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My siblings are useless...
Which is why I no longer regret being an only child. When my Mom died, we were also going through our move from OH to MA. Himself was already living here when I was trying to settle her estate and sell our house. A bit stressed, I unloaded my troubles on our realtor's associate. She made me feel much better by telling me how her three siblings were beyond no help at all when their Mom died. She said at least all the work might be mine, but at least I didn't have the added stress of dealing with undesirable siblings. True dat! Hopefully, Rob is a good shoulder to lean on. Himself was a tower of strength, supporting me as best as he could from 600 miles away, and home every chance he got.

Now, for some sort of a negotiable deal, I would consider helping your Mom move. I could use a vacation south and I like to drive. Pretty sure Himself would not be interested in a road trip with two women though, so maybe your Mom could ship the furniture and stuff and I'll drive her and her personal possessions south? ;)
 
Thanks all! My mom is already in sc, she's been there since November living with my best friend (who is a saint) who lives in the same neighborhood as where mom is building her house. My best friend has helped her every step of the way and is pretty real estate savvy. She even convinced my mom to get her knee replacement surgery done while the house was being built so that she'd have herself and husband to help if mom needed it! I think that my mom has formed a better bond with her than she's ever had with her own daughter. My best friend is a very special person.

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Thank goodness for your best friend, BC. :wub:

I've been lucky as far as family - dad passed in 2000 and mom in 2011 - it's only been my brother and I and things went well as far as dealing with it and settling things. I've been going through some of my mom's boxes of things over the past couple of days, so kind of a coincidence to see your post come up now regarding this subject. :angel:
 
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BC, am thinking your mom is probably in her 50's or early 60's? If so, there's a lot of life left there! Treasure her! She's lucky to have such a loving son, and you are lucky to have such a good BFF!
 
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Thank goodness for your best friend, BC. :wub:

I've been lucky as far as family - dad passed in 2000 and mom in 2011 - it's only been my brother and I and things went well as far as dealing with it and settling things. I've been going through some of my mom's boxes of things over the past couple of days, so kind of a coincidence to see your post come up now regarding this subject. :angel:
Wow, I knew my mom was an autograph hound for celebrities back in the day, I just found her autograph book and there's a 13 year old Elizabeth Taylor's autograph and Lucille Ball's from 1945. Fun! I may be up for a while....:LOL:
 
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BC, am thinking your mom is probably in her 50's or early 60's? If so, there's a lot of life left there! Treasure her! She's lucky to have such a loving son, and you are lucky to have such a good BFF!
+1. :wub:
My apologies for taking this off course.
 
I've also noticed that facial tissues are shorter.

When did this change take place? I buy Puff Plus and they are the same size as the ones I bought last month. I need to see if MB carries a house brand similar to Puff Plus. Since I blow my nose all the time, I need that extra protection from the Plus of the lotion. :angel:
 
BC, am thinking your mom is probably in her 50's or early 60's? If so, there's a lot of life left there! Treasure her! She's lucky to have such a loving son, and you are lucky to have such a good BFF!

She is a healthy and strong 66 this month. That woman can run circles around me. I'm really grateful that she's very proactive with her health. Trust me, she's a handful! We have a very open dialog, so if she's driving me nuts, I can tell her and vice versa. She's developed the same with my best friend, who's very outspoken.

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Actually, the Market Basket location that I shop at prices salted or unsalted (sweet) butter the same. It' only brand-to-brand where the price changes. But all "Market Basket" or "Land o' Lakes" or "whatever brand" is the same price for both with and without salt.
I think that unsalted butter is considered more "gourmet food" and salted butter more run of the mill over here.

Although, more upmarket, there is a specialist very salty butter, made in Wales, called Shirgar and sometimes we can get French Isigny butter which has salt crystals in it. Neither are "everyday" butters but yummy on jacket potatoes, fresh crusty bread and hot toast
 
Here unsalted butter is often slightly more expensive. When I lived in Denmark, unsalted was slightly more expensive too. I think it is because salted butter stays fresh longer than unsalted. Salt is a preservative.
 
Plastic No More

Plastic shopping and food bags including restaurant take out bags have been officially banned here.
I understand the reasons why. Don't miss seeing them lodged into trees,flying all over the streets.

We went out to dinner the other night.Bought a few things to take home.The restaurant was using plastic bags.They aren't supposed to.

After that stopped by the drug store picked up a few things.We were charged .10 for paper bags that were so small we had to buy a few of them.The checker made the comment "Why don't you just use the reusable ones?" Well for starters they weren't selling any of them.

Went grocery shopping the store charged us .25 for every paper bag needed.Reusable ones were a $1.25.

I don't like the reusable ones.If something leaks into the bag it's a p.i.a to clean up.No to mention if it's not caught lots of germs can grow in them.

Why was it before plastic was used the consumers weren't charged for paper,but now we are? Like the rising cost of food hasn't been enough.

One of my sons refused to cave in.When the checker asked what he wanted.He replied politely "nothing,just ring up the groceries" When she was done he slid everything right back into the cart.:angel:
She was shocked.:ohmy:

I'm going to check out Amazon.Buy my own by the case.:rolleyes::LOL:
 
I like the idea of reusable bag, but they are never where I am. If I'm in the store, they are in the trunk of the car or forgotten in the pantry.

I like how aldi does it, minimal charge for paper bags, but empty boxes are plentiful for free.

Grocery stores here often give you a five to ten cent discount for every reusable bag that you bring.

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I have a couple of clip-on bags that attach to my purse. They fold up into their own little pouch, Sakitome is one of the brand names.

We have a bunch of the reuseable bags in both cars, though DH usually scores my black ones, and I'm left with the Addams Family one that says, "Define normal." Every so often I run them through the wash.

We've cut way back on plastic bags. I sewed up a "bag lady" many years ago, and store the plastic bags in it. I'm haunted by images of the area the size of the state of Texas floating around the Pacific ocean, entirely composed of waste plastic.
 
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I have a couple of clip-on bags that attach to my purse. They fold up into their own little pouch, Sakitome is one of the brand names.

We have a bunch of the reuseable bags in both cars, though DH usually scores my black ones, and I'm left with the Addams Family one that says, "Define normal." Every so often I run them through the wash.

We've cut way back on plastic bags. I sewed up a "bag lady" many years ago, and store the plastic bags in it. I'm haunted by images of the area the size of the state of Texas floating around the Pacific ocean, entirely composed of waste plastic.

It's still probably contains less plastic than the cabinet under the wall oven in the house I grew up in... You'd open the door and poof out would come the bags. We have one of those tube shaped cloth things, is that a bag lady?

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It's still probably contains less plastic than the cabinet under the wall oven in the house I grew up in... You'd open the door and poof out would come the bags. We have one of those tube shaped cloth things, is that a bag lady?

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Sort of. Here's my bag lady: ImageUploadedByDiscuss Cooking1426461829.238435.jpg
 
Nothing is wrong with comfort, Munky. It's most of what I have in my closet. "Hmm, should I wear my sloppy sweats, or my dress sweats?" ;)

Dawg, I love your bag lady! All I have is a fabric tube with a drawstring at the top and elastic at the bottom. Have had it for decades. That elastic is in desperate need of replacing...
 
Thanks guys! She needs washing as she hangs out in the laundry room. It's a half doll body made of stuffed muslin. She has yarn hair, and a dress with a slit in the back to stuff the bags in, and a drawstring at the bottom to pull them out. She's pretty handy. Or baggy.
 
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She's really cute, Dawg! :)

I have Trader Joe bags that I try to remember to take into the grocery store with me. :ermm::LOL: Three of them are flat bags and one is an insulated square sided one that holds quite a lot.
 
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