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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jul 31, 2011 17:50:27 GMT -5
Wow, long silence here, people. I'm upt to my ears in chicken construction and household disaster, still, so hi 'bye. Julia, stupid quietude Tired. Depressed. Discouraged. Going through Folkwear and other historic/costume patterns and purging the ones I'll never use again/have never used/don't have the courage/body to wear. I'm tempted to throw out all of my sewing stuff, and books and costume books and fabric and buttons and beads and, and, and... It's not like I have a reason to make things anymore, I don't go anywhere except to the Ren Faire once a year, and that may not exist much longer, and I'm running out of people to foist my crap off on give things to, and it's all just taking up space... Burn it down! Burn it down and salt the earth! I'm staying away from the pile for now, until I feel more reasonable. If that ever happens. In other news, Emily has an IPad. She and Kitty spent part of the afternoon figuring out how to wake up the wireless on our modem. Kitty is ecstatic; she was able to connect her gameboy to the internet, so now she can trade Pokemon with her online friends. Once you start down the dark path... A question for the group mind, because I worry obsessively about these things - Does Emily need some sort of antispyware and/or antivirus for her new baby, and if so, what?The in-house expert is checking for you. One moment please. (Well, ten minutes of moments) He says the community at large feels it isn't a problem (mac tech board) and there's not any products currently in production. The way the device is made makes it difficult to introduce a virus, and the OS is designed not to run bad code. Important news from the cat world: Lana weighs 3lbs 3 oz and Stewie, who is three weeks younger, weighs 1lb 13 oz for a grand total of five pounds of kitten. Julia, they learned to play the "ha ha ha old dog can't catch us" game today, to Griz's utter exhaustion.
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Post by SpringSummers on Jul 31, 2011 18:01:58 GMT -5
I went to the Norwich Pride parade on Saturday. There were rainbows. City Hall had a really huge knit rainbow scarf on the balcony. There was a picnic in the park and then lots of people did a parade with drumming and banners and all the colors. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-14354979Then I went home and sleeped. A lot. and then some more. this is in fact an exciting weekend Sounds like an interesting weekend. Around here, spent Saturday trying to find an airconditioner and there seemed to be none to be found . . . till I checked across the river, in Parkersburg WV. I got lucky and called right after some stock had come in and bought it on the spot, over the phone. By pick-up time the next morning, they were all sold out and saying they didn't think there were anymore to be found in all of WV. The girls are doing great. We did a lot of chores today, and the little one helped me wash and clean out my car. For dinner, we had bbq ribs and a cold potato and green bean vinegarette type salad (my mom made this just with green beans . . . I added the potatoes to try to appeal to these two).
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Jul 31, 2011 18:35:10 GMT -5
Tired. Depressed. Discouraged. Going through Folkwear and other historic/costume patterns and purging the ones I'll never use again/have never used/don't have the courage/body to wear. I'm tempted to throw out all of my sewing stuff, and books and costume books and fabric and buttons and beads and, and, and... It's not like I have a reason to make things anymore, I don't go anywhere except to the Ren Faire once a year, and that may not exist much longer, and I'm running out of people to foist my crap off on give things to, and it's all just taking up space... Burn it down! Burn it down and salt the earth! I'm staying away from the pile for now, until I feel more reasonable. If that ever happens. In other news, Emily has an IPad. She and Kitty spent part of the afternoon figuring out how to wake up the wireless on our modem. Kitty is ecstatic; she was able to connect her gameboy to the internet, so now she can trade Pokemon with her online friends. Once you start down the dark path... A question for the group mind, because I worry obsessively about these things - Does Emily need some sort of antispyware and/or antivirus for her new baby, and if so, what?The in-house extra is checking for you. One moment please. (Well, ten minutes of moments) He says the community at large feels it isn't a problem (mac tech board) and there's not any products currently in production. The way the device is made makes it difficult to introduce a virus, and the OS is designed not to run bad code. Important news from the cat world: Lana weighs 3lbs 3 oz and Stewie, who is three weeks younger, weighs 1lb 13 oz for a grand total of five pounds of kitten. Julia, they learned to play the "ha ha ha old dog can't catch us" game today, to Griz's utter exhaustion. Thank you, we are both very relieved to hear that. Oooh, kittens! I will look forward to photos, at your convenience, of course. Also, Kitty spent her half-hour on the PC multi-tasking between her Gameboy and the Pokemon forums; she made her first online trade. Silly girl.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Aug 1, 2011 10:49:42 GMT -5
It's suspiciously quiet here, is everyS'cubie Mondazed? The first good thing from buying Emily her own IPad? She doesn't need/want to use the family PC nearly as much. I was able to run the weekly spyware scan already, which is a good thing, because tomorrow I have to run the monthly System Mechanic, which can take all day depending on what needs to be done, and since it'll be the first time on the new computer, I'm all . Also I'm feeling a wee little bit less stressed, for the moment anyway. If the PC does have to go to the shop *makes avert-the-evil gestures*, we can all check our emails on Emily's new baby. Also, at some point we could theoretically get Paul's little notebook computer hooked back up to the internet, although we'd still have to get him an antivirus. I'm going to see if the one we use for the PC, which is still in the free trial phase, will cover more than one family computer after it's licensed. So far today, I've walked to the market and back, run Malwarebytes, and scheduled the washer repair appointment. Shortly, Emily and I will be driving some errands.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Aug 1, 2011 12:00:09 GMT -5
The in-house extra is checking for you. One moment please. (Well, ten minutes of moments) He says the community at large feels it isn't a problem (mac tech board) and there's not any products currently in production. The way the device is made makes it difficult to introduce a virus, and the OS is designed not to run bad code. Important news from the cat world: Lana weighs 3lbs 3 oz and Stewie, who is three weeks younger, weighs 1lb 13 oz for a grand total of five pounds of kitten. Julia, they learned to play the "ha ha ha old dog can't catch us" game today, to Griz's utter exhaustion. Thank you, we are both very relieved to hear that. Oooh, kittens! I will look forward to photos, at your convenience, of course. Also, Kitty spent her half-hour on the PC multi-tasking between her Gameboy and the Pokemon forums; she made her first online trade. Silly girl. The kittens are a lot like trying to photograph rain falling: stillness is not in them, and they've chosen to sleep under an oak chest in their room (the hall bathroom is out of use until we can get the toilet replaced) so cute sleepy pics are not happening. We are trying, but it's not an eay task. Anna and I made incrimental progress on the Wyandotte coop yesterday, but I fear it will never be done. Julia, life, man, what can I tell you?
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Post by Sara on Aug 1, 2011 13:25:54 GMT -5
It's suspiciously quiet here, is everyS'cubie Mondazed? The first good thing from buying Emily her own IPad? She doesn't need/want to use the family PC nearly as much. I was able to run the weekly spyware scan already, which is a good thing, because tomorrow I have to run the monthly System Mechanic, which can take all day depending on what needs to be done, and since it'll be the first time on the new computer, I'm all . Also I'm feeling a wee little bit less stressed, for the moment anyway. If the PC does have to go to the shop *makes avert-the-evil gestures*, we can all check our emails on Emily's new baby. Also, at some point we could theoretically get Paul's little notebook computer hooked back up to the internet, although we'd still have to get him an antivirus. I'm going to see if the one we use for the PC, which is still in the free trial phase, will cover more than one family computer after it's licensed. So far today, I've walked to the market and back, run Malwarebytes, and scheduled the washer repair appointment. Shortly, Emily and I will be driving some errands. Mostly settling back in after taking a long weekend. And I had to update some stuff online for Kim this morning, as apparently she was completely swamped with other stuff.
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Post by SpringSummers on Aug 1, 2011 21:43:07 GMT -5
Wow, quiet day on the board! Busy day here, and kinda crazy day. Wow, it's been awhile since I did this "mom of minors" thing! The girls had their first real "she said/she said" type of argument yesterday, expecting me to referree and pick sides . . . which I refused to do. I did make some decisions around the bone-of-contention, and refused to listen to the "BUT SHE ....!!!" and "THAT'S NOT FAIR!!" stuff. They quieted down pretty quickly. Basically, my philosophy is let them work it out between themselves, and only get involved if things are escalating and they obviously aren't going to get there without some re-direction. Mostly, though, they are used to working things out themselves, and do OK with compromise and "getting over it." They do love each other, so that overlays the whole thing, in a good way. They are still full of surprises for me, as I get to know them. School starts soon, and I learned they will be staying with me at least part of the school year. There are some challenging aspects around all this, to do with all the adults involved, but I'm finding it isn't so hard to handle if I stay focused on MY JOB, and the only thing I can control: Keeping the girls safe and well while they are with me.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Aug 2, 2011 7:14:59 GMT -5
Wow, long silence here, people. I'm upt to my ears in chicken construction and household disaster, still, so hi 'bye. Julia, stupid quietude Tired. Depressed. Discouraged. Going through Folkwear and other historic/costume patterns and purging the ones I'll never use again/have never used/don't have the courage/body to wear. I'm tempted to throw out all of my sewing stuff, and books and costume books and fabric and buttons and beads and, and, and... It's not like I have a reason to make things anymore, I don't go anywhere except to the Ren Faire once a year, and that may not exist much longer, and I'm running out of people to foist my crap off on give things to, and it's all just taking up space... Burn it down! Burn it down and salt the earth! I'm staying away from the pile for now, until I feel more reasonable. If that ever happens. In other news, Emily has an IPad. She and Kitty spent part of the afternoon figuring out how to wake up the wireless on our modem. Kitty is ecstatic; she was able to connect her gameboy to the internet, so now she can trade Pokemon with her online friends. Once you start down the dark path... A question for the group mind, because I worry obsessively about these things - Does Emily need some sort of antispyware and/or antivirus for her new baby, and if so, what?I have one on my tablet (a Dell Streak). A tablet is still a computer and if it's online it can be hacked, spammed, virused, trojaned. Then again, Apples don't have the same issues that PCs have. Suggest you call Apple and ask. On the personal front, S'cubie advice sought: The Bobman has sold his house. This is WOOTable except that the house his kids are building, which will contain Bobspace, isn't going to be finished for another couple of months, so he is likely to be homeless by September. We've been talking about moving in together. If we do I will have to move because while my place is really ideal for one, for two it's crowded. He is getting rid of nearly the entire house (having seen it I can understand why) and the remainder can be put in storage for a short time at least. It's under discussion, but what do you all think of having him move in with me until his kids' house is ready? If his stuff is in storage it will mean making room in only one of my closets and finding drawer space--both quite do-able. We are thinking it will give us an idea how we'd do in the long run while having an "out" in case it doesn't work. Sort of a closed-period dry run. I'm a little conflicted (why wouldn't I be?) On the one hand I don't like coming home to a cold (figuratively, in this climate) empty house. I don't eat very well and never get any exercise. And I'm lonely. I just sit in front of the computer and watch TV till bed time. OTOH, I'm used to my privacy now. Used to coming and going as I please and not answering to anyone else. Bob makes me eat vegetables (by example, not by anything verbal). I get out and walk around when I'm with him. I'm starting to make things again. It's unfair to compare Bob with Ian. But, being human, I can't help it. Truth to tell Bob stands up well. If less cultured, he's also less critical of the things around him. Bob helps around the house quite a lot. He knows how to do laundry and how to pick up after himself. He contributes in ways Ian didn't, wouldn't or couldn't! Bob has an income. The negative side is his family. Ian had none, but Bob's contains his grandkids who will have to stay with us from time to time. They have a baby due in November and I don't do infants or toddlers well. The older girl, while very sweet and reminding me a lot of Maddi at that age, is loud and noisy and typically 6. My own grandkids rarely stay with me. OTOH, my family is mostly relocating. Lan is not going to go with them but is staying with her BF. And she's due in December! This would be a new family to help ease the missing of my own. Finally, over all, I've been married--or sort of married--for 2/3 of my life. Am I ready...able...to risk my heart again? OTOH, why would I throw away a chance with this kind and loving man who makes no secret about how he feels about me? Lots of mixy feelings here. I'm thinking it's a good gamble, but I'm not sure I can see all the sides and issues that well. Help with the sorting, please?
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Post by SpringSummers on Aug 2, 2011 7:26:33 GMT -5
Tired. Depressed. Discouraged. Going through Folkwear and other historic/costume patterns and purging the ones I'll never use again/have never used/don't have the courage/body to wear. I'm tempted to throw out all of my sewing stuff, and books and costume books and fabric and buttons and beads and, and, and... It's not like I have a reason to make things anymore, I don't go anywhere except to the Ren Faire once a year, and that may not exist much longer, and I'm running out of people to foist my crap off on give things to, and it's all just taking up space... Burn it down! Burn it down and salt the earth! I'm staying away from the pile for now, until I feel more reasonable. If that ever happens. In other news, Emily has an IPad. She and Kitty spent part of the afternoon figuring out how to wake up the wireless on our modem. Kitty is ecstatic; she was able to connect her gameboy to the internet, so now she can trade Pokemon with her online friends. Once you start down the dark path... A question for the group mind, because I worry obsessively about these things - Does Emily need some sort of antispyware and/or antivirus for her new baby, and if so, what?I have one on my tablet (a Dell Streak). A tablet is still a computer and if it's online it can be hacked, spammed, virused, trojaned. Then again, Apples don't have the same issues that PCs have. Suggest you call Apple and ask. On the personal front, S'cubie advice sought: The Bobman has sold his house. This is WOOTable except that the house his kids are building, which will contain Bobspace, isn't going to be finished for another couple of months, so he is likely to be homeless by September. We've been talking about moving in together. If we do I will have to move because while my place is really ideal for one, for two it's crowded. He is getting rid of nearly the entire house (having seen it I can understand why) and the remainder can be put in storage for a short time at least. It's under discussion, but what do you all think of having him move in with me until his kids' house is ready? If his stuff is in storage it will mean making room in only one of my closets and finding drawer space--both quite do-able. We are thinking it will give us an idea how we'd do in the long run while having an "out" in case it doesn't work. Sort of a closed-period dry run. I'm a little conflicted (why wouldn't I be?) On the one hand I don't like coming home to a cold (figuratively, in this climate) empty house. I don't eat very well and never get any exercise. And I'm lonely. I just sit in front of the computer and watch TV till bed time. OTOH, I'm used to my privacy now. Used to coming and going as I please and not answering to anyone else. Bob makes me eat vegetables (by example, not by anything verbal). I get out and walk around when I'm with him. I'm starting to make things again. It's unfair to compare Bob with Ian. But, being human, I can't help it. Truth to tell Bob stands up well. If less cultured, he's also less critical of the things around him. Bob helps around the house quite a lot. He knows how to do laundry and how to pick up after himself. He contributes in ways Ian didn't, wouldn't or couldn't! Bob has an income. The negative side is his family. Ian had none, but Bob's contains his grandkids who will have to stay with us from time to time. They have a baby due in November and I don't do infants or toddlers well. The older girl, while very sweet and reminding me a lot of Maddi at that age, is loud and noisy and typically 6. My own grandkids rarely stay with me. OTOH, my family is mostly relocating. Lan is not going to go with them but is staying with her BF. And she's due in December! This would be a new family to help ease the missing of my own. Finally, over all, I've been married--or sort of married--for 2/3 of my life. Am I ready...able...to risk my heart again? OTOH, why would I throw away a chance with this kind and loving man who makes no secret about how he feels about me? Lots of mixy feelings here. I'm thinking it's a good gamble, but I'm not sure I can see all the sides and issues that well. Help with the sorting, please? Diane - can't do this justice right now, because I have a meeting to go to . . . but have read it and will mull it over, and will give you my thoughts, for whatever they are worth! I'm sure you do have mixy feelings. Hugs to you, and back to you later!
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Post by Karen on Aug 2, 2011 8:12:10 GMT -5
Tired. Depressed. Discouraged. Going through Folkwear and other historic/costume patterns and purging the ones I'll never use again/have never used/don't have the courage/body to wear. I'm tempted to throw out all of my sewing stuff, and books and costume books and fabric and buttons and beads and, and, and... It's not like I have a reason to make things anymore, I don't go anywhere except to the Ren Faire once a year, and that may not exist much longer, and I'm running out of people to foist my crap off on give things to, and it's all just taking up space... Burn it down! Burn it down and salt the earth! I'm staying away from the pile for now, until I feel more reasonable. If that ever happens. In other news, Emily has an IPad. She and Kitty spent part of the afternoon figuring out how to wake up the wireless on our modem. Kitty is ecstatic; she was able to connect her gameboy to the internet, so now she can trade Pokemon with her online friends. Once you start down the dark path... A question for the group mind, because I worry obsessively about these things - Does Emily need some sort of antispyware and/or antivirus for her new baby, and if so, what?I have one on my tablet (a Dell Streak). A tablet is still a computer and if it's online it can be hacked, spammed, virused, trojaned. Then again, Apples don't have the same issues that PCs have. Suggest you call Apple and ask. On the personal front, S'cubie advice sought: The Bobman has sold his house. This is WOOTable except that the house his kids are building, which will contain Bobspace, isn't going to be finished for another couple of months, so he is likely to be homeless by September. We've been talking about moving in together. If we do I will have to move because while my place is really ideal for one, for two it's crowded. He is getting rid of nearly the entire house (having seen it I can understand why) and the remainder can be put in storage for a short time at least. It's under discussion, but what do you all think of having him move in with me until his kids' house is ready? If his stuff is in storage it will mean making room in only one of my closets and finding drawer space--both quite do-able. We are thinking it will give us an idea how we'd do in the long run while having an "out" in case it doesn't work. Sort of a closed-period dry run. I'm a little conflicted (why wouldn't I be?) On the one hand I don't like coming home to a cold (figuratively, in this climate) empty house. I don't eat very well and never get any exercise. And I'm lonely. I just sit in front of the computer and watch TV till bed time. OTOH, I'm used to my privacy now. Used to coming and going as I please and not answering to anyone else. Bob makes me eat vegetables (by example, not by anything verbal). I get out and walk around when I'm with him. I'm starting to make things again. It's unfair to compare Bob with Ian. But, being human, I can't help it. Truth to tell Bob stands up well. If less cultured, he's also less critical of the things around him. Bob helps around the house quite a lot. He knows how to do laundry and how to pick up after himself. He contributes in ways Ian didn't, wouldn't or couldn't! Bob has an income. The negative side is his family. Ian had none, but Bob's contains his grandkids who will have to stay with us from time to time. They have a baby due in November and I don't do infants or toddlers well. The older girl, while very sweet and reminding me a lot of Maddi at that age, is loud and noisy and typically 6. My own grandkids rarely stay with me. OTOH, my family is mostly relocating. Lan is not going to go with them but is staying with her BF. And she's due in December! This would be a new family to help ease the missing of my own. Finally, over all, I've been married--or sort of married--for 2/3 of my life. Am I ready...able...to risk my heart again? OTOH, why would I throw away a chance with this kind and loving man who makes no secret about how he feels about me? Lots of mixy feelings here. I'm thinking it's a good gamble, but I'm not sure I can see all the sides and issues that well. Help with the sorting, please? Having been there recently, I probably shouldn't give you my advice, other than - trust your gut, girl. Seriously. If you have any doubts at all and think that you might be rushing things, don't do it. Oprah says give a new relationship 18 months before you decide anything so important as moving in together, etc. I think she may be right, at least on this front for most situations. But if you do decide to go for it, making do with your place sounds like the best decision, even if it'll make for tight living quarters. Rushing into selling and moving into something bigger - could you handle it on your own comfortably if things didn't work out? (Is there someone Bob could sublease from for cheap in your area? That might be a good interim solution.) Bob sounds like an amazing guy and that he truly loves you, so he'll understand whatever decision you make. Thinking good thoughts always for you, sweetie.
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Post by Karen on Aug 2, 2011 8:15:25 GMT -5
Wow, quiet day on the board! Busy day here, and kinda crazy day. Wow, it's been awhile since I did this "mom of minors" thing! The girls had their first real "she said/she said" type of argument yesterday, expecting me to referree and pick sides . . . which I refused to do. I did make some decisions around the bone-of-contention, and refused to listen to the "BUT SHE ....!!!" and "THAT'S NOT FAIR!!" stuff. They quieted down pretty quickly. Basically, my philosophy is let them work it out between themselves, and only get involved if things are escalating and they obviously aren't going to get there without some re-direction. Mostly, though, they are used to working things out themselves, and do OK with compromise and "getting over it." They do love each other, so that overlays the whole thing, in a good way. They are still full of surprises for me, as I get to know them. School starts soon, and I learned they will be staying with me at least part of the school year. There are some challenging aspects around all this, to do with all the adults involved, but I'm finding it isn't so hard to handle if I stay focused on MY JOB, and the only thing I can control: Keeping the girls safe and well while they are with me. I am so happy that fostering is going so well for you!
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Post by Karen on Aug 2, 2011 8:26:59 GMT -5
Keeping you both in my thoughts! Turns out the dry, high-fiber food we were trying to feed him still has too much protein. His encephalopathy is a bit worse today as a result. So, another trip to the vet where I picked up the proper food and a trip to the grocery store to get organic, low-sodium broth and honey makes my day complete. If he won't eat, at least I can give him honey water, by syringe. Last night was . . . interesting. Ever try feeding your dog smushy, water-logged kibbles by hand (literally) one kibble at a time? Time consuming doesn't begin to do it justice. He's hanging in there, though. In another hour he gets two of his meds and I'll try feeding him a little more. I just managed to get some honey water down him, so I'll let him sleep until then. He'll be happy because it will be time for his latest pain relief installment. Poor little woofie. He's lucky to have such a good momma. Many good thoughts for a speedy recovery!
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Aug 2, 2011 9:16:52 GMT -5
Diane, I got nothing, but I think Karen is very wise. S'cubies, a few good vibes would be appreciated - today I run monthly maintenance on the new computer for the first time, and since that's when the old one gave up the ghost entirely, I'm working on a nasty tension headache and upset stomach already. I can't start until Certain Parties are up and have had a chance to check their forums, so it'll be mid-morning, but the nerves are already going. Also, our PC Whisperer was supposed to be back from his vacation yesterday, so I'm waiting for the next round of "Your check bounced! I have a notice from the bank!". Which it didn't, according to both our online and paper statements (and besides, we have automatic overdraft protection which was not triggered, which is proof in itself), but I'm afraid I'll end up trying to explain that again, and again, and again... Obviously somebody made a mistake, but it wasn't me. And the maintenance is finished. Very, very quickly. Still waiting for that other shoe...
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Aug 2, 2011 11:26:00 GMT -5
Hugs to them as need and want them.
I seem to have something like unto a cold, yesterday sucked donkey balls in oh so many ways, the washing machine is broken and the repair guy's coming tomorrow possibly as early as 8am, and I'm being bullied by under six pounds of felines in two darling furry containers.
Julia, all of that leads me to believe I should just go back to bed as soon as Franklin and Anna go away.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Aug 2, 2011 11:31:22 GMT -5
(PS: asking Franklin about Mac stuff is more likely to get a correct and comprehensive answer than calling the Apple Store: he checks the official site first, of course, but then goes to registration-access-only professional tech forums which cover stuff without Uncle Steve's imprimateur, and the official answer people can't quote those).
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