You thinking EDS?

What’s a potato?

Or took AZO.

Holy crap, 260 bpm!!

Haha I like you ;)

Agreed, but it’s lox :)

Don’t forget the capers!

That’s like an 8% tip.

Oh my god I forgot all about Mallory Ortberg’s interpretations of monk paintings! I used to love these.

Unrelated but she once wrote something like “everyone knows that to properly make a bed, you need to circle it like a shark” and the truth of that has stuck with me ever since. Why is my brain like this haha

Imagine giving birth to that.

She was a super good doggo, I’m sure she’s in charge of dog heaven by now! Here’s a pic of her from early last year.

She was a retired racing greyhound. Greyhound racing has mostly been banned in the States (there’s only one racetrack left), which is great, but also means it’s harder and harder to adopt retired racers. So we’re thinking of getting greyhound puppies since we like the breed so much.

I love goulash, that recipe looks awesome!

Nice and simple, I love it!!

I’ve been with my husband for a long time - it’ll be 25 years this September. We only got married 3 years ago, and it was because I needed to go on his health insurance so I could retire. We were both happy with not being married, and also both fine with tying the knot once we saw an actual reason to do it. We didn’t have a wedding, we just self-united (something you can do in Pennsylvania thanks to Quaker tradition) and filed the paperwork with the state. We don’t wear rings and I kept my name. Literally nothing changed other than my health insurance.

Until we got married, a lot of people seemed really unable to understand why I didn’t care about getting married. In the beginning there was a lot of external pressure/expectation on us to get married, which did die off after a while. I’m really glad that we did it on our own terms when it made sense to us, rather than caving to societal expectations.

Same. I knew from a very young age that I didn’t want kids and that has never changed. I got my tubes tied in 2006 and never looked back!

I mean, duh. Baked beans are stupidly sweet.

I just have to say: I’m really impressed with the way you’re taking the time to educate folks in this thread!

Sadly no, I had a dog but had to put her to sleep last year. She was the best 💜 I do plan to get two puppies probably next year though. :)

This weekend I’m at my folks’ house petsitting their cat, who is a floofy little purr machine!

What’s your favorite comfort food recipe to cook?

I wore a Blossom hat to school. I had just started junior high and it was like the third day of the school year. I had this brand new crushed velvet hat with little pink rosebuds and I was so excited to wear it. I paired it with a satin floral vest, a pink turtleneck, and a pair of stirrup pants, as was the style at the time, and strutted into school knowing I was stylin’.

I had no idea there was a rule against hats, and in homeroom, in front of everyone, my battleaxe of a homeroom teacher yelled at me: “Who told you you could wear a hat?!” To which little timid me said “… my mom?” And she yelled “You know you’re not allowed to wear hats in school, take that off right now! I don’t want to see it again!” And I almost fucking cried.

Thanks for embarrassing me in front of everyone, Mrs. DeFilippo.

Yeah, looks about white.

Do you have any pets?

My favorite thing about myself is that I’m creative. I’ve lost touch with that a little bit but I’m working my way back to it. I used to love drawing, painting, and making things like colored pencil art, abstract design art, Christmas decorations, beaded jewelry - I was always making something. Now I mostly express my creativity with makeup and nails. And I’ve just started picking up woodworking - so far I’ve only built a chair for my deck, but the goal is to make all my deck furniture*, plus a new enclosure for my veggie/fruit garden!

* There’s a lot to make! A second chair, a sectional to match, a propane firepit with a cement top and matching tank cover, an outdoor dining table with 8 chairs… and I’m considering getting a sewing machine and learning to make cushions for all the seating!