Fun and Frolic With Long-Term Love
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Bluebird
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Well, it kinda took almost dying to get to this weight!
I’m on GLP-1s for life since they keep my diabetes completely under control. My blood sugar has been 99% in range for the past 90 days (according to my Dexcom) and that’s as far back as they track on the app. I guarantee it was as good every 90 days the past year. I’m only off because I roll over and compress my monitor when sleeping and then I get a low! I eat trash sometimes but Mounjaro keeps my sugar from spiking too high and I’m slowly starting to do real exercise again. I don’t count my physical therapy and occupational therapy as real exercise because it’s ridiculously dumb. Like, it’s seriously helping me but it’s also seriously crazy how easy it should be.
Bluebird
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So it rained the first day of RenFest Southern Maryland, but I beat my record and had my highest grossing show. I can’t believe that! Bad weather and people still showed up for me!
BugGirl came and vended with me! She was so good at it! It was so wonderful to spend the weekend with her too. I bought a bag that I saw from another vendor for her as a christmas gift and then the next day she was telling someone about the exact one I got, and how she wanted it but it sold. lol I gave it to her as a parting gift that night and she was shocked and teary. She was like, MOM you get me! Like that fact was a surprise.
She’s now been clean for 5 years. I’m so very proud of her.
I have a show at a naturalist resort this weekend and I’m a little unsure as to what exactly to bring and wondering if I will even sell much with everyone being naked. I plan to stay clothed. Lol
BugGirl came and vended with me! She was so good at it! It was so wonderful to spend the weekend with her too. I bought a bag that I saw from another vendor for her as a christmas gift and then the next day she was telling someone about the exact one I got, and how she wanted it but it sold. lol I gave it to her as a parting gift that night and she was shocked and teary. She was like, MOM you get me! Like that fact was a surprise.
She’s now been clean for 5 years. I’m so very proud of her.
I have a show at a naturalist resort this weekend and I’m a little unsure as to what exactly to bring and wondering if I will even sell much with everyone being naked. I plan to stay clothed. Lol
Bluebird
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A tree fell on my house this past weekend. It’s not our tree. I’m stressed with my business stuff but now there’s more to raise anxiety. The tree first smashed through and obliterated our HVAC unit, so we no longer have ac in the house while we wait for estimates.
As it fell, it landed on our porch pergola, which is made of metal, and it crumpled instantly, wrenching itself out of the deck planking, leaving huge holes where it was once secured.
The tree branches are all up on the roof. It didn’t punch through, but it damaged the drip edge and dislodged shingles. It’s uncertain if the impact did anything to the roof joists or supports or whatever they are called. Haven’t had a roofer out since the tree is still on there.
We actually have another small tree down on the southeast side of the backyard but that’s small (comparatively) and fell onto another bush which absorbed all the impact. Also not our tree.
Our stovetop has also stopped working completely, we’re assuming from a power surge during the storm. Our neighborhood was without power for a couple days, but that had nothing to do with our tree - it missed all the power lines by a smidge. A huge part of the tree still exists though and it’s a hazard to our house. The power company told us they would cut down the top of it to protect their lines but wouldn’t remove the entire tree. They also shared they would destroy our side yard driving through to do this.
There is another hackberry tree that IS ours, that you can see to the back left of the one photo. It scares us now, though two arborists have said it looks fine to them. We’ve been quoted $3000 and $2800 to take it down and we might do that later this year. There are more important things to focus on right now, I’m afraid.
As it fell, it landed on our porch pergola, which is made of metal, and it crumpled instantly, wrenching itself out of the deck planking, leaving huge holes where it was once secured.
The tree branches are all up on the roof. It didn’t punch through, but it damaged the drip edge and dislodged shingles. It’s uncertain if the impact did anything to the roof joists or supports or whatever they are called. Haven’t had a roofer out since the tree is still on there.
We actually have another small tree down on the southeast side of the backyard but that’s small (comparatively) and fell onto another bush which absorbed all the impact. Also not our tree.
Our stovetop has also stopped working completely, we’re assuming from a power surge during the storm. Our neighborhood was without power for a couple days, but that had nothing to do with our tree - it missed all the power lines by a smidge. A huge part of the tree still exists though and it’s a hazard to our house. The power company told us they would cut down the top of it to protect their lines but wouldn’t remove the entire tree. They also shared they would destroy our side yard driving through to do this.
There is another hackberry tree that IS ours, that you can see to the back left of the one photo. It scares us now, though two arborists have said it looks fine to them. We’ve been quoted $3000 and $2800 to take it down and we might do that later this year. There are more important things to focus on right now, I’m afraid.