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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 18, 2024 18:10:52 GMT -5
I feel ridiculous after answering Artemis Windsong’s question. But besides our Honda’s that are great daily drivers because they are both reliable and good with gas mileage, even though mine is so old, everything else serves another specific purpose. The Lincoln, if it was taken care of, is great for floating over the roads on a relaxing drive on a lazy Sunday. The Wrangler can get you pretty much anywhere you want to go with it, on a street or off the beaten path. And it is a champ when snow is on the ground. The Tahoe is also a 4x4 like the Jeep, but it is big, and as Mister learned the hard way, the backend can get away from you on snow and ice, but it might do better if there is added weight in the back. But it being big also means that we can have more passengers in it, than in any of our other vehicles. We can also get big stuff into it, to haul home or wherever. And if we need to move something bigger than what will fit inside, it has enough towing capacity to use a trailer to move whatever we are trying to move. And the latest addition is a sports car. We both like sports cars, even though neither of us have ever actually owned one. If it were me doing the buying and I had the means, I would probably buy a really old Mustang before I bought a new one, but it wasn’t me doing the buying. A really old one in great condition, can cost almost as much as buying a lower priced new one, but without the warranty, and with all of the issues and potential problems of owning a very old car. Now, if Mister says ONE more thing about buying another vehicle, it’s gonna be a problem for real. He got off of wanting a pickup truck when we got the Tahoe, even though he’d wanted a pickup truck for some years. If he starts talking about a pickup truck again, imma prolly punch him in the throat. Even though I try to justify it in my mind, like I did with this post, we already have an excessive number of vehicles. We only bought the Jeep because it was a good deal, even though neither of us had ever been interested in Wranglers, but it turned out that it really is useful for certain purposes, We bought the Tahoe because it was also a really good deal, and it is also good for serving certain purposes. But thats's it! We are done! Good deal or not, we are done for now. We don’t need to buy anything else until it is finally time to replace my old girl, the Honda. And that will be replacing a vehicle, and not adding to the "car lot" we already have.
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Post by finnime on Jul 18, 2024 18:17:45 GMT -5
I feel naked compared to you, Pink Cashmere. We own one car, a 2013 Prius hatchback, that works like a champ in every circumstance so far. I'm aware we'll need to get another eventually but prefer to not commit $$$ to a vehicle unless I must. I can always rent something if needed in the interim.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 18, 2024 18:19:56 GMT -5
I told Mister this morning that I started to call him earlier and mess with him. He said “I would’ve called the police”! I chucked and asked what do you think I was gonna say. He said “that you decided to drive the Mustang today”. I laughed, because that’s exactly what I was gonna say. But I didn’t want to risk playing with him like that and he think I was serious and get bent out of shape about his new toy. So I told him I thought about messing with him like that, instead of actually doing it. I don’t even drive his Accord, even though he doesn’t care if I do, but that’s his baby and I don’t want to be responsible for it. If I drive anything of his, it will be the Tahoe, and even that is very rare. I don’t think I’ve driven it once this year. I do like driving it, and he doesn’t care if I do, but I just don’t like being responsible for other people’s vehicles, not even his. Everything else in the driveway and garage would have to be dead or disabled at a time when I absolutely need to get somewhere asap, for me to even think about driving the Mustang. Even if I was going out somewhere by myself and I was feeling and looking grown and sexy, Imma still hop out of an old ass Honda or a Jeep Wrangler lol. T2 refuses to drive my car because it's so new. She says it's too much responsibility. She just doesn't want to hear my crap if something happens. I totally understand T2’s thought process on that lol. For me, it’s not even about thinking Mister will give me crap if something happens. I just do not like being responsible for other people’s stuff. Especially not when I have my own stuff that I can use instead.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jul 18, 2024 18:24:40 GMT -5
I have a sister who is wheelchair bound and you have said that eventually your parents will move in with you. And you have also said that your mom already needs to use a walker and may end up in a wheelchair. So when I say a house is "cramped" that is part of the reason. Now this one may actually work as it seems to be open enough to accommodate a wheelchair. Most of the cosmetics can easily be changed but with all the realtors out there who can make a closet look like a roomy suite you have to wait and go see
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 18, 2024 19:09:37 GMT -5
I feel naked compared to you, Pink Cashmere . We own one car, a 2013 Prius hatchback, that works like a champ in every circumstance so far. I'm aware we'll need to get another eventually but prefer to not commit $$$ to a vehicle unless I must. I can always rent something if needed in the interim. Naked? Why? If anything you should feel more sensible imo. When I was married, we only had one car. My whole life, I’ve only ever had one car, until Mister bought the Jeep because I wanted it. I had no idea at the time, that we would end up with a small car lot. Even though I try to justify it like I did in a prior post, part of me says it’s still an excessive amount of vehicles. Everything except the Hondas guzzles gas, and the cost to insure all of them is not inexpensive. And then there is the cost of maintenance and repairs. If you and your DH can manage with just one car, you are not spending unnecessary money on vehicles. No reason to feel some type of way about choosing wisely.
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Post by finnime on Jul 18, 2024 19:20:56 GMT -5
That may be true, Pink, but when the Zombie Apocalypse starts I'm heading down toward your place.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 18, 2024 19:48:46 GMT -5
o.m.g. DD sent me a text with a link to a news story about someone we know being arrested for killing a woman in a motel room.
We have known him and his family since he was a child. He has never been a “street” kind of person, or shown any inclination toward being violent. I know that for sure. He went to the military after he graduated from high school, and came back home a few years ago.
He has been to my house where I live now, several times, as a welcomed guest, after he got out of the military.
I know there were some issues when he was growing up, and even after he came back from the military because his stepfather didn’t always treat him as well as he should have, and made a difference between how he treated him, vs the children in the home that were biologically his.
I could share a lot of details about what I know for sure, but since this has made the news, I don’t want to say so much that I out myself enough to make things easy for people that don’t already know who I am.
This has really wrecked my nerves. I read what he told the police happened, but given what he said, I can’t even say it was self defense, which in my mind, is the only acceptable reason for killing somebody. I am SO sad, and really, flabbergasted.
My nerves are SO bad right now, and I am seriously struggling to not cry. I feel so bad for whoever the woman was, and her family. And even if people judge me, I also feel bad for him, because WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?! I also really feel bad for his Mom, who I know too, because I can’t imagine what it feels like to have a child do something so crazy. At least as a parent, you understand that if your child lives by the sword, he or she is likely to die by the sword. But he wasn’t that child.
So again, WTF?!
My nerves are well and truly wrecked right now.
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Post by soupandstew on Jul 18, 2024 19:59:51 GMT -5
o.m.g. DD sent me a text with a link to a news story about someone we know being arrested for killing a woman in a motel room. We have known him and his family since he was a child. He has never been a “street” kind of person, or shown any inclination toward being violent. I know that for sure. He went to the military after he graduated from high school, and came back home a few years ago. He has been to my house where I live now, several times, as a welcomed guest, after he got out of the military. I know there were some issues when he was growing up, and even after he came back from the military because his stepfather didn’t always treat him as well as he should have, and made a difference between how he treated him, vs the children in the home that were biologically his. I could share a lot of details about what I know for sure, but since this has made the news, I don’t want to say so much that I out myself enough to make things easy for people that don’t already know who I am. This has really wrecked my nerves. I read what he told the police happened, but given what he said, I can’t even say it was self defense, which in my mind, is the only acceptable reason for killing somebody. I am SO sad, and really, flabbergasted. My nerves are SO bad right now, and I am seriously struggling to not cry. I feel so bad for whoever the woman was, and her family. And even if people judge me, I also feel bad for him, because WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?! I also really feel bad for his Mom, who I know too, because I can’t imagine what it feels like to have a child do something so crazy. At least as a parent, you understand that if your child lives by the sword, he or she is likely to die by the sword. But he wasn’t that child. So again, WTF?! My nerves are well and truly wrecked right now. I'm sorry. There's a long distance between the stories we sadly see every day on the news, and when those stories are about people we've known as decent humans like us. I don't know this happens much less how a family copes with it. Either family.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 18, 2024 20:17:17 GMT -5
That may be true, Pink, but when the Zombie Apocalypse starts I'm heading down toward your place. I joke about how I feel like I’m in a decent place whenever the Zombies come, and have probably given it more thought than a normal person would. But it started when I got concerned about the possibility of Civil War. Which should also be crazy thinking, but I’m not so sure that it is. Mister and the T’s are all Army veterans that know how to handle themselves. If we could get Mister’s friend, who is a Marine and so is his wife, who have no family in the area, to come join us, I feel like I’d be as safe as possible lol. I’d just tend to the children and let them do what they know to do, to protect all of us. I know how to load bullets in a magazine, but I’m not fast with it. Idk which house would be the better choice to hole up in, the T’s house is 2 story, ours is one level, but has a clearer view of the surrounding area. So besides me just being kind of crazy anyway, what does it say that I have already worked that out in my mind since 2020? I joke about me thinking about that kind of shit if the zombies come, but the truth is that I started thinking about it after 2020, because of real life people and my fears about potential civil war, and I have many more concerns about that, than zombies. Anyway, yeah, if the Zombies come, come on down and I will make sure you have a place to lay your head and rest.
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Post by bean29 on Jul 18, 2024 20:24:36 GMT -5
Yes, I have the notes app and I do use it, but I don't always look at it when I am shopping. Idk why, probably b/c I don't always take stuff off, so it is not always "up to date". I could not survive without my Calendar app with reminders set up. Idk why I can't convince DH to use one. Opti, I have been recycling the political mailers and deleting that stuff from her e-mail, but I do not want to forward the mail and have it start coming to me. It is just overwhelming to deal with it all. I don't want to have to look at it and make a decision what to do with it. Just Leave me alone!Going to work till at least 6:30 pm. I have a few things I would like done before I leave. Not feeling well, don't want to leave too much undone JIC I have COVID. If they are scammers they probably won't stop sending it even if you contact them. Can you forward to an address that might it? Well, I do believe they are legit Political Candidates. Their e-mails and letters are full of lies and Doom & Gloom if Trump is not re-elected.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Jul 18, 2024 20:34:15 GMT -5
o.m.g. DD sent me a text with a link to a news story about someone we know being arrested for killing a woman in a motel room. We have known him and his family since he was a child. He has never been a “street” kind of person, or shown any inclination toward being violent. I know that for sure. He went to the military after he graduated from high school, and came back home a few years ago. He has been to my house where I live now, several times, as a welcomed guest, after he got out of the military. I know there were some issues when he was growing up, and even after he came back from the military because his stepfather didn’t always treat him as well as he should have, and made a difference between how he treated him, vs the children in the home that were biologically his. I could share a lot of details about what I know for sure, but since this has made the news, I don’t want to say so much that I out myself enough to make things easy for people that don’t already know who I am. This has really wrecked my nerves. I read what he told the police happened, but given what he said, I can’t even say it was self defense, which in my mind, is the only acceptable reason for killing somebody. I am SO sad, and really, flabbergasted. My nerves are SO bad right now, and I am seriously struggling to not cry. I feel so bad for whoever the woman was, and her family. And even if people judge me, I also feel bad for him, because WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?! I also really feel bad for his Mom, who I know too, because I can’t imagine what it feels like to have a child do something so crazy. At least as a parent, you understand that if your child lives by the sword, he or she is likely to die by the sword. But he wasn’t that child. So again, WTF?! My nerves are well and truly wrecked right now. I'm sorry. There's a long distance between the stories we sadly see every day on the news, and when those stories are about people we've known as decent humans like us. I don't know this happens much less how a family copes with it. Either family. I feel like I’m like the people that news stations interview who describe what they know about the persons accused of committing a serious crime, and say “I never thought he/she would do something like this”. Because it’s true, I never would’ve thought he’d do something like this. But, apparently by his own admission, he did. The story so far, is that some things happened that led to him doing what he did, but even with that, imo he still did too much, and now a woman is dead because he was not thinking clearly at the moment. I’m not trying to excuse him by saying that, I feel like he is still completely responsible for his actions.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jul 18, 2024 20:36:55 GMT -5
I told Mister this morning that I started to call him earlier and mess with him. He said “I would’ve called the police”! I chucked and asked what do you think I was gonna say. He said “that you decided to drive the Mustang today”. I laughed, because that’s exactly what I was gonna say. But I didn’t want to risk playing with him like that and he think I was serious and get bent out of shape about his new toy. So I told him I thought about messing with him like that, instead of actually doing it. I don’t even drive his Accord, even though he doesn’t care if I do, but that’s his baby and I don’t want to be responsible for it. If I drive anything of his, it will be the Tahoe, and even that is very rare. I don’t think I’ve driven it once this year. I do like driving it, and he doesn’t care if I do, but I just don’t like being responsible for other people’s vehicles, not even his. Everything else in the driveway and garage would have to be dead or disabled at a time when I absolutely need to get somewhere asap, for me to even think about driving the Mustang. Even if I was going out somewhere by myself and I was feeling and looking grown and sexy, Imma still hop out of an old ass Honda or a Jeep Wrangler lol. T2 refuses to drive my car because it's so new. She says it's too much responsibility. She just doesn't want to hear my crap if something happens. I totally understand this. When DD1+ bought my car for me, I went with them, for the test drive, but because I'd driven a car just like it the day before, I refused to drive it, until it was mine. (I was not familiar with the area/city we were in, which made me nervous.)
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 18, 2024 21:41:59 GMT -5
Jackson just ate a dryer sheet. Why is he like this?! I tried to fish it out of his mouth, but it was too late. Think it's enough to cause a bowel obstruction and I should make him vomit, or is is small enough just to pass?
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 18, 2024 21:43:47 GMT -5
I have a sister who is wheelchair bound and you have said that eventually your parents will move in with you. And you have also said that your mom already needs to use a walker and may end up in a wheelchair. So when I say a house is "cramped" that is part of the reason. Now this one may actually work as it seems to be open enough to accommodate a wheelchair. Most of the cosmetics can easily be changed but with all the realtors out there who can make a closet look like a roomy suite you have to wait and go see I appreciate the looking out for stuff like this. Even if my parents don't end up having to live with me, I'll eventually get old and need the house to be handicap accessible.
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 18, 2024 21:48:31 GMT -5
o.m.g. DD sent me a text with a link to a news story about someone we know being arrested for killing a woman in a motel room. We have known him and his family since he was a child. He has never been a “street” kind of person, or shown any inclination toward being violent. I know that for sure. He went to the military after he graduated from high school, and came back home a few years ago. He has been to my house where I live now, several times, as a welcomed guest, after he got out of the military. I know there were some issues when he was growing up, and even after he came back from the military because his stepfather didn’t always treat him as well as he should have, and made a difference between how he treated him, vs the children in the home that were biologically his. I could share a lot of details about what I know for sure, but since this has made the news, I don’t want to say so much that I out myself enough to make things easy for people that don’t already know who I am. This has really wrecked my nerves. I read what he told the police happened, but given what he said, I can’t even say it was self defense, which in my mind, is the only acceptable reason for killing somebody. I am SO sad, and really, flabbergasted. My nerves are SO bad right now, and I am seriously struggling to not cry. I feel so bad for whoever the woman was, and her family. And even if people judge me, I also feel bad for him, because WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?! I also really feel bad for his Mom, who I know too, because I can’t imagine what it feels like to have a child do something so crazy. At least as a parent, you understand that if your child lives by the sword, he or she is likely to die by the sword. But he wasn’t that child. So again, WTF?! My nerves are well and truly wrecked right now. It does really show that you never know what someone else is going through. My mom's cousin killed his wife several years ago. What we didn't know was that she was very abusive to him. He just snapped one day. He only got 10 years given the circumstances and it being his only offense. He's been out a few years and no more trouble with the law.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jul 18, 2024 21:59:21 GMT -5
I can't wait to reduce the number of houses and get rid of vehicles and all the extra stuff that cost us money. I cannot even imagine insuring 6 cars, just wow! We will just have 2 shortly and hubs is talking about a smaller truck which is fine with me. And my next car will be smaller too, if I ever get a next car. Our 2 cars and house is going to cost us a small fortune up there. The agent said it has raised 50% since last year, its crazy high. Hoping it will come down.
The older guy of the group that worked for us brought me a cucumber last night and tonight some cherry tomatoes, one big one and 2 cukes. He knows I've always put a garden out and haven't this year and last. Hubs could care less as does DD, the taste of those was fabulous. I hope I have time to grow some up there but doubt I do. I can't put them out till the new roof is put on, so likely too late. I just can't get over the wonderful taste of fresh produce. Hubs and I just had corn o n the cob for dinner I had gotten DD some chicken fries from Burger King so she wasn't hungry. Not much cooking going on here.
What bothers me is I was stocked up for anything and everything and soon I won't be. We are going to be slim on food and supplies, hubs thinks that is just fine. Not me. But I won't have the room like I did here. At least we won't be far from Canada if they would let us in. Scarey thought with the current political situation, and yes, it scares the crap out of me.
Tonight hubs kept saying time to quit, but I could do a bit more of this and that so I did. I can't wait till its done and over.
I told hubs tonight, bet he has to put 2 bigger medicine cabinets in like we did here. There are just 2 small ones up there. I'm leaving all kinds of little cabinets and cheap plastic ones we had. I didn't like them anyway. I have also gotten rid of more items which should help. He just laughed and said we will see if we have to. But he likes the big mirrors too so likely he will.
I just hope the house doesn't need a lot of work on things. I hate to leave this wonderful home, but we both know we need to. Hubs reminds me not if but when something happens to one of us the other can't do it all here anymore. Sad to realize it, but better to do it now than wait and end up in a horrible mess.
I'm watching a movie and then will go to bed. First time in awhile.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 18, 2024 23:00:57 GMT -5
Why would a fireplace be bricked in?
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Post by Opti on Jul 18, 2024 23:02:10 GMT -5
Jackson just ate a dryer sheet. Why is he like this?! I tried to fish it out of his mouth, but it was too late. Think it's enough to cause a bowel obstruction and I should make him vomit, or is is small enough just to pass? He's a large dog? I would think it would be small enough to pass, but I'd call the vet to see if there were harmful chemicals or things that would hurt him and if he suggests something other than letting it pass.
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Post by Opti on Jul 18, 2024 23:02:54 GMT -5
Why would a fireplace be bricked in? Because fixing it to the chimney was too expensive to maintain?
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Post by toomuchreality on Jul 18, 2024 23:12:24 GMT -5
Why would a fireplace be bricked in? Non functional, I would guess.
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 18, 2024 23:21:15 GMT -5
Why would a fireplace be bricked in? Non functional, I would guess. That would be fine by me. I have no use for a fireplace. They aren't a plus for me.
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Post by Opti on Jul 18, 2024 23:38:30 GMT -5
Why would a fireplace be bricked in? Non functional, I would guess. My second house I bought by myself had a chimney and fireplace. Never wanted one because they are expensive to maintain and keep in working order. And if yours happens to be located not on an exterior wall, it can be a complex thing. That house was a rental property and had an insert in the fireplace. Hated that thing. Later learned why I should have just left it alone. To sell the property the owners installed lots of off white plush carpeting including right in front of the fireplace and the insert. The AH owners had the final chimney sweep happen after the close but before I physically took possesion of the home the following day. I couldn't get into the house, somehow the front door locks were broken and I think the other door I tried had a similar issue. When I did get inside there was a large soot trail from the fireplace to the window overlooking the street. Had I not requested the insert to be removed, I would have at least been spared that disaster. (The locks worked a half an hour bfore close. I know, because I tried them and did a quick walk through.) Cost me thousands of dollars to shore up the chimney. Unfortunately it turned out whoever built the home vented various things into th chimney. I no longer fully remember, the boiler and possibly something to do with the laundry. Given what I learned later about that area, it could have been one of those homes you could order from the Sears catalog and build yourself. Some people did a good job and some impressive upgrades like one of my neighbors. I instead got special child, but so it goes.
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Post by finnime on Jul 19, 2024 2:15:36 GMT -5
Good morning, thoughtful invisipeeps, ready as one can be for the Zombie Apocalypse or other mayhem. Welcome to Friday. I hope this day has you at peace, serenity wrapping you like a luxury hotel bathrobe. I hope any pets you have eat nothing they shouldn't and no one pees in your Cheerios. Yesterday turned out to be a day of rest, recharging for the weekend of work. DH slept most of the day. I'm glad he did. He needed it after being so sick. And I guess I needed it, too. My headache is now completely erased and I'm awake and energetic. Lots to do today including buying masking tape to wrap up pictures if anyone buys a large one that won't fit in the bags we have. A woman can always dream. THis afternoon we'll load up the car. I'll bring DD to work before 3:00, go back home and pick up DH, then we'll go to the arts fair venue and set up by 8:00. I'll drop off DH at home, pick up DD and bring her home, then be ready for an early start Saturday. The venue is about 30 minutes from here, not so far that we need to get a hotel room. It was hot yesterday with some haze. I took this the other night when a light fog had settled over the bay. A sailboat emerged:
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jul 19, 2024 3:01:25 GMT -5
I like this one too. There are things I detest about it, but that is just me. I would be unifying the floors for sure. I cannot stand the color of the floors that have an orangish hue. That looks similar to what we had in this house. I also cringe at the beige. That also looks like what we have here. The entire house here was that color, including the closets and stairwell up from the garage. I still have to finish painting our bedroom and the guest bedroom. Weirdly, I like that green door in the basement!
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Post by daisylu on Jul 19, 2024 4:27:59 GMT -5
Thankful for summer hours today. Manager was in town for 2 days so we could have a working session.
Managed to schedule a haircut for lunch time, to which DH wondered how he would get to walk - I told him earlier in the week that I would take him to the school so that he could walk the track once manager left town, but it rubbed me the wrong way his first thought was about himself. I get that he's been house bound for months but it's not like all of this has been a picnic for me either. I've been running ragged taking care of EVERYTHING and working around his appointments and this is the first thing I've done for myself in months.
I'll likely get pissed off and cancel, which will piss me off even more.
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toomuchreality
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Post by toomuchreality on Jul 19, 2024 4:35:17 GMT -5
Thankful for summer hours today. Manager was in town for 2 days so we could have a working session. Managed to schedule a haircut for lunch time, to which DH wondered how he would get to walk - I told him earlier in the week that I would take him to the school so that he could walk the track once manager left town, but it rubbed me the wrong way his first thought was about himself. I get that he's been house bound for months but it's not like all of this has been a picnic for me either. I've been running ragged taking care of EVERYTHING and working around his appointments and this is the first thing I've done for myself in months. I'll likely get pissed off and cancel, which will piss me off even more. Don't cancel!
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taz157
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Post by taz157 on Jul 19, 2024 6:13:26 GMT -5
Thankful for summer hours today. Manager was in town for 2 days so we could have a working session. Managed to schedule a haircut for lunch time, to which DH wondered how he would get to walk - I told him earlier in the week that I would take him to the school so that he could walk the track once manager left town, but it rubbed me the wrong way his first thought was about himself. I get that he's been house bound for months but it's not like all of this has been a picnic for me either. I've been running ragged taking care of EVERYTHING and working around his appointments and this is the first thing I've done for myself in months. I'll likely get pissed off and cancel, which will piss me off even more. Don’t cancel!
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 19, 2024 6:16:28 GMT -5
Jackson just ate a dryer sheet. Why is he like this?! I tried to fish it out of his mouth, but it was too late. Think it's enough to cause a bowel obstruction and I should make him vomit, or is is small enough just to pass? keep an eye on him for a couple days. those things are thin enough that it should break down in his system without any intervention.
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wvugurl26
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 19, 2024 7:13:27 GMT -5
Don't cancel the appointment daisy.
Microsoft apparently screwed a bunch of us over last night if your laptop was left on and connected like we are advised to. I've got a blue screen of death. I thought the help desk started sooner but I didn't get through until 8am and I was 33 in line.
DH works for a different op div of the agency and he got an email describing the issue. He was in the office yesterday so he shut down when he came home and booted up this morning with no problem.
I just got an email from my leadership saying we are all affected so I hung up on the help desk que.
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