Good Morning Everybody
"Clink!"

Hello Subclinical
WAY TO GO! knocking out those evaluations!

Have fun shouting to the other Teacher at the school tomorrow.

So sorry your Mom is fretting about things months away and feeling like a prisoner.
Best if we only focus on things day by day and let the future come as it will. (((HUG)))

Darn! that Fox has your Chickens on the menu again! 🙁
Wishing you all the best of luck getting rid of it.

Hi Tatoulia
Thank you for posting the photos.
I especially enjoyed the sleeping kitty and the wedding.

Today I plan to do some laundry and wash my hair.
Supposed to get into the upper 80s with some clouds and no rain.

Cm, I am also sorry about your mishap - we crossed. But you did a lit!

Tatoulia,

I am too tired to fully process all of it.

I can't hear or understand my little ones half the time, they fidget with their masks and some don't fit right, they get too close to each other. Half of them didn't have their materials. They are tired by my class and their attention spans are short. Some of them are hungry and they can't eat snacks in class anymore. I did have one hit with them with a game.

Half of my STUDIO kids showed up without tools today. This is not their first rodeo. I actually looked at one and asked "what did you think you were going to do today?"

The internet crashed and I lost class time to trying to fix it so that my online kids could participate. I had to call tech support in three times. I don't think the poor guy got to sit down all day. One guy, 22 classrooms.

I had to tape my webcam to a broomstick.

One student got locked out and couldn't attend at all.

But they look good. They look happy and healthy and growing and it was so good to see them. I will learn to read their eyes.

Tillie,

I am very worried about you, and I hope you are ok.

I hope tatoulia's mom feels better quickly too.

I came by to offer a little hoarder humor.

During the summer we have a very efficient and minimalist woman who comes in and does deep level organization in our building and throws out broken stuff and orders upgrades and replacements. Sometimes she goes overboard, but honestly, this year, what she is doing is very important! But it's funny, because she sends out a lot of emails "does this belong to anybody? is this important? is someone using this? Do you need this? Is this yours?..." and I send a lot of emails back "me! Yes! Also me, mine! please don't throw that out...."

So today, she sent a picture of a cart that I replaced and told the building manager to throw out last year (one wheel is seized due to damage and it screeches) there is a piece of tape with my subject and room number on the cart. I have no idea where it was hiding for a year. The text with it said "yours, right?" I could hear the discouraged resignation. And I got to send back "nope. I marked that for rubbish last year."

I can almost see her dancing with joy that she finally gets to throw out some of my stuff.

Tillie,

I am very worried about you, and I hope you are ok.

I hope tatoulia's mom feels better quickly too.

I came by to offer a little hoarder humor.

During the summer we have a very efficient and minimalist woman who comes in and does deep level organization in our building and throws out broken stuff and orders upgrades and replacements. Sometimes she goes overboard, but honestly, this year, what she is doing is very important! But it's funny, because she sends out a lot of emails "does this belong to anybody? is this important? is someone using this? Do you need this? Is this yours?..." and I send a lot of emails back "me! Yes! Also me, mine! please don't throw that out...."

So today, she sent a picture of a cart that I replaced and told the building manager to throw out last year (one wheel is seized due to damage and it screeches) there is a piece of tape with my subject and room number on the cart. I have no idea where it was hiding for a year. The text with it said "yours, right?" I could hear the discouraged resignation. And I got to send back "nope. I marked that for rubbish last year."

I can almost see her dancing with joy that she finally gets to throw out some of my stuff.

Good Morning Everybody

So wonderful to read your pleasantly detailed posts.

Please forgive me for not responding to them at this time.
Maybe later today.

Twinkles and I are not feeling very well. I think he has a headache too.

Good Morning Everybody

So wonderful to read your pleasantly detailed posts.

Please forgive me for not responding to them at this time.
Maybe later today.

Twinkles and I are not feeling very well. I think he has a headache too.

I talked to my mom for a while yesterday. She sounds depressed. It worries me. I think she feels like she is under house arrest with a shoot to kill guard outside. She is already mourning Christmas activities and visits. I tried to get her to just focus on June.

I did extra evaluations yesterday! I have 12 left. I am going to do them today! (Evaluations take 15-30 minutes each) I also have a couple of things to email kids about and a few loose ends to tie up for one class. Plus I need to turn in my reimbursable forms for spring.

Tomorrow I signed up for 4 hours to clean out my classroom. There is only one other teacher signed up during the first two hours, and I want to talk down the hall at her. Our rooms are on different ends of the same floor.

The fox come back yesterday. I chased it off when I saw it, but I am missing a chicken. If the fox would just settle for rabbits and groundhogs we could be such good friends....

Good to hear you were feeling ok today, Tillie! Keep taking it slowly.

SubC, I'd like to hear more about your day. Is it hard to keep the kids focused, is it hard with masks, etc? I'm sure with the school year changing so abruptly earlier this year must have resulted in some kids being behind. I am praying it all goes well for you.

Cm sorry about the tarp and the mess. You did great getting stuff over for the sale! You will, in time, weather these storms better.

I did get some walking in today. I've got my ladies coming tmr so I'm pretty happy about that. I only got one load of laundry done. someone was waiting for the machine.

I wish the humidity would hurry up and leave. I'm ready for some true autumn weather.

I worked really hard today, thinking it was the 30th and therefore the end of the Quarter. Then I found out it's the 29th.

I need to measure my bathroom. I need to get it painted already.

Tillie, I am glad you have food and Flowers!

Found book and papers.

Today could have gone worse, could have gone better.

I don't know if I have the stamina for this. We shall see.

So good to see my kids again, but the little ones are hard. And I have them at the end of the day.

1 day down, 127 to go.

I talked to my mom for a while yesterday. She sounds depressed. It worries me. I think she feels like she is under house arrest with a shoot to kill guard outside. She is already mourning Christmas activities and visits. I tried to get her to just focus on June.

I did extra evaluations yesterday! I have 12 left. I am going to do them today! (Evaluations take 15-30 minutes each) I also have a couple of things to email kids about and a few loose ends to tie up for one class. Plus I need to turn in my reimbursable forms for spring.

Tomorrow I signed up for 4 hours to clean out my classroom. There is only one other teacher signed up during the first two hours, and I want to talk down the hall at her. Our rooms are on different ends of the same floor.

The fox come back yesterday. I chased it off when I saw it, but I am missing a chicken. If the fox would just settle for rabbits and groundhogs we could be such good friends....

Holding down the fort

Roommate off to buy a car hopefully. Her sis came and picked her up.

I was planning to get right over to the garage sale site with another load, but things got aggravating when I discovered car stuff in a bucket had tipped over and there was an oily mess in the back of my van.

Should've just been grateful I'd put a tarp down just yesterday and the carpeting and upholstery were spared. Instead I went full-on toddler mode and had a meltdown over the stupid oil product loss and having to buy another tarp. Not my finest moment.

Somehow still gotta work on dealing with stupid things without losing it.

Well, I pulled myself together but by then had lost at least a couple hours - but I got over to the storage unit eventually. That had its lesser frustrations but I got out two card tables, that big picture frame I'd taken a painting out of, and a few books and Halloween items.

Took that stuff over and helped the gal whose house we're using for the sale to unload several dog crates and bunny cages (empty). The bunny club gets stuff donated and some of it doesn't suit our needs but someone will love to get it.

Got the new tarp in, and am getting ready to make one last run. Taking vintage push mower that my roommate can't push, old vacuum cleaner needing some tinkering, worm composting bin. I think that's all. Tomorrow we have a pricing party at 1:00.

I did mention Covid precautions and was reassured by the response that they will be taken. I can print some simple signs re social distancing etc. And I'll have my mask, gloves, sanitizer, and whatever else.

After I drop stuff off, I'm going to stop at the grocery for a frozen pizza! I can't make regular pizza unless I'm alone due to roommate's oregano allergy. I'd make pasta but I'm going to be tired. Another time perhaps.

This is another crazy week of coordinating things together. Trying to get the garage sale stuff and remember the schedule for the cats and her bunnies' playtime - sometimes I end up running really late when out of routine on those. I have trouble not being too loosey-goosey and distractible.

Well, burning daylight, so I best get going on that final run.

Good Night Tatoulia
Sleep soundly (((HUG)))

The President has ordered cities to have police and national guard stop it before it has a chance to start tonight.

It is already better tonight by disbursing the crowds at curfew.

SubC, that is exactly the type of information and leadership and empathy that your students need. Well done! I know that the emails from our CEO and Board of Directors are giving me the leadership and structure I need. We are definitely officially closed til August 1 and we've been told more likely to be September 1, but then with school starting (or not starting), we are probably looking at mid-September. Even getting that information was good direction and structure for me. You're right in the money-knowing that people are thinking about it and working on it is key! And yay for heart daughter!!

CM it is tough to keep up with people. Just don't ever let the passage of time be the reason for not reconnecting. I had a great fall with a friend who I hadn't seen in years. We picked right up and you can too.

Steven is cruel. That's the word right there.

Why am I not at doctors? Mom was up in the night with stomach issues. So we couldn't go. That poor thing.

Tillie, using those bar soaps must be terrific for you! I used one of the triple mulled almond soaps with my shower last night and it was lovely.

I cannot wait for my laundry to be picked up and returned! I will see if it frees me up to do other stuff or if it's too expensive, etc. right now I feel like everything is filthy because the washer wasn't working right and I have the heebie jeebies. I'll buy a basin and hand wash tonight.

SubC! I bought two reusable ziplock bags and they are fantastic. One is snack size and one is sandwich bag. They are all the good things like BPA free and I got the ones that are dishwasher safe. I adore them. They are so wonderful. I'm sure you are years ahead of me on this one. Fantastic products

SubC, that is exactly the type of information and leadership and empathy that your students need. Well done! I know that the emails from our CEO and Board of Directors are giving me the leadership and structure I need. We are definitely officially closed til August 1 and we've been told more likely to be September 1, but then with school starting (or not starting), we are probably looking at mid-September. Even getting that information was good direction and structure for me. You're right in the money-knowing that people are thinking about it and working on it is key! And yay for heart daughter!!

CM it is tough to keep up with people. Just don't ever let the passage of time be the reason for not reconnecting. I had a great fall with a friend who I hadn't seen in years. We picked right up and you can too.

Steven is cruel. That's the word right there.

Why am I not at doctors? Mom was up in the night with stomach issues. So we couldn't go. That poor thing.

Tillie, using those bar soaps must be terrific for you! I used one of the triple mulled almond soaps with my shower last night and it was lovely.

I cannot wait for my laundry to be picked up and returned! I will see if it frees me up to do other stuff or if it's too expensive, etc. right now I feel like everything is filthy because the washer wasn't working right and I have the heebie jeebies. I'll buy a basin and hand wash tonight.

SubC! I bought two reusable ziplock bags and they are fantastic. One is snack size and one is sandwich bag. They are all the good things like BPA free and I got the ones that are dishwasher safe. I adore them. They are so wonderful. I'm sure you are years ahead of me on this one. Fantastic products

Good Night Tatoulia
Sleep soundly (((HUG)))

The President has ordered cities to have police and national guard stop it before it has a chance to start tonight.

It is already better tonight by disbursing the crowds at curfew.

Going to bed. I posted some pictures. I hear the helicopters. Don't know what that means. I do know that the city is bracing for tomorrow night. I just don't want BF's office to get looted and scare that old cat. He could come here but he gets agitated and is happier at work.

Good Afternoon

The cloud cover has kept it very pleasant here today.

Got the kitchen cleaned after I did some cooking and tea brewing.

Watered the garden and am almost finished watering the grass.

Have been watching "Hoarders" and "Dark Shadows, The Beginning" today.
Hope none of you are watching much news.
Please just watch enough to know what's going on in your areas and then turn it off.

Good morning, no baby yet.
He is fully cooked today.

Such lovely long posts!

Tatoulia, I am glad things seem to have worked out well for your mom. And you are getting to spend time with her!

I will be following your laundry journey with interest.

Tillie, the cooler thing just makes me so angry! Can you make yourself a small cooler with a wet sheet and a fan?

You all have reminded me that I need to make soap again soon.

CM, I'm sorry your sleep is disrupted. If you are staying up Kate and walking before 7, no wonder you are tired!

I hope you can catch up with your friend.

Dh is having trouble sleeping. He says the work at home/quarantine routine is grinding him down and he needs a change of scenery. We both slept in this morning because he couldn't get to sleep, and so I couldn't get to sleep.

Some of his coworkers are back in the office and he is jealous. He will go back on the 27, so the baby should come now so I can have more baby days!

I wish he would not go back at all.

Yesterday for exercise I only did yoga. It was still very hot in the evening and Dh and I were both tired.

I froze the ice cream and took the beans out of the dehydrator. Today I pick more beans and restart it. I am loving these dried beans so much. I wish I had planted more beans. much better than filling the freezer with them.

I had a good time with my students. I like the new one. They wanted to talk with me about what will happen in the fall. They are lost and uncertain and anxious and we need to be supporting them better.

I told them what I know and how much I don't know. I told them there would be some class and teacher changes, but that I couldn't tell them which ones, and no, none of their teachers has died. I told them there would be some new choices and that I would be back and that a well loved teacher from the past (I named her, it's my heart daughter) is returning for some classes. I told them the administration has surveyed their parents and the teachers will be meeting for discussion groups next week. I told them they should expect to start later this year because we want to see what happens when the public schools reopen. I think it helps them to know that someone is in charge and thinking about the problem.

I told them I hate this too.

Hello

I did one wash load of washcloths & towels and I washed the few dishes and wiped up the counter.
Soon I will water the garden flowers.
The white Chrysanthemums are slowly blooming.
They have very pale yellow centers. 🙂

Good morning, no baby yet.
He is fully cooked today.

Such lovely long posts!

Tatoulia, I am glad things seem to have worked out well for your mom. And you are getting to spend time with her!

I will be following your laundry journey with interest.

Tillie, the cooler thing just makes me so angry! Can you make yourself a small cooler with a wet sheet and a fan?

You all have reminded me that I need to make soap again soon.

CM, I'm sorry your sleep is disrupted. If you are staying up Kate and walking before 7, no wonder you are tired!

I hope you can catch up with your friend.

Dh is having trouble sleeping. He says the work at home/quarantine routine is grinding him down and he needs a change of scenery. We both slept in this morning because he couldn't get to sleep, and so I couldn't get to sleep.

Some of his coworkers are back in the office and he is jealous. He will go back on the 27, so the baby should come now so I can have more baby days!

I wish he would not go back at all.

Yesterday for exercise I only did yoga. It was still very hot in the evening and Dh and I were both tired.

I froze the ice cream and took the beans out of the dehydrator. Today I pick more beans and restart it. I am loving these dried beans so much. I wish I had planted more beans. much better than filling the freezer with them.

I had a good time with my students. I like the new one. They wanted to talk with me about what will happen in the fall. They are lost and uncertain and anxious and we need to be supporting them better.

I told them what I know and how much I don't know. I told them there would be some class and teacher changes, but that I couldn't tell them which ones, and no, none of their teachers has died. I told them there would be some new choices and that I would be back and that a well loved teacher from the past (I named her, it's my heart daughter) is returning for some classes. I told them the administration has surveyed their parents and the teachers will be meeting for discussion groups next week. I told them they should expect to start later this year because we want to see what happens when the public schools reopen. I think it helps them to know that someone is in charge and thinking about the problem.

I told them I hate this too.

Good Morning Everyone

(((((HUGS))))) Subclinical
Our fingers are crossed and we are holding our breath that everything goes smoothly and safely for you and all students & faculty.
❤

Good luck locating the missing book & papers.

So happy I went shopping yesterday!!!
I moved as gently as possible and am not suffering any bad consequences!
If I still feel alright tomorrow I plan to drive to the water depot where you park right next to the water dispenser, fill bottles and place them right back into the car.
I only ever put in 3 gallons because water is heavy.
Wishing he did not bury my little red wagon under a huge pile of hoard.
I would like to use that to tote the water from the car to the pumphouse where I store it.
But I believe that I would be able to slowly carry one bottle at a time over and take lots of breaks before the next bottles get carted in.

Good To see you all this morning!

Hi CriticalMass
Our library just opened today but it's by appointment only.
Most all libraries are not bothering with any over due fees.
YEA! the brakes are under warranty. Hope the stuck caliper is a cheap fix.
I never got any of that stimulus money 🙁

Hi Subclinical
Glad your family was not in the mess of the protests.
YEA! for planting & weed pulling.
Good luck with the evaluations.

Hi Tatoulia
You made me laugh out loud with how Lord & Taylor was personal for you. 😀
The looters and vandals in Boston were mainly staying where the shops were and leaving all else alone.

Some cities were hit a lot harder because militarized anarchists and white supremists were coming into these cities in stolen vehicles loaded up with fire bombs.
These criminals did not live in these cities but came to cause trouble.
They distributed flyers to try to recruit more people to riot.
So many I saw arrested were white. Many in the black uniforms of the anarchists.
They would set their abandoned stolen cars on fire to try to destroy any evidence of their well planned attack.

But all over the country there were huge peaceful marches with peaceful people protesting.
These are the people who speak for me.

Nice overcast cool day here.
Plan to water some things and clean the kitchen.

The night owl cycle is self-perpetuating...

Tillie, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your sharing of how Steven's hot spots went away. I hope it is so for my roommate as well. She did mention tonight that she may have been having some kidney pain, but that does not have to mean something terrible, we hope.

The scan place was supposed to do the kidney one yesterday along with the other, but the orders got screwed up. The place is way on the east side of town. I had been planning on her being there awhile, and having some time to drive around, do a little shopping, maybe park in the shade and eat, etc. I sold her on the idea of doing so after I jetted back to pick her up.

Then this morning the error was discovered, and it looked like we might have to embark on another journey. So we waited, waited to hear. When they did call, it has been scheduled for Monday so that kind of ate up the morning.

This afternoon I got sleepy again after lunch. I must do smaller lighter meals - and stop staying up so late - but when I can't get diddly squat done in the daytime it makes me furious to have to turn around and go to bed. Sigh.

I wish Steven would just stop being hateful and lift the damn panels already so you could clean the spider arms.

Today I also learned that my friend I would visit daily in spring 2019 throughout her long journey back from death's door and off to a care facility in the town where her daughter lives, is in ICU again. This actually hasn't been the first time since this all happened last year. If she makes it through this time, she will come here for a step down hospitalization. But thanks to Covid, of course, I won't get to do like I did before. But maybe we can catch up via some online thing - I don't know. It's been harder than it should've been for me to stay in touch with her and I feel guilty over that. And sad.

SubC, thanks for the insightful empathy on being married vs. single - and I know married gals have to spend time with the hubby so there are tradeoffs in anything. Still, my roommate and I have often remarked about the ways each of our lives would be different if we could find our Mr. Rights (we even have names for them, LOL). I remember my dad, and how he took care of so many things. Well, and my mom did a lot of the paperwork because she had a knack for that.

And I've taken pride in the things I have learned to do as a single gal, it's been good for me no doubt. But it does get overwhelming, particularly when money is constantly short and things can't be well maintained, and suddenly things break and it's one crisis after another.

I've been going on the morning walks with my roommate most every morning I can. If we get out before 7:00 it's not hot, and it's peaceful.

Hi Tatoulia, glad the situation with your mom is winding down. Those sorts of things are incredibly stressful. And that you're getting some options for the laundry. I remember when I lived in my apartment all those years from 1986 to 2003, there was a community laundry room but it only had 4 of each machine then later only 3 and they were smaller.

So then I'd go to Mom & Dad's or a laundromat. The laundromats were quicker but one had to avoid sketchy people, and cigarette smoking was slow to be banned, which is hard to imagine now! Nothing like taking clean clothes out of the machine to fold and having some other patron's stinky smoke waft over to them. 😛 One of my huge goals in life was to move to a place with my own machines.

Then from 2003-2011 I had Mom's machines at her house, and took them with me to the dinky apartment, then stored them from 2012-2015 or so and ended up giving them to my mechanic for one of his kids when it was apparent I wasn't going to get my own place again for awhile. 🙁

These last few days I've really had a time getting much done, but my motivation hasn't gone away completely. It's in danger of ebbing if too much discouragement happens, so I need to find some things I can accomplish quickly thus giving me inspiration to keep pushing forward.

I'm still positive about my taper off the antidepressants. There may be a little shifting and adjusting going on in my brain and energy levels. I feel confident it'll resolve okay over the next few weeks. Sometimes I'm a bit cranky but I'm working on getting that under control. I feel like the benefits of this taper are already outweighing any slight difficulties. May hold at this lower dose and evaluate whether/when to go down more or completely off.

We're supposed to have a hot weekend here.

My church is going ahead with their garage sale in a couple weeks. Roommate has stuff to put in in it and I do too. I wonder what a socially distanced church sale will be like. It might get less disorganized - a rummage sale without so much rummaging!

SubC, I'll sure be checking to see when the baby comes in case it is before Monday. 🙂

Good Afternoon

The cloud cover has kept it very pleasant here today.

Got the kitchen cleaned after I did some cooking and tea brewing.

Watered the garden and am almost finished watering the grass.

Have been watching "Hoarders" and "Dark Shadows, The Beginning" today.
Hope none of you are watching much news.
Please just watch enough to know what's going on in your areas and then turn it off.

The night owl cycle is self-perpetuating...

Tillie, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your sharing of how Steven's hot spots went away. I hope it is so for my roommate as well. She did mention tonight that she may have been having some kidney pain, but that does not have to mean something terrible, we hope.

The scan place was supposed to do the kidney one yesterday along with the other, but the orders got screwed up. The place is way on the east side of town. I had been planning on her being there awhile, and having some time to drive around, do a little shopping, maybe park in the shade and eat, etc. I sold her on the idea of doing so after I jetted back to pick her up.

Then this morning the error was discovered, and it looked like we might have to embark on another journey. So we waited, waited to hear. When they did call, it has been scheduled for Monday so that kind of ate up the morning.

This afternoon I got sleepy again after lunch. I must do smaller lighter meals - and stop staying up so late - but when I can't get diddly squat done in the daytime it makes me furious to have to turn around and go to bed. Sigh.

I wish Steven would just stop being hateful and lift the damn panels already so you could clean the spider arms.

Today I also learned that my friend I would visit daily in spring 2019 throughout her long journey back from death's door and off to a care facility in the town where her daughter lives, is in ICU again. This actually hasn't been the first time since this all happened last year. If she makes it through this time, she will come here for a step down hospitalization. But thanks to Covid, of course, I won't get to do like I did before. But maybe we can catch up via some online thing - I don't know. It's been harder than it should've been for me to stay in touch with her and I feel guilty over that. And sad.

SubC, thanks for the insightful empathy on being married vs. single - and I know married gals have to spend time with the hubby so there are tradeoffs in anything. Still, my roommate and I have often remarked about the ways each of our lives would be different if we could find our Mr. Rights (we even have names for them, LOL). I remember my dad, and how he took care of so many things. Well, and my mom did a lot of the paperwork because she had a knack for that.

And I've taken pride in the things I have learned to do as a single gal, it's been good for me no doubt. But it does get overwhelming, particularly when money is constantly short and things can't be well maintained, and suddenly things break and it's one crisis after another.

I've been going on the morning walks with my roommate most every morning I can. If we get out before 7:00 it's not hot, and it's peaceful.

Hi Tatoulia, glad the situation with your mom is winding down. Those sorts of things are incredibly stressful. And that you're getting some options for the laundry. I remember when I lived in my apartment all those years from 1986 to 2003, there was a community laundry room but it only had 4 of each machine then later only 3 and they were smaller.

So then I'd go to Mom & Dad's or a laundromat. The laundromats were quicker but one had to avoid sketchy people, and cigarette smoking was slow to be banned, which is hard to imagine now! Nothing like taking clean clothes out of the machine to fold and having some other patron's stinky smoke waft over to them. 😛 One of my huge goals in life was to move to a place with my own machines.

Then from 2003-2011 I had Mom's machines at her house, and took them with me to the dinky apartment, then stored them from 2012-2015 or so and ended up giving them to my mechanic for one of his kids when it was apparent I wasn't going to get my own place again for awhile. 🙁

These last few days I've really had a time getting much done, but my motivation hasn't gone away completely. It's in danger of ebbing if too much discouragement happens, so I need to find some things I can accomplish quickly thus giving me inspiration to keep pushing forward.

I'm still positive about my taper off the antidepressants. There may be a little shifting and adjusting going on in my brain and energy levels. I feel confident it'll resolve okay over the next few weeks. Sometimes I'm a bit cranky but I'm working on getting that under control. I feel like the benefits of this taper are already outweighing any slight difficulties. May hold at this lower dose and evaluate whether/when to go down more or completely off.

We're supposed to have a hot weekend here.

My church is going ahead with their garage sale in a couple weeks. Roommate has stuff to put in in it and I do too. I wonder what a socially distanced church sale will be like. It might get less disorganized - a rummage sale without so much rummaging!

SubC, I'll sure be checking to see when the baby comes in case it is before Monday. 🙂

Hi.
Following and caring, hoping Tillie feels ok today and both sad and proud for CM, and wishing Tatoulia luck with the badger, but a little self centered at the moment.

First day of school. Excited and terrified. I start with a half day since I only teach afternoons tu/th.

Stopped by my room for "a few last minute things" that ended up taking two hours last night. Laid down a book and some copies somewhere and hope I can find them when I go in at lunch. (Didn't realize I didn't have them until I got home)

Cried when I left Bean yesterday.

I hope this will feel better once I have kids in the room.

Well, dd1 is technically in a city - she's inside the beltway and the city limits, and her neighborhood school is a magnet, but the city is stretched out funny and if you made it rounder she would be in one if the first neighborhoods ejected. Her street is really nice, but you can walk down it one way and hit heavy industry at the end and the other way and hit public housing and store fronts That are empty or pawn shops and payday loans. It's an old neighborhood.

Ds is legally in the city but he's functionally in the suburbs - he has a yard, no public transit, and no sidewalk, but he can easily ride his bike into downtown.

Dd2 is right in it.

I planted squash and pulled weeds. Time to start evaluations.

Good Evening

Hi Tat 🙂
Have fun tomorrow escorting Mom to get the xray.

Happy you are satisfied with the outcome of the computer sale snafu.

OK, so you are using a laundry service to get caught back up on the backup from a broken machine.
Maybe it won't be too expensive and they do a great job.
I dunno, I think you will miss doing your own linens and will eventually stop using the service. 😉

When I lived on the island I did all my laundry by hand.

I always bought/buy nice quality bar soaps whenever I saw them in the thrift shops.
People got expensive soap as gifts and donated it I think.
Anyways, I had a lot of those fine bar soaps.
They smell sweet in drawers and linen closet etc.
I have really been enjoying using them at this time.
The smell is nice and they have luxurious silky lather.
Still have a nice little stash ready and waiting to be used. 😀

I can fix the cooler myself.
The not working "spider" arms need to be cleaned of blockages and readjusted.
I can NOT remove the side panels.
They are hard to lift up & out and are too heavy for me.
He is just so cruel.

Good To see you all this morning!

Hi CriticalMass
Our library just opened today but it's by appointment only.
Most all libraries are not bothering with any over due fees.
YEA! the brakes are under warranty. Hope the stuck caliper is a cheap fix.
I never got any of that stimulus money 🙁

Hi Subclinical
Glad your family was not in the mess of the protests.
YEA! for planting & weed pulling.
Good luck with the evaluations.

Hi Tatoulia
You made me laugh out loud with how Lord & Taylor was personal for you. 😀
The looters and vandals in Boston were mainly staying where the shops were and leaving all else alone.

Some cities were hit a lot harder because militarized anarchists and white supremists were coming into these cities in stolen vehicles loaded up with fire bombs.
These criminals did not live in these cities but came to cause trouble.
They distributed flyers to try to recruit more people to riot.
So many I saw arrested were white. Many in the black uniforms of the anarchists.
They would set their abandoned stolen cars on fire to try to destroy any evidence of their well planned attack.

But all over the country there were huge peaceful marches with peaceful people protesting.
These are the people who speak for me.

Nice overcast cool day here.
Plan to water some things and clean the kitchen.

Good Evening

Hi Tat 🙂
Have fun tomorrow escorting Mom to get the xray.

Happy you are satisfied with the outcome of the computer sale snafu.

OK, so you are using a laundry service to get caught back up on the backup from a broken machine.
Maybe it won't be too expensive and they do a great job.
I dunno, I think you will miss doing your own linens and will eventually stop using the service. 😉

When I lived on the island I did all my laundry by hand.

I always bought/buy nice quality bar soaps whenever I saw them in the thrift shops.
People got expensive soap as gifts and donated it I think.
Anyways, I had a lot of those fine bar soaps.
They smell sweet in drawers and linen closet etc.
I have really been enjoying using them at this time.
The smell is nice and they have luxurious silky lather.
Still have a nice little stash ready and waiting to be used. 😀

I can fix the cooler myself.
The not working "spider" arms need to be cleaned of blockages and readjusted.
I can NOT remove the side panels.
They are hard to lift up & out and are too heavy for me.
He is just so cruel.