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Shop-et-al hats off to you!
Four rooms, I am super impressed. I never do that much in a day. If I tried, I would need to rest for a week after. Lol
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/15/2022 02:10PM by G3B.
Four rooms, I am super impressed. I never do that much in a day. If I tried, I would need to rest for a week after. Lol
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/15/2022 02:10PM by G3B.
LOL! 
We did the basics and enough to notice a difference. I affirmed that My Inner Perfectionist Was Dead Or At Least In A Coma For A Few Days Huzzah! Huzzah!, and made a list for the next weekly effort. For example, on Wednesday/kitchen day we will repeat the basics in practically no time and add details such as cleaning appliances and the cupboard doors. It is a process, but there is always improvement.
We did the basics and enough to notice a difference. I affirmed that My Inner Perfectionist Was Dead Or At Least In A Coma For A Few Days Huzzah! Huzzah!, and made a list for the next weekly effort. For example, on Wednesday/kitchen day we will repeat the basics in practically no time and add details such as cleaning appliances and the cupboard doors. It is a process, but there is always improvement.
@G3B wrote:
Shop-et-al hats off to you!
Four rooms, I am super impressed. I never do that much in a day. If I tried, I would need to rest for a week after. Lol
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
Thanks for the information. I've seen ads for June's Journey pop up on my crossword puzzle app in between games.
@walesmaven wrote:
Rainy, cool day here. After my one shop I will probably play a couple of hidden object games on the computer. June's Journey and Paula's Peril are Nooga-designed and really great. Players with a little patience will find that they can play without spending any of their own money! Very high quality scenes, varied types of things to do when not clue-hunting, and interesting story lines.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Church money counting in the morning, then Costco on the way home. Annoying session with Citi trying to find out why some web functionality wasn't working. (Their answer ultimately was to try again tomorrow.) Hubby is out for the night so I will have to figure out my dinner soon. All I know is that it won't be from here.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Working in garden. Pleasant, but chaotic. Laundry. Dried nicely on line.
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
Alexander Den Heijer
Re-watching and still loving 84 Charing Cross Road.
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
On the way home from my chiropractor appointment I stopped into the Vincent dePaul thrift store for some new shirts. Even through last time I purchased shirts (just a couple of months ago) I checked them over thoroughly, two of them now have holes in the lower part of the front.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Hmmph. Not sure what happened in my weird world. For the longest time, I had an extremely high pain threshold. Now, I have pain that exceeds federal limitations for pain medication. This should not be. To preclude the current rant which most recently lasted fifty four and one half miles in a closed vehicle, I will pose a wee wonderment. Could this be an oddball result of covid vax? Does this happen for many people over time? Aging? Climate change [which humans do not cause but experience in their fleeting moments in the larger and vast natural time]? Could there be another explanation for such a change? As one of many needed distractions between short periods of federally permitted pain relief, I am going to search for any reported changes in human pain tolerance over time. Mind you, I would not take back my vaccinated condition or the vagaries of life as it unfolds over time. I would just like to have that extremely high pain threshold again. *alas* 
And, to turn that frown upside down, I have the privilege of listening to decades of musical performances by some of my favorite musicians. This is the upside of decades of music lessons and a low pain threshold that keeps me here and not gadding about shopping, merchandising, or working for wages. I get to do this!
And, to turn that frown upside down, I have the privilege of listening to decades of musical performances by some of my favorite musicians. This is the upside of decades of music lessons and a low pain threshold that keeps me here and not gadding about shopping, merchandising, or working for wages. I get to do this!
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
Shift at the cat adoption center. Shops and drop off at Youngest Son's house on the way home.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
@Shop-et-al
Toleration for many things has changed over time for me. A major one is lack of sleep. I've never slept well, I've always been affected by it , but now I really have a hard time functioning after a bad night's sleep.
Pain, I'm just more unwilling to function. While dealing with it. Tolerance hasn't really changed.
And strong pain killers will take away my pain.
I think pain that drags on and on gets harder and harder to live with. It's exhausting.
Take care.
Toleration for many things has changed over time for me. A major one is lack of sleep. I've never slept well, I've always been affected by it , but now I really have a hard time functioning after a bad night's sleep.
Pain, I'm just more unwilling to function. While dealing with it. Tolerance hasn't really changed.
And strong pain killers will take away my pain.
I think pain that drags on and on gets harder and harder to live with. It's exhausting.
Take care.
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
Alexander Den Heijer
@prince: that sounds like what I have learned today. Women are likely to have stable tolerance or threshold and older people in general may handle stress better than younger folks. I also learned that stress can contribute to a rapid shift in tolerance or threshold. I mentioned this to the doc in an effort to answer the questions about how this happened. I can now list a litany of major stressors over time. It seemed right to my instinct. Thinking back, there was one thing after another after another after another until this. Stress management will help. Reduction of some stressors and the preferred elimination of others is not so easy. It involves other people and, sometimes, laws. So this stress management is the new focus of my physical heart and metaphysical heart efforts.
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My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/2022 04:45PM by Shop-et-al.
I have ants in my kitchen. The traps I got are like candy to them.
"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
Yikes! Try finding out where they're coming from and stuffing lemon peel into the hole. Or dust their 'trail' with cinnamon or cayenne.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
I have ants in my kitchen. The traps I got are like candy to them.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Celebrating. Stress Management Technique # Whatever revealed that it makes me feel good when I accomplish my goals. So, I finished today's task list, started Saturday's task list, and attempted to sign up with another MSC. That was a bust. They require a professional photo of me. Well. I had to get rid of all cosmetics that could have made me look halfway decent and have not replaced them. (I did not know if any were contaminated!) I look wretched. ! I am still not comfortable with a salon visit for a long-need trim. I am still slightly terrified of my official hair-cutting scissors. The happy compromise is that I will cut my hair as well as I can, find some affordable makeup, and try again another day. At 2 a.m. I am ready for a nap!
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
@Shop-et-al I have never owned any make-up and wouldn't buy any to take a photo for anyone.
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
Alexander Den Heijer
I like a bit sometimes. Just now, I was hoping to sign up photo-free and get the background check. By the time I am ready for assignments, I should look better just from feeling better. In this moment, I look about twelve times worse than my usual. I definitely need to lose a few inches of hair, though.
@prince wrote:
@Shop-et-al I have never owned any make-up and wouldn't buy any to take a photo for anyone.
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
@prince...me too. I have a lipstick and that is just about what I have for makeup.
Booked our tickets. Going home in November during Thanksgiving. The school approved the 8 day absence for my daughter and she will be finishing her work online for that period. Can't wait!
Booked our tickets. Going home in November during Thanksgiving. The school approved the 8 day absence for my daughter and she will be finishing her work online for that period. Can't wait!
Friday morning standing meeting, then apartment shop and errands before returning home. Walked at mall with Hubby. Came home and started putting a frittata together for dinner tonight; received a call inviting me to eat at Five Guys instead. Went ahead and finished the frittata, which will make a great lunch tomorrow.
After dinner Hubby and I finished our steps on a trail in a municipal park that parallels a river. It was lovely.
After dinner Hubby and I finished our steps on a trail in a municipal park that parallels a river. It was lovely.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Shop-et-al lots of natural ways ‘unmake-up’ ways to “look” good for a quick at home photo. Petroleum jelly or Aquaphor on the lips, pinch cheeks right before for color, put up hair or just make sure front looks good. Etc
Thanks, everyone! In the best and printable parts of this day, which is celebrating its four and one half hour moment: more weight loss, hubby has chosen a project that opens up space in which to sort ever more stuff in a safe way for my back, and I am listening to some of my fave Christmas music from decades ago.
In the best and printable parts of this day, which is celebrating its four and one half hour moment: more weight loss, hubby has chosen a project that opens up space in which to sort ever more stuff in a safe way for my back, and I am listening to some of my fave Christmas music from decades ago.My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
Started a batch of kimchi. That used up all the garlic, so walked to the grocery store to get more. Back to back Zoom meetings late morning/early afternoon. Tonight church and dinner out.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
My home warranty company is coming Monday put in in the heat pump motor they repaired. After a summer of no AC, I will have a janky one until it gets replaced in September.
"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
@Shop-et-al, self care is the best care! It'll make you feel better. I know times are rough now and I hope you feel better. Grab yourself a lipstick as a free gift from my MK Store @ marykay.com/iveys and enjoy being beautiful!
Thanks for the lipstick offer. I am still a little ravaged but my place is, oh, incalculably better. We finished the hubby project. The whole danged thing.! He gets 99% of kudos because all I did was lessen his burden by moving things close to exit door and place them on higher surfaces so that he could work out the least number of trips to haul it away and did not have to lift so much heavy stuff from bad starting points. We Will Never Do That Again. Huzzah! Had a weird dream about my official hair cutting scissors. I was ready to trim and out of nowhere came these helping hands that were attached to a stranger. Oddly, they found me in a parking lot and the next thing I knew, my hair was completed and they were gone. Think, maybe just hope, that this means I will have a little help from Unseen Hand or something. ?
I am still a little ravaged but my place is, oh, incalculably better. We finished the hubby project. The whole danged thing.! He gets 99% of kudos because all I did was lessen his burden by moving things close to exit door and place them on higher surfaces so that he could work out the least number of trips to haul it away and did not have to lift so much heavy stuff from bad starting points. We Will Never Do That Again. Huzzah! Had a weird dream about my official hair cutting scissors. I was ready to trim and out of nowhere came these helping hands that were attached to a stranger. Oddly, they found me in a parking lot and the next thing I knew, my hair was completed and they were gone. Think, maybe just hope, that this means I will have a little help from Unseen Hand or something. ?My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
Morning bike ride, then an after-lunchtime nap :-)
Late afternoon Ice cream social sponsored by a fellowship I belong to, which included speakers. In between two events laundry and house chores.
Late afternoon Ice cream social sponsored by a fellowship I belong to, which included speakers. In between two events laundry and house chores.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
I have AC! They got here around 9am with the motor and installed it in 10 minutes. I turned my AC down to 70 and gave them a great Yelp review.
"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
Laundry, kitchen work, planning the rest of the week's errands and shops. Just grabbed an oil change with $60 bonus for later in the week.
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Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Sorted, get rid of stuff, accepted mystery shop (one of the few I can do at this time), organized beautification project, laundry, tried/deleted unhelpful store app, ordered online, and thanked skin for every bit of improvement. Eerie, or no? After I posted about the dream, I came across one of the items I inherited. It contained a few lovely old things and... gloves. I got this hair thing. Helping Hand is here.
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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