So nice and cozy, Catherine! We do little fairy lights during the dark seasons and it definitely helps make things feel cozy!
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So nice and cozy, Catherine! We do little fairy lights during the dark seasons and it definitely helps make things feel cozy!
Just beautiful--very cozy for winter!
Your little house does look very cozy, catherine! Thanks for sharing.
Looks like the perfect size, too.
Wrapped all the Christmas presents this morning. Took over two hours but it's finally done.
Got $100 cash in a Christmas card from a customer. Got the same last year. And yes, I can keep it. Card was handed to me by one of the owners.
That is nice!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
Very nice, Tradd!
Nice, Tradd! I've gotten several gift cards from some of the teachers. Very nice gesture.
I'm actually really enjoying not working for the time being - I have lots of projects to take care of and it has been snowy and cold so the idea of sitting in the gallery for seven hours a day with hardly any one coming in is not appealing at all.
During this work sabbatical I've been going to the gym while I'm in town running errands and just taking it easy by walking around the track at a slower pace than I usually would do in the past, and riding the exercise bike. I am so out of shape that it feels like I am starting at zero and clawing my way back to health. My left shoulder and arm are still acting up quite a bit, and my lower back as well, but I am feeling pretty good otherwise. I've lost 3.5 lbs on our diet reset in the last week and making sure I get enough sleep.
Great to hear that you're finding some respite with your health on your time off. Enjoy it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by SiouzQ.
Sioux- thanks for the update and glad you’re doing OK. Congrats on the weight loss.
That's a fabulous update, Sioux! Congrats all around.
Took 3 weeks off work over Christmas and it only took me 2 days to get myself caught back up. Someone was "helping out" while I was out but instead of doing everything, she'd do a couple things and leave the rest for me.
A very kind neighbor was shoveling off walkways and did my car (surrounded by drifts up to my knees) when I asked and wouldn’t take anything. Got the 8” of snow off the top of the Scuba Sherpa that I couldn’t reach, too. The snow removal company isn’t the best so neighbor was doing all the walkways to the buildings on our end of complex.
Nice neighbors are a treasure!
That's awesome, Tradd!! Good neighbors are worth their weight in gold. I was worried about the weather--we actually have no wood for our wood stove because of reliance on the heat pump--so I asked DH, should we run to the store and buy wood in case we have a power outage (wood at the convenience store is expensive at $6-7/small bundle). And he said, "No. We have Bert's in an emergency" (our next-door neighbor who has spent the last few weeks building a woodshed for his 4 cords)... In NJ we rarely interacted with our neighbors, despite living there for 35 years. It's so nice to have neighbors that care and are willing to help you out.
we had a little light, dusting of snow, overnight, and one of our neighbors, who is about 10 years younger than we are came by with a snowblower to blow snow out of our driveway.I guess we are now officially those old people for whom people do things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
It wasn’t all that long ago that we were the people who shoveled the walks for the old people.
I’ve lived here 15 years and just the last year or so really getting to know people on my building. I know all the people in the other 3 units on my floor.Quote:
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If someone wants to help, I’m not going to argue. I was also parked in a handicapped spot, walk with a visible limp, plus shoveling neighbor said his wife has two club feet, so he gets it with mobility issues. Told me to let him know if I need anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Our lovely neighbor plowed our driveway last week. Like IL we are the old people in the neighborhood...not a bad thing. This morning the snow we had for 2 hours laid and inch of so, but the marvelous sun took care of it. Now if only the wind would die down. Power went out for 2 hours yesterday.
In the neighbors helping neighbors department, we had our next door neighbors for dinner last night. They gifted me peach moonshine in a Mason jar that one of their relatives had made. I love that I live in a place where I get homemade peach moonshine in a mason jar as a hostess gift. Why did I ever think I wanted to live in Manhattan?? BTW, it's DELICIOUS.
I do not think I would enjoy peach moonshine, but Catherine , I’m glad it’s tripping your trigger!
It's better than you think! Very smooth and peach-y. But I get it--when I think moonshine I think rot-gut. This one is not like that. But what I really like is the idea of of my neighbor's stepsister with her still hidden in the woods, making jars of the stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Our main grocery store changed hands and has new owners. It seems to be extraordinarily cheaper. I don’t know for sure since I didn’t do an item by item cost comparison, all I know is, I went in to do our usual grocery shopping, which is usually a tad over $100 and this time it was $78.
everyone around town is saying it’s cheaper. It’s also more upscale, there’s a greater variety of fruits and vegetables.
it looks to be a winner!
This is great, because our “save a lot” closed ( discount store) last summer. At that time before its closing we had three grocery stores in our small town of 2500 people, so that was really good. Now we’re down to two and that’s OK.
This is a rave I guess?
Last week DH started work on our living room. A week later, he is halfway done. Good Lord this is going fast. He says “well sure it is going fast because there’s only three windows and one doorway to make trim for.“
I’m used to him working for months on other areas of the house that have many many doorways and many windows.
i’m going to have to make decor decisions much sooner than I have planned. This is very stressful.
I could slow him down by taking time out to build picture frames for all the art I’m buying. If you all think I’m going to pay current prices to frame all these pieces y’all have another think coming. I put framing in the same category as flying first class, not gonna happen.
Lol
Absolutely loving my new primary care direct doctor and the care model. It is the best medical care I have had since I was young. I am so glad I took the risk and am paying the monthly fee.
So glad to hear, Tybee!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
This is splendid! I’m so glad it is working well for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I was nervous to do it, but wow, doctor is fantastic, communication is a thousand percent better than last doctor, and she is already way ahead of the game diagnostically speaking.
People who apply for job postings that clearly state “on site” and “no work from home” and are upset when they’re told in an interview (when they ask about it) that WFH is not possible. My company has finally realized my two person dept needs more help. We posted various places online and are working with a recruiter they’ve used before. Had three interviews the end of the week. They all came from LinkedIn posting. I’m the dept lead and sat in on all interviews. Two gals, one guy, all mid-late 20s. When the gal was told WFH not an option, she cried. WTF? Who the hell cries in a job interview? When asked why they thought a job posted as NO work from home could be permanent WFH, they said they hated dealing with people and didn’t want to work in an office. Snowflakes. And no permanent WFH is NOT possible. Owners and HR hate it although they do it all the time. I am set up to WFH for weekend shipments (I’m in international shipping), but was recently allowed to WFH for most of a week due to illness (Covid). Manager had massive pushback from HR for that. Company owns building and it WILL be used. The job could be done remote all the time but that won’t be allowed. That is not the point of my post. My chunter is the people who saw a job posting that said NO WFH and were upset when they were told NO work from home during interview when they asked. I’m sick of entitled people. My industry is often people in the office. These candidates were fairly green. What I do is complicated and even if WFH was an option, it would have been a disaster to attempt to train them remotely. Plus they only lived 20 min from the office.
Another peeve today: people who are utterly incapable of considering something within its historical context. Somewhere else I hang out online people were discussing average historical meals from the late 1940s-1950s. People were complaining there was too much sugar, butter, and carbs. When it was pointed out to them that these were normal meals for the era, the “too much” people flipped.
And my husband's new cardiologist also gets a rave review--he just called him at home at 8 am to follow up on an echocardiogram and check in with him!
Tybee, that’s a great doc!
Finally, after years of searching, I have found a geographic connection to Scotland in great grandfathers. And it was so easy! Someone made a family tree on Family Search going back to the 1400’s for our Patterson relatives.
Family members on my father’s side, Stuart, have been diligently pursuing our immigrant ancestor’s origins for decades. This immigrant and wife came to the U.S. in late 1800’s, not very long ago! You would think it would be EASY to find them, but Nooooo! I finally gave up on him and turned to other family lines in an attempt to tie one to specific places in Scotland.
identifying a home village in Scotland was my goal. Now I can say it is Perth. Yay, Perth! And I have been there ‘ tho just in the train station.
Il, that's SO exciting! I'm pretty sure DH's family are from Dumfriesshire but I haven't been able to confirm at this point, I've lost a couple generations somewhere. I have Scottish relatives too, and we would love to visit Scotland.
IL, that’s great news.
Iris, Good news! I have been to Perth and bought a paperweight, millefoile I think it's called with the pretty little rods that make a flower design. We saw them make one. So, you might need to put it on a list for your next trip.
Great, IL!