St. Louis has both the Mighty Mississippi AND the Muddy Mo! You're bi-coastal!
The beaches in Ventura County are essentially useless unless you surf. The sand is really rocky and the water is frigid, and it never really gets warm enough to sun bathe. Really, I just like the smell and sound of the ocean, plus the opportunity to hang with the kids.
All shirts need to be hung such that the hook of the hanger faces to the left when the garment faces forward.
If it makes you feel any better, I do that too. :) I'm also with you on heavy blankets. If the monsters haven't gotten us yet, we can only assume that it is because of the linen forcefield.
watching 8 straight hours of Freaks and Geeks - a show of which I'd never seen a complete episode until yesterday
Ooh, I think you've just escaped a beatdown from missbingley!
This week looks like it may be depressing, I think the party I least want in power is going to get elected tomorrow, but I hope for a good week for you!
Sorry about the election, darling. :( The first two years of living in a fascist state are difficult, but then the numbness sets in.
Hurray for shared quirks!!! I sort of miss living in a cold climate for the blanket-factor. The weather here isn't conducive to the sheet-blanket-comforter arrangement I favor.
I prefer to cover myself up entirely with blankets (I have 5 right now) including my head. I spend several minutes each night arranging them for maximum coverage, and a reliable air hole.
I wish that was the only thing I had in common with Joan Crawford.
Five blankets sound perfect! I may need to start sleeping on the deck. I do differ from you on the head coverage, though. For some reason it only works if I'm breathing cold air.
When I was but a young zooby, my cousin told me that if I hung my feet out of bed at all, the Gremlins would get me. (We'd just watched Gremlins together.) I have never willingly hung an appendage off the side of the bed again.
I have a very heavy down-filled duvet which is almost too warm, but I can't not be covered completely.
Frogger was my game back in the day. The little guy just wants to get home! And eat flies! And not be eaten by crocodiles!
Any thought that I was cured of my fear of exposed extremities was erased when I woke up a few weeks ago to my cat gnawing on my toes. Sure, it was only a cat, but it could just have easily been a demon from Hell.
I'm very specific about my laundry, although I don't think I own a single jewel hanger. I have the cheap-o plastic tubular hangers, and padded "delicate item" hangers for garments that are liable to become misshapen. And wooden suit hangers for lightweight jackets.
Also, I avoid using the dryer if at all possible because I think the heat and tumult contributes to clothing wearing out more quickly. Towels, socks, ratty old clothes can go in the dryer. Everything else gets the rack. And I don't use fabric softener because I prefer a nice stern garment that isn't coated with a bunch of perfumey chemical crap.
And I haven't even suffered brain damage from dry cleaning chemicals, like you Slee!
Your stairs/clock hang-up reminds me of an old comedy bit about superstition by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: "When I use the upstairs lav, if I don't make it to the bottom of the stairs by the time the toilet stops running, I know that I will die."
Only one of those is really strange, right?? I'm not cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, am I????? Ahhhhh!!!!!
Dryers manage to fade, shrink and embrittle your clothes, AND make laundry cost more. I prefer no fabric softener, as well. Air drying is nature's starch!
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The beaches in Ventura County are essentially useless unless you surf. The sand is really rocky and the water is frigid, and it never really gets warm enough to sun bathe. Really, I just like the smell and sound of the ocean, plus the opportunity to hang with the kids.
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If it makes you feel any better, I do that too. :) I'm also with you on heavy blankets. If the monsters haven't gotten us yet, we can only assume that it is because of the linen forcefield.
watching 8 straight hours of Freaks and Geeks - a show of which I'd never seen a complete episode until yesterday
Ooh, I think you've just escaped a beatdown from missbingley!
This week looks like it may be depressing, I think the party I least want in power is going to get elected tomorrow, but I hope for a good week for you!
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Hurray for shared quirks!!! I sort of miss living in a cold climate for the blanket-factor. The weather here isn't conducive to the sheet-blanket-comforter arrangement I favor.
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I prefer to cover myself up entirely with blankets (I have 5 right now) including my head. I spend several minutes each night arranging them for maximum coverage, and a reliable air hole.
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Five blankets sound perfect! I may need to start sleeping on the deck. I do differ from you on the head coverage, though. For some reason it only works if I'm breathing cold air.
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I have a very heavy down-filled duvet which is almost too warm, but I can't not be covered completely.
I LOVE Frogger. I love it to the max.
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Any thought that I was cured of my fear of exposed extremities was erased when I woke up a few weeks ago to my cat gnawing on my toes. Sure, it was only a cat, but it could just have easily been a demon from Hell.
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I'm very specific about my laundry, although I don't think I own a single jewel hanger. I have the cheap-o plastic tubular hangers, and padded "delicate item" hangers for garments that are liable to become misshapen. And wooden suit hangers for lightweight jackets.
Also, I avoid using the dryer if at all possible because I think the heat and tumult contributes to clothing wearing out more quickly. Towels, socks, ratty old clothes can go in the dryer. Everything else gets the rack. And I don't use fabric softener because I prefer a nice stern garment that isn't coated with a bunch of perfumey chemical crap.
And I haven't even suffered brain damage from dry cleaning chemicals, like you Slee!
Your stairs/clock hang-up reminds me of an old comedy bit about superstition by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: "When I use the upstairs lav, if I don't make it to the bottom of the stairs by the time the toilet stops running, I know that I will die."
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Dryers manage to fade, shrink and embrittle your clothes, AND make laundry cost more. I prefer no fabric softener, as well. Air drying is nature's starch!
At least my neuroses have good company.
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