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CinnamonSugar said:
Yesterday's "Thanksgiving" get-together went well... enjoyed having everyone that could make it home. One eye opener-- the dining room that used to hold 8 ppl (two parents and six kids) with room to spare seemed much smaller with one parent and 4 now-adult siblings!

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One funny thing.... my 10-yr-old granddaughter was in the yard with her mother and I... youngest son came out and volunteered to take a pic of the three of us. Granddaughter took it upon herself to step over and give 30=something Uncle a tutorial in how to take a pic with an Iphone. Seth smiled tolerantly through the whole thing and my daughter and I were having to hold each other up, laughing. My granddaughter is nothing if not articulate, outspoken and confident! (She also has waist-length red hair... She's a shoe-in to play Ann Shirley of Green Gables!)
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beautiful family photo CS.... they are all so handsome.. , made me laugh about little GD.. that's the way it is today with the youngsters they're all like mini adults.. :LOL:
 

CinnamonSugar said:
Yesterday's "Thanksgiving" get-together went well... enjoyed having everyone that could make it home. One eye opener-- the dining room that used to hold 8 ppl (two parents and six kids) with room to spare seemed much smaller with one parent and 4 now-adult siblings!

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One funny thing.... my 10-yr-old granddaughter was in the yard with her mother and I... youngest son came out and volunteered to take a pic of the three of us. Granddaughter took it upon herself to step over and give 30=something Uncle a tutorial in how to take a pic with an Iphone. Seth smiled tolerantly through the whole thing and my daughter and I were having to hold each other up, laughing. My granddaughter is nothing if not articulate, outspoken and confident! (She also has waist-length red hair... She's a shoe-in to play Ann Shirley of Green Gables!)
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You have an AWESOME FAMILY…..such JOY for you.
 
Well I'm going to type this all now.. because I might not be able to do it later.. I've got a big update to do on my computer shortly, and it's always a concern that it'll work afterwards because the o/h was the one who did the critical updates, and knew what he was doing.. I don't so much.. so we'll see..:unsure:

Anyway not long back ( it's dark and 4.15pm ).. from first off all picking up a prescription.. then onto the pharmacy to get my Covid Booster.. that was around 11am.. and now my arm is just starting to hurt..

Then I drove to the next County to return a couple of items I bought last month .. and while there bough a bunch of warm clothing.. jeans, fleeces.. thick socks.. etc.. so I don't have to put the heating on too much at home..

Then to the Hair salon.. and had a wash, trim and Blow-Dry...
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I was lucky because it's a walk in salon it's rare to get the same stylist but I was in luck today.. She was saying that they're very worried , because due to the huge increase in energy prices , hardly anyone is coming into the salon, and at this time of year it's normally packed..

From there I drove across town to get the Discount supermarket and to the frozen food store ... then from there to the Big Box Hardware store to buy some batteries.. and plastic lidded containers among other stuff.. as well a new Chrome framed picture for my hallway

All of that including getting my Booster.. meant driving 40 mile round trip.. and 8 different stores..spread out all over town

The road in that large town in the next county.. are absolutely full of huge potholes.. it's like driving on a chicane trying to avoid them..:eek:
 

Out of interest Hollydolly, how much does a wash, trim and blow dry cost in your end of the world. Mrs L has just had hers done and said that it had gone up to £30. She said that was OK. I haven't had my hair cut for many years - there's not enough on top to worry about and the bits at the back and sides never grow much more than shoulder length.
 
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Out of interest Hollydolly, how much does a wash, trim and blow dry cost in your end of the world. Mrs L has just had hers done and said that it had gone up to £30. She said that was OK. I haven't had my hair cut for many years - there's not enough on top to worry about and the bits at the back and sides never grow much more than shoulder length.
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In the usual Hair salon in town, it would cost around £80... which is why I drive over to Essex to get it done in the discount salon there.. Wash Cut and Blow dry is £32.. during the year I regularly get it cut at the College Campus Salon.. and it costs around £10 .. but because they're trainees being supervised it takes hours.. and quite often I can't be bothered sitting for so long..
 
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Same-o. Internet, exercise, housework, talk to my (non-local) language partner via Telegram.

I've thought of adding 10 minutes a day of Spanish study (grammar, etc.). But frankly, I'm getting tired of self-improvement. Where is my retirement fun?

I fantasize about some kind of meaningful companionship or easy social life, but it isn't easy. I could try harder, but then it would be just another project.
 
@hawkdon Sorry! Go ahead and complain and even whine if you want to. Even Biofreeze doesn't help? Ack!

Was the store bizzy this morning? Scheisst der Baer im Wald? Holy cow! Every few minutes the PA system was telling "all available front end employees" to march themselves to the checkouts. The Instacart and Door Dash workers and all Kroger's own pickers were practically tripping over each other.

You know...nobody wants to wait until the *last* minute. Apparently they think that tomorrow is the last minute.

And then there were the two disagreeable and huffy women who come in, usually just on weekends, and buy up cookies. We're pretty sure they have a catering service, buy our cookies, mark them up. Today? They came in and bought up ALL the cookies. Yup. They CLEARED the cookie tables! Hey, how about leaving at least a few for our other customers?

So aside from all the bread baking and gazillion croissants we bake every morning, we scrambled to replenish the cookie tables. That would be dozens upon dozens of cookies.

Our laugh for the morning was the lady who came to the bakery to order a fully "baked" turkey🦃 Because...it's the bakery, right? We're right next to the deli, where such things are sold. We told her that she needed to order her turkey from the deli (pointing out the deli next to us), but she couldn't seem to understand why the bakery couldn't "bake" her turkey for her. And she didn't know where to find the deli even though we pointed it out to her. Newbie walked her the few steps to the deli. Oy! From the sound of it, it's lucky for her guests that she's providing a turkey cooked by someone else :LOL: Maybe they'll get lucky and she'll order the entire turkey dinner.

My job is entertaining.
 
Georgiagranny said:
And then there were the two disagreeable and huffy women who come in, usually just on weekends, and buy up cookies. We're pretty sure they have a catering service, buy our cookies, mark them up. Today? They came in and bought up ALL the cookies. Yup. They CLEARED the cookie tables! Hey, how about leaving at least a few for our other customers?
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The store could put a limit on the number sold to each customer. If nothing else, it would slow them down when they have to make several trips.
 
So....after all I did today posted above... I then started to cook dinner.. and my arm was starting to ache, but I managed to cook Venison meatballs, and sausages in a beef and mushroom gravy.. with Broccoli and Mashed potato.. .

While it was cooking I did a critical upgrade on my Mac.. from Monteray to Ventura..

I was very concerned as I posted above , that I wouldn't be able to do it.. and the upgrade took 2 hours.. and then when it asked me for my password for installation, it wouldn't accept it.. even tho' it kept giving me a clue as to what it was , and the p/word was correct, so I had quite a while of thinking I wouldn't be able to get back in.. but eventually I got in, and it seems to be working all fine.. so fingers crossed it doesn't go through all that palaver again when I turn it off for the night..

Gotta say, I think I'm going to be pretty tuckered out by tomorrow.. 🥱
 
NorthernLight said:
My kitchen and living room are "open concept," which to me is an abomination.

Over several months, I've been figuring out and moving stuff around so I don't have to see kitchen stuff when I'm in the LR.

Today I finished the job. Yay! Kettle, paper towel, and other odds and ends are out of my sight.
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I’m with you on this one…….I would absolutely hate seeing kitchen stuff from the living room…..open concept, not for me, maybe semi open concept…..is there such a thing
 
Hiding in my bedroom. Today has been the most annoying day, starting with being awakened just before 3am by a phone call from a person who apparently doesn't understand time zones. All day, everything that could go wrong did. Nothing major, no tragedies, just frustration. I'm so cranky right now that I'm not fit to speak to, so I'm making myself scarce and sparing the family from my ill humor:mad:
 
Yesterday, I was at a garden centre looking for a particular shrub as a gift for a friend.
The shrub I was after was a deciduous azalea, I found one, no leaves left on it but lots of buds that will flower in the spring, so, I took it to the counter where I was to pay for it.
When I got to the till, there was a quite attractive young 60 year old girl waiting to be paid, she had the most gorgeous aroma, it waffted over me, and I said to her, "What is that wonderful scent coming from you, it's so captivating?"
She gave me the biggest smile I've seen for weeks and said, "It's called....... How to hook a fella."
"I don't believe a word of it", I replied, "But it definitely works."
I walked out of there with a big grin on my mug, and thinking,"If was 20 years younger I'd have spent the entire afternoon here." 😊
 

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