Does anyone else have the dark blue FIFA elephant? What's yours named? The elephant is named Mila on the poster. SquadApp shows Mila as a light grey elephant. There's nothing named Jude in SquadApp, but the one I got is named Jude. Is Mila under cover? Playing under a pseudonym? 😁
I'm down to 4 Gordons and 2 Jims. Lets see if we can find new homes for more of these guys. 🦙🦈 Still hoping to trade my extras for ones I don't have. The boxes have the correct Squish inside. The three without boxes...don't have boxes. All are brand new with tags.
I'd prefer to trade, but am also open to buying and selling. I've bought and sold in this group and can provide references. Happy to provide extra photos upon request.
Cam, Avery, Mila, Erica and Clutch are the ones I want the most. Priority will go to those trades but I'm open to trading for any I don't yet have. Second image shows the ones I still need. Thanks in advance!
Edited to cross out Mila and Erica. Finally got!
Apparently, the universe wants to make sure I have alllll the Jims and Gordons. 🦙🦈 I'd love to trade some of my extras for ones I want and don't have.
First image shows ones I have up for trade. The boxes have the correct Squish inside. The three without boxes...don't have boxes. I do have an empty Nya box, though, if anyone wants that.
In the last image, green check marks are ones I already have; don't need those. Purple stars are ones I want the most. Priority goes to those trades.
Happy to take more photos upon request. Thanks!
Anyone else stalking the Prime Day Squishmallow deals? I'm currently being tempted by 20" Herschel or Dustin. I mean, I think my Kippie needs a giant doggo friend, but he doesn't need two giant doggo friends. 😁
(Some of those aren't Prime Day deals, but they're still good prices for anyone looking for a 20" Squish.)
This is a follow up to my post on May 13th. The first big batch of Window Cats is ready to go out into the world to find new homes. Good luck, little guys!
I have 29 complete + 2 that mom claimed early on to give to a couple of her cat loving friends. I decided to keep one for myself; the one on the far left with the scarf. I don't know why, but that one speaks to me. I think it's that one olive green ear and matching tail. 😸 That leaves 28 going out into the real world.
I'm still benefitting from instant gratification dopamine; I still have lots of this yarn left, and it makes me happy to think of someone's day maybe being a little bit brighter for randomly finding a little hand knit kitten. It's also an excuse to get me out of the house to go somewhere to sneakily hide little bags o' knitted kittens, so the Smol Abstract Window Cats are going to keep coming. 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
Pattern is Tiny Window Cat. Yarn is YarnArt Crazy Cotton, DK weight cotton/acrylic. Needles are US 5, 3.75mm.
I've been hunting Trance the HugMee dragon for a while, and then I found him on Mercari, and he sat in my cart for a good while longer until I decided to not risk losing him and made an offer, and now he's mine! I don't think I have any other HugMees. Mr. Trance is my first. I love his sparkly wings and crest.
Celie and Samsara were Amazon sale purchases. I don't know why. Yes I do. Insomnia and lack of impulse control. 😅 I have both already as part of the 7.5" Girly Goth squad, but they live on a shelf, and THIS Samsara is the 8", plus she was only $4, so I talked myself into having an extra for cuddling. And then I had to get her giant grasshopper friend, too. I mean, sometimes you need extra big cuddles, right? Celie is *very* huggable, for the record. 😁
I started HRT on May 15 and am on 0.1mg estradiol (twice a week patch) and 200mg progesterone (capsule at night). I don't know which is causing increased hunger, but it's starting to become a problem.
I'm on a GLP-1 and Vyvanse, and between the two, I haven't felt hunger in a couple of years, which has been amazing. I still have an appetite; I still eat and enjoy food. I'm just less tempted to eat to excess because of feeling constantly hungry. I've been thrilled that for the first time in my life, my binge eating disorder is finally controllable, I'm not gaining weight, and am even slowly losing.
But now I'm feeling hunger at night, in the middle of the night, and first thing in the morning, and it's seriously messing with me. I usually eat dinner somewhat late (6-7pm) and I take the progesterone with a snack that is usually carbs and fats. Ok, it's usually crackers with Nutella or peanut butter. 😄
Is there a chance the increased hunger will decrease as my body adjusts to the new meds? It's only been 3 weeks which I think is still pretty early for HRT. Anyone have any tips for managing this?
I've had sleep onset insomnia for years, and it's only been getting worse since startin perimenopause. I just don't feel sleepy enough to sleep at bedtime. I get 3-4 hours of sleep a night during the week, but even so, I'm somehow exhausted but still wide awake until 3am or later. I can't explain it, but exhausted and sleepy are not the same thing.
I've been on 200mg progesterone since Mid Feb. I was hoping I'd get the sleepy side effect that so many report, but no joy...until tonight. It's not even 11am and I can barely keep my eyes open. As soon as I hit post on this, I'm turning off the lights and going to bed. I don't know what I did different tonight, but I need to figure it out. This is the first time in years, maybe as mucc as a decade, that I've actually felt sleepy.
For folks who started progesterone at night hoping to sleep better, don't panic if you don't notice any benefit right away. Fingers crossed this side effect sticks around.
Me: Naw, I don't really have any sensory sensitivities.
Also me: Ahhh, loud! Turn that down! No, now it's too quiet. Turn it back up, please? Ahhhh, LOUD. *commandeers the remote so I can control the volume myself*
Me: *wearing my least tinted glasses because I'm in my room and it's dark outside, squinting at the brightness of the laptop screen, struggling to read the text because it's all blurry*
Also me: *realizes what I'm doing and as an experiment, puts on a pair of glasses that are a bit more heavily tinted and am surprised when suddenly I don't need to squint and the text is now in focus*
That second one with the glasses just happened. Here's me thinking my progression lenses suddenly aren't working because everything on the screen is blurry, and it's blurry because I'm squinting because of brightness. Doh!
Anyone else question an ADHD or autism symptom until something happens that makes it literally unable to deny? Might just be a 'late diagnosed' or a 'not officially diagnosed' thing. Me buying tinted glasses just to try, thinking that they won't possibly do anything beneficial and will be a waste of money and now I'm not sure how I was managing without them.
I've been in a depression relapse for months and haven't had any interest in hobbies I usually enjoy, like knitting. But I'm coming out of it and have picked up my needles again. Just wanted to share. Thank you for reading and indulging me. 💚
I don't have the energy or motivation to tackle anything big, like the three sweaters I have in progress that I should be finishing. Instead, I'm unashamedly going for instant gratification. 😁
A single cat is easily finished during an evening of tv watching (depending on how much tv you watch in the evening a'course).
Pattern: Tiny Window Cat by Sara Elizabeth Kellner
Yarn: YarnArt Crazy Cotton, 55% Cotton 45% Acrylic, label says 6 sts per inch with US 4 / 3.5mm needles, light DK/heavy Sport weight?
Needles: US 5 / 3.75mm (I'm a tight knitter). Yarn, needles and gauge don't really matter as long as the fabric is dense enough for the stuffing to not show through.
I have several more balls of this yarn, so my current goal is to make 6 cats from each color that I have. 6 because they pair up nicely that way, it's a nice symmetrical number, and it's how many I got from the green/grey ball before it became a tangled mess that I couldn't deal with.
They will then be left out and about in the real world as Random Acts of Knitting Kindness to hopefully brighten someone's day.
Update: I'm currently at my parents' house and mom just stole asked if she could have two of the green/grey cats to give to a couple of her cat loving friends. Yay! Two kittehs already have new homes!
Original post here: Scheduled Appt with new GYN!
My appointment to discuss HRT for perimenopause was today. I was optimistic, but wary. You hear so many horror stories, yanno?
She was fantastic, on board with HRT from the start. I didn't feel rushed. I was listened to, she answered all of my questions, gave me lots of info about the various options (most of which I already knew because I've been hanging out here and doing my own research). She commiserated with me about how it's a shame that women finally have estrogen options that are safer than pills but now we can't get them. She agreed, and added, "There's never a Viagra shortage." Preach, girl!
We're starting with generic Prometrium 200mg in the evening in the hopes that it'll help with my insomnia, and the twice a week estrogen patches, generic Vivelle-Dot 0.1mg/24 hrs, but if there's an excessively long wait for the patches, I can call the office and she'll switch to oral in the meantime.
She went over the options for the stress incontinence I've been having, starting with kegel exercises and up and through sling surgery. Mine isn't very severe, just a few drops if I cough or sneeze and not even every time. I wear a panty liner and that takes care of the problem for me. I wouldn't want it to get worse, but at this point, I don't think it's worth medical intervention. She reassured me that it's totally just a quality of life thing so if I'm fine as I am, there's no need to do more, but definitely kegel exercises to prevent it from getting worse. I've also been applying a bit of estrogen cream on and around the urethral opening because I feel like I that that can help, and I kinda think it may be? I didn't think to mention that to the doctor, though.
She even talked to me about contraception options and answered my questions about that.
And there was still time for my yearly check up and Pap, and to be reminded that I'm due for a mammogram and colonoscopy. Grumble.
But yes. Amazing experience and the complete opposite of the male gyn I saw last year who rushed me through, didn't answer my questions or give me time to talk, and threw three months of free samples of birth control pills at me. I wish every woman could have a gyn like her.
Update: Caremark CVS says they're preparing the patches with an ETA of the 14^(th) through the 18th. We'll just keep our fingers crossed.
I currently am finding myself caught between one task that is only 2 quick things, and another task that is an ongoing project of hundreds of things.
My brain doesn't want to start the 2 quick things because, duh, they won't take any time at all. I can do them later.
My brain also doesn't want to work on the ongoing project because, duh, it's going to take forever anyway.
Come on, brain. DO SOMETHING.
(I'm not alone in this, am I?)
Edit: AFTERNOON MEDS! *sigh* I forgot them. Again. Taking now. And I just started the easy 2 item task. Maybe getting something done will motivate me to work on the project that never ends.