I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
I knew I was in trouble when a few years ago I saw my first QR code displayed on a restaurant table instead of a menu! Rude! It takes so much away from the ‘nice dinner out’ experience for everyone to gather around a table and become hypnotized by screen-glow.
Then again, I grew up in the days when restaurants had ashtrays on the tables.
I am jealous of your cruise - you’re going to have a blast! And a wedding in Ireland sounds magical! Congratulations mom-of-the-groom! I hope your husband goes; it sounds like a once in a lifetime opportunity and sharing it with him would make it extra special.
My son worked at McDonald’s part time when he was in high school . He said all fast food places , the employees get told to prioritize the drive thru . Just do that .
He said he saw customers go thru the drive thru , get their order , then park and bring the food in and sit down to eat . It was faster .
The kiosk forces you to use a credit card . That stinks .
And I just don't think it's wise to have your whole life on your phone the way so many do today, I like to build redundancies into my life so if something happens to one thing I've got a backup somewhere else.
I feel your pain.
I really do good, just trying to deal with the changes, and go with the flow. But....... It's all getting to much.
I couldnt get anyone to wait on me at Wendy's the other day because I didn't want to use the , thing-a-ma-gig. Kiosk? Maybe
Last week I colored my hair, went to rinse it off, and because of the road work, we had no water pressure. So I'm trying to get it out with dribbling water. Prefect time🥴
Yes, we are just trying to travel, believe it or not, May was my first time ever on an airplane, we went to New Orleans, it was a bit stressful, a few glitches but traveling all new to both of us.
Then some friends we play boccie with , asked us to go on a cruise with them. Hubby said sure , I'm like , eeeekkkk , another adventure, when I didn't even come down from New Orleans adventure. Yes it's a southern cruise, first time ever
And are friends know how we are, we actually both might be dyslexic, because neither of us have any sence of direction. And are friends help us do all the booking stuff.
Then I have to go to Ireland in September 25. For my son's wedding, hubby said he isn't going, now he is changing his mind. 😂. 🤯🤯🤯 My minds blowing up.
Nacy, are you cruising on warm seas or cold seas in January? I’ve never been on a cruise. Not sure if I would enjoy it…maybe a US river cruise would be fun - I’d like to see the Mississippi……
I bought those stick things, 😆, they look a tad unattractive, but the work, and now that the road work has filled the hole back up. What a summer, they started in May, I think I must live where all the water pipes met, they have been on my corner on and off all summer. It feels like years now. 😂. It was may we had a small earthquake and all of us neighbors thought it was the road work.
Now it's just a matter of waiting for the dust to settle and the cleaning to begin. 😐
Are your ears ringing now that all the road construction noise has stopped?
Golden, I was skimming posts to try to catch up and also thought for a minute you were talking about a real mouse!
I am mouse sensitive - since moving here mice have built a nest my behind my glove compartment, gnawed through my AC cable and chewed my windshield wiper hose in half so now it squirts wiper fluid onto my front tire. I honestly don’t know what I did to offend the fauna around here.
Way, those texts have got to break your heart. I’m sorry. Your nephew is lucky to have you.
Golden, I actually got one of them the other day, that said, do not reply, then under a box that said reply. That's interesting anyways. 😂
Way, so sorry, that's got to be so hard!!
way - that's heart breaking! It must be awful to be receiving those pleas from your sis, but you are 100% right. She needs placement. I am so sorry for both you and your nephew. There is no easy way through this illness. I'm glad nephew knows his limits and so do you. ((((hugs))))
re problems with grocery store -I got a "no reply" email that I have been assigned a new case number. The origin of the email is nothing like I have seen before. It says it is "no reply" but there is a reply link at the bottom of the email so I am gathering more info to sent to them just in case it does work and to give them a little more to go on. Wish I had am IRL calculator. I do better with those than the app on the computer. I probably should be house cleaning rather than totalling figures, but I need a little fun.
Sister is texting , begging me to come get her . I feel bad but she can’t be home alone when nephew at work , plus her sundowning is bad . Nephew was losing sleep . I’m tired of telling family members they can’t go home .
And I feel bad for my nephew , I know what it’s like in his shoes .
There not all that expensive either 😃
Cups of vinegar, someone said beer, nothing is helping.
I will say my kitchen is sparkling, now.
One neighbor said, give up the cleaning, it's not gonna help.
nacy - I had a giggle at bedtime, otherwise it was "Look at that. Oh, well" and get the paper towel for mop up. 🧻
Riverdale - computer mouse! I rather like field mice They are cuter than house mice. 🐭 but they better stay in the field!
nacy - my dd has to do similar. Good bras for her are very costly.
I got an email from Canada Post this morning and it looks like it's resolved. We'll see. My neighbour said she is still getting mail for the previous house owner after 20 years, which may say more about the previous owner than it does about Canada Post.
I still haven't heard back from Superstore about their online discrepancies with my order totals. I think I'll go back and add up some of my previous orders to see if this is a pattern and, if it is, be a nuisance to them. I can't say I expect any positive outcome.
But, before that, I'll pamper myself with a hot, rose-scented bubble bath and then make some pb cookies from the pb I'm allergic to so I am not tempted to eat them. Treat for R! He deserves it after basically making the Thanksgiving turkey dinner, cleaning up the kitchen afterwards (it never looked so good), mostly making the turkey soup, then getting himself his own supper yesterday. He has developed a lovely habit of once he is finished with a bowl or plate washing it, drying it, and putting it back in the cupboard. Not necessarily all the dishes but some! Not to say that I don't encourage this! 👏
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Have a good day, all, or at least a better one!
I'll take the largest bug possible and give it my best to take it out but anything with a hairless tail and I want to move but need to be guaranteed it is completely rodent free.
Golden, that's a bad day! The second time the mouse went in your tea, I would of either broke out in laughter or tears.
My whine is with Canada Post. Apparently they have mixed up my request to extend my mail forwarding such that not only in mail not forwarded but the notice to tell me that I had extended my mail forwarding was redirected to my old address. My neighbour got the mail from the new owners and contacted me and sent me a photo. I called the number on the card from Canada post and was told it was the wrong number -please call xxx xxx xxxx. So I called that number only to be told it was the wrong number too please call - would you believe it -the same number I was calling.
So I got online and found a number that worked and after some time of telling my story and waiting for it to be written down by some one at the other end, I was told someone else would be in touch by email in a couple of days, I thought they could just correct the error but apparently not.
In the process of all this, I had a cup of tea sitting where it usually did and my mouse working where it usually does and it slide off the arm of the sofa right into my cup of tea. I fished it out, pouring tea from every orifice but the lights were still on and it still worked after a fashion. I dried it out and left it to dry further and got a fresh mouse.
About 20 minutes after that, that mouse slipped off into my fresh cup of tea. I've sat here on my computer using various mice for a year now and never once did one slip off into my cup of tea, nevermind two.
You can't make this up.
It has not been my best day.