What are you doing today?

[Kaila]

@MickaC That sounds like a discouraging situation you had with those days surrounding Christmas. Sorry they weren't smart enough to share and deliver a nice meal for wonderful you. (Like you or I would have done... )

 

[Jules]

You are going out to get groceries when is -41 degrees? How? How do you go out in that temperature and not freeze to death instantly? How is it a car can even start in that cold?

Cars have block heaters to plug in to or they’re in a garage. We do drive on square tires for the first km.

 

[Aneeda72]

Cars have block heaters to plug in to or they’re in a garage. We do drive on square tires for the first km.

We had to do that in Wisconsin, plug a block heater in

 

[Tish]

Spoiling my baby girl, she turns 37 today.

 

[MickaC]

You are going out to get groceries when is -41 degrees? How? How do you go out in that temperature and not freeze to death instantly? How is it a car can even start in that cold? How is it that the food you buy doesn’t freeze before you get home? How are you dogs still alive? Did I misread what you wrote temperate wise?

It is 4 degrees here. I have that meeting today. I really do not want to go although it will warm -to 17 or so. My car will be warm. But I still have to walk back and forth to the car. Ugh.

# 1.....we're Canadians.
# 2.....as Jules posted......block heaters.....with vehicles now, if you have your vehicle plugged in, the block heater on vehicles cut in when it gets down to a certain temp and not before......my Chev is a 2014 and it's like that.
I have a insulated garage, not heated, and i've never plugged it in yet.....in fact the plug in has never been pulled out from inside.
My garage is about 12 to 14 degrees warmer than outside.
# 3.....I leave it running while shopping.
# 4......my dogs are out for jobs only, even so, they sometimes have to make 2 trips out if their feet get too cold.....Micki and Noah waste a lot of time eating snow first.....get cold.....go back in.....then out again......typical kids......i carry Shaalee out, and in after her jobs.
Canadian.....you gotta be tough......but.....complaining helps somewhat.

 

[horseless carriage]

# 1.....we're Canadians.
# 2.....as Jules posted......block heaters.....with vehicles now, if you have your vehicle plugged in, the block heater on vehicles cut in when it gets down to a certain temp and not before......my Chev is a 2014 and it's like that.
I have a insulated garage, not heated, and i've never plugged it in yet.....in fact the plug in has never been pulled out from inside.
My garage is about 12 to 14 degrees warmer than outside.
# 3.....I leave it running while shopping.
# 4......my dogs are out for jobs only, even so, they sometimes have to make 2 trips out if their feet get too cold.....Micki and Noah waste a lot of time eating snow first.....get cold.....go back in.....then out again......typical kids......i carry Shaalee out, and in after her jobs.
Canadian.....you gotta be tough......but.....complaining helps somewhat.

Did you know that London lies further north than almost all major Canadian cities, including Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto? Yet we don't endure temperatures so cold that we have polar bears. An ocean current known as The North Atlantic Drift, laps our shores after it has journeyed from the equator. How fortunate are we?

Today I am doing house-husbandly chores. Cleaning, vacuuming, cooking the meal, ( mushroom stroganoff,) since you asked. That is so my brother's grandchild, the daughter of his only child, my niece's little girl, will have her cotton anglais dress ready for a fitting tomorrow. My good lady is still sewing away in her (wo)man cave, in order to have it ready for tomorrow's fitting. Photos later, if it fits.

 

[Kaila]

Canadian.....you gotta be tough......but.....complaining helps somewhat.

Oh I agree with this useful philosophy, that can be applied to so many of life's situations!

Thanks for those interesting explanations, too, both @Jules and Micka!

 

[jujube]

I am slowly recovering from my epic day yesterday at Legoland with a 2 year old and a 5 year old and what seemed to be millions of other park goers.

Lines were insane, the few restaurants that didn't run out of food had lines an hour or more long to wait in, and my feet hurt. The line to even get into the park was endless.

The 2 year old didn't want to ride in the stroller, of course. Tantrums were thrown (mine included) and the 5 year old complained all day.

As the cherry on top of the sundae, we couldn't remember where we parked and it took a half hour to find the car.

I know better than to go to theme parks during holiday seasons.....really I do. It was temporary insanity.

 

[peppermint]

Just went for a short swim. Now I am lying on the verandah sunning myself

That is nice....But we are in cold weather....Just have another swim for me.......

 

[Aneeda72]

I am slowly recovering from my epic day yesterday at Legoland with a 2 year old and a 5 year old and what seemed to be millions of other park goers.

Lines were insane, the few restaurants that didn't run out of food had lines an hour or more long to wait in, and my feet hurt. The line to even get into the park was endless.

The 2 year old didn't want to ride in the stroller, of course. Tantrums were thrown (mine included) and the 5 year old complained all day.

As the cherry on top of the sundae, we couldn't remember where we parked and it took a half hour to find the car.

I know better than to go to theme parks during holiday seasons.....really I do. It was temporary insanity.

So in other words-you and the kids had a great time

 

[Kaila]

The 2 year old didn't want to ride in the stroller, of course. Tantrums were thrown (mine included) and the 5 year old complained all day.

This definitely indicates they had a great time, and is their clearest way of expressing their appreciation!

I know better than to go to theme parks during holiday seasons.....really I do. It was temporary insanity.

There's the lesson worth learning....again and again!

 

[Trila]

Going to venture out for groceries.
Don't have to do any snow shoveling.
Some extra laundry.

Trying to get over my pouting session......this does sound selfish, but here goes.
After supper on the 23, i had my foster daughter pick up the Christmas gifts.
She mentioned 2 of the kids were getting sniffles, the third one was at his dads.
In the afternoon on Christmas Eve she decided to drive an hour.....to get the kids and herself tested, which she told me when they got home at 5:30.
Of all the sniffles, colds they've had since covid started, she didn't have them tested.
So, had to quarantine till results got back.....which came back negative for the kids on Christmas day, and hers negative on boxing day.
Her partner didn't get tested. ???????? not sure why.

Last year due to covid we couldn't be together, but she brought over a nice Christmas supper.
But.....
She didn't this year......why not.....don't know.....she just came to the door and left it last year......nothing this year.
Wasn't prepared for making my own.......so had a TV dinner.
No sign of a supper coming.
Trying to get over this.

 

[Irwin]

I finally got around to bringing our CR-V in for new struts. Going to a repair shop is never a pleasant experience and this time was no exception. They'll promise you all sorts of things on the phone, but when you bring in your vehicle, surprise, surprise!

I called the Goodyear dealer last week to get a quote. Naturally, I forgot to bring the quote along with me today but I remembered it to be $741 and that's what I told the salesmen. He entered some numbers into the computer and told me that it's going to be a bit more than that. He gave me a price of $1,250! So I took a look at the numbers. The struts alone came to $800! I asked him if they were Monroe struts and he confirmed that they were. I told him that I could buy them for $250 on Amazon, which means he could get them for half of that since wholesale is usually half of the retail price.

So the salesman says he's going to see what he can do and enters some numbers into the system. He says he's going to apply some discounts. After finagling the price a bit, he comes up with another total. He asks me, "How does $746 sound?" and I told him that was fine. That's the total cost of the job including installation, parts, and a wheel alignment. I handed him the key and headed home on foot.

I was going to ride the bus, but when I entered the start and end addresses into the RTD trip planner, it just gave me the route for me to walk home since it's only 1.1 miles. F*ckers.

So I get home and the first thing I do before even taking off my coat was to look at what I wrote down when I got the quote over the phone. To my surprise, the original quote was for $886! $140 more than what it's actually going to cost me!

Should I tell them?

 

[dseag2]

We had dinner with our nephew, who is stationed in Japan with the Navy and was passing through Dallas on his way home. It was so great to see him again, since we have been involved in his life since his birth. He is now 24 years old.

We grilled him with questions about what he does aboard the ship, his experiences in Japan and his future intentions. It seems Japan is serious about video games, which he has always been a fan of, and when he started to share all the information about which character he is and what his powers are, I tuned out. But we love him immensely.

 

[katlupe]

No special plans today. Drinking coffee and whatever strikes me I will do.

 

[horseless carriage]

Today I am doing house-husbandly chores. Cleaning, vacuuming, cooking the meal, ( mushroom stroganoff,) since you asked. That is so my brother's grandchild, the daughter of his only child, my niece's little girl, will have her cotton anglais dress ready for a fitting tomorrow. My good lady is still sewing away in her (wo)man cave, in order to have it ready for tomorrow's fitting. Photos later, if it fits.

The fitting will be tomorrow, but you can all have a sneak preview.

 

[Jackie23]

Today is grocery pick up day...and a few other errands in town.

 

[hollydolly]

well it's early afternoon, and I've been on the go non-stop from 6am until getting back home. My Car passed it's MOT with only 4 minor advisories...woohooo...

Dropped it at the garage at 8am, first one there, glad I got there 15 mins early because within minutes of arriving the places was packed with cars waiting to get repairs and tests... got a bus home.. first time on a bus in years , hadn't been back more than 30 minutes when I got the call the car was done, so I had to get a bus back again....so funny, because I didn't know how to pay it's been so long and everything has changed sine last I travelled by bus , but of course I didn't have to pay because now I'm 66 I get it free with a bus pass .. ..see there are some advantages in getting older... not many but I do like those which save me money..

Collected the car, then went shopping.. haven't been shopping since well before Christmas and the sales are on.. so I got..a whole bunch of stuff for really knocked down prices.. including black suede ankle boots £10 down from £45..and 2 pairs of pretty trainers ( the latter both just £5 each..down from £25)... got a potted fake heather plant in a wooden frame plant pot £5..down from £22...

..and 2 loose tunic sweaters.. reduced to £5 each from £25...( as I didn't get any Christmas gifts this year, they can be my presents to myself)

Still raining.... my back is breaking from lugging all the groceries as well... ..I was going to do the vac'ing but it'll have to wait now while I get a heat pad on my back... ...good day tho'.. all that clothing and hardware stuff.. all my groceries.. ( and not Aldi)... and the cost of my MOT.. came to just £141.00

 

[horseless carriage]

well it's early afternoon, and I've been on the go non-stop from 6am until getting back home. My Car passed it's MOT with only 4 minor advisories...woohooo...

so I had to get a bus back again....so funny, because I didn't know how to pay it's been so long and everything has changed sine last I travelled by bus , but of course I didn't have to pay because now I'm 66 I get it free with a bus pass.

It was a couple of years after getting my free travel bus pass that I first travelled by bus, since my student days, that is. Not a clue! Other passengers were zapping some gizmo alongside the driver's left arm. The driver smiled and said: "Born again bus traveller?" "you could say that," I replied, "Go on," he coaxed, "when was the last time?" "Pre-decimal currency days, when you got on the back of the bus and paid a bus conductor," I confessed. "I guessed as much," he said, still smiling, then took my pass and did something or other at, or over, the gizmo. I looked down the bus for a seat and saw everybody grinning at me. "What did I do that's so amusing?"

 

[Sliverfox]

Took down the little Christmas tree that hubby cut .
Was loosing ts needles.
Cleaned those up,,,now taking a short break.

 

[katlupe]

I have started off the day by taking every single thing out of a kitchen cupboard that is in the corner under the counter. It goes way back, but impossible to get anything out in the back without taking EVERY SINGLE thing out in front of it. I believe it was previously used for pots and pans. Since I do not need it for that, I have things in there that are big and awkward. Trouble is I never use them because they are too much trouble or I forget that I even own them. So trying to come up with a better solution.

 

[Sliverfox]

Got any old cookie sheets that would fit in there?
Put what you don't use often, on them & slide them in/out.

Sounds like originally corner cabinet was for a 'lazy Susan'?
Hmm?
Another thought is get a small turn table to put in there.

I have one that my mother used for crafts.

 

[moviequeen1]

On my early walk this morning at 6:40 walked on the driveway a couple of times,temp was 35
This morning 'spur of the moment' I took the bus went to local grocery store'TOPS
because I needed a couple items which turned into a few more. There weren't many customers in the store,probably will be swamped tomorrow.I was home within the hour
This afternoon I walked to the mailbx at end of my street,continued on to my close friends, Marcia&Dave's house{they live 2 blocks away} I had an article from yesterday's NYT. I had a nice short visit with Marcia,still feels strange not to see family dog Aker aka my 'buddy boy' bounding about

 

[J-Kat]

I got home from my Christmas trek to a relative's home on Monday. I drug everything into the house and left it all until I could relax and get some rest. Today I took down all the Christmas decorations and de-decorated the tree. Boxed everything and put it away until next year. Only thing still up that is Christmasy is a wreath on the front door which I think I will leave there until New Year's Day. Unpacked the gifts I received and have put them all away. Spent some time thinking about what I want to have for New Years dinner and will likely have to do some grocery shopping tomorrow. I do enjoy Christmas but it seems I am always glad when it is over.

 

[hollydolly]

I got home from my Christmas trek to a relative's home on Monday. I drug everything into the house and left it all until I could relax and get some rest. Today I took down all the Christmas decorations and de-decorated the tree. Boxed everything and put it away until next year. Only thing still up that is Christmasy is a wreath on the front door which I think I will leave there until New Year's Day. Unpacked the gifts I received and have put them all away. Spent some time thinking about what I want to have for New Years dinner and will likely have to do some grocery shopping tomorrow. I do enjoy Christmas but it seems I am always glad when it is over.

sorry I'm a little confused , why did you take drugs into your house ?