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Betsy said:
That's not good. Try Aveeno daily moisturising lotion for your hands and just plain old vaseline for your lips. There are eyedrops you can get for dry eyes but I can't remember the name of them I think its an Optrex one. Nothing I can do for your bladder!
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piggieminder said:
Visco Tears is what my optician recommends for eyes. I second Aveeno and Vaseline, also Blistease is good for lips.
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I have a severe case of dry eye all year round and lips/hands products are part of my daily routine but as soon as the freezing weather hits, my body just seems to shrivel up.

My laptop - at this point I'm considering giving it to the scrap man. Its the worst thing I ever bought.
 
We've been trying to look for a companion for Bodie, but rescues seem to be not responding as soon as we'd like. Hubby has contacted 3 rescues in the last week, inquiring about the piggies they have for adoption in their websites, and no one has replied yet. 😑 Bodie has been alone for 2 weeks now. While he is doing okay, he isn't having any interaction with another piggy for quite some time now, even before Bryce passed away. 😔
 
anyar.dris said:
We've been trying to look for a companion for Bodie, but rescues seem to be not responding as soon as we'd like. Hubby has contacted 3 rescues in the last week, inquiring about the piggies they have for adoption in their websites, and no one has replied yet. 😑 Bodie has been alone for 2 weeks now. While he is doing okay, he isn't having any interaction with another piggy for quite some time now, even before Bryce passed away. 😔
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Oh gosh I really understand this - I was struggling to find a companion for Geoff when Bobby died. It took me 4 wks.
There seems to be no single male piggies available - all the local rescues had pairs or sows. Luckily for Geoff the first piggy he was bonded with worked out ! Good luck and I’m sending love and really hope you can find Bodie a friend ❤️
 
Roselina said:
Oh gosh I really understand this - I was struggling to find a companion for Geoff when Bobby died. It took me 4 wks.
There seems to be no single male piggies available - all the local rescues had pairs or sows. Luckily for Geoff the first piggy he was bonded with worked out ! Good luck and I’m sending love and really hope you can find Bodie a friend ❤️
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Hubby did find some boars in different rescues. We are fine travelling far so he managed to find quite a few boars for adoption. But these rescues have not replied yet to all the emails/inquiries that hubby sent them. Fingers crossed we can get some replies soon. We don't want Bodie to be alone for longer than he has to, especially when rescues usually close their doors during the Christmas season.
 
Emergency personnel not understanding neurodiverse people/behavior. I deal with autistic individuals, and it is exhausting. Do you know what makes it even more exhausting? Doctor appointments with new staff, hospitals, lab departments, and occasional problems with police. I try to explain it’s just stimming, or that the meltdown is because the room is too busy, lights are too bright, a two hour wait is too long… I can only employ so many distractions before they have had enough.
I wasn’t in the car when a gun was pointed at the deaf and autistic woman. Her crime of not being able to hear what the officer wanted, apparently got uglier when she froze as a gun was pointed at her.
 
My right leg is killing me. I mean I was sore after yesterday anyway but somehow the one leg is better and the other worse. I suspect a quick rearrangement of my bedroom probably hasn't helped though.
 
I went to make some millionaires shortbread but hubby said he wanted to do it. I dug out the very detailed recipe card that I had written and handed it to him. First he wasn't going to weigh the butter. Then he was weighing the sugar on a plate, why use a plate? The sugar looked much less than usual and I then discovered that he put the plate on the scales without zeroing. Got this all sorted with the butter and sugar in the mixer then 30 seconds later he switched off the mixer and was asking about the best method to add the flour. I checked and explained about the mix needing to look pale and fluffy like I had written. I told him to line the tin while it was finishing off. A few minutes later he asked me about the air fryer setting, I then saw that he had filled the unlined tin. Obviously it had to come out and be redone.
I didn't even consider letting him make the caramel after envisioning third degree burns but he did melt the chocolate. Honestly it's like baking with a small child and is less effort to do it myself.
It does taste good though!20241201_180253.webp
 
fluffysal said:
I went to make some millionaires shortbread but hubby said he wanted to do it. I dug out the very detailed recipe card that I had written and handed it to him. First he wasn't going to weigh the butter. Then he was weighing the sugar on a plate, why use a plate? The sugar looked much less than usual and I then discovered that he put the plate on the scales without zeroing. Got this all sorted with the butter and sugar in the mixer then 30 seconds later he switched off the mixer and was asking about the best method to add the flour. I checked and explained about the mix needing to look pale and fluffy like I had written. I told him to line the tin while it was finishing off. A few minutes later he asked me about the air fryer setting, I then saw that he had filled the unlined tin. Obviously it had to come out and be redone.
I didn't even consider letting him make the caramel after envisioning third degree burns but he did melt the chocolate. Honestly it's like baking with a small child and is less effort to do it myself.
It does taste good though!View attachment 260994
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All that effort was worth it- looks amazing. Can you pop a bit in the post please? 😀
 
I got a very nice dress from a charity shop earlier for my works Christmas do.Its a casino royale theme and I was chancing it by buying a size 6(I'm an 8) but it won't do up all the way,I'm hoping my mum can think of something to fasten it above where the zip does up to or it has to go back.
 
Gem789 said:
I got a very nice dress from a charity shop earlier for my works Christmas do.Its a casino royale theme and I was chancing it by buying a size 6(I'm an 8) but it won't do up all the way,I'm hoping my mum can think of something to fasten it above where the zip does up to or it has to go back.
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Oh that’s a shame.
 
Gem789 said:
I got a very nice dress from a charity shop earlier for my works Christmas do.Its a casino royale theme and I was chancing it by buying a size 6(I'm an 8) but it won't do up all the way,I'm hoping my mum can think of something to fasten it above where the zip does up to or it has to go back.
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Can you add an open ended zip up the back to the one already there? Should expand it the width of the zip that way.. hopefully be enough to do it up all the way?xx
 
GPTV said:
Can you add an open ended zip up the back to the one already there? Should expand it the width of the zip that way.. hopefully be enough to do it up all the way?xx
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Thanks for the tip Andrea,do you think that will work?I think I'm just too fat to fit into that dress lol xx
 
I'm not a needlework type of person, have to admit, but maybe loosely lace it up the back and add a cardigan so nobody sees the back? Of course you'd have to add lace holes beside or above the zip. Might be easier to find a new dress to your liking
 
Gem789 said:
Thanks for the tip Andrea,do you think that will work?I think I'm just too fat to fit into that dress lol xx
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This kind of thing- 'corset loops' could work with a colour coordinated ribbon 🎗️ as back lacing, I found these on Etsy but I expect they could be found cheaper elsewhere if it's what you're looking for?
The last photo shows the effect the loops give to the dress 👗
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1158808870/ivory-corset-loops-for-corset-lacing?ref=share_v4_lx

Unless your supervisor found you something suitable? :-D xx
 
GPTV said:
This kind of thing- 'corset loops' could work with a colour coordinated ribbon 🎗️ as back lacing, I found these on Etsy but I expect they could be found cheaper elsewhere if it's what you're looking for?
The last photo shows the effect the loops give to the dress 👗
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1158808870/ivory-corset-loops-for-corset-lacing?ref=share_v4_lx

Unless your supervisor found you something suitable? :-D xx
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Thanks Andrea I'll take a look.One dress I did like but I prefer the one I bought xx
 
Had our works Christmas lunch today,I never look forward to it as I'm so fussy with food and last year they gave me a plate with turkey on it.I'm a vegetarian so when a lady came over with the meat version,they took it away after being told again I was vegetarian.The thing that annoyed me the most was I didn't get any vegetarian gravy on my food,they put tomato soup over all of it.I ate the mushroom and spinach pie but left most of the rest.
 
Gem789 said:
Had our works Christmas lunch today,I never look forward to it as I'm so fussy with food and last year they gave me a plate with turkey on it.I'm a vegetarian so when a lady came over with the meat version,they took it away after being told again I was vegetarian.The thing that annoyed me the most was I didn't get any vegetarian gravy on my food,they put tomato soup over all of it.I ate the mushroom and spinach pie but left most of the rest.
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Gosh I’m so sorry to read that @Gem789 - that is outrageous ! I hope you didn’t pay for it !
I’m a vegetarian too and I get so fed up with macaroni cheese being offered as the veggie choice at a cost of £15 !
 
Roselina said:
Gosh I’m so sorry to read that @Gem789 - that is outrageous ! I hope you didn’t pay for it !
I’m a vegetarian too and I get so fed up with macaroni cheese being offered as the veggie choice at a cost of £15 !
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No,it was free luckily but I couldn't believe they didn't have any vegetarian gravy.Thats just mad especially at that price.
 
I used to be a chef and all the gravy I made was vegan and gluten free as most of the gravy bases that you buy wholesale ARE. There is absolutely no reason to turn the gravy into "meaty" , my additional ingredients were things like tomato puree, smoked paprika, nutmeg and the like.
I have no idea why this place has let veggies/vegans/coeliac down, especially in this day and age.
 
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