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8-14-22, 7:35am
IL: Here is some info about the wallpaper: https://www.historicnewengland.org/explore/collections-access/capobject/?gusn=56877
It is a wonderfully...
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8-13-22, 6:45am
I'm so glad our heat wave has broken and we can spend time outside and enjoy it again!
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8-13-22, 6:44am
I've been in that room (twice!) and it is quite wonderful. I agree with Happy that it's quite busy as is, but I could certainly live with a...
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8-13-22, 6:35am
The bunnies seem to find my coneflowers irresistible!
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8-12-22, 6:33am
I love the built-ins, Catherine.
There is a wonderful bedroom at Beauport/Sleeper-McCann Mansion in Gloucester that comes to mind:
Our...
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8-11-22, 5:54am
I'm glad it wasn't your buddy that was dead in the road.
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8-9-22, 5:59am
It's so much easier to give stuff directly to a person who needs it! Good for you, Terry.
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8-8-22, 3:08pm
By salad spinner, I take that to mean indispensable tool that greatly improves one's quality of life?
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8-6-22, 10:49am
Catherine,
That is so cute with the sign, and who knew they liked Tootsie Pops?
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8-6-22, 10:10am
We stayed well within budget again on groceries this week with the same strategy: reviewing list together, trying to make sure list was complete,...
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8-6-22, 6:32am
LOL. I actually tend to like most of the people I know in real life, and I don't think it would fit Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert.
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8-5-22, 6:46pm
Nice, so then your weekend isn't consumed by errands!
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8-5-22, 3:48pm
In case you are dying of curiosity. Wasn't I lucky that I was at home, and not at a restaurant or something? Yikes!
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8-5-22, 3:38pm
Speaking of itchy, I don't think I told you guys the itchy dress saga, but sorry if I'm repeating myself. Last summer, I got a great maxi dress at...
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8-4-22, 6:23am
Good job, Kansas!
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8-3-22, 6:29am
Wow, we are having a serious drought in Massachusetts, coupled with very high temperatures (for us).
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8-1-22, 6:27pm
College towns usually do have a lot of good things going for them though. As you get older, you'll probably place more value on walkability,...
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8-1-22, 6:53am
That sounds awful, Greg. I haven't had anything quite as severe as what you describe, but I have definitely had anxious thoughts keeping me awake. ...
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7-30-22, 2:14pm
PS: And I also need to make sure we don't spend money unnecessarily to "save" on sales tax!
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7-30-22, 2:11pm
Jeppy: The sales tax holiday wasn't on my radar, so thanks for mentioning it. Last year was the first time we were able to make good use of it...
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7-30-22, 2:05pm
I have no useful input, but I wish you folks the best of luck and I hope all goes smoothly!
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7-30-22, 7:50am
Latest read was The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. I loved this book so much; it made my heart happy! I hadn't realized that it won a Pulitzer. ...
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7-29-22, 6:58am
I love it!
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7-29-22, 6:54am
Hilariously horrifying.
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7-29-22, 6:47am
We've been really bad about grocery shopping without restraint, and it's been going on for the past couple of years. Yesterday, we had quite a small...
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7-28-22, 6:24am
We just paid $4.09 per gallon.
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7-27-22, 6:00am
We had BLTs, but the bacon and tomato were from local farms, so that elevated our sandwiches to something truly amazing.
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7-26-22, 3:25pm
Wow Tradd, that looks amazing.
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7-26-22, 3:24pm
I used to have a theory that in this TV/video era, one needed good hair to be elected president. Trump certainly laid that theory to rest.
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7-26-22, 6:26am
I agree that the complexity of the programs is absurd. One of the things I needed to review was a presentation from Via Benefits, a program provided...
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7-25-22, 6:27am
When I went thrifting with Sis on Friday, it was the first time in a very long time. Much of our together time now is spent at Clay School. So I got...
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7-24-22, 5:08pm
I finally reviewed the Medicare info I had received a few months ago. I don't know why I procrastinated on this one for so long, well maybe I do,...
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7-24-22, 4:52pm
Tradd: I think I recall that you don't like to fly, so I wish you exceptionally smooth flights!
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7-24-22, 4:50pm
Those damned Vogons! And their horrible poetry! :laff:
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7-24-22, 2:11pm
Happy: I did bills and bookkeeping yesterday too, must have been a good day for it.
Tradd: You must be very excited! Have you ever been to Mexico...
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7-24-22, 2:09pm
Lol, Bobby. Are you wearing your t-shirt?
I just finished The Body by Bill Bryson, which I've been reading on and off alongside faster reads for...
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7-24-22, 6:24am
Thanks, everyone! The one on the far left was a messed-up pot because the bottom was too thin for me to trim it properly and make a foot ring. I...
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7-24-22, 6:14am
I am still using notepads that my mother received from charities. It is very possible that they will last me the rest of my life.
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7-24-22, 6:10am
Beautiful pictures, Bae. I am surprised that the cargo terminal looks so lovely.
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7-24-22, 6:09am
I got a few good scores at the thrift stores on Friday with my sister. I got a really cute shirt for me that fits perfectly for only $5.00, and I...
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7-23-22, 6:41am
This little sweetie showed up on my butterfly weed yesterday morning. Later on, I had an adult monarch enjoying my pollinator garden, and then a...
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7-22-22, 6:42am
Only a beige one that I took with me when I retired, and I'm not parting with it. I knew nobody else would want it since it was battered and ugly,...
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7-22-22, 6:20am
We're having a week in the nineties here as well, so DH fried a big platter of chicken cutlets, we made a large pasta salad, and I made a green...
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7-22-22, 6:09am
"Meat's meat and a man's gotta eat."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSjBYo_BVvE
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7-21-22, 6:44pm
These are my latest creations. I've been focused on trying to get better with centering clay and the basics of throwing pots. Next I'm going to try...
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7-21-22, 6:37pm
I personally have no problem with abortion at any stage in the pregnancy, heck, even afterwards (a la TooMuchStuff's comical video on late stage...
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7-21-22, 6:06pm
Well you could look at it as a learning opportunity that was not missed, because you've identified the vegetation and now you know for next time. I...
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7-20-22, 6:21am
I just finished My Dark Vanessa, which was discussed here in 2020. It was a good read, and I'm glad I read Lolita last year since there were so many...
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7-20-22, 6:19am
The furnace cleanouts have been completed.
I've been focusing a fair bit of time and effort on improving my basic pot-throwing skills, which wasn't...
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7-17-22, 6:36am
I had one that I really loved, but I finally dropped and broke it after about 10 years. I've tried to replace it, but the couple I've bought since...
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7-17-22, 6:33am
Wow, those are some expensive bikes!
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7-17-22, 6:31am
I read one Patterson book many years ago, and I was so unimpressed that it was my first and last, and I've since been surprised to see how successful...
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7-16-22, 7:02am
Not me, when I was doing that sort of stuff I was far too young to be concerned about decluttering!
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7-16-22, 6:40am
I like it!
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7-15-22, 3:45pm
IL: I see your point about the "my body, my choice" issue. Unfortunately, fetuses are not carried in shopping bags, so there isn't really an option...
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7-15-22, 11:29am
Did you fall over? I guess something must be done to control these slutty women, who apparently get knocked up with no part played by the male of...
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7-15-22, 7:16am
JP: Well that was certainly an interesting rationalization. I can't remind myself often enough that there is no reasoning with irrational people.
I...
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7-15-22, 6:44am
Oh no! That's actually pretty funny in a way.
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7-15-22, 6:40am
And I'm absolutely certain that I don't have "angel in the Mornin" in my collection. :laff:
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