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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jun 28, 2023 19:56:45 GMT -5
Over ate M&Ms. A club I'm in made the wrong choice for treasurer. A sucubus that repays if challenged.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jun 28, 2023 19:58:50 GMT -5
I found out this morning that one of my relatives works for the local aging commission. I reached out to her, and she got the information on my Mom and Mister’s Dad and Aunt to see what services are available for them. And, they have a program where they work with attorneys, to help Mister get POA for his Dad at reduced or no cost because of whatever is going on with his brain. Best of all, she is in a position to try to expedite processes if needed. It’s very timely because Mister’s Aunt hasn’t been home since her last ER visit, they removed her big toe on one foot and she had to go to rehab after the hospital. But she asked Brother to bring her some chocolate cake yesterday. Anyway, she is being released Saturday. She already has a wheelchair at home, but you can barely walk through her house for all the mess and crap all over the floor, let alone navigate a wheelchair. So Mister and Brother are going over there to shovel out all the crap on the floor. Mister had to go meet with somebody at the rehab place today and when he said he was going to shovel all that shit out, Aunt got upset and said don’t throw her stuff away. Mister told her, if you cared about your stuff, it wouldn’t be piled up all over every floor in the house. You put this problem in my lap because you refuse to act right, so if I have to deal with it, this is how I’m going to deal with it. The only other option is for me to stay at home and mind my business. So maybe my relative can help us get her set up with someone coming to her home 2 or 3 times a week to help her. She lives too far for any of us to be going over there several times/week. I wouldn’t do it even if it was more convenient, something had been wrong with her foot and leg for 2 months and her friends and next door neighbors had been trying to get her to go see about it, and she still was doing all the wrong shit regarding her diabetes. So she did this to herself and I don’t have much sympathy. When Mister told the lady at the rehab place that he couldn’t help take care of his Aunt because he works full time, this witch asked “you can’t take off work” as if it’s just that easy, and in a tone that rubbed Mister the wrong way even more. I told him he should’ve said, sure, if you’re going to replace my income for the next 30 years if my job has a problem with me taking a lot of time off work to take care of my Aunt. I’m glad it wasn’t me, and she is too, because there’s no telling what I would’ve said if she’d come at me like that. Mister has a smart mouth too, but he has to be really aggravated, whereas I’m more likely to immediately say something crazy when somebody says something stupid. She didn’t even call him until yesterday, and he had to leave work early today just to go talk to her. And she kind of got a slight attitude yesterday because he told her the original time she wanted him to come today was too early because he had to work today. Wtf is wrong with people?! I know it's not right to ever wish harm on another person, but damn! Yes, I do hope that witchy woman gets real life up in hers one day so she has to deal with taking off work to care for a family member, wiping their rear, feeding their face, all with no damn sleep because they hear their family member calling all night and screaming crazy stuff. And deal with the boss the next day about their time off. Right! Plus, you can get FMLA for a parent, to protect your job so you can help take care of them, but not for an Aunt. It’s not even easy to get it for an adult child that actually has a disability, without jumping through some hoops. So just fuck his job and responsibilities, for an Aunt that doesn’t even try to take care of her own self? Nah, that’s not gonna happen.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jun 28, 2023 20:00:44 GMT -5
All of you. Hugs and friendly smiles. A happy word to lift you. And gratitude for friends here.
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Post by Opti on Jun 28, 2023 20:06:32 GMT -5
Ack, bought too fast so I could make the bus back home. Bought the grocery store brand chocolate but it turns out it has pink himalayan sea salt in it. Not bad, just not what I was expecting.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jun 28, 2023 20:11:01 GMT -5
Why I ended up having to quit work way prematurely. Was dealing with mom and DD after major surgery and trying to work. Plus all the other stuff I did with hubs gone. I could not do it. Even after quitting I still had to put mom in assisted living, I just could not care for two people. I was terrified hubs was going to rope me in on caring for his mom. I did enough as it was, I would have left and lived in a rental or something. There was just no way, but thankfully he did recognize it. Mom didn't have dementia but enough issues I could not deal with it nor could he. But if we hadn't been through that already he might have tried. I'm so glad all that is over, I don't envy anyone what is coming up for them. And don't worry about them trying to guilt you into anything. Just say no we don't have the money to pay for it, that is what medicaid is for, and no you are unable to care for them period. I didn't give a crap what they tried to guilt me into, I plain and loudly said no more. Right now I'm wondering about DD's future, there will be a limit on what I can do for her at my age. A lifetime of caregiving burns you out bad. In my current frame of mind, I don’t even feel like an explanation is necessary to go along with the “no”. I also feel like the situation with your daughter is very different. She’s not a person that lived her life and made a lot of bad choices, and continues to make them, despite being mentally capable of making better decisions and choices, but choosing not to. She was born with a condition that requires help from the people that love her and the resources available to her in whatever community she lives in. She is not at all in any of the categories of people that get on my nerves and piss me off. I have much compassion and empathy for people with real disabilities and the people that love and try to take care of them.
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 28, 2023 20:17:16 GMT -5
I mixed up some strawberries with sugar,lemon juice, olive oil and fresh Basil. Man that was good! Now I need more berries. you need a solid splash of vodka and a good shake over ice. jussayin...
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Post by giramomma on Jun 28, 2023 20:33:39 GMT -5
So, the place I'm interviewing for...all I have is . I don't think an org chart exists. They don't have one easily accessible online.
I hope I can get clarity tomorrow, on where this position fits in the big picture. Some parts of the investment in employees is astounding though.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 28, 2023 20:46:14 GMT -5
I mixed up some strawberries with sugar,lemon juice, olive oil and fresh Basil. Man that was good! Now I need more berries. I picked up another flat of strawberries while I was out. We have been picking at them all day, and they’re half gone. I figure we only have another week of local berries.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 28, 2023 21:16:28 GMT -5
All my patches fell off the quilt.
Trying to figure out how to hand repair it.
Apparently I went about putting patches on the wrong way. It's not like when I make a jacket.
I don't own a sewing machine. Hindsight is a bitch I could have had grandma's. With practice I could use it again.
So that leaves hand sewing and I have no idea how to make quilt blocks.😖
A lady on Etsy sells scraps. Thinking of getting some. Then I just need help cutting them to size and I can hand repair the holes.
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Post by teen persuasion on Jun 28, 2023 21:40:47 GMT -5
More coincidence: we hosted a class on floral design tonight, by a lady from a longtime florist business. Her brother came to help, and brought along a picture he'd had blown up from an old photo of the family business delivery van circa late 1920s, name clearly visible on the side of the van. He pointed out "Look, it's in front of K's house, opposite the HS!" Yep, that's K the village historian's house, AGAIN. It's got a distinctive gambrel roof. Random reference question rabbit-hole of the day: Kelley Blue Book. A couple came in announcing they were there for the blue book. There are no physical books anymore (since 2017), it's a website now. Oh, no, we tried that, they wanted ALL our info, email, blah blah, blah, 1984, you know - they can see your info on your computer , etc. No, it says email optional, I just did a trial input of the info on my car and got a series of values. <More reasons why it won't work for them.> Well, if you want to use the library computers, I can walk you thru the website. <They make it so hard these days...>
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2023 21:51:56 GMT -5
I found out this morning that one of my relatives works for the local aging commission. I reached out to her, and she got the information on my Mom and Mister’s Dad and Aunt to see what services are available for them. And, they have a program where they work with attorneys, to help Mister get POA for his Dad at reduced or no cost because of whatever is going on with his brain. Best of all, she is in a position to try to expedite processes if needed. It’s very timely because Mister’s Aunt hasn’t been home since her last ER visit, they removed her big toe on one foot and she had to go to rehab after the hospital. But she asked Brother to bring her some chocolate cake yesterday. Anyway, she is being released Saturday. She already has a wheelchair at home, but you can barely walk through her house for all the mess and crap all over the floor, let alone navigate a wheelchair. So Mister and Brother are going over there to shovel out all the crap on the floor. Mister had to go meet with somebody at the rehab place today and when he said he was going to shovel all that shit out, Aunt got upset and said don’t throw her stuff away. Mister told her, if you cared about your stuff, it wouldn’t be piled up all over every floor in the house. You put this problem in my lap because you refuse to act right, so if I have to deal with it, this is how I’m going to deal with it. The only other option is for me to stay at home and mind my business. So maybe my relative can help us get her set up with someone coming to her home 2 or 3 times a week to help her. She lives too far for any of us to be going over there several times/week. I wouldn’t do it even if it was more convenient, something had been wrong with her foot and leg for 2 months and her friends and next door neighbors had been trying to get her to go see about it, and she still was doing all the wrong shit regarding her diabetes. So she did this to herself and I don’t have much sympathy. When Mister told the lady at the rehab place that he couldn’t help take care of his Aunt because he works full time, this witch asked “you can’t take off work” as if it’s just that easy, and in a tone that rubbed Mister the wrong way even more. I told him he should’ve said, sure, if you’re going to replace my income for the next 30 years if my job has a problem with me taking a lot of time off work to take care of my Aunt. I’m glad it wasn’t me, and she is too, because there’s no telling what I would’ve said if she’d come at me like that. Mister has a smart mouth too, but he has to be really aggravated, whereas I’m more likely to immediately say something crazy when somebody says something stupid. She didn’t even call him until yesterday, and he had to leave work early today just to go talk to her. And she kind of got a slight attitude yesterday because he told her the original time she wanted him to come today was too early because he had to work today. Wtf is wrong with people?! WTF is it's a for profit business. They know Medicare will only pay for a limited time. Aunt likely has no money which means Medicaid which means they get less money. It is in their interest to guilt family into accepting responsibility and taking the patient home. And if that don't work guilt you into paying for it. Plus some of these people seem to be under the assumption you can stop these stubborn ass people from doing what they do. If Mister was a good nephew Aunt wouldn't be living like that or losing toes. Nevermind legal rights and autonomy. Dad and I are the biggest POS in the world according to the resident coordinator. Poor old woman neglected to the point of falling then her family dumps her and rarely visits. If we cared we would have moved her in with us before it all happened. Went through the same thing with GU. I want to say you know if we all did God's work and cared for the elderly where are you going to get $9k a month from smart ass? Mister will need skin of steel to navigate all this and do push back and back HARD. His brother needs to as well. And Mister needs to ensure his dad doesn't get involved because they will try to find anyone they can to release her to and screw if you have the means or anything in place for her care. This is exactly why healthcare shouldn't be a business. I'd be willing to bet that this stuff doesn't happen in countries with universal healthcare.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2023 22:09:28 GMT -5
Does anyone want Macy? She's laying on her back with her head in my lap. She just let this enormous sneeze out and of course it went up in the air and sprayed me on the way down. Gross! AND! She threw up on my bedroom floor this morning. I cleaned it up, but I'm sure it's still in the carpet. I have been putting off cleaning carpets for a while. Guess what I'm doing this weekend.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 28, 2023 22:33:40 GMT -5
This week has been crazy at work. On Monday, a long time employee in the sub-department that I’m part of turned in their notice. I’m totally not surprised and figured it would happen especially since her best friend work wise quit last month. Today, another person in a different sub-department that I’m part of was fired. Honestly, I’m not surprised but the person didn’t take it well. Some of it was the person’s temperament but some of it was others that were part of it when it happened. At the end, a whole location meeting was called because of it. With the person fired today, I’m semi-friends with them. We can butt heads but work through it. I’ve thought of reaching out to them to say I’m sorry and they can use me as a reference. Is that in bad taste, etc.? I would reach out. Finding the right references is hard. I am always grateful to the folks who make it easy for me. I was going to say . However, after thinking about it for a bit I am a bit more qualified in my response. As she was fired I would want to know why before committing to be a reference. As a reference you don't just speak about the person you are recommending in a way, you also put your reputation along the line when you do so. If you can live with whatever the cause was, by all means reach out. But if, from a pure business POV, you can not, I would stay away from the situation. That may make me a wimp but Taz probably still has a long time to go before retirement and I think that should play into her decision
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 28, 2023 22:33:54 GMT -5
Well, that was a long day. 13 hours on the clock and then an hour waiting for Carrot to get out of his meeting. He slayed his speech though. Got the highest score in the group and there were high school seniors in there. Not bad considering he just came up with a topic last night. So, despite the fact that I'm exhausted it was a good day.
Added bonus. Nothing coming from the basement but peaceful silence tonight. DS claims he's going back to work tomorrow, so he must have decided to crash early.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 28, 2023 22:45:48 GMT -5
I needed to get out of the house and out of my own head. I went to a live show...Diego Ramos Electro-Samba, a band from Brazil. They were pretty good.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 28, 2023 23:31:11 GMT -5
I am watching telly,the shows I want to watch. We are having issues with the basement TV getting reception from roku. We have 2 range extenders but him building it in made it hard to get a signal is my guess. They have something called a mesh extender, need to look into it more. So I haven't been able to watch it downstairs. Up here the signal strength is awesome.
Just had chicken noodle soup for dinner. DD has been asleep for quite awhile. She can have boiled shrimp with dip if she wants it. If she wants something else, can do that too.
It was hot for an hour or two. I turned on the fan on the furnace and have windows open so its cooling down. There is a small AC in the living room if I need it.
I just saw hot hot its supposed to be over 100 back home. Thankfully hubs is working inside an air conditioned house so that's good.
Need to buy some deck stain. Going to stain the little front porch and the back porch.
Need to clean the shower and tub. Hubs left things neat but he didn't mop and in the bathroom where the kitty litter box was I need to clean also. Just did the commodes. It's ok, I don't mind when I'm rested up.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 29, 2023 1:35:05 GMT -5
DD didn't want to get up and eat. She only had breakfast today so I worry about her blood sugar getting low.
The doc said if we want to reduce the amount of ozempic for her back to .25mg I can. They said try it if we want since she is at goal weight. Think that might be a good idea.
But she has been tired like that for years. When she went to any of the learning centers by Wed she was begging to stay home. She would get so tired she wanted to sleep all day and none of them wanted to do that for her. Another reason a group home didn't work for her. The docs also felt she was likely prematurely aging. She certainly doesn't look as old as she is but she may be inside. Most of the adults with Williams they knew of of did not live to old age, but then with better medical care I can see that changing.
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Post by finnime on Jun 29, 2023 3:27:16 GMT -5
Good morning, caring and caretaking invisipeeps, holding up your families and keeping abreast of complicated job responsibilities. Welcome to Thursday. I hope your day rewards your efforts and offers you an opporutnity to laugh out loud. I've been working on my web site for quite a few hours. The problem is I got my domain from another host platform that I've had for years. Transferring it to the new hosting platform takes a long time. In the meantime, I do have something that works but doesn't allow purchases be made. Will puzzle it out today, along with getting my hair cut and dong more house stuff. We had hearty rain yesterday morning. I took Franklin the Dog on a long walk in the afternoon. He had a touch of the runs, so I had to clean up after him several times, a messy job. But, I did get a picture of Canadian geese in the marina, with reflections of the piers. I kind of like it.
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Post by taz157 on Jun 29, 2023 4:20:50 GMT -5
This week has been crazy at work. On Monday, a long time employee in the sub-department that I’m part of turned in their notice. I’m totally not surprised and figured it would happen especially since her best friend work wise quit last month. Today, another person in a different sub-department that I’m part of was fired. Honestly, I’m not surprised but the person didn’t take it well. Some of it was the person’s temperament but some of it was others that were part of it when it happened. At the end, a whole location meeting was called because of it. With the person fired today, I’m semi-friends with them. We can butt heads but work through it. I’ve thought of reaching out to them to say I’m sorry and they can use me as a reference. Is that in bad taste, etc.? I would reach out. Finding the right references is hard. I am always grateful to the folks who make it easy for me. Thanks for the confirmation! I did reach out. I’m glad I did too.
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Post by taz157 on Jun 29, 2023 4:23:42 GMT -5
I would reach out. Finding the right references is hard. I am always grateful to the folks who make it easy for me. I was going to say . However, after thinking about it for a bit I am a bit more qualified in my response. As she was fired I would want to know why before committing to be a reference. As a reference you don't just speak about the person you are recommending in a way, you also put your reputation along the line when you do so. If you can live with whatever the cause was, by all means reach out. But if, from a pure business POV, you can not, I would stay away from the situation. That may make me a wimp but Taz probably still has a long time to go before retirement and I think that should play into her decision Thanks for your comments. I do know why the person was fired. I’m still okay being a reference for the person. In my opinion, this was the kick in the butt the person needed to make a change. The person had already started to look for a new job as it was.
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Post by MarionTh230 on Jun 29, 2023 6:44:54 GMT -5
All my patches fell off the quilt. Trying to figure out how to hand repair it. Apparently I went about putting patches on the wrong way. It's not like when I make a jacket. I don't own a sewing machine. Hindsight is a bitch I could have had grandma's. With practice I could use it again. So that leaves hand sewing and I have no idea how to make quilt blocks.😖 A lady on Etsy sells scraps. Thinking of getting some. Then I just need help cutting them to size and I can hand repair the holes. Why did the patches fall off? For repairs and mending hand sewing is usually preferred. With a quilt there are multiple layers so in my mind it seems like hand sewing would actually be easier. If your goal is to repair it while adding your own flair I don't think you need to know how to make quilt blocks either. In fact, if you are not going to add blocks or completely remove blocks, I don't think it matters one bit if you know how to make blocks. There's probably at least one million different ways to repair these holes depending on how simplistic or creative you want to be. It feels like you are being entirely too hard on yourself
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Post by daisylu on Jun 29, 2023 7:31:20 GMT -5
Tree guy did not come yesterday, but at least DH did not bitch about it. He MAY show up today. If so, I hope it is sooner rather than later.
A friend traded in his 4 wheeler last week for a side by side. The 4 wheeler had a hard case on the back with a comfy seat. He had to go in yesterday to pick up some accessories that he ordered and requested the case back, since they were not all that interested in it and they actually ordered the wrong color side by side (which he took anyway). They agreed, so he called DH last night and offered it to us. DH will try to give him some $.
The plan is to log off work at 3, stop and pay park dues (which the guy's dad runs), grab the case, and catch dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. This will probably be the third time this year that we have been to a sit down restaurant.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 29, 2023 8:03:09 GMT -5
All my patches fell off the quilt. Trying to figure out how to hand repair it. Apparently I went about putting patches on the wrong way. It's not like when I make a jacket. I don't own a sewing machine. Hindsight is a bitch I could have had grandma's. With practice I could use it again. So that leaves hand sewing and I have no idea how to make quilt blocks.😖 A lady on Etsy sells scraps. Thinking of getting some. Then I just need help cutting them to size and I can hand repair the holes. Why did the patches fall off? For repairs and mending hand sewing is usually preferred. With a quilt there are multiple layers so in my mind it seems like hand sewing would actually be easier. If your goal is to repair it while adding your own flair I don't think you need to know how to make quilt blocks either. In fact, if you are not going to add blocks or completely remove blocks, I don't think it matters one bit if you know how to make blocks. There's probably at least one million different ways to repair these holes depending on how simplistic or creative you want to be. It feels like you are being entirely too hard on yourself Doing some Googling it looks like I didn't use the right kind of fabric. It was really stretchy and thin. I need hardier cotton fabric. I also should have hand sewn them on rather than trying to use iron on backing. That stuff I had on hand works all right for jacket that gets light wear, it is not suitable for a quilt. I am a huge type A personality and then I am still struggling with "doing right" by everyone so my bumbling attempts to fix the quilt are frustrating. I decided I am going to go for it with the quilt scraps. $19 for a lot of quilt material. Then I know I'm getting stuff that will hold up. And I can put my own flair on the quilt.
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Post by cooper88 on Jun 29, 2023 8:27:00 GMT -5
It's going to be 102 today, but it's the first day in a while we haven't had a heat advisory or an excessive heat warning. I will take that as a win.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2023 8:55:53 GMT -5
Just curiosity here, and this may have been answered before, but I some posters speak of having to fill out lots and lots of paperwork for their relative's Medicaid reporting. What happens if there isn't a person capable to doing that? Does an agency appoint a volunteer or paid staffer to complete the forms? There's got to be many folks without a computer-literate, English-speaking, financially savvy relative to take care of this. NomoreDramaQ1015 Will you have to do all that reporting too when your grandmother goes off self-pay? I hope not.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 29, 2023 8:56:38 GMT -5
It's going to be 102 today, but it's the first day in a while we haven't had a heat advisory or an excessive heat warning. I will take that as a win. I was just reading about the heat related deaths in Texas. I also read that there is a bill that could eliminate local laws that require water breaks for construction workers. I could not imagine. link
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Post by MarionTh230 on Jun 29, 2023 8:57:53 GMT -5
Why did the patches fall off? For repairs and mending hand sewing is usually preferred. With a quilt there are multiple layers so in my mind it seems like hand sewing would actually be easier. If your goal is to repair it while adding your own flair I don't think you need to know how to make quilt blocks either. In fact, if you are not going to add blocks or completely remove blocks, I don't think it matters one bit if you know how to make blocks. There's probably at least one million different ways to repair these holes depending on how simplistic or creative you want to be. It feels like you are being entirely too hard on yourself Doing some Googling it looks like I didn't use the right kind of fabric. It was really stretchy and thin. I need hardier cotton fabric. I also should have hand sewn them on rather than trying to use iron on backing. That stuff I had on hand works all right for jacket that gets light wear, it is not suitable for a quilt. I am a huge type A personality and then I am still struggling with "doing right" by everyone so my bumbling attempts to fix the quilt are frustrating. I decided I am going to go for it with the quilt scraps. $19 for a lot of quilt material. Then I know I'm getting stuff that will hold up. And I can put my own flair on the quilt. Ok, that makes a lot of sense. Most quilts use tight woven fabric. Nowadays 100% cotton, but with an older quilt no way to know for sure. But, definitely not a stretchy knit. As long as you match the fabric "type" well enough, your plan sounds fine. If your seller branded it specifically as quilting scraps, then it's probably woven tight enough to work for you. The other option is to just go to a big box store and buy 6 - 10 different cotton fat quarters for $19. Or a charm pack. Or a jelly roll pack. Or.......nevermind, I obviously have a fabric problem...... When it comes to sewing, I don't think I've ever done a single project "right" the first time? Seriously. My philosophy is that I can be a perfectly fine sewist as long as I have at least two good seam rippers and I know how to use them. As long as you don't use superglue I don't think there is anything you can do that will ruin the quilt. Any oopsies can be fixed. I think you will be happy with your final result. You have a good opportunity to add a nice amount of flair to the quilt. I have no doubt it will turn out great!
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MarionTh230
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Post by MarionTh230 on Jun 29, 2023 8:59:46 GMT -5
It's going to be 102 today, but it's the first day in a while we haven't had a heat advisory or an excessive heat warning. I will take that as a win. I would happily trade with you! They have us forecasted for 101 with 89% humidity. Excessive heat warnings everywhere. I am not amused.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2023 9:00:19 GMT -5
It's going to be 102 today, but it's the first day in a while we haven't had a heat advisory or an excessive heat warning. I will take that as a win. I was just reading about the heat related deaths in Texas. I also read that there is a bill that could eliminate local laws that require water breaks for construction workers. I could not imagine. linkYou are correct. The Texas legislature has removed the ability of Texas cities and counties to require water breaks. They feel human lives are less important than business profits
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jun 29, 2023 9:07:48 GMT -5
Just curiosity here, and this may have been answered before, but I some posters speak of having to fill out lots and lots of paperwork for their relative's Medicaid reporting. What happens if there isn't a person capable to doing that? Does an agency appoint a volunteer or paid staffer to complete the forms? There's got to be many folks without a computer-literate, English-speaking, financially savvy relative to take care of this. NomoreDramaQ1015 Will you have to do all that reporting too when your grandmother goes off self-pay? I hope not. As far as I am aware once I file the paperwork I am done until she dies and I have to close everything out. The nursing home sends the bill directly to the state and the state will follow up with them if they have questions. Every state is different in how they handle Medicaid. Then Medicaid like my brother has is different from nursing home Medicaid which is what my grandmother will have. It's so convoluted. Besides I can renounce being her POA any time I please. Then the nursing home is forced to handle it, they can't NOT report it or legally require me to do it. I just stick to your guns and say I won't do it anymore. Which is likely my plan once I get Medicaid all settled. I have put more than enough time into doing the right thing in this regard. If there is no money left for me to be a steward of then as far as I am concerned my job is done. They refuse to deal with me in regards to anything but the check, well once they are no more checks you never need hear from me again.
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