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1 hour ago, Spudater said:
I was staying away at first virtuously in order to read but now I’m in a funk and just ?????.
I do think I may have figured out how to finish up by mid-May, so hopefully that will help.
(((Spudz)))
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2 hours ago, Slache said:
Whiteboard po.
So, we can't fit a board behind our bookshelf and I can't find anywhere else to put something thin so I looked for what I really wanted and came to the conclusion that I want a huge, reversible whiteboard on wheels. I don't want to spend that kind of money or have to store it in our current location so I'm going to buy a whiteboard wall sticker. Like a 3-foot by 4-foot and put it up in the hallway. What do we think?
The stickers do have a bit of an issue with texture on walls. If you go the sticker route make sure you either have one GIANT sticker or you mount the sticker(s) to a board and hang that where you were going to put the sticker(s). Then put framing around it. You do NOT want to have to deal with dry-erase marker on normal wall paint.
That might be the inexpensive way to go -- adhere your whiteboard sticker to a sheet of plywood or MDF, then put a bit of a frame around the edges. Or use your windows as dry-erase boards. Or mirrors.
Or Amazon says this costs in the neighborhood of $50: https://www.amazon.com/Whiteboard-Silver-Finish-Aluminum-85357/dp/B00CNH7E7U/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1523497034&sr=8-8&keywords=4'+whiteboard
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Time to go to music class.
If you're going to buy a boat sit in it first!
Bada da da da dum dum da....
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2 hours ago, Slache said:
I have no idea. Benign.
Me too! I'm exhausted now.
Not new and completely benign. I had my first one when I was like 11. I was likely having them long before that but that was the first one I had noticed.
Still, this requires a fright emoji, dangit.
(((Slashie dear)))
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2 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said:
dragged bunny out from under the bed.
dragged puppy out from under the bed.
dragged bunny out from under the bed. See a theme here? The bedroom door is now closed so no one else can slither under there.
Where's your cat? And Libby?
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2 hours ago, prairiewindmomma said:
I had second sleep and still woke up grumpy. You know when you foresee a problem and your warning is discounted? That’s my day in so many ways. I have decided to stop rescuing in a few areas of my life and only forewarn and it is a bit painful.
(((Prairie)))
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2 hours ago, Susan in TN said:
Dd11 fell off her ripstick and hurt her foot. :banghead: She can wiggle her toes and move the foot around without any pain, so I told her she has to sit the rest of the day until it is better. We can't go backpacking if she can't walk. :banghead: :banghead:
(((Susan's DD's foot)))
(((Susan's head)))
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3 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said:
Likety likety likety like!!!!
Maybe I should play THAT all the way to music lessons!
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4 hours ago, Critterfixer said:
Yeah. Never buy a boat you don't sit in first.
ETA: Booyah!
If you're gonna buy a boat, sit in it first!
If you're gonna buy a boat, sit in it first!
Don't go and spend the money,
If your fanny isn't comfy,
If you're gonna buy a boat, sit in it first!
I need the gut-bustin' laughin' guy emoji!
Now I need to sing that one to my kids. Perhaps all the way to music lessons this afternoon....
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1 minute ago, Critterfixer said:
I probably ought to own a hundred acres and have a bigger stone house for the ITT retreat thing.
If you find the right property Lars says he'll build both the larger ITT retreat lodge and your smaller cabin. Beaufort says he'll lay the gravel drive.
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3 minutes ago, Critterfixer said:
I recently spotted a kayak that I need to add to the fleet. I love my canoe, but it's a heavy sucker, and I'm not interested in killing my back more than necessary. Must not die and all that.
Will you have a chance to sit on it and get a feel for it before buying it? We bought a 2-seater a few years ago because it was a "good deal", but it proved to have too little leg room, especially in the back. We ended up giving it to my much shorter SIL.
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1 minute ago, Critterfixer said:
I want to spend more time in the kayaks and the canoe this spring and summer. Maintaining a putting green might cut into my water time.
Now here is the real issue. Must not cut into already-too-little water time.
I want some water time. I need the weather to start cooperating with the family schedule.
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1 minute ago, Critterfixer said:
See, now I think it would be cool to do the dirt-work, build a putting green, choose the grass, and make that a boy-landscape chore. However, I have been informed by DH, the golf guru, that my idea is not as cool as it sounds. Greens are hard work.
Think of the experience, though, and how it would play out in interviews when your boys are older! "Built and maintained putting green at uber-exclusive private country club"
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4 minutes ago, Critterfixer said:
The husband tentatively looked at the cost of artificial greens last night. Here's where I faint. I think I'll just tell the boys that they can work on their chipping every day but putting is going to have to happen once a week at practice.
I must have food on my mind. I was aghast that anyone would try artificial greens, wondering what kind of a salad that would make.
Time for more herbal tea, methinks.
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39 minutes ago, Critterfixer said:
He does mop his floor, but I do the kitchen on Tuesday. I told him this is the perfect time to learn to mix OJ in the sink where it belongs. Think before you sticky and all that. He was a pretty cantankerous chelonian when I called him in the second and the third time to redo his chore, but I do believe the sticky is gone now.
That deserves a trophy!
#nomoresticky
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13 minutes ago, Critterfixer said:
The turtle decided to mix orange juice away from the sink. Of course he spilled. Naturally, he got some on his sock, and proceeded to track all over the kitchen that I mopped yesterday. Sticky everywhere. This makes the third time he's mopped. Third time is the charm, right?
This is the perfect time to make mopping HIS chore for a while, to be done on a very regular basis. This would be done to cement the skill and habit and teach ownership of a task, of course, so he will have this life skill for his adulthood and won't have to marry someone just because she can mop a good floor.
#lifeskillsgiveonefreedom
#onlysemisuccessfulinthishere
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I checked Google for the open hours of my storage unit office -- 8:30 AM. I headed over there and saw a sign on the door stating they would be back at 9:30 AM. I checked their website and sure enough, their open hours start at 9:30 AM.
So I used the website to reserve a climate-controlled storage unit (the same size as my current non-climate-controlled unit), and marked myself down for a move-in date of this Friday since that morning will be my next opportunity to go back there. We'll see how the online reservations work, I guess.
I have run one fruitless errand outside of the house, have a load of my laundry in the dryer and a load of new trousers for Dad in the wash, and am eating second breakfast (because I remembered I has seaweed salad in the fridge and wanted something green). I am contemplating some flavor of tea for a beverage, too.
Ceramics and music classes today. A strong resistance to having to think through several things all awaiting impatiently for me to get to them. To rebel I'm doing some more basic things this morning before we head out to ceramics and music classes.
We might or might not pick up fast food for supper, depending on when DH gets home this evening. He's planning on going and playing a little after he gets off work since we won't be home when he gets here. He has earned it. If he is going to be home in time anyway I might ask him to grill some sausages, but if he isn't we can stop somewhere and pick something up.
General housework tasks help increase my step count for the day. Time to go do some more instead of letting this desk full of stuff draw me in. Must remember I'm rebelling against that today.
Hopefully I get some lake-gazing time during ceramics today, too.
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Goodnight, everyone! Beddie-bye beckons. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................
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7 hours ago, ikslo said:
I always wondered how you ate so many veggies. I thought maybe you took bean-o or something.
My GI system is changing. I can't eat quite so many anymore without some really unpleasant after-effects. Boohooie. I really crave fresh veggies at times, and don't want to be limited!
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9 hours ago, Critterfixer said:
Because ITT is the place to ask: I need to shrink my signature. In what part of my profile do I find my signature now? I have been looking.
Let's check the bottom of my siggie. I think I updated that.
Yup, there it is. Go to your userid at the top -- one of the options will be account settings (or is that within your profile?...). Once in Account Settings you will see options on the left; Signature is one of those.
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11 hours ago, KrissiK said:
DH is eying Midland because it apparently has a lot of engineering jobs, per capita. And low humidity. Because he thinks humidity is the worst thing that can ever be about a place. Whatever. I keep telling him most places are More humid that we are because they get rain and we have the good fortune to be living in an irrigated desert.
I don’t know.... we’ll probably end up staying put because of family and roots and all that. There’s going to have to be something to force the issue, like DH losing his job... but we live in the same small town my grandparents moved to when they came out from Colorado as newlyweds, we go to the same church, people in our SundaynSchool class are people I grew up with, the camp my kids go to is the same one my Grandfather helped start, DS goes to the same Christian high school my parents did and I did and all my aunts, uncles and cousins did... and now with my dad’s poor health and i’m The only one around for my mom..... it’s just really, really hard to decide to pick up and move to someplace where we don’t know anyone and have no support system.
I totally get that. When we settled in down here I made DH promise me it wouldn't be forever, that we would move to a climate more to my toleration after some years. The longer we stay, however, the more rooted we are. We won't move away from DH's parents, since we are the only ones left within half a day's drive. (They are fine as they are, but in future years -- MANY years from now -- they might not be. And we are rather attached.) I have my Dad down here now, so that nixes the idea of accepting even a 3-year assignment overseas, even though that would be an amazing experience for the kids.
No, I know that no matter how much I hate the climate down here for the larger half of the year we won't move away. We are good here financially, are close to family, and the climate isn't killing me. And this way when I do get to experience snow it is a treat and not a trudge.
Roots, even transplanted ones, can grow deep.
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Hey, I'm all caught up!
Guess I had better go do stuff now....
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(((Krissi)))
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11 hours ago, KrissiK said:
True dat. One of the benefits of getting old is having that hag out of your life.
Yeah, but now she's plaguing my girls....
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Ignore this thread!
in General Education Discussion Board
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Ooo, I like that whiteboard table idea!