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Did someone order smoke?
If so, it has been misdelivered to my house, and I will be returning it as soon as I can figure out how to do so. Ick!
We are settling in well, with fufaraw and her good spouse having come down several times to help hang pictures/eat pizza/have fits of the giggles (well, that was me and fu, but the guys could hear us and were apparently amused). Running ( Read more... ) -
Movin' right along
Signing the lease this Friday, confirmed move date of the 7th.
I packed 14 boxes yesterday - must run down to the auto repair shop and collect a bunch of bubble wrap, as I'm out of packing material. -
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P. is attempting to teach ChatGPT to play Mornington Crescent. This is the funniest thing I have seen all week. -
Houses
As I told curiouswombat not long ago, my near neighbour has passed. She was the first chair of our gardening committee, and her son very kindly made those books on the subject he didn't want for himself available to the community. Many of them wound up in our shared library, but I have one for myself to remember her by; the book is by local author Ann Lovejoy ( Read more... ) -
Our charity shop could be less awesome . . .
. . . but then I wouldn't have as many books ( Read more... ) -
Room to breathe
Hi, I'm here, I'm okay! Our weather is at last consistently staying above 70F: prior to last week we'd had five whole hours in that range during the year to date. Of course it is hot TODAY, when we were loading the truck for the Rotary auction. (It's 33C/87F right now - all the blinds are down and my herbs are finally happy ( Read more... ) -
A day for cleaning out
We started with getting rid of a concert! Specifically, this one: in the early afternoon P. said "The boats are running behind schedule, so we'll need to leave early. You don't look enthused -" "I'm not a big fan of Messiaen." "Oh. I did listen to a little of it, and I wasn't too thrilled myself ( Read more... ) -
"What would you do with it?"
Someone took an Ashford spinning wheel to the hospital thrift shop.
*howls*
I do not actually have a place to put it, nor do I know how to use it. (I can and have used a drop spindle.) It should find a home with someone who would use it. Plenty of folks here on the island and nearby keep critters for wool: I know there are alpaca out near my ( Read more... ) -
"Have you read those books recently?"
This question came up when Goddaughter K. asked for fantasy chapter books to read to Z. Z is 6. People were recommending The Dragonriders of Pern (what?!? The consent issues are baked in; the homophobia's a gift with purchase) and Rowling (hell to the no) and someone threw in Earthsea, and as beloved as Grandmother Ursula is and always will be to ( Read more... ) -
Other people's children
Before diving into the day's busy work, take a moment to muse on the question "What exactly was the reasoning behind this?" Yes, that is only a packing strap holding the vehicle in place. An article in the Seattle Times goes on to say that the driver's license wasn't valid and the U-Haul was well out of its rental period, which is really not that ( Read more... )