This is the time of year I generally hate going into stores even for the weekly shopping. I've worked enough retail in my life to where I just don't like the holidays anymore. Too much forced...
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This is the time of year I generally hate going into stores even for the weekly shopping. I've worked enough retail in my life to where I just don't like the holidays anymore. Too much forced...
Got my 2008 Suburu Forester (159,200 miles) sold today to a local friend. I think I was a little over-ambitious on the price, which started out at $5500. In my mind I knew I would never get the...
It seems like the hits just keep on coming when living in a small village like I do - in the past month we lost an adult man from a massive heart attack, then the 37 year old female alcoholic with a...
Every time my WaPo subscription is about to run out, I cancel it as well and they bring me back in at the $34 (or so) rate. I've done this for the past three years and its worked so far.
A younger woman in our little town died this morning, maybe alcohol, maybe fentanyl, who knows (she died in her sleep). She was supposed to go to rehab later today. I heard a bunch of sirens...
My almost 92 year Mom decided to give up driving (thank god) so I flew one way to Detroit, spent five days visiting family and friends in Ann Arbor, and have been driving her 2018 Volkswagon Jetta...
There are some days where I don't think I can stand gallery-sitting one more minute and today is one of them. It's so slow and I hate this godd*m chair I have to sit in. I need to figure out some...
The email at the gallery where I work has something like 18,000 old emails. Since I only work there two to three days per week, I am not at liberty to delete any of them. A lot of it is junk and...
That is really cute! I could almost live full-time in that space, except there isn't a single closet...also I would need some room for a small art studio space. Hmmm, I actually lived in a space...
Thank you for letting me vent. It's been a long, frustrating odyssey. My biggest fear is that even/if when I heal up, I won't be able to do the type of heavy metalsmithing that I had been doing,...
Three weeks post-carpal and cubital tunnel surgery release and it feels like healing is going backwards, not forwards. This surgery has been quite painful and debilitating for me, which I wasn't...
Our oven is on the blink, so we're outdoor grilling a lot.
Yes, my knee injections cost a ridiculous amount as well and I am still paying for them on the payment plan I set up with the health system. I started the year with a healthcare goal to hit my...
I lost a total of 9.4 lbs and K. lost a total of 12 lbs. on our month of July 29-day diet! We are breaking out of it today to go out to eat in Santa Fe at a Tapas place. My intention is to still...
So far this month I've gotten rid of 6.2 lbs. One more week of our annual-ish diet, so I hope to lose a couple more by Sunday.
That ceiling is horrendous - one of the most depressing living places I have ever seen...
After reading "A Year of No Garbage" by Eve O. Schaub, I have grudgingly changed my mind about recycling plastic as well. I have to drive many miles to the transfer station (nevertheless a really...
Ah, that first one is so cool! Sometimes I really miss my experience of living "tiny" behind the gallery but a few years out from that I realize that working and living in the same space was...
I had the hyaluronic injections in both knees in April, three rounds, once a week for three weeks. They were very hard to get approved by my insurance, as they are denying that treatment more and...
Finally sold my vintage Toastmaster toaster for $20 on Facebook Marketplace - a lady from one of my Facebook groups (Atomic Living: Mid-Century Modern Madness of the Atomic Age) is closing on her...
This is a fun read about decluttering:
https://eveschaub.com/year-of-no-clutter/
She also wrote a book called "The Year of No Garbage." That was a real eye-opener about companies...
I'm getting $30 from BuyBack World for sending in three old I-Pods (two 2nd generation, 7th Generation I-Pod Classic 160 GB) and an old Canon POint & Shoot camera that have been sitting for years in...
I'm sorry for your loss, Tybee. I can relate, as my 95 year old dad passed back in April.
Yeegads, that's scary but there is potential underneath all the crap, though it's hard to see how it is structurally underneath all the trash. That basement was a nightmare! Reminds me of when I...
I am in a decluttering mood, which usually happens after we go to an estate sale over the weekend. We have a good friend who has an estate sale service so it is fun to go, especially in the area...