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malaise

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6. Went to the 50th birthday party for a kid I used to babysit

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 07:30 PM

Jan 2026

Her parents are close friend but her mom died in 2024.
I cooked for some friends the Sunday after Christmas. The numbers are less as one by one folks die. Most folks here kept things quiet because of the suffering from Melissa.

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What did you get for Christmas that you love [View all] malaise Jan 2026 OP

Peace and Quiet w/o no traveling either. Staying at home finally after so many years traveling for the holidays. SWBTATTReg Jan 2026 #1

With you on that 100% malaise Jan 2026 #2

I'm sorry to hear about the hurricane mess...I hope that it gets cleaned up/fixed up in a reasonably amount of time. SWBTATTReg Jan 2026 #3

A Santa painted on natural wood Marthe48 Jan 2026 #4

Went to the 50th birthday party for a kid I used to babysit malaise Jan 2026 #6

Sounds nice, Marthe! LuckyCharms Jan 2026 #23

Carhartt gift certificates. johnp3907 Jan 2026 #5

Nice malaise Jan 2026 #7

A visit from my 22 yo grandson, xmas eve day, out of the blue. quaint Jan 2026 #8

Now that was wonderful malaise Jan 2026 #9

My kids took me deRien Jan 2026 #10

Lovely gifts malaise Jan 2026 #11

Apple TV box. The picture quality is outstanding. Intractable Jan 2026 #12

Sounds great malaise Jan 2026 #18

I don't love it, but a detached retina and surgery to fix it. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2026 #13

OMG Kali Jan 2026 #14

Thanks. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2026 #16

oh I am glad not painful Kali Jan 2026 #21

Holy shit that is serious malaise Jan 2026 #17

Thanks. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2026 #19

May every day get better, greatauntoftriplets. LuckyCharms Jan 2026 #24

Thanks, Lucky. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2026 #38

that there wasn't too much "stuff" Kali Jan 2026 #15

Rice cookers are great malaise Jan 2026 #20

ha! Kali Jan 2026 #22

He can still cook little else malaise Jan 2026 #26

A phone call from an old friend, and some delicious home made cookies. LuckyCharms Jan 2026 #25

A young man I mentored call me on Jan 2 malaise Jan 2026 #32

Nice, malaise! LuckyCharms Jan 2026 #34

Time with my daughters leftieNanner Jan 2026 #27

Sweet malaise Jan 2026 #33

A Spotify membership, dinner with au gratin potatoes - a favorite! Oh, and beloved family was at the dinner too! Scrivener7 Jan 2026 #28

That sounds good, we always called au gratin potatoes, "old rotten potatoes" as a joke... wcmagumba Jan 2026 #30

I'm stealing that! Scrivener7 Jan 2026 #31

Hehehe malaise Jan 2026 #35

I really DO adore them! Scrivener7 Jan 2026 #49

Mr. Dahlia gave me a framed New Yorker cartoon. yellow dahlia Jan 2026 #29

Love it malaise Jan 2026 #36

I love it, also. yellow dahlia Jan 2026 #37

A box of chocolate-covered cherries. Croney Jan 2026 #39

We gave my dad a box every Christmas! johnp3907 Jan 2026 #42

Ha! One of the ways my dad chose to bond with us was to take us individually (there were 6 of us) to the Scrivener7 Jan 2026 #50

Nice malaise Jan 2026 #43

We didn't really "do" Xmas buzzycrumbhunger Jan 2026 #40

Glad you got some rest malaise Jan 2026 #44

I didn't get anything for Christmas Grim Chieftain Jan 2026 #41

Well here's a belated hug malaise Jan 2026 #45

Thanks. malaise Grim Chieftain Jan 2026 #46

I hope you gave yourself a New Year's gift! quaint Jan 2026 #55

An appointment at the Panamanian Tribunal PJMcK Jan 2026 #47

Congrats malaise Jan 2026 #48

Not any more. I ate it. Sneederbunk Jan 2026 #51

Hehe malaise Jan 2026 #52

Furnace fixed after days of 30degrees. And some chocolates for comfort. cbabe Jan 2026 #53

Hmmmmmmmm malaise Jan 2026 #54