What are you doing today 2023

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Sippican said:
Thanks Kaila!
The picture is during my early morning walk down the beach.
When you watch the sun come up every day, you truly realize that every day is a new day.
Day to clean the slate, put yesterday behind you and begin the ongoing saga of your life, looking forward to all the unknowns that may happen.
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Wonderfully said!
And I have been to your area, a few times, and it is beautiful!
A wonderful part of your State!
 

hollydolly said:
lol..well I think people outside of the USA are more confused .... especially those of us living in a country with only one time zone :LOL:
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This is a good point but I think it should help them understand how vast the distances are here and how different the people are from each other in the US. We are a very different place than many other countries around the world.
 
Myrtle said:
This is a good point but I think it should help them understand how vast the distances are here and how different the people are from each other in the US. We are a very different place than many other countries around the world.
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oh yes I understand that you are a very different place to the rest of us..lol.... I think everyone outside of the USA knows that..:D However, as a matter of interest Russia has 11 time zones and yet it's still very much like the rest of Europe, and it's people throughout the whole of Russia tend to be very similar in their outlooks and lifestyles..
 
hollydolly said:
oh yes I understand that you are a very different place to the rest of us..lol.... I think everyone outside of the USA knows that..:D However, as a matter of interest Russia has 11 times zones and yet it's still very much like the rest of Europe, and it's people throughout the whole of Russia tend to be very similar in their outlooks and lifestyles..
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Fascinating perspective and input, there, Holly.🤓
 
hollydolly said:
oh yes I understand that you are a very different place to the rest of us..lol.... I think everyone outside of the USA knows that..:D However, as a matter of interest Russia has 11 times zones and yet it's still very much like the rest of Europe, and it's people throughout the whole of Russia tend to be very similar in their outlooks and lifestyles..
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Well, it's certainly not timezones that make us different except in the case of size between countries. It's so many things that we love and that the rest of the world just doesn't quite get. :ROFLMAO:
 
Just me poppin in again.
Today I started to lift the interlocking wood? tiles on my balcony floor. Got them in Ikea six years ago.
Too bad coz I like them so much.
The balcony is 18ftx5ft so a lotta tiles there.

Management are finally getting to the job of repairing concrete floor, painting and whatever else they need to do so everything has to be cleared off.
We have been hearing this from them in the last four years and it seems finally they are getting down to it !

I am just doing a couple of strips at a time sitting on a chair so not overdoing it. Trouble is I don't know where to put them now. I am not bringing them indoors as they could have little beasties lodged in them and they are dirty but a good wash and they could be used again.

I gotta get me a nice toy boy to help me take them to the dump.
Charity shops are not too interested in them.

Right now off for some lunch then maybe a couple more strips before the rain hits and thankfully a little cooler today..
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I was woken up earlier than desired by a very good phone call, from a guy in the next building that can be hired to take people to appointments, and he is available to take & stay & return me from/to my colonoscopy on Wednesday. It is such a relief to have a plan in place, and although it costs money it makes me feel less guilty to pay instead of asking near-strangers to accompany me. Though when I was asking people yesterday it was nice how helpful people wanted to be. One would have done it but has an appointment the same day/time in the opposite direction. And even a person in a wheelchair hatched a creative plot to pretend that it was her appointment and I was accompanying her and then she could schedule the handicap-accessible-taxi. Also, someone found me a website for my county where people over 60 can get free rides from volunteers to appointments and grocery stores (but the ride has to be booked a few weeks ahead of time), which might be quite useful in the future. Maybe I should volunteer with them and give a few rides to build up my karma.

My attempt to use fabric paint on the free old chairs I got has failed. Probably with more effort and experience I would be able to do a better job at it, but I think I will give up and instead see if I can find some harmonious fabric to lay over the stained seats (and probably tack it down somehow). And I am feeling much less grossed out about them now that they are well scrubbed, lead-tested, and had lots of sun and fresh air on my balcony, so I plan to move them into my apartment today (and then I'll try to wrestle the love seat out for its turn).

I was using dark blue fabric paint but (not too surprisingly) wound up with a dark green color as the result. I think I should have thinned out the paint with fabric softener like I saw in one YouTube instead of following the directions on the bottle, then I think maybe the brush strokes and color coverage would have been better):

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HoneyNut said:
I was woken up earlier than desired by a very good phone call, from a guy in the next building that can be hired to take people to appointments, and he is available to take & stay & return me from/to my colonoscopy on Wednesday. It is such a relief to have a plan in place, and although it costs money it makes me feel less guilty to pay instead of asking near-strangers to accompany me. Though when I was asking people yesterday it was nice how helpful people wanted to be. One would have done it but has an appointment the same day/time in the opposite direction. And even a person in a wheelchair hatched a creative plot to pretend that it was her appointment and I was accompanying her and then she could schedule the handicap-accessible-taxi. Also, someone found me a website for my county where people over 60 can get free rides from volunteers to appointments and grocery stores (but the ride has to be booked a few weeks ahead of time), which might be quite useful in the future. Maybe I should volunteer with them and give a few rides to build up my karma.

My attempt to use fabric paint on the free old chairs I got has failed. Probably with more effort and experience I would be able to do a better job at it, but I think I will give up and instead see if I can find some harmonious fabric to lay over the stained seats (and probably tack it down somehow). And I am feeling much less grossed out about them now that they are well scrubbed, lead-tested, and had lots of sun and fresh air on my balcony, so I plan to move them into my apartment today (and then I'll try to wrestle the love seat out for its turn).

I was using dark blue fabric paint but (not too surprisingly) wound up with a dark green color as the result. I think I should have thinned out the paint with fabric softener like I saw in one YouTube instead of following the directions on the bottle, then I think maybe the brush strokes and color coverage would have been better):
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I do not think there is a volunteer transportation service in my area.
 
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