Comments on: When all else fails…lower your expectations. https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27945 DanS Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:47:07 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27945 ...or rather chicken fricassee --or fric'see, as Anita liked to pronounce it -- it was the only thing she could cook. It got her an A+ in home-ec. At 21, I fell head-over-heels in love -- and stayed that way. No really good days, now, but there was a time when they came by the truckload, or so it felt. …or rather chicken fricassee –or fric’see, as Anita liked to pronounce it — it was the only thing she could cook. It got her an A+ in home-ec. At 21, I fell head-over-heels in love — and stayed that way.

No really good days, now, but there was a time when they came by the truckload, or so it felt.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27940 FrankC Sun, 20 Oct 2013 05:35:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27940 usually means I am having a pretty good day usually means I am having a pretty good day

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27938 podrock Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:28:09 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27938 Working on it for the past several decades. Working on it for the past several decades.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27937 Jody Sun, 20 Oct 2013 01:59:57 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27937 Yeah...good luck with that. Yeah…good luck with that.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27936 podrock Sun, 20 Oct 2013 01:34:40 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27936 Better yet, have no expectations Better yet, have no expectations

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27933 Jody Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:50:46 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27933 I have a good day when I give myself permission to do so. I have a good day when I give myself permission to do so.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27931 ER Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:47:39 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27931 Except for when I was goin' steady. Except for when I was goin’ steady.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27926 Jody Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:25:23 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27926 now...think back...to when you were 21...what was a good day *then*? Age has its perks. now…think back…to when you were 21…what was a good day *then*?

Age has its perks.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2013/10/19/when-all-else-fails-lower-your-expectations/#comment-27924 alcaray Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:13:11 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=39740#comment-27924 ...who had progressive ALS. He had meds to take at night and he had more and more trouble swallowing as the days passed. It was really bad with the meds because his coughing ability became worse too. It was a good night when he could get his meds down before bedtime without aspirating a bunch of water. …who had progressive ALS. He had meds to take at night and he had more and more trouble swallowing as the days passed. It was really bad with the meds because his coughing ability became worse too. It was a good night when he could get his meds down before bedtime without aspirating a bunch of water.

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