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June 03, 2023 03:45PM
@HonnyBrown wrote:

I ordered 2 boxes of 100W LED bulbs for the new lamps. They are so dim. I'm not liking the LED trend.
@Honny, do you know what the "K" or Kelvin value is on the bulbs?? I've recently learned a lot about LED values! The lower the K value, the dimmer the light. So if your 100W LED is 2700K, that will give you a dimmer/warmer glow than say, a 100W 4000 (or 4K) bulb. A 5K value would probably be too bright, more of a "daytime" glow.
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June 03, 2023 08:24PM
Thank you, guysmom. No one told me about the K value when I was shopping and "shopping" for LED bulbs. Anywaayyy... More and more donations, trip to Nature until it rained, finished one book, and started another book. Soon: vacuum and possibly trim hair. If I trim it, there will be gas money for one or two more trips to Nature before mosquito season (which reminds of the cute cartoon with Pink Panther and his nemesis the mosquito, but that is for another thread...)

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June 04, 2023 05:47PM
Did not trim hair and still have gas money. Chose to finish the current sorting process. Next week, we finish the donations and then are free!

Huzzah!

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June 04, 2023 11:41PM
These are 6K bright white corn bulbs. They are dim and they suck. My cat has spent most of the morning playing outdoors. She is now sleeping peacefully.

@guysmom wrote:

@Honny, do you know what the "K" or Kelvin value is on the bulbs?? I've recently learned a lot about LED values! The lower the K value, the dimmer the light. So if your 100W LED is 2700K, that will give you a dimmer/warmer glow than say, a 100W 4000 (or 4K) bulb. A 5K value would probably be too bright, more of a "daytime" glow.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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June 05, 2023 12:29AM
@Honny, 6K and dim? WOW, that must suck! Can you exchange/return them and try another brand?
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June 06, 2023 06:38AM
These are 6K LED lights. Apparently, there is a difference and I don't know how to compare them to regular bulbs.

I had a mild stomach ache from yesterday on. My fix: gas station fried chicken. I see a fast in my future.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton


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June 06, 2023 04:08PM
Using my stove top smoker to smoke some salmon that I will later chill to use to a couple of evening suppers this week. This smoker is one of the best kitchen gadget investments!

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June 06, 2023 11:24PM
Dog walk, paid training session, shopped for a backpack for my little daughter, threw dinner together ...now I'm so sleepy. But I still need to was dishes and start packing!
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June 07, 2023 12:18PM
Grade two this morning. Maybe lunch with my cousin. Errands. Weed the garden, whip the house back into shape. I worked hard and got It pretty good before guests on Sunday. Now, it's quickly slipping!!!
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June 07, 2023 12:55PM
Cook lunch for church office staff. Leading Zoom meeting after dinner. (It had been so long since I had to personally schedule a meeting I had to give myself a refresher course last night.)

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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June 07, 2023 09:33PM
Staying indoors as much as possible. We have a Code Red air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. When one must be outdoors we are urged to mask. Handy that most people here still have a good supply of filtration masks!

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
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June 08, 2023 08:31PM
Loving the daily rain here. It cleans the exterior of the car. Tomorrow, we will clean the interior of the car while laundry is at the laundromat.

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June 08, 2023 08:56PM
The cat is fired. She woke me up this morning by sneezing in my face then hiding under the bed.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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June 08, 2023 09:01PM
A spews alarm?
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June 08, 2023 10:38PM
The worst of the smoke left yesterday. After a cold front came through and dropped the temperature we opened up the windows. It's been LOVELY having a nice breeze coming in, and the sounds of the birds is heavenly.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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June 09, 2023 01:15PM
I'm skipping my standing Friday morning meeting to help Hubby deliver sandwiches to two places that distribute them to the homeless. We will then go to our area's huge, permanent farmer's market and see what looks good to replenish our empty produce drawers.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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June 10, 2023 01:28AM
Nice, KathyG!

So after a few days of reading and binge watching, I am back to the seemingly endless projects. This time, I have yet another closet and 4 bookcases. It has been fun to do relaxing things, but it is time to bless and release ever more stuff. I can hardly believe that I believed that I would spend my [presumably long] retirement with all those things that I had accumulated for my retirement years. smh.

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June 10, 2023 01:38AM
I took a long nap after work. My kitchen is a wreck. I was supposed to address it yesterday. That got put off to today at lunch. I ended up running an errand.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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June 10, 2023 05:23PM
Cycling class at the gym, then walk with Hubby to Walgreens. This afternoon a WebX call. Tonight getting together with "Gals" while "Guys" play poker.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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June 10, 2023 05:41PM
Finished sorting the heaviest stuff in the designated closet. More to do there, but it will wait. Have given myself until the end of next week to finish that closet and the four bookcases. Easy peasy! Then, we move the rest of the stuff out of storage unit and clean out one more closet. It is easier to enjoy the things I am keeping than it was when I had the vast "retirement stash" because there are so few of them. Weird, huh?

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June 11, 2023 03:08PM
Typical morning: cool, sunny, with soft light streaming into my place. This is the good time to binge-watch, so I am watching MasterChef. It is Christine Ha's season. smiling smiley Later, it will probably become overcast and rain; that is when streaming is challenged It is the time for reading (and possibly napping).

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June 11, 2023 07:51PM
Packing and trying to clean up before our flight in the morning.....We're excited.
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June 11, 2023 11:38PM
Relaxing day today. All I did was loads of wash, laze around on the deck and putter around my veggie and flower garden. My neighbor brought over two tomato plants that she started from seed. I need to find a place to transplant them and can't decide. Grilled and ate outdoors. Now in for the evening and will catch up on Top Chef later.
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June 11, 2023 11:51PM
What kind of sandwiches did you create?

@KathyG wrote:

I'm skipping my standing Friday morning meeting to help Hubby deliver sandwiches to two places that distribute them to the homeless. We will then go to our area's huge, permanent farmer's market and see what looks good to replenish our empty produce drawers.
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June 12, 2023 12:38AM
Other people created....a loaf of bread made into lunchmeat sandwiches, each in a ziplock bag and then put back into the loaf bag. In the end there were 15 bread bags worth of ham and turkey. Some with cheese, some without. Also several bags of apples and oranges.
@Madetoshop wrote:

What kind of sandwiches did you create?

@KathyG wrote:

I'm skipping my standing Friday morning meeting to help Hubby deliver sandwiches to two places that distribute them to the homeless. We will then go to our area's huge, permanent farmer's market and see what looks good to replenish our empty produce drawers.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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June 12, 2023 03:07PM
Be productive. That's my plan.
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June 12, 2023 04:33PM
Today is the day job and a guest on a friend's bar shop -- seemed like a good excuse for an end of the school year happy hour. Weeding the new garden bed so that I can turn the soil tomorrow and a goal of unpacking a box in each room.
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June 12, 2023 08:31PM
Bicycling and lunch with Hubby. However, our route changed when I got a flat. Fortunately there was a bike shop a mile away (just down the street from where we were planning on eating lunch), so I walked the bike there. After lunch Hubby rode home and drove back to pick me up.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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June 12, 2023 08:44PM
Before rain, we got rid of lots of stuff, returned the last of the borrowed medical equipment, and got a little free food. Then, there was good news about legs. Huzzah!

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June 12, 2023 09:33PM
Stayed home and cooked up a storm. Made extra of everything. Made myself a huge salad topped with homemade pumpernickel croutons and scallions vinaigrette with chicken franchese. Also breaded some of the other pieces of chicken for chicken cutlets parmigiana for tomorrow.
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