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2-24-20, 10:45am
Piano? I am the least musical person, ever. A piano is one of the few things I don't have, although I entertained the idea of a keyboard with...
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2-24-20, 10:42am
I've only briefly considered houseboats--lots of lovely views there, for sure. That one is certainly cozy, and the price is right. I'd be concerned...
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2-23-20, 8:11pm
Trump assures us the threat will be over by April, so we can all go back to worrying about windmill cancer.
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2-23-20, 8:09pm
Gee, and here I thought laissez-faire capitalism would regulate itself. /sarcasm
Ready the tumbrels. lads!
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2-23-20, 11:36am
I'm old. I'd be all about the food.
I used to go to St.Patrick revelries, but those were so crowded--shoulder to shoulder--that it took forever...
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2-23-20, 11:32am
I'm a fool for a good view, so I was dazzled by that. But I'd be wary of buying a mobile/manufactured home in a park because of the (usually...
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2-22-20, 6:39pm
So glad for the sisters and pooches!
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2-22-20, 6:10pm
I wonder about the HOA; I couldn't find it in the listing, which isn't a good sign.
Maybe they've done their homework and global warming will wash...
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2-22-20, 6:01pm
King County Library System doesn't cover Seattle, oddly enough. They have their own library system. King County's median income is probably higher...
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2-22-20, 5:30pm
I'm very proud to live in an area with a world-class library system whose every bond is overwhelmingly approved. And to have worked for said system.
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2-22-20, 4:20pm
I spotted this gem a few days ago. It's cheap even for a mobile, so I figure either a murder was committed there, it's haunted, or the park owners...
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2-22-20, 3:51pm
Geez, what kind of library was that?
KCLS has versions of Man's Search for Meaning in English and Spanish, ebooks, audiobooks. large print, several...
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2-22-20, 1:11pm
I don't make popcorn often, but managed to break several newer poppers after one or two uses. I've found the West Bend Poppery air popper to be the...
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2-22-20, 10:36am
I'll have to watch that. A friend of an acquaintance of mine was likely one of his early victims, bludgeoned to death in Seattle. He was definitely...
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2-22-20, 10:30am
I could probably live with just a refrigerator and my Instant Pot, but I would probably add an oven of some kind.
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2-22-20, 10:26am
"Life IS what we make it. We can be joyous. It is a choice. We can make a difference for this one and rejoice. Yes, it really is that simple."
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2-21-20, 1:44pm
When I graduated, a counselor dangled a social worker position in front of me. After I stopped gasping from laughter (OK, some hyperbole there), I...
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2-21-20, 1:36pm
A friend has a yearly Mardi Gras party (as well as Dia de los Muertos, etc.) I've never celebrated it, but may do Lent this year.
Is a kinkling...
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2-21-20, 1:32pm
I waited a long time before buying a microwave and kept it for maybe a year before handing it off to my beloved.
It took up too much space and I...
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2-20-20, 3:00pm
A philosophy handed down in my family is Scarlett O'Hara's "I'll think about it tomorrow." Saves me a lot of pointless hand-wringing and rumination.
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2-20-20, 2:56pm
That was a blast from the past--but still relevant.
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2-20-20, 11:03am
The Roseto effect should be studied and emulated everywhere.
The Brazilian fisherman has exactly the right idea, in my opinion.
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2-20-20, 10:53am
Exciting turn of events--break a leg!
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2-20-20, 10:51am
Maybe I'll break down and spring for Netflix just to watch that.
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2-19-20, 5:03pm
The weather outside is glorious, and the curmudgeonly yard-work hater in me objects, but it really is nice for a change.
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2-19-20, 3:29pm
Haha! I deal with choices by buying one of each and sorting them out later. Clearly, yours is the more prudent--and smarter--approach.
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2-18-20, 12:38pm
Yeah, that's why I like cod liver oil...And vitamin D perles.
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2-18-20, 12:16pm
Thank you to the people who chose not to diagnose me with a mental disorder (and even better, prescribe medication) based on their unqualified...
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2-18-20, 11:30am
I was just commenting to a friend that I wish I liked sardines (or any fish, truthfully) because they're nutritional powerhouses. Other than using...
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2-17-20, 3:26pm
Yes--depression and the gut biome are hot topics these days!
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2-17-20, 2:22pm
This bears repeating. Having a daily, unremitting to-do list--like being driven by hell hounds--seems to be common these days.
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2-17-20, 1:07pm
The world has always been a cruel place, only the circumstances change. You can find your own windmills to tilt at, but even Mother Teresa became...
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2-16-20, 3:09pm
Kate Mulgrew's memoir How to Forget.
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2-15-20, 8:11pm
IRS audits of rich taxpayers is ridiculously small, and has become smaller the last few years (something like from 6% to 3%). Just in case you come...
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2-15-20, 12:14pm
I find it hard to believe there are many lawsuits, though we hear about some outrageous ones, to be sure. I know countless people who have been...
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2-15-20, 10:49am
I agree. I bought a mail-order mattress years ago, topped it with memory foam (any topper will do). It sits on wooden slats on a metal bed frame....
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2-15-20, 10:42am
I read on line about a woman who experienced ocular migraines, consulted a doctor and subsequently had an MRI and a "battery of tests." I've had...
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2-13-20, 1:00pm
Those are Seattle/Portland level prices. Good grief.
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2-13-20, 12:59pm
I never watch the eliminations. I thought surely she'd be eliminated for her tuxedo look.
I can't get excited about anyone's work this season, but...
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2-13-20, 11:36am
I belong to a FB group, just for the visuals. I see a lot of small, pieced blocks with boro stitching. Sashiko is a related craft with prescribed...
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2-11-20, 6:31pm
William Weld is running against him in NH. Not particularly successfully.
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2-11-20, 6:30pm
And three (so far) DOJ prosecutors have resigned in protest.
I'm sure Trump will pardon Stone if Barr's team can't get him a slap on the hand...
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2-10-20, 3:55pm
I've read that, too--and it resonates with me. I have Egyptian Burial Syndrome, wherein I want all the items I might possibly desire or need in the...
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2-10-20, 3:53pm
If you like embroidery, you might like boro, a Japanese craft that uses decorative stitches for mending and creating.
"Boro (Japanese: ぼろ) are a...
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2-10-20, 11:51am
A friend of mine made keto friendly egg bites in her IP. She tweaked a recipe, of which there are many to Google. Her recipe:
4 eggs
¼ cup...
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2-10-20, 10:20am
Look into www.twosleevers.com, Urvashi Pitre's recipes and cookbooks. She provides lots of easy to moderate internationally inspired recipes, many...
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2-9-20, 6:41pm
I'm with you. I just arrange the bedclothes over myself every night. I can make the bed if I ever offer the place for sale...
I think most housework...
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2-9-20, 6:38pm
Ultimately, freedom and a pension--though I know that's a vanishing concept.
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2-9-20, 5:37pm
https://www.thewrap.com/internal-fox-news-document-warns-that-pro-trump-guests-are-amplifying-disinformation-report/
Even Fox is warning of their...
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2-9-20, 1:16pm
Both Seattle and Portland have thrift shops devoted to craft supplies; that may be an option for you.
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2-9-20, 1:14pm
I still have an Italian text circa 1965...I'm pretty attached to it, and it's small...
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2-9-20, 1:12pm
A return to a small, one-story house is a dream of mine.
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2-9-20, 12:52pm
I'm working on upstairs and downstairs computers.
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2-9-20, 10:25am
Josh Groban's To Where You Are is for anyone who's mourning a loved one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIAQCiMIEEQ
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2-8-20, 6:48pm
I'd like to mention there's a new super-pac composed of Never Trumpers who have banded together to oppose his re-election:
https://lincolnproject.us/
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2-8-20, 5:19pm
It's not hard to believe in evil spirits when you have the likes of Trump and Putin working together.
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2-8-20, 5:18pm
Trump feels he has a holy mandate to get elected "for the good of the country." My God.
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2-8-20, 4:15pm
I agree, and now we have Trump Unleashed. The election can't come soon enough.
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2-8-20, 3:51pm
I had forgotten Sail On. Loved that one, and the Commodores in general.
Jolene is pretty much an anti-Valentine song.
Amy Winehouse's Back to...
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