
Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
my elderly LO is having a very hard time keeping a straight face. i'm talking about a very serious topic: how to prevent UTIs. i have a dead serious look. and my LO keeps laughing.
(mayyyybe it's the xmas reindeer antlers i'm wearing)
(i even sleep with the antlers on) (wake up with them) (type with them) (you get the picture)
How far away will you have to park it? You may end up needing to go somewhere that you hadn’t expected to go.
I would probably move it. Many people routinely go through this scenario with concerns over weather conditions.
For instance, living on a street that floods during a heavy rainstorm. It’s easier to move the car to higher ground before the storm hits.
Cars left on the nearby streets have been broken into and I don't have anywhere else to put it. I was going to go to my church group on Saturday but c'est la vie🤷♀️
I go to the store when I am low on coffee! LOL 😆 Food, eh…I can take or leave but I need my coffee! There’s usually something in the freezer or pantry, staples like peanut butter and crackers.
Our stores are cleaned out when there is news of a hurricane approaching.
Hurricane season is over but on the news last night a tropical storm was mentioned stirring around. They can and have hit after hurricane season has passed. Honestly, it’s hit or miss with weather reports. My husband says that it’s the only job that a person can be wrong 50% of the time and still keep their job.
Was it a special event with church or something that is the same every week? Either way, I am sorry that you can’t make it due to the curbs being replaced.
It’s sad that cars are being broken into. Unfortunately that can be a common problem. We have carjackings in our city. It’s awful.
Doesn’t it always seem like construction is going on at the most inopportune times?
Are they expecting you to be there at church or is it a more casual arrangement?
I enjoy sewing but haven’t made any quilts. My dad’s mom made them. My mom occasionally did too. Quilts are so beautiful.
I am sure they will understand if you miss it.
Taking a taxi or Uber works if you really want to go to church.
Being in a walkable area helps a lot.
The minute you cannot use it, there could be panic and early onset of cabin fever.
I have donated remnants of fabric and thread to churches for quilting. Donations help enormously.
I have two sewing machines. Mine. a newer modern machine, which I use from time to time and my grandmother’s which is the one that I learned on. She bought it from a door to door salesman! LOL
It used to be a ‘knee’ pedal operated machine but my mother converted it to the ‘foot’ pedal. Mom was very handy and could fix a lot of things. She hated if my dad asked my uncle to fix something. Oh my gosh, he meant well but things would end up backwards. I remember the light switches going in the opposite direction and so on.
My brother has my mom’s machine and he uses it occasionally for hemming things.
My daughters don’t have an interest in sewing. I think I will donate my machine at some point in time.
I don’t know if anyone would be interested in grandma’s machine. I don’t think they have any monetary value. Maybe a museum or antique shop, or possibly my neighborhood thrift shop.
What a cool story! I think you should donate it because it is in it’s original condition. That is fabulous!
My grandmother’s machine is not in the original condition. It does work though. They were stylish looking machines.
I have always thought the old decorative cash registers were beautiful! Of course none of the beautiful artistic pieces are practical to use now.
What about the fancy telephones from long ago? Children have to go to museums or look at photos of old pieces because everyone uses cell phones today!
Do you remember when you wore your first watch? I loved mine! I never wear a watch now. I look at my cell for the time.
And sorry Techie but I'm coming back to be pedantic, I can't help myself. Its Pfaff
It’s the memories that are attached to those pieces that make them so special. That wasn’t a fair way to divide things.
Grandma asked me if I wanted her machine. I said yes and I did use it for a long time.
I still have her ‘how to’ crochet and knitting books too. She crocheted and knitted beautifully. I have tablecloths, doilies and bedspreads that she made.
Grandma was German and she knitted in the German method. She taught my mom to knit that way too. Mom taught me but I forgot how.
Mom made beautiful baby items. I have some that she made for my daughters.
My MIL did all these things too, plus beautiful embroidery and cross stitching. Her mom did too. Her mom did tatting and smocking.
Not as many people do these things now. Some do. I hope it will continue.
I learned to sew when in the 5th grade on my Mom's circa, probably about 1940's Pfaff, not a treadle but very antique looking. I sewed nearly everything I wore through junior high and high school. Then lots for a my daughters when they were in elementary school. By junior high, they were much too cool to wear something mom made other than homecoming/prom dresses in high school. Mom taught me how to knit when I was in the hospital for a few days when in about 2nd grade. But, mom wasn't a knitter, my grandma was! Beautiful sweaters. I never knit much of anything other than hot pads that weren't very effective. I have embroidered samplers and smocked a couple of dresses for my girls when they were young.
Now trying to figure out what to do with about 50 bolts of wool fabric, about 70 yards each to continue with my mom's business that exploded in about 1995. Beautiful fabrics! And I probably have a couple hundred cones of yarn that were used for sewing garments together! Any ideas, anyone?
Wow! Do you know the history of the flamingo?
I love watching Antiques Roadshow. The stories behind the items are so interesting.
I love when they interview people who have gone to a garage sale or a thrift shop and bought a painting that ends up being worth thousands of dollars.
Some people truly don’t know the value of items that they have stored in their attics, basements or closets.
cw - sometimes these things can backfire. Have you or anyone else tried Passionflower? I had my first cup of passion flower tea last night. I always wake up after 3-5 hours sleep and have trouble getting back to sleep. I had about 1/2 a cup before I slept, woke up after about 4 hrs sleep as usual and drank the rest and was awake for a while, but then I could feel the sedative effects and went back to sleep heavily for another 5 hrs. That was more than I have slept in a long time. There is some research on it's benefits for anxiety and insomnia. I hope it continues to work. It doesn't taste great but you can get capsules.