BetyBee

Wow! I can't help but wonder how that woman treated her daughter!

I am about halfway through Death in the Downline. It's really good! It is so Jill and her MLMs! All of that #TrulyBlessed stuff and fake posts promoting overpriced supplements.

I am seeing a lot of older Americans working fast food and retail. I don't think it's for fun, but they do make reliable employees. I have to assume that they need the money.

Not surprisingly, I am also a fan of the Dick Van Dyke show.

I was just thinking that Jill always cries tears of joy at each new possession in her home. Most are purchased and/or assembled by her non-whimpy 🙄 boys. But she soon becomes bored and starts the grift for the next item on her vision board.

@Lady Edith - thanks to your reminder, I reserved this book at my library and it just came in! I've got a lot of books on hand to read, but this one will move to the top of my list when I finish the book I'm reading (Snowbirds by Christina Clancy).

That "Big Beautiful Bill" will affect MAGAs and other Trump cult members. Some would call it FAFO or Leopards eating their faces. Normally I feel sorry when anyone suffers and I certainly do feel sorry for their children suffering alongside the rest of us. However, I admit I'll feel some satisfaction, mitigated only by them coming to their senses and working to save our democracy. The reality is that we all want mostly the same things - safety, security and hope for the future. It's just that we also want equality for all. Dems typically don't punch down the way Repubs do, imo.

My husband and I are doing a rewatch, so I followed some posts on Reddit. I laughed when I realized the Mary vs. Edith wars still exist! I remember the fighting over which sister was worse back when the show was current. That shows that these are engaging characters. I look forward to every movie that comes out with an update!

Right! Dressing for comfort is the order of the day. Every day!

That doesn't sound like a promise to serve only one term to me. I wish he'd been a transition president, a bridge to Kamala and then other forward thinking American leaders, but for whatever reason (misogyny, racism, laziness, cheating) instead we are back to a treasonous nightmare.

It will not negatively affect his legacy to me. He is the best president of my long lifetime and he faced incredible opposition from the radical right. I don't recall him saying he was only in for one term and if that claim comes from the lousy MSM, I don't believe it. I do believe that the people around Biden believed in his competency. I feel that MSM overlooks daily examples of Trump's incompetence and possible dementia. Certainly they overlook his many lies. I think MAGAs conflate stuttering with dementia. He's a lifelong stutterer and even in that last, unfortunate debate, Biden answered questions he was asked coherently, while Trump went into nonsensical lies and continued unchecked.

Jill claims to weep over a variety of issues, but the thing that brings real tears to her eyes, is a new, free to her, possession. She worships stuff!

You could probably tell by my avatar that I loved the DVD show. You reminded me of a pair of stirrup pants that my Dad gave my Mom in the 60s. Mom had a cute figure and the pants came with a pretty sweater with a diamond pattern in the front. Mom was so cute and young looking that the paper boy thought she was a kid when she answered the door. It was kind of like an episode of DVD! Mom really did get mistaken as our sister a time or two. Like Jill R. dreams of happening to her!

It was funny hearing Rhea Perlman as Matt's mother and picturing his childhood! I found this episode less stressful than most.

There's a discussion on Sweet Fellowship about Jill R's taste in clothes, that led to discussion of stirrup pants and padded shoulders. I hated both! I was also just looking at a Reddit thread about Amanda capris (r/AskWomanOver60) and I've just been trying to find a new pair. Costco had none, which surprised me. My store is back to short shorts, which Jill and I will never wear. 😜 Some suggested the best ones are in thrift shops, where I seldom look at clothes, but I may try. They also suggested Kohl's. I looked at some on Amazon, but because I didn't order right away, the price has gone up. I swear that's what Amazon does! I've heard it said that capris don't look good on anyone, but for me they've always been an alternative to shorts.