The CDC allows family presence with loved ones in end of life situations. I read through the funeral home guidelines the other day. We cannot touch our loved one if he or she died from the virus. The director must enforce a limited number of guests spaced apart in the parlor for viewing and funeral. No chair Covers and canopy will be provided during this time period. Chairs are being discouraged except for those with special needs or elderly.

I get bitter when I think of how I am separated from my widowed mother during all of this. I don’t want to miss this time in her company, but I don’t want to risk killing her, either. I don’t stay bitter bc it helps nothing. She has very kind, attentive neighbors checking on her daily. That gives me a great measure of comfort.

ETA: Removed a very Marie kind of illogical sentence.

Anything brown, black and white is farmhouse to her. She drives me crazy. I think the clipboard diy was stupid. You can't use it without covering up the crap she put on the clipboard.

Right?! It’s like, where the fuck is the karma when one of the most beloved humans in America (the world?) gets Coronavirus, but people like Giada will be perfectly “fine” & “normal”. WTF? (I’m meaning Tom Hanks just for clarity)
I used to watch PnF for her crafting, but then she just became a haul channel so I stopped.
I want to craft & “use my stash” during this while situation, but I have no motivation to do so. *ugh* Anyone here paper craft & have any favorite projects or YTers to watch?

Are you all happy to know she mows AND fertilizes her own lawn?? haha The way she said that I wanted to laugh! Are we supposed to be impressed?? What a dumbass. I had to stop watching halfway through, she just irritates me.

I know I have mentioned before that I watch "ThriftyTiffany"...she also does DT hauls. Go check out her DT haul video posted today. She says just what needs to be said regarding this virus and precautions that need to be taken during shopping. She really seems like a nice/ down to earth person and her videos are always fun to watch. The reason I brought this up, was to point out the contrast between her and Giada. Giada lives in a bubble and really has no clue as to what is happening....she's just too damn ignorant.

Marie's stealing content for her "Deep Thoughts" once again. Just because you change some of the words doesn't mean you made it up yourself, Marie.

When CCG showed the plaid mug from Amazon and stated how much she loves coffee, I was like “WTF?” Have you all noticed how she makes a cup of coffee? She showed footage again in a recent vlog...half coffee, half milk. Argh! That concoction is NOT someone who LOVES coffee (sorry, I am a coffee snob). She has the teeniest, tiniest coffee maker and dilutes her coffee 50% with milk but yet she LLOOOOOVVES coffee. I can’t with this be-yotch. Just another excuse to purchase a $15 mug (I checked to see how much it was).

She’s basically begging for likes/love/admiration/ass kissing on IG.
Why does she only tag DT & not every other store where she bought shit that she used for her entryway? Oh yeah, she wants people to think she’s “thrifty” & that most of that came from DT when it’s a big fucking lie, she also is PRAYING DT will sponsor her. 🙄

I noticed that she had purchased several planners (never cheap, although often on sale) and was thinking WHY? She has very little to actually plan other than maybe her YT life. Since she has no outside of the home J.O.B. to factor in, she should be able to manage the rest of her sad life without posting reminders to pay her bills. I don’t know about y’all, but garbage day in our neighborhood is once a week (used to be twice but in a cost cutting measure, they eliminated one day. 🙁) Between my husband and me, we seldom forget it. And as for putting a reminder on the calendar? Uhm, no. I make note of vacations, concerts, appointments and visitors arrival/departure, but feel no need to document garbage day. 😂😂😂

She seemed genuinely sad that Jr. most likely has no use for a planner. Definitely disappointed that she has not inculcated that into her lifestyle. But as she has noted, Jr. is a different sort of guuurrlll than her mommy is. She is pretty lazy, too. (Shall we say...spoiled?) It is possible that Jr. will change into a more responsible human being but I would not expect it for several more years, especially if CCG continues to do everything for Jr. such as filling out applications, etc. Luckily for Jr., a lot of the school related things SHOULD be her responsibility so maybe she’ll get better at doing those things. Also seeing classmates doing these things by themselves might make her more ashamed to have to rely on Mommy.

Plaid week (as noted by several of us) was a bust. She talked breathlessly about it like it was going to be all new material, ground breaking and definitely worth waiting for. If her subbies were not disappointed (tying a plaid ribbon to a plain wreath and hanging it up??? 🤪) they are not paying attention. CCG has just flat run out of steam and inspiration. Too lazy to even raid Pinterest and called it her own idea, she just goes through the motions these days. It is still an attention getter for her channel so she was going to put something out or bust wide open. Gotta keep those likes, thumbs up and views coming. Lackluster is a better word to describe her efforts but she will still say she did Plaid Week. I just wonder what her long time subbies really think. We’ll never know for sure since she either has no comments or only allows heavily monitored remarks. 😳

She is stretching the term “DIY” to the max in her latest DT video—$20 worth of cookies & candy that she plopped onto a cutting board. What the actual f***? Please tell me that someone got a ss of her IG stories where she wrote that this is her all time favorite DT DIY (she has deleted it).

As for her "donating" last year, Maria doesn't need to find some random place to (never mail) those things to. There are so many LOCAL places to give her silly, childish things to.

~Ronald McDonald House (near almost any children's hospital)
~Children's wing in any hospital
~Any children's daycare center or school, private or public
~ Domestic violence shelters
~ City homeless shelters that house families
~ Prisons for parents to give as gifts to their kids on visitation gifts
~Any residential homes for children with special needs
~ Any Salvation Army Center that hosts holiday party for kids
~ Any church that holds holiday drives for less-fortunate children
~ Organizations who work with displaced workers, sex-trafficking victims (especially personal hygiene products), CASA centers, etc.
~ Nursing homes, esp. those who work with Alzheimer patients, etc.

There's no need to find some random, far-away place to mail them to. Of course, if you've never helped anyone, you might not know that. Now, you know, Marie. There is a list of generic places. Purge all of your stuff. It's weighing on your psyche. Part of the reason you're spiraling downward.

Really troubling and damn gross to watch you "play" with your "store" of bags, tissue paper, and ribbons like you're 8yo and running some make-believe store. I almost expect you'll get a baby doll and start carrying it around soon. Or, suck your thumb. It's not gonna stop until you hit infancy and someone has to 5150 your sad self. It'll be someone close to you. Like your daughter.

If you're faking this, know it's not a good look - and is as crazy-looking as if you're being serious.

Give ALL that childish crap away. See how it makes you feel. Getting out of your head, letting go of selfishness, and helping others can often be the best mental help around. People and community make you healthy, not inanimate stickers, coloring books, or gift bags. They make you look like a loon. DT will never hire you or sponsor you with your fetish. Use your money to make kits for the homeless and go out and meet people who really know what struggling to survive means. Go rock some babies in the cancer ward. Make 2020 about others and not you or your daughter. Life is short, sweets. No one on their death bed thinks about how many butterfly stickers they've accumulated. They think about whether they've left the world a little bit better...

She doesn’t use the plethora of signs, wall art canvases, wall stickers, window clings, stickers, notepads, binders, folders, planners, drinking vessels, gift bags, tissue paper...at least not on any rational ratio (use < buy). She has to have bought hundreds of DT (not to mention other stores) wall signs/canvas/art that is more-than-likely shoved in the “craft” room or the extra bedroom she won’t show plus in closets. & that’s just stuff for the walls! 🤦🏻‍♀️
She’s filmed shit in DT & other stores that she didn’t buy before, but it didn’t last long & I don’t expect it to this time around either.