but thought I knew it all, of course. 🤣 Ps should I send this?! Oh, WTHeck. 😜

You mean he had a burner phone? "She proceeded to tell cops she had actually found his burner phone while they were in the car, but she alleges he twisted it out of her hand ... claiming he'd broken her middle fingernail and left her with a few small cuts on her hand as well."

not directed at any other posters.. I'm just so bor...um I mean sleepy, yeah that's the ticket.😏

I could see myself using it when I want to commiserate with another poster about something they're going through (and the thing they posted is something that pisses me off because I hate that kind of thing is happening to anyone in the world.) But on second thought, I guess I'd probably still use the huggy bear emojii. Not sure what I'd feel comfortable using the angry one for. ps I dislike that they changed the rainbow thank you emojii to a weird little grateful one. JMHO

I've been meaning to say thanks to those of you who recommended Costco for hearing aids. We picked them up a few days ago. The specialist got them all set up for him, and then told me "ok, turn around so you'll know he's not reading your lips, and say something quietly to your husband." I said "this store is really big, huh?" and he said "Yes, it's huge!" He heard me clear as a bell! (I may have teared up a smitch.) They are awesome and worth every penny. Thanks again for the info about Costco.

Is it posting in real time though? I don't think I'd like that. I just like to read and post when I get around to it in my own sweet time. (But I'm sure that for those who want to chat in real time it would be a good place for them.)

It was not Jill R. Maybe JB Duggar lol. Are you telling me that Jillpm doesn't make forum buying money from her Plexus hustle? 😉🤣

Maybe the whole site got bought by fundamentalists of some kind? (that's the only thing that makes sense to me) hope I don't get dinged for saying this.🙄😝

As a recent convert to Taylor Swift and her songs (I'm old) at least Meri won't be writing a song about them. Could be worse. 😁