iris lilies
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They are beautiful! DH just “spoke” to me about spending too much money lately, so i erased all of the items on my ebay watchlist to get my...

Copper pans are very attractive to me right now. Two of you have mentioned them. Do you keep them copper colored shiney? Tell me about cooking...

I know these mortgage games were difficult back in the day. By the time I bought a house in 1983, it was not unusual for women, apparently. I...

I would live to visit some day. I know I would like Vermont as well as nh . Theoretically I like Boston but I will never never drive in it so I...

My great grandmother kicked her drunkard husband to the curb and started her own business. There are newspaper reports of her when you Google her...

I don’t think I romanticize rural New England when I say that I know I would like it. I said that for decades before I actually ever visited there....

Now that I am retired and fairly lazy, and DH continues to work at manual labor for at least 4 hours a day, I make his lunch and serve it to him each...

The garages here in my city neighborhood are behind houses, we cant see them from the street. They are accessed by alleys. That is by design of our...

This discussion just drives home the fact that DH and I have the perfect situation. We have two houses that are habitable and a third one coming...

In my condo I will be using my “fine China “and sterling silverware for every day. I don’t anticipate that DH will harm it. It will all have to be...

That was Betty Friedan’s mileau, the whole world of suburban moms staying home and being bored out of their minds and taking drugs. She of course...

I often feel like an outlier in these discussions. I am 66 years old and my mother worked. Granted, she worked in a traditionally female occupation...

i am so glad to hear this!

It’s the car culture that kills neighborly interactions. If you never walk any place, or gather any place near to your homes in neutral/common...

Again and again, I hear people who move to my city neighborhood say they didn’t know people on their block in their suburban neighborhoods, but...

Someone kicked in the man-door on our garage and took some power tools and a few hand tools. This is only the second time in 32 years here we...

I was thinking more about where you live when retired. So your next move should take that into account. If you cannot concede to moving to a warmer,...

Sure it is hard, made doubly so because the guy is trying. He is making an effort. But now it is clear that his best effort still results in an...

yes.And of course you want to help your son and of course you HAVE already helped your son. And some of that help has turned into a miserable spiral...

I’m curious to know what authority allows anyone to take his blood to test for medication.That is interesting. He must have voluntarily agreed to it?

DH has no sense of rhythm, but he’s always able to do those 18 century dance patterns and could probably do line dancing. I was going to sign us up...

You know, I just skim read the first post and wondered to myself why son is t using a porta potty set up. Then I carefully read to the end and see,...

I am sure the son has been to counseling. Jeppy cant make him do anything. Of course she could sell the house in this market (granted I do not know...

Hank AAron was said in the news to be making a big splash in getting the vaccine to encourage African-Americans, notoriously reluctant to get...

I like biographies so thanks for the rec.

I am saddened and depressed by the reports coming out on what kids across the country are not learning. These are the kids that will be physicians...

I don’t know if that is harmful to brick. As for the aesthetics, I don’t mind it on houses built in the 40s and 50s since they are kinda/sorta...

I think we are living that battle with Mother Nature right now in .Covid times! Did you read A Gentleman in Moscow? It’s about a Russian who’s put...

also a good line! keep ‘em coming, folks.

This is why I don’t block you because sometimes you make me laugh. This made me laugh. It is all about me.

jep, I think you’ve got some credentials that would interest the Ruskies. Send them your resume I.e. the posts on this forum.

River navigation would be a whole different thing, yes. Rivers are more dangerous for humans. The old European canals are peaceful and incite slow...

I just read your bio. What a coincidence about narrow boats! I am at this very moment, literally this moment, trying to decide if I will buy a...

good one!

It’s not too late, I can dig much of it out of the garbage. I guess keep it in the freezer? I’m open to keeping it around I’m just not sure what to...

I bought a smoked duck for $17 at the meat market in Herman. Boy is it fatty. So much fat! I’m throwing tons of that fatty skin away. We sliced off...

Catherine those are nice! For a while I actively hated Joyce Carol Oates but I haven’t read anything of hers for years to incite that dislike so I’ve...

I don’t like hoods at all because they don’t stay up and they don’t really keep my ears warm. I like a head wrap around my ears I don’t need an...

I have a few autographed by the author, but if I had been smarter I would have had them not do a personal inscription with my name. They would be...

I am watching “pretend it’s a city “a tv documentary series about Fran Leibowitz and the city she loves, NYC. In it she rambles on about New York...

Yes, I thought about the few books from my childhood that I donated to the bookstore because I was thinking what if some woman my age is out there...

I think most of us can name several people in our sphere who use their government IRS refund as a savings account. Or view it as a windfall. It is...

I agree with you that our resident virus does not present nearly the horrifying limits and destruction to life that .wWII did. I mean, even here...

Yay! A clean, beautiful, all-yours space! It will be lovely.

I hate the inability to assess fabric too. And yes, searching for fabric content—good luck! I hate poly too. I settle for cotton blends, but never...

Yes, our third floor holds the shelving for our library so few books here are visible to visitors. As an exceedingly disciplined buyer of books, I...

exactly, donating is not always easy. It’s better to just not bring it into your house to begin with. Well I do not like dumping things into the...

I don’t think the world realizes how much printed matter is NOT available in digital form. Over the past year I have purchased a couple of...

Being 11 up is very high! That will be fun.

I have wondered about the prewar building process. The owners did a fair amount of building it themselves I think at least they did finishing work. I...

Sure I like the staircase because they’re all over my city neighborhood! The Walnut turned spindles and newell post post is common in my victorian...

That was the right decision. Painting exterior masonry is a whole different kettle of fish from interior brick. Painting the masonry is known in my...

You have that early drywall as well? I haven’t run into it before. Did you remove it from the rest of your house?

Newgig, thanks for that thorough explanation of wall treatment on the logs.a lot of work!

And finally, a feature That will stay exactly the same: this nice large fireplace. It is handsome and nicely situated in the living room, and we have...

All of the drywall, wallboard, ceiling plaster, and especially all of the cheap paneling, needs to come off all of the walls. This will of course...

Large room that is now a bedroom. It originally was a garage. We’re going to turn it into a kitchen. It is a very confused room.

Some current photos before renovation the Victorian staircase. It comes out, and staircase is reversed Replacing the floor on the left...

I just like to say that “just” doing 10 things is actually doing a crap ton of things!