What are you doing today 2023

[RadishRose]

It's almost 2pm on a sunny cold 33F afternoon. I haven't done much more than clean the kitchen. I actually got up at 7:30, but fell asleep again watching TV. Then I started here. Time to feed poor puppy.

 

[NorthernLight]

Erm ... It's almost noon already. Baaaad case of the winter blahs.

I'll do some exercises. Tonight I host the trivia game. I don't have enough laundry for a load, but I need to wash dishes.

I'll continue looking up questions for future use in the trivia game. I bought a used game, but the questions and answers are printed on special cards that are supposed to be read in a pocket with a red window. Like this:



I found the card reader to be unusable. I looked around for red plastic film but couldn't find any. Yesterday I saw a pencil sharpener with a translucent red receptacle. With that and a flashlight, I can read the questions.

When I find appropriate questions, I copy them into notebooks.

 

[Kaila]

Don't worry, @hollydolly ,

and all of the rest of us, with serious jumping challenges
(myself included!)

these are Mental Mattress Jumping Activities!!!

Except for @Trila 's demonstrations!

 

[Shalimar]

@Kaila and @Shalimar But...can we trust @Trila with demonstrating somersaults? And splits? Let's not even think about that! I mean...keep in mind her ability to break bones with no effort whatsoever...jussayin'

One more thing apropos "extra" fabric...back in the day, when the mantra was "use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without" that extra fabric became rag rugs. So help me, we had rag rugs everydamnwhere! Aunts, mother, grandmothers...when they weren't knitting, crocheting, sewing, they were braiding fabric for rag rugs.

Hmmm. If I ever cut my super long hair, perhaps I should put it in braids first. Then I could make a hair rug.

 

[Kaila]

What about the splits?

Is that an offer?

 

[Shalimar]

Is that an offer?

Why not?

 

[Alligatorob]

Went to the gym this morning and have PT right after lunch. My knees are slow progressing, not whole yet but headed that way. So I am thinking of stopping the PT. I can do most of what PT does at the gym. Think I will discuss it with them today.

 

[Kaila]

Hmmm. If I ever cut my super long hair, perhaps I should put it in braids first. Then I could make a hair rug.

Oh, good idea!
As was said, they would braid everything for rugs!
Let's see; now what else do I have around here, that possibly could be braided, and turned into something else?
Does it really have to be something that is no longer being used for its first purpose?

 

[Alligatorob]

What about the splits?

Is that an offer?

Banana?

 

[Kaila]

Why not?

I can't think of any reason!
(Thank you and everyone else here, for the laughs, which I did need, today!)

 

[Georgiagranny]

Oh, good idea!
As was said, they would braid everything for rugs!
Let's see; now what else do I have around here, that possibly could be braided, and turned into something else?
Does it really have to be something that is no longer being used for its first purpose?

My uncle used to tell everybody to hang on to anything that could be made into a braided rug because my aunt would snatch it up and make a rug out of it.

I went to visit them for lunch years ago when I lived in El Paso and they were in Tucson. (In those days, driving 300 miles for lunch was something we didn't give a second thought.) When I got there, all the windows were bare. WTH?

Me: Where are the drapes?
Uncle: Your favorite aunt made them into rag rugs.

True story!

She's the same aunt who could and would make just about anything edible into a casserole. She'd put leftovers in a casserole dish, throw on a biscuit topping and call it dinner. Uncle said he quit asking "What's for dinner?" because he knew it would be whatever they'd had the night before with a biscuit topping

 

[Kaila]

That's so funny, @Georgiagranny
So if someone visited, who was wearing a wonderful fabric shirt or skirt, she might say, after having served lunch:
I see a small spot of gravy on your clothing; Just slip it off for a few moments and I'll have it all clean for you!

But they never saw it again!

 

[Pecos]

I will be finishing my taxes today and giving them a final check before transmitting them to the federal and state. I’ll get small refunds from both, but I am just happy that I don’t owe anything.

I transmitted my taxes a few minutes ago and am happy to have this annual nightmare out of my hair.

 

[Kaila]

....untill perhaps years later, when they visited again, for a holiday....and there was a fine hallway runner...

or worse yet, the year she'd made small rugs to give to everyone of the visitors, for a gift!

 

[Georgiagranny]

That's so funny, @Georgiagranny
So if someone visited, who was wearing a wonderful fabric shirt or skirt, she might say, after having served lunch:
I see a small spot of gravy on your clothing; Just slip it off for a few moments and I'll have it all clean for you!

But they never saw it again!

Keeping in mind that lunch was a casserole of last night's dinner with a biscuit topping

 

[jet]

haveing a brandy or two,,,,,laying on settee,legs ache,arms ache,headache,me gouts killing me,,,grrr cheers

 

[Kaila]

Keeping in mind that lunch was a casserole of last night's dinner with a biscuit topping

I did forget that , but Brilliant woman, she was!
What could be bad, with a biscuit topping?

 

[Georgiagranny]

haveing a brandy or two,,,,,laying on settee,legs ache,arms ache,headache,me gouts killing me,,,grrr cheers

Never mind a brandy or two. Get the bottle and a straw! You'll still be in pain but too soused to care.

 

[MickaC]

I like the way you look for other ways to use things!! I do the same thing, and nothing is wasted. Worst case scenario, the extra covers would wind up in my "extra fabric" bin.

Extra fabric bin……..never have enough of those. .

 

[MickaC]

I’d been wondering how you Texans were doing after reading your weather reports. My DD & her husband have postponed their drive to the northeast in the RV.



My little guy liked his crate covered on the top too. Nice fluffy towel inside too.

In Micki’s crate, I used to have a cotton cover on her cushion……but…..since Corgis are heavy shedders, her hair would be all over, because it didn’t stick to the Cotten cover……so……I changed and put a thick towel in there, and the hair stayed put on the towel.
Every morning I would take a lint brush and remove the hair……works great.

 

[hollydolly]

Just found 6 more shirts belonging to my husband.. they were my favourite shirts... my head says donate them like all the rest , my heart says no... * stupid*

 

[Pappy]

Had to get bloodwork done for the second time. Doctor said he got a crazy reading from last weeks blood work. Came home, ate lunch and took a very short nap. Needed to get groceries so we did that. My day in full.

 

[Right Now]

I transmitted my taxes a few minutes ago and am happy to have this annual nightmare out of my hair.

Good for you!

I am looking forward to doing my taxes this Friday.. the day is predicted to be brutally cold, about 11 degrees for the high temps, so I won't go out. I am one of those weird folks who like to do their taxes. But then, I normally get back a couple of thousand dollars, so that could explain part of the fun!

 

[MrPants]

What do you use?

I gently scrape off any 'chunks' of stuff with a plastic spatula then spread on a paste made from combining baking soda & white vinegar. If you have any old dishtowels, soak them in warm water and lay them over flat surfaces where you put the paste on (helps to loosen burned on stuff). Let all that sit for 4-5 hours (overnight is ideal) then wipe up the resulting mess. The oven racks go to the laundry room tub where they soak in hot water for a while then I grab a couple of SOS pads and take off all the crap. It's a pain because you have to rub off each wire separately so it takes a while but they come up pretty clean after that.

Does a decent job. Probably not as good as those caustic store bought oven cleaners but I hate those. Breathing in any fumes is brutal and if any drips on the wrong kind of flooring material, you've got a problem bigger than just a dirty oven.

 

[hollydolly]

Whaddya think I've been doing just a short while ago at almost midnight ?.... ironing ! ..Ironing...

I haven't ironed ( I did steam something last week with the hand held).. but I haven't Ironed anything in about a year...with the steam iron and ironing board

I hate un-ironed clothes, and all my clothes are either those that don't need ironing.. or are already ironed and hanging in the closet...

I bought 4 or 5 things in the last 6 weeks which all need ironing .. and they've been hanging up waiting to be ironed and for some reason tonight it was playing on my mind to do it... so there I was at almost midnight.. ironing