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Pinky said:
Doug Ford worked his magic to drop gasoline prices for the next few months .. wheeee!
https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1002172/ontario-government-providing-more-relief-at-the-pumps
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Not too bad. I read the article, and while the gas tax reductions only total about 11¢ per liter, your province has also given drivers relief through other vehicle fees.

"Vehicle owners in Ontario will see significant direct savings from the gas tax cut and the elimination and refunding of licence plate renewal fees, with households benefitting from an average combined savings of about $465 in 2022."
 

More painting.. I hadn't planned to do this, because the downstairs doors are already fine, I painted those last year just after o/h left.. but... I painted them using the white paint we had in the shed, and the new paint I've used for the upstairs doors is much more brilliant white.. Having painted all the way down the handrail and the Newel posts top and bottom , I could see the disparity between the shades of white.. so I've painted the downstairs doors and frames as well .....🏡 enough now.. :D

It's sunny and warm, .. with intermittent cloud at nearly 2.30pm.. and I have 2 more fence ornaments to put up... 🐞...so I may do that this afternoon at some point..
 
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Just had dinner..yesterdays left overs of Truffle pasta in chicken noodle soup with sugar snap peas.. and I added some boiled potatoes cooked in their skins and ate it while watching the F1 Grand Prix .

Washed up.. took some photos of my painting efforts.. got every window in the place open to try and dry the paint quickly..
 
Bella said:
I agree, @Em in Ohio. Same here. The electric tools are easier to manage and maintain, so I'm willing to deal with the cord. I've checked out all types of battery-powered and gas-fueled equipment. Yes, both types can be heavy. I'm a little gal, so how much a tool weighs is an issue for me, because holding it up and operating it for any length of time becomes a real struggle. I'm always very careful when using corded tools so I don't accidentally cut the cord or electrocute myself. 27

Bella ✌️
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Ditto on the "little gal," plus I have elbow issues, so light is the way to go. As to being careful, DUH- Do you know how quickly an electric hedge trimmer can cut through an extension cord? Let me assure you, it's pretty darn fast!
 
WheatenLover said:
My landlord's mother was a hoarder. It took 9 huge dumpsters to get all the stuff out of the house before I moved in. The worst part was that most of it had already been done! She mostly hoarded clothing, washing machines, and stoves.
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@WheatenLover

It drives me nuts when my Mom will say things like "I'm leaving this for you to go through, when I'm gone". Worse yet, she adds instructions like "be sure you sell this (item) for a good price, don't just give it away!"

Dio 🐐 has seen it happening all along. When Mom is gone, he plans on calling an auction service. Whatever doesn't sell....pitch it! I'm glad that he has a plan. Right now I'm fighting my own battle....I don't want to fight hers too!

Speaking of fighting the battle, I've been working on it all morning. Progress is slow, but right now I'm feeling really good about what I have accomplished. I know it's just a drop in the ocean, but I will get it done!
 
Jules said:
Please keep reporting on your IP tests, @StarSong Six minutes of electricity isn’t much. How is the cleanup. Our canned garbanzos are usually $2, on sale, which I hope they are now because I just used the last can.
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Wanted to to let you know I tried kidney beans in the instant pot. Soaked a pound of dried beans overnight, then did an 8 minute IP cycle. As with the garbanzos, when the time was up I turned off the IP and let the pressure come down by itself. I opened it up about an hour later (got distracted) and they were perfect!

As with the garbanzos, what I won't be using over the next couple of days got split into manageable quantities (9 oz., for me), ziplocked and frozen. I can buy a one pound bag of dried kidney beans for $1.00 but the best price on cans is $.80 each. Drained cans yield roughly 9 oz of beans. A pound of dried kidneys yielded 36 oz of drained beans.

Since I use at least 3 cans of garbanzos a week (we eat a lot of hummus), and not nearly as many kidney beans, I'll probably only cook a cup of kidneys going forward rather than a whole pound, but will continue garbanzos by the pound.

For now I'm mostly experimenting to decide if it makes sense for me to buy an IP. Next up is a lentil stew recipe I created that uses green enchilada sauce and curry. Sounds weird, but it's quite delicious. Leftovers freeze nicely, too.
 
My desk is covered in photos and has been for ages. I suppose I should attempt to take more photos - it’s hard holding the camera steady. My old flatbed scanner doesn’t do a great job and the multi scanner is refusing to work and even if it did, doesn’t handle these odd shapes. I hate this job and anything chore I hate gets protracted.

Kicking myself for debating on a white blouse last week; will return to see if it‘s still there.

Walking - twice or more per day. I really don’t have anything else to do.
 
Trila said:
I was at my Mom's house yesterday, and I've been trying to put my thoughts together, about what happened. To start, I have to back up...

When my parents moved from Illinois to Arkansas in 1988, Dio 🐐 drove the moving truck, and unloaded it. He said that he was amazed at the things that he took off of that truck...including 17 old bowling balls!!!! And after my Dad died, Dio 🐐 went through endless paperwork that was in the desk. He found every pay stub that my Dad had ever gotten....all the way back to when my Dad was 14 years old! I guess that this should have been an indicator of what was to come, but I never saw it.

So yesterday, I was in what used to be my Dad's room. Suddenly, I just stopped. I stood there and slowly looked around the room. I was appalled at what I saw! For the first time in my life, I saw how cluttered the room was. I mean really cluttered, with misc junk on the floor around the edges of the room. How is it that I just never noticed it before?!!. I went into my Mom's room...there was clutter on every flat surface of the dresser. I went to the living room, there was junk and multiple magazines on every table....and my Mom rarely ever reads! As I looked around, I was appalled and almost wanted to cry! I was thinking that this is exactly what I do not want to become!!One of my big issues

I should have taken pictures. I don't think she qualifies as being a hoarder yet, but it's a fine line! She just has "stuff" everywhere!

This is what I'm up against for myself!!!! 😲 I stood there and thought about how hard this
fight as been for me, and now I know why! I am not as bad as my Mom, yet....and now is the time to be sure that I never do get like this!!! The battle rages on!
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Okay, I'm taking this as a personal wake-up call - I'll start decluttering NOW! Admittedly, having been working-poor for much of my life, I tended to save just about everything because I might need it someday. It's a hard pattern to break. One of my big issues was, and still is, hanging onto paperwork. What if I need it someday? Well, heck - now, just about everything that ever was that is potentially important has been digitized. It's time to let go!
 
@StarSong The IP seems really worthwhile for you, just for the cooking the beans alone. Can you buy packages of organic beans? When there’re on sale I buy organic though they still not inexpensive even at Costco.

Do you find the IP fussy to clean up?
 
So far I have been up since 6 am when I got a phone call from an old friend of mine. I got scared when I realized who was calling so early. She was crying and I really got upset. She said she needed advice from me. she proceeded to tell me that 20yrs ago her husband of 40yrs had an affair, she said they worked it out and stayed together. She said last night she found out he was still seeing the woman and they had a child together that was in his teens. She said obviously she should have divorced him years ago, but she never realized how much he loved the other woman. She asked me what she should do since I've been married for over 50yrs. I told her I don't have any advice to give her and truthfully it is none of my business..Did I do the right thing?
 
Trila said:
@WheatenLover

It drives me nuts when my Mom will say things like "I'm leaving this for you to go through, when I'm gone". Worse yet, she adds instructions like "be sure you sell this (item) for a good price, don't just give it away!"
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You absolutely do whatever you want with the stuff when the time comes and have absolutely no guilt about it. What a burden that kind of comment can be. But don't let it. Ignore it.
 
Sassycakes said:
So far I have been up since 6 am when I got a phone call from an old friend of mine. I got scared when I realized who was calling so early. She was crying and I really got upset. She said she needed advice from me. she proceeded to tell me that 20yrs ago her husband of 40yrs had an affair, she said they worked it out and stayed together. She said last night she found out he was still seeing the woman and they had a child together that was in his teens. She said obviously she should have divorced him years ago, but she never realized how much he loved the other woman. She asked me what she should do since I've been married for over 50yrs. I told her I don't have any advice to give her and truthfully it is none of my business..Did I do the right thing?
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Yes. You can't make the decision for her. Of coarse, I know none of her financial situation and if she could make it on her own. People who have been married along time and find themselves single can have a really hard time with it emotionally. I'd just be there for her, validate her, but you can't make the decision for her. I'm sure she's devastated.

And damn that was a little early to call.
 
Organizing my bedroom. Putting away a bunch of clean clothes....the laundry I did before my trip to the spa. Taking a break now.
My therapist suggested a short bed rail, to help me stand up from bed. Julie is coming out to put it on my bed.
It is this..similar to what I had in rehab
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Em in Ohio said:
Ditto on the "little gal," plus I have elbow issues, so light is the way to go. As to being careful, DUH- Do you know how quickly an electric hedge trimmer can cut through an extension cord? Let me assure you, it's pretty darn fast!
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I'm only little, so everything has to be lightweight for me where possible. All my tools are cordless... the hedge trimmer, the lawnmower, the Long reach hedge trimmer ( the latter is quite heavy )... ..
 
Sassycakes said:
So far I have been up since 6 am when I got a phone call from an old friend of mine. I got scared when I realized who was calling so early. She was crying and I really got upset. She said she needed advice from me. she proceeded to tell me that 20yrs ago her husband of 40yrs had an affair, she said they worked it out and stayed together. She said last night she found out he was still seeing the woman and they had a child together that was in his teens. She said obviously she should have divorced him years ago, but she never realized how much he loved the other woman. She asked me what she should do since I've been married for over 50yrs. I told her I don't have any advice to give her and truthfully it is none of my business..Did I do the right thing?
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Nope, sorry. If my friend had reached out to me with a broken heart and sobbing down the phone because of her husband's affair..I'm not going to tell her it's none of my business.. absolutely not!
 
Jules said:
@StarSong The IP seems really worthwhile for you, just for the cooking the beans alone. Can you buy packages of organic beans? When there’re on sale I buy organic though they still not inexpensive even at Costco.

Do you find the IP fussy to clean up?
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It's only slightly more to clean up than traditional pots and lids that go on a stove. I agree that an IP will be a useful, worthwhile investment for me.

I buy regular dried beans or legumes, not organic. I give dried beans a good rinse, then soak 8 hours or so. Discard the soaking liquid and rinse again. Then cook with fresh water.

p.s. Rinsing, soaking and cooking liquid goes on my roses, orange tree and lemon tree. Same with water from cooking pasta and almost all other kitchen water. Most water not used for drinking gets used twice.
 
Sassycakes said:
So far I have been up since 6 am when I got a phone call from an old friend of mine. I got scared when I realized who was calling so early. She was crying and I really got upset. She said she needed advice from me. she proceeded to tell me that 20yrs ago her husband of 40yrs had an affair, she said they worked it out and stayed together. She said last night she found out he was still seeing the woman and they had a child together that was in his teens. She said obviously she should have divorced him years ago, but she never realized how much he loved the other woman. She asked me what she should do since I've been married for over 50yrs. I told her I don't have any advice to give her and truthfully it is none of my business..Did I do the right thing?
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Why would you not take a stand on an old friend being treated so badly? If your friend reaches out to you, confides her pain and asks for your advice, she's making it your business and wants your counsel.
hollydolly said:
Nope, sorry. If my friend had reached out to me with a broken heart and sobbing down the phone because of her husband's affair..I'm not going to tell her it's none of my business.. absolutely not!
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I'm with Holly 100%.
 
StarSong said:
Wanted to to let you know I tried kidney beans in the instant pot. Soaked a pound of dried beans overnight, then did an 8 minute IP cycle. As with the garbanzos, when the time was up I turned off the IP and let the pressure come down by itself. I opened it up about an hour later (got distracted) and they were perfect!

As with the garbanzos, what I won't be using over the next couple of days got split into manageable quantities (9 oz., for me), ziplocked and frozen. I can buy a one pound bag of dried kidney beans for $1.00 but the best price on cans is $.80 each. Drained cans yield roughly 9 oz of beans. A pound of dried kidneys yielded 36 oz of drained beans.

Since I use at least 3 cans of garbanzos a week (we eat a lot of hummus), and not nearly as many kidney beans, I'll probably only cook a cup of kidneys going forward rather than a whole pound, but will continue garbanzos by the pound.

For now I'm mostly experimenting to decide if it makes sense for me to buy an IP. Next up is a lentil stew recipe I created that uses green enchilada sauce and curry. Sounds weird, but it's quite delicious. Leftovers freeze nicely, too.
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@StarSong, do all the IPs come in the one size or are there smaller sizes too?
 
When I went through my traumatic event, I just wanted someone to listen. I didn't have anyone at the time. However, I did not want advice - just a sympathetic ear. Perhaps this is all that your friend needs as well.
 

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