I have a washcloth like that but I don’t think I’ve tried it more than once! I will now!!! And I’m a gummie bears lover, I might check if I can get those in Canada 😏
I wish I could upgrade to a paid membership so I don’t miss out on any content! My husband just got surgery so money is tight for me for a couple months. But I hope I don’t miss much!
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We love the long podcasts! It gets me through the week.
Love all of these! I didn’t realize how much I disliked the assortment of shower bottles staring back at me until now.. ha! My kitty cat and lovely fiance got me through the week!
I know I’m late to the recommendation party but I’m just catching up on reading because work and life but ok... this is going to sound like an ad but I truly am not paid by these people I am just this passionate about it lol. So as I mentioned in the getting to know you post my husband had to have a liver transplant in January due to a genetic condition and it has been a LOT. One of the most MOST stressful things for me as a caregiver is medication management because it’s not like he can accidentally miss taking an anti-rejection med and just roll with it. I spent a ton of time researching different pill organization situations and I guess big brother was watching because then my Instagram feed kept getting pushed this ad for a thing called the Hero Automatic Pill Dispenser. It’s basically a keurig for pills. It holds 10 prescriptions and instead of having to like count out each day’s meds into little boxes you just dump the entire bottle of pills into a holder, one for each med and put them in the machine. It’s all controlled by an app on your phone and it connects to WiFi. So now instead of trying to remember what to take and if it’s been taken etc. it just makes a bing bong noise and he pushes a button and it dispenses his pills into a cup and then bing bongs until he actually takes them and returns the cup. It will text me if he doesn’t do it. It texts me to tell me if we’re running low on a medication. It just does all the thinking for us in regards to medication management. It costs $250/year or $29/month and it is so beyond worth it. I cannot stress this enough, it is truly a sanity saver for anyone who has to take meds at specific times or is a caregiver to someone who does. I’m obsessed and won’t shut up about it. It just automatically removed so much stress from my life I cannot even begin to explain it.
I’m late to the party but I drink my iced coffee (la colombe, yellow jug only obvs) out of a glass from a coffee shop in Charleston that I got on a trip for a wedding with friends. Every time I use it I get to think of them!
Falling over while putting on your underwear is top notch relatable. Thank you for that.
My happy things:
Fresh picked peaches and cobbler.
Real housewives ultimate girls trip season 2. Even if you are not a housewives fan, you will enjoy it. Grown women being ridiculous. It’s amazing. Multiple laugh out loud moments. I wish I could go back and watch it for the first time again😂
Caissie 🙂 thank you for sharing these! I’ve felt overwhelmed this week, so this post is one of those things that got me through the week. Lots going on in every aspect of my life: work, school, & packing for a move in the personal. This post gave me some good ideas. 🙏🏻 Also, the song "Only a Lifetime” by Finneas. The whole Optimist album of his as well, more so that song.
Hi! I have gotten through the last week looking for culinary inspiration. I recently went to NYC on a work trip and had soup dumplings for the first time. I couldn't stop thinking about them so I went to a local Asian market and bought some frozen dumplings and a bamboo steamer. Not gonna lie, the dumplings I bought were not great, even though they were fully cooked, they tasted raw and barnyardy. I will keep looking for some good ones. I was also inspired to try Bev (so good) and ordered some sauces from Fly by Jing from listening the podcast. Maybe I should try their dumplings?? Last on the list is to try to make my own Banana pudding from Magnolia Bakery which I had for the very first time in New York. My family has been making the recipe from their cookbook for a long time so I was thrilled to try it from the source. Anyway, it seems like I am either looking to broaden my horizons or I am looking for comfort food. EIther way, it is getting me hrough life.
I got to spend the past couple weeks catching up with my sister-in-law/bestie and the rest of the family who were visiting from Australia after 2.5 years. Watching the cousins, who also are besties, was beautiful! My liver hates me and I’m sure I increased the eye smile wrinkles from all the laughs, but worth every second!
Thanks for sharing Caissie, love these recommendations. I am worried about you maybe washing your face with shampoo though!
I’ve been having a rubbish few weeks and everything seems to be going wrong, and today I couldn’t stop crying but a song came on my playlist that really did make me feel good temporarily - so I made a playlist of songs like that and included some that also work when I want to be a little wallow-y in my own sadness. It’s got me through the day today and I hope it will tomorrow! Friday is my podcast listening day and I’m thrilled to see you have Jenny Slate on. I just love her!
Oh, Rochelle, I am sorry the past few weeks have been rubbish. I hope things turn around soon. In the meantime, glad you have that playlist & a podcast day coming up! xoxo
I feel you, I’ve really been in a similar funk the last little while.
Also one thing my therapist taught me that I constantly forget is being around people when I feel crummy. I can never muster the energy to actual have someone over or go meet them, but damn do I feel a million times better after an hour or two hanging with one of my friends. Text and video calls are cool, but not the same effect.
I don’t know if that will work for you, but if you haven’t tried it, maybe it’ll help.
Either way, big hugs to you - I hope it passes soon :)
Thanks! I have chronic illness and energy limiting conditions so it isn’t as simple as that most of the time. I’m often just having to find gentle things to distract myself whilst in bed. I’m glad seeing your friends helps to pull you out of a bad spot :)
Oh gosh, yeah my strategy isn’t well adapted to you! I have a couple of podcasts that are really comforting - they are sweet and wholesome and totally take you out of your day to day: Home Cooking (with Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway -- they’re really sweet friends and it’s all about food and listening to them feels like a warm hug) + Stuff You Should Know (the hosts are also wholesome and funny and clearly good friends and if you pick the right episodes, you can learn a lot about important topics and silly ones too).
And if you like more gossipy humour, Celebrity Memoir Book Club is hilarious and just snarky enough, but they don’t seem mean (to me, at least).
I hope this tough moment passes soon. I’m sending positive vibes your way, Rochelle :)
I guess the main thing getting me through the week was just sucking it up and crossing a lot of stuff off my to do list.
I finally got off my tail and brought back the last of my online shopping returns, sorted out a bunch of family stuff and mopped the floors.
Next step: finally get the last of my boxes into my storage locker and buy the world’s coziest reading chair.
Still loads of family stuff to get done, but hopefully by Labor Day I can go back to worrying about me and only me and just read books in my new chair. That’s what’s keeping me going.
Getting us through the week: a discount shop near us is moving so having a 50% off the entire shop sale! I bought a bunch of random things: door stoppers (cos I left ALL of them at the old house after leaving my husband), birthday cards (because we'll use them eventually!), a bunch of other stuff, but best of all was a little order book. Like what waiters took your order in before everything went online. My 6 year old was so delighted when I showed her how the carbon paper worked and spent an hour playing restaurants yesterday and has taken it to school today 😊 she's still struggling through moving and being the new kid so fingers crossed this helps her have a good day
I am almost 3 mos post op from a donor nephrectomy that my body unexpectedly reacted really harshly to. Long story short, I was in the hospital for a while with an NJ tube and eventually home with a PICC line. My recipient had a party this past weekend to celebrate us and it was so lovely. I felt very proud of my body for getting through all the chaos of the last few months and it definitely got me through the week ❤️
I have a washcloth like that but I don’t think I’ve tried it more than once! I will now!!! And I’m a gummie bears lover, I might check if I can get those in Canada 😏
I wish I could upgrade to a paid membership so I don’t miss out on any content! My husband just got surgery so money is tight for me for a couple months. But I hope I don’t miss much!
—
We love the long podcasts! It gets me through the week.
Love all of these! I didn’t realize how much I disliked the assortment of shower bottles staring back at me until now.. ha! My kitty cat and lovely fiance got me through the week!
Sitting with my coffee in the morning with my cat on my lap. That 15 minutes makes it all possible.
I know I’m late to the recommendation party but I’m just catching up on reading because work and life but ok... this is going to sound like an ad but I truly am not paid by these people I am just this passionate about it lol. So as I mentioned in the getting to know you post my husband had to have a liver transplant in January due to a genetic condition and it has been a LOT. One of the most MOST stressful things for me as a caregiver is medication management because it’s not like he can accidentally miss taking an anti-rejection med and just roll with it. I spent a ton of time researching different pill organization situations and I guess big brother was watching because then my Instagram feed kept getting pushed this ad for a thing called the Hero Automatic Pill Dispenser. It’s basically a keurig for pills. It holds 10 prescriptions and instead of having to like count out each day’s meds into little boxes you just dump the entire bottle of pills into a holder, one for each med and put them in the machine. It’s all controlled by an app on your phone and it connects to WiFi. So now instead of trying to remember what to take and if it’s been taken etc. it just makes a bing bong noise and he pushes a button and it dispenses his pills into a cup and then bing bongs until he actually takes them and returns the cup. It will text me if he doesn’t do it. It texts me to tell me if we’re running low on a medication. It just does all the thinking for us in regards to medication management. It costs $250/year or $29/month and it is so beyond worth it. I cannot stress this enough, it is truly a sanity saver for anyone who has to take meds at specific times or is a caregiver to someone who does. I’m obsessed and won’t shut up about it. It just automatically removed so much stress from my life I cannot even begin to explain it.
I’m late to the party but I drink my iced coffee (la colombe, yellow jug only obvs) out of a glass from a coffee shop in Charleston that I got on a trip for a wedding with friends. Every time I use it I get to think of them!
Falling over while putting on your underwear is top notch relatable. Thank you for that.
My happy things:
Fresh picked peaches and cobbler.
Real housewives ultimate girls trip season 2. Even if you are not a housewives fan, you will enjoy it. Grown women being ridiculous. It’s amazing. Multiple laugh out loud moments. I wish I could go back and watch it for the first time again😂
Love this! And PLEASE do not shorten the podcast!!!
Caissie 🙂 thank you for sharing these! I’ve felt overwhelmed this week, so this post is one of those things that got me through the week. Lots going on in every aspect of my life: work, school, & packing for a move in the personal. This post gave me some good ideas. 🙏🏻 Also, the song "Only a Lifetime” by Finneas. The whole Optimist album of his as well, more so that song.
Hi! I have gotten through the last week looking for culinary inspiration. I recently went to NYC on a work trip and had soup dumplings for the first time. I couldn't stop thinking about them so I went to a local Asian market and bought some frozen dumplings and a bamboo steamer. Not gonna lie, the dumplings I bought were not great, even though they were fully cooked, they tasted raw and barnyardy. I will keep looking for some good ones. I was also inspired to try Bev (so good) and ordered some sauces from Fly by Jing from listening the podcast. Maybe I should try their dumplings?? Last on the list is to try to make my own Banana pudding from Magnolia Bakery which I had for the very first time in New York. My family has been making the recipe from their cookbook for a long time so I was thrilled to try it from the source. Anyway, it seems like I am either looking to broaden my horizons or I am looking for comfort food. EIther way, it is getting me hrough life.
Friendship. And community. That’s what got me through the last few days.
I got to spend the past couple weeks catching up with my sister-in-law/bestie and the rest of the family who were visiting from Australia after 2.5 years. Watching the cousins, who also are besties, was beautiful! My liver hates me and I’m sure I increased the eye smile wrinkles from all the laughs, but worth every second!
Thanks for sharing Caissie, love these recommendations. I am worried about you maybe washing your face with shampoo though!
I’ve been having a rubbish few weeks and everything seems to be going wrong, and today I couldn’t stop crying but a song came on my playlist that really did make me feel good temporarily - so I made a playlist of songs like that and included some that also work when I want to be a little wallow-y in my own sadness. It’s got me through the day today and I hope it will tomorrow! Friday is my podcast listening day and I’m thrilled to see you have Jenny Slate on. I just love her!
Oh, Rochelle, I am sorry the past few weeks have been rubbish. I hope things turn around soon. In the meantime, glad you have that playlist & a podcast day coming up! xoxo
Thanks Caissie. Something good will happen soon it has to :)
I feel you, I’ve really been in a similar funk the last little while.
Also one thing my therapist taught me that I constantly forget is being around people when I feel crummy. I can never muster the energy to actual have someone over or go meet them, but damn do I feel a million times better after an hour or two hanging with one of my friends. Text and video calls are cool, but not the same effect.
I don’t know if that will work for you, but if you haven’t tried it, maybe it’ll help.
Either way, big hugs to you - I hope it passes soon :)
Thanks! I have chronic illness and energy limiting conditions so it isn’t as simple as that most of the time. I’m often just having to find gentle things to distract myself whilst in bed. I’m glad seeing your friends helps to pull you out of a bad spot :)
Oh gosh, yeah my strategy isn’t well adapted to you! I have a couple of podcasts that are really comforting - they are sweet and wholesome and totally take you out of your day to day: Home Cooking (with Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway -- they’re really sweet friends and it’s all about food and listening to them feels like a warm hug) + Stuff You Should Know (the hosts are also wholesome and funny and clearly good friends and if you pick the right episodes, you can learn a lot about important topics and silly ones too).
And if you like more gossipy humour, Celebrity Memoir Book Club is hilarious and just snarky enough, but they don’t seem mean (to me, at least).
I hope this tough moment passes soon. I’m sending positive vibes your way, Rochelle :)
I guess the main thing getting me through the week was just sucking it up and crossing a lot of stuff off my to do list.
I finally got off my tail and brought back the last of my online shopping returns, sorted out a bunch of family stuff and mopped the floors.
Next step: finally get the last of my boxes into my storage locker and buy the world’s coziest reading chair.
Still loads of family stuff to get done, but hopefully by Labor Day I can go back to worrying about me and only me and just read books in my new chair. That’s what’s keeping me going.
(I’m exhausted)
Living for that moment when you get to sit down in that chair & read!!!
I cannot wait!! I’m pretty sure it’ll be a secondary nap zone as well lol
Getting us through the week: a discount shop near us is moving so having a 50% off the entire shop sale! I bought a bunch of random things: door stoppers (cos I left ALL of them at the old house after leaving my husband), birthday cards (because we'll use them eventually!), a bunch of other stuff, but best of all was a little order book. Like what waiters took your order in before everything went online. My 6 year old was so delighted when I showed her how the carbon paper worked and spent an hour playing restaurants yesterday and has taken it to school today 😊 she's still struggling through moving and being the new kid so fingers crossed this helps her have a good day
The order pad sounds like a dream come true for any kid that age! I hope she had a great day too.
I wish I could include a photo with my comment to show you all the duplicates of orders that are all over my kitchen table 😍
I am almost 3 mos post op from a donor nephrectomy that my body unexpectedly reacted really harshly to. Long story short, I was in the hospital for a while with an NJ tube and eventually home with a PICC line. My recipient had a party this past weekend to celebrate us and it was so lovely. I felt very proud of my body for getting through all the chaos of the last few months and it definitely got me through the week ❤️
Congratulations to you & your amazing body! What a gift. 💜