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My precious girl turned two today.
Went to daycare, got McDonald’s chicken nuggets on the way home! Plus she got sardines with her kibble for supper!
Love you my sweet girl!!❤️❤️❤️

Do not know how to feel, emotionally, about the privilege of this birthday.
I worked within the medical profession most of my career, so i am aware that every day is a blessing.
That said, as a woman, it’s a struggle, not only emotionally but mentally and physically.
Should I be happy?? Should I be sad?? Should I be hopeful? or just give not “up”, but give in???
Every day when I wake up it’s just a bit harder to get going. A few more aches and pains!! Things I gave no thought to a year ago seem like such a chore now.
On another level, is it time to give up on hopes and dreams?? Should I forge ahead despite my age?
There are still so many things I want to do and accomplish.
Due to the economy, just how expensive everything is,
I have focused lately on helping out my daughter. I’m helping her with her rent, investments, etc.
She is frugal, but it’s still a very expensive world out there and I’m trying to teach her to invest. However, you can’t invest if you don’t have the money.
I don’t have a lot of needs, I have pets, I don’t travel for that reason. Mortgage is paid. Car is paid. Investments aren’t bad.
Still, at 65, where do I go from here?? I’m considering this as a new start. Very much appreciate any advice!

Appreciate your advice.
I am about to transition my 20 month old pup from her travel crate to just “hopping in the back seat “ for very short distances.
Advice on the best back seat set up so she won’t get dumped on the floor if I do have to brake etc.
I’ve tried putting her in the back of my SUV and she’s over and in the front seat in 20 seconds!
Just want her to be safe but for just small distances, no need to haul out the travel crate.

Does anyone have a single memory? A time, a place, a scent, a sound? A memory that just brings total peace and comfort?
The best, most peaceful memory I have, is when I was a child. We would visit relatives in the country. Deep country. The farm and the fields, the forest and the ocean. I can still smell the freshly cut grass and newly cut hayfields. I can see the vivid sunsets, smell the cool of the night and the salt water of the ocean as the blazing sun set above us.
Just a wonderful feeling of peace and serenity that I have never been able to find or feel again, as an adult.
That time was indeed magic.
I wish everyone could have that experience just once.
Our world has changed so much.

Does anyone else feel completely defeated when shopping for new clothes???
It’s May, time to check out what’s wearable in the closet from last year. Not much!!!
I spent 2 hours (doesn’t seem like a long time but it is!!)
Clothes shopping. Went to 4-5 different stores in the local mall.
Nothing! Absolutely nothing!!
The fabrics were so thin, the colours absolutely awful.
They had a rust colour next to purple, pale pink plus just a lot of other “why is this here and who thinks anyone will actually pay money for it”???
I am admittedly no fashionista. But the quality and colours and patterns are just so OFF , so horrible.
Does anyone else find the same???

I will be 65 this year, I unfortunately have no one to shop with or get opinions from, but I know what I like. I think I know what I look good in.
Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated re shops, brands or specific retail stores.