I’ve been playing with a lot of power tools lately and my pocket jig is my new best friend. Can your kids learn to build bookcases? Everyone needs more bookcases! I’ve learned a LOT from Ana White videos. I’ve done these utility shelves a couple times now and they’re cheap, easy, and FAST. I would advise you to watch her earlier videos first because her more recent stuff can be intimidating to beginners.

Is there a square for “Moderator Punches Someone.”

I would never ask my kids to pay for food at ‘home,’ but I don’t think it’s wrong to do so. I’d have to be really broke to consider it.

I wouldn’t buy anything. Can you wear what you’d planned to and just wear a coat over it? Maybe wear some leggings under the dresses and swap dress shoes for socks and boots? Perhaps a clear plastic poncho over everything and carry umbrellas? Looking cute just got tossed out the window and nobody is going to buy wedding-appropriate outdoor gear for this. The people who planned the wedding really should have a plan in place for keeping guests dry if it rains.

Toby’s still exists . . . or it DID pre-Covid. We’ll see if she weather’s the shut down. DD’s boyfriend always had a job there, but he’s become a Nanny until the world reopens. Second Chance Saloon is closing permanently in October.

Awwww, that sucks. I’m sorry the pain kept you up and glad you finally slept.

We used to wake up to empty jars. My mom always freed them as soon as we fell asleep. 😆 Wait, you don’t have Old Bay in your cabinet?!?! I’m IN that town and I miss a lot of that stuff now. Everything is shut down. We continue to adore the bike paths and use them more than ever now. It’s probable been over a decade since any lakes have frozen enough to skate on. They have resumed some community outdoor shows at Merriweather. They built this huge green stage thing that they call The Chrysalis. From home, I mostly miss people and gabbing on the porch all day. I’m close enough

Ugh. I had to order a copy of my birth certificate to get RealID. The original is in the house somewhere, but I still haven’t found it.

You can’t start tackling Tuesday at 2 a.m! I call shenanigans! My first task is to go back to sleep. I don’t know why I woke up or why I even grabbed my phone, but both seem unwise. I wanted to play with power tools, but it’s supposed to rain all day so I may have to just do boring laundry instead.

I think you’re mad at yourself for doing it. You didn’t actually have to and could have let him marinate in the awkward pause. You caved, so the moment has passed.

Oooh, that might be the way to go.

I thought this was going to be a recipe thread.

My son is disabled, so Alexa has actually been helpful overall; not just for school. He uses it to control the lights, check the weather, ask homework-specific questions, check the news, play music, and make phone calls.

My brother can’t wait to leave that area and he’s encouraged by how much his house has appreciates in just a few years. He has chickens, but finds gardening very discouraging between the clay soil and lack of rain. He’ll definitely move back east when his daughter graduates. I think those water bills are tough to swallow for people who just expect free water to fall from the sky. 🤣

This whole thread is why the expression “Lead, follow, or get out of the way” exists. 🤣