what are you doing right now?

[raeoflyte]

Job overnighted my last paystub to another coworkers house. She quit more than a week before me and other working in the same branch there is absolutely no reason that my info would be tied to hers.

[daisylu]

Oct 6, 2023 15:51:40 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Job overnighted my last paystub to another coworkers house. She quit more than a week before me and other working in the same branch there is absolutely no reason that my info would be tied to hers.

What a mess.

[daisylu]

For DD's car straightened out, with no extra money spent. She is relieved.

Eye doc texted that my contacts were in, so picked them up and ordered my first ever pair of prescription sunglasses.

Mississippi pot roast in the crockpot. House smells so good.

[jerseygirl]

What is Mississippi pot roast?

[TheOtherMe]

Oct 6, 2023 15:29:32 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

At least I got pretty much everything set up online and made sure my address and phone number are put down as contacts.  She's in the 21st century at least.

Drama, this is a large part of why the VA is having difficulty finding your grandpa's DD214


On July 12, 1973, a disastrous fire at the NPRC destroyed approximately 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files (see 1973 Fire).


www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/fire-1973

If your grandpa served out of Iowa, feel free to PM me his name as Iowa paid Iowa soldiers bonuses for WWII.

[MarionTh230]

Oct 6, 2023 17:02:38 GMT -5 jerseygirl said:

What is Mississippi pot roast?

It's a recipe that uses pepperoncini peppers, ranch packet, gravy packet, butter.  Usually a chuck roast cooked in a crock pot.  There's all kinds of recipes on google that vary some from that, but more or less that is the gist of it.  I've personally never tried it, but every person I know that has tried it has liked it.

[MarionTh230]

I took off work today and have vacation all next week.  DH does as well.  He had an outpatient procedure today.  Elective.  Nothing to worry about.  But, he is resting.  Kiddo is about to doze off on the couch in front of the TV right now.  I'm sitting here wondering why I'm cooking dinner if all these people are sleeping!!!!

[daisylu]

Mississippi pot roast

2lb roast, marinated in worcestershire sauce (we use venison that DH hunts)
1 pack dry au jus
1 pack dry ranch dressing
6 pepperoncini peppers
1/2 cup pepperoncini pepper juice
1/2 stick of butter
1 teaspoon black pepper

Cooked in crockpot on low for 6 hours.

[seriousthistime]

Oct 6, 2023 15:06:52 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Oct 6, 2023 12:37:08 GMT -5 countrygirl2 said:

I think this is a good idea, actually. Buy it just in his name? Or buy it in your and DH's names and file a transfer on death instrument so he will inherit it without fuss when you are both gone? Consider capital gains implications for him, and Medicaid protection for you.


Yes, we are thinking of doing that. he was saying later we could move in his smaller house and they into ours. His dad did that, he just had on it, they could have the right to live it until their death. And it has worked out well. We have not sold it yet so have to read up for Indiana and see what we will owe.

But wondering why we couldn't just gift it to him or a similar one. It is about $700k, that one is above what we planned to spend, so have to think about it.

What I have to read up on if he sells it later, will the whole amount be taxable to him on proceeds since he would have no money in it or how does that work??  I know how it works if he inherits it. But not sure what his basis would be the other way. We have that to deal with it on his folks and grandmas house yet. We bought out his brothers half on his folks and grandmas houses. We didn't even know they were in the boys names when we were getting ready to buy them, so only had to buy half of them.

I think you guys need to think carefully about this.  My dad tried to do what you are and it really fouled things up.  Because he put us on the deed rather than bequeathing it to us, we wound up having to pay capital gains on his house, plus pay NY state non resident tax on it too.  
Please consult some one.  We had to go to our tax accountant to figure out how to deal with it.  

Yes, that's an issue. See bolded text from my post quoted here. I normally would say not to do it because of the capital gains.  But in conjunction with their desire to provide an inheritance to their son and protect their assets from Medicaid which countrygirl2 has mentioned before, I can see doing it.  After very careful thought and consultation with a financial advisor.

We don't know what the law will be at the time the son might want to sell.  Wouldn't it be free from state income tax, since Washington doesn't have a state income tax?  Or does Washington tax capital gains?

If the federal law stays the same, the $500,000 exclusion for selling a couple's personal residence would apply when her son eventually sells.  The basis would be what countrygirl2 paid to buy it ($700,000, in her example), and the next $500,000 gain wouldn't be taxed if her son and family move into the house for two years before they sell.  And the rest of it's taxed at 15%, I believe.  But who knows what the law will be at that time.

I'm not up on gift tax, and the $700,000 purchase price would be a gift to the son.  The lifetime gift tax exemption would seem to apply and it appears to be quite generous. 

[Pink Cashmere]

Some of you may remember me saying that in the aftermath of what I refer to as the worst years of my life, I became a believer that “when the student is ready, the Master appears”. I had never even heard that before, so after I started saying and believing it, I learned later that it was not an original thought of mine lol. But I became a believer, when after surviving what felt like my whole world falling apart, and genuinely and sincerely wanting to learn from it all and grow as a person, a lot of strange things started happening, to give/guide me to the wisdom and knowledge I was seeking, or confirm that I was on the right path, or both.

I have shared here that Mister said something to me a few weeks ago, that at first kind of hurt my feelings. Then, as I thought about it more, I got angry. I kept thinking about it, and finally asked myself “How did I even get here”, and that question led me to some more thinking, where a lot of things started clicking into place and gave me some great understanding. I got “here” because of me, not because of Mister, our relationship, or anybody else. I did this to myself, or at least allowed it to happen.

I did a whole lot of work on myself after “the worst years of my life”, and either I didn’t complete the work, or some of the lessons learned, did not stick. So I have some more work to do. 

My body has been trying to tell me for a few years now, that I am not okay, and how I am living is actually not okay with me. And my body has stopped whispering here and there, and started yelling, over the last year or so. When I changed GI doctors and after all the tests I’d had with the dummy GI doctor, and the last ones the new Dr ordered to rule out everything else she could think of that might be causing my issues and she concluded that my stomach had gotten so crazy due to stress, I knew I had to do something. 

But I was still kind of drifting with what the changes I needed to make, looked like, until Mister said what he said and it led to me thinking “how did I even get here” and then I started getting some clarity.

I still feel some type of way about what Mister said, and he is not off the hook for that, but what it prompted me to learn about myself and what I need to do for ME, is more important to me right now. 

I already know that doing the work I need to do for ME, will require some changes in our relationship. I love Mister, and I really do want to spend the rest of my life with him, but I can’t let that love and desire keep me from being the best, healthiest me, I can be. In my mind, the healthier I am as an individual, the more likely it is that I am capable of having an amazing, healthy relationship. But even if it doesn’t turn out that way, I still need to tend to myself and my own well being and peace of mind. I can’t control the relationship or Mister. I can only control me and do what is best for me and try to fulfill what I believe is the purpose of the life I’ve been given.

When I started really being honest with myself a few weeks ago, one of the things I had to admit was that my environment really does affect my mental state, and that I did not stay true to myself and did myself a disservice by just giving up on it when I got tired of fighting about it, instead of insisting it had to happen, whether that meant dealing with Mister, or addressing his daughters directly. However I should have gone about trying to peacefully and respectfully insisting on what I needed to be okay, I should’ve done it. Because it wasn’t just me being a bitch, I’ve always believed my home should be my haven, and that has always been important to me. Even  when I shared a home with my own children, it mattered a lot, for certain areas to be at least halfway decent, and that I had an even “safer”, soothing place to retreat to as needed…. My bedroom. 

I know people have different ideas and do things differently, and I’m not knocking any of that. But for me, when I bought my house, I felt like I’d provided private spaces for my children, with them having their own bedrooms, and at least my bedroom could be my own private space. Of course if they had nightmares or for any reason, day or night, they could come to me in my bedroom if that’s where I was, and even sleep in there with me if they needed or wanted to. But my bedroom was not a hangout spot, we hung out together in the den, unless I agreed to us hanging out in my bedroom. I gave them private spaces to retreat to, and I felt like it was okay for my bedroom to be my own private space.

Since I moved here, I haven’t had a private space to retreat to, that is kept just the way I like it. Mister and I have different ideas on the cleanliness of the bedroom we share. He has his wanna be man cave, with a door he can close, to send the message that he’d rather not be bothered. I thought that turning the dining room into my “yoga room” would give me a space that would be just for me. AND provide a safe space to actually…. maybe practice yoga. There are doors to the kitchen that I can close, but there is a large doorway to the living room, that is just wide open. Which shouldn’t really matter, because we don’t use the living room, and there is no real reason to even go in that part of the house, besides tending to the plants. But for whatever reason, that is YD’s favorite route to the kitchen, through the living room annd dining/yoga room, even though it is going out of the way to get to the kitchen.. When I asked that she at least not wear shoes when she walked through the “yoga room”, she asked “where is that”, playing dumb. 

So one of the things I gave up on, was having a private space to myself, which turned out to be something I realized I really need, and is something that between Mister’s wanna be man cave and his daughters having had their own bedrooms, that nobody else (especially me) better not intrude on. They even made it clear that the bathroom in the hallway was “their” territory. And I also gave up on the public areas of my house at least being reasonably clean. I stopped cleaning, I stopped lighting candles for the ambiance and smell good factor, both of which I enjoy. I stopped playing music, I stopped doing basically everything I used to do that made my home my refuge, and had no safe place to retreat to. That’s part of why I understand now, that it’s not surprising I went crazy and my body started rebelling. I’d never NOT had a safe place to retreat to, to try to soothe my soul and try to regroup.

And that’s not even the only way that I’ve bailed on myself over the last few years. So now I understand that my body started trying to tell me what I was refusing to acknowledge with my brain. It got to be too much, and as the title of the book says “The Body Keeps Score”. So not only did I not finish the work I started years ago, I allowed a whole lot of more shit to be piled on top of the shit I tried to sort out back then.

So anyway, back to my original point, I am very recently on what I feel like has the potential to be another journey toward growth and wisdom, if I keep at it. And already, random things have been happening lately that are confirmation that I am on the right path again, and/or lead and guide me on that path, just out of the blue, or spurred by something I’m already familiar with, that takes on a whole new meaning or leads me to something else that is meaningful and pertinent to where I am right now and how I am trying to grow.

I know that when I changed my life before, I was motivated to change because of my children, and when I said to the universe (really, because of my beliefs, to God), PLEASE stop all this awful shit that is happening in my life, I give up on everything I thought I knew, and my ego about all the things I thought I could control. I understand now that much of life is out of my control, so PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, just show me what I can do to be a better me, and thrive instead of staying stuck, just trying to survive. Show me how to be a better, healthier person, because whatever I need to fix about myself, I want to do it, so I can be the best parent I can be to my children. Just please, help me. And all of a sudden, it was like answers, wisdom, and confirmation started appearing everywhere I turned.

My children are adults now, and responsible for their own choices that they make as adults. But I still want to be the best, healthiest person I can be, and I obviously got sidetracked somewhere after all the work I did back then. So I am at it again. And pleading, because I know I was not put on this earth to suffer, and I need a lot of help, once again. And I guess my sincerity is genuine again, because once again, I am being guided to wisdom and knowledge, in places I never knew to look for it.

[Pink Cashmere]

Oct 6, 2023 17:17:29 GMT -5 MarionTh230 said:

Oct 6, 2023 17:02:38 GMT -5 jerseygirl said:

What is Mississippi pot roast?

It's a recipe that uses pepperoncini peppers, ranch packet, gravy packet, butter.  Usually a chuck roast cooked in a crock pot.  There's all kinds of recipes on google that vary some from that, but more or less that is the gist of it.  I've personally never tried it, but every person I know that has tried it has liked it.

I have lived within walking distance to Mississippi and was raised on Southern style cooking, and pot roast was a favorite in my family, but I’ve never heard of Mississippi pot roast. 

If I cooked it and it turned out well enough that my folks enjoy it, I would be shamed if I admitted to the ingredients you describe lol. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with the recipe and ingredients, I’m just saying that if I cook it like that and its deeee-licious, and my folks enjoy it,  I’d still have to keep all of that to myself.

[chiver78]

I'm sitting out on the deck, it's still a gorgeous night and I can't bear the thought of being inside tonight knowing I'm going to be stuck there tomorrow in the rain. anyway, and this is in no way meant in a "get off my lawn!" sort of way, but a young kid in a loud hoopty just drove by the house. there's a lot of that around here with the population across the town line. but anyway, my faith in the next generation's taste in music just got a boost - that young girl was blasting some Alanis Morrissette - You Oughta Know. rock on, girl!

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Oct 6, 2023 18:05:29 GMT -5 seriousthistime said:

Oct 6, 2023 15:06:52 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

I think you guys need to think carefully about this.  My dad tried to do what you are and it really fouled things up.  Because he put us on the deed rather than bequeathing it to us, we wound up having to pay capital gains on his house, plus pay NY state non resident tax on it too.  
Please consult some one.  We had to go to our tax accountant to figure out how to deal with it.  

Yes, that's an issue. See bolded text from my post quoted here. I normally would say not to do it because of the capital gains.  But in conjunction with their desire to provide an inheritance to their son and protect their assets from Medicaid which countrygirl2 has mentioned before, I can see doing it.  After very careful thought and consultation with a financial advisor.

We don't know what the law will be at the time the son might want to sell.  Wouldn't it be free from state income tax, since Washington doesn't have a state income tax?  Or does Washington tax capital gains?

If the federal law stays the same, the $500,000 exclusion for selling a couple's personal residence would apply when her son eventually sells.  The basis would be what countrygirl2 paid to buy it ($700,000, in her example), and the next $500,000 gain wouldn't be taxed if her son and family move into the house for two years before they sell.  And the rest of it's taxed at 15%, I believe.  But who knows what the law will be at that time.

I'm not up on gift tax, and the $700,000 purchase price would be a gift to the son.  The lifetime gift tax exemption would seem to apply and it appears to be quite generous. 

No, WA does not have a state income tax but they're trying awfully hard to institute a capital gains tax on unearned income.  Again, she needs to consider what the tax ramifications are for both her and her son.  I can see all kinds of ways this going sideways, especially if something happens to her son, or if her DH's family history of Alzheimer's comes into play.  

[cooper88]

Pink Cashmere It's really hard to live with other people. I mean, it really is. I love DH, but if I'm truthful, the perfect living arrangement would be a duplex. His and hers sides. Also, if my house is getting to be a mess, I really feel a low level of anxiety creep in. And you can't control other people, which is why I think it is so hard to live with someone else.

[minnesotapaintlady]

I have Ed until Monday night and took him with me to town so I'd have company waiting for Carrot. Should have left him at home! He doesn't travel well. Just paces around and whines. I left him in the van when I went into the grocery store and he's in full on rabid attack dog mode anytime anyone gets close by. 🙄

[MarionTh230]

Oct 6, 2023 18:21:00 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

Oct 6, 2023 17:17:29 GMT -5 MarionTh230 said:

It's a recipe that uses pepperoncini peppers, ranch packet, gravy packet, butter.  Usually a chuck roast cooked in a crock pot.  There's all kinds of recipes on google that vary some from that, but more or less that is the gist of it.  I've personally never tried it, but every person I know that has tried it has liked it.

I have lived within walking distance to Mississippi and was raised on Southern style cooking, and pot roast was a favorite in my family, but I’ve never heard of Mississippi pot roast. 

If I cooked it and it turned out well enough that my folks enjoy it, I would be shamed if I admitted to the ingredients you describe lol. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with the recipe and ingredients, I’m just saying that if I cook it like that and its deeee-licious, and my folks enjoy it,  I’d still have to keep all of that to myself.

It would not be considered a traditional southern recipe.  It is, however, a recipe that has been popular on various internet and social media outlets over the past 3 - 5 years maybe?  The story I heard was that the MS Dept of Tourism first published it, but I doubt that to be true.  I mean, we can't believe everything we read on the internet, right?!

Having said that, based on folks I know that have tried the recipe, they all do say it is tasty.  I haven't tried it myself because I can't actually remember the last time I cooked a pot roast of any kind.  Beef prices are something else these days.  I've been a bit picky about what I choose and beef roasts haven't been a price I've been willing to pay.  All this talk about roast though has it at the top of my list next time it goes on sale though!

[MarionTh230]

DH and Kiddo are both awake. Which means they are eating the dinner I cooked. That's one win for the day. It's also lightly raining right now. I have my fingers crossed for more rain because we are still in official drought territory. 

[chiver78]

Oct 6, 2023 19:10:29 GMT -5 MarionTh230 said:

Oct 6, 2023 18:21:00 GMT -5 Pink Cashmere said:

I have lived within walking distance to Mississippi and was raised on Southern style cooking, and pot roast was a favorite in my family, but I’ve never heard of Mississippi pot roast. 

If I cooked it and it turned out well enough that my folks enjoy it, I would be shamed if I admitted to the ingredients you describe lol. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with the recipe and ingredients, I’m just saying that if I cook it like that and its deeee-licious, and my folks enjoy it,  I’d still have to keep all of that to myself.

It would not be considered a traditional southern recipe.  It is, however, a recipe that has been popular on various internet and social media outlets over the past 3 - 5 years maybe?  The story I heard was that the MS Dept of Tourism first published it, but I doubt that to be true.  I mean, we can't believe everything we read on the internet, right?!

Having said that, based on folks I know that have tried the recipe, they all do say it is tasty.  I haven't tried it myself because I can't actually remember the last time I cooked a pot roast of any kind.  Beef prices are something else these days.  I've been a bit picky about what I choose and beef roasts haven't been a price I've been willing to pay.  All this talk about roast though has it at the top of my list next time it goes on sale though!

I have a bunch of friends from GA/TN/MS from my music cruise community. none of them make this, it's the northerners that do and post about it. I'm not a beef fan, but the ranch killed it for me. hard pass. 

[cooper88]

So I overdid it out in the yard today and my back was achy. Cup of coffee, ibuprofen, two peanut butter cookies, and a soak in a hot bathtub later and I feel like a puddle of jelly (in a good way). Going to grill out in a little bit and find something mindless to watch.

[Pink Cashmere]

Oct 6, 2023 18:57:35 GMT -5 cooper88 said:

Pink Cashmere It's really hard to live with other people. I mean, it really is. I love DH, but if I'm truthful, the perfect living arrangement would be a duplex. His and hers sides. Also, if my house is getting to be a mess, I really feel a low level of anxiety creep in. And you can't control other people, which is why I think it is so hard to live with someone else.

Yeah, after 20 years of living by myself, and after my children became adults and even with my Mom coming to living with me, being the sole head of the household where if ANYBODY refused to respect how I needed my household to run, for my own well being, I made it clear that they could get right or get out (which didn’t work so well with my Mom, but that’s not my point right now lol), I have seriously struggled with living with Mister. Never mind the struggles with living with his daughters.

But now, I acknowledge that what I need my home to be, is just what it is. I’ve tried to adapt, and let that go, and it just made me crazy. I can’t just let it go, if I am to be okay. What is the saying…. If you keep quiet to try to keep the peace, you start a battle with yourself. It’s something like that, even though I’m sure I didn’t quote it verbatim. I am no longer willing to just try to keep the peace, if it means I am at war with myself.

And maybe it really is me, and I have unrealistic expectations regarding how I feel like it’s reasonable for people to not want to live in a nasty ass home. I’ll take that. Whether it’s reasonable or not, I know what I need to be okay. And if that means I need to live by myself again, then that’s just what it is. Because it’s been proven that my home environment really does  matter with regard to my well being, and I can’t thrive in a nasty home, and I can’t thrive in a home filled with negative energy. And if that means I’m just weird, and I’m the problem, I am okay with removing myself from all of that and getting myself into an environment that works better for me, if that’s the only way I can do what I need to do to take care of me. 

My kids are adults now, I don’t owe anyone anything. I tread so carefully with Mister’s daughters after we moved here, because they were minors and I didn’t want to come between them and their Dad, even though I wasn’t the one constantly trying to make him choose. They are both young adults now. 

The circumstances have changed, and I have started to change. If me growing and standing up for myself, while still being respectful and trying to be fair, wrecks my relationship with Mister, then it wasn’t the right relationship for me anyway. 

[minnesotapaintlady]

Oct 6, 2023 19:21:58 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Oct 6, 2023 19:10:29 GMT -5 MarionTh230 said:

It would not be considered a traditional southern recipe.  It is, however, a recipe that has been popular on various internet and social media outlets over the past 3 - 5 years maybe?  The story I heard was that the MS Dept of Tourism first published it, but I doubt that to be true.  I mean, we can't believe everything we read on the internet, right?!

Having said that, based on folks I know that have tried the recipe, they all do say it is tasty.  I haven't tried it myself because I can't actually remember the last time I cooked a pot roast of any kind.  Beef prices are something else these days.  I've been a bit picky about what I choose and beef roasts haven't been a price I've been willing to pay.  All this talk about roast though has it at the top of my list next time it goes on sale though!

I have a bunch of friends from GA/TN/MS from my music cruise community. none of them make this, it's the northerners that do and post about it. I'm not a beef fan, but the ranch killed it for me. hard pass. 

I'm lived right next to the Mississippi in the north for forever and never heard of it.

[toomuchreality]

Oct 6, 2023 6:20:39 GMT -5 shelley413 said:

The first time I visited my sister in California I flew a direct flight from the east coast.  When the plane started descending I thought I was going to die.  It felt like someone was pushing an ice pick between my eyes and the lower we got the worse the pain was.  My sister told me she had the same problem (we both have really bad sinuses).  She used to travel a lot and said that beginning about 2-3 days before she flies she takes Sudafed per the instructions on the box (just the plain stuff, not the ones you have to sign for) and she never had a problem after that.  I tried it and it worked for me.  I don’t fly often, but I always make sure I take the Sudafed.

I hope you have a nice trip

My doctor wrote me a script for an allergy med. I Will def take it!
Thanks!

[toomuchreality]

Oct 6, 2023 15:51:40 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Job overnighted my last paystub to another coworkers house. She quit more than a week before me and other working in the same branch there is absolutely no reason that my info would be tied to hers.

😳😳😳
I would not be happy,!


😳😳

[raeoflyte]

Oct 6, 2023 16:29:13 GMT -5 daisylu said:

Oct 6, 2023 15:51:40 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Job overnighted my last paystub to another coworkers house. She quit more than a week before me and other working in the same branch there is absolutely no reason that my info would be tied to hers.

What a mess.

Exactly. The process of quitting has certainly affirmed why we left at least.

[raeoflyte]

Oct 6, 2023 18:57:35 GMT -5 cooper88 said:

Pink Cashmere It's really hard to live with other people. I mean, it really is. I love DH, but if I'm truthful, the perfect living arrangement would be a duplex. His and hers sides. Also, if my house is getting to be a mess, I really feel a low level of anxiety creep in. And you can't control other people, which is why I think it is so hard to live with someone else.

I know my sil and bil are just similarly wired individuals. They both clean all the time, keep a relatively simple yard and keep up on it, etc and seem to be on the same page about most things.

For dh and I, yes, duplex should really be our plan. On 1 hand I was too young in almost every way to really know. But on the other hand, the signs were there.

[andi9899]

I went and got keys for the new place. We took over two loads in my car and one load in my dad's truck. I found out that Google fiber doesn't work there which sucks. I have to go with spectrum for $30/month more. Boo!

I have orders in at NFM, Target and Walmart for various things. Not looking forward to the big move tomorrow, but it's necessary. The new place is so quiet! I'm down!

[andi9899]

Just put in an Amazon order. Moving sucks and it's expensive!

[andi9899]

Oct 6, 2023 18:57:35 GMT -5 cooper88 said:

Pink Cashmere It's really hard to live with other people. I mean, it really is. I love DH, but if I'm truthful, the perfect living arrangement would be a duplex. His and hers sides. Also, if my house is getting to be a mess, I really feel a low level of anxiety creep in. And you can't control other people, which is why I think it is so hard to live with someone else.

Hell, I gave birth to my kids, and I'd rather live alone. I've spent probably about a year living alone between the girls moving in and out. I just want to be alone! I've been waiting almost 45 years!

[andi9899]

I was arguing with my sister earlier when we were putting my bed together. My nephew said to stop fighting. I informed him that we've been arguing for 44 years now. She informed him that it wouldn't stop any time soon. No lies were told.

[andi9899]

Oct 6, 2023 19:09:03 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

I have Ed until Monday night and took him with me to town so I'd have company waiting for Carrot. Should have left him at home! He doesn't travel well. Just paces around and whines. I left him in the van when I went into the grocery store and he's in full on rabid attack dog mode anytime anyone gets close by. 🙄

This is why the twins only go to certain places now. They used to go everywhere with me until covid. We're all feral now.