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1-19-21, 11:33am
The same thing we do every morning, Pinky. Try and take over the world!
Oh, wait, wrong franchise. Breakfast almost every morning for me is one or...
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1-19-21, 11:29am
Shredded pork with mushrooms. Frugal meal because I had everything on hand. Not frugal because I used up the soy sauce, the garlic, the balsamic...
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1-18-21, 10:32pm
Here's a similar one for you. They're essentially travel trailers with holes in the floor for fishing. Sky's the limit.
One of the essential...
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1-18-21, 12:09pm
It's great that GPS gets far more granular than what us mere mortals ;) may use. But if we are not allowed to use the really good version, one can...
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1-17-21, 11:17pm
Commercial cole slaw dressings often include a lot of sugar (which I didn't care for even before it gave me health problems). I'm also not the...
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1-17-21, 5:23pm
One of the original drivers for What3Words was very dense areas of population. While most of us are used to (named, often unique, and sometimes...
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1-16-21, 11:34pm
I've had the app on my phone for a year or two. Brilliant idea! I can even see the address change as I move about our house. I just wish it was used...
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1-15-21, 11:10am
DW fills a jug with tap water and lets it sit for a couple of days before she waters our plants with it. She sayd it lets the chlorine in the water...
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1-14-21, 10:15pm
Dinner with the grandkids last night -- spaghetti with red sauce (Creamette spaghetti for them, edamame pasta for us) and sliced cucumbers and...
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1-14-21, 5:16pm
DW has bought a few "Amazon Basics" items, like an iPhone charger and a multiple-port USB charging block, and they've been fine. They don't feel...
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1-14-21, 12:50pm
DW buys much more from Amazon than I do. I tend to reserve Amazon for the items I can't readily find elsewhere, like ink cartridges for our old...
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1-13-21, 11:42pm
DW likes to read the paper leisurely on weekends, so we subscribe to the Saturday and Sunday edition of the big paper in town, which removes the...
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1-13-21, 11:29pm
Ah, i see now. Very nice cabinet, rosa!
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1-13-21, 9:48am
Very nice! How are the muntins created? Are they part of the glass or did you build them?
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1-13-21, 9:46am
The "something fancier" was a tri-tip steak I bought by chance at an Asian supermarket. Tough?? DW wouldn't even try it. I soldiered through a piece...
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1-11-21, 10:09pm
Ham and steamed cauliflower. I'll go for something fancier tomorrow.
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1-11-21, 10:08pm
That's because some of those folks are in shelters like this one:...
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1-9-21, 5:28pm
I guess we're spending less. I could look it up, but... :) I know we're staying afloat on the reduced income we get from DW's pension (plus a...
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1-8-21, 11:43pm
Yes, it's all painful to go through but at least this structural part was taken care of quickly. Good for you, TT.
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1-7-21, 11:43pm
We're getting it. DW may get hers "early" because she is the designated family caregiver for her mother in the nursing home and some care facilities...
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1-7-21, 6:01pm
Hmm. Apparently my reputation precedes me... ;)
If you are a member of the organization, there would be no issue in using their EIN (at least...
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1-6-21, 7:34pm
Accountant. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. :) It is not difficult, but if you absolutely do not want to do it, an accountant can do it easily....
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1-6-21, 7:31pm
Thanks. It's ... not quite what I'd hoped for. It's tasty; just not what I had in mind. I'll figure out how to change it for next time. :)
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1-6-21, 12:49pm
Coconut braised beef tonight. Yesterday was local-restaurant-takeout night -- a Rachel sandwich for DW and a Cubano (sans bread) for me.
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1-5-21, 5:50pm
I think that pantry is larger than our kitchen. Maybe larger than half the rooms in our house....
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1-5-21, 5:48pm
Nice work, IL! From your previous posts on this, it was clear the journey was not as much fun as the destination.
DW has a few friends in the "DH...
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1-4-21, 6:13pm
That's essentially what we have, except that our pantry closet is a deep converted hall closet just off the kitchen/dining area. It contains the...
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1-3-21, 6:41pm
Staying the course here. Enough of our retirement income is effectively annuitized that we don't need to be really defensive about our stock...
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1-3-21, 6:25pm
Our current fridge (Whirlpool) came with an ice maker. It, too, "cannot be removed". Maybe there's another model out there without the ice maker...
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1-3-21, 6:21pm
We've had Consumer Cellular for maybe 3-4 years now. We like them fine.
CC is what's known as an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) so they...
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1-1-21, 2:53pm
The grandkids are here for an overnight before they go back to day care on Monday (*le sigh*) so the originally planned keto crustless taco pie will...
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12-31-20, 9:16pm
Reminds me of a wish we received for one new year:
Wishing everyone a calmer safer 2021...
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12-31-20, 5:45pm
I guess that is another semi-ritual of mine. I shave that way, too, though I no longer shave every morning and I alternate between cream and soap, so...
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12-31-20, 5:43pm
In Japan, the hot recreational baths require washing with soap and water first before getting into the tub (washing stool and towel provided). But...
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12-31-20, 5:39pm
I took a couple of cooking classes from him before he "blew up" (as the kids say; do they still say that??). Nice guy. I still make a couple of his...
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12-31-20, 5:38pm
Yppej, we've been doing that, too. By the time the second week rolls around, some dishes get kind of interesting (like this week's chicken soup, in...
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12-30-20, 6:24pm
Funny -- you don't look like a curried dish! <ba-dum> I'm here all week. Tip your wait staff!
Tonight's dinner is the leftover chicken soup that...
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12-30-20, 2:28pm
Good advice also, jp1....
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12-29-20, 9:16pm
I've used bar shampoo for a few years now. Easy to use, rinses cleanly (for me) and can be body soap in a pinch. Liggett brand for me, original bar.
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12-29-20, 9:09pm
I'm by no means an expert on Android phones, but I find it interesting that Google's default is to not copy your data to their (cloud) servers. Or...
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12-29-20, 9:04pm
That's how I see it. I've got plenty of things I do on a routine basis: after I prep coffee for the next morning, I check both entry doors to the...
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12-29-20, 10:38am
When I was living in the efficiency apartment, I knew I very likely would end up living in a house (mine or a possible future MrsSteveinMN's was the...
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12-28-20, 4:26pm
+1. If you want, figure out what it would cost for a cleaning service, laundry, etc. It adds up. DW and I were quite happy with our arrangement of...
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12-28-20, 4:17pm
Seems like a cousin to some borscht recipes I've seen in the past, except that those usually added some beef. Sounds good!
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12-28-20, 12:25am
Two bathrooms was a requirement for my house. Part of that is because three bedrooms (and the possibility to create more) can house enough people to...
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12-28-20, 12:15am
Frugal chicken soup: two chicken carcasses and one turkey carcass from the past couple of months out of the freezer, and I got to use up half an...
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12-28-20, 12:06am
I haven't made any in quite a while (carb count) but this recipe reminds me most of the ones my mom used to make (and which I liked).
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12-27-20, 2:26pm
Shredded turkey, like pulled pork, with barbecue sauce of choice
Turkey croquettes/meatballs
Turkey and spinach curry
Turkey salad (like chicken...
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12-27-20, 12:13pm
I'm sorry you've ended up in this situation, Terry.
When my ex and I separated, I moved out of our 3400-square-foot townhome (this was before...
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12-27-20, 11:56am
Never got into Boone's Farm. Sloe gin, in college... had to be careful around that.
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12-27-20, 11:54am
I'm sorry, bae. It sounds like he left the best way possible, though.
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12-26-20, 5:15pm
We braved Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with our kids and grandkids and SoniL's mother, maskless. It almost felt normal to spend time with the...
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12-26-20, 5:06pm
Follow the money. There's so much money in fashion and marketing (some overlap there, too) and in other endeavors that I think it's unlikely people...
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12-26-20, 4:58pm
Combined or separate bottles? I'm trying to imagine what apple/peach would taste like together....
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12-25-20, 2:56pm
Finishing a bottle of Hibiki Toki Japanese whiskey. I believe the beer term for such a potion is "sessionable" -- smooth and not too extreme a flavor...
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12-22-20, 5:26pm
Congratulations! What a memorable day, on several levels!
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12-22-20, 1:09pm
I'm sorry to hear that (about your boss, that is; everyone makes mistakes). Bummer. I hope you can find a better spot to land.
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12-22-20, 1:08pm
DW makes the detergent we use. Apparently there are as many recipes for it as there are for beef stew. Neither one of us could say that this...
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12-22-20, 12:38pm
I think you've hit the nail on the head. He's done it his way, without any pushback from anyone, for so long (and so successfully) that the idea of...
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12-21-20, 10:30pm
Cloudy here. Again. >:(
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