Share your day December 2013

TICA

TICA

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Holy Moly!!!!!!!!!!! December already. It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.......... (sing along folks)....:)
 

Pappy said:
Don't know the words.
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The version I always sang for my kids ...

They're Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christians

They're beginning to look a lot like Christians
Everywhere, you know
Take a look in the church's pew
Glistening with the dew
Of altar boys that vanished long ago

They're beginning to look a lot like Christians
Crosses in every home
But the scariest sight for me
Is the vault of the Holy See
Out in old-town Rome

A pair of black rubber shoes and a key to the loos
Is the wish of old Father Ken
Then he will talk and go for a walk
With the Smith brothers, Barney and Ben
And Mom and Dad can hardly wait
For Sunday school again ...


There are 12 more stanzas, but for the sake of brevity I'll stop here ...
 
Aaaahhhhhhh. :) Just got all my Christmas shopping done without leaving the house. Well, more a December birthday shopping but let's not get detailed.
While discussing what my cousin's wife would like for her birthday/christmas he said she's hinting about a gadget from a local Retailer but he's already bought her something else so... here's the deal.
He'll buy and pick it up on his way home and give it to her from me, and I pay him for it by buying the sunglasses with a spy camera and recorder built in, and other 'toys' from Kogans that he wants to tease the Grandkids with but that she forbids him to waste money on and he doesn't want her to know he intended to buy anyway, as his pressy from me. Now he won't get into trouble for them, everyone gets what they want and it's all too easy.

I don't want or need anything so their present for me is the time and money they've spent on petrol coming up here to support me for the last few months. If only all Chrissy shopping could be worked out that way eh?
 
Just back from my three laps of the local Westfield shopping centre, now organising a street party for next Sunday arvo, chasing up acceptances.
We have lots of wonderful neighbours. :)
 
I spent some time yesterday collecting leaves wit the cyclone. A lot more to collect today. Brooke planted garlic in one of the raised beds.

Trying to cut back on food to make up for Thanksgiving meal but I keep remembering hoe good the sweet potato pie was. And I've got lots of sweet potatoes.

I've also got honey and pecans for a pecan pie. I'm out of pie crusts though and that's one thing I don't try to make.

I wonder how the sweet potato pie would be with a graham cracker or Oreo pie crust, Anybody use these?
 
Plenty of leaves here...I try to chop them up with the lawn mower and put them in flower beds or make paths with them. I've been clearing out Thanksgiving, getting ready for Christmas, most all the shopping done, now to decorate.

Lol..Di, you can't beat that shopping.
 
I just ordered a supposedly high-quality set of stick-on letters for my laptop's keyboard.

Whether it's because this monster is several years old now, or because my fingers have the ability to penetrate 3" of pine boards in a single blow, or because I don't trim my fingernails enough, many of the letters are faded to near-invisibility and several keys actually have little depressions in them.

I actually don't need the letters all that much, as I'm a half-touch-typist :playful:, but for roomie's sake and for the sake of a healthy appearance - and as an early Christmas present for my old friend HP - I was willing to part with $6 to see if these things really work. If they do, the seller also has a set with Arabic letters that I might order, just for shites and giggles.
 
Rkunsaw:
I wonder how the sweet potato pie would be with a graham cracker or Oreo pie crust, Anybody use these?
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Not in sweet potato pie, but anything with chocolate is okay by me...
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I'm going to try to get back to the leaf pile today..I really need to get on it hard as they are predicting ice and snow toward the end of the week.
 
Had a Dr appt earlier today and she prescribed a "puffer". This cold just won't go away!

Picked up a few groceries too but only because I wanted some apple cider. I went to a play yesterday at my neighbor's church and saw a wonderful performance of the Wizard of Oz. We go every year to see what the Christmas production will be and I'm always amazed at the local talent. Anyway, during intermission they had goodies for sale and I had some warm cider that was great, so now I'm on a cider kick.

I'm reading about everyone dealing with the leaves and as I sit here looking out the window, I'm feeling guilty because I should be out there raking too but honestly, I just don't have the energy right now. If I don't get them raked up, I don't care! I really do but am convincing myself I don't. What will be - will be.
 
SifuPhil said:
I just ordered a supposedly high-quality set of stick-on letters for my laptop's keyboard.

Whether it's because this monster is several years old now, or because my fingers have the ability to penetrate 3" of pine boards in a single blow, or because I don't trim my fingernails enough, many of the letters are faded to near-invisibility and several keys actually have little depressions in them.

I actually don't need the letters all that much, as I'm a half-touch-typist :playful:, but for roomie's sake and for the sake of a healthy appearance - and as an early Christmas present for my old friend HP - I was willing to part with $6 to see if these things really work. If they do, the seller also has a set with Arabic letters that I might order, just for shites and giggles.
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Stick-on letters..(they do work just fine by the way Phil) ..I buy large size stick-on letters every time I get a new keyboard.
I do not like the teeny-weeny lettering on keyboards - what most people call "normal".. lol ... sight problem here..:magnify:

..anyway ..
last week I got a new keyboard .. only this time, I bought a large letter keyboard, and skipped the stick-on letters. So I got this really cool black and silver keyboard from VisiKey and to my surprise it came with a protective skin .. rubber/silicone? .. (I don't know the difference) .. and the skin has the keyboard printed on it (it's black not clear)

I don't know if the skin is good for typing manuscripts or volumes of anything at high speed, but I love it for what I do.
It hugs the keyboard tight .. no more food crumbles!
 
Sorry you are still under the weather TICA! .. it's got to give soon.

I joined all you leaf rakers today ... 2 hours and 4 large contractor bags full ...
I'm done for today. My back can't take anymore!
 
Boo's Mom said:
Stick-on letters..(they do work just fine by the way Phil) ..I buy large size stick-on letters every time I get a new keyboard.
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Thanks for the reassurance - I've never used them before.

Last week I got a new keyboard .. only this time, I bought a large letter keyboard, and skipped the stick-on letters. So I got this really cool black and silver keyboard from VisiKey and to my surprise it came with a protective skin .. rubber/silicone? .. (I don't know the difference) .. and the skin has the keyboard printed on it (it's black not clear)

I don't know if the skin is good for typing manuscripts or volumes of anything at high speed, but I love it for what I do.
It hugs the keyboard tight .. no more food crumbles!
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I just took a look at the Visikey site - those are awesome! I hope you didn't pay more than $30 or $40 for it - that seems to be an average price. Let us know how it goes! It certainly makes more sense to use the whole key-face instead of just one corner of it ...

The only experience I've had with skins (the keyboard variety, at least :devilish:) was in industrial settings where the skin was made of seemingly bulletproof plastic, and it was usually several years old and as yellow as a sunflower with jaundice. They also had stiffened up over time - I guess they lost their plasticizers, poor lil' darlin's - so your fingers would bleed if you used them for any length of time.
 
My day so far? Put it this way: if I had to pay myself to clean my oven, I couldn't afford me. The Easy Off can says "Heavily encrusted areas may need a second application." Second application has been applied. If the Lord's willing and the creeks don't rise (as we used to say in Texas), it's working. If not? Well, it'll just be a CLEAN heavily encrusted area:D
 
I HATE LEAVES!!!!!!!! Six straight hours on the leaf blower today and I'm a quivering bundle of aches and pains. Sitting here with an ice pack on my wrist, and downed a pain pill. My back is screaming,"Revenge is mine!", and feet are throbbing from working on the hill all day...I am going to cut every damned tree within 500 feet of this place down!!

I still have at least 6-8 more hours of blowing before I'm done, and it's a toss up which gives out first, me or the leaf blower.

Hubby said the bright side is we won't have to do it again until next year....I asked him who this we person is, and when are they showing up ?

In all fairness he would help, but he has a lung disorder and the last thing he needs to do is get into the mold and dust. He's making dinner for me, so it's somewhat a fair trade.

Thanks for letting me whine.

TICA..sorry you're under the weather..hope you get better soon, and you have the perfect excuse for not raking leaves. You do not want to stir up dust and leaf mold while you're sick!

Boo's Mom...Wanna borrow my chain saw...the perfect solution for no more leaf raking..LOL
 
SifuPhil said:
I just ordered a supposedly high-quality set of stick-on letters for my laptop's keyboard.

Whether it's because this monster is several years old now, or because my fingers have the ability to penetrate 3" of pine boards in a single blow, or because I don't trim my fingernails enough, many of the letters are faded to near-invisibility and several keys actually have little depressions in them.

I actually don't need the letters all that much, as I'm a half-touch-typist :playful:, but for roomie's sake and for the sake of a healthy appearance - and as an early Christmas present for my old friend HP - I was willing to part with $6 to see if these things really work. If they do, the seller also has a set with Arabic letters that I might order, just for shites and giggles.
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I have been using stick on fluorecent letters for a couple of months and find them great, out of the 3 colours orange , hot pink, and green the green i find the best,
the ones i use are called Glowing Keyboard Stickers made by Funky Rico, i love them as i can see all the keys easily.
 
Jill, I dig the holes and fill them in, I got to open gardens (all over the State), and I go to the club functions. I'm just basically a nice guy ..... who can't cook. ;)

Next week, it's the Lawnton Ladies menopause group Christmas lunch.
 

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