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It's Saturday 08/22/2026. Hey, What's Going On! (lemmy.world)
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Today is Millie's gotcha day. We adopted Millie when she was estimated to be 7 to 10 years old. She is our senior kitty!

This post is for casual conversation if you don’t feel like making a post of your own.

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[–] uzziah0@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Going out for a bike ride to the local farmers market. My wife likes to get a specific mushroom coffee there. Maybe get some breakfast tacos or something, too.

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 2 points 5 days ago

Looks like Millie is having a nice relaxing start to the weekend. Good on you, Millie!