Kyanight

I tend to repeat myself, so if I am - AGAIN - just ignore me. One of my sons went to culinary school and BOY could that boy COOK!!! I got to eat a FEAST of stuff back in the kitchen when he and his crew made a huge meal for some uppity-up Christmas charity function. I STILL look back on that night's extravagant meal with a dreamy smile! lol He made a couple of fancy things for me but never a meal. He NEVER cooked meals for us other than those MAYBE two desserts. Not long ago I asked him why and he said, "It's cooking in your mother's kitchen. I don't like it." Snort. But even now he only makes simple dishes for himself. I wonder why? I should have married a fancy chef. Who LOVED to cook at home. I blew it.

Look at her head and then look at the rest of her body. It doesn't look like it belongs. It looks like she shrunk her whole head.

I've back spaced over three different posts tonight prior to my posting them. I told myself, "No one gives a damn, you ass!" But I LOVED reading your post. I love hearing what people have to say, no matter how mundane they think it might be. I think I've said this before, but my friends have all passed away. My only friends now are my children, so reading on this thread is like chatting with friends over coffee and maybe lemon pound cake or something... minus the coffee and the lemon pound cake or something. lol

I love Ebay. I've found the most incredible treasures that I would never have found otherwise, because I can access cool stuff that is being sold from all over the world. But..... starting in January, Ebay went WAYYY downhill. I've been burned about 8 times since January, and Ebay doesn't back up their buyers right now. There is almost no customer service because of Covid, and I have actually had Ebay close my "cases" without them ever being resolved. Once Ebay closes a case it can't be opened again, and because Ebay strung me along it was too late to leave bad feedback for the crappy sellers who took my money and didn't send my items. I have 5,798 feedback (100% positive - even as a seller) and before January I probably had a total of three or four issues with sellers and they were quickly resolved. To have had double the amount of problems in FIVE months than I had in TWENTY-TWO years prior to that is really sad. Edit: To add to this.... they pulled Gone With the Wind from Netflix and from Amazon. I decided I wanted a copy of this movie - even though it MIGHT come back (or might not). Sometimes when they archive stuff, they just find it easier to forget about it. So I bought it the other day for $50 on Ebay. And then I noticed that the seller sold a HUNDRED copies in a matter of 2 hours. And then he relisted his auction (but it was under a different seller's name) and sold more. Ebay isn't going to go anything about it, and I'll bet I don't get my movie. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gone-With-the-Wind-DVD-2009-2-Disc-Set-70th-Anniversary-Edition-BRAND-NEW/383584753911?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

She certainly can do whatever she pleases. Likewise, since in our American society the majority of women shave, I can certainly comment on this topic however I please. If I like something I can say so - and if I don't like something I can also say so. That's the beauty of message boards. So I did. And so did you. Carry on! 😄

Plethora of beets. That's all.

My house, too. I never ask people to take off their shoes. Most people do not take off their shoes when they come over unless their shoes are wet. My kids and I never wear shoes in our own homes, though. But to be fair, all of my friends have died and I only have family left.

Wherever she is, Kody is NOT there.

I agree.

So you have to wonder..... did TLC just not notice... or did they keep this "still" on purpose? lol

Ha ha!!! I wonder if she was embarrassed when she saw pictures? I would be mortified!

Hair holds bacteria and bacteria stinks. Why would she be against shaving?!?

We have removed shoes in the house for decades now. I never once thought about the grossness of wart and toe fungus spreading though. Ew! We have a tray that holds shoes by the front door.

I've done the same thing with my shirts a time or two. And I also have a package of sandwich baggies in my car. They are great for making a deposit at my bank - I don't have to touch the canister in the drive-thru.

Except my "Covid stylus" opens doors.

They are all dressed hideously! It's like a costume party where they are all supposed to find the ugliest outfit they can. Robyn is dressed the best, and she looks like she's attending a funeral!

Meri had ONE kid! How did she end up with that paunch?

Yeah... it seems like the herd mentality has said that the pandemic is over. "MOOOoOoove along folks!" Meanwhile I am watching the numbers and keeping my fingers crossed that they will be HONEST and report ALL of the cases and deaths. Last night on CNN I heard Fauci say he feels there might be 100,000 more deaths by August which makes sense as there is around 1000 deaths a day in the U.S. right now, which makes 30,000 a month. And that's IF the cases don't rise because of protests and opening up. I'm really tired of being so paranoid and cautious and I would LOVE to fling my masks aside and be able to touch ANYTHING in a store that others have man-handled, and stand next to folks without worrying, and go to some fun places that means massive crowds of people (festivals and fairs). Unfortunately that's not my reality right now. I want to die of old age in my sleep, please. (Pops a prayer into Robyn's vending machine God. She ended up with a million dollar home!!)

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! Such a GREAT recap!! And then.... even through the humor it was really sad. CLEARLY Robyn was the downfall of this "family". This folks, is the death of a polygamist family. Kody and Robyn are absolutely 100% monogamist no matter how you want to slice it - and the other three are exes and has-beens. Baby mamas. I would be willing to bet a chunk of money (if I had it) that Kody hasn't had sex with Janelle and Christine in YEARS. And of course he hasn't been with Meri since before "Sam", which is why she fell in love with her computer.

::::::Dying laughing::::::

Um.... yep. While we were sitting outside of the Longhorn waiting for our take-out - we watched 5-6 couples walk inside. RIGHT as we were walking in to pay, some guy came out and wiped down the door handles. After all those people had touched those door handles, one after another. The ONLY ONLY ONLY business I have been to that took this sort-of seriously (meaning I don't know how clean they are in the rest of the store) was our Target. They have two self-checkout stations at each end of the store that has four lanes. Target has placed an employee at each end - they were always there - but now they wipe down the entire checkout machine after each and every customer. EVERY time. I've never seen them fail. They won't allow the next person in line step forward to use it until they've cleaned it after the last customer. On the other hand, our Walmart (grocery only) store has an employee standing there watching over about 10 self-checkouts and she NEVER wipes them down. In fact, when I asked her for a wipe she had to to off somewhere to find one for me. (Which was nice of her to do. But still - why don't they wipe down their machines between customers?) And this goes for any different employee that is standing there. They are checking for theft and there to help with problems - but NOT to wipe anything down. Have any of you seen this? I bought one for me and for some of my kids - it's SOOOO awesome! I use it to open freezer doors and places that don't have automatic doors to walk through, I use to punch in numbers on keypads - it's so awesome! (I don't necessarily recommend buying it from this guy - their feedback isn't very impressive. I just wanted you to see it!!) 😄 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Hand-Hygiene-Brass-Door-Opener-Elevator-Handle-Key-Hand-Tool-2020-NEW/324144225921?hash=item4b78805e81:g:BGUAAOSwdNlel~MB

One more thing... True story. Back when my kids were in school, one of my twins was having issues at school when a friend of his started bullying him. My son never talked about it with me - he is one of those kids who is quiet quiet quiet until he feels like talking and then he goes on and on and on. I guess he just felt like he could work it out on his own. When you have 8 kids, they learn to problem solve on their own or they often rely on their siblings who are their best friends. Anyway.... it all came to a head one day when this boy grabbed my sons burrito and crammed a third of it into his mouth as my son was on his way to sit down at a table and eat lunch. My son protested and the kid slapped the food tray from the bottom and the rest of the lunch went flying across the room. (Remember - eight kids. Lunch money was hard to come by, so if your lunch is gone - you go hungry.) My son hit the kid in the stomach. Of course the principal called me, and if I recall correctly, my son was suspended from school for two days for getting physical. Very fair, I thought. There is no need to hit someone, even if you are mad. My son and I discussed what was going on - turned out that this friend had been doing stuff like this for the last few months. He'd eat his lunch and then take my son's cookie or chips or drink or whatever he felt like taking. He'd trip my son in the hall, grab his backpack and not give it back for a bit - annoying teen boy stuff. Well miraculously, after this all came to a head that day, my son and his friend were great - no more issues. No more bullying, no more fighting! I'd ask my son about it now and then, but everything was good between them. At the end of the year my son and I were talking and I suddenly thought about asking how it was going with his friend. Did he ever take his food again after that day? My sons said that no, they got along great - but that the kid didn't really hang around with him anymore. I was surprised and asked him, "Why is that?" My son replied that the kid would rather hang out with this group of black guys - and that these guys did NOT like whites and made that clear. I said, "But they like your friend?" My son said, "Well yeah.. but he's black". Oh. Not once. Not ONCE during that year and the lunch conflicts and getting suspended, etc. - not ONCE did my son say the boy's race. "This black boy is taking my lunch...." It was NEVER mentioned - because what the hell does RACE have to do with anything? It was two boys that had some issues and resolved them. (Although I would have preferred my son didn't hit, but that's water WAY under the bridge now.) That is how life should be, and THAT is how I raised my kids. Skin color is immaterial. You care about PEOPLE. You like them for WHO they are, you dislike them for WHO they are. Simple. Sorry so long. I'm old and at the moment I feel entitled and in my entitlement I want to babble. So sue me. HA HA HA - remember when everyone use to say that? "So sue me". I'm going to bring that phrase back.

We went to get take-out from the Longhorn Steak House the other day. They've been opened for about two weeks now. For awhile we sat in our car waiting for the take-out person to bring us the food but she didn't show. As we were waiting we watched the people go inside to eat. Out of about 10 people only TWO had masks on/with them. Finally we went inside to get the food since it seemed she wasn't going to come - and even the take-out person and hostesses (there are two of them) weren't wearing masks!! I KNOW this is in violation of the governors mandates (or whatever you call them.) For some reasons it seems like many people today simply feel that rules are optional. If you feel like following them - do. But if you don't want to, then don't. P.S. I'm glad you found yeast! I've noticed the grocery shelves are becoming full again! 😄

Soooo.... some interesting reading this morning on the board! I certainly appreciate it, too! Last night I started to write a post and my oldest son literally went off on me when I told him what we were discussing, so I backspaced over everything I wrote and didn't post it. This morning I will say SOME of what I had written. I have been told time and time again on social media by various people that people of color cannot be racists - only whites are racist. What the heck? That is definitely not true. I have been on the receiving end (in real life) - never on social media. I know what Yeah No is talking about, and I think in order to understand it depends on where you have lived. And in reverse - I believe that if you are black you experience MUCH more racism in the south than you do in other areas of the country. I have been told that it is impossible for a person to not be racist. You may argue this with me because I don't take offense at differing opinions - but I say "Bull". I don't give a flying crap how much pigment you have in your skin - that's totally immaterial. What *I care about is how you treat me and others. If you are kind to me - I am very kind in return. If you are mean to me, I don't especially like you - but it has nothing to do with what "color" you are. And if we want to strip this down to race - I dislike entitled white people way more than I do people of any other color. Because guess what... people who feel they are entitled AREN'T especially kind to other people because they are only concerned with themselves and what THEY want. And entitled people are all about appearances, so if you don't dress a certain way or have your hair styled nicely, perfect nails - whatever - you are found "lacking" and don't deserve any notice or consideration. So petty. Entitled white people don't like WHITE people if they aren't in a certain economic class, or don't fit in another mold that governs their lives. I am going to stereotype now (which is what made my son so angry) and say that as some people are tired of hearing "white privilege" slapped onto every white human being, I am tired of having so many people of color (I am not saying ALL people of color) but yes... SO many people of color - lumping all white people together as being descendants of slave owners. What the heck, people! There were tons of white people in the north fighting and dying to end slavery in the Civil War. There were MANY MANY more white people that NEVER owned slaves than those that did. There are MANY MANY white Americans that immigrated to the United States after slavery was abolished... and not only did THEY not own slaves - their ancestors did not, as well. I can go back through my family tree on both sides and not a one was a slave owner. Am I sorry that slavery ever existed? HELL YES I am!! But it makes no sense to hold me (or others) accountable for something that happened hundreds of years before we were a sperm and egg that came together, and certainly had no control over! What we need to do is go on from here! And do you know what? When I was called a "Cracker" I thought it meant "Saltine" - as in a white cracker you eat. It didn't offend me a bit and I told my kids that, too. My kids had to explain that it meant a "whip cracker" as in slave owner. THEN my feelings were hurt, lol. I seriously wish racism didn't exist. And I want to say right here and now - I LOATHE white supremacists - and I'm ashamed of them. It's so weird treating people differently because of something inherent. I don't get it.

Yeah... but to be fair.... they have a LOT of bills to pay each month.... I'm sure the mortgage on Robyn's McMansion has to be sky high and SOMEONE has to work and bring in the money to pay for it while Robyn sleeps until early afternoon. And then there is her Victoria Secret credit card... that has to be about a grand a month....and her utilities, car payment, car insurance, groceries, other credit cards. And after Robyn's bills are all paid (and she's been given some serious spending $$$) they have to use what's left over for Christine and Janelle's bills.