tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post5270855730202153868..comments2024-03-27T03:15:55.367-04:00Comments on EPBOT: The Power Of Buttons & Goblets & Internet FriendsJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-82656813772855722112020-11-02T15:50:17.131-05:002020-11-02T15:50:17.131-05:00I'm so sorry for your loss. You are doing grea...I'm so sorry for your loss. You are doing great! And sparkly lights really do make all things look better. I just bought a new tablecloth that is making me really happy because it changes up my dining room, so maybe if painting isn't happening right now (which is totally fine) maybe you can update in another way. They say just switching out artwork between rooms can change the look and cost nothing. Hugs!!cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564308228186619644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-42275643670736611432020-11-02T13:40:02.757-05:002020-11-02T13:40:02.757-05:00Yes! I was going to suggest that. It's a great...Yes! I was going to suggest that. It's a great tip, one I don't use enough, but a great tip. I also use that when I'm afraid to ask a question "if someone else asked this, would they seem dumb?" because my social anxiety makes me think I should keep my mouth shut. cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17564308228186619644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-36626197361307731282020-10-31T17:24:49.397-04:002020-10-31T17:24:49.397-04:00It really is easier to be kind to someone else tha...It really is easier to be kind to someone else than to yourself, isn't it? Thank you so much for everything you do to make the world a better place - you do a lot of it, and it all matters.<br /><br />I'm so glad you put up your fan mail display: it should help to remind you of the many people who appreciate you!hyphen8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-71076057362008552502020-10-30T14:20:12.692-04:002020-10-30T14:20:12.692-04:00I am glad you let yourself find some joy! You defi...I am glad you let yourself find some joy! You definitely are a ray of light in my life! I have a super long comment for today because I have been so focused on finishing Halloween costumes that a number of posts have gone by without me saying anything I wanted to on them!<br /><br />I loved all the kid costumes!! Those were so great! I have 4 little kids, and we always do a family theme for our costumes. I also love to get my craft on, and make as much as I can of the costumes. This year we are going as a D&D theme: Dad is DM, Mom (Me) is adventurer, Oldest girl is an owl bear, younger girl is a pixi, oldest boy is a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=death+slaad" rel="nofollow">death slaad</a>, and youngest boy is a beholder. We have had so much fun already!<br /><br />I also always love the facebook round-up post! Thanks for still taking the time to get everyone's permission to put them up. They make me so happy!<br /><br />Lastly, here is my comment for this post: you can count me as someone who thinks of you as a friend, even though we have never spoken--not really. Here is something I thought you might like I found today: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1T0i4kIsS8" rel="nofollow">Ghostbusters Theme Medival Style!</a><br />Also, while looking that one up, I found that there are kind of a lot of those things! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScdcXl1Ma-E" rel="nofollow">This one doesn't have words</a> but I might like the music better...<br /><br />Internet Hugs!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853919891646695053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-40604000360557177512020-10-29T19:49:36.267-04:002020-10-29T19:49:36.267-04:00Crying. I am very isolated, caring for my 94 year ...Crying. I am very isolated, caring for my 94 year old mother. I'm a children's librarian, and the kiddos used to fill the void of the friends and beaux I used to have in my former life; now the kids aren't allowed to play or come to storytime, and pretty much everything is virtual.<br /><br />It makes me feel so happy that I have all of you 'friends' on Epbot. The best people in the world! Thank you for your words.Travelgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165563589936175071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-9608040140487722742020-10-29T19:46:11.291-04:002020-10-29T19:46:11.291-04:00Darling! I am poor as a churchmouse, but I will Pa...Darling! I am poor as a churchmouse, but I will Paypal you $100 right this very minute if you could find someone to paint your room for you. Or do you live near northern IL or northern MN? <br /><br />If you don't get it painted - to heck with it - string up those lights and you won't see the old paint. Hang in there. Glue the chiffarobe. I'm sorry for everything you've gone through this terrible year.Travelgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165563589936175071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-71957752830769998612020-10-29T19:42:19.152-04:002020-10-29T19:42:19.152-04:00Every single Epbot post is a gift. My heart leaps ...Every single Epbot post is a gift. My heart leaps up when I see a new one (but I'm never upset when there isn't a new one, because gifts are too precious for every day).<br /><br />It breaks my heart that you are so hard on yourself, Jen. I hope you know at least a little - how much joy you have brought people over the years! Travelgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165563589936175071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-50365725263386187812020-10-29T12:30:07.697-04:002020-10-29T12:30:07.697-04:00I am very long way past 16, but Ellie Goulding'...I am very long way past 16, but Ellie Goulding's hit 'Army' sums up the little world of EPBOT and FOE beautifully... when I'm with you, I'm standing with an army... Thank you all for the light, my beautiful virtual army.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982067874852683862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-71167849752929043882020-10-29T11:07:46.757-04:002020-10-29T11:07:46.757-04:00Thank you, Internet Friend. I needed the reminder ...Thank you, Internet Friend. I needed the reminder about human connection even/when you are tired. I won't back out of the socially distanced trunk-or-treat on Saturday. I will bag up candy for other people's children and toss it to them from the bumper of my car. My mental health will be so much better for it. (I was never worried about my physical health. My reservations were all about the mental energy of TOO MANY PEOPLE. Quarantine is my happy place??)<br /><br />Today (10/29) is National Cat Day and National Hermit Day. I wish you the best of times celebrating both in proper style. Kim L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-43866571658643568462020-10-28T17:55:48.176-04:002020-10-28T17:55:48.176-04:00"Dread Pirate Robots" is the best name I..."Dread Pirate Robots" is the best name I've heard in ages! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-69052905587425647842020-10-28T17:54:33.925-04:002020-10-28T17:54:33.925-04:00You sound like a cool person, Kiraboodog!You sound like a cool person, Kiraboodog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-92195857842952257092020-10-28T16:17:32.577-04:002020-10-28T16:17:32.577-04:00Thanks for being my Good People today - tomorrow i...Thanks for being my Good People today - tomorrow is my birthday and I took the day off work so I could do paperwork at home (I have a whole day's health insurance paperwork to do because clearly I suck out loud and I deserve to punish myself on my birthday). Maybe, just maybe ... I'll do something for myself, too. Just maybe. Once the paperwork is done. And after the self-scathing-flagellation for making it another orbit around the sun without achieving any of my goals, dreams, plans or potential. Maybe. It may involve a chocolate eclair.Footshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838259682945735315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-1592690992726321972020-10-28T13:58:07.004-04:002020-10-28T13:58:07.004-04:00I have no helpful words, but I'll add my love ...I have no helpful words, but I'll add my love and virtual hugs to the rest, Susanna. I'm glad you commented. Sometimes it helps just telling someone what you're facing, so I hope you'll keep doing that.<br /><br />I can't tell you how much I wish John and I could come help with your house, at least. I'm guessing you're not in Florida, but if you are, *please* message me. <br /><br />Wishing you peace, healing, love, and all the sparkly lights.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-41102014271716526922020-10-28T13:53:08.456-04:002020-10-28T13:53:08.456-04:00Aw, dang it, Kristi. ::sniffle:: ::HUGS::Aw, dang it, Kristi. ::sniffle:: ::HUGS::Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-25915263738426101292020-10-28T13:51:44.243-04:002020-10-28T13:51:44.243-04:00This is *such* a good tip, I should mention it mor...This is *such* a good tip, I should mention it more often. Thank you for the reminder.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-37734143307080310602020-10-28T13:51:01.462-04:002020-10-28T13:51:01.462-04:00I'm astounded that you remember our little Ioc...I'm astounded that you remember our little Iocane drawer! Even I almost forgot it! :DJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-76431374980585901912020-10-28T13:11:47.134-04:002020-10-28T13:11:47.134-04:00EEeeeeee!! You probably heard my squeeing from her...EEeeeeee!! You probably heard my squeeing from here, on the other side of the country! To see my note and wee gift for you on Epbot, made my week! I'm trying to do things like that more: if I see a person with cool, colorful hair, I say something, even though my brain says "They don't care about your dumb old lady opinion." If I see something I think would make a nice little surprise for someone, I buy it (if I can), even though my brain says "They get so many cool cards & gifts, they don't care about some dumb thing from you." It gives me a boost, even if I never get a response (though this response was delightful), and I hope it helps the other person have a better day. I know how much I'm lifted when someone says something nice to me, or I get a surprise postcard in the mail, and I want to spread that around. You set such a great example for all of us to just be good people and do our best. And you ALWAYS deserve all the good things that come to you, don't ever believe otherwise. Kiraboodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773636767201102039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-75838579192057995052020-10-28T12:43:54.902-04:002020-10-28T12:43:54.902-04:00Jedi hugs to you.
And I feel you on the house th...Jedi hugs to you. <br /><br />And I feel you on the house things: I started a remodel a room project back in Dec. 2015, put it on hold in 2016, thought the quarantine of March - June was a great time to get finished, had to go back to work in July so have been chipping away at it on weekends weather and funds permitting, and it's still not done and I feel so defeated by it.<br /><br />I have to keep reminding myself I am only one person, with one set of hands, doing everything to keep my life and house functional. So Jedi hugs.KLCtheBookWormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876210628556682373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-91909385102664992592020-10-28T12:24:57.984-04:002020-10-28T12:24:57.984-04:00My CBT lady told me 'If you treated your frien...My CBT lady told me 'If you treated your friends how you treat yourself, how many friends would you have?' At the moment the phrase that can't be said enough is 'be kind' if you are handing out kindness, it is not at all selfish to be at the front of your own queue. Ever. Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982067874852683862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-15581780276538957762020-10-28T11:09:57.870-04:002020-10-28T11:09:57.870-04:00{{HUGS}}{{HUGS}}Laurindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030089204314474281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-86704138338702520052020-10-28T10:20:01.677-04:002020-10-28T10:20:01.677-04:00You are a god person who battles HARD and does Joh...You are a god person who battles HARD and does John. You have nothing to apologize for. In fact your battles remind those of us in John's position, how hard you are battling. GOOD FOR YOU. And give the cats a cuddle for me.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156616364193925933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-18296489467896380202020-10-28T04:55:06.832-04:002020-10-28T04:55:06.832-04:00I always try to remember to tell myself that I sho...I always try to remember to tell myself that I should try to look at/treat myself the same way I would treat my friends.<br />Because I have no problem supporting and being proud of my friends, but for myself I tend to put the bar an entire Eifeltower higher....<br />So sometimes I try to look at a situation and ask myself "If would be in this situation, what would I say to them".<br />It helps with being kinder to myself.<br />#CBTSteffienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-3811610151302674882020-10-27T23:43:03.781-04:002020-10-27T23:43:03.781-04:00I'm so sorry for all of your losses. You have ...I'm so sorry for all of your losses. You have a lot of weight to bear. I lost my husband last year. It is very hard--the first year especially, as you do all of the 'firsts' without him. And you have all of the other losses, as well. <br /><br />Do your best to be kind to yourself. Whatever you have to do to make it through is what's right for you, no matter what anyone else says. I wish peace for you as you continue to learn how to bear the unbearable.JunieGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706669551954753345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-89999915585661611302020-10-27T23:39:15.885-04:002020-10-27T23:39:15.885-04:00My pastor once told me that any time someone write...My pastor once told me that any time someone writes him a positive note, he files it away. On days when he's really down on himself and feels like nothing he does is worth it, he'll pull out notes and read them as a reminder to himself that what he thinks is true in that moment isn't always true--may not even ever be true. It's always stuck with me. So I make a point of putting it in writing for people I admire or care about.<br /><br />When my boss announced she was leaving for a new job, I wrote her an e-mail to thank her for the kindness she had shown me and the investment she had made in me. She wrote back and said it had made her cry. You never know when your kind words will be a lifeline for someone else.<br /><br />So to Jen and John: Your creativity is inspiring, and your honesty is precious. I wish for you both the knowledge that you are enough, just as you are, and you are appreciated by so many of us.<br /><br />For anyone else reading, I'm glad you're here on this journey. It's nice to find corners of the internet where we can share what we love with like-minded, kind-hearted folks. May you find the blessings you need right when you need them.JunieGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706669551954753345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724594058209899258.post-89474935615843099662020-10-27T21:16:06.485-04:002020-10-27T21:16:06.485-04:00Beautiful build, Kristi! Jen, I'm stoked to he...Beautiful build, Kristi! Jen, I'm stoked to hear CBT is a useful tool for you. Julie Seelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08564954663844841810noreply@blogger.com