What are you doing today?

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I've gotten in the routine of spending 1 to 3 hours in the morning unpacking and trying to find a place to put the items I unwrap. I still haven't located my baking sheets!

Today I made cornbread and had a big chunk for lunch. My cornbread is more savory than sweet - I put shredded cheese and spicy seasonings in it.
 

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Been quite a stressful day today for me.. when I get stressed I clean... and that's what I've been doing today.. a whole house ..clean... including all the curtain rails.. and blind cords.. :oops:..stomach has been upset due to the situation ( not the cleaning) , and that's a real annoyance ... ..:rolleyes:...just had an early shower, it's close to 8 pm.. might go and watch some TV

Had some supportive messages from friends and my daughter and that always keeps me sinking too low ......still, this too shall pass... ( so they say).. who are THEY anyway ? 😖
 
hollydolly said:
Been quite a stressful day today for me.. when I get stressed I clean... and that's what I've been doing today.. a whole house ..clean... including all the curtain rails.. and blind cords.. :oops:..stomach has been upset due to the situation ( not the cleaning) , and that's a real annoyance ... ..:rolleyes:...just had an early shower, it's close to 8 pm.. might go and watch some TV

Had some supportive messages from friends and my daughter and that always keeps me sinking too low ......still, this too shall pass... ( so they say).. who are THEY anyway ? 😖
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Hollydolly, I hope tomorrow is much better for you.
 
hollydolly said:
Been quite a stressful day today for me.. when I get stressed I clean... and that's what I've been doing today.. a whole house ..clean... including all the curtain rails.. and blind cords.. :oops:..stomach has been upset due to the situation ( not the cleaning) , and that's a real annoyance ... ..:rolleyes:...just had an early shower, it's close to 8 pm.. might go and watch some TV

Had some supportive messages from friends and my daughter and that always keeps me sinking too low ......still, this too shall pass... ( so they say).. who are THEY anyway ? 😖
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Sorry about your bad day, @hollydolly … may tomorrow be better! 😌
 
hollydolly said:
Been quite a stressful day today for me.. when I get stressed I clean... and that's what I've been doing today.. a whole house ..clean... including all the curtain rails.. and blind cords.. :oops:..stomach has been upset due to the situation ( not the cleaning) , and that's a real annoyance ... ..:rolleyes:...just had an early shower, it's close to 8 pm.. might go and watch some TV

Had some supportive messages from friends and my daughter and that always keeps me sinking too low ......still, this too shall pass... ( so they say).. who are THEY anyway ? 😖
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Please take good care of yourself hollydolly. :)
 
After yesterdays announcement i’m staying in Wales...but i can’t decide which of the two rugby games in town to go to....so i’m either watching Cwmbran v Abergavenny or Croesyceiliog Youth v Whiteheads
youth.
And before that breakfast watching Andy Murray 🎾 in the final in Sydney.
 
My day to see Joey. Picking him up, picking up taking out -due to Covid, bringing to the apartment to eat, taking him back home. It’s so hard for him as he is on “lockdown” and can’t go out. Everyone is worried he will get Covid again. But now that he has the N95 masks that will let him go out a little, I hope.

He called really upset because he won’t get a birthday party at the workplace. Poor guy. I told them they would do the party when he came back and that seemed to calm him down some. He loves going places and interacting with people. Such a shame his lungs are so bad.
 
I woke up at 6:45, knew it was going to be a 'bone chilling' day,so I dressed in long underwear and layered clothing. I ck'd my phone at 7:10 it said 7 degrees.
All bundled up I walked 3 blocks to local store to get Sat NYT,it wasn't bad because there really wasn't much of a breeze. A couple friends who live here in the apt building are always amazed I would go out when its this cold . I tell them 'I used to walk to work in this type of weather, doesn't bother me' I like to start the day by taking a walk even if its short just to get exercise/fresh air
My plan for the day, to help Lisa&Sharon,daughters of my late next door neighbor, Pat. They plan to come over this morning, pack up the kitchen. I see them every couple of weeks,leave any important mail on the living rm table
I may go for another walk this afternoon
 
Right now, I'm standing in the kitchen with my finger hovering over the 911 button because the Spousal Equivalent, who somehow thinks he can do electrical work, is doing electrical work in the kitchen without turning off the circuit breaker because, and I quote, "I know what I'm doing and I'm not going to electrocute myself!" (He doesn't and he might....)

There is no arguing with a man who "knows what he's doing", so I'm in the living room waiting for the sizzling sound so I can start CPR and call the paramedics.

Even if he doesn't fry himself, I'll probably have no electricity in that half of the kitchen until we can get an electrician to show up on Tuesday....or maybe Wednesday, possibly by the end of the month.....

Update: he still has a heartbeat and is making his first of several trips to Home Depot for electrical parts.

It's gonna be a long day.

Sigh.
 
jujube said:
doing electrical work in the kitchen without turning off the circuit breaker because, and I quote, "I know what I'm doing and I'm not going to electrocute myself!" (He doesn't and he might....)

There is no arguing with a man who "knows what he's doing",
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You're right. There's no good reply to that.
If you said, No, you don't, or,
I disagree with that statement,:sneaky:
It wouldn't be productive or have any positive outcome, nor move things in a better direction. :rolleyes:;)

Patience, perseverance, and hope (and pray if you're so inclined)
and even worry,
are likely the better options, in such situations. :confused::whistle::whistle:
 
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jujube said:
Right now, I'm standing in the kitchen with my finger hovering over the 911 button because the Spousal Equivalent, who somehow thinks he can do electrical work, is doing electrical work in the kitchen without turning off the circuit breaker because, and I quote, "I know what I'm doing and I'm not going to electrocute myself!" (He doesn't and he might....)

There is no arguing with a man who "knows what he's doing", so I'm in the living room waiting for the sizzling sound so I can start CPR and call the paramedics.

Even if he doesn't fry himself, I'll probably have no electricity in that half of the kitchen until we can get an electrician to show up on Tuesday....or maybe Wednesday, possibly by the end of the month.....

Update: he still has a heartbeat and is making his first of several trips to Home Depot for electrical parts.

It's gonna be a long day.

Sigh.
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You have a wonderfully entertaining way of weaving a tale, Jujube. Thanks for the morning laugh.
 
moviequeen1 said:
I woke up at 6:45, knew it was going to be a 'bone chilling' day,so I dressed in long underwear and layered clothing. I ck'd my phone at 7:10 it said 7 degrees.
All bundled up I walked 3 blocks to local store to get Sat NYT,it wasn't bad because there really wasn't much of a breeze. A couple friends who live here in the apt building are always amazed I would go out when its this cold . I tell them 'I used to walk to work in this type of weather, doesn't bother me' I like to start the day by taking a walk even if its short just to get exercise/fresh air
My plan for the day, to help Lisa&Sharon,daughters of my late next door neighbor, Pat. They plan to come over this morning, pack up the kitchen. I see them every couple of weeks,leave any important mail on the living rm table
I may go for another walk this afternoon
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I really admire you and your early morning walks!

I've been over here in California hibernating all the month so far of January.
And, our mornings have only been in the 40s, and reaching up to the low 60s by mid afternoon..
 
jujube: Follow that, as they say.
Today we travelled across the county of Dorset to the county town called Dorchester. My wife is going to have a go at making herself the outfit worn by Alison Doody in the role of Elsa Schneider.
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We were there to visit a milliner to discuss the making of the hat. Being covid aware, we had to make an appointment which we did. Not judging the travelling time too well we arrived about forty minutes early, but as luck would have it, there's a lovely cafe just a short distance away.
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We indulged ourselves with coffee & cake, well I did, my wife's gluten free looked a bit healthy but she seemed to enjoy it and a second coffee washed the cake down well, it also took us up to our appointed time. So paying our bill we left there and walked down to the milliner's shop:
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The shop was like an Aladdin's cave of hats, fascinators and other accoutrements. Tina, my wife, was measured and re-measured so that her new hat could be worn at various angles. The milliner said that she could clean and stretch the rather tight fitting hat of mine.
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and she said that she could have Tina's hat made in time for her birthday at the end of February. All in all quite a pleasant day, if only there was some function or other that we could go out to this evening, our day would be complete.
 
He's back from Home Depot. Things are not going well.

Any minute now, this all will become my.fault, mainly because I was the one who discovered that the outlet was loose and was only intermittently working. This automatically makes it my.fault, right? Otherwise, things could have gone on swimmingly for a long period until the wall caught on fire, at which time it would somehow evolved into my.fault. I mean, it's only logical that it's my.fault.

I've taken 911 off speed dial and added the electricians number. I have a feeling that he'll be here before the ambulance. If not, it'll be my.fault.

Pray for me. You'll probably have time for a 30-day Novena before this is done.
 
If y'all don't know, one should add healthy doses of both green chilies and cheese to corn bread. I wouldn't lie about something so important.

I swear that everybody in town was at Kroger this morning. And they all wanted croissants (biggest seller in the bakery, with chocolate chip cookies close behind). I'm going to be seeing croissants in my sleep. One lady wanted the ones she saw on the rack as I was taking it out of the oven. Wut? Um. Those are too hot to package and won't be cool enough for at least two hours. I told her that the ones already out were baked at 6 am and packaged at 8am. Nope. She didn't want them because they weren't fresh. Oy.

Didn't count but think I also baked about 20 dozen choc chip cookies. They get packaged 16 to a box and were almost all gone when I left at 12.

And...I won $4 on my mega millions ticket. Probably going to keep the day job. Whaddaya think?

Waiting for the rain and maybe sNOw and possibly ice to start later this evening. Just in case, I'm going to make meatloaf, mac & cheese, Brussels sprouts for supper tonight so that if the power goes out during the night, we'll still have meatloaf for sandwiches tomorrow.
 

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