What are you doing today?

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RadishRose said:
Haven't done anything yet today but yesterday I made chicken parmesan and my grandson came over for supper. I made too much and even though I sent him home with some I still have more.

My DIL's mother died in the wee hours of yesterday morning. Heart attack. I didn't find out until late yesterday afternoon. Plans are not finalized yet. My poor DIL is devastated.

On Sat. we had a huge rain storm in CT with 4 low grade tornadoes.
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God bless your DIL, Radish. Must have come as a real shock to her.
 
The snow is gone and the rhododendron leaves aren't curled, so it isn't too cold out there. IMO, if you have rhodies, there is no need to check the weather report. I can only find three of the dog's snow boots, so the snow melted just in time.

Today, it's back to the kitchen to finish organizing and cleaning it (like spring cleaning -- I'm cleaning everything). A cabinet over the fridge is going to contain all the stuff we don't use. That way, my daughter will be able to find it if she wants to. Mostly it's stuff she bought because she didn't realize we already had it.

This is Aidan, dressed for very cold weather - rain or snow. He also has a red wool sweater, but not for times there is precipitation. He has never minded wearing boots and coats -- only hats. I cut the hat off his raincoat because, why keep it? My friends think Aidan looks like a train conductor in that photo.
 

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GeorgiaXplant said:
Woohoo! and other exclamations of delight:D The offer letter is in my inbox. I'm so freaking excited. And nervous. And stuff!
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You will be the boss's favorite employee, everyone will love you, and you'll get to meet lots of interesting people. If the biscuit place offers you more money, don't take it. They should have paid you that amount before, so it is an insult. That's my view anyway, when it has happened to me.
 
@WheatenLover No danger that they'll offer me more money. I'm already paid more than the assistant manager. Even if they did, I wouldn't accept. New job starts at 6am, not 4am. New job doesn't care if I have blue hair, current one doesn't allow "unnatural" hair colors except that the assistant manager has braided extensions in burgundy (they're really pretty!). No uniform required at new job except no ripped jeans, and we all wear store logo aprons, old job doesn't care about ripped jeans but requires a belt and we're required to wear store logo shirts that we have to buy.

I am ready and just waiting to hear from the clerk in the office...probably tomorrow because she only works until 12:30.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
@WheatenLover No danger that they'll offer me more money. I'm already paid more than the assistant manager. Even if they did, I wouldn't accept. New job starts at 6am, not 4am. New job doesn't care if I have blue hair, current one doesn't allow "unnatural" hair colors except that the assistant manager has braided extensions in burgundy (they're really pretty!). No uniform required at new job except no ripped jeans, and we all wear store logo aprons, old job doesn't care about ripped jeans but requires a belt and we're required to wear store logo shirts that we have to buy.

I am ready and just waiting to hear from the clerk in the office...probably tomorrow because she only works until 12:30.
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Do you have blue hair? I thought about getting mine dyed an unnatural color My daughter does that a lot, and then spends a fortune to keep it up or change to a different color. I don't like spending lots of money and time in stinky pursuits that take time to do, or doing all the stuff one has to do to keep the color fresh. I'm big on wash and go styles. Still, I might do it, but probably just a bit, not all my hair (when it finishes growing back.

Right now, I look like this ostrich at the Little Rock zoo.
 

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WheatenLover said:
Do you have blue hair? I thought about getting mine dyed an unnatural color My daughter does that a lot, and then spends a fortune to keep it up or change to a different color. I don't like spending lots of money and time in stinky pursuits that take time to do, or doing all the stuff one has to do to keep the color fresh. I'm big on wash and go styles. Still, I might do it, but probably just a bit, not all my hair (when it finishes growing back.

Right now, I look like this ostrich at the Little Rock zoo.
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Is your hair dark or fair? I saw a brunette with a wide streak of purple in her hair .. it looked good!
 
@WheatenLover It was blue until I signed on for the current job. I use a "color masque", not a dye, and gets lighter each time it's shampooed. It's not expensive...a jar costs less than $10. It will color about a dozen times. It takes about an hour, start to finish, and after all, I'm retired, right? Nowhere to go and nothing to do when I get there!

My normal color is white.

I was going to color it today, then stop in tomorrow to turn in my notice, but have decided to turn in my notice tomorrow and color it on Wednesday. I don't work again until Thursday morning...and I'll be working with blue hair until my last day, which I hope will be on the 27th. Well...yanno...the 27th unless they get their collective noses out of joint and fire me. That would be okay, too ;)
 
Pinky said:
Is your hair dark or fair? I saw a brunette with a wide streak of purple in her hair .. it looked good!
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Since I hate the odor of hair dye with an all-consuming passion, along with sitting for so long with nothing to do, my hair is grey. According to my hairdresser, it is the perfect shade of grey and is stylish right now. I don't care about that part, though. Still, I think it would be interesting to have unnatural colors added to it.
 
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@WheatenLover It was blue until I signed on for the current job. I use a "color masque", not a dye, and gets lighter each time it's shampooed. It's not expensive...a jar costs less than $10. It will color about a dozen times. It takes about an hour, start to finish, and after all, I'm retired, right? Nowhere to go and nothing to do when I get there!
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I didn't know about that product. It will be fun to try. Thanks!
 
Jules said:
Yay!!! Now you can let the biscuit place know.

I had no idea that businesses did all this research into an applicant’s background.
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They do criminal records checks, which I understand. But the credit checks, no. Too invasive. I didn't know courthouse records were checked, too. My only courthouse record is from my divorce 36 years ago. Seems weird to check that, too.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
@WheatenLover If there are Sally Beauty Supply stores near you, that's where I get it. The one I use is from BTZ and called Rock On Color Masque. The name of the color is Poppin Purple. If I'd leave it on long enough, it probably would be purple, but I only leave it on about five minutes to get the shade of blue I want.
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Thank you! My daughter will go there for me. We actually have one here in town!
 
moviequeen1 said:
On my early walk around 6:30,it was 34 with a dusting of snow on the grass
This morning,taking the bus to Walgreens where I have appt to get my booster shot
The rest of my day,call Canopy of Neighbors members which I usually do Mon mornings read NYT,my book. After dinner tackle NYT daily crossword puzzle see what's on TV
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an update, I filled out a couple of forms,got the booster shot didn't know I was suppose to bring my vaccination card with me as well. When I made the appt over the phone,didn't talk to a real person was automated, go figure! I couldn't get flu shot because of glitch in their computer system.In a couple of days, I'll go back for the shot&bring my vaccination card with me
 
moviequeen1 said:
an update, I filled out a couple of forms,got the booster shot didn't know I was suppose to bring my vaccination card with me as well. When I made the appt over the phone,didn't talk to a real person was automated, go figure! I couldn't get flu shot because of glitch in their computer system.In a couple of days, I'll go back for the shot&bring my vaccination card with me
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If you got the Covid booster today, you have to wait two weeks for the flu shot and if you got the flu shot you’d have to wait two weeks for the booster. You can get then together, on the same day, at the same time. Otherwise you need to wait.

If you get Covid, it is a 30 day wait till you can get the booster.
 
@moviequeen1 and @Aneeda72 Not so re the flu shot! Some say wait, but it isn't really necessary. I got the booster one day and the flu shot the next. The only reason for not on the same day was that I got the booster from Walgreen's because my Medicare is with Kaiser, and Kaiser didn't yet have the boosters. I got the flu shot next day at Kaiser. According to Kaiser, there's no reason to wait unless you want to be sure that you don't have a reaction to either one. It would make for two sore arms! Since I've never had a reaction to the flu shot, no problem. I had no reaction from the Covid vaccine, either. And had no reaction to either one when I got them one day apart.
 
I’m nervous about today, I’ve decided to change my doctor and they both work at the same medical centre. I have no complaints about her efficiency, but her strong Indian accent is almost impossible to understand and I have to ask her to repeat everything twice. So I’m feeling rather disloyal and know she will eventually discover that I’ve changed doctors after being her patient for 15 years and I don’t want to hurt her feelings. The new doctor I’m seeing today is also Indian but much younger.

The medical centre is ‘bulk billed’ which means you give them your Medicare card and it costs nothing. My husband goes to another medical centre where he pays $75 to see his doctor and gets a rebate of around $25 from Medicare. Luckily he only goes twice a year to renew his blood pressure medication script.
 
@mellowyellow I don't think she will mind, when she eventually notices you switched. There are many, many reasons why one might do so, which she knows, and some people do. Perhaps you'd had a friend or relative who wanted you to go to the other for some reason. From my experiences, they rarely mind.
I hope you interact well with the different one, and that you like the switch. If not , they might let you switch back.
 
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