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Post by daisylu on Jun 5, 2023 5:09:43 GMT -5
Taking the day off from excursions. This cold is a bad one. I need to be rid of it. IFF I'm up for it later I'll go into town, find a pharmacy and get some antihistamine and cough suppressant, then come back and maybe ease into the hot tub for a while. At least I have cappuccino and orange juice. Hope you feel better soon. Sucks to be sick on vacation.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 5, 2023 5:11:52 GMT -5
Tried a banana in place of the ginger tea last night to avoid the night sweats - it worked just as well. Think I will save the ginger tea for mornings. What a difference a few small dietary changes has made. I've got to start practicing better nutrition.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 5, 2023 6:00:12 GMT -5
I got this to wear tonpride next weekend. What do you think? Free Mom Hugs Shirt Gay Pride Gift Transgender Rainbow Flag Tank Top a.co/d/6EZAxXvLink didn't work for me. 😕 I might need one! a.co/d/10innSLTry this.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 5, 2023 6:17:21 GMT -5
The first link worked fine for me.
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Post by Opti on Jun 5, 2023 6:25:46 GMT -5
Neither worked for me, just a page of Super Offers.
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 5, 2023 6:26:57 GMT -5
Taking the day off from excursions. This cold is a bad one. I need to be rid of it. IFF I'm up for it later I'll go into town, find a pharmacy and get some antihistamine and cough suppressant, then come back and maybe ease into the hot tub for a while. At least I have cappuccino and orange juice. I'm not sure exactly where you are today, but if Ireland/UK - look for Day Nurse and Night Nurse. it's NyQuil/DayQuil but the approved dosage in that market is double the paracetamol (acetaminophen) that we have in the US. it is magical. whatever you end up doing, I hope you feel better soon.
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Post by giramomma on Jun 5, 2023 6:42:54 GMT -5
Taking the day off from excursions. This cold is a bad one. I need to be rid of it. IFF I'm up for it later I'll go into town, find a pharmacy and get some antihistamine and cough suppressant, then come back and maybe ease into the hot tub for a while. At least I have cappuccino and orange juice. I hope you get over this quickly!
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 5, 2023 6:44:35 GMT -5
Nope. It takes me to a main page, with MANY things shown. Bit I was able to look up the title given I your first link and bring up many shirts with the saying on them. I may get one of those. Thanks, Just like others before them, I feel like these people deserve support. People are people. Love is love. No matter who it is, or who it is with. Some of my best friends and relatives have been gay, some have been of color and not all have been of my same religious upbringing. I loved and appreciated them all. I will not turn my back on a friend, simply because they are different than I am. ♡
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Post by toomuchreality on Jun 5, 2023 6:45:39 GMT -5
Neither worked for me, just a page of Super Offers. That's what I got too.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jun 5, 2023 6:45:51 GMT -5
I hope you get better soon finnime and can enjoy your vacation.
Another Monday to dig through my inbox. I'm mentally checked out of contracts but I haven't formally handed them off. I'm 100% over it that I still have both in June. At least the bigger problem child contract should have been gone by now.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 5, 2023 6:55:13 GMT -5
Neither worked for me, just a page of Super Offers. That's what I got too. So weird. I tried them both on my phone first, which took me to my app, and this morning on the laptop - both worked fine.
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 5, 2023 7:01:27 GMT -5
2nd link worked on my laptop just now. 1st one brought me somewhere weird from my phone. I'd totally rock that tank!
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Post by daisylu on Jun 5, 2023 7:36:07 GMT -5
Updating my resume on Indeed, just because I have not since 2 positions ago. It never hurts to see who reaches out when they see it.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 5, 2023 7:49:03 GMT -5
Just thinking of some old stuff we used to do. Have you ever blocked a sweater or used a curtain stretcher or pants stretchers? Or strait pinned a doily? I have done none of those things. I can do some practical sewing but not to the level of hand-stitching/repairing a quilt. I used to be able to know how to use a sewing machine but I haven't used one in years. I was tempted to take my grandmother's when we cleaned out the house but I had no where to put it. I can embroider and cross stitch. I am not as good as my grandmothers or mother but I am pretty decent at it. I am sad that my girsl don't seem to have much of an interest in learning. I have been trying to crochet since I was 10 and still suck at it. I would love to learn tatting.
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 5, 2023 8:03:13 GMT -5
Updating my resume on Indeed, just because I have not since 2 positions ago. It never hurts to see who reaches out when they see it. I should probably do that as well. thanks for the reminder.
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Post by lurkyloo on Jun 5, 2023 8:12:48 GMT -5
Haven’t done any of the listed, but I have woven bobbin lace, canned preserves, cooked with a campfire, latch-hooked rugs, hand-sewed a queen size quilt piecing and quilting both. I used to make dresses in high school. I can knit but tend to lose interest on anything more complicated than a scarf. My mother used to knit afghans but then you have millions of afghans and whenever you meet someone new you get the sense she’s looking for new victims to gift afghans to. I tried crochet but never really took to it. I do want to pick up cross stitching or something again...I feel like I need a hobby beyond worrying about coordinating shit. DS has his concert tonight. He can play some of the pieces, at least? He won’t listen to me on how to hold the cello for efficient fingering so one piece is pretty ugly with the pauses in between. I figure with a group of fourth graders with unenforced practice habits there will be a wide range of capabilities and hopefully he won’t stand out too much. Dentist visit: they numbed me all the way to the cheekbone then had a couple of power flickers that screwed everything up so all they wound up doing was cleaning and scaling. After 2.5 hours there and the local anesthetic takes hours to wear off Three weeks to the next visit where hopefully they actually make some progress.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 5, 2023 8:35:06 GMT -5
My mother used to knit afghans but then you have millions of afghans and whenever you meet someone new you get the sense she’s looking for new victims to gift afghans to
I am reaching that boat with my great grandmother's stuff. We are up to our eyeballs in it. I am tempted to start leaving them on people's porches and slip them into cars that left their windows open.
I put away all the scarves and hats to give away during a coat drive in the winter so someone will get use out of them.
I put away two blankets/shawls in pastel colors for when/if there are babies in the future.
I have three on my bed. One was a wedding present the other two are ones I got from the house.
My dad has IDK how many over at his house right now between grandma and GU's house.
I have clothes she made that I have no idea what I am going to do with. I kept a couple to play with and Abby loves the soft white jackets so I gave her those. Otherwise IDK.
I took a bunch of table runners yesterday and I used those to wrap up the glass I am taking to the estate sale place. I am going to see if they are interested in them they said if I had anything else unique they would take a look. They don't have much in the way of textiles so we'll see.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2023 8:38:51 GMT -5
finnime I hope you feel better soon so you can continue enjoying your vacation
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2023 8:40:44 GMT -5
Haven’t done any of the listed, but I have woven bobbin lace, canned preserves, cooked with a campfire, latch-hooked rugs, hand-sewed a queen size quilt piecing and quilting both. I used to make dresses in high school. I can knit but tend to lose interest on anything more complicated than a scarf. My mother used to knit afghans but then you have millions of afghans and whenever you meet someone new you get the sense she’s looking for new victims to gift afghans to. I tried crochet but never really took to it. I do want to pick up cross stitching or something again...I feel like I need a hobby beyond worrying about coordinating shit. DS has his concert tonight. He can play some of the pieces, at least? He won’t listen to me on how to hold the cello for efficient fingering so one piece is pretty ugly with the pauses in between. I figure with a group of fourth graders with unenforced practice habits there will be a wide range of capabilities and hopefully he won’t stand out too much. Dentist visit: they numbed me all the way to the cheekbone then had a couple of power flickers that screwed everything up so all they wound up doing was cleaning and scaling. After 2.5 hours there and the local anesthetic takes hours to wear off Three weeks to the next visit where hopefully they actually make some progress. I've crocheted and done macrame. I tried knitting but could never keep a consistent tension. I did needlepoint and embroidery at one point. I've latch-hooked rugs too.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jun 5, 2023 8:45:57 GMT -5
Haven’t done any of the listed, but I have woven bobbin lace, canned preserves, cooked with a campfire, latch-hooked rugs, hand-sewed a queen size quilt piecing and quilting both. I used to make dresses in high school. I can knit but tend to lose interest on anything more complicated than a scarf. My mother used to knit afghans but then you have millions of afghans and whenever you meet someone new you get the sense she’s looking for new victims to gift afghans to. I tried crochet but never really took to it. I do want to pick up cross stitching or something again...I feel like I need a hobby beyond worrying about coordinating shit. DS has his concert tonight. He can play some of the pieces, at least? He won’t listen to me on how to hold the cello for efficient fingering so one piece is pretty ugly with the pauses in between. I figure with a group of fourth graders with unenforced practice habits there will be a wide range of capabilities and hopefully he won’t stand out too much. Dentist visit: they numbed me all the way to the cheekbone then had a couple of power flickers that screwed everything up so all they wound up doing was cleaning and scaling. After 2.5 hours there and the local anesthetic takes hours to wear off Three weeks to the next visit where hopefully they actually make some progress. I've crocheted and done macrame. I tried knitting but could never keep a consistent tension. I did needlepoint and embroidery at one point. I've latch-hooked rugs too. We might be related since I could have written this post except to add one that I used to do which was crewel embroidery. Crewel was my favorite and I still have a small rug I did from a kit a hundred years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2023 8:47:04 GMT -5
I worry about that for hubs and I that is why I want to be near son. We are nowhere near something like that yet. But a stroke or just any health issue that damages the brain or just aging can do it. So I want someone competent to stop it. We went to town, bough a bit of groceries, $47 not bad. A lot of things I would not buy, will get veggies and fruit in the city. The produce looked bad. I was just glancing at prices as I went through. They have the box of cheese slices we buy at $19 now. Last I bought at Sam's was $8 something. You could drive to the city for just that one item. I can see them eventually closing at this rate. So I just picked up a few items. My Ozempic was $257 for one month but it hopefully will come down in another month when I get out of the donut hole. So can do that. I ordered 2 bottles of the makeup I use from Merle Norman $90. I wish I could cancel it, I would if I could. I'm like hubs there is a point that I am not paying anymore and it should have been today. I put on some from Neutrogena and it looks good. It was an old bottle so bought a fresh one for $8. After I finish the other 2 I'm not buying more of it. I will continue to use their face powder as I only buy 1 or 2 a year and their lipstick, unless I find a good substitute for less. I'm thinking this makeup might last me the rest of the year unless they have shrunk the bottles. I just don't believe that everytime I buy something that it should go up that much, it used to be $25, now over $45 for one. Ok, going to go out and water. Saturday it was dry, today the heat has really taken a toll and a lot of the grass is brown. Not looking good right now. I am letting water run in one flower bed. Need to change clothes and go water, don't want to lose my landscaping. As important and maybe even more so than location, is having up-to-date documents in place. 99% of the horror stories I've seen here result from people not having wills, POA's (both financial and medical) and other estate planning stuff. Or, if they have documents, it's years out of date and not applicable to the state they are living in at the time of need. I get it that folks sometimes don't want to empower family members for a variety of reasons (most of which are BS), but it will bite them and their family at some point
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Post by daisylu on Jun 5, 2023 9:04:38 GMT -5
Updating my resume on Indeed, just because I have not since 2 positions ago. It never hurts to see who reaches out when they see it. That did not take long. Just had leave someone who saw leave a voicemail on my landline (one reason why we keep it) about an opportunity in my area. The call did not come from my area though. ETA - DH had quite a laugh when he listened to it, as the guy mentioned that I "have quite an in impressive background".
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 5, 2023 9:25:46 GMT -5
sounds like the call I fielded right before the holiday weekend. the guy was "very impressed with my extensive auditing experience" and was looking to fill audit lead positions. um, I've supported inspections at one site. but, okay...
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Post by Cookies Galore on Jun 5, 2023 9:26:09 GMT -5
Neither worked for me (people had trouble when I posted links, too. So weird.) but I get the idea. I know a few people with the free mom hugs shirts. I'm going to wear my Proud Aunt rainbow shirt to my borough council meeting next Tuesday, and another rainbow shirt to our second June meeting a couple weeks after that one.
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Post by busymom on Jun 5, 2023 9:29:42 GMT -5
I am watching an older (2019) documentary "Killing Patient Zero" about the AIDS epidemic. It is amazing how little we have been willing to learn How many politicians still deny the the danger of an inconvenient disease. How we still like to point the finger at "others" be they gay or Asian or whatever as the cause of whatever disease. I am also amazed at how (from a big picture POV -> NOT on an individual level) benign the HIV/ AIDS really was. For the first decade deaths were counted in the tens of thousands not in how soon will we reach 1,000,000 deaths. Somehow I have this dark feeling that even now, after Covid, nothing has really gotten better if anything we got worse. The lack of care for others displayed has gone from not caring for "deviants" as homosexuals were referred to, to whoever believed in anything they do not understand (that would be science). When the next disease comes along people will be in denial again, try to find a (preferably foreign) boogeyman and complain about being inconvenienced. I better stop writing now as my thoughts are getting too dark. Yep. I had just started my career and was watching all the things go down. The politics between AIDs and Covid were remarkably similar. What was not similar was the time line. 40 years of improved technology really put us at 6 months where it took 7-10 years to get with AIDs. After how many years it took to get anything that helped with HIV, I thought it was a miracle how quickly they came up with something to help with Covid. Too bad so many folks were too stubborn to take the vaccine. It makes you wonder how many fewer would've died if folks would've cooperated & tried to help one another.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 5, 2023 9:33:41 GMT -5
DH is getting ready to visit his cousin, the only relative outside of his parents that he is close to, who was just moved out of ICU. We learned Friday that he had been in a 4 wheeler accident on Thursday. He has at least a broken neck and ribs. No surgery needed, at least not yet, but is wearing one of those big metal braces from his head to his waist.
I am sure that this has stirred up memories of DH's accident, in which he broke almost every bone in his body, was in a medical coma for months, and caused his TBI, but he has not mentioned it so far. I have a feeling that he may after he gets back.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 5, 2023 9:35:24 GMT -5
Just thinking of some old stuff we used to do. Have you ever blocked a sweater or used a curtain stretcher or pants stretchers? Or strait pinned a doily? I have done none of those things. I can do some practical sewing but not to the level of hand-stitching/repairing a quilt. I used to be able to know how to use a sewing machine but I haven't used one in years. I was tempted to take my grandmother's when we cleaned out the house but I had no where to put it. I can embroider and cross stitch. I am not as good as my grandmothers or mother but I am pretty decent at it. I am sad that my girsl don't seem to have much of an interest in learning. I have been trying to crochet since I was 10 and still suck at it. I would love to learn tatting. I’ve done all these, along with knit, crochet, cross stitch, embroider. If i took the time, I could crochet lace edges on pillowcases, but it’s been years since I have done that. I can sew enough to repair something but unfortunately when my aunt lived with us, between college and working I never got to learn from her. She was not just a seamstress, but a tailor. I would buy something, she’d tear it apart and when I got it back, it would fit perfectly. My grandmother had stopped quilting by the time she moved in with us, so only my cousin knows how to quilt. Grandma taught her on her visits to CA. I have also canned. I have canned enough tomatoes/juice/spaghetti sauce to fill a swimming pool. Also have canned cherries, apples, apricots, peaches, or whatever fruit got brought in by the bushel.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 5, 2023 9:43:42 GMT -5
We just got back from our ATV excursion in Iceland. OMG! So much fun, only problem was we saw snow, sleet and freezing rain. Went to the top of a mountain to look down in a valley and we were totally socked in by fog. On a clear day, the view would have been spectacular. Damned weather.
On a crystal clear day, we got a crappy ATV excursion. On a socked in day, despite the weather it was much, much better. Typical.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 5, 2023 10:05:25 GMT -5
I just talked to hubs, we are thinking of replacing the electric furnace with a heat pump. Hubs said there was one in it before and that would give us air conditioning at the house in Washington. We also want to have it nice in case we want to resell it.
I am happy he got to go up there. He has been able to spend some time with son, grandson is staying with him on weekends and he is enjoying it all. Sounds like she and her sister have reconciled, that is a good thing. They all went out to dinner for grandsons birthday. Hubs said it was a Mexican place, I know it we wanted to try it. He said it was really good and not all that expensive. He said for 6 of them it was only $180, so that is a decent price. Hubs doesn't have anyone here to spend time with so this is very good for him. Might make him want to move.
I talked with cousin who works as a part time real estate agent and she said this house should bring in the $500k's or more. I told her if we list it I'm starting at $650k, she did not disagree. We have a really nice home on a decent size lot of 4 acres.
I'm waiting on the tech for the internet, but may go to the basement and start sewing, will take my phones with me.
I saw Smokey going around the house carrying a snake, the thing was a foot or two long. He had his head way up to carry it, of course, brought it into the garage. I told him get it out of there. But it was injured enough all it was doing was coiling up, don't think it could slither away. Those cats will catch anything and everything.
I haven't eaten yet, fed DD earlier.
Hubs said son is getting rid of U Tube also, said he is paying $90 a month just for it. I don't blame him and little guy seems to pick out the dumbest stuff on it to watch. Others are cutting cable so I've been reading. We can get ABC, NBC, and CBS on roku, MSNBC seems to be a fee, but hubs said he can listen to it on Sirius. We are not getting rid of it.
Ok, need to feed me too, already have DD.
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