Minivanessa

I didn't hear how Jill pronounced it, but the phrase "sugar diabetes" is a blast from the past for me. My long-deceased grandparents in the rural midwest (and that generation in that place) used that term. One of my dad's cousins had Type 1 diabetes so the disease was known and discussed in the family. To this day, one of my older cousins (who is in her 80's, LOL) will sometimes say "sugar diabetes" although she's well aware that's not what it's called these days.

I'm in my 70's, and NO WAY I'd wear it either!

Yep. I've seen this for myself. I also doubt that the DA's office which employs Derick, makes monetary donations to that charity. The DA's office is a public agency, operating on public money - and the state of Oklahoma doesn't lavishly fund any public agency. I don't think the DA's office would (or could) hand out wads of its cash to any private charity. But they may refer people to the charity and generally support its work without making monetary donations. Hence the Dillards' attending the fundraiser.

So do I. I don't eat breakfast most of the time (nobody freak out, I actually visited a local board-certified family practitioner MD who did an exam and ordered several kinds of blood work done on me, and then advised that for my metabolic situation, eating twice a day with no snacks is the best plan - I'm taking the Fifth on the snacks situation at present, sigh). But years ago I fell into a habit - when I'm on a road trip I have an Egg McMuffin for breakfast. A tradition I honored just yesterday morning on the last leg of my trip home from a camping trip. @sixlets and @Ancaster - I'm sorry for your health issues. It just sucks and there's no denying it. And yes, we just have to do our best to adapt to our physical and medical limitations. I'm sorry if some of the people in your lives don't get it. Talk about adding insult to injury! Pooh on them for that nonsense. @zoomama - wowzer! I'm glad there's some good news for your husband. That's a lot for both of you. I'm not sure I'd be capable of writing a coherent post in such a situation. Thanks for checking in with us. Sending healing thoughts and good wishes. I got home yesterday from an 8 day trip - I camped and socialized in a great state park in southern New Mexico. Had fun, met up with friends and made new friends. It was great. It was also hot, and the place is literally rocks and dirt and dust. I've hauled in my stuff from Minnie Vanessa (my minivan) and everything will be cleaned before being stored again. My washer and dryer have been busy. I enjoy camping, but I'm also a fan of indoor plumbing. I'm glad I made the trip - and I'm delighted to be home again. Win/win.

@crazy8s - holy smokes, that's awful. You seem like solid people who will deal with this, but I'm so sorry that you have to. I giggled at your reference to my vehicle. It's just a minivan, and I haven't really built it out, but I knew what you meant. As it happens, I've just finished day one of a road trip. I'll be camping for the next 8 nights but tonight I'm staying in a motel. Ah, creature comforts: heat, full sized bed, indoor plumbing, and Monday Night Football on TV. It's a tad too chilly where I am for camping in the minivan, and I've scored a cheap room in an old style motel that's been rehabbed with updated creature comforts, LOL. I was pleasantly surprised by how updated and clean this room is although I'd researched it online before booking. I had an excellent dinner in a local restaurant, and enjoyed a wander around the historic town plaza,. Altogether it was a good end to a day of driving, some of it in windy conditions, which I hate. I'm heading a few hundred more miles south of here. The weather will be warmer there, so more pleasant for camping in the minivan. The main event is a social gathering at a state park, the third one of these I've attended. I enjoy them, and have made some friends there.

I think the Rods are feeling a financial squeeze these days. Jill's new Etsy venture just shouts desperation. Inflated prices for wrinkly ugly used clothes, some of which are dirty (she disclosed a grass stain on one dress!). Jill and/or David have recently spoken about their aging RV which keeps breaking down, and how the tablet they use for their music has died or needs replacing for some reason. Yet - as noted above, they must have spent a few hundred bucks on that puppy recently. So isn't Plexus providing Jill the great income stream she brags about on social media? Are the missionary clearinghouse payments smaller these days? Are the sons-in-law tapped out as sources of income for restaurant meals, admission to entertainment venues, and trips? Are we watching the Rodrigues Family Serving Jesus enterprise circling the drain here?

I don’t think any of the clothing she is selling is home made except perhaps some of the earrings. Her listings include pics of labels inside the items. I haven’t scrolled through all the items but I did see labels, including two SHEIN labels.

As of now, one item is shown as sold.

The thing with Etsy, though, is that the dresses, if not made or created by the seller - are supposed to be vintage. Defined as at least 20 years old. So Jill's dresses were not made or "created" by her, and are not vintage. They're clearly not eligible to be sold on Etsy per Etsy's policies. I've read comments on reddit claiming that Etsy hasn't been enforcing that requirement. I suppose Jill's White Clotted Cream Boutique, or whatever it is, will not be shut down even if someone reports her shop as in violation of Etsy policies.

On each item listing page, after the item information, there's a handy link to "Report this item to Etsy." Just saying.

The stuff really is listed on Etsy. However, Etsy's terms of service don't allow sellers to list commercially available, non-vintage clothing items that were not made by the seller. IOW, grandmother's wedding dress from 1975 would be okay but your butt-stretched Temu cocktail dress from last year would not. Or even your never-worn Temu cocktail dress from last year. Just saying. https://www.etsy.com/legal/creativity/?ref=list

Ah, those old mast radio antennas on cars. I was surprised to find one on the passenger side front of my 2019 Dodge minivan. I thought they'd all gone the way of the dodo. It gets a bit bent out of shape now and then, I think from automatic car washes, but I manage to straighten it enough to be going on with.

Yes. I've just been watching the news. That storm is big time scary and heading for Florida.

I use the Brave browser. It's like Chrome with ad blocking built in. I use it on my Android phone and my MacBook.

Hi, @ginger90! How are you feeling after the fall? Better, I hope. @CalicoKitty, what a lovely blanket! Thanks for sharing. One of these days I may bring a cat home. It's been a long time since one lived with me. (Note, I didn't use ownership language there. I ❤️ cats, am well aware that while dogs may have owners, cats have staff. Just saying.)