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Trying not to stress out since summer vacation is just about over and school will start in a few days. So I'm going to try distracting myself by playing with the dog and playing with graphics for an educational app I've been working on for kindergarten/pre-k.
 

Granny B. said:
Trying not to stress out since summer vacation is just about over and school will start in a few days. So I'm going to try distracting myself by playing with the dog and playing with graphics for an educational app I've been working on for kindergarten/pre-k.
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Our kids here have just broken up for the holidays. They don't return until the beginning of September...

Today has been warm... a little cloud with some sun... I drove a 50 mile round trip north to meet up with my friend, and also get some shopping at a big superstore there .. shelves were pretty empty sadly, the shortages seem to be getting worse..

I got everything I needed except 2 things... but some shelves were completely bare, and others like chocolate, there was only one variety on the shelf instead of dozens..

On the way home I stopped to take some pictures of the wheat fields....

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hollydolly said:
Our kids here have just broken up for the holidays. They don't return until the beginning of September...

Today has been warm... a little cloud with some sun... I drove a 50 mile round trip north to meet up with my friend, and also get some shopping at a big superstore there .. shelves were pretty empty sadly, the shortages seem to be getting worse..

I got everything I needed except 2 things... but some shelves were completely bare, and others like chocolate, there was only one variety on the shelf instead of dozens..

On the way home I stopped to take some pictures of the cornfields....

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@hollydolly .. corn fields? Looks like wheat .. :unsure:
 
CinnamonSugar said:
@hollydolly I'm sorry you're having shortages... do you think it's a true shortage or a self-fullfilling prophecy from the pics of bare shelves the media ran a few weeks ago?
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I think it could be a little of both tbh CS... the problem we have now is lack of manpower.. half the country are self isolating, a load of fruit & veg pickers were foreigners, as well as delivery drivers and production factory workers , and they left the country when we left Europe ( brexit).. and due to Brexit .. European leaders are pissed with us.. and so they're making all imports very difficult ,and truck drivers trying to do their job are having their days completely mangled up by needless red tape.. and so many drivers have resigned leaving a huge gap in the workforce for delivery drivers..

This month the govt have told Employers they will be responisble for more of the Furlough payment for their stay at home workers than they have for the last 18 months, so hopefully we'll get more people back into the workplace..
 
Kaila said:
Any news/update, on how your daughter is doing, @hollydolly ?
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she's better than she was Kaila , thanks for asking... she returned to work Yesterday after having 2 days off at the end of the week and spending the weekend in bed as well... she's still weak but she's eating at least and fortunately she works from home..( except Thursdays when she has to go into the office)
 
Eating too much today 🤦🏻‍♀️, some days are just like that ☹️. Got a few groceries. Mailed a check to son in law 😂 he thought he wasn’t getting anything. I would give a check to sons SO, but she would not take it. I so wish, they would marry.

Anyway, lots of running around so now tired. But got computer will plug it in tomorrow and see what got saved. Cashed couple refund checks. Got walking done.
 
The just-in-time economy that is now oops-we're-out-of-stock-no-idea-when-more-is-coming-in has me pulling my hair out again today.

I received a 1000 piece order late yesterday from one of my customers. Instead of being able to get everything I need from my primary distributor I had to purchase from six(!) different places. Half are on the other side of the country. Even with that, I couldn't get seven styles/sizes on the order.

I can substitute on a couple, but the rest will have to wait until garments arrive from overseas (at which point we'll embroider, heat press or screen print them, as the case may be).

For previous orders I'm still waiting for items I've had on backorder since mid-May.
 
Just got into our B&B, a historic mansion. We have "the ballroom" on the 3rd floor (dragged the suitcases up those steep stairs...huff huff puff puff.) It's 900 sq ft of room with a kitchen.I feel like I should have brought rollerskates to get from my bed to the bathroom.

Tomorrow....the Indiana State Fair, one of the great ones. All day. I'm going to see the chickens and the rabbits and the horses and the...... And the quilts, and the jellies and The World's Biggest Pig. And I'm going to eat every thing in sight AS LONG as it's guaranteed to be bad for me.
 
Well, computer would not connect to internet and all of my stuff was gone cause it crashed. 😭. I have played world of Warcraft for 12 years and will miss it. But I tell myself the game was just getting too hard for me anyway. Still I am sad.

I could buy another computer but I have decided not to. The desk top takes up too room. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Life takes another dump on my head. 😭😭😭. It has been a hard year.
 
StarSong said:
The just-in-time economy that is now oops-we're-out-of-stock-no-idea-when-more-is-coming-in has me pulling my hair out again today.

I received a 1000 piece order late yesterday from one of my customers. Instead of being able to get everything I need from my primary distributor I had to purchase from six(!) different places. Half are on the other side of the country. Even with that, I couldn't get seven styles/sizes on the order.

I can substitute on a couple, but the rest will have to wait until garments arrive from overseas (at which point we'll embroider, heat press or screen print them, as the case may be).

For previous orders I'm still waiting for items I've had on backorder since mid-May.
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Well, if it makes you feel better, and it won’t, husband couldn’t fine the peanut butter size he wanted today. Sams club was out.
 
jujube said:
Just got into our B&B, a historic mansion. We have "the ballroom" on the 3rd floor (dragged the suitcases up those steep stairs...huff huff puff puff.) It's 900 sq ft of room with a kitchen.I feel like I should have brought rollerskates to get from my bed to the bathroom.

Tomorrow....the Indiana State Fair, one of the great ones. All day. I'm going to see the chickens and the rabbits and the horses and the...... And the quilts, and the jellies and The World's Biggest Pig. And I'm going to eat every thing in sight AS LONG as it's guaranteed to be bad for me.
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I love to see the baby pigs-so cute. I like the long haired rabbits. Our fair should be soon. Have fun. Don’t envy you those stairs, I can’t climb stairs.
 
Another glorious sunny day not too warm...

I drove into North London, to pick up some stuff, and exchange an item of clothing I bought yesterday.. but this time to a different branch of the store. I got a pair of knee length cotton/linen shorts ...picked up a few other bits.. and went for petrol.. £1.37 per litre.... making £6.24 a gallon... :rolleyes:

I live in the countryside so it's common to see road-kill... but on the way into London on the motorway it isn't.. and today I saw a full size Deer lying on the central reservation.... and on the return journey just about a mile from the deer on the opposite side of the road.. I saw a big badger...

All this driving and gardening the last few days has caused me a lot of lower back pain, so late this afternoon I had to put a heat pad on my back, and I fell asleep ... for an hour😴..which means I'll probably be up very late tonight

Sun is shining nice and low now at 7pm so it's still warm..... I've just had Gluten free Chicken & mushroom crispbakes , with buttered sprouts for dinner....and I can hear the music of the ice cream van in the distance..
 

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