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Stephen's family is more talented and they seem to love performing (unlike the Rodrigues family). Stephen seems like a hard worker and a really nice guy. I hope that's the case!

@Minivanessa- I'm glad you're feeling better. I had benign positional vertigo several years ago. It was unpleasant and for me it lasted a while. It would come and go, mostly when I tipped my head back, or bent down. I hope you wake up feeling much better! Update on my cat problem. We put the new litter box on hold, since he hasn't tipped the box the last two days. I'm using less litter too and cleaning it daily, rather than every other day. If it happens again, we'll try a bigger litter box. I appreciate all of the input! ETA that I had put the box in backwards. That may have been enough to upset my chunky, sensitive cat!

Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions! I had never heard of providing less litter, but that is a good idea, definitely worth trying. This is new behavior in the past few days and he has tipped the box 2 more times since I posted. He is otherwise behaving normally. I had an extra large stainless steel litter box in my cart, but I haven't finalized the sale because I'm not sure about the high sides for him. The ones @jcbrown suggested seem less confining. His box is already under the laundry tub, so I don't want to confine his movement (no pun intended!) because of his size. Our current litter box does have a top, but we took it off to give him more room. The tipping over is probably due to his size and his vigorous digging, so I think we definitely need a bigger box. I'll let you know what we get and how it works out!

I saw that. Jill was totally being weepy and dramatic about this new "season". It's all about Jill as usual. Her new office if decorated to the max with so much furniture that I don't know how anyone can walk around that tiny room!

I scoop (and add to) the litter box every other day. Our huge orange boy is a very enthusiastic litter scatterer. He went so bananas last night that he threw half the litter behind the box. It took me 1/2 an hour to clean up! We can't put the top on the litter box because he's so big, it would probably create new problems. I'm at a loss as to what to do with this otherwise adorable boy. Any suggestions?

That is good news, indeed! Today is a beautiful, sunny day. The cat is out on the screen porch, enjoying his "outside" time!

I hope that is what he meant! I'm not a fan of the rape questioning woman, but I do like the old Air Force guy! Thank you, @bluegirl147- that makes me feel better about the whole thing. It was really hard to get a word in yesterday. People were really excited. We're heavy on retired people, but we had a bright, interesting young woman who was there for the first time. She shared a lot and it's always interesting to listen to the pov of younger people.

If my book club is an indicator of where Americans are right now, yesterday's meeting was upsetting and eye opening. We discussed A Fever in the Heartland, by Timothy Egan, about the rise of the KKK in Indiana and elsewhere, in the 1920s. The similarity to what is going on right now was stunning. It's well written, but many in our group didn't finish the book. One of those non-finishers was adamant, opining repeatedly that the brutally raped woman "didn't scream". I wanted to say, "was her skirt too short too?" Anyway, she was also both sidesing the similarities to today until I nearly walked out. Another man, an elderly Air Force retiree, informed the group that a democracy can't last in America, because there are too many people and the country is too big. I assume he means a Republic can't hold either, but 🤷‍♀️. The retired history teacher told us to relax, that the courts will stop Trump, because of the Constitution. I disagree, but I admire her faith. Anyway, I came home discouraged by the discussion. I considered leaving the group, but decided to skip future non-fiction book discussions that might get political. I usually love my book club meetings. I do recommend that book.

But visitors can be risky. The IRS agent could take one look at Dave, dozing in his recliner and sweetly grunting and the agent could be entranced by his non whimpy manliness. If the agent is female, she might wear a short skirt and tempt him. Sounds dangerous!

Jill would do her best to distract the agent by trying to win them over to Jaysus! Then post about it.

I got my payment for March. Whew!

I noticed that she curled her hair for the joint session the other night. I was wondering if she hoped Trump wouldn't recognize her, lol.

Aren't all of the female justices done with having periods? That's so ridiculous!

Why is it that when I choose to ignore a poster and click all 3 boxes, including "mentions" that I still see them quoted? That's a little frustrating, but I guess the software works that way, differentiating quote from mentions. 🤷‍♀️ Anyway, here we are, facing another day of crazy posts and EOs from America's king, whose loyalists in Congress accept everything he says as if it's the word of God, even if it completely contradicts yesterday's statements.

You broke the cycle, @EmeraldGirlbut Nurie can't or won't. But I am hopeful that a couple of Rods will opt for fewer children and maybe even school for their kids. 🤞

It's not impossible that we're related! 😉 I come from a large Midwestern family. I think it's more likely that our lived experiences are not uncommon. Good for you and your sisters for being fiercely independent and making your own choices in your lives! ❤️

I did not grow up in a happy family. Sometimes when posters on any forum, wax nostalgic about their ideal upbringings, I feel as I did in my middle school & teen years. I used to wonder why my friends were shown love by their parents, when that was rare at my house. In my kid brain, I wondered if the difference was that they were lovable, while I was not. Yet with some friends, I didn't find them at all lovable, nor were they appreciative of having doting parents. I was also never SA or physically beaten. But my parents were wrapped up in their own world, barely paying any positive attention to their many children. I think that's where my disgust for Jill and Dave comes from. It's the reason I have such a soft spot for the Rod kids. I came out of my chlldhood and have been able to have a happy marriage and loved kids and grandkids. I want that for the Rodlets. Probably not all of them will have that, but perhaps one or two can build a more normal life for themselves and do better for their own children.

I wish some of them were her adult children!

Jill & Dave are truly selfish people.

That's a good policy!

I'm feeling out of sorts today. Yesterday, my husband's niece called me and bent my ear for over an hour. She was on a long drive and I guess she was bored, so she called and did not want to end the call until she got to her destination. I kept trying to end the call. Her conversational style is to interrupt with many questions, usually disrupting my train of thought. She talks extremely slowly, with odd pauses. I chalk it up to the fact that she has no friends and no one to talk to live, except her adult son. She is my niece by marriage and I'm the only one in the family who talks to her, besides her sister, who is also thousands of miles away. Yesterday, for the first time, niece bashed her sister to me. I don't want any part of family drama. I have enough problems of my own. I know that when you feel badly after talking to someone, as I do today after that conversation, that it's best not to engage in long conversations with such a dramatic person. I do care, but I just don't feel that I can be her sounding board any more. 😢

I agree. Kaylee has been guilted her whole life into believing that a working Mom who works outside of the home is not a good mother. Almost every woman I know is a working mother and they are all better mothers than selfish Jill. Kaylee's options are limited to MLMs and she is too uneducated to realize that she's not really making much money for her efforts. So many of these MLMs purport to be "Christian" oriented, but they are scams, which does not strike me as Christ-like!

I hope you're right.

Did anyone else receive an email today from "Social Security Adm." with a subject line: Help Us Slam the Scam? I haven't opened it, but there's so much tomfoolery going on there that I'm afraid to open it. I think I'll just delete it. Google says that it's to warn people about scams, so 🤷‍♂️

At least it appears that Dax is the only hell that his poor excuse for parents are choosing to raise. It could have been 19X worse!