Well today it will be near 80, but Friday when we plan to hit some haunted houses will be crisp and cool again.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
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Well today it will be near 80, but Friday when we plan to hit some haunted houses will be crisp and cool again.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
WS, it’s sad that in the past many dads had to put the kids on the back burner for their job. My ex had to also. I loved to hunt with my dad. He rarely shot anything. He hunted pheasants and rabbits so I loved the time we spent walking and talking. We would take the dogs to flush out the prey and just enjoyed being together. As a kid it didn’t bother me when he killed something and we ate it. Now of course I couldn’t do that.
Picked out a very cute pumpkin today :)
We spent the day at farms eating goodies and looking at the vendors stuff. Also did some wine tasting. Ran into my youngest son BF from high school and his parents who live in Kansas. Small world!
I wanted to give myself some flowers (difficult week) and there was a gorgeous huge yellow mum outside the food co-op. It said $4.99 and I figured, it will last longer than roses. When it rang up it was only $1.50 :)
So I got to pamper myself and feel frugal at the same time. Nice!
My husband cut one huge hydrangea bloom , tucked it in a beer bottle and put it on the kitchen table for me to see when I came home from a 4 day reunion of my 6th grade friends to celebrate our 70th birthdays! What a fantastic week and husband!
I am going to rave about myself! I experienced satisfaction tonight because my past work of the year came to fruition.
I had gone through an updating process of my neighborhood organization’s bylaws, a tedious little process that interested few.
And then a piece of business came up suddenly where we needed to call a special meeting. We have not had a special meeting in at least 20 years. It was a special meeting to spend a shit ton of money, and It was controversial.
This is the time that challenges bylaws. But —yay! Our bylaws were up-to-date, they were easy to find on our website, and officers were able to read them, talk about them, and understand our limits and prescribed process.
One year ago today We could not have carried out this special meeting because we actually didn’t even know who is on the Board of Directors, the bylaws were chaotic.
Frankly, I do not like being the bylaws queen because it worries me I’m going to miss something important. Our bylaws are silent about so many things, but in this I am learning to read state statutes and Roberts rules of order. I keep thinking in my work on the board that someone more senior, a wise person, should be taking on this role. Then it occurrs to me that I am the senior person! All hail me!
Yes, you should be impressed with your kingdom bylaws queen.
All hail IL! Well done!
You should be proud, Iris Lily, if not downright smug!
Yay you Iris!
My neighbor's house went up for sale, and sold in about two weeks for 4K over the asking price, which I found rather jaw-dropping. So I'm happy to see that the oft-predicted Seattle-area real estate slump isn't happening. Yet. I guess it's holding off until I put Chez Decay on the market...:~)
Jane, where will you go after you sell?
I try not to think about that. It would be logical to return to the Portland area where I have friends and family, but I'm strongly bonded to this area, where I essentially have no one. I'll probably just put off the move until death does its part. :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
This is either a rave or rant.
Rant, because we have had 4 interactions with AT and T about their screwups in combinng all of our service on one account.
Rave, because we got $10 off for jumping through their idiotic hoops.
$10 is nice, but how many hours of your life did that take?
I hate having to argue with telecomm companies.
i HATE problem solving with them since they do not ever solve the proble. No, $10 wasnt enough. One of these communications required that DH get into the car, drive to the nearest office, pay the bill, and return home. 40 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveinMN
The sky is that glorious blue of fall...the leaves are starting to turn- a little late this year, but I'll take it!!!
Had a wonderful double rave today.
As I was waiting in line to buy a ticket to the encore of the Metopera HD transmission of Aida, a woman in front asked it I wanted a ticket. She had bought a series of tickets to the HD productions for her mother who could not attend today. She would take no money but was glad that the ticket wasn't wasted.
The whole production of Aida was truly wonderful, the hour drive there was uneventful despite the construction and I came home to take a long walk with no rain after so many rainy days.
Had enough time afterwards to vacuum the house, make some homemade mustard and did a load of laundry as well. Very productive day!
That Sounds like a great experience, razz. Good going!
Yesterday the sun was out for a few hours and I drove around Hermann for some minutes and was knocked over by how beautiful the fall color is, it is just stunning.
Yes, it came late this year, but worth waiting for!! It's been raining almost steadily here, but DH and I went for a drive on Wednesday in the late afternoon. The sun was breaking through clouds on the west, which created a surreal luminescence from the foliage. It was gorgeousQuote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I was pretty much growing up in the seventies. As music was the prime ingredient for inspiration for most teens of that era, what I listened to continues to influence my life. Last night, my daughter, SIL, wife and I attended a concert by Elton John. He is on a farewell tour called the “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour”. Having been on the road and in the music business for over fifty years and selling over 200 million records....he wants to spend more time with his family. He played for three hours. Almost every song brought back the feelings they inspired forty to fifty years ago. Cool night.
I saw Elton 20 years ago and he was awesome.
Wow! Lucky you. At one point I was going to buy tickets to this tour for DH for his birthday, which was three weeks ago. Elton John music is tightly woven into my memories of our early days dating, and of course well past the early days. And one of my favorite songs is "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." There are so many great songs, but I also really love one of his later hits, "I Want Love." I'm happy for you that it was well worth the ticket.Quote:
Originally Posted by Williamsmith
I think you would enjoy this concert immensely. His encore songs were “Your Song” and then “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. As well, he played the other song you mention, “I want love.” And the stage had a wonderful screen that showed a related music video along with the song. Photo attached.....Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
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What a great concert! Yesterday I heard a wren chirping, singing exuberantly. I peered around the corner of the porch and there it was! We had a wee chat and off it flew. The brightness of that song, the glorious blue sky and sun made for a perfect moment.
My father loved to build wren houses. He said that a wren will build a nest in almost anything you can slap together but it was almost always something with a pitched roof like an A-frame, a small hole and a little convenient rod under the hole for the wren to perch on.Quote:
Originally Posted by nswef
I love being triggered into remembering those redeeming qualities of my father. Thank you.
I got cleared from the orthopedic surgeon yesterday at my first post-op appointment to start occupational therapy on my wrist! First appointment is next Tuesday. Meanwhile, I managed a full day of driving to and running around Santa Fe with errands, lunch with a friend visiting from Michigan and four loads of laundry at the laundromat. That alone just did me in for the day; I am completely exhausted but now I have three weeks worth of clean clothes.
Made an apple pie with bottom and top crust and it turned out delicious. Dont know why I have always been afraid of it. Used this recipe and a Trader Jo crust set. Note: my husband finally got mad at the crusts on his earlier pie and just balled it up and rerolled it. TJ crusts start out very dry but get softer when warm.
https://smittenkitchen.com/2018/10/e...ect-apple-pie/
We have such a wonderful library. If we move I will miss it very much. Got three promising books and Shadow of a Doubt and The Third Man to rewatch.
I am so enjoying going to our local pool for length and leisure swimming. I started recently to try it out. I have been welcomed by other participants some of whom I have known for years.
I tread water for 15 mins, 10 mins of chin lifts alternating with leg exercises and 15 mins of lengths 'riding a bike' motion using a noodle or floatation belt. A few mins of stretches, a wonderful shower and I am home by 9am to start my day. I get the special senior rate of $77 for 3 months and access options 4x/day during the week. I walk around my neighbourhood for 30-40 min in the afternoon. Wonderful!
Cautiously raving here—
there have been two problematic fixes on our house that we, DH and me, cannot converse about. They are like The Black Hole of Marriage. Both are physical issues with our city house, one small and one huge.
dH finally, after 20 years, fixed the small one. It was a security system light and wiring that hung out our front door porch. He refused for 20 years to touch it, to do anything to it after halfway installing it. For a reason I no longer remember, it was somehow my fault (in his mind) that system ended up this way.
Anyway, he fixed it by just removing the damn thing in his work to paint and fix up the porch.YAY!!! While technically I,could have done that myself years ago, I did not dare touch it due to Marital Harmony Retention.
So, the second Black Hole of Marriage has been our roof that has leaked for 15-20 years. A major step forward has been completed in that we hired a roofer to fix it.
I am only cautiously optimistic because I am fearful that the leak will not be solved. DH spent years tracking it down and applying fixes. But hey, it is one big step toward saving my sanity.
You are a lot more patient than me:))
I would have to move out. He could visit me. I would not visit him. 😄
Good news IL!
I love your phrase "The Black Hole of Marriage." We have concluded that negotiating house purchases is our Black Hole of Marriage, just something that creates to much stress it's almost impossible to go there.
it is 36 degrees here. A dark and humid 36 which is really cold for us..............
My orchid is starting to send up a bloom! It was a pathetic throw away that I bought at an estate sale last summer, all unwatered and dusty and dying. I think I paid a dollar, bought it as an act of mercy, really. I brought it home and repotted it and watered it and it started to grow two new leaves and now it is sending up a little bloom thing.
Very exciting!
Wow! Very exciting!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee