Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
But I just cannot look it up again. 🍍
First time in two weeks. I'm sore today though.😫
If you start your exercise early in the morning, you will have all day to procrastinate.
I already did my diddly squats.
But really, how did your workout go yesterday?
With our health insurance, a gym membership (limited?) through Silver Sneakers was free. Anybody else have this?
CWillie .....
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Or maybe it was communion Sunday? 🍷
I am staying home.😷
Yeah but, hubs brings donuts from church.🍩 Just one, thanks.
I may need a fitbit soon. I forgot to count my steps to the car. And there were too too many fries to count at In N Out! 🍟🍟🍟
Did you wear your mask today, MsMadge?🎭
does the fitbit take into account the donut you got at Timmies? 😘
When he clocked his steps he was a bit surprised how much he walked daily. That week is exhausting for him and he’s a fit guy. He was a track runner when he was in school. He still has the lean runner’s body.
He works in the Warehouse District, it’s adjacent to our central business district in New Orleans and he walks to lunch daily. It’s a very walkable section of our city.
Then multiply it by four.
= steps per day.
CWillie, does the fitbit count trips to the bathroom, or rolling over in bed?
9603
I hope everybody is still motivated, we're into Feb now and for me those new year's resolutions are definitely starting to feel old.
9230 steps.... almost there.
Posted February 2, 2019
Title: "Looking for (online) exercise buddies!"
I've been getting a lot of motivation from my Fitbit, I especially like the reminders to get up and move every hour. Some days though it's a pretty tough slog to reach my goals, today even though I've done my walk to Timmies and back I'm still only at 7600 steps and I'll need to bundle up and go out for another walk if I want to hit 10,000. Bleh.😣
Wonderful info. What about our WWII museum? It is a top notch museum! They have exhibits about the depression in there. This museum is right in the heart of our city? I could still go see my pieces from time to time. 😊
If you want to sell your Depression glass, check out the guides on prices; I think some sets are really valuable, if not in money, in beauty. I sigh when I see how lovely these designs are.
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/depression-glass-price-guide-4062355
I think museums would be the perfect choice to donate if you don't hand them down to your children (which I would). The Depression generation will eventually be gone, and people today have no idea what it was like to live with so many compromises, e.g., standing in a bread line just to get a loaf of bread. Today, people stand in lines to get high tech and other items, far from the basic loaf of bread.
There's also the beauty of the pieces; many items I see in store kitchen aisles are more functional, which seems to be a trend as opposed to lovely designs (except for some of the decades old traditional manufacturers, such as Wedgewood, although I don't that that in stores very often!).
One museum I think might be interested in the Depression Glass is the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. It would be costly to send and insure the glass; I don't know if they would help with the postage. If you're not familiar with the Ford heritage legacy, the Museum is the most diversified historical museum I've ever seen, with exhibits from multiple eras.
https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/henry-ford-museum/exhibits/ - gives you an idea of the various exhibits from American history.
The glass exhibit seems to have shifted to a more modern focus, but other parts of the Museum might have Depression era glasswork.
https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/henry-ford-museum/exhibits/davidson-gerson-modern-glass-gallery/
I started this too. It’s amazing how much stuff gets stored in our closets, sheds, garages and attics. My house is neat because I tossed excess stuff in the closet. Guess what happens? We end up forgetting about it! I gave a bunch of stuff away.
Books! Oh my gosh, I had a million books for my kids and us. I kept a few. The rest went to the thrift shop. I went to the library with my kids but they would check out their favorite books so often that I ended up buying them at the bookstore when the librarian commented that other kids had been waiting for those books to read.
Also in my kitchen. I have a huge kitchen with a bazillion cabinets. I have two walk in pantries. It’s ridiculous. I had so many casserole dishes, bowls, glasses, coffee cups, etc. I don’t cook giant meals anymore. I needed to start getting rid of some of it.
Some of it though is a bit sentimental. Not sure what to do with it. Can you give me some ideas? I have my grandmother’s and mother’s depression glass. I have the plates, the water pitchers, etc. Grandma paid full price for the movie tickets for each of her children instead of children’s ticket price so each child could have a piece of depression glass. I am hesitant to get rid of them because it’s all I have. Mom lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. She gave me the depression glass long before the storm hit. I guess I could ask my daughters if they want it. If not, do museums accept these pieces?
I have a crazy amount of Christmas ornaments. I got rid of wreathes that I don’t use anymore. I only kept one.
This coming week, I have old paint roller tins and brushes. I haven't painted in over a decade and I know my sig other won't, so out those will go.
I need to go to the paint store and buy some of that stuff you can put into filled or part filled paint cans that will make the paint form into a jell, so then I can throw them out in the trash. My sig other found out the hard way, he thought he could just toss a paint can into a trash bag [I told him nada].... well, there is still a nice white blob and streak of paint in our cul-de-sac street going on 6 months when the trash truck compacted that bag... oops.
Your story reminds me of a baby sitter that I had when my girls were young. She would place her keys in the ignition of the car and then say, “Oh, no. Where are my keys?” Hahaha
She was so cute. My kids loved her. I did too even if she was a little scatter brained.
When my mom passed I spent hours poring through stuff. Love letters my Dad had written her. He was quite a romantic fellow, my Father. I wish I had been able to know him. I was four when he died. But I found some of his service medals, things like that. My mom's report cards from when she was just a girl. She was a smart cookie. Straight A's. I think my mom always regretted not having a big career but with seven kids she had to raise on her own she didn't have many options. I feel sad for her because of that. I think she could have been so many things but she was an awesome mom and I guess that is what God had intended for her.
Gee, makes me wonder who will pore through my stuff when I die and what will they think. Probably, man she was a boring person. LOL
How difficult is it to undo knitting? I know with crochet it is super easy to rip out and repair. Take a break. If you decide to go back to your project will be be refreshed and can focus more easily.
My mom did the German style knitting which was a quicker method. Her mother’s side of the family is German.
My mother was brilliant when it came to any needlework. Her mom was the same way. My aunt too. All of the women in my family were excellent seamstresses and any type of other needlework. Many in my family sold items to fancy, upscale boutiques.
As good as my mom was, she wasn’t a good teacher with me. She is a perfectionist and had no patience with me. Anything that I learned with any needlework or craft/hobby I had to learn on my own or with lessons other than from my mom.
Mom did follow patterns that she liked but created many beautiful designs of her own.
I went to dig out some patterns but I came across boxes of pictures I had forgotten about and down the rabbit hole I went. These are mostly my grandmother's pics and she was pretty good at labelling a lot of them - Aw, my grandparent's wedding picture and marriage certificate. Hm, my mom was a big fat baby for a 6 months birth 🤔. Oh, there's a postcard from Uncle A "on active service" in France, 1917 - it says he wouldn't be in England for anything🤨
So much for knitting today - maybe I should buy a gift instead?
or inhaling on the strip - recreational state
How sweet. Lucky great niece to receive gifts so special!