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palides2021 said:
Today, I will be working on a chapter of my dissertation. It means I have to read, write, review, and sit at my desk for hours. Will try and walk my daily walk, though.

Learned that three of my poems have been accepted in an international poetry journal. Celebrating with a piece of chocolate with my coffee.
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What is the general subject of your dissertation? My stepdaughter finished hers this past summer. She is supposed to send it to me, so I can bravely read it. I never have understood exactly what the subject is, much less anything about that subject. It has something to do with composition, rhetoric, gender studies, and some more stuff. I figure google will be my friend, because this is very important to her, and I want to comprehend what she is talking about.

I am really impressed that three of your poems got accepted by the international poetry journal.

I cannot write poetry to save my life, and I have always wanted to. Same with singing and drawing. It's a pisser, but I'm glad we have people like you to rely on.
 

StarSong said:
Starting yesterday I'm working on food prep dry-runs for next weekend's baby shower. The menu is proving to be a greater challenge than expected. Our mom-to-be has developed gestational diabetes serious enough to require meds. Other attendees include vegans, vegetarians, a gluten-free vegan, two keto eaters, a close family member is allergic to cumin, cilantro and some other spices, plus some who eat standard fare.
Planning to make a couple of versions of some foods and, will provide ingredient information for everything. Hoping for the best...
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I have known people who would never go to all that trouble. I'm glad you do, and it is very thoughtful and loving of you.

As for myself, every party I ever gave, I asked all the guests about their food allergies and aversions before I made up the menu. For decades, people thought this was weird, but I don't get those comments any more. Of course, people who had to avoid certain foods or ingredients never complained, they were simply surprised to be asked.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Now I'm gonna fold and put away the laundry and maybe take a short nap. Or maybe skip the nap and play solitaire on the laptop.
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I once decided to go to bed after I lost the next Solitaire game. I started at 8 pm. I finally threw in the towel at 7 a.m. because I was exhausted and I could not lose! That was a once in a lifetime experience, I'm sure.

Now I play Mahjong, and I doubt I will even break 72,000 points. There are people who get over 100,000 points in a game, and I can't figure out how they do it. Some day, when I get sick of Mahjong, and I stop competing with myself and the 100,000 pts peeps, I will return to solitaire.
 
Aneeda72 said:
monitoring her peeing and pooping,
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Just don't send microscope slides of the above to your relatives and/or friends. Go to the vet, instead, if problems arise.

A relative did that, accompanied by texts asking me to peruse them carefully for various parasites. I thought that was the ultimate something -- not good. At the time she had 10 cats who all seemed to have problems.

I think you are a great dog mom. Re puppy showers, what a great idea! Well, if you could register for it, so you'd get what you want.
 
PamfromTx said:
What I did today.

I have been at an Imaging Center in McAllen, Texas since around 9 a.m.; just got home.

The neatest thing (well, to me) is that there is a Radiologist there to discuss the findings of any diagnostic tests that are done. I had a mammogram, breast ultrasound and a chest x-ray today. I couldn't even stand for the chest x-ray because I was so tired due to lack of adequate sleep and I was so cold there. And of course, I was alone.

The good news? NO CANCER... this time. I burst into tears; happy tears. I wanted to hug someone but they wouldn't allow it with the pandemic. The Radiologist said I could hug her in a year perhaps.

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(((hugs))) from me, Pam. Yay!!
 
Well it's almost 8pm... the sun stayed out until I came out of the surgery having had my Jab, and intending to take some new Autumn pics..but alas it had already clouded over in the village ...so I drove over to the next large town where the big Discount hardware stores are on 2 separate retail parks looking for something specific, which according to their websites they had in stock.. but no they did not.... 😖

Anyway bought a few bits.. another box of disposable gloves and some other stuff, didn't spend much.Noticed the petrol is up to £1.49 per litre at the BP forecourt...:eek:..good thing I didn't need any fuel..that's an absolutely scandalous price...

Got caught in the roadworks from hell on the way home, took an hour and a half (instead of 20 minutes) .. to get back in the dark , with traffic blocked in every direction

I've been suffering from tennis elbow in my left arm for a few weeks which is so painful it wakes me up at night.. so I had the jab in the same arm ( no use spoiling 2 arms) ... now almost 5 hours after having it my shoulder is starting to ache...

Gonna go make a nice cuppa hot tea...
 
Irwin said:
We need to rent a storage unit for unnecessary clutter. We have a small house and it's not easy for my wife to get around with all this crap, but she refuses to throw anything away. She gets emotionally attached to her stuff. I'm just the opposite. I only keep the essentials.

saw some mouse poop the other day and set a trap, but no bites yet.
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My dog, Aidan, spotted a mouse in the house last night. He was unable to catch it because it ran under something and the dog couldn't fit. That is both good and bad. Bad because that particular mouse problem is not solved. Good, because when he does catch one, He kills it instantly and then chases me with it in his mouth. He thinks it's fun to chase a screaming mom.

Mice coming into houses is normal here when the weather turns colder. Unfortunately, there is no way to figure out how they are getting in. I already know that there are multiple places but haven't located any. When I looked at the house months before renting it, all the floors were covered in droppings. By the time we moved in, no mice until last night.

This time my plan A is to completely sterilize the house, and starve out the mice. They will have to go. I've already put food they can get into into cabinets with heavily magnetized doors. They can chew through any plastic or paper/cardboard. So my pantry is now full of canned goods and various kitchen stuff we don't use often.

Plan B is setting traps, but I hate to kill them. I am always afraid one or more of them won't die, but be injured and in pain. Don't use humane traps because I am not going to drive 5 miles to set mice free.

Plan C is not figured out yet. Maybe it will swap with plan B.

Meanwhile, one of the reasons I got a Wheaten Terrier is that they are good mousers. I just didn't figure on my screaming and running away become a fun game for my dog. I've had terriers, and for some reason I was no longer used to them and was surprised by his hijinks. He will chase anything that moves, and screaming ups the fun factor.
 
Murrmurr said:
I'm just about fully recovered from having 3 toddlers in the house for 4 days.

Now I need to get the place ready for Paxton's regular weekend with me (w/o the twin sibs). Like get his bike, Legos and blocks, and his paints and easel outa the closet, set up his Hot Wheels track, change his bed, etc..
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One thing toddlers love in the summer - painting with generic Cool Whip they dye themselves with liquid food covering. Put it on a plastic table (on which they "paint"), and hose it and them down when art time is over.

They also like being given a big metal serving spoon (Goodwill) and digging holes to China. Better if it rains. And if no rain, use the hose. Then rinse them off before they come inside.

There are no mothers or grandmothers who like these ideas, based on my experience, but I like kids to have a lot of fun. Sounds like you do, too. I had 4 toddlers at once (triplets + one).
 
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As a favour to a friend.......

..........I agreed to allow two people (a man and a woman) to come and visit me to give advice on saving energy.
They seemed nice enough, but quite quickly I twigged that they just wanted to sell and install all the latest energy saving devices, and a completely new heating system.
They told me that after installation, I would notice my bills coming down almost instantly, and after about 12 years the system would have paid for itself.
I lied by telling them, "I can't afford such large amounts of money, and besides, my existing systems are working perfectly"
They told me, "You can't afford not to update, it's your duty to do your bit for the future."
I then told them, "Even if I had the money, at 83 I'm hardly likely to see a return on the investment."
They persisted, and that is when I asked them politely to leave, well, not exactly polite, I opened the front door and told them to p**s off. They wear shocked, perhaps they don't understand 'French'. 😊
 
katlupe said:
Every time something bad happened in my life, what kept me focused was having to care for my critters. No matter what, I could not crawl into bed and cover my head and cry......they needed me.
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That's why when my 8 year old Rough Collie died, and I could not function without a dog, we got Aidan a month later. He needed me all the time, being a puppy with many great ideas that he thought of, with me being astonished because I couldn't predict what he would do. This helped me.

It took me 2 years to get fully over losing my collie. It took me 5-6 months to get used to Aidan not being anything like a collie. My collie was no trouble and was extremely helpful to me in our daily lives. Aidan is now a nearly 11 year old toddler, still. Aidan makes me laugh all the time.
 
hollydolly said:
I've been suffering from tennis elbow in my left arm for a few weeks which is so painful it wakes me up at night.. so I had the jab in the same arm ( no use spoiling 2 arms) ... now almost 5 hours after having it my shoulder is starting to ache...
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I got tennis elbow from participating in a snowball fight. I was determined to hit my husband and was kind of far away, so I threw the snowball extra hard. It was extremely painful. I can't remember what I did for it, after being in so much pain for a couple of weeks. Maybe I went to the doctor and saw a physical therapist... that's what usually happens when I injure myself.

I hope your tennis elbow gets much better very soon.
 
WheatenLover said:
One thing toddlers love in the summer - painting with generic Cool Whip they die themselves with liquid food covering. Put it on a plastic table (on which they "paint"), and hose it and them down when art time is over.

They also like being given a big metal serving spoon (Goodwill) and digging holes to China. Better if it rains. And if no rain, use the hose. Then rinse them off before they come inside.

There are no mothers or grandmothers who like these ideas, based on my experience, but I like kids to have a lot of fun. Sounds like you do, too. I had 4 toddlers at once (triplets + one).
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I was single dad to 3. The youngest was 9 months old when their mom left us.
 
WheatenLover said:
What is the general subject of your dissertation? My stepdaughter finished hers this past summer. She is supposed to send it to me, so I can bravely read it. I never have understood exactly what the subject is, much less anything about that subject. It has something to do with composition, rhetoric, gender studies, and some more stuff. I figure google will be my friend, because this is very important to her, and I want to comprehend what she is talking about.

I am really impressed that three of your poems got accepted by the international poetry journal.

I cannot write poetry to save my life, and I have always wanted to. Same with singing and drawing. It's a pisser, but I'm glad we have people like you to rely on.
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Thank you for your interest! That's wonderful that your stepdaughter is writing hers. It's not easy reading someone's dissertation, I know. My advisor sent me a couple to look at so I can get an idea how it's like, and my eyes were glazed by the time I finished. Good luck with that!

My dissertation has a very narrow focus and is a qualitative study. I will not discuss here, because it's copyrighted, but it has to do with me reading lots books and writing critically about them. haha :)

I've been writing poems since a teenager, but got busy with life. Every so often, I'll send one off to be published. A friend of mine published hers in this journal, so I also sent mine in. Was happy they accepted. You can start writing poetry by taking a paragraph of your writing and formatting it so that it looks like a poem. A lot of poets do that. Really. You'd be surprised what's out there.

See example below (it's not really a poem, but an example of one, if you're interested):

POEM

I've been writing poems since a teenager,
But got busy with life. Every so often,
I'll send one off to be published.
A friend of mine published hers in this journal,
So I also sent mine in. Was happy they accepted.

You can start writing poetry by taking a paragraph
Of your writing and formatting it
So that it looks like a poem.
A lot of poets do that.
Really.
You'd be surprised what's out there.
 
WheatenLover said:
Just don't send microscope slides of the above to your relatives and/or friends. Go to the vet, instead, if problems arise.

A relative did that, accompanied by texts asking me to peruse them carefully for various parasites. I thought that was the ultimate something -- not good. At the time she had 10 cats who all seemed to have problems.

I think you are a great dog mom. Re puppy showers, what a great idea! Well, if you could register for it, so you'd get what you want.
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I’d love to send my brother sample of her poop, 😂. Now that’s a great ideal. 😍
 
WheatenLover said:
My dog, Aidan, spotted a mouse in the house last night. He was unable to catch it because it ran under something and the dog couldn't fit. That is both good and bad. Bad because that particular mouse problem is not solved. Good, because when he does catch one, He kills it instantly and then chases me with it in his mouth. He thinks it's fun to chase a screaming mom.

Mice coming into houses is normal here when the weather turns colder. Unfortunately, there is no way to figure out how they are getting in. I already know that there are multiple places but haven't located any. When I looked at the house months before renting it, all the floors were covered in droppings. By the time we moved in, no mice until last night.

This time my plan A is to completely sterilize the house, and starve out the mice. They will have to go. I've already put food they can get into into cabinets with heavily magnetized doors. They can chew through any plastic or paper/cardboard. So my pantry is now full of canned goods and various kitchen stuff we don't use often.

Plan B is setting traps, but I hate to kill them. I am always afraid one or more of them won't die, but be injured and in pain. Don't use humane traps because I am not going to drive 5 miles to set mice free.

Plan C is not figured out yet. Maybe it will swap with plan B.

Meanwhile, one of the reasons I got a Wheaten Terrier is that they are good mousers. I just didn't figure on my screaming and running away become a fun game for my dog. I've had terriers, and for some reason I was no longer used to them and was surprised by his hijinks. He will chase anything that moves, and screaming ups the fun factor.
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We had a terrible mouse problem in our first house in Utah. Droves of them. Joey’s cats used to play with them but not kill them ☹️. After Joey and the cats left, we had dogs that never caught them and we used kill traps. But still tons of mice, and couldn’t find d where they were coming in.

Then we had our bathtub replaced with a shower base. There was a board missing under the tub, lots of mouse crap, and the Issue was finally solved. Course, then we sold the house. 😂
 
WheatenLover said:
One thing toddlers love in the summer - painting with generic Cool Whip they dye themselves with liquid food covering. Put it on a plastic table (on which they "paint"), and hose it and them down when art time is over.

They also like being given a big metal serving spoon (Goodwill) and digging holes to China. Better if it rains. And if no rain, use the hose. Then rinse them off before they come inside.

There are no mothers or grandmothers who like these ideas, based on my experience, but I like kids to have a lot of fun. Sounds like you do, too. I had 4 toddlers at once (triplets + one).
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I used hose to them off after birthdays when they were swimming in food and cake and other stuff, the other stuff came out of the other end. They thought it was great fun. 😂
 
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WheatenLover said:
I hope you don't have a ton of cooking magazines to go through. My method is to stuff the recipes I like into a couple of fat files, and then never look at them again. That, in turn, gives me something to do the following winter. I still have my Mother Earth magazine articles about becoming self-sustaining in every way. That, of course, will never happen. I keep them just for daydreaming.
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I have forced myself to stop buying cooking magazines although I love them. They are very expensive now and, you know, I do not cook, so sadly I have given them up.
 
WheatenLover said:
went to $6/lb. I was aghast. When it went to $7, I tried a cheaper brand. It barely passed muster. When my brand went to $8 lb, I tried turkey bacon from Aldi (under duress). It barely passed muster. When it got higher, I think (but have to double check) that that I got my anti-
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WHile reading your post, it got to the end of a line, with anti-

And I expected that sentence to continue with:
...I got my anti-depressants dose increased.
:LOL:
That might have been a sensible course of action.:ROFLMAO:

WheatenLover said:
That is, if I don't drive my daughter around the bend with this little ingredient gathering project.
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Perhaps Think carefully, on which you need more;
those type of biscuits/gravy/etc, or your daughter. :giggle::D:):love:
 

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