I’m sorting shit with my family this week. Saw one side this past weekend, seeing the other side this week.
My Uncle mentioned how he wished my cousin and I would bury the hatchet and I agree with him! I don’t even know why the fuck she’s been mad at me since we were kids. Well I have an idea, but it’s not something I did, rather it’s someone else’s behavior I’m being held responsible for. Even my Uncle said so. I’m planning on reaching out to cousin and extend an olive branch because I hated seeing that look on my Uncle’s face. I’m ready to let go of the past, I really hope she is too.
The only time I get remotely competitive is when playing EDH. Even then, I don’t necessarily have to win to have fun, I’m ok with 2nd place, but I’ll fight to get there. Other than that, I’m not really competitive at all.
Lady wtf lol I played violin too. I swear we are long lost twins 🤣 Did you play field hockey as well?
I was the same, I was always second violin and very happy about that. I hated the snobbishness of the first chairs, it was very much not for me.
Amateur is the best stuff and I agree with pretty much everything you said, except:
choking seem to have become a thing all of the sudden.
This is something I really enjoy a lot so I like seeing it in porn 🫣
Not to mention any number of women looking like they're choking and gagging while doing oral.
But this is one that I also find gross, not sexy at all, and will immediately switch to something else.
And I don’t feel like you really yucked anyone’s yum 💚
What I find really funny about your comment Velma, is that I had the exact same experience except it’s made me take on a much more “submissive” role in bed.
Except when it comes to pegging, that’s where the more “domme” side comes out lol
My height and I’m not even that tall, just ~5 inches taller than average women. Always made fun of for being the tall girl, often had guys be weird about me in heels, frequently told my height makes me less of a woman.
Jokes on them, I can reach that top shelf without help and I can help other ladies who are shorter reach things, so poo on them!
I’m 42 and just started recognizing symptoms within the last year or two. It hasn’t been too bad yet, mostly some night sweats, major mood swings changes leading up to my period, and some slight vertigo that thankfully doesn’t last too long. I have been having more sleeping issues, but it’s mostly taken care of with melatonin.
I’ve started recognizing them because so many women are more open and willing to talk about their experiences. My hair stylist and her colleagues are always talking about symptoms and eating more protein or taking HRT. My colleagues are open about different HRT methods that have worked best for them. And my best friend is 10 years older than me and almost at menopause, she’s very open about her experiences to anyone. I love how women are openly speaking about perimenopause and menopause now because my mother and many of my friends mothers never talked about it and were made to feel shame for a natural process.
I mentioned that I’ve been noticing symptoms to the nurse and my doctor, both said I’m only 42 and too young. They are also younger women, at least younger than me. Thankfully, my symptoms are very easily manageable at this time, but I will be talking to my gyno about it at my next OBGYN appointment, which was a recommendation by my primary doctor too.
On my days off, I like to get really stoned and play in my garden or with my bunnies
The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
Super weird and fucked up SciFi and really good
No lie, I used to sell similar looking outfits to middle aged women in the early 2000s when I worked in retail fashion. The low cut button up, the cropped pants, and the same kind of shoes. We even used to sell big chunky shiny necklaces too! It was super hip and fashionable women’s outfit at the time.
I’m so glad these gross people were arrested. Hopefully it sticks this time!
I’m flying back to my home state on Wednesday to see some family, then taking a train to another state to see other family for a few days before I fly back. It’s going to be sooooooo hottttt.
I have to finish prepping my garden water timer so I don’t have to remind my partner when to water the garden. Everything is ready, I just have to start plugging tubes in. Hopefully I’ll come back to more tomatoes, hot peppers, and cucumbers!
This was the little guy from last week:
Update on the luffas I posted about: https://piefed.social/post/2094148
These plants grow fast. This is about a week’s worth of growth on two fruits. The luffas have gotten significantly larger.
I’m not going to update these frequently, just wanted to show the growth rate in case anyone is thinking of growing a luffa plant. They are so much fun!
Last year, a friend gave me a bunch of seeds that were going to be thrown away, mostly packaged for 2024. One of the packs was for luffas, a type of gourd that is commonly used as a sponge. I threw 2 in my Aerogarden to watch them sprout. I quickly learned it was too much plant for not enough space, so I moved one outside into a pot of dirt. It looked really sad for a while, I honestly thought it was going to die, but after the transplant shock wore off it started growing and producing. The inside luffa only produced 1 female flower and tons of male flowers. The outside luffa had a lot more female flowers, so I hand pollinated all of the female flowers with males from the inside plant. I ended up harvesting 10 sponges from my one outside plant.
This year’s plant is from a seed I harvested from last year’s luffa. I have another plant that I’ll be culling soon because the pot is too small and it’s only producing a few male flowers. But the one in the picture looks a lot happier and the luffas are growing larger every day.
I hand pollinated them because the bees go crazy for my luffa flowers and take all of the pollen with them. The large luffa was pollinated about 2 weeks ago and the smaller was pollinated last week. They are so much fun to grow, I highly recommend them if you have space. My luffas are grown in pots with an upside down tomato cage for it to vine up.
I think I want to try other kinds of gourds too because they are so fun and useful! Plus it helps support my local bee population :)
Bees are such cuties :)
The bees really love my marigolds :)
Cute little Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider that did not want to sit still for a picture. It kept moving around to the other side of the stem when I got close lol
It was super cute 💚
This is my bark lynx spider friend. I call her Bump because she looks like a tiny bump on my tomato cage :)
I hope these count because they are plants in my house. I grow small amounts of lettuce and herbs to spoil my bunnies with.
After only 2 days, I’m already getting some lettuce sprouts in my second garden. 🥰
I don’t know a lot of folks who read as often as I do, so I wanted to share my 2025 reads with y’all. I read a mix of novels and graphic novels. Some highlights were:
lol ok good, I’d hate to have a long lost twin. Just shows cool people are all around us 😁