Tiny Victories

JanetJackson · January 3, 2020, 10:40pm

The other day I was trying to sort of explain how Instagram works to my dad (why do I do that?) and I told him about the tips that I got from @Ckni27 and how hard I’ve been working on getting a good following, etc. while being a very non-techy person and not really enjoying that part of what I have to do for my business.
When I told him about how many followers I had grown the page to from zero he said “oh, I think that’s about three times the population of the town you grew up in…”
AND THAT IS A TRUE FACT.

Yay I did it! (and also grew up in very small town, but still!)

Oro · January 3, 2020, 10:42pm

You. Are. A. Boss.

rural · January 3, 2020, 10:43pm

Old dog has has a good day all day. Here’s hoping his supper goes well in a little while.

Ckni27 · January 3, 2020, 11:06pm

you are amazing!!

JanetJackson · January 4, 2020, 12:13am

Thinking of him.

rural · January 4, 2020, 12:31am

Thanks. Have had supper and so far it’s staying down.

Crow · January 4, 2020, 3:55am

I traveled 7 hours to go to a family wedding reception today. (Extended family I’ve never been close to but am trying to connect with) Got to the hotel to shower and change and almost couldn’t bring myself to leave again to go make awkward conversation. But I powered through, and I’m glad I went.

JanetJackson · January 4, 2020, 10:09pm

I just said no to a client who is too far out of my service area.
They moved out of the country and their cats moved in with their adult son. I know them personally from a prior job, and am friendly with them, but they’ve always been a bit curt with me and where they lived before was already a stretch, but their son lives 16 miles one way from me. I just can’t.
I haaaaaaate saying no, but I did.

JanetJackson · January 4, 2020, 10:32pm

REMIX
they are passive aggressively text arguing about it with me.
sigh…

Gdogg · January 4, 2020, 10:33pm

Just stop answering them - the conversation is over.

HaH · January 4, 2020, 10:33pm

This is a Them problem, not a You problem.

Clare-Dragonfly · January 4, 2020, 11:11pm

D and I gave his mom a sticker that said “today’s good mood brought to you by coffee.” She laughed out loud and said she would put it in her window.

TrisPrior · January 5, 2020, 12:00am

Sumatra coffee from Aldi costs like $4 and change and it’s actually pretty good!

TNT · January 5, 2020, 3:06am

Since I was far from home and had to buy lunch, and serving sizes are always so huge, I separated my salad in half and saved half for later, before I even started eating, so I would neither WASTE it nor WAIST it, both of which have been occurring far too much lately.

Elle · January 5, 2020, 4:09am

I expressed my feelings

Smacky · January 5, 2020, 4:20am

OMD only lets me heart things once but that deserves a million hearts.

Smacky · January 5, 2020, 3:10pm

Often when the new year arrives I take it upon myself to expand my culinary repitoire. (Did I spell that right? It looks wrong. Spellcheck says it’s ok. Hm.)
I have figured out perfectly frying mushrooms in garlic butter, sunomo salad, etc. at this time of year. This year I wanted to make a coffee shop style caramel latte, but without owning a milk frother. I got a bottle of flavoured syrup and gave it a shot.

This isn’t exactly like at the coffee shop, but it is pretty damned close. Bonus: it doesn’t cost $5 and require me to put on pants or leave my house.

It’s January 5 and I am already so accomplished!

Crow · January 5, 2020, 3:27pm

repertoire

Smacky · January 5, 2020, 3:27pm

THANK YOU. I couldnt get it right and i was irked.

TNT · January 6, 2020, 8:14pm

I am SO DAMN PROUD of Kid-3 for sticking it out at the customer service desk at Big Box Store through the holiday season. It was a huge challenge, and there were tears and hard days, but he has made huge leaps in coping strategies and HE DID IT.