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Oh yes! I was totally focused on the lilies but I fully agree!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Thanks, guys, so much!Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Beautiful! And I mean the lilies and the house!
Me, too!! The lilies are great, but the house from what I can see is beautiful!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Thanks!
We were able to score a walk in booster shot for my husband yesterday. He had appointment for the 20th, but every day counts around here. They are scheduled out about 9 days now, hard to get them. We just lucked out--I walked up a pharmacy in New Hampshire and said did they have any extra and they did! So relieved.
Son's fil is home from hospital and on oxygen and very weak--currently, he is an invalid from having Covid. No idea what recovery will look like. So I was pushing husband to get boosted as soon as possible.
This is the thread where I meant to post about a nice office holiday party. Last year we didn't get one due to covid so I appreciated it more. The big corporate party with hundreds of people was not held again, so it was just our job site and it was low key - a few drinks and a meal. Nice and relaxing.
That sounds very nice!
Baggy Pants was an adorable sturdy little girl!
Yesterday I got confirmation that some thing I’ve been worried about for more than a year was resolved, and in the way I wanted it to go. It had to do with Flower show judge credentials technicality. While I know I was in the right technically, I wasn’t sure that the powers that be would agree with me. Yay! Now I don’t have to worry about this anymore.
Onto the next worry which is definitely a worry, but it is solvable. With money. Ha ha.
It is draining having a concern cycling through one's thought. Glad it is resolved.
It's called The Worry Wheel. It can keep you up at night.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Glad one of yours was resolved.
ah, yes, Worry .wheel is a goid name for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Yes, the Worry Wheel. What an apt name as as soon as one is resolved we spin up another! I'm working hard on stopping that behavior. Meditation....hypnosis...some improvement.
Just made a Frick’s Gourmet ham. It was WONDERFUL! I morph ham into so many things. It is fabulous when they are tasty. This was the best ham I have ever had…..
Thanks--I think I made up the name, but it seems to resonate with people I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by nswef
I've been able to keep the 10 lbs. off that I lost last August when we did a month-long fast metabolism diet, even though I still drink beer (just not as much), and still succumb to a little junky food here and there. But at least we are not eating ice cream EVERY night like we did for the first year of the pandemic. Isn't it kind of weird to be saying "the first year of the pandemic?" So over it mentally these days, but here we are, again.
Nice to read your post, SiouxQ. How is it going without the business to operate? Are you back to being able physically with your wrists to create more jewelry to sell online. Not being nosy but interested since you first shared your move west and so on. I was trying to remember when that happened - was it 5 years ago?
The pandemic seems to have distorted the passing of time.
I spend too much time complaining on the rant thread so here’s a rave:
This morning I received an invitation to judge a flower show in April out of state. It is that state’s statewide flower show. That is cool. I probably won’t go because I can’t project ahead where Covid will be. But it’s nice to be invited.
Watching Raymond chase his tail is truly a great simple pleasure. :)
Marzipan.
The at home workout went much better than I thought. Was nice to not have to deal with traffic after work and an hours drive to gym. Did 11 miles on my underdesk cycle (in front of TV) in 31 minutes. Also did weight work. Will you resistance on wee bike as I call it next week.
Maybe I’ve never had good marzipan, but I don’t like that stuff. I think of it mostly as a medium to craft food art.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
When I was a kid, I was always attracted to the pretty marzipan creations in the candy store display case, but my mother would tell me they didn't taste good. When I was old enough to test this for myself, I learned that it just meant Mom didn't like marzipan (this turned out to be true of some other things as well). I like marzipan, although I do prefer chocolate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
The good stuff comes from Germany, and is hard to find except in specialty stores (I get mine from a German deli that imports German goods). My favorite is in a loaf shape and covered with dark chocolate. Those fake fruits made from marzipan are horrid.Quote:
Maybe I’ve never had good marzipan
No stollen for Christmas this year--not a rave, a rant, but sort of marzipan-related.
Not liking fact that I did not encounter single Lebkuchen or stollen this year. And no Swedish pancake mix or lingonberries at the local grocery. Not cool, Maine.
That would explain it then because I can only think of those little fake fruits in a box, so pretty but so yucky.Quote:
Originally Posted by herbgeek
Trader Joe's didn't have them here in Massachusetts either. :(Quote:
Not liking fact that I did not encounter single Lebkuchen or stollen this year.
Recently I've been overcome with appreciation for the good people of this world. People I see on TV making the world a better place, simple acts of kindness, news stories about people using their skills and talents and sheer will to do really good things.
And people who give good customer service, like the guy I talked to today from the Social Security Administration, make me happy because interactions like the really pleasant one I had with him show me that there are so many people out there doing ordinary things who are just.. good.
I agree with you, Catherine.
After the heavy snowfall on Monday, my neighbour came over to help move the big bank of snow left by the snowplow - 3 ft high and 4 ft deep and 25 ft wide.
When I switched my internet provider last week, there were some wrinkles in the process. It was resolved with such courtesy by the customer service and tech support from both from the company I left and the one to which I switched.
I had a financial review today with my CFP at my credit union; she is so helpful considering all the possibilities and pros and cons of each.
I did a large grocery shopping today - items are well laid out and fully stocked, customers were courteous and smiling as we skirted around each other pushing the bulky shopping carts. People are all simply trying to do a good job or be considerate.
Life is good!
Got to rave about the customer service at a local Verizon store. They helped my 89 year old mother in law figure out some issues with her new phone. They were so nice she is planning another visit to ask a few more questions. We cannot help her as she has a totally different phone from ours. Not often she is happy with service these days and they must have listened well and been very patient.
Yes! I brought my mom for an MRI today, and every single person we encountered at the MRI facility was as nice as they could possibly be.
Pranks and practical jokes that keep me laughing at work.
Just spent about 1.5 hours on the phone with car insurance. Had a lot of changes and the individual who I dealt with on the phone was FANTASTIC! Took all the changes I threw at him in stride and we are saving a significant amount of money now. I'm thrilled to have this off my to-do list and to have dealt with someone that made it easy.
That is great, Happy. Sometimes one phone call can amount to more savings than months of being careful at the grocery store!Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
We ate at a new diner. We have passed it for months and it didn't look very promising because it's in a strip mall, but I gave my husband money for Christmas to go out to a diner, so yesterday we went there and it was great. Best of all, when we walked in, customers were super friendly and told us to sit anywhere, and everyone acted like we were local.
People are so friendly here in the winter--it's just like Michigan, super friendly in the winter and aloof in the summer, since you might be a tourist.
The food was fantastic. Why are diner sausages so much better than sausages anywhere else?
Glad you enjoyed it. They will remember you as local folks now. Diners are community spots usually.
Corned beef hash is also much much tastier at a diner.Quote:
Why are diner sausages so much better than sausages anywhere else?
We are doing two major house renovations with many, many workmen. We’ve not had one stinker. I can think of one instance where there was some inattention to detail when the floor contractor was too busy talking to me about his place in the country, but it wasn’t deliberate.
Our Hermann house isn’t DONE yet, but 80% of the Really big work to be performed by contractors is done. We love our contractor. The subcontractors we hired for this for landscaping seems to have done a good job. The floor guys are working right now.Most people who have been through a major renovation don’t have universally postive Relationships with their contractors.
do you know that truism about products, it is this: can’t have things that are cheap and fast and accurate. You can get two out of three, but it’s very difficult to get all three.
In our case we went for only one of those on the triad, accuracy. We wanted solid workmanlike product. None of it was cheap, none of it was fast.