NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
United States
Joined myLot 8 years ago
"I'm growing older but not up" --Jimmy Buffett
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
15h
I take no happiness or glee in talking about this as someone who is still trying to recover from a divorce. It is in the news, though, so it is worth mentioning.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were a power couple 20+ years ago....
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
15h
I can't sleep so here I am.
My former neighbor asked me if I "wanted" Whiskey today. That's her way of pretending to do me a favor by having me watch her 2 year old French bulldog. She works 12...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
18 May
I love love love the first 2 Bridget Jones books and movies. I still laugh out loud when I read the scene when Bridget is high on magic mushrooms in Thailand. It cracks me up every time. There was a third and maybe fourth book. I...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
18 May
Wait. What? She is so overweight that she needs THREE seats and she thinks that regular passengers should pay more to subsidize the extra seats for her large body? Um hell no. How about eating less and losing some weight so you...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
18 May
I have all of the ingredients already on hand. I've made them several times before with success. Nothing about them is difficult but it just takes time. For now I am waiting on the butter to come up to room temperature so I can...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
18 May
Hello everyone. I hope your day is off to a good start. It is 65 degrees F and cloudy yet again here at the Jersey Shore. Where is the sun?
I was up for a couple of hours during the middle of the night so I didn't wake up this...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
18 May
In his continuing legal issues Rudy Giuliani was indicted in Arizona for his participation in the attempt to have fake electors submit votes in the 2020 election. He's been dodging the officials who have been trying to serve him...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
18 May
I called it. As soon as he responded to Biden's debate challenge ad I said that he wouldn't actually do it. He can't. He stumbles, slurs, and says the most insane things. There is a reason why the campaign hasn't had him do many...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
17 May
Adso is passed out on the cat tree in the bedroom so he doesn't know this. Charlie, however, is sitting in the open window staring at it and trying to smack it. He keeps getting his claws on the screen. At this point I expect...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
17 May
What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us!
Tonight I'm making stuffed red bell peppers with a bit of a twist. Instead of using plain cooked jasmine rice I am going to make risotto using some leftover white wine and...
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6 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
17 May
I wrote a little while ago about my coworker having a pregnant cat. She got out one day and returned like 2 days later and knocked up. She knows I am a crazy cat lady and said that she will be giving me one of the kittens. I was...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
17 May
Hello everyone. I hope your day is going well. It is 67 degrees F and cloudy here at the Jersey Shore. I miss the sunshine.
I'm done with in-person work for the day. I have an hour of tutoring this afternoon. I need to order some...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
17 May
Hello everyone. I hope your day is off to a good start. It is 60 degrees F and cloudy here at the Jersey Shore. Yuck.
I’m at work as usual. It is a long day because I’m showing a video to 3 classes. I’m currently covering a...
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4 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
16 May
What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us!
I am slow roasting a small piece of pork loin that has been rubbed with Penzey's Pork Chop seasoning. To go with it I am going to make some risotto with white wine and...
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6 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
16 May
And that seems to be a bad strategy. Today there are like 12 members of Congress at Trump's hush money trial today including Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Andy Biggs. I heard Jake Tapper read them off but I don't remember...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
16 May
Hello everyone. I hope your day is off to a good start. It is 60 degrees F and raining here at the Jersey Shore. We've had so much rain lately. Ugh.
I'm at work as usual. I am hoping for a quiet day. I was pleasantly surprised to...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116303)
• United States
15 May
Back in the Stone Age when I started teaching (23 years ago) we didn't have online grading programs that parents could access in real time. We hand wrote comments on report cards, kept grades in paper gradebooks, and sent progress...
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