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If you are, Bonnie Hunter is starting her annual Mystery next month.

Bonnie Hunter does a Mystery each year, generally based around one of her trips across the country and internationally. Last year's mystery was called Celtic Solstice, inspired by her trip to Ireland. This year's mystery is based off the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, MI.

The yardage requirements and colors (of course, you are free to change the colors to suit your tastes!) have been posted; the first clue is posted the day after Thanksgiving. Clues are once a week after that, with the big reveal right after New Year's.

If you're interested in participating, here is the link for the intro to this year's mystery: http:

I'm being pressured into going back to school to defer loans I can't pay on because my parents are getting a divorce. I don't want to go back to school. I hated college the first time. I didn't even graduate, I don't think. I don't actually know, or care.

I'm on anti-depressants, at a fairly high dosage, and it's not doing shit.

My husband is crabby because I am crabby constantly.

I don't think I'm good at anything (even things I used to enjoy doing like quilting and reading), I'd rather spend time with my dog than any human, and I feel like I am constantly criticized for everything I do (or don't do).

I'm just done. I'm going back to my bed. My family and friends can fuck off for th

We moved here two years ago, and I have busted my ass for those two years to find a job. I finally landed one. I'll have been at this place for a month pretty soon.

I enjoy the tasks. I enjoy how fast the day goes by (though there are days that do drag on--usually when the weather is crappy). I even enjoy the customers I deal with both in person and on the phone.

I cannot stand my boss and her son. My boss would be considered a senior citizen, and her son is probably old enough to be my dad. The other two staff members are pretty cool and I don't mind them.

But this lady and her son. ARGH. The son doesn't do ANYTHING unless you force him to (or his mom asks). My boss doesn't do anything a

I have an almost 2-year-old Pit/boxer/mutt mix, who is generally very happy and gets along GREAT with other dogs of all sizes. We had a "house guest" a few weekends ago, a 4-month black lab, who he clearly adored and followed everywhere. When other dogs have stayed over or come to play, he has been nothing but a gracious doggie host (if you will).

Yesterday we took him to the local dog park. The "dog park" is really just a large fenced area with a few agility-type setups near the back. There is no separation between small and large dogs, but for the most part no one (human or otherwise) seems bothered.

There were quite a few dogs there yesterday when we arrived. Simon did great, just runn

If you know your dog and another particular dog are aggressive towards each other, why on EARTH would you let them share a space??

Punishing my dog because of your complacency is not my problem. Now my dog and I will sit here and NOT enjoy superb owl festivities because of you. I am not leaving my dog here alone to wonder why he suddenly got taken away from his human and doggie pals.

There are some people who just should not own an animal, and you are one of them. Your dog is poorly socialized, overweight, and you don't bother to feed it a quality food (partially leading to being overweight). You let it consume things that are HORRIBLE for dogs (onions and grapes, most notably).

You may

I am rather active on my local FB pages, as a friend and I run a sewing business--military patches, alterations, yadda yadda. Before I joined up with her, I spent the majority of my time quilting.

My quilting was mentioned in a FB post, and now I'm (unofficially) commissioned by a fellow Navy wife to make a quilt. I've never done this before! I wanted to run some things by you all and see what you think. I also plan on asking someone who DOESN'T quilt to get another perspective.

This is my price planning:

• I took minimum wage for GA (where I live) and added $3.00 to it. So for labor, $10.25 per hour. (The $3 is a number I picked out of nowhere, I'm open to suggestions!)

• In this instan

(It's just been a shitty day all around for both of us, for different reasons. Blah. )

I'm a terrible wife. I'm unmotivated, I don't have goals, I'm lazy as fuck (which was pointed out to me over the weekend; thanks baby), I'm horrifyingly irresponsible at times. I don't want kids.

I don't want kids. That's the one that gets me. A friend posted a video of her telling her husband that they're expecting. I saw the joy on his face (once he realized she was serious)...and I know that's what my husband wants. He wants to feel that joy. He wants to be a father so bad when the time comes.

I just..completely lack a mothering instinct. I have no desire to produce or care for a child for an extend

Excuse me for trying to be supportive and push you to lose the weight you need to before your gastric bypass surgery. Eating out (or takeout) every night for dinner is not only WAY out of my budget but it's so damn unhealthy. There's no way you're going to drop 20 pounds eating chinese or mexican every night. When I say you need to eat a better breakfast I don't mean eat MORE for breakfast. Eat something more filling. PROTEINNNNNN. EATTTT ITTTTT.

As for your kid, goddamn am I tired of the way you tell everyone he's autistic. He's basically Sheldon Cooper except 9 years old...and he can definitely tell when you're being patronizing or condescending. I see the way his expression changes every

Until I pet-sat yours. Dear sweet zombie Jesus, your dog is a TERROR. You have not trained him in the least.

Shall we list the things he's managed to break, almost break, or completely destroy in the two weeks he's stayed with me?

• A blanket, that he pulled through the bars of his crate somehow to chew giant holes in.

• two clay pots that held pepper plants. By the way, those plants aren't going to make it. He not only broke the pots but he trampled the plants.

• almost knocked the TV over. Luckily for you I caught it, or I'd be charging you 500$ for a new TV.

• various scratches and teeth marks on my dog, nevermind the dominance humping or the fact that your dog thinks holding mine

Hey r/dogs! Since I am having a hell of a time finding a job where I live, I decided to start dog-sitting for cash instead of just as a favor to someone.

It's called Come, Stay, Play! and I need some help working out the pricing scale. I'll be offering to care for dogs in my home and visiting the dogs at their homes, depending on what the owner/dog need.

I have already laid down the foundation: need proof of shots (specifically rabies and kennel cough), emergency contact info, any medical issues need to be discussed, etc.

I need help figuring out if I'm missing anything in what I need from the owners of dogs, and what to charge. I'd like to make visiting care cheaper than in-home care

I was originally going to call you a "flame", but I think it was simultaneously more than that and nothing more than that. So I've settled with "friend" as your description. Because at some point, we were friends.

I watched Braveheart with a friend the other night, and one of the characters looked almost exactly like you. Face shape and hair was different, but the eyes...his eyes were identical to yours. A chill went down my spine when I saw you in that movie instead of him.

Since that point, I've been thinking about you. Not in a romantic sense. Just...thinking. How you've been, if you're dating someone, if you're finally happy. I guess to be honest, I've also been remembering. Your touch

I have a boxer/pit mix (Simon) that is roughly a year old. We adopted him in November 2012 and he is fitting into our family so well. He's certainly got a doggie sense of humor, he's inquisitive, stubborn, and in this case, downright strange:

There is a family a few doors down from us who have a Rottie named Lucky. Lucky and Simon have only met a few times through Lucky's chain-link fence and they seem to be okay buddies. No aggression or anything. Lucky's family works, so he isn't always outside.

Simon has, within the past week, become increasingly upset that Lucky is not outside when we go for our walk (late afternoon/early evening, Lucky's family probably isn't home from work yet). So m

Hey r/sewing! I'm looking for some input and/or ideas. My mom has a "vintage" (quotes because I'm actually not sure how old it is) raggedy ann doll that someone made for her when she was a child.

A dog that she was fostering managed to decapitate this poor doll and now she's missing half her face!

My two ideas so far are:

• find a cheap raggedy ann with a similar face and do a "transplant" (no anti-rejection drugs needed! ha)

• take some existing fabric I have that matches the fleshy tone of her hands/original face, and embroider the face on (I already found the exact pattern that the original maker used). The only problem here is that I don't know anything about embroidery.

This doll

I am a 25 year old female, looking for administrative or writing work. I am currently in SE Georgia (about 45 minutes from Jacksonville, FL). I'm willing to work "in-person" or remotely. I have four years of administrative/office management experience, and I ran my university's newspaper for roughly three and a half years.

I'd prefer part-time, but for the right position I would certainly go full-time.

If you'd like to see my resume or contact me about a position, PM me and we can go from there. Trying to keep most of my personal info out of the hands of internet creepers.